[IP] Oil Prices, Bird Flu, & Fascism

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Jock Gill <jg45@mac.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:31:02 -0500
To: Farber Dave <dave@farber.net>
Cc: Jock Gill <jg45@mac.com>
Subject: Oil Prices, Bird Flu, & Fascism

Dave,

I have posted an item on Greater Democracy IP might find of interest:

<http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/000348.html#more>

March 19, 2005

Oil Prices, Bird Flu & Fascism

David Brooks' op-ed in today's NY Times, The Do-Nothing Conspiracy, is
way off the mark. He suggests that the critical challenges facing us
are: 1]the rising costs of entitlement programs & 2] increasing
polarization of the political class.

Don't get me started. But Brooks did. A few points to consider. The
real and imminent threats we will have to muddle through are NOT at all
what Brooks suggests. If you want a good and honest scare, the real
threats will be:

1] Oil is trending to $100 per barrel which will have extremely
negative consequences for our oil addicted society;

2] It is only a matter of months before the very deadly bird flu
recombines in a human host with a virus, like the common cold, that
allows for airborne transmission of the new virus. Best guesses out of
a leading research lab in France is that this is less than 24 months
away. This will result, most likely, in 10s of millions of dead around
the world.

Jock Gill
Meme Intelligence
jock.gill@memeintel.com
"Cooperative gain from collective behaviors at the edges."


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