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Congress Hears From Muzzled Scientists
BendingSpoons writes "More than 120 scientists across seven federal agencies have been pressured to remove the phrases 'global warming' and 'climate change' from various documents. The documents include press releases and, more importantly, communications with Congress. Evidence of this sort of political interference has been largely anecdotal to date, but is now detailed in a new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held hearings on this issue Tuesday; the hearing began by Committee members, including most Republicans, stating that global warming is happening and greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are largely to blame. The OGR hearings presage a landmark moment in climate change research: the release of the 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC report, drafted by 1,250 scientists and reviewed by an additional 2,500 scientists, is expected to state that 'there is a 90% chance humans are responsible for climate change' — up from the 2001 report's 66% chance. It probably won't make for comfortable bedtime reading; 'The future is bleak', said scientists."
Hah, what do climatologists know about global warming... Oh wait
``This isn't a smoking gun; This is a batallion of intergalactic smoking missiles.''
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Geeze!
Dear Lara,
On second thought, Earth is a little....eh.
I'll keep looking.
Love,
Jor-El
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Political discussion for a new world
A bold political move, but obviously not a well thought-out one.
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
You're using her as bait, Master!
> 1) Environmental organizations are the 'new' home of the ex-Communists. Green on the outside, Red through and through. These are our enemies.
Happy to hear of your continued health, Senator McCarthy.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
You assume the appearance of respectability, but you aren't wearing anything. In order to be respected, you have to say/do something worthy of respect.
Your arguments are specious. Your persistence is unfortunate. Your indignation is self-indulgent.
Ad hominem attacks like this (what I'm doing right now) don't make for very good arguments. Fortunately, I'm not arguing with you. I'm not trying to convince you either. I'm simply stating that you're an idiot. Saying something twice doesn't make it right. I should also mention that yelling something doesn't prove it's true either (just in case you think it will).
I assume the conversation went something like this:
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How dare you cloud the issue with your obvious attempt to bring facts and real science to the table?
How dare you take a position that Greeny Socialists with a smattering of science are opposed to?
How dare you attack scientists who have been given grant money by biased organizations to prove its man-caused?
You have offended me with your opposing view point and you must be shouted down and prevented from presenting again. We will take whatever certification you have, away. And, we will march in high numbers, and you know the saying:
We have the numbers, so we are right. Because it's popular to say its man-caused, you know its right. Because a bunch of obvious unbiased greenies and socialist say its right, it must be right. We poop on your science and replace it with our hysteria cloaked in scientific terms.
HOW DARE YOU!
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong fix.
I'm sure you aren't playing this up for the hack professors you know to get more federally funded dollars to preserve their cushy university jobs either.
Yes, damn those professors, driving around in their Porsches and private jets while starving barefoot oil executives are selling matches on streetcorners on the coldest and darkest night of the year.
Yes, damn those professors, driving around in their Porsches and private jets while starving barefoot oil executives are selling matches on streetcorners on the coldest and darkest night of the year.
Please, give us some more commie rhetoric and lies to go along with the myth of global warming.
The environmentalists do, because the environment is not what they (okay, their leadership) really care about. They're trying to sneak socialism in the back door by pretending to care about the environment.
{and I'll add a few lowercase words so as not to trip the "lameness filter"}
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A goal is a dream with a deadline
Ah, to hell with mod points. Flame wars are fun.
"Where I learned the information is irrelevant to the content of the argument."
True. And since your argument is empty, devoid of rationality, counter current science, unsupported, and done in the spirit of riling people up, it is irrelevant. Go drown in a flooding.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, sue.
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- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton