[TheClimate.Vote] September 4, 2018 - Daily Global Warming News Digest
Richard Pauli
richard at theclimate.vote
Tue Sep 4 10:16:25 EDT 2018
/September 4, 2018/
[from the New Yorker September 10, 2018 Issue]
*A Summer of Megafires and Trump's Non-Rules on Climate Change
<https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/09/10/a-summer-of-megafires-and-trumps-non-rules-on-climate-change>*
by Elizabeth Kolbert
Against an infernal backdrop of widespread wildfires, the Administration
announced its plan to roll back rules limiting greenhouse-gas emissions
from power plants.
The Ranch Fire broke out sometime on the morning of Friday, July 27th,
east of Ukiah, California, in Mendocino County. Extreme heat and windy
weather made the blaze difficult to fight; by early Sunday, it had
spread to thirteen thousand acres, and by the end of the following week
it had burned a hundred and fifteen thousand acres. That weekend, it
jumped four streams, a major road, and a fire line that had been cut by
a bulldozer, and in the process it spread to another hundred thousand
acres. By August 12th, it had become the largest wildfire in
California's history, and by the time it was mostly contained, last
week, it had charred more than six hundred square miles, an area twice
the size of New York City.
A blaze that consumes more than a hundred thousand acres is known as a
megafire. It used to be rare for fires to reach this threshold. Now it's
routine. "We seem to have multiple megafires each year," the Web site
Wildfire Today noted recently. While the Ranch Fire raged, three other
hundred-thousand-acre-plus fires were "active" in the United States: the
Carr Fire, also in Northern California; the South Sugarloaf Fire, in
northern Nevada; and the Spring Creek Fire, in southern Colorado.
Meanwhile, in Canada, the province of British Columbia declared a state
of emergency in response to more than five hundred active blazes. As
smoke from these and other conflagrations drifted across the Pacific
Northwest, the air quality in Seattle declined to a level considered
"unhealthy for all," and the city's mayor urged residents to stay indoors.
It was against this infernal backdrop that the Trump Administration
recently unveiled its plan to roll back rules limiting greenhouse-gas
emissions from power plants. The fires, according to Donald Trump, had
nothing to do with global warming, and instead were the result of "bad
environmental laws," which, he claimed, were preventing "readily
available water" from being used to fight the blazes. Under the headline
"trump tweets while california burns," the Los Angeles Times editorial
board dismissed the President's theory as "wingnut drivel." Somewhat
less colorfully, Newsweek observed that it had "little basis in fact."
The power-plant rules that Trump wants to scrap have a long and
delay-filled history. All the way back in 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court
ruled that carbon dioxide qualifies as a pollutant that should be
regulated under the Clean Air Act. Instead of complying with that
ruling, George W. Bush's Environmental Protection Agency ran out the
clock. When Barack Obama took office, he, too, dawdled; it wasn't until
his second term that the E.P.A. finally proposed the so-called Clean
Power Plan. The plan, which was supposed to reduce CO2 emissions from
generating stations by roughly a third, was finalized in 2015, but it
never went into effect. In early 2016, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4
decision, took the extraordinary step of blocking its implementation,
pending the outcome of a lawsuit brought by two dozen states - almost
all of them led by Republicans - along with a host of coal and utility
companies. (The states accused the E.P.A. of exceeding its authority.)
Two and a half years later, there is still no decision in that suit,
because, under President Trump, the E.P.A. has been asking for, and
receiving, postponements.
Finally, in June, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit indicated that it was tired of the Administration's stalling.
Then, late last month, the E.P.A. published what it calls the Affordable
Clean Energy rules, or ace. The new rules, which would replace the Clean
Power Plan, are rules in name only. They'd allow states to set their own
standards; these, in many cases, would amount to a carte blanche for
utility companies. Compared with the Clean Power Plan, ace could, over
the next few decades, allow hundreds of millions of tons of additional
carbon emissions. Meanwhile, by the E.P.A.'s own admission, the new
"rules" could result in as many as fourteen hundred premature deaths
annually, owing to the increased pollution from coal plants. The
non-rule rules still have to be finalized, and then they, too, doubtless
will be challenged in court. By the time that challenge is heard, there
may be a new Administration in the White House - at least, so it is
devoutly to be wished.
