>>>>>>>>>>>http://www.extremeicesurvey.org/index.php/new_gallery/timelapse_1/
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>>>>>>>>>>Global warming is a myth, Grady. Don't you know that? ;-)
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>>>>>>>>>>What I really don't get is why denial of global warming is such an article of faith among conservatives. I disagree with conservatives on many issues but at least I generally understand where they are coming from. Even on abortion, the hottest of hot button issues, I understand and respect their POV. Global warming, this one mystifies me.
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>>>>>>>>>It isn't that its about Global Warming, its about it being MANMADE... Its junk science at its worst and you can tell its bs becuase all of the leftists pushing it to make money....Gore leading the charge.
>>>>>>>>But how could it be? The guy invented the Internet, didn't he? And we all know that if it's on the Internet, then it MUST be true!
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>>>>>>>You bet. Same with WikiPedia - it's all true!!!
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>>>>>>FWIW I do trust the Wikipedia. And I say that having been a skeptic at first. There are so many volunteers rigorously vetting its contents, I think the different POVs between them balance each other out. It was one of the first places that truly made me believe in the power of the internet.
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>>>>>>If you want to look up some historical or biographical fact, where is the first place you go? Me too.
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>>>>>I never, repeat never go to wikipedia for anything...... I google the actual research, documents, books, etc.... that's why you probably miss all the evidence against global warming..
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>>>>I certainly trust them more than the NCPA.
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>>>>IMO one regrettable thing that has happened over the past two decades or so is the diminuation of objectivity in the news business. Objectivity, or at least seeking it, used to be the standard in journalism. With the proliferation of cable TV channels, talk radio, and especially the internet, that seems to be mostly out the window. Part of this can be laid at the feet of us, the viewers and readers. Now we don't seem to want objectivity, we want something that confirms our POV. And you can always find it. Some want Fox, some want MSNBC or Jon Stewart.
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>>>If you/we don't watch or listen to the 'one sided' (dare I say 'propaganda) stations, their ratings will diminish and with it, advertising revenue. Nothing causes change more than a good kick in the wallet. :-)
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>>Fortunately, Canadians don't have to worry about propaganda in their news, it's against the law - much to Fox's chagrin. Unfortunately, we Americans have always had (at least in print) slanted news reports. Which way it slanted depended on who owned the newspaper or TV station. It's just gotten worse in the last 20 years.
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>It's gotten a lot worse. The game has changed completely. You may know that being an ink stained wretch for some newspaper was my aspiration. (Well, other than getting into Janice _____'s pants ;-) ) It was an still considered an honorable profession and I started out as a journalism major. "To comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable" -- that was the credo. Now it's more like comfort the comfortable or throw bombs at them, one or the other. We have lost something in our descent from ordinary civility,

I know what we lost, but I dare not say it. :-)