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  1. One does not need a stamped piece of paper labeling them a scientist in order to be educated or 'expert' in a field. If you think you can only trust someone who is paid to tell you what they tell you, then you're in a grave place indeed.
  2. Other items of real science to note, that were not mentioned in "Swindle" are: Fact: each of the previous four interglacial periods was warmer than the one in which we are now living, even though CO2 levels were lower. Fact: The natural upper limit of atmospheric CO2 concentrations, over the last 400,000 years, was about 300 ppm (.03%). That upper limit today averages about 370 ppm, (.037%) a 12% increase. Former geologic periods, such as the Ordovician Period, 460 million years ago, CO2 concentrations were 4400 ppm (.44%). Temperatures then were about the same as we experience now. Global Warming alarmists believe that a doubling of pre-industrial CO 2 levels to 560 ppm (as plugged by Al Gore) will lower the pH of seawater (make it more acidic) so that the best areas for coral reef growth will disappear by 2050. The facts, however, come out quite different-- As ocean temperatures and CO2 concentrations have increased, coral calcification rates have increased along with them. Meaning, the more CO2 present, the more coral thrives. Not surprising, since the reef-building corals evolved and thrived during the Mesozoic Period, when atmospheric CO 2 levels measured above 1,000 ppm for 150 million years and exceeded 2,000 ppm for several million years. (edit) and more... Hundreds of scientific articles speak of the benefits of higher CO2 levels, since it acts an an aerial fertilizer, helps plants fight disease, process water more efficiently, produce more fruit, and resist stresses from other aerial pollutants. The Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change estimates that the 100-ppm increase in CO2 levels since pre-industrial times has increased average crop yields by 60% for wheat, 33% for fruits and melons, 62% for legumes, 67% for root and tuber crops, and 51% for vegetables.
  3. I have a friend who has asperger's, and he's normal enough. It's sort of a very mild case of autism, really-- once in a while he'll make a really inappropriate, though factual, comment, and though he doesn't know it when it comes out of his mouth, he can sort of catch the drift after the fact that he's somehow gone a little too far. He also has a creeped-out dislike of human contact (shaking hands, people touching or bumping into him). Nothing to worry about, really, but aspergers people do tend to come off as either abrasive or misanthropic.
  4. One interesting thing that really caught me was toward the end when the founder of Greenpeace pointed out that the environmentalists are truly, simply, anti-man and anti-industrial, which is something Ayn Rand pointed out quite a while back in her tirades against hippies.
  5. Actually, for all your benefit-- The Great Global Warming Swindle is now available on Google Video. And it is actually cow burps that push out the most methane.
  6. I'm all for it! It will give us more coral, bring more coastline to the poorer inland states (HA!) and help all those subsidised farmers grow crops if they ever feel like getting off the dole and doing something! Bring on the global warming, cuz we sure as hell aren't causing it and we may as well revel in its greatness!
  7. What I want to know is how this moron thinks that private property equals slavery!?!?!?!
  8. Just curious if this has been hashed over or not-- I was thinking today how interesting it was that the movie was about success (Forrest succeeding basically because he was too dim to understand the concept of 'you can't do that'), and it became successful, and the strange paradox is that the liberals loved it. Or am I completely wrong?
  9. What about the possibility of pulling out of Iraq, letting Iran invade and lose resources fighting their own kind, and then come in and mop up the dregs?
  10. By meet, I mean come in close contact with. Sure, but only for Tooheys. Are you generally given to having no sense of humor as a way of dealing with people?
  11. Yes, plenty of them. Hillary, Chomsky, Oprah, Kennedy, the whole staff of the morning hen-clucking show View or whatever it's called. I'd like to punch them in the mouth and see just how forgiving and altruistic they really are.
  12. I have to admit their latest ad made me gag as well. It's like hearing German kids talking about their pensions.
  13. Does anyone ever catch the part where politicians say "Our jobs", as if those jobs are a right of the American people? THose jobs belong to the companies moving them overseas, and they are doing so because it's become such a farce in paperwork, wages, and bending over for the unions, to hire an American worker. Those jobs are not ours, nor do they belong to the people trying to get them.
