The Roanoke Slant

Roanoke Times
1) 10/13/07, Pg 1 & 5: Al Gore gets Nobel Peace Prize
2) 10/14/07, Pg 1 & 15: Year of climate likely to head downhill

It was nice that Norway, the third biggest exporter of oil in the world, bestowed such a big honor on Mr. Gore. However, if they’re so concerned about man-made CO2 emissions, why don’t they just shut down their north sea oil wells and give their medals to themselves?
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Reminds one of the medal they bestowed on Jimmy Carter for establishing peace between Israel and the Arabs.
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An interesting side note is that Norway is rushing to claim land and oil rights under the North Pole ice pack that is shrinking from 250 years of global warming. So, is this an incredible piece of hypocrisy or what?
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The "year of climate going downhill" article is yet another lame and pathetic political shot at Pres. Bush. The article fails to point out that when Clinton-Gore brought back the Kyoto Treaty for Senate Ratification – the vote was 99 to ZERO. Bill, Al and Hillary couldn’t get even ONE Democrat to vote for it.
Also not mentioned is that the Senate and Congress are now under the new improved Democrat Party. What are they doing to solve this or any other major problem? Why doesn’t the Democrat Senate bring up and vote on the Kyoto Treaty TODAY? (somesthing about put-up or shut-up!)
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The bottom line is that Pres. Bush is doing much more for green and renewable energy than Bill, Al and Hillary did during their eight in-charge years. If they had done what they claim needs to be done while on their watch -- then apparently all would be OK by now!
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The basic facts are that we have been experiencing 250 years of Global Warming that started at the end of the “little ice age” in 1750, and there is great doubt that man-made CO2 has ever been or is the cause of the current global warming cycle.
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Prior Items:
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2007/10/courts-require-balance-to-gore.html
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http://www.roanokeslant.org/GlobalWarmingThoughts/
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2007/09/northwest-passage-opening-again-soon.html
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