Then: October 2, 2001
Two pages of the N Y Times
Were filled with images of men and women who tried
Bravely to rescue others; and many did so
Before as did all those they could not rescue,they died.
It would be a good thing if the USPS
Developed postage-stamps honoring rescuers individually
But short of that, stamps honoring their respective occupations
A good idea would seem to be.
We take for granted the services of folks
Whose job it is to protect us from harm,
And give little attention to the cop on the beat
Or little heed to a distant fire alarm.
“Our God and soldiers we alike adore
E'vn at the brink of danger, not before;
And after deliverance both alike requited:
Our God, forgotten, and our soldiers, slighted.”
Nor do we think very long
About the folks who voluntarily fight in our name--
Anywhere, any time—when a wanton entity
Breaks basic rules of the international game.
10.06.2001
An otherwise uneventful Sunday morning
Was marked by news that folks fighting in our name
Were delivering a load of destruction on wanton entities
Who’ve broken the rules of that game.
We, here at home in New Jersey,
Saw no change in our daily routine
But imagined some change in and around, say, Kabul
When cruise missiles arrived rained on the scene.
The taped spiel from O. bin Laden and his lieutenant
Was sufficient to once more make it clear
That he thinks along paranoid lines
And hates folks in the western hemisphere.
Were it not so deadly serious
It would ludicrous that we need to use such might
To counteract the actions of a benighted man
Who’s on the human race a blight.
Nineteen of his henchmen, with primitive weapons
And no (direct) expenditures for delivery systems at all
Have slaughtered thousands and shaken the world,
But in replying we upon complex systems we must call.
It is scary to realize what could ensue
If other Muslims with bin Laden’s view
Should come to entertain
The notion that a commercial plane
As a guided missile will equally well do.
It is equally scary to have to recognize
That many Muslims appear to see us through “bin Laden” eyes
Thus tend not to see
What we know the U.S. to be
Hence would seem to relish prospect of our demise.
So at 7:29P, after a vegetable soup main course
We ponder the question raised frequently before
As to why some cultures have been associated with advancement
While others seem no more advanced in this century than they were the century before.
A brief look at Compton’s “Islam” entry
Serves to refresh memory as to how frequently Muslim’s pray,
And acknowledging the temporariness of memory, albeit refreshed,
What was read, to repeat, was that it was five times a day.
We must agree that a culture engaged in mandating such frequent pauses for prayer
For encouraging intensive entrepreneurial enterprise would have little flair
And adherents would not, e.g., take a shine
To work on an assembly line,
Which after all is a non-stop productive affair.
Special K must, again, acknowledge that he’s had a dim view
Of what he’s seen of the Arab/Muslim way of life
Which appears to be characterized mainly
By backwardness, lack of progress, and a penchant for strife.
However, that only illustratively serves to show
That to obtain a balanced view Special K's got a way yet to go
(And very likely will find
No real change of mind
Is in the offing, and he has none in escrow!)
And now, nine years later, only one current illustration of continuity….
in uncivilized attitudes and behaviors involving Muslims, and Special K's (parenthesized) self-assessment
Faisal Shahzad: 'War With Muslims Has Just Begun' (sic) emphasis added
Times Square Bomber Says 'Allahu Akbar' After Being Sentenced To Life In Prison
20 comments
By AARON KATERSKY and RICHARD ESPOSITO
Oct. 5, 2010
Faisal Shahzad, who attempted to detonate a car bomb in New York's Times Square on a crowded Saturday night, was sentenced to life in federal prison today.
Shahzad said "Allahu Akbar" after hearing the sentence, and said he would "sacrifice a thousand lives for Allah."
"War with Muslims has just begun," said Shahzad, who then predicted that "the defeat of the US is imminent, god willing."
Shahzad also said he was happy with "the deal" God had given him. "We have laws made by Allah. We don't need laws made by humans."
So .... it appears that despite all that has ensued
in the nine years represented by the foregoing
nothing really has changed --
and if it ever will, there's, today, no way of knowing.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
From: Kenneth Wilson
To: Tom Teepen
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:22 PM
Subject: The more things change
Good morning:
I unearthed an item filed more than two years ago that included
commentary by you and others on the relationship between then
primary candidate Obama and the Rev. Wright. You may not
have revisited the theme recently. Perhaps one of these days
you may wish to do another column on "Taking racial high ground"
in light of current faltering efforts to avoid its "sinking sand".
Best wishes,
Ken Wilson
Lawrenceville, NJ
P.S. Mr. Malone, now Editor-Publisher, no longer entertains
my informative emails.
kw
File copy...
To: Tom Teepen
cc: bjmalone@njtimes.com,
letters@charleskrauthammer.com
Good morning:
Tom Teepen, Taking racial high ground
The Times of Trenton, Saturday, March 22, 2008, A11
“ . . .Obama firmly and convincingly disavowed Wright’s excesses but, . . ., just as firmly refused to disavow him personally . . ..”
Charles Krauthammer, No it’s not enough, ibid.
“ . . But Obama was supposed to be new . . . transcending the anger of the past as represented by his beloved pastor. . . .
Then answer this senator: If Wright is a man of the past, why would you expose your children to his vitriolic divisiveness? . . ..”
© 2008 Newsmax. All rights reserved
Obama Defends Rev. Wright, Blasts Imus
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:47 AM
“ . . .Obama told ABC in the interview he would never appear again on Imus’ show after Imus set off a firestorm of outrage
when he called members of the women’s basketball team at Rutgers University “nappy-headed ‘hoes’” on his popular morning talk show.
‘He didn’t just cross the line,’ Obama raged then. ‘He fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are
having to deal with today in America’ . . ...”
Obama seems unable, today, to decide--
In promising to bridge the racial divide--
To be consistent
In being insistent
On the principle of not favoring either side.
He quickly distanced himself from Imus
And said he’d never again appear on his show,
But to distance himself from membership in J. Wright’s congregation
Barack has been exceeding slow[1].
It does appear that Barack H. Obama
Does not appreciate unsavory rhetoric aimed at blacks,
But tends to think it alright for his pastor (of 20 years), J. Wright,
To take at white folks non-benevolent cracks.
And for those who now think Obama
Is the greatest thing to come down the pike
Since the invention of the internal combustion engine,
Here’s an analogy that they may not like:
From a note archived on February 4, 2005
In a scene from the movie, “Paleface”,
Bob Hope was kissing, fervently, Jane Russell—
For her, Bob was only a “husband of convenience”,
But on their wedding night he was simply hot to hustle.
Being annoyed at his untimely (for her) advances, she used a gun butt
And knocked him out (from behind), surcease from romance to seize;
When he awoke next morning, while still rubbing his head he thanked her “for a most lovely evening”;
She then shook her head wonderingly unbelievingly, and said: “You sure are easy to please!”
This seems to apply to Obama’s admirers
Who are always ready any opportunity to seize
To characterize his perceived attributes in superlatives--
They, too, “sure are easy to please”.
