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Aliens Cause Global Warming - Michael Crichton (Great Read)
California Institute of Technology ^
| 01 17 08
| Michael Crichton
Posted on 12/05/2008 1:54:23 PM PST by Notoriously Conservative
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Best quote from the lecture: "Let's think back to people in 1900 in, say, New York. If they worried about people in 2000, what would they worry about? Probably: Where would people get enough horses? And what would they do about all the horsesh**? Horse pollution was bad in 1900, think how much worse it would be a century later, with so many more people riding horses?"
To: Notoriously Conservative
RIP Michael, I wonder if you weren’t offed by the loonies on the left.
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posted on
12/05/2008 1:59:53 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Notoriously Conservative
I saw this was posted once already (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128203/posts), but that was a month ago, so I thought it was worth reposting: Did you run that by the posting police?
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posted on
12/05/2008 2:00:44 PM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
To: Notoriously Conservative
If you read the book "Devil In The White City" you'll find that during the 1893 Worlds Fair in Chicago just such a survey was done.
And the biggest concern was "What will we do with all the horsecrap?"
Fortunately we in Chicago have found somewhere to dump it.
Washington DC.
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posted on
12/05/2008 2:02:01 PM PST
by
Lurker
("America is at that awkward stage. " Claire Wolfe, call your office.)
To: Notoriously Conservative
You’ve got the publish date wrong, at the top, next to the source link. You might want to have that corrected, as you’ve indicated it’s 2008 (when it’s actually 2003).
I know you’ve indicated elsewhere, but this is where people will look for the date of the article being referenced...
To: Notoriously Conservative
Crichton’s logic and reason are so refreshing. He sure exposes the unthinking religious-like zealots of the Left on this issue.
I am completely irritated when Republicans buy in to the global warming Marxists crap. Ronald Reagan was a conservationist, but he reasonably and rightly refused to hurt the economy over the environment.
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/we-demand-true-conservative-leadership.html
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posted on
12/05/2008 2:06:10 PM PST
by
ensignbay
((We Demand True Conservative Leadership))
To: Notoriously Conservative
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posted on
12/05/2008 2:10:25 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: Vaquero
Who’s gonna fill those shoes?
RIP, Michael.
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posted on
12/05/2008 2:10:39 PM PST
by
griswold3
To: Star Traveler
Oops, you are right. I even looked it up so I could indicate it in the correct place, but I didn’t. Must have been a momentary lapse.
To: Notoriously Conservative
Interesting article.
I find it curious that, historically, most of the “bad science” supports the aims and goals of the globalist socialist agenda.
To: Notoriously Conservative
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posted on
12/05/2008 2:16:15 PM PST
by
Positive
(Nothing is sadder than to see a beautiful theory murdered by a gang of brutal facts.)
To: Notoriously Conservative
Ha ha! My econ professor shared this with us in class the other day. The topic we were discussing was economic and climate modeling.
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posted on
12/05/2008 2:16:15 PM PST
by
31R1O
("Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."- Immanuel Kant)
To: Lurker
and Springfield, Illinois
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posted on
12/05/2008 2:23:16 PM PST
by
reg45
To: Notoriously Conservative
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posted on
12/05/2008 2:28:51 PM PST
by
Don Carlos
(You can touch a nun once or twice, but don't get in the habit.)
To: Notoriously Conservative
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posted on
12/05/2008 2:33:05 PM PST
by
Mamzelle
(Boycott Peggy Swoonin')
To: Notoriously Conservative
I read this about a month ago and found it a lovely read. I so enjoyed Mr. Crichton’s work. I will miss it.
With regard to another freeper’s remark...all the horsecrap is being peddled as “Science” supporting globull warming, methinks.
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posted on
12/05/2008 2:33:19 PM PST
by
delphirogatio
(I am the indication, not the confirmation.)
To: Notoriously Conservative
For reference, Frank Beckman of WJR in Detroit has compiled a number
of links, including one of Crichton's, into a
Global Warming Library
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posted on
12/05/2008 2:37:13 PM PST
by
kanawa
To: Notoriously Conservative
Almost all of Dr. Crichton’s speeches are worth reading closely. They can be found here:
http://www.michaelcrichton.com/speeches.html
Like George Orwell, Michael Crichton combined a penetrating mind with a disgust for sophisticated mendacity. He understood the truth, and took the time to enlighten the rest of us.
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posted on
12/05/2008 2:46:20 PM PST
by
devere
(Envy is the deadliest of the seven deadly sins.)
To: Notoriously Conservative
That is a fantastic read and this quote is one for the ages:
"Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.
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