2008 Woodie Awards
Tangents and Tirades
Issue date: 4/10/08 Section: Commentary
Frustrated with the format. Next to stubbing your toe, writing a works cited page is probably the most annoying slash painful experience known to man. Who sat down and decided that underlining book titles is protocol, or that you have to indent five spaces on the second line? Moreover, who cares? Let's not be superfluous, all you really need is the book and the page number. I challenge any professor to sincerely tell me that he or she whips out the Inspector Gadget gear to check on the publishing date of a particular work. Consequently, you can just lie when the information isn't available. Will I be chastised if I write Haughty Muffler instead of Houghton Mifflin? And what's worse is that half the time the book doesn't even fit into the stupid format. What are you supposed to do if it's an excerpt from the Bible: "Holy Spirit, Influence of the. Basis of Some of the World's Most Prominent Religions. Various locations in the Middle East: Hardworking Scribes, Inc., Something B.C. to Something A.D."? That looks somewhat awkward. Case in point: I veto bibliographies.-Maryclaire Dugre '10
Scare tactics heating up. During an interview last week, CNN founder Ted Turner stated that not taking immediate action on global warming would be "catastrophic." He noted that, "We'll be eight degrees hotter in 10, not 10 but 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow. Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals. Civilization will have broken down." Recent evidence, however, has revealed that perhaps "global warming" may not be having the catastrophic impact that Turner, Al Gore, and others would have us believe. Last week, BBC environmental analyst Roger Harrabin reported that, "Global temperatures for 2008 will be slightly cooler than last year," meaning that "temperatures have not risen globally since 1998." This and other evidence, in addition to the growing number of those in the scientific community questioning the legitimacy of global warming, is what leads Turner and others to try to frighten well-intentioned people into accepting the global warming hoax. In addition, Al Gore has launched a $300 million campaign to give global warming more national and political attention. One must question where Gore is receiving funding for such a campaign and why he would find it necessary given global warming's supposed status as "scientific fact." Probably the greatest indication that Gore and his crowd realize very well that the whole global warming issue is a scam is his refusal to debate any scientists who disagree with him. In classic fashion, when the facts are not in accordance with their world-view, the left turns to big money and scare tactics.-Mark Scirocco '10
Scare tactics heating up. During an interview last week, CNN founder Ted Turner stated that not taking immediate action on global warming would be "catastrophic." He noted that, "We'll be eight degrees hotter in 10, not 10 but 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow. Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals. Civilization will have broken down." Recent evidence, however, has revealed that perhaps "global warming" may not be having the catastrophic impact that Turner, Al Gore, and others would have us believe. Last week, BBC environmental analyst Roger Harrabin reported that, "Global temperatures for 2008 will be slightly cooler than last year," meaning that "temperatures have not risen globally since 1998." This and other evidence, in addition to the growing number of those in the scientific community questioning the legitimacy of global warming, is what leads Turner and others to try to frighten well-intentioned people into accepting the global warming hoax. In addition, Al Gore has launched a $300 million campaign to give global warming more national and political attention. One must question where Gore is receiving funding for such a campaign and why he would find it necessary given global warming's supposed status as "scientific fact." Probably the greatest indication that Gore and his crowd realize very well that the whole global warming issue is a scam is his refusal to debate any scientists who disagree with him. In classic fashion, when the facts are not in accordance with their world-view, the left turns to big money and scare tactics.-Mark Scirocco '10
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posted 4/11/08 @ 10:46 AM EST
The American election is still 6 months away and if you think the liberal media are gonna follow up on the Global warming Joke and kick dirt Al Gore and the Dems. (Continued…)
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