  14. If anyone manages to get a link to view the Great Global Warming Swindle (such as youtube), please post it.
  15. I saw it. I managed to sit through the whole film without throwing things at the screen, though I found myself gnashing my teeth, muttering under my breath, and shouting “Tell them the rest!”. Al seems like a smart guy. Though we could have done without his family drama, his home-on-the-farm musings, and his many minutes of electoral poor-losership which have nothing to do with the meat of the film. One thing I noticed from those misty-eyed farm memories is that they raised Angus beef. Ruminants! Hypocrite! Notice how not once in his film was it mentioned that cows are one of the worst producers of all types of greenhouse gases, for that would have shed a spotlight on his hypocrisy. He flies around in a private jet, with lots of empty seats. We have it on film! Wasting fuel, anyone? He tells everyone at the end credits, “If you can, buy a hybrid car.” yet he drives a full-size sedan in the movie which can't possibly have anything smaller than a V-6 engine. Surely Al can afford a Prius-- I wonder how much he gets paid for each of those presentations he's “done a thousand times”. Another thing to point out is that nowhere is it mentioned just how much of those dreaded CO2 and other greenhouse emissions are actually ours. It is only mentioned that “some” are natural sources because it would probably be very embarrassing, not to mention harmful to Gore's cause, should the real truth come out. Nor was there mention of fossil records containing 4% atmospheric CO2 concentrations, when if our current levels triple we will only be at 0.1%. All there was, unfortunately, were carefully manicured sets of facts designed to generate fear for the future and mold it into sympathy for a cause. Look, he's got a big heart. His son got hit by a car, and his sister died of lung cancer. He's got a real big heart. He must be right! Look how he puts his heart into it, the big-hearted guy, with the big heart. Very big-hearted of him. And oh, he got robbed of the election, too. Let's add some pity in there for the guy with the big heart. It makes him more right after all, the pitiable big-hearted guy. Let us not forget, dear reader, that what you do not say is just as important as what you do say. The fact left out is almost more telling than that left in, and speaks greatly of the presenter's intent. And, of course, with all that being said, let's get into even more detail on Al Gore. Mr. Gore owns a large mansion in the Belle Meade area of Nashville, TN, that, according to the Tennesee Center for Policy Research and records from Nashville Electric Service, consumes more electricity every month than the average American home consumes in an entire year. Al knows this, of course, so he has neatly purchased “Carbon Offsets” (more about carbon offsets later) in order to counter-balance his overconsumption. If one digs further, however, one finds some truly rich dirt: The firm from which he buys these carbon offsets is Generation Investment Management, a London-based company with offices in Washington, D.C., for which he serves as chairman. What does this mean? It means, and quite literally, that he is buying stock in his own company to absolve himself of his “environmental sins”, and he's fooling you into thinking he's a stand-up guy for it. Stand-up guy indeed!
  16. I can't say much on the other rules but this one I have particular experience with. I am a motorcyclist, and the sensors in intersections rarely sense the motorcycle's presence. You can theoretically sit forever at a light (usually late at night, when they do not cycle frequently if at all) and it will remain red in your face. Your only option is to run it and take your chances explaining to the cops (or the judges) why you would never have gotten a green in the first place. Better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission!
  17. Check my current paper debunking human involvement in global warming here: http://www.ncsail.org/ceilidh/attach/greenmenacesample.pdf Lots of fun facts about what is really going on.
  18. Sounds very 1984. Remember the meetings on the new version of "newspeak" where they just sat around and talked in circles because they were supposed to be there but really had no reason to be? I am sure you can find some great tidbits in 1984. Or, you can start invoicing them for their time. Usually when folks get it driven home that they are actually paying for their labor, they start making the use of it more efficient.
  19. I rather like his quote, "The winds of grace are always blowing, but it is you who must raise your sails."
  20. I did know that. I was raised by a science teacher. I am merely collecting and collating facts to smash hippies with. I was more enamored with the harsh truth that water is 4 times more 'greenhousy' than co2 than I was with the rest of the content of that paragraph.
  21. And it just keeps rolling in--- Pollutants are dangerous compounds for living beings. Like water, CO2 is vital for life; thus, CO2 is not a pollutant or contaminant. CO2 has been related to Earth's global warming, but water in the liquid or gaseous phase absorbs, stores and emits heat 400% more efficiently than CO2. If water is not considered a pollutant by this property, then CO2 cannot either be considered like a pollutant. (source: http://biocab.org/Carbon_Dioxide_CO2.html)
  22. Well, I will not be happy until I can cram it down their whining pie-holes I'm finding all sorts of fun stuff. This is going to turn into another 120-page book, I can smell it now-- just like my last obsessed project.
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