Psst... <br><br>Why does a slide listing the years of 2002, 2003, 2004 have a date stamp of May 2001 on it? ;)<br><br>edit- bah... nevermind, I see the thermal image is from that date!<br><br><br><br>Hey I'm an F'n Jerk!®<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by SgtBaxter on 01/09/08 05:36 PM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>why would you even take that position?<p><hr></blockquote><p>Because people keep engaging him on it. He's taking a sophist stance here because he knows that people will respond to him with more and more vitriol the more ridiculous he is.<br><br>-- Charlie Alpha Roger Yankee Whiskey

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>you act like global warming is a myth because of some anomalies from the past.<p><hr></blockquote><p>Maybe. Either that, or because its been described to him as a "liberal" view, therefore it can't be true.<br><br>The question I have for the people that claim to know differently can be summed up in one word... motive.<br><br>The overwhelming majority of top scientists from around the entire world now insist that climate change is happening, and that it is affected by human activity. <br><br>So, what's the motive for scientists (or liberal politicians for that matter) here? Its simple to see a reason why Republicans want to debunk it - it directly affects their financial bottom line. But, where is the motive for scientists around the world to want to pull a fast one here?<br><br>Or... the other possibility is that Matt's casual almanac observations are more accurate than decades of research by thousands of individuals around the world trained in the field.<br><br>

&[censored] and there was nothing to talk about here, so maybe we should be thankful.

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Please research the temperatures over the last 100 years for that area, then plot us graphs on average temperature, and the number of days 10 degrees over average per winter. <br><br>If there is no upswing in either graph then your post has merit. If there is an upswing, which I'm willing to bet cash there would be, or if you're too lazy to do so, then Dave and I are going to kick you square in the nuts<p><hr></blockquote><p>QUIET!<br><br>I'm busy worrying about the rapidly melting polar ice caps!<br><br><br>***********************<br>[color:red]Nice Try</font color=red>

I won't be quiet, go do it or get a kick in the nuts. The icecaps will be around long enough for you to complete this task. Though somehow I believe they will be long melted before you do complete it.<br><br>Your Noodly Master has spoken.<br><br><br><br>Hey I'm an F'n Jerk!®

Ignoring Eddie, but talking to Trog instead:<br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p><br> In reply to:<br><br> you act like global warming is a myth because of some anomalies from the past.<br><br>Maybe. Either that, or because its been described to him as a "liberal" view, therefore it can't be true.<br><br>The question I have for the people that claim to know differently can be summed up in one word... motive.<br><br>The overwhelming majority of top scientists from around the entire world now insist that climate change is happening, and that it is affected by human activity.<br><br>So, what's the motive for scientists (or liberal politicians for that matter) here? Its simple to see a reason why Republicans want to debunk it - it directly affects their financial bottom line. But, where is the motive for scientists around the world to want to pull a fast one here?<br><br>Or... the other possibility is that Matt's casual almanac observations are more accurate than decades of research by thousands of individuals around the world trained in the field.<br><p><hr></blockquote><p>What the heck?<br>I was drifting in & out smiling & playing videos on my iPod<br>when lo & behold... "An Inconvenient Truth" begins playing.<br><br>The scene is set with a crowd of people, gathered to listen to<br>Al Gore give his slideshow for the umpteenth time:<br>Introducing himself with his dry humoresque; <br>"Hello, my name is Al Gore... I used to be the next president <br>of the United States." laughter & applause............<br><br><br>and I thought... Oh Yeah! dint the stoopid twins useta' shoot<br>the messenger by telling everybody that he was just doing <br>"all that" just to forward his political career? <br><br><br><br>[color:green]"...or am I a butterfly that's dreaming she's a woman?"</font color=green> [color:green]. . . _ _ _ . . .</font color=green><br>

Nah, he was whoring for a Nobel prize. <br><br>

I just got off the phone with my sister in Iowa and she said last week it was quite warm with a few tornado warnings. Tornado warnings in January!! I have no memory of anything of this sort happening before.<br><br>We are what we repeatedly do. -Aristotle

There have been tornados in Illinois in January before for example, but they have never been as far North as they were last week. It was a pretty anomalous event, but perhaps a little bit of a preview of the future climate if the jet stream cycles as drastically as it has been.<br><br>-- Charlie Alpha Roger Yankee Whiskey