Reading material for Smurf and Nursey

You guys need to read up on the latest data at the National Anxiety Center maybe this will help calm your nervs.

Smurf you reading assignment http://www.anxietycenter.com./humor/main.htm we all need a little humor some time :wink:

And for Nursey just a few factiods to ponder about Islamhttp://www.anxietycenter.com./islam/main.htm

Other catagories: Greens, Energy Issues, Climate, Education, United Nations. ....

Here are a few factiods for your reading enjoyment.



Anxious about global warming? Ozone Holes? Pesticides? Population? Endangered Animals? What to eat and drink? Where to put the garbage?
Note: This is only page one of three! Use the navigation arrows at the bottom of each page to explore all 17 factoids!

Global Warming: Not happening. The earth is always going through warming and cooling cycles, but they generally require several hundreds of years to emerge and to change. The most recent cooling cycle was the "Little Ice Age" during the 1400's for a 450 year period. Since then, the earth has warmed about one degree Fahrenheit in the past century, but that warming ended in the 1940's, fully 50 years ago. For the past 20 years, meteorological satellites and radiosonde balloons all have produced data suggesting little change, but possibly a very slight cooling.

El Nino and La Nina: Natural warming and cooling cycles of the Pacific Ocean. They have widespread impact on global temperatures and events. In a similar fashion, the several hundred active volcanoes effect the world's weather by putting tons of dust and other chemicals into the atmosphere. By comparison, human activities have virtually no real impact.

U.S. Forests: The U.S. still has 70% of the forests that existed in 1600 when the Pilgrims first arrived. Fully 737 million areas of the U.S. land mass are forest acres. Timberlands now contain 28% more standing timber volume than in 1952. Fully 247 million acres are reserved from harvest by law or represent slow-growing woodlands unsuitable for timber production. Wood is a renewable natural resource and is completely recyclable.

Who Owns Most of the U.S.? The Government! The Federal government owns 456 million acres of forests, grazing lands, the minerals in and under those acres, as well as the wildlife and recreational amenities they represent.

Environmental Laws: Currently, one third of all federal laws are devoted to the protection of the environment. In 1997, the Environmental Protection Agency set new records by assessing $264.4 million in fines from 704 civil and criminal cases referred to the Justice Department. In addition, U.S. federal law identifies as criminal fully 10,000 activities, based on 3,000 federal criminal laws.

Oil Reserves: The world is not running out of oil. A U.S. Geological survey puts the world's currently known oil reserves at nearly one trillion barrels; enough to support petroleum needs for at least 45 years. However, U.S. dependency on imported oil is 55%, up from 35% in the 1970's, despite extensive U.S. oil reserves.

Safe Water: Americans consume 110 million gallons of water every day! Utilities routinely perform several thousand tests annually to insure safe drinking quality. Chlorine, a chemical which Greenpeace wants banned, is essential to the purification of water and the manufacture of countless life-saving chemicals.

Clean Air: The air in U.S. cities has improved significantly. Airborne lead has decreased by 89%, carbon monoxide by 37%, sulfur dioxide by 26%, and ground level ozone has dropped 21%, from 1984 to 1993. The Environmental Protection Agency, however, has pushed through more stringent air quality standards that even includes "dust."

Radiation Exposure: Natural sources, not man-made, account for upwards of 80% of exposure. Sources of radiation include Radon gas ( 55% ), outer space ( 8% ), rocks and soil ( 8% ).

DDT and Pesticides: A 1989 health study reported in the American Journal of Public Health revealed no link between cancer risks and DDT. The banning of DDT has led to a dramatic increase in the mosquito-borne disease of malaria. Insect and rodent pests not only destroy one third of all the world's food each year, but are also the primary vectors of a wide variety of diseases. The United Nations not only banned DDT, but is now trying to ban eleven other pesticides and herbicides.

Acid Rain: A U.S. study costing between $400 and $500 million revealed no evidence of environmental harm due to so-called "Acid Rain." Insect and plant diseases were determined to be the prime causes of problems in forests.

Endangered Species: Nearly all species, 95%, that ever existed on earth are extinct. Darwin was right! The U.S. Department of the Interior recently announced that 29 species have been removed from the official list because they have been "saved" from extinction, but, of these, five were already extinct and four others were species that do not clinically exist. Another eight species were removed for what was called "clinical errors." Extinction is a natural process.

Garbage: The U.S. and the rest of the world have virtually infinite capacity to deal with garbage. There's ample space for safe landfills. Incinerators can handle the rest.

Overpopulation: The entire population of America lives on just over three percent of the nation's land mass. Most of the population lives within fifty miles of either the East or West coast. What some call "urban sprawl" is just people exercising the right to move out of congested cities and live where most of the rest of the population prefers. Elsewhere, while the earth's population is currently projected to be six billion, there is ample room for humanity. People tend to crowd into urban centers, seeking employment, creating a multitude of health and social problems. The earth currently provides everyone with at least 4.3 pounds of food daily, but not everyone receives their share often due to conditions involving conflicts (wars) and/or starvation policies in authoritarian states. As more nations begin to enjoy the prosperity and living standards of the US and European nations, their populations will decrease. AIDS, too, will significantly impact African and some Asian populations in the years ahead.

