Invent, Baby, Invent - Thomas Friedman

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/23/Tom_Friedman_Hot_Flat_and_Crowded

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist Tom Friedman criticizes John McCain's focus on offshore drilling during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, arguing that increased domestic oil production will do little to impact American energy independence.

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In this talk, New York Time columnist and author Tom Friedman exposes the irrationality of U.S. policies that promote consumption of vast quantities of oil.

Friedman stresses that the United States must lead efforts to develop energy alternatives that would 1) free us from our dependence on petro-dictatorships and 2) help preserve the earth, oceans, and biodiversity.

The program concludes with a Q and A between Friedman and Editor of The New Republic, Frank Foer - Sixth and I Synagogue

Thomas L. Friedman, a columnist for The New York Times, is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board. Friedman was bureau chief for The Times in Beirut and Jerusalem before writing, From Beirut to Jerusalem, which won the National Book Award for non-fiction. His book, The Lexus and the Olive Tree won the 2000 Overseas Press Club award for best nonfiction book on foreign policy. His latest work, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century, won the inaugural Goldman Sachs/Financial Times Business Book of the Year award. He has a B.A. in Mediterranean studies from Brandeis University and a Master of Philosophy degree in Modern Middle East studies from Oxford.

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[Agent1W]

@chevroletgt Maybe that's what America at large wants. They want other countries to do all the shitwork of innovation.

[hansjalv]

"... optimistic about the potential of Barack Obama...".

Yeah, right.

[MACKATTACK1970]

I looked up "Buffoon" in the dictionary and Thomas Friedman's picture was placed there to explain what Buffoon means.

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Does anyone take this idiot seriously?

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This charlatan and buffoon is dumber than a bag full of rocks.

[chevroletgt]

He has some good points about inovation. We need to come up with a different way of sustaining the american dream because other countries are following suit and causing a drain on our current resources. Now we as Americans need to come up with new technology that other countries don't have to move us into the next technological revolution keeping us ahead. Problem is there is to much fighting and propaganda in the way.

[imre1000]

I wonder how much oil these hypocrits used in getting to this event.

[BadHabit202]

@StartupClicks Yeah. This guy is a joke.

[StartupClicks]

@BadHabit202 is that a serious comment?

[BadHabit202]

Charlatan, this guy is simply a charlatan. 

[bucketonamonkeyshead]

Of Course, having cheap endless renewable energy that is fantastic for economy, public health, and your environment is going to ruin your country and take away your freedom. Goes without saying really doesn't it?.