Al wins the Nobel Prize for his tireless crusade against ManBearPig. From Earth in the Balance:
"The Pacific Yew can be cut down and processed to produce a potent chemical, taxol, which offers some promise of curing certain forms of lung, breast, and ovarian cancer in patients who would otherwise quickly die. It seems an easy choice - sacrifice the tree for a human life - until one learns that three trees must be destroyed for each patient treated."A beacon for humanity, that Al.
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What's the big deal? That's pretty simple calculus for a misanthrope.
Did Al "Father of the Internet" Gore win for his astronomical discoveries of planetary wobble and increased sunspot activity or for his meteorlogical discovery of El Ninos and La Ninas?
The world owes a large debt of gratitude for Al's scientific prowess. He's a regular Doc Savage.
When the current left is being accused of being anti-scientific advancement, and "South Park" is a supplementary source, you know it's a bleak, black day in 30% Land.
But no worries! History will be the judge! It's got to be! Please, history, we're begging you!
The current left appears to be the yahoos of the new century. "Science? Science? We doan need no esteenkin' Science!"
I'm not worried in the long term. History will, indeed, be the judge, and the current scientific ignoramuses on the Left will be exposed just as they were about the famines of the 80s and the Club of Rome raw material shortages.
Not that they'll notice, having moved on to their next scare tactik.
Conservatives: "We're right! We just know we are! The polar caps melted LOTS of times!"
The Rest of the World: "That's nice, dear. Go out into the yard and play now."
Wow, in December 2000, who would have predicted how the reputations and legacies of Bush and Gore would crisscross so completely?
Congratulations to a respected American leader for his award.
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