Ted Turner is a walking, talking example of the adage that just because you make a lot of money doesn't mean you're smart.In Turner's case, the howlers he has uttered over the years have been extraordinary. He once compared Bush to Julius Ceasar while referring to the 9/11 hijackers as "brave men." The list of his kooky statements is long and storied so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised at what he said on the Charlie Rose Show:Interviewed Tuesday for Charlie Rose's PBS show, CNN founder Ted Turner argued that inaction on global warming “will be catastrophic” and those who don't die “will be cannibals.” He also applied moral equivalence in describing Iraqi insurgents as “patriots” who simply “don't like us because we've invaded their country” and so “if the Iraqis were in Washington, D.C., we'd be doing the same thing.” On not taking drastic action to correct global warming: Not doing it will be catastrophic. We'll...(Read Full Post)