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| Global warming rage lets global hunger grow |
| 2008-04-15 |
| "Mr. Gore, we have a developing situation on our hands. I think you might want to know about this." "What is it Moonbeam, can't you see I'm busy right now? It takes a lot of speeches and self-promotion to save the world, you know, not to mention pay the energy bills on my home in Nashville." "I understand, sir, and I do apologize but I wouldn't interrupt you unless I felt this was something you couldn't ignore." "Well alright then, what is it?" "Uh, well, um [gulp]... Mr. Gore, it seems that the world is starving as a result of your call for reduced carbon emissions." "Excuse me? That's impossible. Everyone knows global warming is the #1 cause of famine." "Um, yeah, uh, that doesn't seem to be the case here, sir. It turns out that switching to biofuels in an effort to reduce carbon emissions has triggered a worldwide shortage of food." [stunned silence lasting for several seconds...] "Well, slap my ass and call me, Sally, I guess. If it wasn't global warming that was going to push the world into famine, then it was going to be the solution. Boy, oh boy. [scratches head] What to do, what to do? Well, nothing you can do, really. After all, you can't win 'em all, right Moonbeam? Moonbeam? Moonbeam, where did you go?" [a loud *SLAP*] "OWWWWWEEEE! What in hell did you do that for? Golly gee, that hurt!" "Because you told me to, sir... err... I mean, Sally." |
| Posted by:eltoroverde |