Clear and Present Danger

dear president obama,

Global warming and environmental pollution are a greater threat to the people of the US, and the rest of the world, than China, Iran, North Korea, Al Qaeda combined, a greater threat to our health and saftety than the economic meltdown.

The Bush regime systematically lied and deceived the American People about this grave danger, thus most Americans consider these problems to be annoying, but not life threatening. Looking at the evidence, there is clear and present danger.

I believe it is your responsibility is to go on TV and deliver an address telling the US citizenry just how serious this is. Present as evidence all the scientific reports the Bush administration censored, literally crossing out the lines of type it did not like.

I'm not going to adduce all the evidence here, just one small fact. One in two american men gets cancer in his lifetime. 1 in 2. that's shocking, clear evidence of the effects of our toxic lifestyle.

The recent use of the word pragmatic is appalling. Is it pragmatic to stay inside of a burning building, because you have work to do in your office. How big a disaster is needed to wake people up. Are you as president going to wait for that disaster, or are you going to be proactive.

I believe you are a smart, well intentioned man, who is prone to conventional thinking. What is needed to save the planet is visionary thinking, and i believe you can do it.

Yours Truly,
Jay Dancing Bear

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/090128-ocean-dead-zones.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/11/1130_051130_ice_age.html