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jillan

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6. Al Gore must be irate. Everything he did to warn us has all but been ignored.

Reply to FailureToCommunicate (Original post)

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 11:28 PM

Nov 2012

When I heard they are telling people not to rebuild on the coasts, all I could think of was his movie showing how the coastlines we have now will all disappear.

It's pathetic that the rw talking points, compliments of the Koch bros and their ilk, and scare tactics has made climate change a taboo subject, even tho we are living through it.

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A BIGGER crisis than the "Fiscal cliff" or Super storm Sandy, or 9/11 is already crashing upon us... [View all] FailureToCommunicate Nov 2012 OP

The people of Rapa Nui didn't stop cutting down trees until they were all gone. hobbit709 Nov 2012 #1

Sigh. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #2

It feels a bit like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic... FailureToCommunicate Nov 2012 #3

Kicked for evening crowd FailureToCommunicate Nov 2012 #4

heard him today on NPR. compelling Gabi Hayes Nov 2012 #5

here he is Gabi Hayes Nov 2012 #7

Al Gore must be irate. Everything he did to warn us has all but been ignored. jillan Nov 2012 #6