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    (removing Peace from the Cc list, leaving peace-discuss)<br>
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    What I've heard identified as the largest aggregate contributor to
    CO2 emissions is not the DoD itself, but the DoD combined with the
    whole military industry.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/11/17 11:37 AM, Karen Aram via
      Peace-discuss wrote:<br>
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      So the science is wrong. Is it so far off that  “climate change”
      deniers have a case to make in respect to the data? My purpose in
      posting this article from a website known and supported by some
      within AWARE is to point out the lack of “concern” across the
      nation, in respect to war. It is I believe a result of too many
      serious issues today.
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            <div class="">On May 11, 2017, at 08:02, Brussel, Morton K
              <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:brussel@illinois.edu" class="">brussel@illinois.edu</a>>
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                Insofar as CO2 emissions and climate change, yes.
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                      <div class="">On May 11, 2017, at 6:24 AM, Karen
                        Aram <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                          <div class="">Are you saying that he is wrong,
                            the Pentagon isn’t the number one polluter
                            of the Earth?</div>
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                                <div class="">On May 10, 2017, at 21:36,
                                  Brussel, Morton K <<a
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                                    href="mailto:brussel@illinois.edu"
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                                    Pretty good, but weak on the
                                    science, as, for example in  the
                                    statement: <span style="font-family:
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                                      the number one consumer of fossil
                                      fuels and the number one polluter
                                      of the Earth.</span>
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                                              class="">He lets his
                                              antiwar feelings mislead
                                              him on the science of
                                              global warming and what it
                                              is due to. </span></font></div>
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                                              <div class="">On May 8,
                                                2017, at 7:38 AM, Karen
                                                Aram via Peace-discuss
                                                <<a
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href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" class="">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>>
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                                                          By David
                                                          William Pear,
                                                          April 26, 2017</p>
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                                                          The
                                                          liberal-middleclass
                                                          is brain dead
                                                          about the
                                                          wars.  They do
                                                          not want to
                                                          hear about
                                                          war, speak
                                                          about war or
                                                          see war
                                                          protesters.</p>
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                                                          The
                                                          liberal-middleclass
                                                          has
                                                          emotionally
                                                          numbed out. 
                                                          They have a
                                                          complete lack
                                                          of empathy for
                                                          the millions
                                                          of people that
                                                          the USA has
                                                          slaughtered,
                                                          the nations
                                                          that the USA
                                                          has bombed to
                                                          piles of
                                                          rubble, and
                                                          the suffering
                                                          the USA has
                                                          caused to tens
                                                          of millions of
                                                          people.</p>
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                                                          Out of sight
                                                          and out of
                                                          mind, the USA
                                                          has destroyed
                                                          millions of
                                                          minds, bodies,
                                                          homes and
                                                          lives
                                                          forever.  The
                                                          indifference
                                                          of the
                                                          liberal-middleclass
                                                          is mind
                                                          boggling. 
                                                          Some
                                                          sadistically
                                                          see the war
                                                          images as
                                                          entertainment
                                                          and even
                                                          beautiful
                                                          displays of
                                                          power.</p>
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                                                          I am still
                                                          reeling from
                                                          Earth Day and
                                                          the March for
                                                          Science. 
                                                          Where was the
                                                          message that
                                                          war is
                                                          destroying the
                                                          Earth?  The
                                                          Pentagon is
                                                          the number one
                                                          consumer of
                                                          fossil fuels
                                                          and the number
                                                          one polluter
                                                          of the Earth. 
                                                          Why was the
                                                          Pentagon given
                                                          a pass on
                                                          Earth Day?</p>
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                                                          Do scientists
                                                          deny that war
                                                          causes global
                                                          warming?  The
liberal-middleclass should not feel superior to Republicans and Donald
                                                          J. Trump about
                                                          climate
                                                          change.  They
                                                          have their
                                                          heads stuck in
                                                          the sand too. 
