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Alex Gourevitch at n+1:
"While Democrats have become increasingly uncomfortable with the anti-democratic consequences of the hard power of the war on terror, they seem more comfortable with a 'soft power' politics of fear: environmentalism. Environmentalism is one of the few movements on the left that presents itself in the same totalizing political terms that the war on terror does on the right, and its influence only seems to grow as the war on terror’s influence declines. The New York Times’ bellwether of elite opinion, Thomas Friedman, recently swung around to the new framework...
"The global warming argument can be as morally coercive as the infamous ticking time-bomb torture scenario, even if the clock ticks slower. It’s not just that we should unite; we are, as Gore puts it, 'forced by circumstance' to act."
Trolls please note that Gourevitch is not making the discredited argument that global warming is nonexistent or harmless. He's talking about the way in which real problems -- terrorism and environmental deterioration alike -- tend to be discussed these days, as if the facts dictate one response and one only.
"In the face of real political opportunities, there is always an element of freedom. One chooses between two alternatives, picks a principle, and commits to it. Imagining ecological collapse as an overweening crisis demanding immediate action and collective sacrifice, with emergency decisions overriding citizens’ normal wants and wishes, is not really a politics at all, but the suspension of politics – there is no political choice, no constituencies to balance, nothing to deliberate. There is no free activity, just do or die. It seems we will have traded one state of emergency for another."
and otherwise. Recently updated blogs are in bold text.
Are the Chicago bloggers missing the story of a lifetime in their own back yard? Please investigate the following facts.
I’ve sent the following letter to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago almost two weeks ago. Guess what...NO REPLY!!!
Chicago bloggers do me a favor please and go knock on Randall Samborn's door and ask him "How's their investigation of Obama’s forged government document proceeding?".
PLEASE REPORT THEIR RESPONSE TO THE WORLD!!!
PLEASE GET YOUR FELLOW CHICAGO BLOGERS "ON THE CASE". THANK YOU!
Here’s my letter:
November 25th, 2008
To: Randall Samborn and Attorneys of
United States Attorney's Office
Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division
219 S. Dearborn St., 5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60604
RE: FORGERY OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT
Dear Mr Samborn and Attorneys,
It has come to my attention that a forged government document is being displayed on an internet website which is registered in your jurisdiction. The website is http://fightthesmears.com and the document is the alleged certification of birth of Barack Obama. The owner of this website,
Obama for America
233 N. Michigan Ave
Apt 2416
Chicago, Illinois 60601,
claims that the document is genuine and is engaging in a conspiracy to defraud the citizens of the United States. With the forged government document and the associated conspiracy, the owners of the website stand to fraudulently gain political power and wealth at the expense of the truth and the American people.
Here is an internet link to an expert on document forgeries who is commenting on this fraudulent document found on the FIGHTTHESMEARS website: http://www.obamaforgery.com/
Here is an internet link to more facts about the forged document:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pag...
Your department, of course has jurisdiction under the Interstate Commerce clause and other articles of our Constitution and the U.S. code, with your department having the legal authority to investigate such crimes. Please do investigate these evidences and facts which alone are sufficient "probable cause" to seek court orders and further investigative authorization.
I encourage you and your associates to uphold your sworn duties to the American people, enforce the laws, and defend the nation from all enemies, foreign and domestic. What will history say of your office, if it finds you derelict in duty; where you should have acted but did not?
I am willing to sign any complaint or paperwork required by your office. I look forward to your timely response. Thank you.
Most Sincerely,
Kerry J Hodgkinson
PS- This is a public letter and will be disseminated to interested persons in the media.