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| The Meltdown of the Climate Campaign | |
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| Red Rice | Mar 15 2010, 08:13 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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From last week's Weekly Standard. Longer on opinion than science, but a good assessment of why the tide of public opinion is turning against global warming (though the article should have also mentioned that the recession has done a lot to kill public interest). http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/denial |
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| ivorythumper | Mar 15 2010, 08:23 PM Post #2 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Oh darn. |
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| Kincaid | Mar 16 2010, 08:45 AM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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My favorite quote (from page 3):
Ah, maybe I'm getting wistful, a little tear in my eye, on how Quirt used to do this. Gee, those were good times. I'm still hoping this article will speculate a bit on why the IPCC ran roughshod over science. I'm dying to know their true motivation. I really don't think it was the grant money or the feeling of importance they got or even the accolades and adulation. I really do think that the IPCC was headed by a bunch of true believers. We have truthers and birthers. We need a name for these guys too. Warmers? Edited by Kincaid, Mar 16 2010, 08:49 AM.
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| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| Mikhailoh | Mar 16 2010, 08:49 AM Post #4 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Gassers? |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Kincaid | Mar 16 2010, 08:55 AM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Oh that IS good! Another choice nugget regarding the actual science:
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| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| Kincaid | Mar 16 2010, 09:05 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Whew! Long article of 9 pages. Unfortunately, the author did not speculate on what drives the IPCC and Algore to their fanaticism. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| George K | Mar 16 2010, 09:15 AM Post #7 |
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Finally
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Hey, HEY, HEY!!!! |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Kincaid | Mar 16 2010, 09:57 AM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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How about "gasbaggers"? Sort of a nice tip of the hat to the term "teabaggers" but it is less specific to the group as it kind of lumps in bloviators of any stripe. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| ivorythumper | Mar 16 2010, 10:02 AM Post #9 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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And as a bonus it subtly alludes to Al Gore's massive weight gain. FTW!
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And as a bonus it subtly alludes to Al Gore's massive weight gain. FTW!
11:11 AM Jul 11