As it happens, a few days after the E.P.A.'s announcement of the rules a
group of state agencies in Sacramento released a report detailing how
climate change will affect California. If emissions are not reined in,
by the end of the century maximum daily temperatures could rise by a
horrific 8.8 degrees. Two-thirds of Southern California's beaches could
be lost to sea-level rise, and the area burned by wildfires could nearly
triple.
The California report points up the essential hazard of delay. Many
pollutants dissipate or break down over time. Carbon dioxide hangs
around and accumulates. What our power plants put into the air today
will still be contributing to warming and melting, fires and floods,
more than a hundred years from now. And what's added tomorrow (and
tomorrow and tomorrow) will make the situation that much worse.
This fiery summer has given us a glimpse of what climate change will
look like. In addition to the blazes in the West, forest fires raged in
Sweden above the Arctic Circle. More than ninety people were killed by
wildfires that broke out during an extreme heat wave in Greece. In
Japan, a heat wave resulted in at least eighty deaths, and in South
Korea record-breaking temperatures were blamed for twenty-nine deaths.
(Last month, during South Korea's heat wave, the Prime Minister ordered
all work on public construction sites halted during daytime hours.)
*But perhaps what's most scary about this scorching summer is how little
concerned Americans seem to be*. So far, climate change has barely
registered as an issue in the midterm elections, and, where it has, the
optics couldn't be worse: "Trump Digs Coal" was a slogan that appeared
on placards at a West Virginia rally with the President, staged on the
day that the new power-plant rules were published.*As a country, we
remain committed to denial and delay, even as the world, in an ever more
literal sense, goes up in flames.*
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/09/10/a-summer-of-megafires-and-trumps-non-rules-on-climate-change
[Opinion]
*Disempower far-right climate change deniers. Don't debate with them
<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/03/far-right-climate-change-deniers-debate-ukip-emp-report-eu>*
Molly Scott Cato
A Ukip MEP has written a shamefully ignorant climate change report for
the EU - it should never have happened
After a long, hot summer beset by record temperatures, drought and
deadly fires, imagine my shock, on returning to the European parliament,
to be confronted with a report that denies the reality of climate
change. Given it could influence the allocation of the next round of
environment funding under the EU's Life programme, it is deeply
disturbing to see such a report, based on wholly discredited science,
wending its way down the corridors of Brussels.
Some of the claims made by the report's author, the Ukip MEP Stuart
Agnew, are, frankly, pretty hair-raising. For instance, he claims that
the effect of CO2 levels on our climate is "negligible", and that it is
"one of agriculture's greatest friends". Agnew claims there is a lack of
concentration of CO2 and as a result there is no problem for the EU to
solve.
So how could it be that someone with a track record of shameful
ignorance of the science of climate change ends up being assigned the
task of compiling this report?...
- - - -
Bob Ward, from the Grantham Research Institute on climate change and
environment at the London School of Economics, said: "There is not a
single scientific institution in the world that would agree with this
daft assessment. This document demonstrates how Ukip's climate change
denial is putting at risk the lives and livelihoods of people in the UK
and across the European Union." Dave Reay, professor of carbon
management at the University of Edinburgh, also ridiculed the report:
"The hackneyed, pseudo-scientific arguments here would make the
dinosaurs blush. This will be a wonderful resource when [my students]
discuss the ill-informed ideas that bounce around the echo chamber of
climate change denial."...
- - - -
Lawson may be considered an irrelevant dinosaur, though he still manages
to platform his nonsense at regular intervals on the BBC. But the man
who Conservative MP Anna Soubry declared was now running the country,
the hardline Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg, has blamed high energy prices on
"climate alarmism" and has said it was unrealistic for scientists to
project future climate changes, just as it was difficult for
meteorologists to correctly predict the weather. Meanwhile, Nigel
Farage, adding to a litany of ill-informed comments on climate change,
earlier this year declared that the "beast from the east" was proof that
global warming wasn't real. And of course, favouring supposed
"alternative facts" on climate change is a prejudice shared by other
far-right groups, most notably Donald Trump's circle...
