All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
- Adolf Hitler
CHICAGO (AFP) – President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday his administration would brook no further delay in tackling climate change after discussing global warming with former vice president Al Gore.
Sitting between Gore and his vice president-elect Joseph Biden following the hour-long meeting, Obama told reporters: "All three of us are in agreement that the time for delay is over. The time for denial is over.
"We all believe what the scientists have been telling us for years now, that this is a matter of urgency and national security, and it has to be dealt with in a serious way. That is what I intend my administration to do," he said.
Since his defeat in the 2000 presidential election, Gore has been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his relentless efforts to combat climate change and starred in an Oscar-winning documentary called "An Inconvenient Truth."
Gore is thought unlikely to figure in Obama's incoming administration, which takes office on January 20.
But the climate change crusader is winning a respectful new audience for his views as Obama promises to unwind the environmental policies of President George W. Bush despite an economic recession hitting the United States.
"We all believe what the scientists have been telling us for years now,..."
What scientists? The ones who rely on government funding to keep their revenue stream steadily flowing?
The only thing anthropogenic here is the hysteria that the self-righteous Gore and his minions have generated. What arrogance!
What Steve said...
"You must grab power and make everyone do as you say or we are all doomed, doomed I tell ya! There, now give me a $1m grant and I'll come back and say the same next year."
- The scientist they believe.
Gore lives like a king on his estate using as much electricity as he wants. He has a nickel plant nearby he wants you to know that his findings are for you peasants to follow not for him.
Sigh. He is a follower after my own black heart. ;oD