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Post by
Dhazy
<sarcasm>
Earth is losing its soil!
What shall we do? The dirt is being eroded away! Oh wait, no it's not. It's just being moved around until it eventually ends up as a dirt clump. Apparently people don't think dirt clumps are part of the Earth.
My friend suggests we shouldn't shower, so we can keep dirt with us wherever we go.
</sarcasm>
I lol'd at this news article.
Post by
Queggy
I know what I'm about to say will probably offend some people, especially liberalists, but what the heck. One of my pet peeves is "global warming", personally I believe that that's just a load of crap. I don't belive that the polar ice caps are melting and everything, but i do agree it would be good if we were a little "greener".
Another thing that ticks me off is Hurricane Katrina. It happened years ago, and we're still talking about how horrible it was. GET OVER IT! Personally I think the government should spend a few million to tear down the city, instead of spending a few billion to rebuild something that will be destroyed by another Hurrican in a few years.
And finally, the War on Terror. I was driving home the other day and their was a peace protest on the side of the road. One of their signs was "Impeach Bush and Cheney!" I realize that some people think that Bush is the devil and Cheney is the antichrist, but still! They were acting as if the whole war was Bush's fault! What they don't realize is that for America to go to war, the Senate and everyone had to agree! But the democrats seem to forget that when slandering Bush. And also, for a war we've been in since 2001, and only lost a few thousand troops, that's amazing! We lost that many troops in a single day of fighting in WWII.
/end rant. I hope I didn't offend to many people . . . >.>
Post by
adashiel
Well, dirt is more than the grubby stuff you accumulate by not bathing. Topsoil, in particular, is alive. It's a combination of minerals, decaying biomatter, and living material. When it erodes away, it essentially dies. Dust and runoff are basically dirt corpses. It can reconstitute, but it takes time, and increasingly it ends up in non-useful places, such as lakes, rivers, and ultimately the oceans themselves.
So, yeah, it's a real problem.
Post by
Philmckraken
And finally, the War on Terror. I was driving home the other day and their was a peace protest on the side of the road. One of their signs was "Impeach Bush and Cheney!" I realize that some people think that Bush is the devil and Cheney is the antichrist, but still! They were acting as if the whole war was Bush's fault! What they don't realize is that for America to go to war, the Senate and everyone had to agree! But the democrats seem to forget that when slandering Bush. And also, for a war we've been in since 2001, and only lost a few thousand troops, that's amazing! We lost that many troops in a single day of fighting in WWII.
/end rant. I hope I didn't offend to many people . . . >.>
Hmm...where to begin?
First, calling it "the war on terror" is like calling WW2 "the war on blitzkrieg." It just doesn't make sense.
Secondly, congress never actually declared war on Iraq. They approved a measure that gave the president carte blanche to declare war on whomever he wanted. Never mind that this is unconstitutional, they did it anyway...
When said bill was passed, the republicans controlled the house and the senate, and were basically the lapdogs of the executive branch. The system of "checks and balances" that was supposed to be a cornerstone of the American system of government was completely absent at that time, and the country pays for it even now.
Lastly, the war in Iraq has directly resulted in billions of dollars in no-bid goverment contracts being awarded to companies like Halliburton, which $%^& Cheney conveniently used to run. Before he had that job, he was Secretary of Defense under George Bush the first, where he helped create a new policy for the defense department that encouraged as much military outsourcing as possible for services like feeding the troops, doing their laundry, maintaining the equipement, etc...All of which are services that could be provided by companies like....Yup, you guessed it: Halliburton! (and its many subsidiaries.)
Do you still need the dots connected, or is it clearer to you now?
Post by
georgelopes
Another thing that ticks me off is Hurricane Katrina. It happened years ago, and we're still talking about how horrible it was. GET OVER IT! Personally I think the government should spend a few million to tear down the city, instead of spending a few billion to rebuild something that will be destroyed by another Hurrican in a few years.
/end rant. I hope I didn't offend to many people . . . >.>
UMMMM HELLOOO POPLE lost homes their jobs and what they had worked for their entire lives. dont forget it help them. JEEZ people need to think that what if this happened to them what would you do if everyone said who cars forget it it happened 3 years ago.
oh and thread needs to go on track
/push on track
article was nice good job on posting i thought it was good
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Post by
Jyalikethat
Another thing that ticks me off is Hurricane Katrina. It happened years ago, and we're still talking about how horrible it was. GET OVER IT! Personally I think the government should spend a few million to tear down the city, instead of spending a few billion to rebuild something that will be destroyed by another Hurrican in a few years.
