Affluence, Deniers, and My Town

Dr. Clark from the University of California at Davis seems to have revived an eighteenth century historical theory. He collected data from England to prove that country people had moved to the cities there and started the Industrial Revolution. He found the opposite; the children of the rich survived and produced the middle class that spawned this historical event.

Also scientists have found genetic evidence to date the origin of the lactose resistant gene to 5000 years ago, when culture started. Maybe then biology and history have a closer coupling than I had thought until now.

Accepting without conceding, just for the sake of argument. English people and their descendants are more advanced than most of us in the rest of the world. If that is so, why are they denying the reality of global warming in the US? It is not clear to me that the people behind the "Global Warming is a Hoax" movement in the US Senate led by Mr. Inhofe, are Anglo Saxon, I will just assume it; he said:

"Climate Change Update
Senate Floor Statement by
U.S. Sen. James M. Inhofe(R-Okla)

January 4, 2005

As I said on the Senate floor on July 28, 2003, "much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science." I called the threat of catastrophic global warming the "greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people," a statement that, to put it mildly, was not viewed kindly by environmental extremists and their elitist organizations. I also pointed out, in a lengthy committee report, that those same environmental extremists exploit the issue for fund raising purposes, raking in millions of dollars, even using federal taxpayer dollars to finance their campaigns."

I pose here that all peoples of the Earth, have more of a chance of saving the Earth, than any self appointed chosen people.

This brings me to the recent article in the New York Times Magazine on Carpentersville, Illinois. This small town in the Fox River, is confronting a very common conflict in the US these days. A massive and disorganized migration from Mexico to the US that has many people scratching their heads for answers.

This issue is more than my limited knowledge can handle. I wouldn't venture a prediction. Nevertheless my gut feeling is that we Mexicans have come to stay. When more nationalities participate in the US public debate, there is more of a chance to find solutions to so many vexing problems.