Good Old Neon

This comment has more to do with our past -when the religious establishment had the last word on what was and what was not considered scientific fact

Same here, we had to be dragged, literally, home for dinner. I was fortunate enough to have been raised in a relatively rural area, though it has since seen its (over) share of development. My friends and I spent countless hours trudging through the wilderness bordering our neighborhood

Ummmm....that puppy is mine, it fell out of my pocket and I want it back.

I respect you Ikol, but at times, it appears as though your willingness to believe in something is sort of backwards, meaning - the more evidence that exists in favor of a certain proposition, the less likely you are to believe it. While a lack of evidence serves only to buttress your belief - or lack thereof. The theory that the sun is responsible for global warming has been reviewed and dismissed numerous times, by myriad studies, conducted by just as many sources - yet, like many right wing talking points, it shambles forever on, like a zombie who stubornly refuses to just knock it off a

Care to share them with us? And what if Gore

Does he, Bush

My already high opinion and admiration of and for Hitchens has pretty much increased exponentially since reading that article.

It has everything to do with your post. Bush has enacted policies that will further increase the damage related to climate change, and cut or eliminated altogether others that have and would serve to mitigate further damage. The harm these actions have on the environment absolutely dwarf Gore

And this is what is so upsetting to me w/r/t Obama's capitulation - he has helped sanction that for which he, at one time, stood 100% opposed. We don't need people that would sanction this sort of behavior running our country - democrat or republican.

Let's take a look at Bush's environmental record while in office with another long assed post - and then, we can weigh it against Gore's electricity bill. http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/default.asp - tons of info here. The following are just a few of the changes brought by Bush. (See links at the bottom for more current information.) Systemic problems are listed first: Misleading the Public The Bush Administration shows more finesse than previous Administrations in disguising its anti-environmental agenda. The "bait and switch" method has been used repeatedly. They promise on

Sure, but who sent the military into Iraq? That

Here's the link to the sledding incident mentioned in the preceding article. This case should have been laughed out of court - unbelievable. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...757C0A9629C8B63

You, sir, will be hearing from my attorney - slandererer.

Attack of the NIMBY syndrome From the NYT: By PETER APPLEBOME Published: July 10, 2008 GREENWICH, Conn. Vincent Provenzano, 16 years old, experienced his Kevin Costner moment one Sunday afternoon in May after a thrilling day of Wiffle ball in a friend

I agree. Unfortunately, working collectively towards a more sustainable future is not something we humans excel at. But I often wonder how much of that is a result cultural conditioning directly related to our sort of bastardized version of capitalism. Specifically, in terms of how possessions are overvalued in our society, warping our sense of what

Or our current levels of gross over-consumption will ensure we won

Chomsky is opposed to what he calls the

More and better education would certainly help, but what excuse do the ivy leaguers within the world of mortgage and finance have to fall back upon? Even some of the smartest, most educated folks within the world of business have found themselves in the deepest of financial shit.

Great news

Graydon Carter wrote a book devoted to that topic What We've Lost: How the Bush Administration Has Curtailed Our Freedoms, Mortgaged Our Economy, Ravaged Our Environment, and Damaged Our Standing in the World, if you

What, specifically, makes his stance on most issues not centrist?

How's that? Because Bush's house is greener? I'm sure Gore's house's carbon footprint pales in comparison, expotentially, to the environmental effects of Bush's phony war.

And the person attempting to sell it to them, ought to have enough integrity to let them know it. Many lenders and mortgage brokers gave folks mortgages they knew they could not afford - helped them cook the books to make getting a mortgage a possibility. You shouldn

It appears to be legit - and further evidence of just how unrepentant this piss poor excuse for a leader, brain dead little war criminal truly is - forget the sewerage plant, they ought to name a dildo after him. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...luter'.html