                                                          At least the
                                                          Republicans
                                                          are honest in
                                                          their
                                                          stupidity of
                                                          denial about
                                                          climate
                                                          change.</p>
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                                                          The
                                                          liberal-middle-class’s
                                                          dishonest
                                                          stupidity is
                                                          to lie by
                                                          omission and
                                                          not confront
                                                          war as the
                                                          number one
                                                          polluter.  The
                                                          Pentagon and
                                                          militarism are
                                                          the greatest
                                                          danger to the
                                                          Earth and
                                                          every living
                                                          creature on
                                                          it.  The world
                                                          is racing
                                                          headlong
                                                          towards
                                                          nuclear war
                                                          and the
                                                          liberal-middleclass
                                                          is in deep
                                                          denial.</p>
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                                                          Earth Day and
                                                          the March for
                                                          Science were
                                                          more hypocrisy
                                                          and feel good
                                                          faux
                                                          solidarity of
                                                          concern for
                                                          the Earth. 
                                                          Earth Day was
                                                          carefully
                                                          stage-managed
                                                          to not offend
                                                          or affect any
                                                          change.</p>
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                                                          Earth Day was
                                                          just a fun
                                                          day.  Those
                                                          that attended
                                                          appeared to be
                                                          mostly
                                                          liberal-middleclass
                                                          families,
                                                          couples,
                                                          singles and
                                                          students.  It
                                                          was a sterile
                                                          showing of
                                                          solidarity,
                                                          with the bonus
                                                          activity of
                                                          hugging
                                                          science. 
                                                          Science is
                                                          worth hugging,
                                                          but scientists
                                                          were mum on
                                                          Earth Day that
                                                          the Pentagon,
                                                          militarism and
                                                          war are the
                                                          number one
                                                          threat to the
                                                          Earth.</p>
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                                                          There were
                                                          very few
                                                          speeches,
                                                          posters or
                                                          demonstration
                                                          against war. 
                                                          None of the
                                                          “Top Ten
                                                          Posters” were
                                                          antiwar. 
                                                          Talking about
                                                          war was a
                                                          conversation
                                                          stopper and
                                                          spoiled the
                                                          fun for others
                                                          who just
                                                          wanted to
                                                          enjoy organic
                                                          snacks, browse
                                                          among
                                                          sustainable
                                                          gadgets and
                                                          grandstand.</p>
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                                                          George Orwell
                                                          wrote about
                                                          the mind
                                                          control effect
                                                          of conformist
demonstrations.  They let the public blow off a little steam without any
                                                          risk, and they
                                                          reinforce the
                                                          status quo. 
                                                          It also gives
                                                          the Thought
                                                          Police an
                                                          opportunity to
                                                          take names of
                                                          anybody that
                                                          does not
                                                          conform.</p>
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                                                          Earth Day was
                                                          like Orwell’s
                                                          two minutes of
                                                          hate.  Climate
                                                          Change is the
liberal-middle-class’s hated Emmanuel Goldstein.  Big Brother and the
                                                          main stream
                                                          media know how
                                                          to co-opt
                                                          dissent and
                                                          make it
                                                          meaningless,
                                                          while letting
                                                          the people
                                                          feel relevant
                                                          and powerful. 
                                                          Real protests
                                                          and real power
                                                          of the people
                                                          are brutally
                                                          crushed by the
                                                          police state.</p>
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                                                          Any act
                                                          considered
                                                          unpatriotic
                                                          was
                                                          discouraged
                                                          during Earth
                                                          Day.  There
                                                          was no
                                                          mourning for
                                                          the millions
                                                          of people the
                                                          USA has
                                                          slaughtered in
                                                          the past
                                                          couple of
                                                          decades. 
