Nathan

MSNBC - Altercation: "Did you hear the phrase 'global warming' from anyone on television this week? (And, no, hearing Tony Blair say it on the BBC doesn't count.) Bill Hemmer? Anderson Cooper, you edgy cool fella, you? Of course not. Because we've come to regard the crisis of climate change as politically debatable rather than as an issue of scientific fact. Mention it, and somebody will call your boss and demand that a marionette-scientist in the employ of the coal companies be put on the air to argue that it's all just, you know, one of those things. Don't worry about driving your SUVs. Build some more luxury condos on the Gulf Coast in Alabama. The non-partisan Committee For An Honest Climate (formerly d/b/a Amoco) says it's worth the risk."