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Ha!… I guess it just isn’t cold enough for them? That is too funny!

Whatever the merits of climate change claims (and it is apparent that we are in a generally warmer world than a hundred years ago) a snowy day in winter is not evidence against an overall climate trend.  Someone seems to be confusing the “weather” with, well, climate.

Yeah, and somebody seems to be confusing the ever opportunistic Al Gore with someone who knows what he’s talking about.

The future ain’t what it used to be.....

In other words, particular weather events (be they a devestating hurricane like Katrina or a snow storm in D.C.) say nothing about the overall climate of the planet.

Zsa zsa,

Gore Effect: The observed phenomenon of record and or unseasonably cold weather coinciding in time and place with public events intended to dramatize the dangers of humanocentric global warming.  See also God remains an iron.

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Rodney Graves

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Rodney G. Graves

Ceterum censeo Parthia esse delendam
Latin: “Furthermore, Parthia (Persia aka modern day Iran) should be destroyed.”

I wonder what Al Gore is thinking everytime he sees a winter storm alert?? Is he thinking; OH good! OR is he thinking; Darn I have been exposed for the dope I really am? Hmmm…

Grotius, this was intended as a joke...not a detailed refutation of the global warming theory.

And while the globe may be generally warmer than a century ago, it is certainly much cooler now than it was a few million years ago.  Our planet has gone through eons of warming and cooling trends, and to suggest that the current warming trend is the fault of human activity seems to be a rather stupid thing to believe given historical trends.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Fine, it is a joke then. 

...and to suggest that the current warming trend is the fault of human activity seems to be a rather stupid thing to believe given historical trends.

Well, it appears in part to be the result of such.  The major focus of the debate these days is centered on issues of intensity and the role of the government (if any) in dealing with the issue. 

Ronald Bailey has some interesting things to say about these issues here: http://www.reason.com/news/show/36811.html

As well as here: http://www.reason.com/news/show/34079.html

Sometimes I wonder what the US Government did a million years ago, when it was warmer than it is now.

Well, it appears in part to be the result of such.

A very interesting assertion, taking into account that the often-used “statistic” of global mean temperature may be entirely fictional.  See article in the Reader Blogs, if you have the courage.

Save America; boycott the MSM.

Grotius, I’ve yet to see any really convincing argument to suggest that the current warming trend we’re on (because I agree that the globe is warming) is caused by human activity or can be slowed or stopped by modifying human behavior.  And until those things are proved I don’t think any government intervention is necessary.  Outside of research into the matter, that is.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Let’s blow up the sun.  That’ll git ‘er done.

“Hope is not a method.” - Common Military Saying

The above is a statement of pro activity.  If any Soldier were to tell me that he hoped what he was briefing was going to come to fruition, that would be unacceptable.  We in the Army do not have the luxury to ‘hope’ that things will end well.  Hope will get us killed.  Instead, we must plan and take action.  Hope is not a method.

As a leader I can never ‘hope’ that my Soldiers have the proper training.  I can never ‘hope’ that my Soldiers have the proper logistical supplies.  I can never ‘hope’ that my Soldiers will survive the next mission.  Hope is not a method; I live in the real world.

Grotius

Reliable weather data has been collected for only about 100 years. You tell me you’re going to predict climate change based on 100 years of data for a rock that’s 6 billion years old? Consensus does not mean fact. … Don’t drink the Kool-Aid.

The Earth has periods where it heats up and when it cools, and it’s folly to look at short-term data to form long-term policy.  Which is more arrogant — to say we caused global warming or that we can fix it?