Al Gore has written another book entitled, “The Assault on Reason.”
Here’s Amazon’s Book Description:
Book Description
A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degration of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason
At the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade [...]
February 28, 2007 – 10:07 pm
The original Library of Alexandria, that great vortex of knowledge in the Ancient world, center for rational thought, and deliberation, was burned, and all the contents were lost forever.
That burning likely was a contributing factor in the rise of the middle ages, and the domination of ignorance.
Here’s Short Video about the creation of a NEW [...]
February 28, 2007 – 3:59 pm
Ethics panels are potentially a good thing. We want to make sure somebody is checking up on unscrupulous scientists who are being cruel not only to animals, but to people. We’ve all heard the horror stories.
But, recently, it seems the Ethicist are the ones being cruel and unusual.
From a New York Times Report:
Among the incidents [...]
February 27, 2007 – 9:34 pm
Global Warming taken to the extreme (as is now) is the leading cause of Ice Ages. This means we’re looking down the barrel of one.
Here’s a link where you can learn more about glaciers. A good idea, since we’re likely to be living with them soon.
February 27, 2007 – 11:03 am
“Be the change you want to see in the world.”–Gandhi
February 26, 2007 – 9:17 pm
Environmentalists are always talking about saving the trees. But, it turns out that those very trees could be … MURDERERS!
According to an article published in the Journal Nature:
“… increases in moisture and warmer temperatures 13,500 to 11,500 years ago allowed for edible plants to migrate north. This plant exodus provided more food sources for horses, [...]
February 25, 2007 – 9:34 pm
The Colossal Squid is even Bigger than the Giant Squid. And yet, no one has ever seen it in the wild Alive.
“Even basic questions such as how large does this species grow to and how long does it live for are not yet known,” said New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton in a statement.
It’s for [...]
February 25, 2007 – 6:08 pm
Here’s a clip of Barack Obama in 2002 giving an interview about the Iraq war resolution, the UN, and Whether or not he’d have supported it. This was back when most democrats were sucking off the president.
February 23, 2007 – 9:03 pm
The Hammer Head Shark, one of the coolest species in the ocean has been put on the Endagered Species list.
“… the hammerhead was among the most endangered species from shark finning because their meat had very low value but their fins were highly prized for the Asian delicacy shark-fin soup.” says Sonja Fordham, Shark [...]
February 22, 2007 – 9:03 pm
Here we go again. First they sign a law in the early ’90’s requiring a certain percentage of cars to be emission free … then they took it back.
Now this:
One bill proposes state regulators mandate cuts in carbon content from transportation fuels refined and sold in California by 10 percent by 2020.
A second bill [...]