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Colbert Visits South Carolina

-- Emma -- 11/01/2007

Comedian Stephen Colbert paid a visit to the University of South Carolina to receive the key to the city of Columbia and clear up any misconceptions about the reality of his campaign. By a stroke of luck, his visit coincided with the annual conference of the South Carolina Alliance for Sustainable Campuses and Communities, an alliance of student environmental groups from across the state. We had a good laugh satirizing Colbert’s visit and publicizing our concerns about global warming at the same time by appearing at the event bearing "pro-global warming" signs and armed with beach gear, which would be useful if rising sea levels turned Columbia into beachfront property. Nearby Colbert fans seemed confused by our chants of "GLOBAL WARMING HOT, COLBERT HOTTER!" and "EMBRACE GLOBAL WARMING!", but, of course, this was the point, and our message echoed the one Colbert has voiced on his show as he explained that "Global warming is the ulimate money making machine," as hotter temperatures cause people to use more air conditioning, thus releasing more greenhouse gases into the air to heat the earth even further--and consequently requiring even more air conditioning.

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