WWIII: Us Vs Climate

Americans never take action until it is almost too late. Why should climate change be any different?

i could use all kinds of historical referrences to prove my point but alas, wether it be our failed school systems or short attention spans i shall opt for a commonly known reference: WWII. Yes that topic that gives high school history teachers a hardon. That event from our world's past that has helped to keep the History Channel on the air.

There is still even a time honored Hollywood tradition where they must release a pre-deturmined number of Nazi-themed movies a year. Even Tom Cruise, who worships an alien, has some WWII knowledge. Anti-depressants are a scam, but alien penal collonies reality? Whatever you say Tommy boy.

Back to our point though. As the rest of the world seemed at war with the Axis powers (Germany, Italia, Japan) the U.S. was content to remain crying into their milkless cereal bowls using a depression and nationalism as excuses for not getting involved.

But a cocky Japan forced the hand of U.S.A. (not sure what they were thinking waking a sleeping giant). We all know the rest so i will spare the redundancy. Now every time a European upsets an American the inevitable comeback "without us you'd be speaking German right now" gets muttered and then the average American wonders why most Europeans do not have the highest opinion of U.S. culture.

In an attempt to possibly re-live the events of the past the U. S. of A. seem to need something equally as extreme and tragic to make them pay attention to climate change, which threatens the world in far more dire ways than WWII ever could have. $4 a gallon gas shurely did next to nothing to wake the sleeping giant. Oh, wait, how about Katrina? There was some awareness that was raised but as a country the U.S. was easily distracted by Rock Band and other trivial things. Many areas of the gulf coast still are desimated as America's short attention span has moved on to worrying about all those filthy rich people who are losing money in the stock market. Forget about those left without homes.

So conveniently America uses a depression as an excuse for not tackeling a problem that is once again facing all of us. Unlike WWII action taken now will still not stop things from getting worse over the next few decades, and by the time something happens that finally grabs their attention we may have passed a point were it is too late.

Why not take some strong and decisive steps, if for no other reason than so that a decade from now Americans, drunk and lounging around on resort beaches can shout "without us, you'd be under water right now".