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re: Snide remarks is a poor argument.
Pick a handle and stick to it. I don't know who you think you're fooling.
TB
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3/31/2008 8:29:40 PM
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just the link in text form
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JEKing
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3/31/2008 7:11:21 AM
Such high-pitched emotions
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JEKing
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4/1/2008 10:17:51 PM
I will bet you any amount of money that it will not happen.
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alcaray
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4/2/2008 6:37:52 AM
I'm with alcaray
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TB
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4/3/2008 3:35:22 PM
re: I will bet you any amount of money that it will not happen.
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JEKing
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4/3/2008 6:57:11 AM
You describe a typical convention for either party.
(n/t)
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alcaray
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4/3/2008 6:13:55 PM
Hansen's latest paper
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TB
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4/1/2008 3:12:10 PM
re: just the link in text form
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Rational Mind
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3/31/2008 1:58:11 PM
"SourceWatch.org"? Sounds very reputable.
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The Silent Majority
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4/1/2008 2:31:58 AM
It's "A Convienient Lie"
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ARRELL
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3/31/2008 3:50:55 PM
re: It's not just the blogs
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SteveS
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4/1/2008 12:40:50 AM
As TB so helpfully pointed out...
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ARRELL
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4/1/2008 2:51:51 AM
re: Why shouldn’t I believe these scientist?
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SteveS
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4/1/2008 1:49:59 PM
re: Why shouldn't I believe these scientist?
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TB
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4/1/2008 2:28:09 PM
re: Still, there are quite a number of "wait a minute" things out there in the science, work done by real and responsible scientists, and these need to be discussed on a case-by-case basis, not by si…
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Lee
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4/1/2008 5:01:34 PM
I have never claimed that science was a democracy...
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ARRELL
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4/1/2008 5:23:05 PM
Okay, let's skip to the politics
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TB
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4/1/2008 11:40:36 PM
I thought we already had long ago...
(n/t)
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Yeti
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4/2/2008 2:24:03 AM
Actually, most people here are pretty much ignoring it.
(n/t)
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TB
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4/2/2008 3:34:21 AM
It is a political issue
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Lee
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4/1/2008 8:02:06 PM
re: Which facts
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SteveS
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4/1/2008 7:23:43 PM
A good place to start
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ARRELL
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4/1/2008 7:45:00 PM
re: Already seen it
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SteveS
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4/1/2008 9:33:56 PM
Riddle me this (and this is also for TB)
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Yeti
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4/2/2008 2:10:36 PM
re: Riddle me this (and this is also for TB)
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gbaikie
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4/2/2008 11:21:26 PM
re: Riddle me this (and this is also for TB)
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SteveS
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4/2/2008 10:15:46 PM
Post your sources, please, if you wish me to do your homework for you.
(n/t)
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Yeti
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4/3/2008 2:35:05 AM
re: Did it answer your riddle or not?
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SteveS
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4/3/2008 12:55:20 PM
re: "I don;t have the links.... but they're from NASA!"
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Yeti
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4/3/2008 3:26:58 PM
Allow me.,,
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TB
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4/3/2008 3:54:12 PM
re: Allow me.,,
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SteveS
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4/3/2008 7:11:16 PM
NASA paper
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TB
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4/3/2008 8:26:26 PM
Sooo...
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Yeti
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4/3/2008 4:18:52 PM
re:I was not being dishonest!
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SteveS
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4/3/2008 5:27:14 PM
Okay, maybe not
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Yeti
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4/3/2008 7:05:58 PM
re: Riddle me this (and this is also for TB)
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SteveS
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4/2/2008 4:48:19 PM
This isn't going to get you anywhere.
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TB
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4/2/2008 9:43:49 PM
re: We’ll see
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SteveS
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4/3/2008 1:32:07 AM
Apocryphal
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Yeti
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4/3/2008 2:37:08 AM
re: No, real
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SteveS
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4/3/2008 1:01:12 PM
It appears
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Yeti
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4/3/2008 3:43:36 PM
re: It appears
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SteveS
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4/3/2008 6:11:08 PM
Oh, C'mon. Think about the argument you are making
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Yeti
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4/3/2008 7:02:34 PM
Careers
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TB
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4/3/2008 4:08:39 PM
re: Your standards of what is defined as "ruining a career" are a bit stiff.
