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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 11:37 AM
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Thomas Friedman: It's worse than Gore said
Thomas Friedman: It's worse than Gore said
By Seth Slabaugh

MUNCIE, Ind. -- Global warming is one of the top five problems facing humankind, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman told Ball State University students Wednesday.

"It's more accurate to call global warming 'weather weirdness,' " said Friedman, a best-selling author and three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. "The hots get hotter, the droughts get longer, the colds get colder, the wets get wetter, and the most violent storms become more numerous."

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http://technozoic.blogspot.com/2009/03/thomas-friedman-it-worse-than-gore-said.html
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RufusTFirefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 11:40 AM
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1. Top 5? Who does he think he is? Casey Kasem?
Sweet Jeebus. I'd like to know the other four.

Reminds me of the famous Brooke Shields quote: "If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 02:45 PM
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2. He's just keeping his feet on the ground while reaching for the stars!
Edited on Thu Mar-05-09 02:45 PM by hatrack
Tom Friedman's Biggest Global Problems:

1. Not getting nearly enough time on Sunday talk shows these days
2. Inability to find really good bagels in Mumbai
3. Thundering Herd won't return his phone calls any more
4. Realization that globe thinks you're an even bigger self-serving twit than George Will
5. Global warming
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RufusTFirefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 03:01 PM
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3. ROFLMAO!!!!
:rofl:
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-06-09 04:20 PM
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4. Global Warming - Tom's new shiny toy
The Iraq war got all broked. :cry:
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-07-09 06:51 AM
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6. "The next six months will be critical"
...or something like that.
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-06-09 04:40 PM
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5. Even a broken clock is right twice a day ...
a record Friedman should envy.
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