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		<title>By: DaveC</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 05:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt; On May 29th, 2008 at 2:00 pm, Soliel said:

I hope the Walrus and Polar bears get protection…especially from those who kill them for selfish reasons. We really need to be better and start respecting other beings more…it doesn’t say much about us when we just go wantonly killing for fun.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Polar bears are doing fine.. don&#039;t worry about them..  

are you the type of person who has 80 cats in her home because &#039;no one else can give them as good of a home as I&#039;?
while living in 2 feet of cat pooh and smell of urine?

&lt;blockquote&gt;. I think it’s real and from sources I trust, we have about 2 years to get our act together or we will perish. Yeah, that’s right…perish from gases deadly gases coming up from the ocean floor…there is enough to kill all life on earth.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

(from earlier)

that is complete BS..  if that was true,
1)  island villages would be completely wiped out TODAY..  being in the ocean, they would get the effect of the Ferocious Atlantic Gas first.  being a sort of canary in the coalmine..

2)  for enough FAG to kill all life on earth in two years..  there would be nothing man can do..  that type of natural event, you are POWERLESS to stop.

3)  Do you believe in mother Guia is in the depths, with her finger on the &#039;execute&#039; button unless we stop driving the SUV?

did your sources ask you for money then they can stop the gases?  Then you have to look for two more people to believe in the evil gas?

if that gas from the ocean thing is true, and I&#039;m not saying that it&#039;s not, then there is nothing you can do..  not even if everyone in the world stopped and dropped in some alki-seltzer in the ocean at once..

man could not stop that tidal wave in the Indian Ocean that happened..  mankind will not stop some earth altering event..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p> On May 29th, 2008 at 2:00 pm, Soliel said:</p>
<p>I hope the Walrus and Polar bears get protection…especially from those who kill them for selfish reasons. We really need to be better and start respecting other beings more…it doesn’t say much about us when we just go wantonly killing for fun.
</p></blockquote>
<p>Polar bears are doing fine.. don&#8217;t worry about them..  </p>
<p>are you the type of person who has 80 cats in her home because &#8216;no one else can give them as good of a home as I&#8217;?<br />
while living in 2 feet of cat pooh and smell of urine?</p>
<blockquote><p>. I think it’s real and from sources I trust, we have about 2 years to get our act together or we will perish. Yeah, that’s right…perish from gases deadly gases coming up from the ocean floor…there is enough to kill all life on earth.</p></blockquote>
<p>(from earlier)</p>
<p>that is complete BS..  if that was true,<br />
1)  island villages would be completely wiped out TODAY..  being in the ocean, they would get the effect of the Ferocious Atlantic Gas first.  being a sort of canary in the coalmine..</p>
<p>2)  for enough FAG to kill all life on earth in two years..  there would be nothing man can do..  that type of natural event, you are POWERLESS to stop.</p>
<p>3)  Do you believe in mother Guia is in the depths, with her finger on the &#8216;execute&#8217; button unless we stop driving the SUV?</p>
<p>did your sources ask you for money then they can stop the gases?  Then you have to look for two more people to believe in the evil gas?</p>
<p>if that gas from the ocean thing is true, and I&#8217;m not saying that it&#8217;s not, then there is nothing you can do..  not even if everyone in the world stopped and dropped in some alki-seltzer in the ocean at once..</p>
<p>man could not stop that tidal wave in the Indian Ocean that happened..  mankind will not stop some earth altering event..</p>
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		<title>By: SHoward</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 01:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Soliel,

I can&#039;t help but take issue with a couple of things you&#039;ve brought up.

One thing:

&lt;blockquote&gt;Yeah, that’s right…perish from gases deadly gases coming up from the ocean floor…there is enough to kill all life on earth.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

If the deadly gas (Methane) is coming up from the ocean floor, what exactly are we supposed to do about that? (sarc on) Burn it in our cigarette lighters? (sarc off)

For real, if the methane coming out of the ocean was enough to cause death beginning in two or even two hundred years we&#039;d probably be choking already. 

And anyway, I&#039;ll repeat: what are we supposed to do about it?

The other thing is that you asked what global warming alarmists have to gain.

P-O-W-E-R. !

The power to regulate behavior that they do not agree with. 

With government types, that is the function of government, in their eyes. Government always seeks more and more power for it&#039;s own sake.

As for the weenies that want &quot;green&quot; legislation, they generally just want to participate in getting people to stop doing something they themselves don&#039;t like or agree with.

Remember, most egg-heads think they know more and better than everyone else. In their minds, since they are obviously right about GW, we morons out here must bown down to their doctrine, regardless the efficacy of their information or beliefs.

