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Scare-Mongering on Steroids: NBC Warns Oceans Could Rise 200 Feet!
Newsbusters ^ | November 17, 2008 | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 11/17/2008 6:23:41 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative

Green Week is upon us again, time for more global warming scare-mongering by the NBC family of networks. Kicking things off during half-time of last night's NBC Sunday Night Football, Meredith Vieira put Al Gore's alarmism to shame. [H/t reader Mick L.]

Gore predicted a measly 20-foot rise in sea levels, enough to drown much of Manhattan. Vieira outdid him by a factor of 10, raising the spectre of a sea-level rise of 200 feet. That exaggerates the increase predicted by scientists by literally hundreds of times.

Vieira, speaking from Sydney, Australia, where she is focusing on water shortages, chatted with Bob Costas.

BOB COSTAS: Where are Matt, Al and Ann this go-around?

MEREDITH VIEIRA: Matt [Lauer] is in Belize, he's off the coast at a place called the Blue Hole. It is the home to some of the most exotic marine life in the world, and all sorts of beautiful coral reefs and they're all being threatened because the water temperatures are rising.

Al [Roker] on the other hand is in Iceland looking at the glaciers which store most of our fresh water. And if they were to melt, the oceans could rise at least 200 feet.

And our intrepid reporter Ann Curry, well she is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro as I speak. She hopes to reach the summit by Friday. The snows of Mount Kilimanjaro are rapidly melting, and that is threatening the people of Tanzania.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarming; meredithvieira; nbc
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To: dfwgator

NEVER make fun of the flying monkeys.


41 posted on 11/17/2008 7:52:17 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: FreedomProtector
But the game turned out alright.

GO COWBOYS!!!!!
42 posted on 11/17/2008 7:52:22 AM PST by NCC-1701 (DRILL NOW. DRILL OFTEN. DRILL 24/7/365. PAY LESS. SUCK THE GROUND DRY.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative
It is frightening when you realize there are many people who blindly accept such preposterous scare mongering as fact.

I feel like I'm stuck in a chapter of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World with the bulk of the voters being Epsilon semi morons.

43 posted on 11/17/2008 8:06:16 AM PST by rustbucket
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To: NCC-1701

Greenland’s ice sheet and most of Antarctic ice sheets are on land.......


44 posted on 11/17/2008 8:07:40 AM PST by Red Badger (Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
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To: NCC-1701
But the game turned out alright.

NO it did NOT.

The hero coach, Jim Zorn, who recently hosted Rush Limbaugh lost to the Planned Parenthood supporting Cowboys.

The refs missed a bunch of calls. Cartwright clearly had possession of the ball before letting go and rolling into the end zone. As soon as the punting team gains possession of the punt, the ball is placed at that spot. The Cowboys clearly jumped offsides at least twice--not called. Portis was clearly out of bounds (would have stopped the clock)... T.O. was clearly blocking in the back and Columbo and Adams where clearly grabbing all kinds of Jersey and wrapping with their arms on the final drive.....

45 posted on 11/17/2008 8:34:50 AM PST by FreedomProtector
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To: JustaCowgirl

SNF is a ridiculous agenda driven mental illness fest now. Unwatchable. As soon as there’s commentary on goes the mute button.


46 posted on 11/17/2008 9:03:20 AM PST by tpanther (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke)
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To: Red in Blue PA

47 posted on 11/17/2008 9:11:16 AM PST by timestax ( CNNLIES)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

when I watched this on TV, I too, laughed out loud.

Keith Overbite said he’s doing his part by not drinking bottled water.


48 posted on 11/17/2008 9:49:21 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

200 feet? I thought it was 200 meters?


49 posted on 11/17/2008 11:36:38 AM PST by HenpeckedCon
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To: rustbucket

See my #26. Even if it was 20’ instead of 200’ we’re talking about 5 million cubic miles of Ice (above the water line) melting.


50 posted on 11/17/2008 1:00:43 PM PST by Woodman ("One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives." PW)
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To: svcw
You mean the northeast would be wiped out?

Ok, I'll say it... And we're supposed to think that's a BAD thing??

51 posted on 11/17/2008 1:09:51 PM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( When you find yourself going through Hell, keep going!)
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To: St. Louis Conservative; Delacon; According2RecentPollsAirIsGood; TenthAmendmentChampion; ...
 




Beam me to Planet Gore !

52 posted on 11/17/2008 1:36:34 PM PST by steelyourfaith
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To: St. Louis Conservative
Scare-Mongering on Steroids: NBC Warns Oceans Could Rise 200 Feet!

Aw Come On...Can we get 2000 feet?

Heartlanders will not worry until the water floods the Midwest and Central Plains.....

53 posted on 11/17/2008 4:25:46 PM PST by SteamShovel (Global Warming, the New Patriotism)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

200 feet! That’s great! I always wanted to go white water rafting over the Niagara.


54 posted on 11/17/2008 4:27:38 PM PST by CharacterCounts (Wanted: Snappy, erudite tag line.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

NBC is a disgrace and owned by one of the world’s largest polluters, General Electric. Before lecturing the people on the environment and flying their mouthbreathing correspondents all around the world, they should reexamine their employer’s extensive polluting history.


55 posted on 11/17/2008 4:44:53 PM PST by chet_in_ny
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To: major-pelham

56 posted on 11/20/2008 8:47:38 PM PST by timestax ( CNNLIES)
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