An Inconvenient Truth
The original quote, with slang
Al Gore: What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so.*
*originally from Mark Twain
What does it mean?
Al Gore: What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. Our problems happen when we are sure something is true, but it isn't.
The original quote, with slang
George H.W. Bush: This guy is so far out in the environmental extreme, we'll be up to our neck in owls and outta work for every American.
What does it mean?
George H.W. Bush: Al Gore is so extreme about environmental issues that if he is successful in making changes to laws, endangered animals like the spotted owl will overpopulate the country and no one will have a job anymore.