With all due respect, @#$% you.
Before anyone gets on me for opening my mouth about this, I was in it. I rode Katrina out, because we were unable to get out of the city. Even with the highways opened up like they were, there were too many people trying to get out and it came to almost a stand still at a lot of places.
Secondly, I don't know if you have thought about the gravity of the situation, and how traumatic it was for a lot of people. There was a woman committed to a psych unit because when she and her family were getting out of the house, family got stuck inside the house, and she was lucky enough to get out. It ended with her on the roof, trying to tear a hole in it from the outside, and them in the attic trying to beat their way out. It ended when the beating ended, and she lost her mind.
Just try to grasp that for a second.
And then there's the point you missed. It wasn't one city. It wasn't just New Orleans. It was the bottom half of the state that got decimated, the water happened to build up and stay in certain areas thanks to the bowl shape of land there. It also doesn't help that most of Louisiana is built on swamps.
Now, even though I am a survivor of said hurricane, and lost everything in it, I don't talk about it much anymore. I have moved on. It's done, it's over. But I don't think they should tear the city down, maybe because I'm from there, but that just seems wrong. But for a lot of people it was a lot worse than what you saw on T.V., you'd understand if you have ever suffered something like that.
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42080
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Post by
Dhazy
Oh Noez! We're losing Topsoil!
Oh Noez! Ranting about Katrina!
Oh noez! Why is animals on my face?!
lawl
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Post by
AdInfinitum
What the guy with the green text said.
Post by
Dogel
Another thing that ticks me off is Hurricane Katrina. It happened years ago, and we're still talking about how horrible it was. GET OVER IT! Personally I think the government should spend a few million to tear down the city, instead of spending a few billion to rebuild something that will be destroyed by another Hurrican in a few years.
I don't think they should tear the city down, maybe because I'm from there, but that just seems wrong. But for a lot of people it was a lot worse than what you saw on T.V., you'd understand if you have ever suffered something like that.
/agree
I live in an earthquake zone. We haven't had an earthquake in decades. If we do get an earthquake now, it's supposed to be a horribly big one. I live on sea level. The houses will we covered in water since I live near the ocean.
And now let's just say that happened, everyone is safe, all the buildings are not. The government tears down the city.
Where will all the people live? What about our belongings, our memories? Think about the situation from the perspective of the person who's there.
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95916
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Post by
Wildhorn
@Dogel
Nice... me too I live in a high risk earthquake area (Quebec city) and we are supposed to get one soon. It is supposed to happen every X years where I live or something like that... 2 years ago it was X years since last one :)
I will be so sad when it will happen... no internet for an undertermined amount of time.. wtf!?!
Post by
84594
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Post by
AdInfinitum
I know why were loosing soil!
Shamans are using it to protect tanks!
The dirt is floating, orbiting tanks!
Not even close.
Post by
Interest
The point is that the world is entering a recession.
Fortunately, awareness is finally starting to permeate the general public.
Post by
TheWarTycoon
Topsoil erosion is a real problem.
The Bush Administration had the right idea with the war on "terror" but went the wrong way about dealing with it (as in putting the blame on a whole country instead of the actual militant cult involved).
No one cares about Katrina anymore... its sad that it happened....but you cant change that it did. Rebuild and continue to live.
Global warming is happening. But those "scientists" that are panicking over it are wrong.
The average global temperature has risen by 1 degree over the last century... true....but at a STEADY rate....where as the CO2 levels have not been rising as steadily. The correlation between CO2 levels (and other "greenhouse" gases) is about 60%. Where as the correlation between the percent change in power output (Q) from the surface of the sun and the global temperature is at about 99.9%. Take into consideration the average temperature of other planets in our solar system have increased by the same percentage. Also take into consideration water vapor. Science used to call the constant belonging to a substance involved with its energy capacity "specific heat capacity" (c). They are now using "global warming potential" or GWP when taking about greenhouse gases (its not that same as the "c" constant but many are suing it as such. My point: CO2 has a GWP of 1, methane (mainly produced naturally) is 21. Water Vapor has an imeasurably high GWP. The EPA agrees on this. This data comes from their website. Just take into mind the temperature difference of a desert region (around 5% humidity or lower) in the day and at night and that of a humid region.
Just my 2 cents.
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