and also unscientific. it's political. it's male colonial. and it justifies the killing of muslims everywhere, in afghanistan, in palestine, everywhere. and as i told you, bin laden and george bush are twins. who encouraged the islamic fundamentalist movement? it was the american male colonial power to fight the soviet union and communism. so they are twins. they work together and then they quarrel. sadat was killed by the islamic groups he created. in egypt. so the son kills the father. it's a very common story in history. i hope i answered your question about religion. [laughter] >> i'm not famously committed to defending religion, but it strikes me that looking at those same text you could also find the moments of something positive. there are wars in the name of religion but there are also hospitals. there are -- where i grew up, some of the best doctors were christian missionary doctors who came with christianity and driven -- drawn by christianity come to work for people in a poor country and they did a good job. and i say this not beca

with taxes and controls on our people if the so-called problem is based on bogus or absolutely unscientifically obtained numbers? and even with the current methods of collecting data, we have been warned time an again of dire predictions. so, the numbers themselves are suspect but those people have been warning us about those numbers over the last 20 years have been spreading incredible alarm. i mean, that is exemplified by vice president gore and others. the temperatures we were told over and over again were going to climb and they were going to continue to climb and then it would reach a tipping point and then the temperatures would really jump up. well, wake up. let's talk reality here again, let's talk science, let's quit trying to say case closed. let's not give speeches but never take any questions. let's quit saying that all the scientists agree when there are scientists all over the world disagreeing. they were wrong. when they said that there was going to be a continued climate in the temperature they were 180 degrees wrong, much less having reached a tipping point which then jumped th

[applause] >> david michaels treks the project unscientific knowledge and public policy at the george washington university's school of public health and health services. it was formerly assistant secretary of energy from environment, sabian held during the clinton administration. in 2006 to receive the american association for the gantman of sciences, scientific freedom and responsibility award. this event is hosted by the center for american progress. for more information visit american progress done or. author michael meyer profiles beijing's transforming residential landscape. according to the other come in the old neighborhoods, the collection of interconnected core yards are being raised at an average of 600 per year. the asia society in new york city hosted this event. it is an hour and 15 minutes. >> good evening everyone, thank you for coming. it is a long way from the hutong to park avenue, but i will do my best here to explain a little bit about the book that the airport and also what is happening in beijing both prior to the olympics and what has been happening since. i'm