tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post6248666096483316955..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: The Long Emergency: The arctic is on fire . . . Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-72031376793216308892019-08-13T00:06:56.804-04:002019-08-13T00:06:56.804-04:00PS--
The reason the Brits can stop gazing at thei...PS--<br /><br />The reason the Brits can stop gazing at their navels long enough to see the existential threat we face with anthropogenic climate change is this (and I thank a Welsh friend for pointing this out to me): they understand that what they see on TV is not reality.<br /><br />Many Americans do not.<br /><br />This is a huge problem. People spend a lot of time quoting non-existent characters on TV shows as if they are real people. They watch "Fox" and think it's reality-based. They think they "know" an actor or politician because of the words that come out of his mouth on TV.<br /><br />They watch Donald Shitler and think he's a "president." But he's still just a worse-than-worseless, reprehensible, fraudulent piece of shit.<br /><br />This is tragic.Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-121258938606091082019-08-12T13:51:28.540-04:002019-08-12T13:51:28.540-04:00I had no idea so many human beings, especially in ...I had no idea so many human beings, especially in the USA, play violin. Especially the congresscritters, as you wrote.<br /><br />You know ... they're fiddling while Nome burns ...Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.com