                                                          There was no
                                                          mention of the
                                                          USA poisoning
                                                          South Asia
                                                          with uranium
                                                          and burn pits
                                                          billowing out
                                                          a smorgasbord
                                                          of
                                                          carcinogenic
                                                          chemical
                                                          pollution.</p>
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                                                          There was no
                                                          scientific
                                                          discussion of
                                                          the poisonous
                                                          ingredients in
                                                          the Mother of
                                                          All Bombs and
                                                          the pollution
                                                          caused by
                                                          war.  No
                                                          discussion of
                                                          nuclear
                                                          winter,
                                                          radiation
                                                          sickness, and
                                                          mass
                                                          starvation
                                                          from a nuclear
                                                          war.  Nor were
                                                          there any
                                                          pledges by
                                                          scientists not
                                                          to work for
                                                          the military
                                                          industrial
                                                          complex.</p>
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                                                          Like Mark
                                                          Twain said
                                                          about the
                                                          weather: 
                                                          everybody
                                                          talks about
                                                          climate change
                                                          but nobody
                                                          does anything
                                                          about it.  And
                                                          they won’t
                                                          until there is
                                                          a stop to
                                                          war.  Until
                                                          then there
                                                          will be no
                                                          budget for
                                                          doing
                                                          something
                                                          about climate
                                                          change.  Nor
                                                          will there be
                                                          any budget for
                                                          healthcare,
                                                          education,
                                                          mass
                                                          transportation
                                                          and relieving
                                                          suffering and
                                                          ignorance. 
                                                          Lacking is a
                                                          massive
                                                          anti-war
                                                          movement.</p>
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                                                          I had the
                                                          personal
                                                          experience of
                                                          being a
                                                          spoiler on
                                                          Earth Day.  I
                                                          belong to St.
                                                          Pete for Peace
                                                          in Saint
                                                          Petersburg,
                                                          Florida.  It
                                                          is an anti-war
                                                          group that has
                                                          been able to
                                                          survive the
                                                          peace drought
                                                          after the USA
                                                          invasion of
                                                          Iraq in 2003. 
                                                          We thought it
                                                          would be a
                                                          good idea to
                                                          take an
                                                          anti-war rally
                                                          to Williams
                                                          Park in
                                                          downtown St.
                                                          Petersburg
                                                          where there
                                                          was an Earth
                                                          Day fair.  Our
                                                          reception was
                                                          anything but
                                                          warm.  It was
                                                          like a cold
                                                          bucket of
                                                          Agent Orange.</p>
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                                                          We were warned
                                                          not to take
                                                          our anti-war
                                                          posters into
                                                          Williams
                                                          Park.  It was
                                                          not the police
                                                          that warned
                                                          us, it was the
                                                          organizers of
                                                          St. Pete Earth
                                                          Day.  They
                                                          told us to
                                                          stay on the
                                                          corner across
                                                          the street and
                                                          out of sight
                                                          or they would
                                                          have us
                                                          arrested.</p>
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                                                          Thinking that
                                                          I had a
                                                          Constitutional
                                                          right to do
                                                          so, I walked
                                                          through the
                                                          park anyway
                                                          with an upside
                                                          down American
                                                          flag as a
                                                          freedom of
                                                          speech
                                                          statement.  I
                                                          was
                                                          immediately
                                                          accosted and
                                                          told that no
                                                          demonstrations
                                                          were allowed. 
                                                          I thought
                                                          Earth Day was
                                                          supposed to be
                                                          a
                                                          demonstration,
                                                          and a protest
                                                          against the
                                                          continued
                                                          destruction of
                                                          the Earth and
                                                          all its living
                                                          creatures.</p>
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                                                          Florida is one
                                                          of those
                                                          “Stand Your
                                                          Ground”
                                                          states.  So we
                                                          stood our
                                                          ground with
                                                          open carry of
                                                          anti-war
                                                          signs.  We
                                                          were not going
                                                          to go
                                                          quietly.  As
                                                          we walked
                                                          through the
                                                          fair with our
                                                          anti-war signs
                                                          we said “Happy
                                                          Earth Day” to
                                                          the vendors
                                                          and
                                                          attendees. 
                                                          Their
                                                          responses were
                                                          a few polite
                                                          “thank
                                                          you’s”. 
                                                          Mostly we got
                                                          cold stares or
                                                          avoidance of
                                                          eye contact. 