- - - - -
Given the dangers posed by the far right and the very real threat of a
significant bloc of populist, climate change-denying MEPs after next
year's European elections, it is time for those of us who back the
overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change to take back
control. That is why I joined other politicians, scientists, academics
and campaigners in signing a letter pledging we would refuse to debate
those who deny that human-caused climate change is real. We can no
longer give voice to the pseudo-science of climate change deniers; we
must urgently move the debate on to how we address the causes and
effects of dangerous climate breakdown.
The large right and centre-right groups in the European parliament could
and should have blocked Ukip from taking charge of a report on climate
change. We can only hope that the mainstream groups in parliament -
right, left and centre - that are likely to continue to control the
majorities will show a greater degree of responsibility in future.
Molly Scott Cato is the Green MEP for the south-west of England
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/03/far-right-climate-change-deniers-debate-ukip-emp-report-eu
[Landslides are growing risk to poorest]
*Waterlogged hillsides are dangerous. For those who live on them, or
further downhill, they can be deadly. The global risk from landslides is
rising.
<https://mailchi.mp/climatenewsnetwork/landslides-are-growing-risk-to-poorest?e=30dc80e2f6>*
By Tim Radford
LONDON, 3 September, 2018 - Lethal landslides are on the increase.
Between 2004 and 2016, sudden cascades of rock, rubble and mud have
claimed at least 50,000 lives. And fatal slips down unstable hillside
slopes have steadily increased this century, according to new research.
British geographers report in the journal Natural Hazards and Earth
System Sciences that they had amassed a database of 4,800 fatal
landslides since 2004 and found that at least 700 of them had what they
call a direct human fingerprint: they happened because people built on
unstable soils, they mined, legally and illegally, they cut into
hillsides, and they allowed pipes to leak.
In addition, heavy rainfall, earthquakes, explosions, dam collapses and
freezing and thawing also set the earth moving at ever greater speeds,
with deadly consequences...
https://mailchi.mp/climatenewsnetwork/landslides-are-growing-risk-to-poorest?e=30dc80e2f6
- - - - -
*Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
<https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/18/2161/2018/>*
Global fatal landslide occurrence from 2004 to 2016
https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/18/2161/2018/
[Australia the Guardian]
*This government is not even pretending to act on climate change any
more
<https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2018/sep/02/this-government-is-not-even-pretending-to-act-on-climate-change-anymore>**
<https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2018/sep/02/this-government-is-not-even-pretending-to-act-on-climate-change-anymore>*We
have gone from at least trying to look like aiming to reduce emissions
to apparently deciding to do nothing
- - - -
And a political party that refuses to act on climate change is not fit
to govern.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2018/sep/02/this-government-is-not-even-pretending-to-act-on-climate-change-anymore
[Rand Corp about disinformation of any kind ]
*The Russian "Firehose of Falsehood" Propaganda Model
Why It Might Work and Options to Counter It
<https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html>*
by Christopher Paul, Miriam Matthews
Since its 2008 incursion into Georgia (if not before), there has been a
remarkable evolution in Russia's approach to propaganda. The country has
effectively employed new dissemination channels and messages in support
of its 2014 annexation of the Crimean peninsula, its ongoing involvement
in the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, and its antagonism of NATO
allies. The Russian propaganda model is high-volume and multichannel,
and it disseminates messages without regard for the truth. It is also
rapid, continuous, and repetitive, and it lacks commitment to
consistency. Although these techniques would seem to run counter to the
received wisdom for successful information campaigns, research in
psychology supports many of the most successful aspects of the model.
Furthermore, the very factors that make the firehose of falsehood
effective also make it difficult to counter. Traditional
counterpropaganda approaches will likely be inadequate in this context.
More effective solutions can be found in the same psychology literature
that explains the surprising success of the Russian propaganda model and
its messages.
*Recommendations*
Forewarn audiences of misinformation, or merely reach them first with
the truth, rather than retracting or refuting false "facts."
