Dr Wingnut

Category: Social/Environmental

  • Red Meat Nation

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    I was listening to the Bob Edwards Show the other day, and he had Jeffrey Goldberg on talking about his article in Atlantic, The Things He Carried, about what a joke airport security is.  Jill had just subscribed to Atlantic with some frequent flyer miles, so I decided to see if the issue we had…

  • Five Hundred Forty Five People

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    Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.  Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits?  Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes? …

  • Not a Cough in a Carload

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    An interesting online gallery at Stanford of “Images from the Tobacco Industry Campaign to Hide the Hazards of Smoking.”  A very good presentation of tobacco promotion by doctors, babies, Santa, and celebrities.

  • Green

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    There is no such thing as a green economy.  There are only economies that are less brown.“Jake” Environmental Engineer, IEEE Computer, September 2008, pg. 7

  • The Ponzi Economy

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    Now that the bubble has burst, let’s be frank: it was absurd to base our well-being on property prices.It’s been obvious for years that real estate was a bubble ready to burst.  Politicians and government officials deserve the pounding they are getting for failure to take action sooner.Michael Kinsley essay Time, 6 October, 2008; pg.…

  • Common sense

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    By all means, let’s explore space with probes and instruments.  But before we export ourselves to the moon, let’s get our garbage, our consumption and our relations with one another under control.  Let’s learn to protect the earth’s remaining wild places and to reverse the destruction we have caused in the name of development.  We…

  • For a breath of air

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    What will we do when we use up all the natural resources… will we mine the landfills that we’ve created…What about the resources we’ve sent in to space… will we send an expedition into low earth orbit to collect resources?Does anyone other than the doctor think about these things?