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Mitt Romney, while promising to help the families among the 1%, exclaimed that "stopping the oceans from rising" isn't a worthwhile endeavor, not if the wealthiest can afford to just move around and out of the way! 

And really, how are the wealthiest going to remain the wealthiest without an Oil Empire powered by the Military Industrial Corporate Congressional Complex? Can't have any deviation from "God's Plan" now can we? 

"God's chosen people will be whisked away in rainbows while the heathens (communists, those who hate "Freedom and Democracy") burn in eternal damnation!" (once Armageddon commences, entirely dependent on the whims of the Neo-Conservatives and the Ziono-Fascists)

David Rohde: Superstorm Sandy Has Exposed New York City’s "Hideous Inequality"

We continue our coverage of Superstorm Sandy by looking at how it has impacted an economically divided New York City, especially in Manhattan, where the the richest fifth make 40 times more money than the poorest fifth. Inequality in Manhattan rivals parts of sub-Saharan Africa. We’re joined in New York City by Reuters journalist David Rohde, whose new article for The Atlantic is "The Hideous Inequality Exposed by Hurricane Sandy." Rohde writes: "Those with a car could flee. Those with wealth could move into a hotel. Those with steady jobs could decline to come into work. But the city’s cooks, doormen, maintenance men, taxi drivers and maids left their loved ones at home." Rohde is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a former reporter for the New York Times. 

A Crisis Foretold: Studies Warned New York Infrastructure Critically Threatened by Climate Change

The massive damage Superstorm Sandy has caused to New York City and its infrastructure has not come as a surprise to everyone. We’re joined by Cynthia Rosenzweig, co-chair of the New York City Panel on Climate Change, who says the city began looking at the impact of global warming more than a decade ago. She is the lead author of a 2011 report on the impact climate change will have in New York state’s "critical structure" like bridges and sewage systems, as well as public health and agriculture. A senior research scientist at NASAGoddard Institute for Space Studies where she heads the Climate Impacts Group, Rosenzweig’s work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Task Force on Data was recognized in 2007 with the Nobel Peace Prize awarded jointly to Al Gore and to the IPCC Task Force.

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