Prioritize efforts to counter the effects of Russian propaganda, and
focus on guiding the propaganda's target audience in more productive
directions.
Compete with Russian propaganda. Both the United States and NATO have
the potential to prevent Russia from dominating the information environment.
Increase the flow of information that diminishes the effectiveness of
propaganda, and, in the context of active hostilities, attack the means
of dissemination.
https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html
- - - - -
[how it is done- watch the video]
*Why obvious lies make great propaganda*
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nknYtlOvaQ0>
Vox - Aug 31, 2018
For leaders like Trump and Putin, telling big lies isn't about
persuasion -- it's about power.
Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO
At first glance, US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir
Putin seem to have wildly different communication styles. But what they
share is a tendency to repeat big, obvious lies - a tactic researchers
have dubbed the "firehose of falsehood." Whether it's lying about
Russian troops in Crimea or falsely claiming millions of people voted
illegally during the 2016 election, both leaders demonstrate a kind of
shamelessness when it comes to telling and retelling big lies. And
that's because firehosing isn't actually about persuasion. It's about power.
Read the original "firehose of falsehood" report:
https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html
Read more of Masha Gessen's work at The New
Yorker:https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-putin-and-trump-each-lied-in-helsinki
Read more of Christopher Paul's work at RAND:
https://www.rand.org/about/people/p/p...
On Strikethrough, Vox producer Carlos Maza explores the challenges
facing the news media in the age of Trump. Follow Carlos on Facebook for
more: https://www.facebook.com/CarlosMazaVox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nknYtlOvaQ0
[for example]
*Adapt, move or die: How biodiversity reacted to past climate change
<https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180830143138.htm>*
Date: August 30, 2018
Source: Faculty of Science - University of Copenhagen
Summary:
A new paper reviews current knowledge on climate change and
biodiversity. In the past, plants and animals reacted to environmental
changes by adapting, migrating or going extinct. These findings point to
radical changes in biodiversity due to climate change in the future...
- - - - -
"We know animals and plants have prevented extinction by adapt or
migrate in the past. However, the models we use today to predict future
climate change, foresee magnitudes and rates of change, which have been
exceptionally rare in the last million years. Thus, we need to expand
our knowledge and improve our prediction models. Also, we must recognise
the limitations of the models, because they are used to inform
politicians and decision-makers about effects of climate change on
biodiversity."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180830143138.htm
[Red pill, blue pill]
*After acceptance - some responses to anticipating collapse
<https://jembendell.wordpress.com/2018/08/25/after-acceptance-some-responses-to-anticipating-collapse/>*
Posted by jembendell on August 25, 2018
I'd welcome input from psychologists, either in the comments below or in
the Deep Adaptation Linked-In group. Also, please let me know which
types of response that I've missed. Here goes:
_Reading and talking_ much more about societal collapse, and all the
issues it brings up, but without significantly changing behaviour.
That can include being active on social media so your tweets and
Facebook posts seem rather doom-laden. Let's call this "SOS!" response.
_Changing jobs, moving home, and starting to build a more
self-sufficient good life_, partly off-grid, usually in the
countryside. Or researching and planning this process, actively.
I'll call that the "survivalist" response. In some cases, this
response could be a form of denial, as it is going to be so
difficult to isolate oneself to cope with collapse, as I have
discussed elsewhere.
_Seeking personal growth via therapy, and/or various forms of
meaningful play, time in nature, spirituality, or deep
conversations_. Many people have expressed a massive personal
transformation as they accept near term mortality and lose some of
their deference to societal norms and expectations. Let's call this
a "transcendence" response.
_Talking about societal collapse in one's professional circles,_ to
explore what could be done within one's profession and beyond. I am
now witnessing a few such attempts, and rather than walking away
from own profession, decided to do the same, for now. Let's call
this the "professional sunk costs" response.
_Taking more risks in one's workplace and community_, to express
one's views with less fear of repercussion. Often this involves
speaking about purpose and values and not accepting the dominant
assumptions about growth, profit and conformity. The "not hiding
anymore" response.
