You’re correct about the current world we live in. I went to war to help our economic trading partners whose economies affected our own. Kuwait’s occupation did not directly affect us and despite the peaceful embargo threats, Saddam continued to assert his claim of rightful conquest. It was also our military stance after the ceasefire that prevented Saddam’s expansion and the embargoes embittered the Iraqis against us when we finally decided to dethrone him. History does not only consist of WW2 as an example. the same thing has been happening for millenia. Tibet and Kosovo are polar opposites of bellicose decisions. Rome fell from internal dissension and civil war when those energies could have been better spent keeping the borders secure in offensive actions. The problems we face now have always plagued empires. We just happen to be lucky enough to be somewhat isolated an our economic empire is falling apart due to our society’s inability to adapt to the fact that the world is changing.
We have to protect that empire and a soft and weak military will cause that economic empire to be taken advantage of. You can use post war Germany and Japan as examples of weak military and economic growth but remember that their economies were heavily subsidized by our military might protecting their trade from others who would take it from them. I’ll just mention the Ukraine for a contemporary example and you can research the history, both economically and politically and come to your own conclusion.
New proof that Global Warming is a myth!
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OK, time to change sides…
Global Warming is NOT the product of man’s used energy. It is the change in atmosphereic compostion tha causes more of teh Suns energy to maintained on Earth intead of radiating back out into space.
The Venus Effect.
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OK, time to change sides…
Global Warming is NOT the product of man’s used energy. It is the change in atmosphereic compostion tha causes more of teh Suns energy to maintained on Earth intead of radiating back out into space.
The Venus Effect.
And the solution is……?
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Um… reduce man made CO2 emissions?
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I prefer to reduce incoming heat.
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go outside look up and blow, try to spread the idea. :-D
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ill build a device to block out the sun! springfield will be in perpetual darkness!
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ill build a device to block out the sun! springfield will be in perpetual darkness!
You laugh, but NASA has a plan to deploy a fine “silver” (as in color, not mineral) net beween us and the Sun effectively reducing UVA/UVB radiation to such a degree as white people won’t get sunburned anymore. :)
Betcha that would also drop our temperature by, oh, how about 20 degrees on average?
Or we could outlaw heaters, fires and any other consumption of natural resources except automobiles. :)
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They should just move the planet farther out of our present orbit. You know like they did in Space 1999 with the moon
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Actually, that’s part of the problem. Our orbit is not standard. We fall towards the sun and pull away over time.
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well then the astronomers should just get together and decide on a fixed orbit
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You laugh
yes, and i continue to do so
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well then the astronomers should just get together and decide on a fixed orbit
Dude you’re right!
I forgot that our world was so simple :wink: -
topical humor lost on anyone?
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I’m all for buying up land in Alaska, then pumping Greenhouse Gases like crazy to turn it into a tropical paradise!
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