tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533081609065951225.post7031523005129315702..comments2024-03-27T05:16:45.951-04:00Comments on Madman's Paradise: The E-mails!: A Global Warming Soap OperaAsylum Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500952310972756918noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533081609065951225.post-27026716614897051832009-12-13T10:17:23.277-05:002009-12-13T10:17:23.277-05:00"We are trying to maintain standards by simpl..."We are trying to maintain standards by simply changing devices/machines."<br /><br />Jumping from one to another in order to avoid/counteract the unintended consequences of the last. <br /><br />"I can't just chalk up our gargantuan pollution to ignorance and indifference to the future, but rather that the same path was chosen from device to device."<br /><br />Actually,Asylum Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02500952310972756918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533081609065951225.post-63170000462722306082009-12-13T00:43:41.848-05:002009-12-13T00:43:41.848-05:00You just got me to thinking about our current para...You just got me to thinking about our current paradigm of technological reliance. We are trying to maintain standards by simply changing devices/machines.<br /><br />It's entirely possible that we could get away with it too. <br /><br />But perhaps the necessary decrease in industrial pollution should be accompanied by the examination of the philosophical underpinnings that led us down that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533081609065951225.post-6843363454159145142009-12-12T23:59:22.175-05:002009-12-12T23:59:22.175-05:00"And the hype ends up being more important th..."And the hype ends up being more important than the facts, as we see time and again."<br /><br />In fairness, I also believe that having on the right amount of makeup, having a catchy slogan, and mastering the art of "dramatic introductory sequence" also trump facts. Hype is possibly only the third most important thing that is more important than facts.<br /><br /><br />"Asylum Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02500952310972756918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533081609065951225.post-53608098531159493932009-12-09T15:05:07.424-05:002009-12-09T15:05:07.424-05:00I gotta admit that I was sucked in by the hype the...I gotta admit that I was sucked in by the hype there for awhile.<br /><br />It DOES look like pretty damning evidence, a pretty damning admission of finegling the data.<br /><br />I think that the right-wing 'pandemonium' merchants end up over-doing it which ends up pointing to the flaw in their argument, defeating their purpose-du-jour.<br /><br />For example, the making of two badly pboyfloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475980562742243007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533081609065951225.post-86717179231355103422009-12-07T15:59:23.539-05:002009-12-07T15:59:23.539-05:00Richelle does have a point.
Just because I think ...Richelle does have a point.<br /><br />Just because I think the current warming trend isn't entirely man-made does not mean I agree with these baboons who want to love them some oil wells and limos in favor of my grandchildren's eco-system.<br /><br />A...B...C...D...E...F that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533081609065951225.post-25493375035902460902009-12-07T12:38:51.167-05:002009-12-07T12:38:51.167-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Richellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086751337366386993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533081609065951225.post-5967194001026159292009-12-07T12:38:50.092-05:002009-12-07T12:38:50.092-05:00OH thank jeebus you're alive! I was beginning ...OH thank jeebus you're alive! I was beginning to worry.<br /><br />Before I forget, I was browsing Xmas ornaments on amazon and found a cthulhu Xmas tree topper. It made me think of you and I giggled a bit.<br /><br />Onto the topic at hand. <br /><br />I thought the whole "e-mails entirely debunk global warming" insanity was a tad ridiculous. People can't seem to keep shit in Richellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086751337366386993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533081609065951225.post-90660124763161512072009-12-07T07:46:18.444-05:002009-12-07T07:46:18.444-05:00Ye Bastard,
I was looking for yer scurvy, cheatin...Ye Bastard,<br /><br />I was looking for yer scurvy, cheatin, lootin, spitoon-smellin, hog's belly of an opinion in and around the carribean for bout a month. <br /><br />I even had a map & directions to your blog.<br /><br />But then I'm illiterate, this post is just a clever facade. <br /><br />---<br /><br />I have another theory about global warming. That the earth is going to do Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533081609065951225.post-10783830293464261542009-12-06T18:18:03.374-05:002009-12-06T18:18:03.374-05:00And it's going to take a hell of a lot more th...And it's going to take a hell of a lot more than two stolen and misinterpreted e-mails to make such a question a particularly serious one. <br /><br />-----<br />were this were true. As in my diatribes about mystical pattern recognition, people looking for reasons to remain ignorant or patterns that reinforce their existing biases have found them in the media hype about these two emails. Pliny-the-in-Betweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580900408227953736noreply@blogger.com