tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post114940551968137110..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: The greatest place on earth...Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1149596155457995102006-06-06T08:15:00.000-04:002006-06-06T08:15:00.000-04:00"You really think that the terrorists would have ‘...<I>"You really think that the terrorists would have ‘aborted’ the mission, and say diverted the planes for an impromptu Caribbean vacation (bikini burkas and all), if alerted that the US was now in the hands of El Gore. I wasn’t aware that Al Qaeda was so upset with the election results."</I><BR/><BR/>At the time of the millennium, there was a lot of intelligence chatter of a terrorist event being planned. The Clinton administration took the chatter seriously and set up a couple of task forces to see if the various agencies were coming up with any loose leads that needed follow-up.<BR/><BR/>At the time of 9/11, there was a lot of intelligence chatter of a terrorist event being planned. The Bush administration did not take the chatter seriously and took no special measures to cope. Therefore they missed the various reports bubbling up through the FBI of arabs at flying schools.<BR/><BR/>Read Richard Clarke's book. He was present during both time periods.<BR/><BR/>Would a Gore administration have foiled the plot? There is a reasonable case to be made that they would have had a decent shot at it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1149544736140867222006-06-05T17:58:00.000-04:002006-06-05T17:58:00.000-04:00It would have been nice to see some meaningful cou...<I>It would have been nice to see some meaningful counterargument. While by no means as painful as Michael Moore's indictment of "the current administration" in Fahrenheit 9/11, Gore's movie succeeds in making opponents look absurd, </I><BR/><BR/>While not an expert in this field, what research I’ve done makes me think that asking to see “meaningful counterargument” to global warming is akin to asking that news shows covering evolution provide meaningful counter argument. If you stick to the realm of good science there really isn’t one. While there exist some possible explanations for warming other than human carbon emission, the actual fact of warming is really are not in dispute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1149544022948729282006-06-05T17:47:00.000-04:002006-06-05T17:47:00.000-04:00No, I do think it would have happened anyway. My p...No, I do think it would have happened anyway. My point was that, as with any counterfactual, you can't imagine everything else would have happened exactly as it did once you change one rather significant factor.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1149539996894949242006-06-05T16:39:00.000-04:002006-06-05T16:39:00.000-04:00You really think that the terrorists would have ‘a...You really think that the terrorists would have ‘aborted’ the mission, and say diverted the planes for an impromptu Caribbean vacation (bikini burkas and all), if alerted that the US was now in the hands of El Gore. I wasn’t aware that Al Qaeda was so upset with the election results. -MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1149439034850801972006-06-04T12:37:00.000-04:002006-06-04T12:37:00.000-04:00Yessssss, physci! Now I must see this movie. I'm s...Yessssss, physci! Now I must see this movie. I'm sure if he could, Gore would have added some interactive feature/lab involving some atrocious machine that you have to drag onto some roof of a U of C science building. I hope Don Lamb and Erwin are doing well...keihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395109777604139705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1149424029662404682006-06-04T08:27:00.000-04:002006-06-04T08:27:00.000-04:00Gore's on the board of apple I think.Gore's on the board of apple I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com