                                                          My upside down
                                                          flag of
                                                          distress got a
                                                          few hoots and
confrontations.  But few people wanted any dialog about war.</p>
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                                                          Normally I do
                                                          not write
                                                          about myself,
                                                          but Earth Day
                                                          has been
                                                          eating away at
                                                          me.  It left
                                                          me angry and
                                                          dumbfounded. 
                                                          I keep asking
                                                          myself, “is
                                                          the
                                                          liberal-middleclass
                                                          braindead?” 
                                                          Is it possible
                                                          for people to
                                                          want to do
                                                          something
                                                          about climate
                                                          change and not
                                                          see the
                                                          connection to
                                                          war,
                                                          militarism and
                                                          empire?  They
                                                          just don’t get
                                                          it:  war,
                                                          climate
                                                          change, war,
                                                          climate
                                                          change, war…</p>
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                                                          The
                                                          liberal-middleclass
                                                          is as stuck in
                                                          the American
                                                          mythology as
                                                          conservative
                                                          Republicans. 
                                                          They still
                                                          think that
                                                          capitalism is
                                                          the best of
                                                          all possible
                                                          worlds; that
                                                          America is the
                                                          best country
                                                          in the world;
                                                          that America
                                                          cares about
                                                          democracy and
                                                          human rights;
                                                          and that being
                                                          anti-war is
                                                          unpatriotic.</p>
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                                                          The
                                                          liberal-middleclass
                                                          are too
                                                          comfortable in
                                                          their isolated
                                                          world of high
                                                          rise
                                                          condominiums
                                                          and SUV’s. 
                                                          What will it
                                                          take to bring
                                                          them down from
                                                          their ivory
                                                          tower in the
                                                          mostly white
                                                          Northside of
                                                          St.
                                                          Petersburg? 
                                                          Do they ever
                                                          think about
                                                          the mostly
                                                          black
                                                          Southside of
                                                          St. Petersburg
                                                          and its lack
                                                          of basic
                                                          social
                                                          services?</p>
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                                                          During the
                                                          rainy season
                                                          in Florida,
                                                          the Southside
                                                          is flooded
                                                          with raw
                                                          sewage because
                                                          the city
                                                          closed the
                                                          Albert Whitted
                                                          sewage
                                                          treatment
                                                          plant for lack
                                                          of funds.  The
                                                          city saved $32
                                                          million a year
                                                          by letting raw
                                                          sewage flood
                                                          the black
                                                          neighborhood
                                                          and flowing
                                                          into Tampa Bay
                                                          where it
                                                          pollutes the
                                                          water.</p>
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                                                          What has
                                                          happened in
                                                          St. Petersburg
                                                          has happened
                                                          in cities all
                                                          over America. 
                                                          It is called
                                                          austerity. 
                                                          Funding that
                                                          should be
                                                          going to
                                                          education,
                                                          housing, mass
transportation, healthcare, poverty programs and infrastructure are
                                                          being sucked
                                                          out of the
                                                          economy.  The
                                                          money is going
                                                          for
                                                          militarism,
                                                          war making and
                                                          war
                                                          profiteering. 
                                                          The money
                                                          spent by the
                                                          Department of
                                                          Defense,
                                                          Homeland
                                                          Security and
                                                          the Police
                                                          State are
                                                          making us less
                                                          secure, less
                                                          safe, and less
                                                          free.</p>
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                                                          Empire
                                                          building,
                                                          imperialism
                                                          and war are
                                                          perverting the
                                                          domestic
                                                          economy,
                                                          sucking out
                                                          its resources
                                                          and denying
                                                          citizens of
                                                          the socialist
                                                          programs that
                                                          the Bernie
                                                          Revolution
                                                          talked about. 
                                                          Even Bernie
                                                          Sanders does
                                                          not take on
                                                          the military
                                                          industrial
                                                          complex.</p>
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                                                          Either Bernie
                                                          is just
                                                          another
                                                          politician or
                                                          he suffers
                                                          from cognitive
                                                          dissonance. 
