tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post8634225515884555721..comments2024-03-28T15:34:01.401-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: The Lethal Dysfunction Of The Far Right: A Mound of Sound Guest PostLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-80846840887091894192014-07-12T11:07:01.510-04:002014-07-12T11:07:01.510-04:00What I find most worrisome is the default logic em...What I find most worrisome is the default logic employed by Rubio. It's an expression of nihilism that seems to surface in societies before they collapse. "We can't do anything. It won't do any good and it will wreck the economy." What economy does Rubio envision for Miami when it succumbs to seawater inundation?<br /><br />The threat to Miami is inescapable every time a high tide sends seawater flooding into the streets. The state and municipal governments have no solutions to this because floodwaters come in from the porous limestone below. Sea level rise will make the problem vastly worse. <br /><br />Even Republicans cannot hold back the sea but that doesn't mean there are no essential responses needed for Miami. For starters they should stop the rapid development of ever more apartments, condos and shopping malls.<br /><br />They won't do it. Why? Because that would undercut the property values of everything else in Miami. Like the North Carolinians, reality must be suppressed at all costs. <br /><br />Those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. I believe we're already witnessing the seeds of America's destruction. And this rightwing contagion isn't exclusive to the US. I read of a debate in Alberta recently over funding Calgary's flood abatement measures. It's a big hunk of cash, several hundreds of millions. Now the right is beginning to sow doubt. "Think about all the great things we could get for that kind of money. How 'bout new roads?" Don't worry, be happy.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-90090461144067401392014-07-12T08:35:40.608-04:002014-07-12T08:35:40.608-04:00.. fine reportage .. albeit frightening .. Inserti..... fine reportage .. albeit frightening .. Inserting our heads into the sand.. up our arses.. or reciting the 'right' dogma and talking points may not cut it .. the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.com