Oregonian editorial: Oregon “can and should be a climate change leader, but not at any cost, and not by rushing to put on the nation’s tightest cap. “ | GORE LIED

The Oregonian puts aside its past rhetoric, and takes a dose of reality. 12.1% statewide unemployment, that may have even pushed the perennial unemployment champ (Michigan) out of first place, will do that to you. There’s plenty of qualifiers in the text of the editorial, but still this is progress.

From Roy Spencer's book "Climate Confusion", page 64:

When we reach a doubling of the pre-industrial atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, probably late this century, we will have enhanced the Earth's natural greenhouse effect by about 1 percent.

From Gore's "Climate Project" site

New York, NY (PRWEB) 2, April, 2009 -- 4CORNERS ENTERTAINMENT is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Mel England’s SWIMMING WITH THE POLAR BEARS, directed by Jill André. SWIMMING WITH THE POLAR BEARS will play three benefit performances only at Off-Broadway’s Bleecker Street Theatre (45 Bleecker Street). In accordance with England’s survival story and his strong dedication to the continued existence of the planet, all profits from this production will be donated to The Climate Project. www.swimmingwiththepolarbears.com

Swimming With the Polar Bears - Showtimes - Cast - Awards - Theater - New York Times

'Swimming with the Polar Bears' is a funny, poignant and devastatingly personal look at the dangers of global warming. — TheaterSource

SHOWTIMES / VENUE
Opening Date: Apr. 20, 2009
Closing Date: Apr. 22, 2009

The water cooler is spreading a virus [without the internet, how much more difficult would it be for Anthony Watts to spread climate realism?]

Since Saturday night when her first song was broadcast to a British audience, Ms. Boyle’s televised appearance has been viewed by no less than 40 million people, a population eight times that of her native Scotland. In just the last 24 hours she has been mentioned, complete with a color picture, on the front page of the Washington Post, was interviewed live on the CBS Early Show, and has been booked for an appearance on Oprah.

What these two seemingly unrelated events have in common is the internet.
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This is a new era. No more do Susan Boyles need Oprahs to give them an American introduction, and no longer do Americans themselves need political parties to make a political movement. The days when movements require an imprimatur are past. Water cooler talk, which not too long ago, followed where the establishment wished to lead, now leads where the establishment has no choice but to follow.