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To: orkrious who wrote (66327)	7/18/2006 6:38:15 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Al Gore -- ho ho ho ho ... baloney!!!

To: orkrious who wrote (66327)	7/18/2006 9:09:29 PM
From: John Vosilla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

The now higher water temps close to 90 degrees in the Gulf of Mexico create these monster CAT 5's literally overnight Used to be once in a generation but now seems to be happening 3+ times during the season. 22 states in code red today with temps over 100. A constant assault of fires and tornadoes now seem to be a constant theme too. Two or three years of more gentile times and maybe then I'm not 100% convinced anymore that Global Warming is very real and very dangerous.

To: orkrious who wrote (66327)	7/18/2006 11:53:08 PM
From: Yulya	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

"In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality. And the Category 5 denial is an enormous obstacle to any discussion of solutions. Nobody is interested in solutions if they don't think there's a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous (global warming) is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis." -- Al Gore The quote was taken from this long and boring interview linked at grist.org What Gore said - and I believe that he believes what he said - is that it is OK for him to deceive the public by distorting and cherry-picking and exaggerating facts, because it's for a good cause and because he means well. (No doubt he rationalized illegal fund-raising with a similar justification. Hey - everything can be a "crisis", right?) Translated, this says: "If my intentions are good, or if I have a good excuse, then the ends justify the means and my inconvenient morality can take a vacation."