Of course, it can’t be gainsaid
That admirers of Hillary also similarly seize
Opportunities to sing the praises of her Clintonesque qualities
That only confused or bemused folks might please.
But, generally speaking, in politics (and elsewhere)
What is admired or what is abhorred
Seems to hinge less on the inherent nature of the object involved,
Than on whose particular ox is being gored.[2]
Still, were it not such a serious matter
We wouldn't ask Senator Obama to justify
Distancing himself from poor Imus (in the morning)
While embracing J. Wright as a spiritual ally.
Best wishes
Ken Wilson
27 Royal Oak Rd
Lawrenceville (soon perhaps to get its own ZIP code), NJ
(but still) 08648-3239
P.S. I hope you and yours suffered no ill effects
Due to the tornado that struck Atlanta, downtown;
And that things are back to normal on Peachtree St.--
A street of universal renown.
Perhaps you know whether there was any damage
In the vicinity of 3095 Towerview Dr., NE,
Where, between 1958 and 1965, inclusive,
Our primary residence happened to be.
kw
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[1] Jimmy C., even as candidate for the presidency, still member of a segregated church,
Was asked "Why?"; and with a dismissive quip and a scoff
Answered the reporter’s seemingly meaningful question thus:
What would you have me do? Stop the world and get off?
[2] Association! It’s being said that the current nomination impasse--
That all Democratic operatives deplore--
May be broken by the introduction
Of overtures for the nomination by Algore!
To: Tom Teepen
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:22 PM
Subject: The more things change
Good morning:
I unearthed an item filed more than two years ago that included
commentary by you and others on the relationship between then
primary candidate Obama and the Rev. Wright. You may not
have revisited the theme recently. Perhaps one of these days
you may wish to do another column on "Taking racial high ground"
in light of current faltering efforts to avoid its "sinking sand".
Best wishes,
Ken Wilson
Lawrenceville, NJ
P.S. Mr. Malone, now Editor-Publisher, no longer entertains
my informative emails.
kw
File copy...
To: Tom Teepen
cc: bjmalone@njtimes.com,
letters@charleskrauthammer.com
Good morning:
Tom Teepen, Taking racial high ground
The Times of Trenton, Saturday, March 22, 2008, A11
“ . . .Obama firmly and convincingly disavowed Wright’s excesses but, . . ., just as firmly refused to disavow him personally . . ..”
Charles Krauthammer, No it’s not enough, ibid.
“ . . But Obama was supposed to be new . . . transcending the anger of the past as represented by his beloved pastor. . . .
Then answer this senator: If Wright is a man of the past, why would you expose your children to his vitriolic divisiveness? . . ..”
© 2008 Newsmax. All rights reserved
Obama Defends Rev. Wright, Blasts Imus
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:47 AM
“ . . .Obama told ABC in the interview he would never appear again on Imus’ show after Imus set off a firestorm of outrage
when he called members of the women’s basketball team at Rutgers University “nappy-headed ‘hoes’” on his popular morning talk show.
‘He didn’t just cross the line,’ Obama raged then. ‘He fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are
having to deal with today in America’ . . ...”
Obama seems unable, today, to decide--
In promising to bridge the racial divide--
To be consistent
In being insistent
On the principle of not favoring either side.
He quickly distanced himself from Imus
And said he’d never again appear on his show,
But to distance himself from membership in J. Wright’s congregation
Barack has been exceeding slow[1].
It does appear that Barack H. Obama
Does not appreciate unsavory rhetoric aimed at blacks,
But tends to think it alright for his pastor (of 20 years), J. Wright,
To take at white folks non-benevolent cracks.
And for those who now think Obama
Is the greatest thing to come down the pike
Since the invention of the internal combustion engine,
Here’s an analogy that they may not like:
From a note archived on February 4, 2005
In a scene from the movie, “Paleface”,
Bob Hope was kissing, fervently, Jane Russell—
For her, Bob was only a “husband of convenience”,
But on their wedding night he was simply hot to hustle.
Being annoyed at his untimely (for her) advances, she used a gun butt
And knocked him out (from behind), surcease from romance to seize;
When he awoke next morning, while still rubbing his head he thanked her “for a most lovely evening”;
She then shook her head wonderingly unbelievingly, and said: “You sure are easy to please!”
This seems to apply to Obama’s admirers
Who are always ready any opportunity to seize
To characterize his perceived attributes in superlatives--
They, too, “sure are easy to please”.
Of course, it can’t be gainsaid
That admirers of Hillary also similarly seize
Opportunities to sing the praises of her Clintonesque qualities
That only confused or bemused folks might please.
But, generally speaking, in politics (and elsewhere)
What is admired or what is abhorred
Seems to hinge less on the inherent nature of the object involved,
Than on whose particular ox is being gored.[2]
Still, were it not such a serious matter
We wouldn't ask Senator Obama to justify
Distancing himself from poor Imus (in the morning)
While embracing J. Wright as a spiritual ally.
Best wishes
Ken Wilson
27 Royal Oak Rd
Lawrenceville (soon perhaps to get its own ZIP code), NJ
(but still) 08648-3239
P.S. I hope you and yours suffered no ill effects
Due to the tornado that struck Atlanta, downtown;
And that things are back to normal on Peachtree St.--
A street of universal renown.
Perhaps you know whether there was any damage
In the vicinity of 3095 Towerview Dr., NE,
Where, between 1958 and 1965, inclusive,
Our primary residence happened to be.
kw
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[1] Jimmy C., even as candidate for the presidency, still member of a segregated church,
Was asked "Why?"; and with a dismissive quip and a scoff
Answered the reporter’s seemingly meaningful question thus:
What would you have me do? Stop the world and get off?
[2] Association! It’s being said that the current nomination impasse--
That all Democratic operatives deplore--
May be broken by the introduction
Of overtures for the nomination by Algore!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
From the archives: April 22, 2009
Wednesday has turned out to be a day
Marked, weather-wise, by coolness and drizzle,
And lack of any tennis activity--
Efforts to arrange some have been a fizzle.
For most of the day, thus far,
Ken has been engaged in “news” commentary
Concerned with making clear that the New York Times
Of telling it like it is, tends to be chary.
Preferring almost always to tell it
Like they wish it to be
Without regard to the facts
Or to their position’s legit- or illegitimacy.
The result for today….
To: Op-ed@nytimes.com
Eyes always on the prize
By Special K
Disassociated Press
April 22, 2009
Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 -- 10:15 PM ET
U.S. Adopted Harsh Interrogations Without Examining Their Past Use
An examination by The New York Times shows that an
extraordinary consensus in 2002 by cabinet members and
lawmakers embracing brutal interrogation methods was possible
largely because no one involved investigated the gruesome
origins of the techniques.(all emphasis added)
Read More (if the foregoing isn't enough!)
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
Act in haste, repent at leisure.
Look before you leap.
Stop, look and listen,
Before you cross the street
Use your eyes and use your ears
Before you use your feet.