Diseases: Of the fifteen leading causes of death in America, thirteen were at an all time low by 1996. The National Center for Health Statistics disclosed that the death rate is 493.6 deaths per 100,000 population, the lowest figure since 1900 (when the government started tracking this number). Death rates for heart disease and cancer, the two leading causes of death, declined by three and ten percent respectively between 1995 and 1996. Life expectancy in America hit a record 77.1 years.

Safe Food: Most food illnesses are entirely avoidable and would be greatly reduced with the use of irradiation to kill pathogens in meat, fish, and other foods. As for meat, Americans consume 25 billion pounds of it every year.

Crime: Crime rates in every category continue to decline nationwide. The crime rates in the 1990's have not changed much since the 1970's, except to decrease. Americans, however, represent a $40 billion market for illegal drugs, part of a worldwide problem.

 

Well this blind guide was showing the lame pedestrian the way to the concert for the deaf. The mute singer was fantastic.

If you are independent you cant come like a government information movie. Your reading asignement is that "duck and cover"-movie about what to do in case of nuclear attack.

 

That's sure is an optimistic outlook for the years ahead joe, unfortunately our true outlook is not so good. I asked my magic 8-ball where things were headed and it said, "outlook not so good," and it never lies.

I sure wish you could open your eyes as I have, Joe. You're a nice guy, and I'd like to see you a little more prepared. Got kids? If you do, then you might want to at least listen somewhat to what I'm saying for their sake. I'm 21, fit, armed to the teeth and I got my end of the world crew. I got a rich ass uncle with many acres of ranch land who's starting to listen to what I got to say, especially in light of recent events, and is investing some of his grands in getting prepared, too.

Do I got anxiety? Hell no, I couldn't feel any better about what's coming. And when the shit hits the fan, I know I'll have somewhere I can go to ride this out as best I can, better than most.

 

Well I like you to Smurf

Is this the part where I explain that I am fairly confident if the shit hits the fan I'll be fine and then for good measure go into my military credentials, physical fitness, blah blah only to attract the attention of Smiley the closet queer forever intent on luring me in with his feminine ways never to be left alone?

And you know your running a risk of that yourself with all that buff n tuff guy talk.

 

Nah, you won't. It's one of those things you'll have to prepare for now, cuz when the shit hits the fan a million other motherfuckers are going to be thinking the same damn thing you will. Got to be a prudent man and excercise that foresight, or else you'll get swallowed up by what's coming like everybody else. Contrary to popular belief, good has not triumphed over evil.

 

When I was in second grade I saw 2 retarded kids get in a fight at school. They weren't physically disabled, all of their limbs worked, they just didn't function right in the head. For some reason I thought of that while reading this forum. Good times.

 

surfulum said:
I'm 21, fit, armed to the teeth and I got my end of the world crew. I got a rich ass uncle with many acres of ranch land who's starting to listen to what I got to say, especially in light of recent events, and is investing some of his grands in getting prepared, too.


Humor or tumor?

 

Evil has always been around Smurf. Sometimes it is in obvious forms sometimes not. Think back at the less obvious signs. It becomes more evil but not by leaps and bounds. The end is a long long way away still.

 

Evil and good are words, the express the morallity of the society that uses them. As has been said by buhddists, and borrowed by Nietzsche, you have to go beyond good and evil to truly understand where and what you are...

You issolate other people from yourself, us them, good evil, that is just denial of your true nature.

 

Oh I know dude, I was speaking for the masses with language they'd understand. What I meant was that things they'd consider bad (poverty, famine, war, an earth that's crapping out) are coming. The nature behind these events are more complex than good and bad, but it still doesn't change what's going on.

 

Btw this is the end, it may well take another hundred years... but unless something remarkable happens to waken people up, it aint looking rossy.

 

That i will agree with.

 

Sorry missed this first time round, kinda legless but:

Most people understand much more with than most people give them credit for

 

The end of what. You fail to transcend your human condition. Even if humanity dies out, what does that change? I don't think it will happen, but what changes if we have no more people?

 

Well the end of possibilties for one. No more opposible thumbs or language. I guess that means the end of soap operas. woohoo

 

Ok i know, still not trancending for the "human" view point, but im pissed and can only think in circles atm.

 

Pretty purple ones fui.

 

Well, good to have you hear in fuglyforums. I'm out, I'm going to go play pool and get shitfaced. Later everybody.

 

Nice to meet ya MnMn.

Now get ready for a weird ride!

 

I see the wisdom in this one... I will make a believer of him yet, if he isn't one already. MNMN, what would you say if I said the end is really fucking nigh?