Reducing workload to create more time for exploring the issue of
climate chaos or societal collapse, in anticipation of making a
major decision about changing one's life. The "taking a breather"
response.
_Retraining to develop skills that may be relevant_ for being useful
to oneself and others post-collapse. That could be learning first
aid, horticulture, herbal medicines, musical instruments, or even
learning how to use a crossbow. Though that last one doesn't sound
too gentle, as these things are done as much as pastimes as
preparations, I'll call this the "gentle prepper" response.
_Seeking to repair or improve one's close relationships_, while
smelling the flowers and being nicer to pets, neighbours and
colleagues. The "palliative love" response.
Seeking to know how to deal better with confusion, fear, and
anticipatory grief, for oneself and to help others with those
emotions. The "emotional self-care" response.
Looking for networks of people who are creating self-reliant 'Arks',
in order to support them and have the option to join later. The "all
options open" response.
_Deciding that the options to change one's life and work aren't
attractive or practical now_, so continuing as normal but with a
greater focus on peace and joy while waiting for the collapse. This
is the "keep a cyanide pill" response. Though, to be honest, I
haven't met anyone who has prepared that way…. or they haven't told me.
_A related response to that one is where people accept collapse_, go
through the range of emotions, consider a range of options and then
consciously choose to try and live in denial to have a happier life
for as long as they can. Sometimes this can include attempts at
living the dolce vita, spending more on today that they might have,
given the bleak outlook. This is the "return me to the matrix"
response. Sci-fi nerds might call it the "blue pill" response.
_Organising to get the idea that we face a climate emergency and
should prepare for collapse_, such as through preparing for food
rationing, on to the political agenda. As it evokes the belief in
national government and citizen sacrifice that we have seen during
wars, I will call this the "war footing" response. I should note
that people who respond in this way have a variety of views that are
shaped by their existing politics and values and there is no
consensus nor likely to be one.
_Organising to campaign for geoengineering and/or carbon
sequestration_ while we still have the capacity to act on these.
Examples include Arctic cloud brightening, agroecology and kelp
planting. Some call for these actions with the idea that while
civilisation exists then we have the chance to reduce the speed of
climate change and thus give the species a chance to avoid
extinction. I'll call it the "where's Bruce Willis" response.
_Turning to non-violent direct action to force changes in practices
that are making matters worse_. Most instances of such direct action
appear to be within a carbon emissions reduction paradigm, but could
be influenced now by an awareness of impending collapse. That would
bring into view a range of new things to disrupt, depending on the
values one holds dear after accepting collapse. I will call this the
"climate peace activist" response.
_Organising to promote a particular set of proposals, and develop
certain capabilities, for how to adapt to the coming changes, in
particular at local levels_. Some have started focusing on practical
grassroots initiatives to develop capabilities for deep adaptation.
I'll call this the "humanitarian" response.
_Organising to promote the cultural concepts that will help us to
find and express meaning after societal-collapse_. It involves
looking for beauty and meaning in a new context. This is one focus
of the Dark Mountain group. It's a "reframing collapse" response.
_Evangelising about one's views on life, the cosmos and human
organisation_. That evangelising can be religious, new age
spirituality or a view on politics and social organisation. This
response can be cloaked in stories about how becoming a believer, or
more devout, will help reduce the harm of climate change (so that
gets close to collapse-denial) or help with whatever form of human
community may survive. Secular versions include people saying they
are developing the blueprint for how humanity will be in future if
everyone listens and does what they will be told. Collectively, I'll
call these the "follow me" response. One of the joys of lumping all
these approaches into the same category is it will annoy the hell
out of the people who respond in this way. Sorry guys, and yes its
nearly always guys, but the common denominator seems to be an
ego-driven need to hold the truth and be recognised for that.
_Watching Guy McPherson videos on Youtube_. The "masochist" response.
Sharing Guy McPherson videos with your Facebook friends. The
"sadomasochist" response.
OK, that's an in-joke. "Doomer humour" will be a fast-growing genre.
And, by its own admission, fairly fast-ending.
