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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."
Should be "...rather have a full bottle in front of me..."
Christ, don't let Bush hear that, he'll declare war on the rest of the known universe!
I am taking a history class at my university this semester, and we are looking at modern history. Specifically we are looking at history from the last 100-200 years. This includes the industrial revolution and the changes that happened in living standards. I can't seem to get past the fact that we have been on a steady rise with quality of living since around that time. The technology we have is amazing. The advances in medicine are amazing as well. The life span of most modern countries are leaps and bounds ahead of what they were 200 years ago. My point is that history shows that things have always been up and down. There have been good times and bad. It seems to me like we are about to peek on a steep hill. The signs are all around us. It seems that things are not all ways going to be great.
How can people be allowed to get away with this sort of thing? I can understand a leader wrongfully convincing his country to go to war. To convince thousands of people to sacrafice their lives for NOTHING. I can understand the Dawg-eat-dawg environment that our government works in and how winning an argument can seem more important than what the argument stands for. What I can't understand is how, at the end of the day, when we've destroyed the majority of the ecosystems on our planet; and millions of people have died of famine, disease and displacement. All we had to do was listen to the people who's job it was to forsee these events in nature! The vast majority of the scientific community beleives that we are going to cause major environmental unrest if things remain the way they are... So naturally it makes sense for bush to ignore things like the kyoto protocol right? I wonder if he ignores his military advisors in the same fashion? Certainly seems that way. The leader of our nation is a friggin child and is going to be responsible for countless deaths, decades of misery, pain and suffering. I hope he gets what he deserves. Alas, the world doesn't work that way. He'll probably be the hero in the end.
-ubuntu others as you would have others ubuntu you.
Wow, trying to back up one logical fallacy with another.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_authority
Making a logical argument DOES NOT REQUIRE sources. Insisting I produce them is an Appeal to Authority. You again attempt to attack me by not addressing the content of my argument, and instead attempt to brush the entire argument away by insisting I provide sources. You have yet to address the content of my argument, and have been reduced to plugging your fingers in your ears and humming loudly.
I accept your surrender and rightly claim debate victory.
Official Heretic from the "Church of Global Warming". Proven right thanks to whistle blowers. AGW = Flat Earth Theory