Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

Or, be Mary. Or, as a friend of mine said, "Do Mary."

“You could almost interpret it as a kind of a death knell for the species." [Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in a recent interview, talking about the 2010 elections.]

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“One of the reasons is because they’re global warming deniers,” he told the Nation magazine. “Almost all – that means the powerful House committees, like science and technology and so on, are in hands of people who think there’s nothing to [global warming].

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“Nobody else is going to do much if the United States doesn’t do a lot. [...] So we’re essentially saying, 'Let’s kiss each other goodbye.'”

Raw Story

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

[Chomsky] explained that the force behind the global warming deniers are the business and energy lobbies, both of whom have vested interests in selling cheap fossil fuels.

"The Chamber of Commerce, the main business lobby, the American petroleum industry and other business lobbies have publicly proclaimed in fact with enthusiasm that they are carrying out campaigns to try to convince the population that global warming is a liberal hoax," he said.

"It's succeeded unfortunately," he added, pointing to the US media's complicity.

The country that has risen to consume the most natural resources more efficiently than the other nations - the United States - is the engine of the coming collapse, Chomsky noted.

“If this was happening in some small country, in you know maybe Monaco or something, it wouldn’t matter much, but when it’s happening in the richest, most powerful country in the world – it’s a danger to the survival of the species,” he said.

And he said it like that’s a bad thing.

Nor did he add…

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.