At the top of the 8AM hour of Monday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith hyped a new report on Global Warming: "A dire new warning about global warming. Why is the world's climate heating up faster than scientists have predicted?" Co-host Maggie Rodriguez later introduced the segment with similar alarmism: "An alarming warning from scientists this morning. Global warming is happening much faster than expected."
Correspondent Daniel Sieberg reported: "Yes, a dire new warning from scientists says the amount of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide is higher than predicted...Scientists say those higher temperatures are fueling the intensity of wildfires, now raging in places like Australia." Sieberg concluded his report by exclaiming: "Now scientists say this global warming is part of a vicious cycle. Each changing ecosystem affecting the other and made worse by human activities. For environmentalists and many others, it's a cycle that needs to be broken. And soon. Maggie." Rodriguez remarked: "Tall order."
At one point in his report, Sieberg explained: "Animation from NASA shows the recession of sea ice in the Arctic since 1979. This decrease, scientists say, will, in turn, lead to higher temperatures." He then cited NASA scientist Claire Parkinson, who added: "Sea ice is really reflective. When it retreats, then instead of that highly reflective surface there bouncing back solar radiation back to outer space, solar radiation comes in and gets absorbed in the oceans." Meanwhile, a Sunday report by the Associated Press quoted former astronaut Harrison Schmitt, who walked on the Moon in 1972 as part of the Apollo 17 mission, who is skeptical of man-made climate change: "I don’t think the human effect is significant compared to the natural effect."
The AP article went on to quote Schmitt’s criticism of scientific consensus on the issue: "They’ve [climate scientists] seen too many of their colleagues lose grant funding when they haven’t gone along with the so-called political consensus that we’re in a human-caused global warming...It’s one of the few times you’ve seen a sizable portion of scientists who ought to be objective take a political position and it’s coloring their objectivity." The CBS report made no mention of skeptics like Schmitt.
Here is the full transcript of the Early Show segment:
8:00AM TEASE:
HARRY SMITH: A dire new warning about global warming. Why is the world's climate heating up faster than scientists have predicted?
8:13AM SEGMENT:
MAGGIE RODRIGUEZ: An alarming warning from scientists this morning. Global warming is happening much faster than expected. CBS News science and technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg has the story. Good morning, Daniel
DANIEL SIEBERG: Good morning, Maggie. Yes, a dire new warning from scientists says the amount of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide is higher than predicted, mostly from places like India and China. That's leading to warmer temperatures and more extreme conditions all over the planet. For years, scientists have known Greenland's glaciers were melting and the seasonal sheet of ice covering the Arctic had been shrinking. But the thaw is literally just the tip of the iceberg.
MARK SERREZE [SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST, NATL. SNOW AND ICE DATA CTR.]: The Arctic is that early warning system, it's that canary in the coal mine. The Arctic is leading the way in terms of climate change, but the rest of the planet is following.
SIEBERG: Animation from NASA shows the recession of sea ice in the Arctic since 1979. This decrease, scientists say, will, in turn, lead to higher temperatures.
CLAIRE PARKINSON [SENIOR SCIENTIST, NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER]: Sea ice is really reflective. When it retreats, then instead of that highly reflective surface there bouncing back solar radiation back to outer space, solar radiation comes in and gets absorbed in the oceans.
SIEBERG: Think of ice melting in the Arctic like the ice in this glass. If it's already in the water, like sea ice, when it melts, it doesn't overflow. But when you add more ice to it, like from a glacier, well, you can see the problem.
[POURS ICE FROM ONE GLASS INTO ANOTHER GLASS FILLED WITH WATER]
SIEBERG: From ice to fire. Scientists say those higher temperatures are fueling the intensity of wildfires, now raging in places like Australia. And the burned vegetation then releases large amounts of carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere.
SERREZE: We're not talking about extinction of the human species here, but we are talking about a rough road ahead of us, in terms of the economic disruption through sea level rise, surprise changes, say, in weather patterns associated with climate warning.
[FOOTAGE OF HURRICANES, FLOODS, AND BLIZZARDS]
SIEBERG: Now scientists say this global warming is part of a vicious cycle. Each changing ecosystem affecting the other and made worse by human activities. For environmentalists and many others, it's a cycle that needs to be broken. And soon. Maggie.
RODRIGUEZ: Tall order. Daniel Sieberg. Thanks, Daniel.
—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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They have to rachet it up
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:25 ET by MrSnugglesThey have to rachet it up now because it is starting to become painfully obvious that they are all full of it!
