The LuLac Edition #3600, September 24th, 2017

LULAC @ 3600

Well it's way  past midnight and whatever was going to crash into our planet didn't kill us. So today LuLac posts our 3600th Edition. We've been up every week for 11 years except for two extended time outs for my cancer deal in 2008 and the Myasthenia Crisis in 2013. We've averaged 300 posts a year and are over 1 million hits.
Thanks for posting, thanks for being pissed when I don't post your comments because while I can't put some of that stuff up, I appreciate your enthusiasm. 
A little inside baseball here, my plans after 2016 were to wind down LuLac and start a fashion blog for older men. But events and at first wildly entertaining scenarios emerged. With those now becoming increasingly more dangerous and erratic on the world, national and state level, to not stay, not say anything would be a serious dereliction of responsibility. So on we go.
With Providence and good health...........on to #3700.
Unless a meteor interrupts us.

REP. CARTWRIGHT AND SEN. MARKEY INTRODUCE BILL TO PREPARE FOR HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

Representative Matt Cartwright and Senator Edward J. Markey  introduced legislation that will help improve America’s public health response to climate change by supporting research, monitoring, and preparation in the health sector and by developing a national action plan. Representatives Brad Schneider (IL-10), Doris Matsui (CA-06), and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined in introducing the House bill.
The Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a National Strategic Action Plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change.
“Hurricanes Irma and Harvey demonstrated the often tragic results of climate change,” said Rep. Cartwright, a vice chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) and a member of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus. “But climate change doesn’t only appear as a disastrous storm. Climate change impacts our lives daily – from the air we breathe and to the water we drink. We need to take action. This bill is a significant step towards safeguarding our environment and public health, protecting our communities, and saving in health care costs. I look forward to working with my colleagues to improve our nation’s public health response to climate change.”
“Climate change threatens the health of people and the planet,” said Sen. Markey, a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force. “Our country is suffering first-hand the effects of storms that are delivering more rain, higher winds, and greater storm surges from rising seas. Climate change gets personal when the risks of food, water and mosquito and tick transmitted diseases increases and air pollution harms lungs. We need to take action to address the health impacts of climate change that are already happening and prepare for those that are coming. I thank Rep. Cartwright for his partnership on legislation that recognizes that we need a national action plan to respond to the public health impacts of climate change.”
This legislation was introduced in advance of the United Nations climate meetings in New York next week.
“Understanding the public health effects of climate change and preparing our health system to respond is a matter of critical strategic importance,” Rep. Schneider said. “As we confront the acute devastation of the recent hurricanes in Florida and Texas, we must also contend with the longer-term threats to our health and wellness posed by a changing climate. This bill is a commonsense step to better understand and address the problem, and I thank Sen. Markey and my colleagues Reps. Cartwright, Matsui, and Carbajal for their leadership on this issue.”
“Climate change is increasingly a threat to public health,” said Rep. Matsui, a co-chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC). “We need a national program that helps ensure we are prepared to respond to the negative impacts of our changing climate through research, training, and education. This is an important part of our overall work to act on climate and protect the health and well-being of future generations.”
“The threat of climate change to our public health is deeply troubling, but what is even more concerning is our lack of preparedness to keep people healthy in a changing environment,” said Rep. Carbajal. “Increasingly extreme weather events and deteriorating air quality are all contributing to a rise in climate-related illnesses and deaths. It is imperative that we work to reverse this disturbing trend, by providing our public health officials with the resources they need to track and mitigate its impacts.”
Specifically, the Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act would:
•Provide technical support to state and local health departments to develop preparedness plans and conduct community outreach;
•Enhance forecasting and modeling, track environmental and disease data, and expand research capacity to better understand the relationship between climate change and health;
•Enhance domestic and international tracking capacity for infectious diseases and environmental health indicators;
•Develop a coordinated research and preparedness agenda on climate and health.

MEDIA MATTERS

Just wrapping up checking out the documentary "Vietnam" on PBS. Mrs. FB and I lived through that time, we both read numerous books on the subject but learned a few things watching these hours.
As a pre teen I remember seeing the footage and every night on the Nightly News there were the death counts. When you saw 111 Americans, 450 S. Vietnamese and then 2500 North Vietnamese dead, it was easy to think how we were winning.
I wish my cousin Francis who served and my late great friend and broadcast sales buddy Jim Petrie were alive to see this. "Pete" would have been a great guest on Judge Munley's show. I once asked Petrie how he became a Sargent so quickly upon his arrival in Southeast Asia and he said he was told, "You look like one!".
Another friend was drafted by the Honesdale Draft and was in Vietnam for 8 months until someone realized he shouldn't have been there since he was the sole support for his mother. Congressman McDade got on the phone directly to General Westmoreland on a Tuesday and by Thursday my friend was in Hawaii.
A quick shout out to two FB friends whose names appeared on the credits of that great Richard Briggs film from 2005 broadcast Friday night at 10 WVIA TV. Peter Gagliardi and Teresa Szymanski were credited at the end of the show.
The program showed that war should not be taken lightly in its infancy or execution. 
Speaking of my friend Petrie, here's a video made by LuLac when he was still alive. He co wrote the song with Shawn Zona.