OH NO! Not Global warming! D:
OH NO! Not Global warming! D:
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Originally Posted by Virgil
oh, you must be talking about the architects of the Iraq invasion: Colino Powell; Paulie Wolfyowitz; Dickie Cheney; Donnie Rumsfield; Connie Rice; and that other idiot.
"He was nauseous with regret when he saw her face again, and when, as of yore, he pleaded and begged at her knees for the joy of her being. She understood Neal; she stroked his hair; she knew he was mad."
---Jack Kerouac, On The Road: The Original Scroll
Wolfe Blitzer?
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
- Orwell
Read of my Shepherd
Yeah, every couple of years or so I get lucky and a subject I actually have any knowledge of comes up.
I think the main thing about global warming however is to forget the nonsense arguments about the extent to which humans impact it, and go about solving it.
There once was a scotsman named Drew
Who put too much wine in his stew
He felt a bit drunk
And fell off his bunk
And landed smack into his shoe ~(C) Ms Niamh Anne King
Once you disintegrate into this Jon, what is there left to say? I'm talking about global warming and all the hyperbole around it. At a minimum it's greatly exaggerated; probably it's no problem at all.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the thread Virgil. I've enjoyed reading the whole thingMy biggest argument against global warming is the lack of scientific proof. Sure we can say that the Earth is warming, not much, but it is getting warmer. To me, the problem lies in what can be termed a "normal" warming and cooling of our own planet. If you call the last ice age the normal temperature of the planet, then run quick because we are all getting ready to die. The basic fact is that while we can guess what weather and temperatures were like in previous history, we as humans haven't been here that long. We can't say for certain what the true temperatures were like during the Triassic period or anything before our time. We only have accurate data for the last hundred years or so. The Earth has been around for 4.5 billion years, if scientists have that correct. The last couple of centuries do not provide enough data to really say if the warming we are experiencing now is normal or an abnormality brought on by our burning of fossil fuels.
Warming warming...all I know is that the UK is having the coldest and wettest summer in ages... I mean I wasn't here before but I'm told this is not normal... It has rained costantly for all of July, I haven't seen the sun for THREE weeks straight in June, and I dragged a suitcase of summer clothes from Italy to NEVER use them because it's too cold! The hottest day we had was 25 (celsius) and that was ONE day... that's a May temperature for me... now I can't say I haven't had a chance to wear that cute jacket I bought... but it feels so weird that my DNA feels homesick sometimes...
dead on the inside, i've got nothing to prove
keep me alive and give me something to lose
Ah that beautiful Italian sunshine. You can't beat it.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
No you can't...IT beats you!
Seriously, I'm used to sun being PAINFUL on you, here the extremely rare times it's sunny it's just so weak...
I used to hate Italian summers... but this is just no summer at all.
dead on the inside, i've got nothing to prove
keep me alive and give me something to lose
[QUOTE=Virgil;428862]Great post Kilt. You present a rational understanding, and frankly now you're the only person around here I'm willing to listen to on this issue.QUOTE]
rational??you mean you're not going to just listen to yourself on this subject??
"He was nauseous with regret when he saw her face again, and when, as of yore, he pleaded and begged at her knees for the joy of her being. She understood Neal; she stroked his hair; she knew he was mad."
---Jack Kerouac, On The Road: The Original Scroll
1 "no current politics" warning only
oops! sorry logos, but, but...virge got me started!
"He was nauseous with regret when he saw her face again, and when, as of yore, he pleaded and begged at her knees for the joy of her being. She understood Neal; she stroked his hair; she knew he was mad."
---Jack Kerouac, On The Road: The Original Scroll
I am watching Bill Maher on HBO (he's a liberal celebrity/comedian in case anyone didn't know - or at least he seems liberal to me) and he has Ingrid Newkirk who president of PETA, on right now. I just tuned in and she is saying that all the global warming is caused by the methane produced by cows. I just thought that was funny and thought I would share it with LitNet.
Last edited by Shalot; 09-04-2007 at 12:52 AM.
"...if you weren't smart enough to get a pedophile in a dress to put a small amount of water on the child’s forehead, then what the eff did you think was going to happen?
Wasn't that a Saturday Night Live skit? They had one like that, it was hilarious.
'...A cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum. It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.' --Dr. Mortimer, The Hound of the Baskervilles
Probably. Global warming is not a new concept and they were joking about cow farts when I was in the third grade. it seems like all of a sudden, there are a lot of people who are talking about Global Warming in the media again.Wasn't that a Saturday Night Live skit? They had one like that, it was hilarious.
Like I said, I am very confused about it. I have been hearing about Global Warming forever and there have always been people saying that they don't believe the scientists who have concluded that we are contributing/causing it with our energy-hungry lifestyles. And then there are scientists who don't agree and the reports that big business/oil industry executives are behind the debunking of Global Warming
And then there is this thread.
Last edited by Shalot; 09-04-2007 at 01:03 AM.
"...if you weren't smart enough to get a pedophile in a dress to put a small amount of water on the child’s forehead, then what the eff did you think was going to happen?
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