Texas is just like Massachusetts? Really? It isn't even much like California, three states away. Each state has a unique culture and a unique government. We have to preserve this because it lets citizens "vote with their feet" and leave state governments that are doing a poor job. Of course, since much of the USA is starting to buy into the idea of a global government, it's getting harder to people to even understand how important United States sovereignty is, much less state sovereignty. Why anyone would expect some bureaucrat thousands of miles away to give a crap about them is beyond me. Since I can't depend on a foreign bureaucrat to address my concerns, I'd rather keep the freedom and power to myself and my local community, where I can really effect "change I can believe in".
Seriously, if MSNBC had a liberal bias, they would've drawn and quartered michael savage instead of you know, giving him a show
Fox News has Alan Colmes, Juan Williams, and Geraldo Rivera-- just off the top of my head. O'Reilly has regular correspondents on his show who are left-of-center, but I don't watch that often. So does this mean Fox News isn't biased?
When the "solutions" provided by the AGW advocates would result in the depressing of the world economy and oppression of human rights for decades or centuries, you're damn right we are going to want proof. The effects of increasing temperature are theoretical-- the economic and social damage is REAL.
Yes-- if you're going to ask people in the West to turn over their governments to oligarchs and live like paupers, you're going to need some pretty damning evidence-- not slipshod estimates done on the cheap. Look, it's not like funding was even the main problem: some of those weather stations are near heat generating devices or poorly calibrated. That's just sloth and stupidity.
And the Earth's not really round like a crystal ball, either-- it bulges a bit around the equator. If you tried to make predictions over centuries based on the Earth as a perfect sphere-- predictions that could affect the lives of billions-- they could be off by a large margin. That's why accuracy is paramount in things like this, where the entire world economy could be in shambles while a few elites take advantage. Bad results are worse than no results.
The statistical methods used, though arriving at correct results, are not optimal, and it is recommended future studies involve professional statisticians if possible; and the CRU scientists are lacking somewhat in organization.
This reminds me of when 60 Minutes ran a story about how George W. Bush had gone AWOL and never completed his flight requirements. The story was based on a rumor and documents that were "forged" clumsily with Microsoft Word. Dan Rather claimed that although the evidence was totally bogus, they supported what was true. So in other words, Rather, as a journalist, believed the story even with no evidence.
Is science becoming faith-based as well? What is science, but the pursuit of knowledge using scientific methods?
This article is about (or "aboot") Canadian customs. Apparently, the mods don't even read the article summaries, either.
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No, because there is not a direct correlation of gun ownership to crime level. The closest we have to a "before and after" to see what would happen in the USA without armed citizens is to look at the crime levels in states without liberal* weapons laws compared to those that do.
* By liberal, of course I mean "unrestrictive", which is the opposite of what so-called "liberals" want.
That's exactly the kind of statistical blip you DON'T base your conclusions on. By the way, I apologize to the families for calling their loved ones "statistical blips".
Wow, that came out of nowhere. No, closing coal plants doesn't require destroying America. Coal plants will go out of business as soon as they're a few cents per kilowatt more expensive than the next alternative.
The problem is, the way the current regime wants to achieve that is through cap and trade, making electricity prices "necessarily skyrocket" (the President's words). Instead of providing solutions first, then letting the free market (and ahead of them, those few who see the moral obligation) decide, government's answer is to vilify the free market and take power.
Even if it was smooth sailing; what makes people believe that they're entitled to free stuff just for their complicity? Oh yeah... politics. People voting themselves largess from the treasury, again.
And unlike Exxon, climate science is not a monolithic for-profit corporation with perverse incentives with regard to pollution.
Fat cats like George Soros and Al Gore have been investing in carbon-credit exchanges (and the legislators to promote them) for decades now. It's a big business, and the powers of the left have been waiting a long time for their take.
'This is a huge boon to the state governments. If you look across the country you're seeing programs cut. In Arizona, they just cut out a program for children's health for 40,000 kids.'
Nice troll in the summary, but it looks like the "think of the children" crowd is on BOTH sides of this issue.