Generally good advice, especially so for many of those same lawmakers
Who now strongly embrace "hasty legislation",
And, e.g., without any informed thought or debate
Pass trillion dollar bailouts quite unhealthy for the nation.
But when the country’s fate was on the line
Those favoring firm interrogation
Might be excused at not having conducted basic etiological research
As to the firm-interrogation techniques' origination.
For news gathering organizations such as, e.g., the N Y Times,
That seek still another Pulitzer prize
(Especially one for keeping score on water-boarding competition at Gitmo)***
Some show of impartiality (theoretically at least) would be wise.
However, articles such as the one referenced above
Suggest lack of impartiality
By intimating that organizers of that competition
In doing so acted hastily, peremptorily, and probably sadistically.
Some objective (dispassionate, uninvolved) but naïve observers
Will by Times’ reporting surely be led to believe
That merely agreeing to hold such a competition is something
Of which only uninformed, ignorant (possibly even sadistic) organizers could conceive.
However, objective and realistic observers (none of whom edits and/or reports for the Times)
Recognize that the legitimacy of water-boarding at Gitmo is akin to that of capital punishment:
Governmentally sanctioned for particularly heinous behavior--and, still contested as “brutal” by some--
But something that others (the majority) accept as meet and proper as well as legal, hence view with no outward show of discontent.
That lawmakers who today legislate boondoggles without thought (or research)
Had enough “instinctive” understanding of “imminent peril” back then
To collectively endorse un-researched, but appropriate preventive action
Should be a source of national satisfaction--
But, after all, in water-boarding competition, the Times roots for the dunkees to win;
And is giving aid and comfort to many of the same lawmakers--
Who are seeking political cover, now that the punishment has thwarted the crime,
And wish to distance themselves from their, then, wise behavior--
By saying they did something “wrong” because they weren’t properly briefed at the time.
Editor’s note.
The Disassociated Press seldom endorses reporters’ opinions,
But given the direction in which “news” is being spun in the nation, today,
Readers could do much worse than pay close and careful attention
To the sage observations and opinions proffered here by Special K.
___________
***
The Times Wins 5 Pulitzer Prizes
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
The five prizes for The New York Times were the second most in its history.
The Las Vegas Sun won the public service prize.
And next year it seems certain
That the N Y Times will add one Pulitzer more
For its series on waterboarding competition at Gitmo
And the two guys who chalked up“266” (dunkings) each, for a record indoor (tie) score.
Wednesday has turned out to be a day
Marked, weather-wise, by coolness and drizzle,
And lack of any tennis activity--
Efforts to arrange some have been a fizzle.
For most of the day, thus far,
Ken has been engaged in “news” commentary
Concerned with making clear that the New York Times
Of telling it like it is, tends to be chary.
Preferring almost always to tell it
Like they wish it to be
Without regard to the facts
Or to their position’s legit- or illegitimacy.
The result for today….
To: Op-ed@nytimes.com
Eyes always on the prize
By Special K
Disassociated Press
April 22, 2009
Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 -- 10:15 PM ET
U.S. Adopted Harsh Interrogations Without Examining Their Past Use
An examination by The New York Times shows that an
extraordinary consensus in 2002 by cabinet members and
lawmakers embracing brutal interrogation methods was possible
largely because no one involved investigated the gruesome
origins of the techniques.(all emphasis added)
Read More (if the foregoing isn't enough!)
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
Act in haste, repent at leisure.
Look before you leap.
Stop, look and listen,
Before you cross the street
Use your eyes and use your ears
Before you use your feet.
Generally good advice, especially so for many of those same lawmakers
Who now strongly embrace "hasty legislation",
And, e.g., without any informed thought or debate
Pass trillion dollar bailouts quite unhealthy for the nation.
But when the country’s fate was on the line
Those favoring firm interrogation
Might be excused at not having conducted basic etiological research
As to the firm-interrogation techniques' origination.
For news gathering organizations such as, e.g., the N Y Times,
That seek still another Pulitzer prize
(Especially one for keeping score on water-boarding competition at Gitmo)***
Some show of impartiality (theoretically at least) would be wise.
However, articles such as the one referenced above
Suggest lack of impartiality
By intimating that organizers of that competition
In doing so acted hastily, peremptorily, and probably sadistically.
Some objective (dispassionate, uninvolved) but naïve observers
Will by Times’ reporting surely be led to believe
That merely agreeing to hold such a competition is something
Of which only uninformed, ignorant (possibly even sadistic) organizers could conceive.
However, objective and realistic observers (none of whom edits and/or reports for the Times)
Recognize that the legitimacy of water-boarding at Gitmo is akin to that of capital punishment:
Governmentally sanctioned for particularly heinous behavior--and, still contested as “brutal” by some--
But something that others (the majority) accept as meet and proper as well as legal, hence view with no outward show of discontent.
That lawmakers who today legislate boondoggles without thought (or research)
Had enough “instinctive” understanding of “imminent peril” back then
To collectively endorse un-researched, but appropriate preventive action
Should be a source of national satisfaction--
But, after all, in water-boarding competition, the Times roots for the dunkees to win;
And is giving aid and comfort to many of the same lawmakers--
Who are seeking political cover, now that the punishment has thwarted the crime,
And wish to distance themselves from their, then, wise behavior--
By saying they did something “wrong” because they weren’t properly briefed at the time.
Editor’s note.
The Disassociated Press seldom endorses reporters’ opinions,
But given the direction in which “news” is being spun in the nation, today,
Readers could do much worse than pay close and careful attention
To the sage observations and opinions proffered here by Special K.
___________
***
The Times Wins 5 Pulitzer Prizes
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
The five prizes for The New York Times were the second most in its history.
The Las Vegas Sun won the public service prize.
And next year it seems certain
That the N Y Times will add one Pulitzer more
For its series on waterboarding competition at Gitmo
And the two guys who chalked up“266” (dunkings) each, for a record indoor (tie) score.
Monday, April 5, 2010
A weekend-news sampler
By Special K
Disassociated Press
September 14, 2009
Nothing of great moment or pith
Occurred over the just completed weekend,
And this reporter accordingly has elected
Use of “pithiness” as an index of “newsworthiness” to suspend.
So readers are hereby informed
Not to expect anything smacking of either moment or pith
(And if any such thing should be perceived herein
This reporter should be notified forthwith).
New 'hockey stick' graph on climate change under fire
Written by Christopher Booker, Telegraph
Saturday, September 12 2009 13:11
A number of readers wrote in to express surprise at the recent letter from the US scientist
Dr Michael Mann claiming that his famous "hockey stick" graph, showing temperatures
having suddenly soared at the end of the 20th century to unprecedented levels, had been
endorsed by the US National Academy of Sciences. Neither of the two Congressional
inquiries involving the NAS did anything of the kind. Both found that the computer
model used to create Dr Mann's "hockey stick", completely rewriting climate history,
was fundamentally flawed.