                                                          His supporters
                                                          made excuses
                                                          for him that
                                                          being anti-war
                                                          during his
                                                          2016
                                                          presidential
                                                          campaign would
                                                          be “political
                                                          suicide”, and
                                                          that secretly
                                                          Bernie was
                                                          anti-war.</p>
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                                                          If being
                                                          anti-war would
                                                          be political
                                                          suicide, then
                                                          how did
                                                          Bernie’s
                                                          supporters
                                                          think that the
                                                          country could
                                                          pay for
                                                          popular social
                                                          programs like
                                                          healthcare for
                                                          everyone and
                                                          free college? 
                                                          There is not
                                                          enough money
                                                          for Bernie’s
                                                          boondoggle
                                                          F-35 that
                                                          doesn’t fly
                                                          right, never
                                                          ending wars
                                                          that cannot be
                                                          won and
                                                          popular
                                                          socialist
                                                          domestic
                                                          programs?</p>
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                                                          In a recent
                                                          CNN interview
                                                          Bernie said: 
                                                          "Assad has got
                                                          to go. ISIS
                                                          has got to be
                                                          defeated, but
                                                          I do not want
                                                          to see the
                                                          United States
                                                          get sucked
                                                          into perpetual
                                                          warfare in the
                                                          Middle East.” 
                                                          Bernie is part
                                                          of the
                                                          problem, not
                                                          the solution.</p>
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                                                          “Assad has to
                                                          go and ISIS
                                                          has to be
                                                          defeated” is
                                                          magical
                                                          thinking
                                                          without
                                                          “getting
                                                          bogged down in
                                                          perpetual
                                                          war”. 
                                                          Thinking so is
                                                          unconsciously
                                                          letting the
                                                          warmongers
                                                          continue the
                                                          status quo. 
                                                          It is saying
                                                          more war, more
                                                          destruction,
                                                          more death and
                                                          more climate
                                                          change. 
                                                          Bernie’s
                                                          revolution has
                                                          melted like
                                                          the Arctic
                                                          ice.</p>
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                                                          Nothing. 
                                                          Absolutely
                                                          nothing of
                                                          significance
                                                          is going to
                                                          improve in
                                                          America until
                                                          the dogs of
                                                          war are
                                                          leashed. 
                                                          Education will
                                                          not improve. 
                                                          There will be
                                                          no single
                                                          payer
                                                          healthcare, no
                                                          mass
                                                          transportation,
                                                          no free
                                                          college, no
                                                          antipoverty
                                                          programs, no
                                                          reparations
                                                          for the
                                                          oppressed, and
                                                          no progress
                                                          made against
                                                          climate change
                                                          until we stop
                                                          the wars. 
                                                          Foreign wars
                                                          and empire
                                                          mean more
                                                          austerity at
                                                          home.</p>
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                                                          We can be
                                                          relevant,
                                                          powerful and
                                                          do something
                                                          about climate
                                                          change and
                                                          save millions
                                                          of lives.  We
                                                          can hit the
                                                          streets with
                                                          mass protests
                                                          against war. 
                                                          Support
                                                          whistleblowers
                                                          and those that
                                                          refuse to obey
                                                          illegal
                                                          orders. 
                                                          Refuse to
                                                          cooperate.  Be
                                                          disruptive. 
                                                          Use
                                                          non-violent
                                                          civil
                                                          disobedience
                                                          to sabotage
                                                          the war
                                                          machine.</p>
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                                                          Otherwise,
                                                          wars have
                                                          doomed us to
                                                          the ravages of
                                                          climate
                                                          change. 
                                                          Nuclear war is
                                                          a real
                                                          possibility
                                                          that the
                                                          public is in
                                                          denial about. 
                                                          A group of
                                                          scientists
                                                          just advanced
                                                          the Doomsday
                                                          Clock to 2 ½
                                                          minutes until
                                                          midnight at
                                                          which time we
                                                          are doomed
                                                          permanently. 
                                                          Is anybody
                                                          listening to
                                                          these
                                                          scientists?</p>
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