Posted on 03/19/2010 4:22:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
****They always have to ruin these cool articles. shows, etc. with the GW crap. Of course, they could also have talked about as the earth continually changes, this is a great opportunity to see how humans have adapted to the changing conditions and how they responded to the environment around them,*****
IMHO - man-made global warming is dismissed with this sentence:
“As the earth warmed and sea levels rose 8,000 years ago, the land was covered by water.”
Johnny Carson once said that there are less than 100 fruitcakes in the world.......they just keep getting passed around.
A vendor used to send these at Christmas. . . . indescribably delicious ( made with bourbon, rum and brandy).
My father’s parents (Italian immigrants) loved fruitcake. I never acquired a taste for them, however.
I've had that discussion several times with alarmists, even showing them graphs of the ice core data showing the cycle. It's like talking to a brick wall, they just ignore the data and shout about "consensus" and "science."
I've concluded it's not an issue that can be rationally debated because it is an identily issue, not a science issue. These are people who have believed in their DNA that mankind and industrial civilization somehow are destroying the world. Every theory that has come along that might prove it, from overpopulation, to fertilizers and pesticides, to nuclear weapons and power, has fizzled. Then, along came global warming, which fits their preconeived beliefs like a glove. Because it so well fits their beliefs and very identity as "progressives" "saving the planet" they will not look at any evidence that this is just another in a long line of junk science theories.
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