Tablets That May Reveal El Nino Secrets Are Feared Lost In Iraq

Independent (UK) ^ | 6-9-2003 | Ben Russell

[blam]

We're all doomed. That mean 'ol George Bush has destroyed the weather records.

Note who wrote this article, Ben Russell, Political Correspondent.

Anyone want to bet that all these tablets and all the information contained are on microfilm in the London Museum?

[dts32041]

This is a watermelon joke, right?

[denydenydeny]

LOL! This one is a classic.

Can someone post that "Oh, no, not this **** again" picture?

[LibKill]

[visualops]

This is absurb. I can't believe something this empty has been published. The entire article is speculating about a speculation of a maybe.

[Arkinsaw]

and all the information contained are on microfilm in the London Museum?

Not any more. Unfortunately Tony Blair broke in with an axe and smashed them all into little pieces out of sheer meanness.

(all on orderes from GW of course).

[CFC__VRWC]

We're all doomed. That mean 'ol George Bush has destroyed the weather records.

Of course this despicable act was intentional on Bush's part, and now we can clearly see the reason he lied about WMDs so he could launch an illegal war against the kind and benevolent Saddam Hussein. By destroying these weather records, he thought he could destroy all the proof for global warming, and thus benefit Cheney and the rest of his oil-business buddies, as well as his 9/11 co-conspirators in Saudi Arabia!

I think that just about covers the leftist take on it.

[TomGuy]

Yesterday or this morning, the FoxNews crew were talking about the latest on the museum/archives/treasures. All but about 3000 have been returned. Many thousands were taken by the civilian population--for safekeeping--and have since been returned.

[Welsh Rabbit]

See, you fools! You all said this war was a good thing, but now because the tablets are lost, humanity is doomed. Doomed, I say! Without those tablets, global warming will surely kill us all by 2010.... < /sarcasm off>

[Our man in washington]

Gee, what could have caused such drastic change in the weather? Must have been those SUVs those Akkadian and Sumerians were driving.

[blam]

"Yesterday or this morning, the FoxNews crew were talking about the latest on the museum/archives/treasures. All but about 3000 have been returned. "

Yup. I read that all but 33 were pot chards.(pieces of broken pots)

[aBootes]

Anyone want to bet that all these tablets and all the information contained are on microfilm in the London Museum?

If it is true that tablets are being taken from sites, then it is unlikely that we have facsimiles. But perhaps many of these "looted" tablets will eventually make it to new owners who will make them available for reproduction. And if these are actually several hundred thousand tablets of day-to-day life, it is hard to argue that the ultimate loss of any handful will destroy a record of the "big picture." It is more likely that the sheer number of tablets to be read will prevent us from getting to relevant data, if it exists, in a reasonable time.

[lepton]

Many thousands were taken by the civilian population--for safekeeping

Gee. Could you imaging the cries if we'd have attacked them for looting? LOL

[lepton]

See, you fools! You all said this war was a good thing, but now because the tablets are lost, humanity is doomed. Doomed, I say! Without those tablets, global warming will surely kill us all by 2010

Wasn't that "by 1990"? C'mon. You know we all died. Quit trying to cover it up.

[Clara Lou]

LOL-- I've seen this pic before, but it's as funny as the first time everytime.
And that's what I was thinking-- is this a moan and whine about things they're not even sure are lost?

[Welsh Rabbit]

No, it's 2010. Paul Ehrlich told me so.

[TheCrusader]

How many more clues to life must be lost to human warfare? How many more cures for the planet's ills must be lost by the mindless Conservatives? HOW MANY MORE? woe is me, woe is me.

[Moonmad27]

With every report on the museum looting, I'm getting the same headache the guy in the photo has - was it only 50 items still missing, 3,000 or a kajillion? Will these reporters and commentators make up their minds?! (I'm betting on the 50)

[Cate]

DON'T WORRY... DON'T PANIC.... I MADE SEVERAL COPIES OF THE TABLETS ON THE PHOTOCOPIER AND HAVE THEM LOCKED IN A SAFE PLACE. Oh, and on there, it also tells us all the people who are ever going to appear on Wheaties boxes.

[blam]

"If it is true that tablets are being taken from sites, then it is unlikely that we have facsimiles. "

How do you figure they know that they contain weather information?

IMO, lake sediments and ice cores tell a clearer picture of past weather. So...