Econ/placemaking blogger Ryan Avent (who, it turns out, also sings for Spoon) takes on everyone's favorite Reasonable Conservative Jim Manzi on the subject of global warming, on BloggingHeads:
Want to know why we're doomed? Look no further than the first comment:
I don't think anybody is gonna do anything serious about gwarming anytime soon for the simple reason that they don't have to. anybody can spout off as many numbers as they want to but when you walk outside everything is business as usual. even as a liberal, i'm not really convinced at all yet that it should be a priority over Iraq, heavy pollution, the economy, malaria, clean water, etc. really, it's pretty boring. even al gore lives in a mansion and just bought a 100ft yacht.
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Russ Posted 4:05 am
29 Sep 2008
I've never personally heard anyone who would describe himself as a "liberal" or "progressive" say anything like that.
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Biodiversivist Posted 8:23 am
29 Sep 2008
With the written word, the onus is on the writer to spend a lot of time putting together a concise cohesive argument. It is read at leisure. With talking heads, the listener must endure what is usually endured by the writer as they try to put thoughts on paper.
End of rant.
In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world
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Bud Dingler Posted 1:57 pm
29 Sep 2008
its those unseen risks you must be concerned about.
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MAD MAC Posted 12:53 am
30 Sep 2008
Victory in Pattani
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