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11. I'm hoping for the day people wake up.

Sat Nov 24, 2012, 12:52 AM

Nov 2012

You don't have to be a liberal kook like me to want the planet to survive!

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UN assessment confirms world is standing on the brink of climate catastrophe [View all] limpyhobbler Nov 2012 OP

Sad but very true. AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #3

Yeah, they are getting desperate. AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #13

Well, money trumps peace, too, according to these bastards. calimary Nov 2012 #6

Eventually, their money won't buy them much, I think. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2012 #7

That is a fair assessment. ananda Nov 2012 #2

Meanwhile, Obama may be on the verge of approving ProfessionalLeftist Nov 2012 #4

oh god-- seriously? NoMoreWarNow Nov 2012 #15

I am pretty sure he will approve it The Straight Story Nov 2012 #23

Unfortunately, so am I. ProfessionalLeftist Nov 2012 #24

Thanks to the nitwits in control of blackspade Nov 2012 #10

I'm hoping for the day people wake up. Kath1 Nov 2012 #11

Please do something Mr Obama AgingAmerican Nov 2012 #12

We wouldn't have the New Deal or SS without the Great Depression. Kaleva Nov 2012 #32

And what has happened to most of those programs and regulations? hobbit709 Nov 2012 #33

I view the issue in this way... Mangoman Nov 2012 #17

Good analogy, and welcome to DU. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #20

The guy with the drill is making a fortune and paying others as well Ezlivin Nov 2012 #28

this is not news Mosby Nov 2012 #18

you may well be right about this. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #21

That is the sad part of it. Kaleva Nov 2012 #22

I'm one of them... Jasana Nov 2012 #25

You are in much worse condition then I am Kaleva Nov 2012 #31

even worse is the fact that 40% of the world population Mosby Nov 2012 #26

You gotta problem wit' dat? Octafish Nov 2012 #27

LOL, yeah I've got a bit of a problem with that. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #29

k & r stuntcat Nov 2012 #30