Jerry Brown Promotes Mass Immigration and then Blames Fires on Climate Change Which is Caused by Mass Immigration

Post by mg
"Governor Brown criticizes President Trump for climate
change position as California burns
CBS News, 60 Minutes, Dec 08, 2017
California is reeling from its most destructive wildfire
season ever, exacerbated Governor Jerry Brown says, by the
effects of climate change. Brown says the fires show
President Trump is making a mistake by ignoring the facts of
global warming. Governor Brown speaks to Bill Whitaker for a
report to be broadcast on 60 Minutes, Sunday, Dec. 10, at
7:00 p.m., ET/PT.
Brown told Whitaker that President Trump is wrong to
withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement and
misguided for calling it a bad deal for America. "That's a
preposterous idea, not even a shred of truth in that
statement," Brown said. "I don't think President Trump has a
fear of the Lord, the fear of the wrath of God, which leads
one to more humility... and this is such a reckless
disregard for the truth and for the existential consequences
that can be unleashed."
Brown has pushed California to take aggressive measures to
reduce its emissions. "We have a cap and trade system, which
is a very efficient way to reducing greenhouse gases. We
have zero-emission vehicle mandate. We have efficiency
standards for our buildings, for our appliances. California
is showing that dealing with climate is good for the
economy, not bad," says Brown.
In a wide-ranging conversation on the ranch that Brown's
great-grandfather settled in the 1860s, Brown told Whitaker
that California is a model for the rest of the country.
"It's a culture that's on the move -- not pulling up the
drawbridge out of fear and economic insecurity."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/governor-brown-criticizes-president-trump-for-climate-change-position-as-california-burns/

There's no stopping it. My time on Earth probably has
less than 10 years to go, so I'm just laying back and
watching the show. When the s. really hits the fan, I
won't be here.

2017-12-29 23:52:32 UTC

There's no stopping it. My time on Earth probably has
less than 10 years to go, so I'm just laying back and
watching the show. When the s. really hits the fan, I
won't be here.

My heart surgery last month really got me thinking about my
mortality and my age and now I find myself thinking about it
a lot. I'm probably thinking about it too much. So, I hope I
get off this kick pretty soon. However, at the age of 76, I
think it's only natural for one to realize that one's days
left on this planet are limited.

rumpelstiltskin

2017-12-30 00:15:47 UTC

There's no stopping it. My time on Earth probably has
less than 10 years to go, so I'm just laying back and
watching the show. When the s. really hits the fan, I
won't be here.

You were gone for three weeks, but that was the
surgery and recuperation, how long did you have
to wait after you were diagnosed before you got
the surgery. I was diagnosed no later than
early October, more likely September, and my
surgery date is still (hopefully) some time in
January, not yet specified. I was eager for
surgery in October, and have just been going
downhill ever since, with three machine scans,
and a tracheal scan yesterday, and 51,362
"blood tests", pretty much one a week on
average though there was one week when I had
to go in three separate days for blood tests. It's
a royal pain in the butt. Today I got called for
yet another blood test and I hit the roof in a
mild way, since I was feeling particular
wobbly this morning, had just had the tracheal
scan yesterday, and had just had a blood test
three days ago which showed that my red blood
cell count was only half what it should be.
I had a transfusion a couple of months ago
which really helped temporarily, and I've been
pleading for another one. There are just not
enough heart surgeons to handle the load IMO.
Getting to heart surgery is like driving home
along route 101 at rush hour when there's a
ball game at Candelstick park. (I had to do
that a few times, until I realized that even
though taking 280 home was longer and more
out of the way, it was a lot more peaceful.)

2017-12-30 17:31:22 UTC

There's no stopping it. My time on Earth probably has
less than 10 years to go, so I'm just laying back and
watching the show. When the s. really hits the fan, I
won't be here.

I had open-heart surgery and there's definitely no waiting
list for regular, open-heart surgery. Is there a waiting
list, though, in Utah, for non-invasive transcatheter
surgery (TAVR)? I was looking at the possibility of having
TAVR surgery for awhile and nobody mentioned anything about
a waiting list, so I don't think so. I don't know, for sure,
though.

A little more than 4 weeks has gone by now since I had my
surgery, incidentally, so there's good news for me now: It's
legal for me to drive a car, again. :-)

rumpelstiltskin

2017-12-30 19:53:54 UTC

There's no stopping it. My time on Earth probably has
less than 10 years to go, so I'm just laying back and
watching the show. When the s. really hits the fan, I
won't be here.

