Friday, October 26, 2007

Stupid White House Quote of the Day


"There are public health benefits to climate change."

-- Dana Perino, White House Press Secretary

Gawd. Where's Al Gore?

From Think Progress:

Asked to explain what some of those benefits are, Perino said that climate change “would help those individuals” who “die from cold-related deaths every winter

Q: And one more. You mentioned that there are health benefits to climate change. Could you describe some of those?

MS. PERINO: Sure. In some cases, there are — look, this is an issue where I’m sure lots of people would love to ridicule me when I say this, but it is true that many people die from cold-related deaths every winter. And there are studies that say that climate change in certain areas of the world would help those individuals.

Meanwhile, in spite the White House's rosy assessment: UN issues 'final wake-up call' on population and environment.