Posted on 06/01/2007 4:29:35 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
As we settle into the nighttime of despair, fret not, for the Sun will rise again!!
Good morning!!
We, here, will never forget those who died on September 11, 2001, as we seek to protect the Republic from all who will do her harm!!
The horror.
This morning the Washington Pravda (called the Post by the evangelists of the left) is running a piece that leaves absolutely no comfort whatsoever in the hearts of those desiring to protect the American Way.
President Bush appears to have caved on the subject of Global Warming.
No kidding.
The President yesterday took the initiative to put the United States out in front in agreeing to goals for reducing so-called greenhouse gas emissions--in particular, carbon dioxide. The President outlined this in his speech for his priorities at the G8 summit next week in Germany.
The problem is fundamental. Carbon dioxide is the end product of the process of combustion--the key to liberating energy from the most efficient of fuels. While it is true there is more than simply a casual relationship between the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the ability to retain radient energy (the planet would be unlivable if this were not true as the surface temperature would be well below zero), no one has been able to answer a fundamental question--what is the mathematical relationship between the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and temperature change. Is it linear? Doesn't appear to be, otherwise planet temperatures would be far higher now as carbon levels have gone up by tens of percentage points over the last decades. So what is it?
Talk has been made of a so-called "tipping point", the point at which carbon dioxide levels would cause temperature increases. Again--what is that level? No one seems to be able to have an answer.
Then there is the anecdotal information available to everyone. Supposedly the planet is warming, but there have been record snowfalls over the northern United States in recent years--indeed, just a couple of years ago northern Virginia received over 60 inches of snow during the winter!
Simply stated, from iceagenow.com, you cannot say its getting warmer when the refrigerator is getting colder.
As has been pointed out on numerous occassions, the meteorological process that generates the east coast blizzards associated with the nor'easter storms requires the collision between warm and cold air masses. As cold air cannot hold as much water vapor as warm air (and the colder the air, the less water vapor it holds), the moisture is squeezed out of the tropical portion of the storm and falls. The greater this temperature difference, the more efficient the process--in other words, more precipitiation. Of course, if the difference is great enough, the cold side is below freezing at the surface, causing snow.
It is also well established that soil changes temperature far more readily than water (in fact, changing the temperature of water requires the transfer of more energy per unit of mass than just about any other substance). People usually intuitively know this--that's why we throw water on a fire to put it out.
Intuition would also suggest that if snowfall levels are increasing, then the process for creating such must be working better--and that there is more cold air available to create the outcome.
Problem is, all the hot air surrounding the subject of global warming is apparently melting people's common sense.
Unfortunately, the President seems to have joined that crowd.
Say good bye to prosperity.
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
Did I mention I have a parking meter in my flower plot>
My thinking on the whole matter is that if he said it was night at 11PM, the enemy would say it is daylight and 11AM. The attacks on OUR President Bush is taken as gospel.
My momma always said there are two things you never do, talk about another man’s wife and don’t spread hate.
I really, really wish I could be there with you.
Hold the fort down, gotta run for now, I will check in later or, talk to ya in the A.M.
Hold the fort down, gotta run for now, I will check in later or, talk to ya in the A.M.
I'm afraid you're right.
Hey Jem.....Wouldn't it be great if we could all go to that old fashioned Gospel sing with Toby?!!
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Over the top!
And then, after the sing, we could have a shrimp boil at Toby’s shack.
Seven years I've been on this site and this thread and I think it has run its course...I will still log on for the terror stuff but will be scarce other wise.
It was a good run.
Mail.......
A shrimp boil afterwards...........
Oh yeah!
Seven years is a long time. Nine is even longer. I’m concerned about your parents, especially your mother. Can you drop in every so often to give us news.
And Jim, as I told M K a few days ago, you are needed now more than ever.
What’s making the price of milk go up? The price of oil to print the ingredients, the plastic the milk is in, the transportation to and from the diary to the wholesaler to the market. The price of transportation of food for the cattle, the price of transportation to the silicone fields to make the bottles, the energy to liquify the silicone (sand) to make the bottles. It all adds up.
Toby, I’ll try the 8-8-8 on the pasta...Thank you.
Yes, I can agree Toby, I’m growin pony tails, but mine are green. How can I make mine blonde?
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