Krugman editorial + Global Warming
If anyone doesn't know who Paul Krugman is...he is a Columnist for the New York Times. Very smart guy, and always spot on with his editorials. Like this one:
Gore Derangement Syndrome
By PAUL KRUGMAN
On the day after Al Gore shared the Nobel Peace Prize, The Wall Street Journal’s editors couldn’t even bring themselves to mention Mr. Gore’s name. Instead, they devoted their editorial to a long list of people they thought deserved the prize more.
And at National Review Online, Iain Murray suggested that the prize should have been shared with “that well-known peace campaigner Osama bin Laden, who implicitly endorsed Gore’s stance.” You see, bin Laden once said something about climate change - therefore, anyone who talks about climate change is a friend of the terrorists.
What is it about Mr. Gore that drives right-wingers insane?
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The worst thing about Mr. Gore, from the conservative point of view, is that he keeps being right. In 1992, George H. W. Bush mocked him as the “ozone man,” but three years later the scientists who discovered the threat to the ozone layer won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In 2002 he warned that if we invaded Iraq, “the resulting chaos could easily pose a far greater danger to the United States than we presently face from Saddam.” And so it has proved.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/opinion/15krugman.html?ei=5087&em=&en=da7b1a47329aacb0&ex=1192593600&pagewanted=print
Seriously, global warming is worrying me far more than ever now. Things look worse and worse. The IPCC was wrong in its report last year - the world is warming FASTER than anyone anticipated. Just look at what the scientists at www.realclimate.org are saying...its quite scary. Polar Bear habitats destroyed. No ice caps by 2030 (WELLwithin our lifetimes!!!) Its all more real than ever.
There is only so much a humble person like me can do. I only hope people will wake up soon. We can start by electing more Democrats next year...
Gore Derangement Syndrome
By PAUL KRUGMAN
On the day after Al Gore shared the Nobel Peace Prize, The Wall Street Journal’s editors couldn’t even bring themselves to mention Mr. Gore’s name. Instead, they devoted their editorial to a long list of people they thought deserved the prize more.
And at National Review Online, Iain Murray suggested that the prize should have been shared with “that well-known peace campaigner Osama bin Laden, who implicitly endorsed Gore’s stance.” You see, bin Laden once said something about climate change - therefore, anyone who talks about climate change is a friend of the terrorists.
What is it about Mr. Gore that drives right-wingers insane?
...
The worst thing about Mr. Gore, from the conservative point of view, is that he keeps being right. In 1992, George H. W. Bush mocked him as the “ozone man,” but three years later the scientists who discovered the threat to the ozone layer won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In 2002 he warned that if we invaded Iraq, “the resulting chaos could easily pose a far greater danger to the United States than we presently face from Saddam.” And so it has proved.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/opinion/15krugman.html?ei=5087&em=&en=da7b1a47329aacb0&ex=1192593600&pagewanted=print
Seriously, global warming is worrying me far more than ever now. Things look worse and worse. The IPCC was wrong in its report last year - the world is warming FASTER than anyone anticipated. Just look at what the scientists at www.realclimate.org are saying...its quite scary. Polar Bear habitats destroyed. No ice caps by 2030 (WELLwithin our lifetimes!!!) Its all more real than ever.
There is only so much a humble person like me can do. I only hope people will wake up soon. We can start by electing more Democrats next year...