For this enviros celebrated the US Election results? Oy!

Wed, 2006-12-20 14:55Ross Gelbspan

For this enviros celebrated the US Election results? Oy!

"The [human] race of which you and I are a part, is great at having consensuses that are in great error. And so I want to get the scientific facts, and find out what the situation is. . ."

These words were uttered by:

(1) Bjorn Lomborg,

(2) Christopher Monckton,

(3) former Exxon CEO Lee Raymond,

(4) Rep. John Dingell, incoming Democratic chair of the House Energy and Commerce committee

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The Democrats are coming to

Thu, 2006-12-21 00:02 — Paul Gerard

The Democrats are coming to the rescue on the issue of global warming!

...or maybe not.

Regards,

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For this enviros celebrated the US Election results? Oy!