On July 5, 2008 about 5,000 citizens of Melbourne - plus some lovely people from the acutely climate change-threatened Pacific Island Nation of Tuvalu – gathered to protest man-made Climate Change in the Melbourne City Square and then marched through the City to make a human sign saying “Climate Emergency!”
My local congressmen seems to think that the biggest issue facing Americans in the coming election will be immigration. Yes, that issue ranks higher than the economy, high gas prices, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and way way higher than the issues those environmental extremists talk about, like global warming.
A recent essay by a rabbi said we need a president "filled with the spirit of God". After I stopped sputtering with incredulous rage, I began wondering if this was a fundamentalist Muslim in disguise, or if he had joined the ranks of the evangelicals and fundamentalist Christians. In his essay he wrings his hands at the despair of ordinary people, and it is worth quoting how he describes American society and what it is suffering:
The annual summit of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations has opened in Japan with the issue of aid for Africa taking centre-stage on the first day.
Israeli troops have raided the West Bank town of Nablus, shutting down three facilities of a Hamas-affiliated charity and a medical centre, Palestinians say.
A bomb attack in the centre of a market in northern Iraq has killed at least nine people and injured 13 others, including women and children, police said.
At least 40 people, including Indian diplomats, have been killed and more than 100 others wounded in Afghanistan's capital after an attack on the Indian embassy, offficials say.
The United Arab Emirates has cancelled almost $7bn, including interest payments and arrears, owed by Baghdad during a visit by Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister.
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The annual summit of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations has opened in Japan with the issue of aid for Africa taking centre-stage on the first day.