MAN-BEAR-PIG
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:41 ET by political mavenhttp://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/62979?source=SEO_SSP_Y&intcmp=SEO_...
My
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:56 ET by danboMy fav.
Limited Disclosure: I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.
Getting More Desperate
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 14:34 ET by dboThey have to rachet it up now because it is starting to become painfully obvious that they are all full of it!
This is what's happening to their global warming hypothesis.
Global Warming is code for
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:26 ET by jm1656Global Warming is code for Repubilcan.
Hysterical: The MSM Echo Chamber at work
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:27 ET by krendlerco-host Harry Smith hyped a new report on Global Warming: "A dire new warning about global warming. Why is the world's climate heating up faster than scientists have predicted?
Uhhhh, Because it isn't?
The report had nothing to do with "the world's climate heating up faster than predicted". It had to do with CO2 levels. Not temperature changes. If anything the headline should read: "Why is the world's climate refusing to cooperate w/ Al Gore hype about CO2 levels?" (same for obstructionist ice core data which defiantly shows temperatures increasing centuries before CO2 levels began to rise).
Global Warming...
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:27 ET by SouthJersey1953they continue to ignore the cooler temperatures
--looking for a good tagline--
Global Warming?
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:35 ET by AMR1960Global Warming (G.W.) is not established to the extent many think. A consensus is not a substitute for a proven event. The probabilistic modeling used to predict climate changes are scenarios and only as good as the parameters & defined variables in the model. The facts about GW are that the phenomenon is poorly understood and contaminated by skewed data.
The G.W. hype is a way to advance the cause of Collectivism. First they take what is a natural event (Global warming & cooling cycles) and claim that it's being caused by mankind (anthropogenic) Then they foment hysteria by over-blowing the conclusions.
They want to tax and control our economy. Eventually placing us under the control of a U.N. that is both corrupt and anti-Western
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GW?
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:40 ET by FOXFANEven more lies now, the one sure sign of snow is algore's in town to give a speech on GW.
Someone...
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:40 ET by on-the-rocksother than myself - suggested that they are ratcheting up the hysteria, so their policies can be credited - if we really are entering a period of global cooling.
If we do "nothing" and it cools, they lose more credibility. That is why they have to hurry.
Man-made fire caused by Global Warming?
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:43 ET by ThisnThatRead this. "Man charged with starting forest fire in Australia ".
Now, compare it with Seiberg's comment: "Scientists say those higher temperatures are fueling the intensity of wildfires, now raging in places like Australia".
Seiberg conveniently leaves out the fact that those fires were arson. And he didn't cite any evidence. And yet -- the impression he leaves is that Global Warming caused these fires. This is more than irresponsible. This is blatently false and misleading. The man needs to be fired -- immediately.
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The challenge is to follow a consistent plan despite inconsistent prices - Sarah Palin, State of the State of Alaska speech
You beat me to it
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:54 ET by IgnatzJFahrquarSo let's see. In my 51 years on this planet I've always heard that anything more than 30 - 50 miles from the coast in Australia has always been hot and dry.
My neighbor and I were just commenting that this Winter in Northeast Ohio was just like it used to be when we were kids back in the 60's ... cold and snowy.
Allah Gore be praised!!!!!
"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain
Australia’s weather is
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:46 ET by ApacheAustralia’s weather is "climate", not a weather event. You can tell the difference due to the fact that warmer temps support AGW and thus are "climate" related If Australia was under a foot of snow then that is what we call "weather" in AGW circles. So don't you knuckle dragging mouth breathers confuse the two.
Your insults reveal you lack of intellect Apache
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 16:19 ET by Army BratWhen facts fail...insults prevail.
What warmer temperatures? Even the Gore worshipping crowd at the UN had to admit....
Top UN scientists have been forced to admit
that natural weather occurrences are having a far greater effect on climate
change than CO2 emissions as a continued cooling trend means there has
been no global warming since 1998.
But despite overwhelming signs of global
cooling - China's
coldest winter for 100 years and record
snow levels across Northeast
America - allied with temperature
records showing a decline - global warming advocates still cling to the
notion that the world is cooling because of global warming!
Tell a lie often enough and it becomes the truth...eh Apache? And since you're tossing around insults...close your mouth...you look stupid.
"This would mean global temperatures
have not risen since 1998, prompting some to question climate change
theory."
Happy Trails...
Army Brat.
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 16:25 ET by KarmaI believe Apache was using sarcasm.
No representation, without taxation!
AB... I don't think you
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 16:35 ET by bigtimerAB...
