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**steevytraunse** · 01-03-2011, 03:50 AM

Gore is surely an opportunist, but that has no bearing on the genuine research being done by the scientific community.

An "opportunist?" Couldn't every successful entrepreneur be called that? Hasn't America been built by "opportunism?"

It wasn't as though Gore was lying about global warming. He was ahead of his time, alerting people to the reality of global warming way ahead of the curve. And he was largely successful in raising the world's consciousness.

If he made money in the process, gee, I would never expect conservatives, of all people, to criticize him for that. I thought the amount of money someone made was the ONLY criteria by which conservatives place a value on a person.

Meanwhile, real, actual scientists try to get the attention of the Republican Neanderthals in Congress. Good luck with that.
February 1, 2011
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) was created by Abraham Lincoln and chartered by Congress in 1863 for the express purpose of obtaining objective expert advice on a range of complex scientific and technological issues. Its international reputation for integrity is unparalleled. This spring, at the request of Congress, the NAS issued a series of comprehensive reports on climate change that were unambiguous.

The NAS stated, “Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities . . . and in many cases is already affecting a broad range of human and natural systems.” This conclusion comes as no surprise to the overwhelming majority of working climate scientists. Here's a letter sent by real, actual, distinguished scientists (eight of which are members of the Academy) to each member of Congress. It's a pity that they wasted the cost of postage to almost all the Republican members, who don't let inconvenient science to upset their rigid world views.

01-03-2011, 03:50 AM	#17
steevytraunse Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 467 Senior Member	Gore is surely an opportunist, but that has no bearing on the genuine research being done by the scientific community. An "opportunist?" Couldn't every successful entrepreneur be called that? Hasn't America been built by "opportunism?" It wasn't as though Gore was lying about global warming. He was ahead of his time, alerting people to the reality of global warming way ahead of the curve. And he was largely successful in raising the world's consciousness. If he made money in the process, gee, I would never expect conservatives, of all people, to criticize him for that. I thought the amount of money someone made was the ONLY criteria by which conservatives place a value on a person. Meanwhile, real, actual scientists try to get the attention of the Republican Neanderthals in Congress. Good luck with that. February 1, 2011 The U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) was created by Abraham Lincoln and chartered by Congress in 1863 for the express purpose of obtaining objective expert advice on a range of complex scientific and technological issues. Its international reputation for integrity is unparalleled. This spring, at the request of Congress, the NAS issued a series of comprehensive reports on climate change that were unambiguous. The NAS stated, “Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities . . . and in many cases is already affecting a broad range of human and natural systems.” This conclusion comes as no surprise to the overwhelming majority of working climate scientists. Here's a letter sent by real, actual, distinguished scientists (eight of which are members of the Academy) to each member of Congress. It's a pity that they wasted the cost of postage to almost all the Republican members, who don't let inconvenient science to upset their rigid world views.
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