"Hockey" is an old southern U.S. expression for "dung"
That may be apt, thusly used,
When referring to Professor Mann's "hockey stick"
That with a climate-change trend, instead, was confused.
And it would be helpful to all concerned
If the average global temperature of "yesterday"
Could be reported for easy comparison
With the average global temperature of "today".
Along with the corresponding distributions of local observations;
Also appropriate regional summaries of a similar nature
Designed to permit assessment of regional differences
By all concerned including those in each national legislature.
Until we are apprised of what "average world temperature" means,
What its “current” value is and what it was "yesterday",
And the degree of stability in the rank-ordering of corresponding "local" values, for example,
We won't be able properly to evaluate what folks like Prof. Mann say.
***
The Church Mouse Blog: Climate change campaigns
By The Church Mouse
Much talk over the past few days of the various climate change campaigns.
Christian Aid have been getting in the news with their 'Mass Visual
Trespass' and other activities encouraging Gordon Brown to go to
Copenhagen. ... Mouse has noted, however, that there is not yet a single unifying
campaign in the run up to Copenhagen. There are lots of things going on, but not
a single message which all the campaigning can unite behind. This is odd, since
the message is really quite simple - world leaders must agree on a plan to make
significant cuts in CO2 emissions (emphasis added).
1 comments:
Special K said...
Cutting CO2 emissions, per se, is a reasonable goal
To the extent that such emissions pollute--
Never mind as a means to stop "climate change",
A quixotic goal, not one for thinkers astute.
The globe may or may not be getting "warmer"--
Average global temperature (however it may be taken)
Is not now reported daily
To permit assessment of changes (if any) breathtaking.
Until someone brings clarity to its discussion,
“Climate change" will surely remain
A phenomenon which much has been made of
That no one has (as yet) managed to explain.
13 September 2009 18:39
***
Resilience and Arctic Climate Change at Resilience Science
By Garry Peterson
coping with ecological suprise in a human dominated world.
An important consideration for conservation and management in the Arctic, for example, is whether alteration of species composition of plant and animal communities due to climate change will lead to alternate ecosystem states or persistent instability (60) (Fig. 4B),
or whether system states can rebound from abiotic perturbations due to species resilience
(emphasis added).
One has to admit that the Arctic
Is a pretty well isolated ecosystem;
Changes can come and go willy nilly
Before most folks in the world will have missed 'em.
Someone like Al Gore can come along
And elicit belief in an ephemeral cause retrograde
Because it's made out to be "world-saving",
But of "reality" is largely a charade.
And will remain so until, mirabile dictu,
What "climate change" is--with clearly linked causes and manifestations--
Becomes widely known and clearly understood
Through normal processes of familiarization.
In the meantime, we can't expect anything approaching “consensus”
On sundry approaches designed to “stop ‘climate change’"--
A phrase that implies doing something about "something" undefined
Hence the very notion of getting agreement on how to do it would seem to be a bit strange.
But nothing that may be said or done in the future
Can surpass in sheer “unfathomability”
“(A)biotic perturbations due to species resilience”,
To understand which would require atypical (out of range) verbal facility.
13 September 2009
IntLawGrrls: Patent law & climate change
By noreply@blogger.com (Estelle Derclaye)
Many thanks to IntLawGrrls for this giving me this opportunity to appear as a guest blogger
especially on a topic that is close to my heart – finding solutions to global warming.
I am an intellectual property lawyer, and in the course of my research I wondered whether
intellectual property law can do something to alleviate the global warming problem.
. . . Very few would also now deny that humans are the cause of this greenhouse
effect and the correlated climate change....(emphasis added).
Perhaps no more would deny it
Than would express belief in its existence,
Going along with the media flow,
Taking the path of least resistance
But Ms. Derclaye may be on to something
In proposing that intellectual property law
Can help deal with the global warming problem,
Being, as it is, largely free of (perceptible) fault or flaw.
Given the chameleonesque quality of “climate change”
Almost every discipline potentially has a role
In slowing, stopping, or preventing “it” altogether--
Or ameliorating ill effects as “climate change” takes “its” inevitable toll.
There can be little doubt that it’s a widely used term
That passes trippingly on many a tongue
Variously eliciting expressions of either shock and dismay or utter disbelief
On the part of ordinary folk, be they aged, aging, mature, maturing or young.
But like Omar, as the story goes,
After hearing about “it” arguments galore
They’ll conclude “it” remains a great mystery
Whose meaning is no clearer than it was before..
***
Putting cattle on a diet to curb climate change
CNN International
A rare good news story when it comes to climate change. While there is no
magic bullet, and no one solution that will work for all animals, we are
getting ...(emphasis added).
Developing a diet for bovines
To curb climate change,
Though quite an eye-catching header,
Is conceptually exceedingly strange.
Far more reasonable, or so it would seem to be,
To develop filters or pads for what they ordinarily pass--
Both up front and behind--
That gives rise to methane, a recognized greenhouse gas.
By Special K
Disassociated Press
September 14, 2009
Nothing of great moment or pith
Occurred over the just completed weekend,
And this reporter accordingly has elected
Use of “pithiness” as an index of “newsworthiness” to suspend.
So readers are hereby informed
Not to expect anything smacking of either moment or pith
(And if any such thing should be perceived herein
This reporter should be notified forthwith).
New 'hockey stick' graph on climate change under fire
Written by Christopher Booker, Telegraph
Saturday, September 12 2009 13:11
A number of readers wrote in to express surprise at the recent letter from the US scientist
Dr Michael Mann claiming that his famous "hockey stick" graph, showing temperatures
having suddenly soared at the end of the 20th century to unprecedented levels, had been
endorsed by the US National Academy of Sciences. Neither of the two Congressional
inquiries involving the NAS did anything of the kind. Both found that the computer
model used to create Dr Mann's "hockey stick", completely rewriting climate history,
was fundamentally flawed.
"Hockey" is an old southern U.S. expression for "dung"
That may be apt, thusly used,
When referring to Professor Mann's "hockey stick"
That with a climate-change trend, instead, was confused.
And it would be helpful to all concerned
If the average global temperature of "yesterday"
Could be reported for easy comparison
With the average global temperature of "today".
Along with the corresponding distributions of local observations;
Also appropriate regional summaries of a similar nature
Designed to permit assessment of regional differences
By all concerned including those in each national legislature.
Until we are apprised of what "average world temperature" means,
What its “current” value is and what it was "yesterday",
And the degree of stability in the rank-ordering of corresponding "local" values, for example,
We won't be able properly to evaluate what folks like Prof. Mann say.
***
The Church Mouse Blog: Climate change campaigns
By The Church Mouse
Much talk over the past few days of the various climate change campaigns.
Christian Aid have been getting in the news with their 'Mass Visual
Trespass' and other activities encouraging Gordon Brown to go to
Copenhagen. ... Mouse has noted, however, that there is not yet a single unifying
campaign in the run up to Copenhagen. There are lots of things going on, but not
a single message which all the campaigning can unite behind. This is odd, since
the message is really quite simple - world leaders must agree on a plan to make
significant cuts in CO2 emissions (emphasis added).
