The point that I (and maybe Seeking, too) was trying to make is why the hell are they feeding us news about events that have happened years ago and acting as if it just now makes some sort of difference. I remember scratching my head a few months ago when I saw a news article telling about massive ice sheets breaking apart in Antarctica and floating towards Alaskan and Canadian shipping ports. They said that it happened in 2003 but that they only found out about it in 2005, and so they were reporting on it as if it had just happened in 2007. Point is, they knew about it exactly when it happened, and then why sit on it until 2007 and then act as if there's something to be done to prevent the damage? Talk about closing the barn door after the horses have gone... And I realize they never would have said anything about it except that the chunks were preventing cargo ships from passing through certain areas. The problem as they saw it was that these pesky glaciers were interfering with their commerce. Or at least, that's how it was reported... The main point that these massive amounts of ice were already broken apart in 2003 was just an afterthought. But now they're acting as though "global warming" is something new and preventable... when in reality it's already been in progress for years! We're just now going to begin to see some large scale effects of it, and it's just going to get worse... very quickly.
I agree that it's probably a part of the larger agenda. And the reason Democrats are now pushing this agenda is because the Republican agenda of war (fight the "terrorists") has already run its course. They need to gain control over the people again by using a completely different tactic. Environment, in this case. The control they gained over "the threat of terrorism" is restriction of how and where people travel and what they take with them, restriction of private information exchanged, restriction of certain inherent freedoms and privacy...all in the name of "safety". Now, with the environmental changes, they're going to play the same "safety" card, except now they are going to restrict the type and quality of food and beverages, medication, technologies we consume, also how and where we are allowed to travel, etc... everything that allows us our personal freedom...again, all in the name of "safety". They're going for total control over all of our freedom. The end game itself remains the same, it's just the rules/routes that they change along the way.
Belljar, one thing struck me when you said earlier that they taught you in school that Antarctica had been thawed before. And to me (unless I misunderstood you), it sounded like you really didn't find any of it important in the least bit. Ho-hum... so what, it's happened before, right? So why make a big deal of it? Well, the reason for it is because the last time Antarctica was without ice was when dinosaurs roamed this planet. There is going to be a massive scramble to "claim" this land... It literally IS a goldmine of biodiversity, as well as geodiversity. The land under the glacier contains all sorts of resources and information. There is probably a large amount of oil there, as well as archaeological finds (skeletons of all sorts of animals, dinosaurs, and maybe even some things TPTB don't want "getting out"). As far as "modern humanity" is concerned, that continent is "virgin" and all the world leaders are lining up for a chance to exploit its assets. Another thing that's going to be defrosting are all the bacteria and viruses... the world hasn't been exposed to this for millions of years. It's possible that the bird flu is gonna look like the sniffles compared to what might be lurking there. I remember reading about a couple of scientific expeditions that were going on at the south pole around 2004-2005, and the scientists and their teams had to be emergency medi-vaced out of there becuase they all fell violently ill and were incapable of even making it to the washroom by themselves. It was never reported what they were exactly looking for in their research, but the illness was something that none of them expected. It's possible that it came from some kind of ice core sample or maybe a new species of animal or something. I don't know, but I remember it sounded very much like something from an X-Files episode at the time!
What I can't understand is why TPTB are drooling over Antarctica when they must know it's a total catch-22. By the time it defrosts, they're not going to be able to enjoy its treasures because the rest of the world is going to be in utter turmoil. The amount of fresh water that would enter our oceans from the Antarctic glaciers melting would stop the ocean belts and wreak havok on the world's weather patterns, not to mention the flooding of some coastal areas due to rise in ocean level. TPTB must be absolutely psychotic, but then again, I suppose we already knew that for a long time. On the other hand, I think they're even more obsessed with finding answers than most of us are, and they might just believe that there is something buried underneath those glaciers that will bring them some other form of enlightenment or knowledge. I don't think they're going to find what they expect, though.
Worldbridger, thanks for sharing that information. It's very helpful to hear the same news from another perspective of the event. I do remember here in the states, around 1999 and onward, there was a lot of complaining and talk of the increased "smog" in California, especially in southern California. I now wonder if this wasn't in a large part due to the dust plumes that came across the ocean. Maybe someone who lived in California during that time would remember the news (if any) about either the smog and/or dust?
The media has always been a tool for manipulating the public, but lately it seems that they're getting sloppy and stupid. I wonder if that's part of the plan or if it's just a manifestation of the mass confusion that's currently gripping our species.
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." ~ Mark Twain
I do know that Antarctica is being treated like gold they are staking out territory already. It's been unthawed before right? Or so they tell us in school. In the end everything is done in cycles it's not linear that goes for climate change as well.
it's been a while; but, even in 1999- 2001 there were stories of it affecting the west coast of N.America. The fact that it is making the news now makes me laugh. I guess now it is a useful story to back the climate change thing so they print it... go figure.. not really sure how much it'll affect climate change unless it is waaaaaaaay worse than it was back then.
That's astounding! I know it shouldn't surprise me that much, but it shocks me every time I see the manipulation going on with the media and elsewhere. It reminds me of how easy it is to manipulate people who live in different areas by feeding them different information, or in this case, by saying nothing at all about something and then acting as if it's just now a big deal. In the midwest here, I hadn't heard anything that I can remember (before seeing that Reuters article) about these Asian dust storms depositing soil onto lands across the Pacific. It still doesn't make any sense to me why report on it now. It's like all those "breakthroughs" in medical studies reporting on things that I remember them reporting on when I was a kid! It's just recycling old news and acting as if it's something new. Talk about repeating the Matrix programming. It makes me stop and think about every flippin' little thing that I've ever learned or been told about this world. It seems no matter how big or small or what the topic is, we've been fed misinformation to some degree.