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Yeti
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4/3/2008 4:24:11 PM
It's hard to believe you work at a university.
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TB
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4/3/2008 9:14:16 PM
So essentially
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Yeti
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4/4/2008 7:48:50 PM
re: So essentially
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TB
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4/4/2008 11:53:47 PM
Woha. What do you want to discuss?
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Yeti
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4/2/2008 6:49:29 PM
re: Riddle me this (and this is also for TB)
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TB
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4/2/2008 3:20:40 PM
re: Already seen it
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SteveS
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4/1/2008 9:33:18 PM
"What proof is there that CO2 is causing the earth to warm?"
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ARRELL
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4/1/2008 10:33:41 PM
re: That's not true
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SteveS
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4/2/2008 1:26:44 AM
LOL I encourage everyone to look at the link- It really makes my point
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ARRELL
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4/2/2008 3:35:28 AM
You're a lot more comfortable at this level, aren't you?
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TB
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4/2/2008 4:25:18 AM
:) nope, but the paper is oviously at the level you and steve are comfortable with
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ARRELL
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4/2/2008 4:33:06 AM
Running on bluff now, are we?
(n/t)
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TB
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4/2/2008 5:03:13 AM
Did you even read the paper? And you are claiming Arrel is bluffing this?
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Yeti
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4/2/2008 1:29:21 PM
No. Neither did you.
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TB
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4/2/2008 2:57:31 PM
Re: "neither did you" - Oh, bullshit. Now you're trying to bluster your way out. Doing exactly what you accused RL of doing.
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Yeti
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4/2/2008 3:21:51 PM
What bluster? I said I didn't read it.
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TB
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4/2/2008 5:12:11 PM
The bluster: Claiming I didn't read it- that I just googled up a refutation
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Yeti
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4/2/2008 6:57:56 PM
No, but the paper does...
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ARRELL
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4/2/2008 5:43:09 AM
re: Thanks for the link
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SteveS
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4/2/2008 5:32:56 PM
Ummm, ooookaayy... just one thing before I reply
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ARRELL
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4/2/2008 3:06:13 AM
Break it down.
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alcaray
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4/1/2008 10:10:09 PM
re: Break it down.
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gbaikie
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4/2/2008 5:01:58 AM
never mind
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alcaray
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4/2/2008 6:06:51 AM
re: Break it down.
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SteveS
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4/2/2008 12:32:06 AM
Oh... my... god... you were really serious about that link?
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ARRELL
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4/2/2008 3:47:02 AM
I don't think the paper says that CO2 is not a greenhouse gas.
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alcaray
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4/2/2008 3:25:24 AM
We're talking parts per million
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Lee
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4/1/2008 11:40:52 PM
"THe effects on temperature are negligible at best. "- That is nonsense, the science says otherwise...
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ARRELL
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4/2/2008 12:00:18 AM
They haven't worked it out.
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Lee
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4/2/2008 12:20:57 AM
No we are not talking parts per million. And anyway, how would you know SteveS' objection till he has voiced it.
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alcaray
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4/1/2008 11:51:57 PM
CO2 levels are around 380 ppm (parts per MILLION)
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Lee
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4/2/2008 12:12:25 AM
More used to seeing it as a percent.
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alcaray
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4/2/2008 12:26:25 AM
Think about this.
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Lee
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4/2/2008 12:39:44 AM
re: Think about this.
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gbaikie
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4/2/2008 3:31:52 AM
That is a problem isn't it.
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Lee
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4/2/2008 4:22:35 AM
Why do you need an exact number to start to worry?
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alcaray
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4/2/2008 4:33:56 AM
re: Why do you need an exact number to start to worry?
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gbaikie
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4/2/2008 6:29:17 AM
As usual...
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alcaray
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4/2/2008 6:52:52 AM
re: As usual...
