It is amazing that we have come this far on Global Warming... Our local right-wing columnist at the Republic admits its existence here. What is funny is that he is reduced to nit-picking various facts from an Inconvenient Truth. I agree with his analysis for the most part, but not his characterization. He is critical of Gore for giving some worst case scenarios for the affects of Global Warming, but Gore does not claim inevitability. I find it interesting that we are all of the sudden worried about slight nuances in a documentary when we have things like Iraq and 1% doctrine from the Bush administration.
The 1% doctrine is Cheney's idea that if there is even a 1% chance of terrorists obtain WMDs that we should basically react as though they have them. Cheney described it as "low-probability, high-impact event". What would our reaction be if there was a 1% possibility of terrorists raising sea level by 20 feet and displacing millions of people?
I just think the juxtaposition is very interesting. I think it shows how the reaction to both issues are out of whack...
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