Comedian Lewis Black gets it right on his new DVD "Red, White, and Screwed." I paraphrase, "How can a country that can't build levees in New Orleans think about building a 700 mile wall across the border with Mexico?"
The other question is simply, why has this wall been approved by our government while the rebuilding of New Orleans after Katrina is so inadequate?
Recent pictures of "Katrina Refugees":
Katrina trailer park pictures from the BBC
The new 700 mile wall across the US - Mexican border is not popular in Mexico. From an environmental point of view its a disaster. Think about the small ecosystems aspect of it, for example the land animal migrations that are affected and water passages that are disturbed.
Mexico requests US to not build border wall
This next article tackles the larger manifestations of global warming. It is the year 2100 and:
Earth becomes a vast desert
It is not part of the American psyche to think outside the states from the point of view of environmental disasters. Take a look at this one:
Typhoon Xangsane
Painting by Egon Schiele
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