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gbaikie
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4/2/2008 8:20:35 AM
try again
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alcaray
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4/2/2008 5:00:02 PM
re: try again
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gbaikie
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4/2/2008 9:22:14 PM
And like a poll.
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Lee
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4/2/2008 6:12:34 AM
Real world solutions?
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alcaray
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4/2/2008 6:43:46 AM
Posted that last one before it was done - sorry.
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alcaray
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4/2/2008 6:46:38 AM
To be fair to the scientists
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Lee
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4/2/2008 5:11:04 PM
You don't think they could be genuinely concerned?
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alcaray
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4/2/2008 10:29:33 PM
The sun emits much more energy than my oven. So it must be the sun that heated my leftover lasagna.
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alcaray
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4/2/2008 2:46:56 AM
re: You got one of those outdoor ovens?
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SteveS
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4/2/2008 11:08:08 PM
re: "Water vapor is a far more effective green house gas than CO2."
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Yeti
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4/2/2008 1:28:18 AM
Most of those organizations don't put the question to a vote by their members.
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Lee
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4/1/2008 3:24:59 AM
Riiiiiight.... its all a big conspiracy of those evil scientists
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ARRELL
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4/1/2008 4:06:31 AM
No Conspiracy just fact.
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Lee
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4/1/2008 5:08:21 AM
Amazing.... and all those other scientist just remain silent?! lol
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ARRELL
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4/1/2008 5:51:27 AM
That won't work.
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TB
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4/1/2008 2:18:49 AM
re: It's not just the blogs
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scientist
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4/1/2008 2:05:25 AM
re: That's the whole point
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SteveS
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4/1/2008 1:00:16 PM
I Agree with TB. You need to pick a consistent handle and use it.
(n/t)
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Yeti
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4/1/2008 2:57:13 AM
Pick a handle and stick to it.
(n/t)
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TB
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4/1/2008 2:26:09 AM
re: It's "A Convienient Lie"
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gbaikie
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3/31/2008 6:43:59 PM
re: It's "A Convienient Lie"
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No Foolin
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3/31/2008 6:46:47 PM
Global warming.
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Lee
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3/31/2008 5:48:14 PM
And from Geenland.
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Lee
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3/31/2008 6:16:04 PM
Make that Greenland
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Lee
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3/31/2008 6:17:42 PM
re: Make that Greenland
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adult
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3/31/2008 6:29:17 PM
Snide remarks is a poor argument.
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Lee
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3/31/2008 6:46:37 PM
re: Snide remarks is a poor argument.
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adult
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3/31/2008 6:48:48 PM
Pick a handle and stick to it. I don't know who you think you're fooling.
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TB
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3/31/2008 8:29:40 PM
And from Austria
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Lee
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3/31/2008 6:15:08 PM
re: Global warming.
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No Nonsense
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3/31/2008 5:53:24 PM
"for some reason believe that the issue of Global Warming is a political one"
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TB
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3/31/2008 4:16:49 PM
Dont be an idiot
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ARRELL
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3/31/2008 4:30:17 PM
re: Dont be an idiot
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TB
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3/31/2008 5:24:34 PM
re: Dont be an idiot
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et
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3/31/2008 5:45:50 PM
re: Dont be an idiot
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gbaikie
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4/1/2008 12:17:01 AM
Too easy: "He may be a scientist [doubtful actually] but his job is as an manager. "
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ARRELL
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4/1/2008 4:15:55 AM
re: Too easy: "He may be a scientist [doubtful actually] but his job is as an manager. "
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gbaikie
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4/1/2008 8:54:42 AM
It really isn't an act, is it.....?
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ARRELL
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4/1/2008 9:24:27 AM
re: It really isn't an act, is it.....?
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gbaikie
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4/2/2008 12:14:02 AM
Evidence? I see no Evidence!
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Tony
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4/1/2008 12:52:00 PM
re: It really isn't an act, is it.....?
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O Merka
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4/1/2008 12:43:46 PM
Not sure who you are...
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ARRELL
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4/1/2008 4:37:31 PM
What's your point?
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TB
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3/31/2008 8:34:20 PM
re: Dont be an idiot
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Rational Being
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3/31/2008 5:21:36 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.