Posted on 04/02/2008 1:08:30 PM PDT by Alouette
Interviewed Tuesday for Charlie Rose's PBS show, CNN founder Ted Turner argued that inaction on global warming “will be catastrophic” and those who don't die “will be cannibals.” He also applied moral equivalence in describing Iraqi insurgents as “patriots” who simply “don't like us because we've invaded their country” and so “if the Iraqis were in Washington, D.C., we'd be doing the same thing.” On not taking drastic action to correct global warming:
Not doing it will be catastrophic. We'll be eight degrees hotter in ten, not ten but 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow. Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals.
Turner ridiculed the need for a big U.S. military, insisting “China just wants to sell us shoes. They're not building landing craft to attack the United States,” and “even with our $500 billion military budget, we can't win in Iraq. We're being beaten by insurgents who don't even have any tanks.” After Rose pointed out the Iraqi insurgents “have a lot of roadside bombs that kill a lot of Americans” and wondered “where do you think they come from?”, Turner answered:
I think that they're patriots and that they don't like us because we've invaded their country and occupied it. I think if the Iraqis were in Washington, D.C., we'd be doing the same thing: we'd be bombing them too. Nobody wants to be invaded.
As opposed to the genetic cannibalism espoused by those who want fetal stem cell harvesting?
How does a spineless man like Ted pinch a nerve?
Looks like Ted didn't read the UN report: Climate changes now "irreversible"
But he's far from the only leftist who's ignored this finding. Accepting its conclusion would effectively put an end to their activism.
Ted has now confessed that was “hyperbole” (a damned socialist lie) to draw attention to Earth’s oceans.
Socialists lie. Always.
Don’t worry, if he is the dish...no one will clean their plate.
He’s DemenTED.
“The funny thing is that, mathematically, everyone in the world could live in the state of Texas, 4 people to a house, each house on 1/4 acre of land.
If I’m off, it’s not by much.”
Not funny. Not exactly true. Do you think all the land in Texas is inhabitable? Would you like to live like that? We have cities now so overcrowded nothing but a criminal and poverty can come out of it...you want to make it worse? Do you think our infrastructure is sound? If the likes of Bush/McCAin have their way, your scenario may come true.
Take a look at what living like you describe looks like...in Texas.
What is a Colonia? THE THIRD WORLD IN THE USA (photos)
Texas Secretary of State’s Definition:
The term “colonia,” in Spanish means a community or neighborhood. The Office of the Secretary of State defines a “colonia” as a residential area along the Texas-Mexico border that may lack some of the most basic living necessities, such as potable water and sewer systems, electricity, paved roads, and safe and sanitary housing.
In recent years the Texas-Mexico border region has experienced an explosion of growth in population and industrial activity. Although growth has resulted in economic opportunities, it has also intensified the environmental health and social challenges.
Among the border states, Texas has the largest number of colonias approximately 1,800 communities, with more than 500,000 residents. Sixty-five percent of all residents, and 85% of residents under the age of 18, were born in the United States. (aka Anchor babies) These Americans live in extreme poverty and often are unaware of the services that the United States and Texas can provide for them. Education is a key to addressing the problems faced by colonia residents, but reaching out to these communities poses unique challenges that require unique approaches.
Ninety-eight percent of the residents are Hispanic and speak little or no English.[snip]
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/search?q=colonias
Can you say right place at the right time. It didn’t hurt that he inherited his Dad’s outdoor advertising business which included that included that TV station in Atlanta at a time Cable TV was hungry for content.
Kinda like Donald Trump became a Billionaire. His trick was to start with about $200 million in New York City Real Estate right before the big real estate boom in New York City.
Eat him first.
How much longer do we have to put up with this idiot?
You'd think that shrinks in this country would be reeling in the $$$ from lib nitwits.
Except that most psychiatric therapists have degrees in psychiatric social work (MAs) == libs!!!
so it'd be psycho vs psycho...
Ye be askin' a lot of that yardarm, matey!
Care for a smorgasbord?
Hey Mikey.... he likes it!!!
My reference wasn’t to be taken as literally “everyone could live in Texas”, it was just a mathematical reality, and
it was to show that the world is NOT overpopulated, as the left constantly harps on.
I invite them to do personally do something about overpopulation by not reproducing, or better yet, offing themselves.
This man bedded and wedded Jane Fonda. ‘Nuff said.
TEDsays Chainsaw Massacre, Pt. V (I divorced Leatherface)
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