Posted on 08/03/2007 12:19:59 PM PDT by jedward
By DEB RIECHMANN The Associated Press Friday, August 3, 2007; 3:01 PM
WASHINGTON -- President Bush invited representatives of major industrialized and developing countries to a climate change summit in September at the same time that the United Nations is holding a similar conclave.
"In recent years, science has deepened our understanding of climate change and opened new possibilities for confronting it," Bush said in his invitation letter Friday, asking other nations to take part in discussing a long-term strategy for reducing greenhouse emissions.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
One word comes to mind when I think of the global warming/cooling, climate change crowd. And they have plenty of it:
HUBRIS
Synonyms:
airs, aloofness, audacity, bluster, braggadocio, brass*, cheek*, chutzpah*, conceit, conceitedness, contemptuousness, crust*, disdain, disdainfulness, ego, egotism, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, hubris, imperiousness, insolence, loftiness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, pride, priggishness, scornfulness, self-importance, self-love, smugness, superciliousness, swagger, vanity
You nailed it!
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