1 comments:
Special K said...
Cutting CO2 emissions, per se, is a reasonable goal
To the extent that such emissions pollute--
Never mind as a means to stop "climate change",
A quixotic goal, not one for thinkers astute.
The globe may or may not be getting "warmer"--
Average global temperature (however it may be taken)
Is not now reported daily
To permit assessment of changes (if any) breathtaking.
Until someone brings clarity to its discussion,
“Climate change" will surely remain
A phenomenon which much has been made of
That no one has (as yet) managed to explain.
13 September 2009 18:39
***
Resilience and Arctic Climate Change at Resilience Science
By Garry Peterson
coping with ecological suprise in a human dominated world.
An important consideration for conservation and management in the Arctic, for example, is whether alteration of species composition of plant and animal communities due to climate change will lead to alternate ecosystem states or persistent instability (60) (Fig. 4B),
or whether system states can rebound from abiotic perturbations due to species resilience
(emphasis added).
One has to admit that the Arctic
Is a pretty well isolated ecosystem;
Changes can come and go willy nilly
Before most folks in the world will have missed 'em.
Someone like Al Gore can come along
And elicit belief in an ephemeral cause retrograde
Because it's made out to be "world-saving",
But of "reality" is largely a charade.
And will remain so until, mirabile dictu,
What "climate change" is--with clearly linked causes and manifestations--
Becomes widely known and clearly understood
Through normal processes of familiarization.
In the meantime, we can't expect anything approaching “consensus”
On sundry approaches designed to “stop ‘climate change’"--
A phrase that implies doing something about "something" undefined
Hence the very notion of getting agreement on how to do it would seem to be a bit strange.
But nothing that may be said or done in the future
Can surpass in sheer “unfathomability”
“(A)biotic perturbations due to species resilience”,
To understand which would require atypical (out of range) verbal facility.
13 September 2009
IntLawGrrls: Patent law & climate change
By noreply@blogger.com (Estelle Derclaye)
Many thanks to IntLawGrrls for this giving me this opportunity to appear as a guest blogger
especially on a topic that is close to my heart – finding solutions to global warming.
I am an intellectual property lawyer, and in the course of my research I wondered whether
intellectual property law can do something to alleviate the global warming problem.
. . . Very few would also now deny that humans are the cause of this greenhouse
effect and the correlated climate change....(emphasis added).
Perhaps no more would deny it
Than would express belief in its existence,
Going along with the media flow,
Taking the path of least resistance
But Ms. Derclaye may be on to something
In proposing that intellectual property law
Can help deal with the global warming problem,
Being, as it is, largely free of (perceptible) fault or flaw.
Given the chameleonesque quality of “climate change”
Almost every discipline potentially has a role
In slowing, stopping, or preventing “it” altogether--
Or ameliorating ill effects as “climate change” takes “its” inevitable toll.
There can be little doubt that it’s a widely used term
That passes trippingly on many a tongue
Variously eliciting expressions of either shock and dismay or utter disbelief
On the part of ordinary folk, be they aged, aging, mature, maturing or young.
But like Omar, as the story goes,
After hearing about “it” arguments galore
They’ll conclude “it” remains a great mystery
Whose meaning is no clearer than it was before..
***
Putting cattle on a diet to curb climate change
CNN International
A rare good news story when it comes to climate change. While there is no
magic bullet, and no one solution that will work for all animals, we are
getting ...(emphasis added).
Developing a diet for bovines
To curb climate change,
Though quite an eye-catching header,
Is conceptually exceedingly strange.
Far more reasonable, or so it would seem to be,
To develop filters or pads for what they ordinarily pass--
Both up front and behind--
That gives rise to methane, a recognized greenhouse gas.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Illegal immigration and climate change: A potpourri
Illegal immigration and climate change: Reality and confusion
By Special K
Disassociated Press
October 7, 2009
U.S.
Federal officials vow to continue immigration enforcement
Federal immigration officials are revamping the nation's immigrant detention system, but warn that
immigration law enforcement will continue (emphasis added …imagine that!).
BY ALFONSO CHARDY
achardy@MiamiHerald.com
Gonzaga wrote on 10/07/2009 09:44:22 AM:
The problem of "detention" wouldn't exist if illegal residents weren't allowed to be/stay here. Mandate that all illegal residents come forward to be registered, and issue them temporary worker permits for some finitely defined, limited period of continued legal residence; also make arrangements for new workers to come in to replace the current crop-- each successive cohort scheduled to go back home after a designated period of time. And, of course, current illegal residents who do not come forward for registration-- when ultimately apprehended through the coordinated efforts of law enforcement at national, state and local levels--will be deported forthwith.
"Crop rotation" is SOP in agricultural science, and should become so as a matter of policy in supplying successive cohorts of temporary, foreign workers under conditions both open and legal. In essence, we need to adopt the practice of “’worker-crop’ rotation” in all the fields of endeavor in which, for purposes of getting the job done”, it is deemed necessary to exploit the availability of willing foreign nationals on a continuing basis.
Addendum
From the late, unlamented presidential campaign:
By Michael D. Shear
washpost.com, January 6, 2008
Ref. Romney Puts Focus On Immigration
He Hopes to Sting McCain on Hot-Button Issue..<<
(emphasis added).
Gonzage wrote:
The issue is that of "illegal immigration",
Not orderly entry into this nation,
And Senator McCain
Has made it quite plain
Re: illegals he's for integration.
So a vote for him is a vote
For indiscriminate assimilation
Of folks who have come here illegally
Into the body politic of the nation.
A policy of doubtful merit.
1/7/2008 2:08:34 PM
Addendum 10/7/2009
Re the current national lineup, to use a football analogy
Obama is our somewhat uncertain starting quarterback,
And the designated backup is Shoot from the Lip Biden
Who can’t pass, run and/or hide; and should he be sidelined
Only Pelosi the House Speaker is left to take over--a prospect most ill-betiding.
***
Climate change adds to humanitarian risks - aid group
Reuters India
"The linkage between humanitarian impact and climate change is very much on
our doorstep here in
<http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-42952020091006>
If Mr. Rumsey says it’s so
He’s entitled, himself, to believe it--
And that applies as well, of course, to anyone else
(A larger number, perhaps, that one would like to admit)
Climate Costs: Can The World Really Afford to Roll Back Carbon ...
Wall Street Journal (blog) By Keith Johnson
By and large, even in
change boils down to a simple question: How much is this going to cost...
<http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/10/06/climate-costs-can-the-world-really-afford-to-roll-back-carbon-emissions/>
Given the catastrophic predictions re: climate change effects
This emphasis on cost of prevention reminds one of Jack Benny
Who, when threatened by highwaymen with”It’s your money or your life”
Replied petulantly, “Give me time to think”--of his classic miserly ripostes, only one of many.
Panama Butterfly Migrations Linked To El Niño, Climate Change
Science Daily (press release)
Climate change has been linked to changes in the migration of butterflies
in North America and Europe but this is one of the first long-term studies of ...
