The Truth Will See You Imprisoned

The following unaltered excerpts represent the bulk of the testimony prepared by the United States Centers for Disease Control and then censored from delivery to Congress and the American People this week by Dick Cheney on behalf of the "Oil Lobby". 

These censured words, in your humble Cowboy's opinion, represent the gravest and most vile conspiracy to effect a nationalistic lie upon a population since Adolf Hitler shut down the German legislature for the good of the fatherland. 

It is treason against man's journey of discovery, knowledge and scientific discourse that the White House has deemed it illegal for a specifically qualified and tasked member of the United States Government to read the first sentence below out load:

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Scientific evidence supports the view that the earth’s climate is changing.

CDC considers climate change a serious public health concern.

In the United States, climate change is likely to have a significant impact on health, through links with the following outcomes:

·      Direct effects of heat,
·      Health effects related to extreme weather events,
·      Air pollution-related health  effects,
·      Allergic diseases,
·      Water- and food-borne infectious diseases,
·      Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases,
·      Food and water scarcity at least for some populations,
·      Mental health problems,  and
·      Long-term impacts of chronic diseases and other health effects
 
Catastrophic weather events such as heat  waves and hurricanes are expected to become more frequent,  severe,  and costly…

… climate change is likely to alter the current  geographic distribution of some vector-borne and zoonotic diseases; some may become more  frequent, widespread, and outbreaks could last longer… 

One of the most likely climate change projections is an increase in frequency of hot days, hot nights,  and heat waves.

The health effects of these extreme weather events range from loss of life and acute trauma, to indirect effects such as loss of home, large- scale population displacement, damage to sanitation infrastructure (drinking water and sewage  systems), interruption of food production, damage to the health-care infrastructure, and psychological  problems  such as post traumatic stress disorder.

Future climate projections also show likely increases in the frequency of heavy rainfall events, posing an increased risk of flooding events and overwhelming of sanitation infrastructure.

Climate change can affect air quality by modifying local weather patterns and pollutant concentrations, affecting natural sources of air pollution,  and promoting the formation of secondary pollutants.  Of particular concern is the impact of increased temperature and UV radiation on ozone formation.  Some studies have shown that higher surface temperatures, especially in urban areas,  encourage the formation of ground-level ozone.  As a primary ingredient of smog, ground-level ozone is a public health concern.  Ozone can irritate the respiratory system, reduce lung function, aggravate asthma, and inflame and damage cells that line the lungs.  In addition,  it may cause permanent lung damage and aggravate chronic lung diseases.
 
Studies have shown that some plants, such as ragweed and poison ivy, grow faster and produce 
more allergens under conditions of high carbon dioxide and warm weather.  As a result,  allergic  diseases and symptoms could worsen with climate change. Climate change is predicted to alter agricultural production, both directly and indirectly.  This may lead to scarcity of some foods, increase food prices, and threaten access to food for Americans  who experience  food insecurity. The west coast of the United States is expected to
experience  significant  strains on water supplies as regional precipitation declines and mountain snowpacks  are depleted.
 
Forest fires are expected to increase in frequency,  severity,  distribution, and duration.
 
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A Bright Shining Truth

These California firestorms are a major national-scale disaster that may or may not be organized terror. The W. House is in a position where the country needs them to demonstrate that they have developed the ability to take meaningful, urgent, large scale action in exactly this kind of event.

It looks like they have.

The lion's share of the credit goes to the least partisan Governor in America, (who was at one time an illegal immigrant.) 

Somebody get Arnold a cot and a free massage before he falls down. We are gonna need him healthy for a while.

BOAC

Flora Non Gratta

The Blight That Failed

 
The Republicans have become addicted to using the Russian term for dictator – Czar - on a regular basis. Every complicated problem makes them want to empower an unelected American Czar. We have a Drug Czar, a Terror Czar, A War Czar, an Immigration Czar, etc..
 
Ever since Reagan appointed a Drug Czar, your Cowboy has thought that Democracy and Tsars go together like ice cream and dog poop. There are too many Czars in America.

The Republicans should patriot-up and embrace another Russian term. This one enjoys the same despicable un-American origins as Czar, or Tsar or however you choose to spell "tyranical despot" in your dialect.
 
The Cowboy calls for a purge.

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