From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sun Mar 14 2004 - 17:37:24 GMT
Platt and all MOQers:
Platt wrote:
The motive for the dire predictions of global disaster predicted in DMB's
reprint of a "news article" from the Observer, a left-wing English paper,
was revealed near the end: Another case of politically-inspired junk
science.
dmb says:
As usual, Platt has presented an "argument" that is without merit both
factually and logicallly. For starters, he blames the messenger for the
message and dismisses it as a "left-wing" fabrication. Not only is this a
pointless ad hominem attack, the story was carried by every major newspaper
in the Western world. (I suppose Platt believes there is a world-wide
media/communist conspiracy to topple the oil companies or something.)
Further, the report itself was actually issued by the Pentagon, not ANY
media outlet. The fact that John Kerry's campaign will make an issue of the
report itself, as well as Bush's attempt to suppress it, only proves that
he's sane, that he's not a stubborn anti-intellectual flat-earther like
Bush. From the article...
"Bob Watson, chief scientist for the World Bank and former chair of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, added that the Pentagon's dire
warnings could no longer be ignored.
'Can Bush ignore the Pentagon? It's going be hard to blow off this sort of
document. Its hugely embarrassing. After all, Bush's single highest priority
is national defence. The Pentagon is no wacko, liberal group, generally
speaking it is conservative. If climate change is a threat to national
security and the economy, then he has to act. There are two groups the Bush
Administration tend to listen to, the oil lobby and the Pentagon,' added
Watson."
Thanks,
dmb
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