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091005161126.htm>
Before we accept such a linkage
We must have unequivocal evidence of climate change;
To link a thing to something not yet in evidence
Is clearly conceptually strange.
Opinion: Climate change is already making us sick
San Jose Mercury News
The urgency is driven by evidence that the effects of climate change are
having immediate impacts on human health: The World Health Organization estimates ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_13499695>
No doubt here, however,
That climate change is already making us sick,
But it’s clearly labeled as “opinion”--a salutary practice--
So to seek physicians’ assistance, “Jack (shouldn’t necessarily) be quick …”
“I don't believe creating a center on climate change is going to prevent
terrorist attacks.” The agency announced late last month that it was
creating a ...
<http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/cia-climate-center-spurs-opposition/>
This reporter is inclined to agree with Barrasso
That creating a center on climate change won’t prevent terrorist attacks--
It isn’t at all clear what such a center would do, but it’s clear, indeed,
That it’s existence provides no excuse for us, our vigilance against terror, to relax.
Climate change: Will the U.S. be a leader or a laggard at ...
By Mark Svenvold
The upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, slated
for December, represents an opportunity for the U.S. to urge the world into
taking serious action on climate change -- and reclaim America's leadership role in ...
<http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/06/climate-change-will-the-u-s-be-a-leader-or-a-laggard-at-copenh/>
Reclaiming America’s leadership role
Would seem to be a lost cause--
And before taking any “serious action” to stop(sic) “climate change”
Climate change - A national security challenge - The Hill's ...
By Operation Free- Rafael Noboa Rivera
You never have 100% certainty. If you wait till you have that, you'll fail.
<http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-a-environment/61835-climate-change-a-national-security-challenge>
This is not the first (or last) we’ll see
Of the notion that CC is a security threat--
But whether on a par with al Queda, the Taliban or
Is not clearly discernible yet.
Traces of doubt…
1. Catastrophes Book “Equivocal” About Climate Change « The ...
By omnologos
A recently published (serious) book about future catastrophes appears to
confirm that there is nothing special about allegedly upcoming climate
change disasters: to the contrary, there are too many uncertainties to put
those on equal ...(emphasis added).
<http://omniclimate.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/catastrophes-book-equivocal-about-climate-change/>
2. Climate change nonsense « The Inquiring Mind
By adamsmith1922
The “problem” is the well-funded climate monopoly who pay to find a
crisis but don't pay to check the results. Billions have been spent on
global warming theories but auditing to test the integrity of the theories
is left to unpaid ...(emphasis added).
<http://adamsmith.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/climate-change-nonsense/>
But not here…
Addressing Climate Change - solutions in the desert - COP15 United ...
By HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of
Since the phrase 'climate change' became a regular feature in our
newspapers, on our televisions and in our conversations, there has been
much debate over its existence. But while the debate ensues, there is no
doubt that change is ...(emphasis added) or, perhaps, is not: shades of WJC.
<http://en.cop15.dk/blogs/view+blog?blogid=2284>
Why bother to check the results of a widely heralded crisis
When simply warning that it’s impending pays so well?
Billions have been spent on (the strength of) global warming theories
None of which has been validated, insofar as this reporter’s been able to tell.
Can We Solve Climate Change? Governors Climate Change
By Jonathan Hoekstra
Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy - A
blog on conservation, from migratory birds to coral reefs, from rainforests
to climate change to personal green technology.
<http://blog.nature.org/2009/10/can-we-solve-climate-change-governors-global-summit-jon-hoekstra/>
There they go again!!
Governors gather in a summit on global climate change
(To those who thought governors of states in the
The actual composition of the summit will seem a bit strange).
BBC - PM: Captain Cook and Climate Change.
This is Dr Dennis Wheeler of the
programme tonight talking his involvement in a scheme to use historical
naval logbooks in research into climate change. The log books of Captain
Cook and others are ...(emphasis added).
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/10/captain_cook_and_climate_chang.shtml>
Why stop at taking a look
At Captain Cook’s hoary log book?
Cast an inquisitive eye
On the records of Captain Bligh
Who all canons of decency forsook.
Scientist predicts resource wars as climate change takes its toll ...
By Cameron
Water scarcity as a result of climate change will create far-reaching
global security concerns, says Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, chair of the
intergovernmental panel on climate change, a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel
Peace Prize. (with Guess Who ???)[2][2] (emphasis added)
<http://www.sciencecodex.com/water_scarcity_will_create_global_security_concerns>
Dr. Pachauri undoubtedly knows his “stuff”
But that doesn’t include international relations
So his predictions about general and internecine warfare
Are admissible only with strong reservations.
And the “Guess Who”, noted above,
Turns out to have been Arnold Albert (Al) Gore Jr.
A Tennessee-born-and-bred CC troubadour
Who like his father before him once strode the Senate floor.
And was “opposed” to our struggle to stem the Red Tide
By defending South from
But nonetheless found it within himself to serve in the military--
Even while doubting the wisdom of Uncle Sam.
He, later on, was self-credited for inventing the internet
And, by many, with inventing climate change--
At least he touted it so well
As to make any doubt thereof seem decidedly strange.
[1][1] “. . Friday, governors from
http://blog.nature.org/2009/10/can-we-solve-climate-change-governors-global-summit-jon-hoekstra/
[2][2] The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge (sic)about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change (emphasis added).
Al Gore has for a long time been one of the world's leading environmentalist politicians. He became aware at an early stage of the climatic challenges the world is facing. His strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change.
He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted.http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/press.html
Monday, October 5, 2009
News-spin, climate change, health care
Things that seem to warrant attention
By Special K
Disassociated Press
October 5, 2009
Based on, i.e., by inference from current weather climate reports (from the web)
District of Columbia 65°F Current: Partly Cloudy Wind: W at 8 mph Humidity: 39%, and
Washington, DC 62°F Current: Sunny Wind: W at 8 mph Humidity: 51%, respectively,
Don’t seem to be defined identically (weather- climate observation-wise)
Even though many tend to believe they are coterminous (share a common identity).
But by inference from the foregoing the U.S. Climate Department
In its wisdom has seen fit to define differently
Two entities that most folks, it’s believed, have thought of as coterminous geographical- and politically,
Namely, the
But that’s a comparatively minor matter
In the overall scheme of things--
Witness the weighty matters, outlined illustratively immediately below,
That for import, around mere climate considerations, run rings.
Letterman Extortion Case Raises Questions for CBS
By BILL CARTER and BRIAN STELTER
The network will have to consider whether David Letterman’s actions
constituted sexual harassment.
It seems likely that CBS,
A ratings booster like Dave Letterman, won’t press
To pass muster re: his admitted sexual predations (staff-related);
At least that would seem to be a good guess.
***
Ensign's Senate Prospects Grow Cloudy
Sen. Ensign's future grew more unsettled as Minority Leader McConnell declined
to offer support, following more fallout from Ensign's affair with a staffer.
