Final Exam – Fall Semester 2011

Dr. Nwo

Question 1 — Choose A or B

Which assertions are the hallmarks of an enlightened oligarchy?

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1. Anthropogenic forcing of the radiative balance is an unavoidable bump in the road for our species; sadly, climate change is now uncontrollable.
2. The dangers of climate change are classless and equally unsafe for all.
3. An informative media campaign providing clarity on the coming transformations can enlist positive political will.

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Grim Corporation

Interoffice  Memo

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“It’s Grim–Have We Got a Fairy Tale You!”

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Your outburst of uncontrollable clucking, followed by pecking at the corn-fiber carpet in our meeting today was unprofessional. Corporate policy requires all barnyard proceedings to take place outside departmental meetings. As well, corporate plans will change from time to time. Our corporate strategy now declares that the sky is not falling.

When I began work on this article, I had plans to chaff the participants of ICOA, the International Civil Aviation Organization; International air carriers and their backers, who, in a parade of paradox, have juked through the major cities of the planet for last ten years under the flags of ecological concern and integrated commerce for the purpose of hustling atmospheric physics. Displaying no shame in stalling climate remediation, even though ICOA had been instituted to design and invoke that remediation, their hypocrisy called to me like drums to the march. I had to respond.  Read more...