define: civil war

The National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq states that the country is indeed going through what they define as 'civil war.' No shit. Why has it taken this long for the term to catch on? Perhaps because it conjures up images of Confederate and Union soldiers dying in droves. Well, yeah, that's what's going on in Iraq, only there are a lot more civilians dying too. Somebody should've thought this through. I blame the entire administration for the oversight. Even if someone lower down had thought it through and was silenced, they should've come forth to the press to shine a guiding light on our understanding of the inner workings of the hypocracy (as in a form of gov't) going on in Washington.

Dang, I'm glad I moved away from that {insert higher power of choice}-forsaken place...

climate change vs. global warming

those who like to deny global warming have spent the last 5-10 years rebranding the notion as climate change, which lends the concept a possible reading that the change is natural, not human-induced. well, today's presentation by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that there is a 90% chance that "climate change" is due to the obsessive urning of fossil fuels. you know, all our driving about, and the power plants that let these computer servers run... this makes Google a prime agent of climate change. yippie!

however, those who've been calling it climate change have also inadventantly allowed a reading which accounts for other changes -- not only are parts of the world warming, but precipitation and other patterns have been shifting to the more extreme -- places which have been dry are drier than normal, places which have been wetter are becoming even more so. so, go ahead and call it climage change -- as long as you keep the "global" modifier -- global climate change -- you're right! that's a more accurate term than merely "global warming" since it's not only the temperature but also the other meteorological components that are rapidly shifting all 'cause of us, and all over the world. yippie!

more heat waves and increased flooding to come!