Climate change could mean the extinction of our species

[BluegrassCat]

Not sure I would use the word sinister, but the UN would like nothing more than a world wide tax that comes through their coffers.

I would also like a worldwide tax to come through my coffer. Doesn't mean it's gonna happen.

[trish]

Has the UN ever proposed a tax, or even assigned a subcommittee to look into the possibility of formulating such a proposal? How do you know the UN has no dearer desire than to levy a tax on its membership?

McCain has eight homes and his wealth is not even in the same class as that of the Koch brothers. How many of McCain's homes are on the ocean? If you had the money the Koch brothers have, you'd could have a dozen homes and still have billions of dollars to burn. Why not have one or two or three on the ocean. Hey, when you got money you can live for the day. Nevertheless, I'd wager way more than 3/5 of the homes of the super rich are above the flood zones predicted by the current global warming models.

[Faldur]

What Senator McCain has as possessions is his, as long as he obtained them in a legal manner. Your "things and stuff" envy is embarrising. If you want 8 homes on the sea you live in America get your ass out there and earn them, and quit sitting around bitching that everyone else has more than you.

Ever hear of a guy named Steve Jobs? Try following his example..

[trish]

Did I disparage McCain in this last post? Did I disparage the rich? Then show me where. The point of the post is if you're super rich you can afford the risk of having a couple of ocean side homes and a few more on less risky ground and still have most of one's worth in stocks, bonds and maybe bullion. Gee, either you're kinda touchy or your diversionary tactic just backfired.

[muh_muh]

Ever hear of a guy named Steve Jobs? Try following his example..

unlike steve her claiming shes sterile and couldnt have fathered a daughter to dodge paying child support would be credible

[Ben]

What Senator McCain has as possessions is his, as long as he obtained them in a legal manner. Your "things and stuff" envy is embarrising. If you want 8 homes on the sea you live in America get your ass out there and earn them, and quit sitting around bitching that everyone else has more than you.

Ever hear of a guy named Steve Jobs? Try following his example..

Acquiring inordinate riches is very rational. It's rational self interest. I mean, why should I care if the old woman down the street doesn't have enough to eat. Ain't my problem. Or the old guy down the street doesn't have health care. Who cares. (I, of course, am being somewhat flippant. But it is rational to pursue riches. And we live in a culture that places undue emphasis on greed. But we omit the fact that we live on a finite planet. We cannot continue to grow forever. It's physically impossible. So, if we continue to pursue policies of growth, well, at some point the ecosystem will crash. It's inevitable. It might be in 100 years -- or whenever. But it will happen.
But, of course, under the principle of greed future generations have absolutely no meaning. I mean, take, say, oil. We're going to use as much as we can. Now! And leave as little as we can for future generations. Well, who cares. Ain't our problem.
It's the greed aspect. I mean, there's no concern at all with, say, conserving oil use for, well, future generations. So, future generations can have oil, as it were. I happen to think we should move toward alternative energy, cleaner energy.)

The YT clip below explicates externalities:

[Prospero]

The UN can hardly ever agree on anything (when it comes to effective interventions someone invariably vetoes things at the security council. This week it was any condemnation of murder by the Syrian government). it has never espoused the idea of taxes and as for a world government - that's just a joke Russtafa. Are you still reading your marvel comics for info? You guys crack me up.

[russtafa]

the amount of shit they have put on Israel is joke

[russtafa]

the UN is like a boa constrictor slowly strangling the world

[trish]

The UN is hardly the world's government. It is not a state. It has no sovereignty, no currency, it can't wage war, it can't levy taxes, it can't even make it's member states pay their dues. If one insists on calling it world government, then it's the smallest, loosest, most minimal sort of government a world could have. It's a tea-bagger's ideal.