Disaster Pic Makes Political Waves

Disaster Pic Makes Political Waves

HOLLYWOOD, May 20, 2004
(CBS) It's an over-the-top disaster film where global warming wreaks havoc at warp speed as a White House and Vice President Cheney look-alike ignore scientists' warnings of doom that global warming is real and its affecting us now.

Not surprisingly, environmental activists have seized the film as a tool to bash the Bush administration, reports CBS News Correspondent Jerry Bowen:

"This administration has been trying to stifle the national debate on global warming," said Robert Kennedy Jr. with the Natural Resources Defense Council. "I think this movie gives us an opportunity to start talking about global warming."

President Bush outraged environmentalists when he abandoned the Kyoto treaty meant to cut harmful emissions worldwide, calling for more research and voluntary cutbacks instead.

more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/20/eveningnews/main618801.shtml

I haven't been to a movie theatre in over 2 years, but I'll make sure to see this one on a big screen; in all its horrifying glory.

might be time to see one again.

It's been my computer wallpaper for 2 months.