There are other responses that I have not come across yet in person, but
have heard about. These are worrying forms of response and are sometimes
cited by people who don't want to talk about these issues. They include:
*Anger and anxiety turning into depression*, sometimes leading to
suicide. I have read about a couple of suicides related to anxiety
caused by awareness of climate change. These were famous cases, so I
don't know of how widespread climate-influenced depression has become.
It's the "depressive" response.
*Turning to violent direct action* to either take revenge or attempt to
impose change or force action. I have only heard this discussed in
abstract terms, mostly when people wonder why we haven't seen this kind
of action yet. It's the "violent" response
Mentioning these responses makes me realise that we need psychologists
and others who provide counsel to people, such as coaches and religious
leaders, to engage actively in this field and develop the relevant support.
https://jembendell.wordpress.com/2018/08/25/after-acceptance-some-responses-to-anticipating-collapse/
[Activism for Sept 5th]
When: September 5th, 2.00-3.00pm
Where: Paramount Plaza, 1633 Broadway, New York, 10019
Speakers: Activists from Greenpeace, the Center for Constitutional
Rights, the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, and more
Dallas: Find our roving message to Energy Transfer Partners
When: From September 4th-6th a mobile billboard will display a message
from our coalition to Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the
Dakota Access Pipeline.
Where: In front of ETP's headquarters and other locations throughout
Dallas - read the schedule here
Bonus: The first 10 people to photograph the truck and @SLAPPtaskforce
on Twitter or Facebook will win a free T-shirt!
Click here to Find Us in Dallas - and invite others!
San Francisco: Panel Discussion on Greenpeace's boat the Arctic Sunrise
When: September 5th, 4:00-5.30pm (boarding from 3.00pm)
Where: Arctic Sunrise (Greenpeace ship), Pier 19, San Francisco, CA 94111
Speakers: Activists and journalists from Mother Jones, Electronic
Frontier Foundation, Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network, Wikimedia,
Techdirt, and SLAPP survivors/activists from California
Bonus: Free tours of the Arctic Sunrise will begin at 3:30 and there
will be a reception with drinks and nibbles directly after the event!
Join our Event in San Francisco - and invite others!
Join us online:
Stay updated by following us on Twitter at @SLAPPtaskforce and on the
Protect the Protest Facebook page.
Join the conversation by using #ProtectTheProtest
For more information about the coalition, visit
www.protecttheprotest.org or e-mail us at info at protecttheprotest.org.
[video classic science lecture from 2013]
*Peter Ward Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtHlsUDVVy0&feature=youtu.be&t=23m30s>*
Climate State
Published on Sep 20, 2013
Brown Bag Lecture Series; Center for Student Engagement & Leadership;
and Arts, Culture, and Civic Engagement
Apr. 11, 2013
In honor of Earth Month: Peter D. Ward, Ph.D., is a paleontologist and
professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Washington. Ward
specializes in the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event (the one that
killed the dinosaurs), the Permian-Triassic extinction event, and mass
extinctions in general. He was elected as a fellow of the California
Academy of Science in 1984 and has been nominated for the Schuchert
Medal, an award of the Paleontological Society. Ward has written many
books including Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions
of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future and The Flooded
Earth: Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtHlsUDVVy0&feature=youtu.be&t=23m30s
another one at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP_Fvs48hb4
*This Day in Climate History - September 4, 2001
<http://web.archive.org/web/20020619223452/http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0904-01.htm>
- from D.R. Tucker*
September 4, 2001: In the Boston Globe, Theodore Roosevelt IV - the
great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt--declares:
"We Americans are heading into a carbon-constrained, ecologically
fragile future for which we are ill prepared. Under the present
leadership we are dragging our feet, willing to sacrifice vital
natural resources instead of making real investments in current
efficiency and future energy technologies. This is hardly a
conservative agenda.
"Moderate Republicans, and I am one, are distressed that an
administration that strenuously claims to be conservative is instead
intent on maintaining undisciplined and wasteful consumption. This
is unsustainable public policy, and I doubt that it will go far in
achieving victory in the midterm elections. Bad public policy and
bad politics are a lethal combination."
http://web.archive.org/web/20020619223452/http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0904-01.htm
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