On Thursday May 21, 2009 at
approximately 9:45 a.m. members of the United States Army
"Golden Knights" parachute team will be conducting an
ariel demonstration (jump) over Liberty State Park.

This demonstration will
involve several military aircraft flying at low altitudes in
preparation for the ariel demonstration. This ariel demonstration
will be visible from Jersey City and Manhattan. The demonstration
is scheduled to end at approximately 11:30 a.m.

Environmental issues
consistently rate near the bottom of public worry, according to
many public opinion polls. A Pew Research Center poll released in
January found global warming last among 20 voter concerns; it
trailed issues like addressing moral decline and decreasing the
influence of lobbyists. "We know why it’s lowest," said
Mr. Perkowitz, a marketer of outdoor clothing and home furnishings
before he started ecoAmerica, whose activities are financed by
corporations, foundations and individuals. "When someone
thinks of global warming, they think of a politicized, polarized
argument. When you say ‘global warming,’ a certain group of
Americans think that’s a code word for progressive liberals, gay
marriage and other such issues."

The answer, Mr. Perkowitz
said in his presentation at the briefing, is to reframe the issue
using different language. "Energy efficiency" makes
people think of shivering in the dark. Instead, it is more
effective to speak of "saving money for a more prosperous
future." In fact, the group’s surveys and focus groups found,
it is time to drop the term "the environment" and talk
about "the air we breathe, the water our children
drink."

"Another key finding:
remember to speak in TALKING POINTS aspirational language about
shared American ideals, like freedom, prosperity, independence and
self-sufficiency while avoiding jargon and details about policy,
science, economics or technology," said the e-mail account of
the group’s study.