…sticking to the(verifiable) facts and avoiding moral posturing.

Heed yourself. I’m finding it hard to verify the facts from either camp. I’d like a source that told me what measurements have been taken, where and when those measurements were taken, and who took them. Then I’d like to read about interpretations of the data.

I’ve just seen this - I really think you’re out of your depth here. Are you a religious fundamentalist? To insinuate that Mario Capecchi and HJ Muller are/were evil eugenicists is so far wide of the mark as to be totally absurd. Are you now campaigning against sperm banks where you can choose donors with a college degree? Or gene therapy of any description? As for Arafat, I’m surprised you didn’t choose Kissinger instead. There is no doubt that Rigobertu Menchu had her family wiped out. Of course, in Catron country only a perfectly flawless person would ever be honoured.

AP – Al Gore has for a long time been full of hot air. He has a vivid imagination about the world around him. His inherent mistrust of the seasons seems to stem from an episode of the Twilight Zone, in which the Earth gets too close to the Sun. Summers are hot & sticky, and Al is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures needed to create a more effective global deodorant.

If college roommate, Tommy Lee Jones, could save the City of Los Angeles from errant magma (Volcano), and the world entire from a giant cockroach (Men In Black), then certainly big Al Gore deserves a prize for his global initiative to combat global wetness. The same active ingredient and trusted formula that kept our leaders dry during the Cold War – now in unscented. As the planet heats up, you don’t have to! Clinton tested: guaranteed to leave no trace.

Now that Global Warming has been legitimized, a “private group” out of Monterey California of all places, wants to seed the North Atlantic with iron oxide particulate, to help plankton absorb more carbon dioxide (greenhouse gasses). Strategy: “cleanup the planet and make a buck on the side.”

1) Global warming and its health implications should be approached analytically rather than emotionally. That means sticking to the(verifiable) facts and avoiding moral posturing.

2) The credibility of the Nobel Committee has been vitiated to the extent that the Peace Prize tends to be a contrary indicator where merit is concerned.

What about the millions of Africans threatened by famine and people in Bangaldesh inundated by rising sea levels?

Just a thought.