Saturday, November 14, 2009

Palm Beach Post : Gore's presentation on climate change in Boca Raton draws as many as 1,000
As many as 1,000 people attended former Vice President Al Gore's "Going Green" presentation to the public on climate change this evening, while more than 100 demonstrators gathered in Mizner Park to protest his appearance.

The rally included many members of the conserative Tea Party and 9-12 movements who dispute Gore's views on global warming and advocacy for policies to limit carbon emissions.
Focus The Nation Clean Energy
Students from Florida A&M and Florida State are doing their part to help the environment by hosting a forum Saturday. It's a part of the "Focus the Nation Clean Energy" campaign.

The forum was at FSU's Claude Pepper center, and focused on how political, scientific and personal lifestyles affect climate change.
Hurricane Katrina fringe theories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Various political and religious leaders have suggested that Hurricane Katrina was sent as a divine retribution for the sins of New Orleans, or of the South, or for the United States as a whole.
Flashback: Minneapolis pastor: Tornado was a warning to Lutherans on gay inclusion
It was only a matter of time before the religious right would chime in to announce that a tornado that hit parts of Minneapolis on Wednesday was a warning from God that the Lutherans should not relax doctrine related to homosexuality. “Jesus Christ,” wrote John Piper, pastor at Minneapolis’ Bethlehem Baptist Church, “controls the wind, including all tornados.”

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