Whereas similar transgressors elsewhere
Who for hitting sexually on staff have a gift
Are left to hang, twisting slowly, in the wind,
After having been given (very) short shrift.
***
Today's Columnists
Wall Street Journal, Saturday-Sunday, October 3-4, 2009
Noonan: Keeping America Safe From the Ranters
DECLARATIONS
As the Elders of the media die, who'll replace them?
While Ms Noonan and the public generally tend to understand clearly
“Where ‘ranters’ are coming from”-- and can thus properly assess what they’re saying--
Many remain quite unaware of the spin in “news shaped by purveyors’views”
That folks labeled “journalists” are purveying
It seems probable that the republic is in far less danger
(To engage in a bit of hy.per.bo.le)
From up-front ranters, than from “’spin wolves’ in ‘news-sheep’s’ clothing”
Whose views are advanced, in the cover of news, quite in.sid.i.ous.ly.
And when the spin-wolves in news-sheep’s clothing
Are clean and articulate, soft-spoken non-ranting gentlepersons a la Cronkhite[1]
Their influence will tend to be all the more insidious--
Especially so when they’re seen on “family TV” night after night.
So it would seem to be desirable to have the truth in labeling law
Extended to businesses that claim purport to purvey to be packaging “news”,
By a requirement that all packages of print/radio/TV/ “news” carry a disclaimer:
Please be advised that the contents in varying degrees reflect our views.
***
No Climate Change Bill This Year, Says Obama Adviser
By The Huffington Post News Editors
WASHINGTON (AP)- President Barack Obama's top energy adviser says there is
no way Congress will be able to pass a bill on climate change this year.
"That's not going to happen," the adviser, Carol Browner, said Friday.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/04/no-climate-change-bill-th_n_308885.html>
If Carol is correct, we (the general public) can rejoice
At the first hint of sober reflection during Obama’s tenure
That, to date, has been marked by acting in haste
Before judgment on issues has had time to mature.
Climate change hits poor in Africa, South Asia hardest: World Bank
By DPA
The World Bank estimates the world will suffer a one percent drop in
economic output because of climate change, with minimal effects for
advanced countries, compared to a drop of 4-5 percent for Africa and
Asia
<http://trak.in/news/climate-change-hits-poor-in-africa-south-asia-hardest-world-bank/10372/>
According to the World Bank, the world (overall)
Will suffer only a one percent drop in economic output due to CC,
Compared to a 4-5 percent drop for Africa and
But the Bank didn’t say exactly what other regional drops would be.
Every cloud, even climate change has a may have a silver lining….
Climate Change and the Arctic: Ice Breaking « Docuticker By Adrian
But what of hopes that climate change in the region may have a silver
lining by opening-up new commercial sea routes that would stretch along the
northern coasts of Canada and Russia, linking east and west? ...
<http://www.docuticker.com/?p=28254>
Based on what the World Bank had to say
Only Africa and
So, by inference, the rest of the world
Will tend to escape the worst of it.
Why climate change should be selectively destructive
Is not at all easy to see--
Why should global warming effects, for example,
Occur, primarily (and quite selectively) regionally?
The answer, of course, is complex
Befitting the complexity of the question
And anyone who tries to make sense of either one
Will wind up with conceptual indigestion.
Never has so much been made of so little by so many[2]
(With apologies to Winston Churchill who expressed the view--
After the RAF had saved
Never have so many owed so much to so few).
***\
Another source of “news” compounds CC-caused woes.
Climate change a major cause of child mortality:
By Ians
the main causes of high child mortality in the world today, a study by an
international charity Save the Children said Monday. (emphasis added).
<http://blog.taragana.com/health/2009/10/05/climate-change-a-major-cause-of-child-mortality-study-12981/>
But fails to indicate precisely how that could be true
And/or whether the toll is consistent around the globe or tends to vary regionally.
Congress: Climate change msnbc.com
Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) linked climate change with health care legislation,
“arguing that it would result in higher taxes on Americans: 'First of
all, ...<http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/05/2089560.aspx>
Given the link between CC and child mortality (Ians,
Senator Kyle’s linkage of CC and health care legislation
Seems to reflect an emerging reality.
Still….
Hurdles Remain on Climate Change Goals
Washington Post
"The
who directs the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' climate change
division. ..(emphasis added)..
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/04/AR2009100401881.html?hpid=topnews>
What the Kyoto Protocol document constrained signatories to do
Has been left by them largely undone
So they’re off to
Hoping more nations will sign off (so as to be able to renege) on still another one.
______________
[1] Walter Cronkite dies at 92; longtime CBS anchorman -- latimes.com
Jul 18, 2009 ... Walter Cronkite, the television newsman whose steady baritone informed,
reassured and guided the nation during the tumultuous 1960s and '70s ... (emphasis added)
www.latimes.com/.../la-me-walter-cronkite18-2009jul18,0,4276121.story -
And gradually eroded the nation’s will to resist communist North Vietnam
By word and emphasis softly sowing doubt that we could lick (or should even be hostile to) Ho Chi Minh.
[2] And it seems likely that Osama bin Laden and his equally medieval-minded minions
In their wildest dreams could never have foreseen it being said of their depredations--
Involving mere handfuls of medieval minded predators and paltry resources--
Never have so few done so much lasting damage to decent people and institutions in so many nations.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Education for climate change
Notes on conceptually related themes: Ozone education and hybridization
By Special K
Disassociated Press
July 18, 2009
Ozone references
1. Ozone Secretariat Convenes Two Climate Change-Related Workshops
CLIMATE-L.ORG - New York,New York,USA
Both workshops were attended by ozone and climate change negotiators, as
well as UNFCCC and Ozone Secretariat staff, and provided an opportunity for open ...
2. Ozone is a gas that occurs both in the Earth's upper atmosphere and at ground level. Ozone can be "good" or "bad" for people's health and for the environment, depending on its location in the atmosphere.
For an overview of both ozone issues, see Good Up High, Bad Nearby.
http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/gooduphigh/
Good up high, bad nearby, coined by epa.gov, encapsulates very well
The problem posed for the UN Ozone Secretariat
And, especially, ozone and climate change negotiators (OCCN’s),
In deciding whether up high or nearby there’s dearth or glut.
And like “’i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’” for spelling,
It’s a good mnemonic device
That can help OCCN’s remember
“Nearby” = “bad” and “up high” = “nice”.
If it’s gathered nearby,
That is, nearer the earth,
It’s associated with smog
(Of which, apparently, there’s no dearth).
If it’s properly distributed up high
(As to how high we can’t be exact)
According to some scientists
It blocks rays that (can) possibly may cause, inter al., cataracts.
OCCN’s are instructed to improve “ozonic” negotiations
And the UN Secretariat hopes the workshops will educate them
In the art of negotiating with ozone in either location-- amicably,
Even when the prospect of conflict resolution grows dim.
