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...cutting emissions. But Krauthammer failed to mention the complete inaction of the conservative Administration. At least Gore is spreading the message that our planet needs saving. The U.S.'s failure to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and Bush's empty words about stopping climate change identify where the real blame should be placed. Grace Hirt, MIDDLESEX...
...SarahsTent.com and GPWN.tv, they share their thoughts on topics of unique interest, from the banal (recipe ideas for a mother-daughter prayer brunch) to the intimate (how to confront a pastor husband who is addicted to porn). When a Seattle pastor blogged that Ted Haggard's wife was to blame for his infidelity, PW chat boards lit up in her defense...
...think the pastor was against the plan (he wasn't). It's hard to separate her husband's identity from hers, says Horn. "Our teachings are clear, that it's the pastor who's called, not the wife. But in reality ..." she sighs, then chuckles. "I like to blame Katherine Luther, who ran a hospital and brewed beer and cared for people with the plague. She did everything. And a lot of congregations expect that...
...easy to overlook how important a building like this one could be. While the power and auto industries get the bulk of the blame for the planet's carbon crisis, the business of operating office buildings and homes is responsible for 38% of U.S. CO2 emissions. In the case of offices, mid--20th century technology worked against us, as the development of low-temperature fluorescent lights and high-powered air conditioning made it possible to design sealed structures that you could drop into any climate. "It gave architects the power to design anything, then hand it over to engineers...
...sometimes seems that the same can be said for the entire world. It's not surprising that faced with a problem of this magnitude, people will yield to the impulse to lay blame. Voters blame politicians. Politicians blame industry. Industry blames an overweening government. Prius owners blame Hummer drivers. But never mind who caused the problem, its very enormity means that all of the finger pointers will have a role in cleaning it up. It took generations to foul the planet as badly as we have, and it will surely take generations to reverse things. The difference...