tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5617212436333146117.post8151223682458699025..comments2023-10-17T04:11:17.867-07:00Comments on THE MENTAL DETOX: Islands going undercocohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07633832140168792435noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5617212436333146117.post-2720016976893751122008-09-02T02:04:00.000-07:002008-09-02T02:04:00.000-07:00"WASHINGTON - Those who love New Orleans say Hurri..."WASHINGTON - Those who love New Orleans say Hurricane Gustav is proof that the billions of dollars spent to protect the city and bring it back to life after the devastating 2005 storm season was worth it.<BR/><BR/>But what if Gustav had been stronger, a category 4 instead of a 2, and hit the city directly instead of 70 miles to the west? Even Gustav's glancing blow put the city at brink of inundation, waves splashing over the tops of its levees. Would it be worth the cost to rebuild New Orleans again if the storm were worse?"<BR/><BR/>That sounds like a great piece of realestate. All you need is a hurricane proof house, just incase... Luckily for the refugees of Louisiana they can be assimilated into the surround states. wonder what will happen when half the continent is covered in hurricanes!Alchemonaughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10663501927708604259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5617212436333146117.post-87644457813510001342008-09-01T13:43:00.000-07:002008-09-01T13:43:00.000-07:00Mate, not only is big business preventing us from ...Mate, not only is big business preventing us from cleaning up the planet, it's actively causing climate change...in the obvious way that the bottom line is faaaar more important than the environment...and in the more insidious way of those dodgy mofo institutions, the IMF and the World Bank, lending to developing countries if they accept their "structural adjustment" policies...which include the need for developing countries to rip up their natural resources and sell them off cheap to the developed world...such as deforestation, which, of course, contributes to climate change.<BR/><BR/>That said, the US govt shits on its own ppl as well...Hurricane Katrina, anyone? They say it's "debatable" whether Hurricane Gustav is due to climate change, but then the trusty ol spin doctors have been laughing off climate change for years...it's not good for business, after all.Lisa Loves Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06220405558442073460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5617212436333146117.post-23491292501681976822008-09-01T01:20:00.000-07:002008-09-01T01:20:00.000-07:00Far that's your style eh kare, spooky coinkidinks ...Far that's your style eh kare, spooky coinkidinks left right and centre! Awesome blog, I look forward to contributing to this issue when I get back. Dem islands! Dem sinking islands! xoCat Rukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481017125227732279noreply@blogger.com