Back in the early days of this site, I was pretty big on doing chains of posts that later evolved into a series (perhaps if I get the time later, I will link to a couple of them).
As promised, I am going to begin a series on the Green movement and its impact on the Black community.
In the video below, a Black Sacramento-based pastor gets cussed out by CA State Senator Pat Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) for simply asking what will be the economic impact on the Black community regarding global warming compliance.
My first entry in this series is a short one. It comes from a report released today from pollster, Scott Rasmussen. In it he asked Americans for their thoughts on global warming.
Nearly one-out-of-four voters (23%) say it is at least somewhat likely that global warming will destroy human civilization within the next century. Five percent (5%) say it’s very likely.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 66% say it’s not likely that civilization will be destroyed by the year 2100. That includes 27% who say it is not at all likely.
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Overall, voters are evenly divided over whether there’s an immediate need to take action on global warming. Forty-one percent (41%) believe there is, but the same number (41%) say we can wait a few years to see if the problem is real. Sixty-two percent (62%) of Democrats say we must take immediate action, but 64% of GOP voters say it’s all right to wait a few years. A plurality of unaffiliated voters give the edge to waiting.
One reason for the voter caution is that 46% believe giving government greater control over the economy to fight global warming will be bad for America. Just 35% believe it will be good for the country. Twenty percent (20%) are not sure.
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Sixty-four percent (64%) say global warming is a serious problem, down slightly from a survey last April. But voters increasingly regard it as the product of long-term planetary trends rather than human activity. (more…)
So the basic question I leave with you today is: If most Americans are not buying into the global warming rhetoric, why are organizations like Green Jobs Now using almost exclusively Black folks to push this agenda?
What the kind of public official is that cussin’ out a citizen, presumably one that she represnts, for asking her to do her job and represent the best interests of the people?
Carol
To answer your question, my best guess would be because of the wide-spread feeling that if you disagree with a Black person on any political matter, you will be derided as a racist, or at least you will open yourself up to such an accusation. And the sad fact is, that accusation of racism is as good as a conviction. In other words, it’s an effort to short-circuit any conversation that ought to take place.
http://What? Nigel
The guy on the video is asking a good question. When any policy is implemented you need to know who’s going to pay and discuss what a fair distribution of costs and benefits are. That way you can form an opinion as to whether one or more of the parties are simply “taking liberties”. One answer about the Green Jobs now campaign is that scientific evidence seems to be moving more and more towards an acceptance of man-made climate change and the proportion of people around the world who believe it is high. Whether you personally believe it or not, there is a (growing) market out there. At the time of a recession or crisis of any kind, people are open to new ideas on how to re-structure the order of things and it’s the dude that can ride (or create) the new thinking, that comes out of it with a “bigger market share” if u want me to put it into economic terms. The restructuring of production and even lifestyles IS HAPPENING worldwide, regardless. I would guess that Green Jobs Now see this as a way for black people to settle into a better position as this thing shakes out. Tell me what u think.
Have you Ever Seen a Green Black Person? (Part 1)
by Duane on February 5th, 2009 at 11:50 amBack in the early days of this site, I was pretty big on doing chains of posts that later evolved into a series (perhaps if I get the time later, I will link to a couple of them).
As promised, I am going to begin a series on the Green movement and its impact on the Black community.
In the video below, a Black Sacramento-based pastor gets cussed out by CA State Senator Pat Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) for simply asking what will be the economic impact on the Black community regarding global warming compliance.
My first entry in this series is a short one. It comes from a report released today from pollster, Scott Rasmussen. In it he asked Americans for their thoughts on global warming.
So the basic question I leave with you today is: If most Americans are not buying into the global warming rhetoric, why are organizations like Green Jobs Now using almost exclusively Black folks to push this agenda?
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