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Texas is just like Massachusetts? Really? It isn't even much like California, three states away. Each state has a unique culture and a unique government. We have to preserve this because it lets citizens "vote with their feet" and leave state governments that are doing a poor job. Of course, since much of the USA is starting to buy into the idea of a global government, it's getting harder to people to even understand how important United States sovereignty is, much less state sovereignty. Why anyone would expect some bureaucrat thousands of miles away to give a crap about them is beyond me. Since I can't depend on a foreign bureaucrat to address my concerns, I'd rather keep the freedom and power to myself and my local community, where I can really effect "change I can believe in".
Fox News has Alan Colmes, Juan Williams, and Geraldo Rivera-- just off the top of my head. O'Reilly has regular correspondents on his show who are left-of-center, but I don't watch that often. So does this mean Fox News isn't biased?
HEY! We're lampooning redundancy here, not apostrophe abuse!
They lost $7 billion last year, which is why they're ending Saturday delivery.
Is a glass jar an accurate model for our atmosphere?
When the "solutions" provided by the AGW advocates would result in the depressing of the world economy and oppression of human rights for decades or centuries, you're damn right we are going to want proof. The effects of increasing temperature are theoretical-- the economic and social damage is REAL.
Yes-- if you're going to ask people in the West to turn over their governments to oligarchs and live like paupers, you're going to need some pretty damning evidence-- not slipshod estimates done on the cheap. Look, it's not like funding was even the main problem: some of those weather stations are near heat generating devices or poorly calibrated. That's just sloth and stupidity.
And the Earth's not really round like a crystal ball, either-- it bulges a bit around the equator. If you tried to make predictions over centuries based on the Earth as a perfect sphere-- predictions that could affect the lives of billions-- they could be off by a large margin. That's why accuracy is paramount in things like this, where the entire world economy could be in shambles while a few elites take advantage. Bad results are worse than no results.
The statistical methods used, though arriving at correct results, are not optimal, and it is recommended future studies involve professional statisticians if possible; and the CRU scientists are lacking somewhat in organization.
This reminds me of when 60 Minutes ran a story about how George W. Bush had gone AWOL and never completed his flight requirements. The story was based on a rumor and documents that were "forged" clumsily with Microsoft Word. Dan Rather claimed that although the evidence was totally bogus, they supported what was true. So in other words, Rather, as a journalist, believed the story even with no evidence.
Is science becoming faith-based as well? What is science, but the pursuit of knowledge using scientific methods?
Too bad the article is about CANADA.
You pay a surcharge on every blank CD-R, though-- even if you won't be using it to store music.
This article is about (or "aboot") Canadian customs. Apparently, the mods don't even read the article summaries, either.
No, because there is not a direct correlation of gun ownership to crime level. The closest we have to a "before and after" to see what would happen in the USA without armed citizens is to look at the crime levels in states without liberal* weapons laws compared to those that do.
* By liberal, of course I mean "unrestrictive", which is the opposite of what so-called "liberals" want.
That's exactly the kind of statistical blip you DON'T base your conclusions on. By the way, I apologize to the families for calling their loved ones "statistical blips".
The problem is, the way the current regime wants to achieve that is through cap and trade, making electricity prices "necessarily skyrocket" (the President's words). Instead of providing solutions first, then letting the free market (and ahead of them, those few who see the moral obligation) decide, government's answer is to vilify the free market and take power.
Even if it was smooth sailing; what makes people believe that they're entitled to free stuff just for their complicity? Oh yeah... politics. People voting themselves largess from the treasury, again.
Fat cats like George Soros and Al Gore have been investing in carbon-credit exchanges (and the legislators to promote them) for decades now. It's a big business, and the powers of the left have been waiting a long time for their take.
If we are to err, I'd rather we end up on the side of slightly higher temperatures rather than global economic collapse.
It's not an article about "Stuff WinstonWolfIT Hates".
Nice troll in the summary, but it looks like the "think of the children" crowd is on BOTH sides of this issue.
Madden.
Unitarians don't believe in the divinity of Jesus, so by definition are not Christians. You might call them followers of Jesus.
Worst. Troll. Ever.
I'm only 37, and in college I discovered it as a source for Star Wars fanboyism and alt.wesley.die.die.die.
Ever use plurium interrogationum on Slashdot? :-P