Do I doubt Global Warming? &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1146182220080111&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Did it snow in Baghdad this year?&lt;/a&gt;
Everything my senses and common sense tells me is that GW is not real. Every time the temperature fails to support GW, the egg-heads come up with something more and more esoteric to confirm it is happenning. When that, too is challenged, they say we aren&#039;t really smart enough to understand the science behind it.

As for the experts, every time someone on my side of this issue states something that makes sense and debunks GW, the GW worshippers say that expert is not to be believed. 

Then why should we believe the &quot;experts&quot; that pitch GW?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soliel,</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t help but take issue with a couple of things you&#8217;ve brought up.</p>
<p>One thing:</p>
<blockquote><p>Yeah, that’s right…perish from gases deadly gases coming up from the ocean floor…there is enough to kill all life on earth.
</p></blockquote>
<p>If the deadly gas (Methane) is coming up from the ocean floor, what exactly are we supposed to do about that? (sarc on) Burn it in our cigarette lighters? (sarc off)</p>
<p>For real, if the methane coming out of the ocean was enough to cause death beginning in two or even two hundred years we&#8217;d probably be choking already. </p>
<p>And anyway, I&#8217;ll repeat: what are we supposed to do about it?</p>
<p>The other thing is that you asked what global warming alarmists have to gain.</p>
<p>P-O-W-E-R. !</p>
<p>The power to regulate behavior that they do not agree with. </p>
<p>With government types, that is the function of government, in their eyes. Government always seeks more and more power for it&#8217;s own sake.</p>
<p>As for the weenies that want &#8220;green&#8221; legislation, they generally just want to participate in getting people to stop doing something they themselves don&#8217;t like or agree with.</p>
<p>Remember, most egg-heads think they know more and better than everyone else. In their minds, since they are obviously right about GW, we morons out here must bown down to their doctrine, regardless the efficacy of their information or beliefs.</p>
<p>Do I doubt Global Warming? <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1146182220080111" rel="nofollow">Did it snow in Baghdad this year?</a><br />
Everything my senses and common sense tells me is that GW is not real. Every time the temperature fails to support GW, the egg-heads come up with something more and more esoteric to confirm it is happenning. When that, too is challenged, they say we aren&#8217;t really smart enough to understand the science behind it.</p>
<p>As for the experts, every time someone on my side of this issue states something that makes sense and debunks GW, the GW worshippers say that expert is not to be believed. </p>
<p>Then why should we believe the &#8220;experts&#8221; that pitch GW?</p>
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		<title>By: CO2 Producer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 21:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BOB (#14) - You stole my thunder! I&#039;m just glad someone else could see the issue. This Endangered Species stuff is a diversionary tactic.

DarthKeller (#29) - I haven&#039;t been able to watch Deadliest Catch this season. I&#039;m surprised the Discovery Network left that line in there during editing. If there&#039;s anyone that knows about global warming firsthand, it&#039;s those sailors.

I hate to jump on the bandwagon here, and I will try not to make this sound like an attack on a fellow MM reader. But Soliel --- do not tell me to wake up. My eyes are wide open, and my head is sore from the beating alarmists have been inflicting on  it. Global warming, global cooling, climate change, global change --- the terms keep changing as much as the environment supposedly does. I&#039;m not going to change your mind, so I won&#039;t even try. (Mmm, change. Scrumptious, delicious change. Can you feel it?)

Going green is a cash cow right now. Prominent displays at bookstores and periodical/newspaper racks. Websites galore. News networks. Educational networks. Public television. DVDs. Even entertainment networks (NBC and FOX) and the most popular shows (American Idol). New industries in science, technology, government, education, and energy. Everyone that opens their mouth in public about the coming apocalypse has something to gain.

I recycle. That makes sense.

I turn my lights off when I leave the room. That saves me money. But I can&#039;t stand the light CFLs produce, or the pause upon activation, or the mercury inside the bulbs of which I&#039;m expected to take several miles away to properly dispose.

I try not to drive wastefully. That saves me money.

Let the market decide. We all want to be rid of oil dependency. We&#039;ll have to sooner or later anyway, since we have only a finite amount of oil. Pollution is bad. We know. We got it. If this green movement has been good for anything, it&#039;s made us more conscious of how much energy we waste. But so have oil prices and heating bills. If enough people put up a stink about certain things, some innovative person somewhere will think of a solution. I don&#039;t want the government to force their solution upon us.

I like animals, too. They don&#039;t condescend. They don&#039;t judge. They don&#039;t lecture. They don&#039;t hate. I&#039;m not a fan of furs for means of luxury. However, animals are on this earth for our benefit. Cows, pigs, chickens, foxes, minks, and so on will be around as long as we have a demand for them. They will not go extinct. As unpleasant as it is to kill an animal for the needs and wants of humans, it is often necessary. I believe that it should be done as humanely as possible. I admit that I can&#039;t properly defend those who want fur coats for luxury. For those who &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; fur coats, though, that&#039;s a different story.