I don't think you understood where Apache was coming from...you may agree with him if you read his post again. ;-)
Is my face red?...Yes....
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 18:20 ET by Army BratMy deepest Apologies to you Apache...
I beg forgivnance...my very bad....
As our Prez said..."I screwed up". Hopefully I won't screw up as much in the future as he has already.
Happy Trails...
Hey AB... We've all done
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 18:36 ET by bigtimerHey AB...
We've all done it....you aren't alone.
Apache just isn't here a heck of a lot, but I thought you may agree with him once you reread that. ;-)
No problem, don't worry about it :)
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 21:30 ET by ApacheMy sarcasm and dry sense of humor gets me in trouble more often than not. :)
When all you have is lies
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:47 ET by 10ksnookerThen you lie.
Taking advantage of disaster
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:48 ET by ckbennetttnSince we've had one of the coldest winters on record in the northern hemisphere, lots of snow and ice in London even, let's switch attention from that to the heat wave and fires in Australia . It's summer somewhere. It's the liberal Coriolis effect.
Obama: 'I screwed up'--We're going to be seeing this a lot.
" Scientists say those
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:49 ET by danbo" Scientists say those higher temperatures are fueling the intensity of wildfires, now raging in places like Australia."
Sorry Mr Seiburg. You just showed how clueless you are.
To look for the source, you need to look in a mirror Mr Sieburg.
Limited Disclosure: I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.
Re: Limited
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 13:01 ET by Captain RepusRe: Limited Disclosure
You aren't fooling anyone with that New Orleans Saints glasses story - it was the Blue Chip Stamps that sucked you in
I owned about 5-7 shares
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 16:58 ET by danboI owned about 5-7 shares of exxon 20 or so years ago. It was the $1.21 in dividens I got every quarter.
Limited Disclosure: I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.
Scientists Can't See the Forrest Through the Brushfire
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 14:30 ET by dboTrends in Homes Lost to Australian Brushfires Since 1926. What kind of two-bit scientist would correlate Australian brushfires with CO2?
Did you follow some of the
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 16:52 ET by danboDid you follow some of the links over there? To the old letters to the governments warning that a disaster was in the making. The laws the greenies passed through was seeing to it. And the green politicians. I think the greens can count out the Victoria area during the next election.
Limited Disclosure: I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.
Viscous Cycle of Cooling...
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:56 ET by PopularTech2009 - Record cold wind chills of -50 C recorded overnight in Saskatchewan (Canadian Press, January 4, 2009)
2009 - Forget warming, greenhouse gases may trigger ice age (The Times of India, January 5, 2009)
2009 - London colder than Antarctica (The Daily Telegraph, UK, January 5, 2009)
2009 - Poor burn books to stay warm in chilly India, 55 dead (Reuters, January 5, 2009)
2009 - Rochester sees snowiest winter in six years, record snow in December (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, January 5, 2009)
2009 - Cold streak sets new record, Saskatoon experiences 24 consecutive days of -25 C (The StarPhoenix, January 6, 2009)
2009 - Record cold weather payouts triggered as temperature hits -11C (The Times, UK, January 6, 2009)
2009 - Record-breaking cold -37 in Moose Jaw, Canada (The Moose Jaw Times Herald, Canada, January 6, 2009)
2009 - NCDC’s own graphic shows decadal cooling trend (Anthony Watts, Meteorologist, January 6, 2009)
2009 - Global Warming is Really Global Cooling (Right Side News, January 6, 2009)
2009 - Spokane, Wash., residents cope with record snow (FOX News, January 7, 2009)
2009 - 12 deaths blamed on snow, cold across Europe (International Herald Tribune, January 7, 2009)
2009 - Deadly cold, heavy snow grip Europe (National Post, January 8, 2009)
2009 - Minn. sled race canceled because of heavy snow (USA Today, January 8, 2009)
2009 - Extreme Alaska cold 60 below grounds planes, disables cars (CNS News, January 8, 2009)
2009 - Record snow takes toll on Great Falls plowing budget, crews (Montana News Network, January 9, 2009)
