| Global Warming: Boo, Hiss |
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| Written by Gene Weingarten, Washington Post | |||
| Sunday, 30 March 2008 | |||
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Page 2 of 2 The article didn't actually say it, but I am guessing that another term for "new environments" are "our sewers." So, let us try to calmly reevaluate, in a bipartisan fashion, the threat of global warming in light of this new scientific information. On the one hand, if the liberal-environmentalist cabal is wrong about this global ecological issue, then our society might unnecessarily spend money to control the release of greenhouse gases and other environmental pollutants. On the other hand, if it is right about this issue, 250-pound snakes will be popping out of our toilets and eating our buttocks (emphasis mine). Now, I know what all you environmental conservatives are thinking. You are thinking that I am being alarmist. So, in an effort to take a fair and balanced view of this subject, I did some research on Burmese pythons. It turns out that there is quite another side to this story, thank you very much. As it happens, Burmese python skin makes highly prized leather. The quality of American watchbands might improve dramatically. That was all I could find. But, to be as thorough as possible, I telephoned Gordon Rodda, a zoologist at the Fort Collins Science Center in Colorado. Gordon is not only an expert in invasive reptiles, specifically snakes, but was the lead scientist on the Burmese python study. Read rest.... 3.26 Copyright (C) 2008 Compojoom.com / Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved." |
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