Clinton Speaks On Importance Of Stopping Global Warming

Former President Bill Clinton spoke about the importance of curbing global warming yesterday, as he addressed to the graduating class of University of Texas' Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. From the Reuters article:

"Climate change is more remote than terror but a more profound threat to the future of the children and the grandchildren and the great-grandchildren I hope all of you have," Clinton said.

"It's the only thing we face today that has the power to remove the preconditions of civilized society," he said.

"I am not one of those who is pessimistic about the future of the world, assuming we get off our butts and do something about climate change in a timely fashion."

I wouldn't be shocked to see the Sean Hannitys of the world try to spin this into a "Clinton doesn't care about terrorism" story, but for the most part they should be ignored. I think it is extremely important for Democrats to stand with Al Gore as he releases his new global warming documentary "An Inconvenient Truth." The movie has already been met with a backlash of misinforming ads from the big oil companies. Fox News is airing a one hour special tonight, which attempts to portray global warming as a "debate" by interviewing "scientists" who have ties to the oil industry.

With the right-wing's misinformation campaign heating up, it is essential that high-profile Democrats such as Clinton counter conservative lies with the truth about what is fast becoming one of our biggest problems.