Thomas Paine's version of "you didn't build that":
"Separate an individual from society,and give him an island or a continent to possess,and he cannot acquire personal property. He cannot be rich. So inseparably are the means connected with the end,in all cases,that where the former do not exist the latter cannot be obtained. All accumulation, therefore,of personal property,beyond what a man's own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice,of gratitude,and of civilization,a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came"
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The relentless, weather-gone-crazy heat that has blistered the United States
and other parts of the world in recent years is so rare it cannot be anything
but man-made global warming, a top Nasa scientist says.
The vast ice sheet of Greenland, which holds enough water to raise global sea
levels by 7.2 metres, underwent a remarkable transformation for a few days this
month when scientists observed an unprecedented melting of its frozen
surface.
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