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Does anyone else find this the height of chutzpah?

Senators Snowe and Rockefeller have sent a letter to ExxonMobil's Chairman and CEO to urge that that corporation cease funding organizations that question the magnitude and threat of global warming. Personally, I'm not a scientist, so it's hard for me to come down strongly on global warming, one way or the other. I'm certainly am concerned with pollution and its devastating effects on the environment, I just can't assess the Al Gore view of global warming. It certainly seems prudent to take steps to stem the chemical assault on the Earth and its inhabitants.

Not, however, why I write. It strikes me as over-the-top that senators are now urging corporations to defund public policy organizations. If senators urged Microsoft to stop funding aid to Africa, I'd probably squak louder, but this sort of jawboning seems entirely inappropriate.

-Robert Capozzi

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