A Place to Stand

Self-proclaimed "global warming warrior" Al Gore came to U.N. headquarters Thursday to lecture on the "perils" of climate change.

The former vice president and U.S. senator spent almost three hours lecturing more than 1,000 U.N. staffers and diplomats on the imminent perils mankind is bringing upon itself....

Among some of the "facts:"



Greenland runs a real risk of "splitting in two."

If that happens, substantial parts of Manhattan, Shanghai and Bombay "will disappear."

Certain species of frogs and many other amphibians are decreasing at a rate "1,000 times greater" than normal.

Cigarette smoking is a "significant" contributor to global warming.

The U.S. still contributes more than 40 percent of all current atmospheric contaminants contributing to global pollution, though Gore did admit the exploding economies of China and India are playing a greater role in the Earth's deteriorating situation.........

Later, NewsMax was told that copies of the Gore speech would not be available.

"We destroyed all copies of the speech, except for one master which cannot be released," explained one audio librarian.

Dujarric added: "The Gore speech was copyrighted and therefore we cannot release any copies of it."

The formerly "open" address, has now been reclassifed in the UN files as "a closed meeting."

// posted by neil craig @ 10:49 am