--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > > John: > > I am always amazed at how unhappy True Believers in global warming, such as > yourself, are when confronted with evidence, suggestions, or proposals that > the global warming hypothesis is false. >
The problem with your argument, Shremp, is that the only 'evidence' you've provided has come from various dubious, crackpot, dishonest and/or funded shills for Big Energy. The overwhelming consensus in the world-wide scientific community that global warming is real, that it is very much being created by humans and that it poses great risks for humanity is practically indisputable. The majority of what you have cited in the past has been extensively debunked by reputable researchers - and doesn't amount to a hill of beans in comparison to the, at this point, far more than obvious scientific reality. You've kind of relegated yourself to the minority fringe, Shremp - which is nothing surprising... or new. > It's an irrational and unreasonable response. > > Let me explain. > > If you had cancer and a doctor giving you a second opinion told you you had > been improperly diagnosed and that you were NOT going to die in 6 months as > you had been told by the first doctor, anger is not the response rational > people would have. At the very least they would be cautiously optimistic; at > the most ecstatic. > > But that's never the reaction of the global warming true believers when it is > suggested that the hypothesis is false; they get angry and they attack the > "deniers" as they call them. > > You should be EMBRACING anyone who suggests that global warming is bunk and > hoping against hope that they are right and you are wrong. Of course, you > should do everything to investigate their claims to see if it holds water. > But if it turns out that they've got something of substance then you should > be more than willing (and want to!) join the bandwagon that they are on. > BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THAT MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF HUMANS ARE NOT GOING > TO DIE. > > But no. You do the opposite. No investigation of the claims. NO dialogue. > No welcoming of debate on the issue. Instead, a lot of name-calling and > anger. > > And that's why global warming true believers such as yourself are suspect. > Your reaction is entirely irrational. > > And the cancer analogy is NOT inappropriate. Al Gore has painted a picture > of catastrophy that is FAR WORSE for the world than any cancer could possibly > create for us. If anything, using cancer as an analogy undermines it. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Liberty Patriot Freedom Republic University is proud to present Climate > > Change Denial 101, an introductory four week course in the art of > > climate change denial featuring a new prayer topic every week, presented > > for the objective fundamentalist in an unbiased, socially conservative > > dominionist setting. Upon completing CCD 101, students should be able to > > defend the fossil fuel industry, willfully ignore and wildly > > mis-interpret data, and reconstruct their own apologetic to the secular > > consensus held by climate researchers. > > > > Grades will be earned based on the following schedule: Purchase of > > overpriced Bible at Liberty Bookstore and Gift of 500 dollars or more to > > the University "A"; motivated students will have an opportunity in week > > three to earn an even higher grade, but none lower than A will be given. > > > > > > Upon receiving a passing grade each student will be awarded 12 semester > > hours of science transferable to any complicit faith-based university or > > unaccredited diploma mill of higher learning. > > > > Prerequisites: None required. Suggest GED or equivalent home schooling > > work with basic mastery of times tables. > > > > Course syllabus and > > schedule for CCD 101 > > > > [http://image.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/global4.jpg] Week > > 1 Introduction -- An overview of the global warming conspiracy with > > vigorous classroom discussion of why facts and science have an unfair > > liberal bias (All six pages in text booklet), and a careful review of > > the NASA Global Temperature Record with correct interpretations written > > by our crack science faculty (Attached graph). The class will then pray > > the demons out of James Hansen's soul. > > > > Week 2 Creating Controversy -- from Intelligent Design to the fake > > Presidential birth certificate, how past and honorary alumni have become > > Davids of Denial, bringing the Goliaths of media and science to their > > knees with the power of willful ignorance in the Valley of IOKIYAR, to > > preserve blessed quarterly earnings and create righteous skepticism > > despite overwhelming evidence. Prayer topic will be Coal: The Immaculate > > Combustion. > > > > Week 3 Guest Speaker -- Honorary Alumnus Prof. Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, > > courtesy of the Exxon Mom's Apple Pie & Cute Kittens Foundation, > > miraculously appears on video to debunk peak oil theory and makes the > > case for Drill Baby Drill with partial differential analysis and > > algorithmic game theory. Gifts of 100 dollars or more to Prof. > > Wurzzelbacher will earn students carrying an A average a plus mark and a > > smiley face on their transcript. > > > > > > A prayer vigil for Sarah Palin's energy policy will follow. > > > > Week 4 Jesus Hates Alternative Energy -- This section will top off the > > course with a detailed review of our Lord and Savior who loved fossil > > fuels so much he graciously wiped out millions of innocent children with > > Noah's Flood to bequeath mankind enough of coal, oil, and gas to last > > until the End Times. > > > > > > Time permitting students will hear why being declined for peer reviewed > > publication is identical to being ruthlessly nailed to a cross by > > freedom-hating liberal heretics and pray for the Rapture. > > > > http://snipurl.com/nxo2g [www_examiner_com] > > >
