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Shame on us if 100 years from now our grandchildren are living on a planet that has been irreparably damaged by Global Warming, and they ask, 'How could those who came before us, who saw this coming, have let this happen?'

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Joe Lieberman
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 24
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Stamford
Connecticut
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