[Atlas Sneezed]

I highly recommend both books.

"Fear" may have a real effect. I found the "rant" by the old "nutty" professor toward the end to be very powerful stuff, filled with extremely thought provoking ideas about what motivates the government, lawyers, and enviro activists.

The rant is worth of a scan and post some day, or a link to whoever first posts it on the web.

[LS]

Well, to show you how quickly it's catching on, my conserv. Dem colleague at the U. who teaches history of science is now REQUIRING the book for his course!

[justanotherfreeper]

I found the "rant" by the old "nutty" professor toward the end to be very powerful stuff

I bought and read the book based on the reviews in this thread, just finished it yesterday. AWESOME BOOK! and a fun read. I agree with you, the speech by the professor on the politics of fear was incredibly intense, one of the best parts of the book, reminded me some of "The Tipping Point". I also like Crichton's pointing out several times these non-profits raise billions of dollars and have NO accountability at all. A politican running for a seat on the local water board has to do more reporting than any of these huge, rich eco-lobbies.