bq. Not everyone agrees with Friedman’s vision that innovation is the path to climate and energy salvation. *Just seconds into his speech, he was interrupted by two environmental activists, who stormed the stage shortly after Friedman stepped up to the microphone, tossing two paper plates loaded with shamrock-colored whipped cream at him.*

[“ProJo”:http://www.projo.com/news/content/friedman_speaks_04-23-08_QN9SH59_v17.373f992.html via “HuffPo”:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/23/thomas-friedman-gets-a-pi_n_98209.html and “Eschaton.”:http://www.eschatonblog.com/2008_04_20_archive.html#2357868869623561126 ]

The students didn’t pie him for the past column on nonproliferation that I mocked “a while back”:http://www.totalwonkerr.net/601/youre-out-of-your-element-tommy. So I feel duty-bound to point it out again. I will reiterate that

bq. People who know about proliferation would not write that “the solution [to proliferation] is so ridiculously obvious there isn’t much to say.”