1930 GERMANY ALL OVER AGAIN TODAY; ONLY WORSE.

Has a civilization ever saved itself? Not the Sumerians. Not the Jews of Jesus time. Not the Romans. Not the Greeks. Not the Mayans. Not the 1930 Germans, not the pre-Nazi Jews (a pretty freeking smart group, at that).... Apparently the Icelanders (their cows) were grazing themselves out of existence, and reversed course hundreds of years ago, and did save themselves; but that is about it.

If, as I do, you believe in Science, the science is clear - we have weeks or months to mount a wartime speed Marshall Plan to stave off Global Warming sufficiently to save the Greenland and West Antarctic Ice Sheets, which if they go will drown/displace 600 million people, setting in motion unstoppable dominoes of global civilization collapse.

The 1930 Germans were nice people. The had "activists." But they didn't stop Hitter - the bottom line. They didn't get the job done.

What will History write of 2009 Americans? What will history write of 2009 "activists?" What will your offspring say of you?

• We need to cut DOD back $200B, NOW. Who says? Lester Brown, Medea Benjamin, Howard Zinn, Barney Frank.
• We need to shift tax from Income to Carbon by $20/ton / year until 202o, and increase Gas Tax $.40 / yr until 2020. Who says? 1000's of the world's best scientists as summarized in Brown's "Plan B 3.0."

Obama's energy plan is profoundly disappointing in these regards. (see http://whitehouse.gov).

Will we escape the failure of 1930 Germans?