Spin, Spin, SPIN!!!


Today a Reuter’s story titled Kilimanjaro's shrinking snow not sign of warming has scientists saying “see we told you so!”

Unlike Algore, scientists prefer to deal in facts. Algore used stunning (yes, I saw the film and I will admit that the cinematography was fantastic!) cinematography to perpetrate a lie! He stated that the snow of Kilimanjaro was eroding due to global warming when in fact there was scientific proof that it was not.

Slowly the media will catch up to the fact that while the earth may be warming to say that the cause is human-made is to be quite arrogant!




2 comments to "Spin, Spin, SPIN!!!"

  • THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR ORIGNAL POST! SORRY BUT PEOPLE MUST KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    As many of you know, Darfur is a region of far western Sudan bordering the central African Republic, Libya, and Chad. A genocide is occurring in Darfur, Sudan wherein hundreds of thousands of non-arab civilians are being systematically murdered by the government-funded janjaweed militia.

    The current crisis in Darfur began in 2003. After decades of neglect, drought, oppression and small-scale conflicts in Darfur, two rebel groups - the Sudanese Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/M) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) - mounted a challenge to Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir. These groups represent agrarian farmers who are mostly non-Arab black African Muslims from a number of different tribes. President al-Bashir's response was brutal. In seeking to defeat the rebel movements, the Government of Sudan increased arms and support to local tribal and other militias, which have come to be known as the Janjaweed. Their members are composed mostly of Arab black African Muslims who herd cattle, camels, and other livestock. They have wiped out entire villages, destroyed food and water supplies, and systematically murdered, tortured, and raped hundreds of thousands of Darfurians. These attacks occur with the direct support of the Government of Sudan's armed forces.

    No portion of Darfur's civilian population has been spared violence, murder, rape and torture. As one illustration of how Khartoum has waged its war, the Sudanese military paints many of its attack aircraft white - the same color as UN humanitarian aircraft - a violation of international humanitarian law. When a plane approaches, villagers do not know whether it is on a mission to help them, or to bomb them. Often, it has been the latter.

    This scorched earth campaign by the Sudanese government against Darfur's sedentary farming population has, by direct violence, disease and starvation, already claimed as many as 400,000 lives. It has crossed over into neighboring Chad and the Central African Republic. In all, about 2.3 million Darfuris have fled their homes and communities and now reside in a network of internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Darfur, with at least 200,000 more living in refugee camps in Chad. These refugees and IDPs are completely dependent on the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations for their very livelihood - food, water, shelter, and health care.

    Another 1 million Darfuris still live in their villages, under the constant threat of bombings, raids, murder, rape and torture. Their safety depends on the presence of the underfunded and undermanned African Union (AU) peacekeeping force, numbering just 7,400 troops and personnel. However, the so-called "AMIS" force, in Darfur since October 2004, lacks a civilian protection mandate as well as adequate means to do stop the violence; its sole mandate is to monitor and report ceasefire violations and it has done little more, due to its limited mandate but also because of its anemic capacity.

    The situation on the ground is deteriorating. The regime continues its military operations directly and via the Janjaweed. In recent weeks, there has been an increase in attacks, resulting in tens of thousands of new arrivals to the many IDP and refugee camps.


    Visitors to these camps, including from the Save Darfur Coalition, have reported on the dire conditions their inhabitants endure. It is remarkable they have survived for this long, in the face of such overwhelming hardship, and with so little progress toward resolving the underlying cause of their dislocation and insecurity. Only the herculean efforts of the UN and non-governmental humanitarian relief agencies have made this possible. They have 13,000 aid workers in 100 refugee camps in Darfur and Chad, working in very difficult security and logistical conditions, and constantly hampered and harassed by Sudanese government obstruction and red tape.

    Humanitarian workers and operations are increasingly being targeted by both government and fragmenting rebel movement elements. Vehicles are being hijacked and robbed; aid workers are assaulted and intimidated while carrying out their work; and offices are broken into and looted.

    In the first two months of 2007, according to the UN, over 80,000 more people entered into the IDP camps, fleeing the ongoing violence. Both the UN and non-governmental humanitarian agencies have warned that their ability to sustain operations is at risk in the face of government harassment and worsening security problems. Any interruption in the flow of humanitarian aid could spark deaths on a scale even worse than that seen to date: UN officials say that the death rate in Darfur could rise as high as 100,000 people per month if the fragile humanitarian life-support system collapses.

    PLEASE READ: Your efforts could help determine what happens in Darfur. Whether it be by lobbying your elected officials, raising awareness, raising funds, or writing letters, you could spare someone their life. No personal action is too small. For the sanctity of the human race, it is imperative that we not stand idly by as innocent civilians in Darfur and other war zone continue to be victims of unthinkable brutality. Take a stand. Raise your voice.

    I have taken a journey out of apathy into truly thinking that anyone's actions, no matter how seemingly insignficant, can make a difference. I encourage you to do the following: Read Don Cheadle and John Pendergast's book "Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond," visit www. enoughproject.org, visit http://www.lifenets.net/darfur.htm, visit www.savedarfur.org, visit http://www.darfurgenocide.org, and other websites in order to see what you can do to take a stand. We often forget the significance of the privileges that we have been afforded, but as human beings we need to protect others from barbarism. If you care in the slightest, please repost this bulletin, educate yourself and others on the situation in Darfur, and join me on the journey out of indifference to
    enlightenment.

  • "THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR ORIGNAL POST"

    What the hell are you talking about...this is about global warming not Darfur.

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