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To: jonrick46

Much of the blame for the global warming hoax should be laid at her feet. She was an early and strong booster of the IPCC. And I don’t doubt that she knew it was a hoax. She did it, and funded it, to further her battle with the coal miners’ unions. And she wasn’t all that much of a nationalist - she actually gave a foreign country - the Republic of Ireland - a measure of sovereignty over Northern Ireland. Which is just another way of saying that the IRA’s attempts at killing her were at least partially successful. I like the fact that she helped the United States defeat the Soviet Union. That was certainly a positive thing. And her general tendency against socialism, it goes without saying. But let’s not get carried away.


6 posted on 04/09/2013 11:04:04 PM PDT by Gluteus Maximus
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To: Gluteus Maximus
She was an early and strong booster of the IPCC. And I don’t doubt that she knew it was a hoax. She did it, and funded it, to further her battle with the coal miners’ unions.

Apparently she left us one of her cabinet members, Lord Monckton, to undo that damage.

8 posted on 04/10/2013 12:04:28 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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She recanted her early views, and its obvious she was unduly influenced by others. I think she thought it genuine at the time.

I dont agree with your equation of her green policies (which were in the late 80’s) to her miners battle (which was 1984-85).

I agree her Anglo-Irish agreement (1985) was flawed, however thats rather moot now as the 1998 Good Friday Agreement meant the ROI gave up any claim to NI.


15 posted on 04/10/2013 3:01:55 PM PDT by the scotsman (i)
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