True, species of animals go extinct, but new species are being discovered &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/plants_animals/new_species/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;all the time&lt;/a&gt;. Cycle of life. Evolution. Pick your phrase. If the Democratic majority of Congress wants to add the walrus and the polar bear to the Endangered Species list, it will halt any debate on drilling for more oil. This is the strategy they and the environmentalists are using. Sympathy to create outrage. Pretty transparent manipulation.

When we are paying ten bucks a gallon in a few years, will most of us care about polar bears then?

The green philosophy is inescapable unless you spend all your time in a darkened home with no electricity. Any studies out there that tell us how many times per day or week the average person hears something about our collapsing environment? How many times do we hear the other side of the debate?

Oh, that&#039;s right. The debate is over. It never was there to begin with. Except here. And &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.regnery.com/books/pigglobal.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. And plenty of other places where no one wants to look.

Geez. Me and my big mouth. Maybe I should start my own blog, just so I can quit taking up so much space here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BOB (#14) &#8211; You stole my thunder! I&#8217;m just glad someone else could see the issue. This Endangered Species stuff is a diversionary tactic.</p>
<p>DarthKeller (#29) &#8211; I haven&#8217;t been able to watch Deadliest Catch this season. I&#8217;m surprised the Discovery Network left that line in there during editing. If there&#8217;s anyone that knows about global warming firsthand, it&#8217;s those sailors.</p>
<p>I hate to jump on the bandwagon here, and I will try not to make this sound like an attack on a fellow MM reader. But Soliel &#8212; do not tell me to wake up. My eyes are wide open, and my head is sore from the beating alarmists have been inflicting on  it. Global warming, global cooling, climate change, global change &#8212; the terms keep changing as much as the environment supposedly does. I&#8217;m not going to change your mind, so I won&#8217;t even try. (Mmm, change. Scrumptious, delicious change. Can you feel it?)</p>
<p>Going green is a cash cow right now. Prominent displays at bookstores and periodical/newspaper racks. Websites galore. News networks. Educational networks. Public television. DVDs. Even entertainment networks (NBC and FOX) and the most popular shows (American Idol). New industries in science, technology, government, education, and energy. Everyone that opens their mouth in public about the coming apocalypse has something to gain.</p>
<p>I recycle. That makes sense.</p>
<p>I turn my lights off when I leave the room. That saves me money. But I can&#8217;t stand the light CFLs produce, or the pause upon activation, or the mercury inside the bulbs of which I&#8217;m expected to take several miles away to properly dispose.</p>
<p>I try not to drive wastefully. That saves me money.</p>
<p>Let the market decide. We all want to be rid of oil dependency. We&#8217;ll have to sooner or later anyway, since we have only a finite amount of oil. Pollution is bad. We know. We got it. If this green movement has been good for anything, it&#8217;s made us more conscious of how much energy we waste. But so have oil prices and heating bills. If enough people put up a stink about certain things, some innovative person somewhere will think of a solution. I don&#8217;t want the government to force their solution upon us.</p>
<p>I like animals, too. They don&#8217;t condescend. They don&#8217;t judge. They don&#8217;t lecture. They don&#8217;t hate. I&#8217;m not a fan of furs for means of luxury. However, animals are on this earth for our benefit. Cows, pigs, chickens, foxes, minks, and so on will be around as long as we have a demand for them. They will not go extinct. As unpleasant as it is to kill an animal for the needs and wants of humans, it is often necessary. I believe that it should be done as humanely as possible. I admit that I can&#8217;t properly defend those who want fur coats for luxury. For those who <em>need</em> fur coats, though, that&#8217;s a different story.</p>
<p>True, species of animals go extinct, but new species are being discovered <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/plants_animals/new_species/" rel="nofollow">all the time</a>. Cycle of life. Evolution. Pick your phrase. If the Democratic majority of Congress wants to add the walrus and the polar bear to the Endangered Species list, it will halt any debate on drilling for more oil. This is the strategy they and the environmentalists are using. Sympathy to create outrage. Pretty transparent manipulation.</p>
<p>When we are paying ten bucks a gallon in a few years, will most of us care about polar bears then?</p>
<p>The green philosophy is inescapable unless you spend all your time in a darkened home with no electricity. Any studies out there that tell us how many times per day or week the average person hears something about our collapsing environment? How many times do we hear the other side of the debate?</p>
<p>Oh, that&#8217;s right. The debate is over. It never was there to begin with. Except here. And <a href="http://www.regnery.com/books/pigglobal.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. And plenty of other places where no one wants to look.</p>
<p>Geez. Me and my big mouth. Maybe I should start my own blog, just so I can quit taking up so much space here.</p>
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