A former Marine - and a disgrace to the uniform - Ollie North, who was involved in a criminal plot to sell weapons to Iran and fund right-wing death squads in Latin America ( they murdered a priest and two nuns among ten of thousands of others) now wants America to believe there is no such thing as global warming. With his long record of living in a fantasy world who will beleive him, Ollie North Launches New War Against ‘Cap And Tax,’ ‘Bird Eating Machines,’ And The ‘Myth Of Global Warming’
The attached “petition to President Barack Obama” claims that the “dirty little secret” of global warming “is that it is a scam designed at increasing the wealth of frauds like Al Gore and nations like Red China at America’s expense.”Fox News Runs Old Palin Campaign Footage, Reports It As Book-Signing Crowds
In reality, the “scientific evidence is clear,” as the American Association for the Advancement of Science said in 2006, that “global climate change caused by human activities is occurring now, and it is a growing threat to society.” In reality, the European Trading System has worked, and Europe is on track to easily beat its 2012 Kyoto Protocol commitments. In reality, the last ten years are the hottest decade in history. In reality, as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has said, climate legislation will allow us to “help this planet” that “is in peril, create millions of new jobs for Americans that need them, and to become energy independent to make us safer.”