tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post115161981072571030..comments2024-02-15T07:19:24.972-05:00Comments on The Daily Doubter: Quote of the dayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-1152505572340126162006-07-10T00:26:00.000-04:002006-07-10T00:26:00.000-04:00"If only I could find a literary quote that would ..."If only I could find a literary quote that would allow me to take a statement out of historical context and it apply it to this current situation"<BR/><BR/>In case you ever return to these comments, I thought I might add that if you don't believe Upton Sinclair would feel that the quote applies to the situation regarding Cooney then you're not at all familiar with Mr. Sinclair.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-1152372842315434412006-07-08T11:34:00.000-04:002006-07-08T11:34:00.000-04:00This is a false dichotomy. There are options betwe...This is a false dichotomy. There are options between living in a cave or doing nothing at all.<BR/><BR/>I actually have confidence in man's capacity to solve problems and his technological ingenuity. <BR/><BR/>First, though, man needs to focus his attention on the problem. Which is the point of the movie.<BR/><BR/>Gore presents simple steps that can be taken, that are not life-altering, that would help to reduce CO2 emission.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/05/samuelson-global-warming/" REL="nofollow">Think Progress</A> recently had an entry dealing with a global warming despair article in the Washington Post in which they quoted from a IAEA report which found that existing technology combined with technology under development would be able to reduce CO2 emission to their current level by 2050.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-1151815326278150092006-07-02T00:42:00.000-04:002006-07-02T00:42:00.000-04:00No one seems to know that the source of this quote...No one seems to know that the source of this quote -- a good one -- but the earliest *I* know of it is in Shaw's play "Misalliance"<BR/>one speaker (i'm paraphrasing here): If you want to argue, why don't you go down and argue with the vicar, he likes it.<BR/>second speaker: You can't argue with someone whose profession depends on your not letting you convert him.<BR/><BR/>The rest of the play's good, too.<BR/><BR/>actor in bostonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com