I had open-heart surgery and there's definitely no waiting
list for regular, open-heart surgery. Is there a waiting
list, though, in Utah, for non-invasive transcatheter
surgery (TAVR)? I was looking at the possibility of having
TAVR surgery for awhile and nobody mentioned anything about
a waiting list, so I don't think so. I don't know, for sure,
though.
A little more than 4 weeks has gone by now since I had my
surgery, incidentally, so there's good news for me now: It's
legal for me to drive a car, again. :-)

It's been nearly four months of a wait already for me.
That's "normal" around here, and also "normal" most
places, I hear. You were very, very lucky, it seems to
me, to get such prompt service. I am hoping for TAVR.
I've had three "scans" so far and 152,786,105 blood tests.
Plus a transfusion (which did a lot of good temporarily)
and two iron infusions (which did nothing that I could
detect). My red blood cell count is half the normal right
now, and I've been pleading for another transfusion,
since it will be at least three weeks or a month still
before I get the operation. Yesterday I walked one block
down to the expensive supermarket I usually avoid, to
check out their cat food, found that it cost nearly twice
the price as for the same brands as at Foodsco or Target,
so I just walked back. Walking back that one block uphill
was really difficult for me. For the last couple of weeks,
I've been mostly sitting in front of the computer or lying
in bed watching 1970's reruns of "The Match Game" on
TV. I did catch "The Day the Dinosaurs Died" recently
though, which was very good.

Uphill and downhill, and even walking on pavement
at all, are difficult for me at the moment. I have no
problem driving, or walking on the level in markets
though. I'm about to catch two busses to Target,
which will involve very little walking. The 33 Ashbury
has a stop on my block, from which I can disembark
at 16th and Mission to catch the 14 Mission just by
crossing the street, and that bus has a stop right in
front of the 4th & Mission Target. It's great living in
a compact city that has such excellent public
transportation - very expensive public transportation,
but free for old codgers like me.

I suppose I should shave first. I haven't been
shaving much, since I haven't been leaving my flat
much, except to go to the hospital for yet more
blood tests, sometimes more than once a week,
for the last 3-1/2 months. That's a big chunk of
my life to be sitting around waiting for an
operation, unable to do much of anything.

islander

2017-12-30 02:02:12 UTC

There's no stopping it. My time on Earth probably has
less than 10 years to go, so I'm just laying back and
watching the show. When the s. really hits the fan, I
won't be here.

A good friend of mine showed me a picture of his new grandson a few days
ago. I asked him how being a new grandfather affected his life. His
response was interesting. He said that he used to think in terms of a
20 year future (he is younger than me). Now, he said that he tends to
think in terms of a 100 year future since that is the amount of time
that his new grandson is likely to live. My grandsons are now about to
start college, so my time horizon is a bit shorter for personal reasons,
but I think that it is still a good idea to think about the long term.

We are each of us custodians of this spaceship for a limited period of
time, but we are just custodians. The notion to use up our resources is
like the religious belief that the earth and all the creatures are given
to us by God to use and there is no reason to think beyond the expected
return of Christ and the Rapture. The thinking that justifies use it
while we can is beyond my ability to comprehend.

El Castor

2017-12-30 10:29:18 UTC

Post by islander

There's no stopping it. My time on Earth probably has
less than 10 years to go, so I'm just laying back and
watching the show. When the s. really hits the fan, I
won't be here.

A good friend of mine showed me a picture of his new grandson a few days
ago. I asked him how being a new grandfather affected his life. His
response was interesting. He said that he used to think in terms of a
20 year future (he is younger than me). Now, he said that he tends to
think in terms of a 100 year future since that is the amount of time
that his new grandson is likely to live. My grandsons are now about to
start college, so my time horizon is a bit shorter for personal reasons,
but I think that it is still a good idea to think about the long term.
We are each of us custodians of this spaceship for a limited period of
time, but we are just custodians. The notion to use up our resources is
like the religious belief that the earth and all the creatures are given
to us by God to use and there is no reason to think beyond the expected
return of Christ and the Rapture. The thinking that justifies use it
while we can is beyond my ability to comprehend.

What kind of fuel does your car use and how do you heat your house? I
still drive a hybrid. Gas heats the house. When better batteries are
perfected, if I am still around, I will no doubt go electric, but
global climate has always changed, and I am sure it will continue to
do so. Dinosaurs once roamed the North Slope of Alaska, and at one
time, and perhaps more than once, the Earth was a vast snow ball. If I
had to choose between warmer and another ice age (which would leave
you and yours under several thousand feet of glacier), I would go with
warmer.

BTW, there is no proof that global warming caused the California
fires. Development, and the electrical system that powers it, is
certainly suspect. We had a fire storm in the Oakland Hills in 1991.
There have never been suggestions that global warming caused that one.

rumpelstiltskin

2017-12-30 14:20:17 UTC