**
THOROUGHBRED is what came to mind
When this reporter saw “HYBRID” proudly (at least openly) displayed
By a vehicle parked beside his in a parking lot--
Only an American quarter horse[1] at this designation would not be dismayed.
Almost immediately he vowed to endeavor
To pursue the goal of design and ultimate display
Of a label for his non-hybrid Toyota
Boasting, in essence, (I’m) THOROUGHBRED (and ultimately will win running away)
Having designed the text of such a display (q.v., above),
He is now faced with the problem of display:
How to embed such text in a paper or plastic and paper medium
And attach it to the Toyota in a clearly visible, but not inappropriate way.
When the more complex display problem has been solved,
Readers will be informed as to how he came to do it--
And if there’s potential for patenting and commercialization
They can be sure he'll diligently pursue it..
Needless to say, if any reader has a (constructive) suggestion
Regarding any aspect of this project, even additions to the text, per se,
S/he is invited most cordially to provide them ASAP,
That is, without any except demonstrably unavoidable delay.
All readers may find it enlightening to ponder at length, and deeply,
The nature of the underlying relationship between workshops for ozone education
And an adventitious happening in a PPL (Princeton parking lot)--
Stifling all the while any tendency toward open display of aggravation.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[1] American Quarter Horse (a proud hybrid)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Breed History
[edit] Colonial Era
In the 1600s, colonists on the eastern seaboard of what today is the United States began to cross imported English Thoroughbred horses with assorted "native" horses such as the Chickasaw horse (a breed developed by Native American people from horses descended from Spain, developed from Iberian, Arabian and Barb stock brought to what is now the Southeastern United States by the Conquistadors).[citation needed]
One of the most famous of these early imports was Janus, a Thoroughbred who was the grandson of the Godolphin Arabian. He was foaled in 1746, and imported to colonial Virginia in 1756. The influence of Thoroughbreds like Janus contributed genes crucial to the development of the colonial "Quarter Miler," or "Quarter Mile Horse." This was a speedy working man's racer, sometimes referred to as the "Celebrated American Quarter Running Horse." The resulting horse was small, hardy, and quick, and was used as a work horse during the week and a race horse on the weekends.[1]
As flat racing became popular with the colonists, the Quarter Miler gained even more popularity as a sprinter over courses that, by necessity, were shorter than the classic racecourses of England, and were often no more than a straight stretch of road or flat piece of open land. When matched against a Thoroughbred, local sprinters often won. As the Thoroughbred breed became established in America, many colonial Quarter Mile mares were included in the original American stud books, starting a long association between the Thoroughbred breed and what would later become officially known as the "Quarter Horse," named after the distance at which it excelled,[citation needed] with some individuals being clocked at up to 55 mph.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Quarter_Horse#Breed_History
Downloaded c 9:25 AM EDT, July 18, 2009
By Special K
Disassociated Press
July 18, 2009
Ozone references
1. Ozone Secretariat Convenes Two Climate Change-Related Workshops
CLIMATE-L.ORG - New York,New York,USA
Both workshops were attended by ozone and climate change negotiators, as
well as UNFCCC and Ozone Secretariat staff, and provided an opportunity for open ...
2. Ozone is a gas that occurs both in the Earth's upper atmosphere and at ground level. Ozone can be "good" or "bad" for people's health and for the environment, depending on its location in the atmosphere.
For an overview of both ozone issues, see Good Up High, Bad Nearby.
http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/gooduphigh/
Good up high, bad nearby, coined by epa.gov, encapsulates very well
The problem posed for the UN Ozone Secretariat
And, especially, ozone and climate change negotiators (OCCN’s),
In deciding whether up high or nearby there’s dearth or glut.
And like “’i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’” for spelling,
It’s a good mnemonic device
That can help OCCN’s remember
“Nearby” = “bad” and “up high” = “nice”.
If it’s gathered nearby,
That is, nearer the earth,
It’s associated with smog
(Of which, apparently, there’s no dearth).
If it’s properly distributed up high
(As to how high we can’t be exact)
According to some scientists
It blocks rays that (can) possibly may cause, inter al., cataracts.
OCCN’s are instructed to improve “ozonic” negotiations
And the UN Secretariat hopes the workshops will educate them
In the art of negotiating with ozone in either location-- amicably,
Even when the prospect of conflict resolution grows dim.
**
THOROUGHBRED is what came to mind
When this reporter saw “HYBRID” proudly (at least openly) displayed
By a vehicle parked beside his in a parking lot--
Only an American quarter horse[1] at this designation would not be dismayed.
Almost immediately he vowed to endeavor
To pursue the goal of design and ultimate display
Of a label for his non-hybrid Toyota
Boasting, in essence, (I’m) THOROUGHBRED (and ultimately will win running away)
Having designed the text of such a display (q.v., above),
He is now faced with the problem of display:
How to embed such text in a paper or plastic and paper medium
And attach it to the Toyota in a clearly visible, but not inappropriate way.
When the more complex display problem has been solved,
Readers will be informed as to how he came to do it--
And if there’s potential for patenting and commercialization
They can be sure he'll diligently pursue it..
Needless to say, if any reader has a (constructive) suggestion
Regarding any aspect of this project, even additions to the text, per se,
S/he is invited most cordially to provide them ASAP,
That is, without any except demonstrably unavoidable delay.
All readers may find it enlightening to ponder at length, and deeply,
The nature of the underlying relationship between workshops for ozone education
And an adventitious happening in a PPL (Princeton parking lot)--
Stifling all the while any tendency toward open display of aggravation.
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[1] American Quarter Horse (a proud hybrid)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Breed History
[edit] Colonial Era
In the 1600s, colonists on the eastern seaboard of what today is the United States began to cross imported English Thoroughbred horses with assorted "native" horses such as the Chickasaw horse (a breed developed by Native American people from horses descended from Spain, developed from Iberian, Arabian and Barb stock brought to what is now the Southeastern United States by the Conquistadors).[citation needed]
One of the most famous of these early imports was Janus, a Thoroughbred who was the grandson of the Godolphin Arabian. He was foaled in 1746, and imported to colonial Virginia in 1756. The influence of Thoroughbreds like Janus contributed genes crucial to the development of the colonial "Quarter Miler," or "Quarter Mile Horse." This was a speedy working man's racer, sometimes referred to as the "Celebrated American Quarter Running Horse." The resulting horse was small, hardy, and quick, and was used as a work horse during the week and a race horse on the weekends.[1]
As flat racing became popular with the colonists, the Quarter Miler gained even more popularity as a sprinter over courses that, by necessity, were shorter than the classic racecourses of England, and were often no more than a straight stretch of road or flat piece of open land. When matched against a Thoroughbred, local sprinters often won. As the Thoroughbred breed became established in America, many colonial Quarter Mile mares were included in the original American stud books, starting a long association between the Thoroughbred breed and what would later become officially known as the "Quarter Horse," named after the distance at which it excelled,[citation needed] with some individuals being clocked at up to 55 mph.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Quarter_Horse#Breed_History
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