2009 - Life At Negative 78 Degrees In Alaska (NPR, January 9, 2009)
2009 - Polar Sea Ice Changes are Having a Net Cooling Effect on the Climate (Anthony Watts, Meteorologist, January 10, 2009)
2009 - Slovenia with record low temperature -49 (Montenegrin News Agency, January 11, 2009)
2009 - Earth on the Brink of an Ice Age (Pravda, Russia, January 11, 2009)
2009 - Global Cooling Headed Our Way (Newsmax, January 13, 2009)
2009 - Record cold hits eastern ND (The Daily News, January 13, 2009)
2009 - Biting cold hits Northeast, keeps even skiers home (ABC News, January 14, 2009)
2009 - Flint's 95-year-old record low falls as 19 below zero hits city (The Flint Journal, January 14, 2009)
2009 - Record snow lands on Bismarck-Mandan again (The Bismark Tribune, January 14, 2009)
2009 - Shocking cold wave drops temps to 40 below zero (Breitbart, January 14, 2009)
2009 - On the Brink of Climatic Disaster: the Coming Ice Age (The John Birch Society, January 15, 2009)
2009 - The Ice Age Cometh: Experts Warn of Global Cooling (Business & Media Institute, January 15, 2009)
2009 - Americans suffer record cold as temperatures plunge to -40C (Daily Mail, UK, January 16, 2009)
2009 - Record-breaking cold chills Western Massachusetts (The Republican, January 16, 2009)
2009 - Arctic front freezes US, Canada in record cold snap (AFP, January 16, 2009)
2009 - Cold pierces record in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Argus Leader, January 16, 2009)
2009 - Iowa Endures Record-Breaking Cold (KCRG-TV, January 16, 2009)
2009 - Record cold in Detroit as deep freeze continues (The Examiner, January 16, 2009)
2009 - Cold snaps 124-year-old record in Fredericton, Canada (The Daily Gleaner, January 17, 2009)
2009 - Record Cold Chills North Country, New York (North Country Gazette, January 17, 2009)
2009 - Today’s sub-zero cold sets new record in Binghamton, New York (Star-Gazette, January 17, 2009)
2009 - Low temperature ties 1951 record in Hawaii (The Maui News, January 20, 2009)
2009 - UAE mountain covered in rare snow (AFP, January 25, 2009)
2009 - 8 found dead in Michigan cold since Jan. 17 (The Chicago Tribune, January 28, 2009)
2009 - Two Fairfield, Illinois businesses collapse under snow, ice (Evansville Courier & Press, January 28, 2009)
2009 - Ice storm cuts power to 870,000 in Midwest (Reuters, January 28, 2009)
2009 - Docks Collapse Under Weight of Snow, Sleet and Ice (Ozarks First, January 29, 2009)
2009 - Snow Storm Sweeps Northeast From Texas; at Least 23 Are Dead (The New York Times, January 29, 2009)
2009 - Saginaw Michigan breaks 1947 snowfall record for a calendar year (The Saginaw News, February 02, 2009)
2009 - Heaviest Snow in 18 Years Brings Much of Europe to a Halt (FOX News, February 02, 2009)
2009 - 75 inches of January snow sets Juneau record (Anchorage Daily News, February 3, 2009)
2009 - Slippery Slope: Ice Age Cometh in Five Years (NewsMax, February 3, 2009)
2009 - Recent cold snap in Mount Airy, NC shatters 1982 record (Mount Airy News, February 4, 2009)
2009 - Six die in snow roof collapse in Morocco (afrol News, February 5, 2009)
2009 - Hamilton, Ontario Canada broke a 28-year record low temperature (The Hamilton Sectator, February 6, 2009)
2009 - Ice, snow collapse several Anna, Illinois buildings (The Southern, February 6, 2009)
2009 - Record Cold Weather in Western Cuba (Prensa Latina, February 6, 2009)
2009 - Vail, Colorado set record for January snow (Vail Daily, February 6, 2009)
2009 - Record-breaking cold -50°F temperature reached in Maine (NOAA, February 10, 2009)
2009 - Snow storms force German motorists to sleep in cars (The Earth Times, February 11, 2009)
Just like 2008...
Global Cooling in 2008
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is Not Pollution
LOL PT
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 13:02 ET by IgnatzJFahrquarI was wondering when you would chime in. I just copy and paste your links in emails to my brother who lives in Oregon. He has been subverted to the dark "smoldering global warm" side and needs an occassional 2x4 to the head explaining realities.
"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain
PT...that's really cold
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 13:02 ET by LionKingPT, you are so cool!!!
You are so cold to liberals by contradicting their beliefs with facts.
They Know
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:59 ET by ShanghaiRayWhether it's the stimulus plan, pork barrel politics, rampant corruption in the government, Global Warming/Cooling (or whatever environmental disaster flavor of the decade) and countless other b.s. THEY KNOW we won't and/or can't do a damn thing about it except go to websites to bitch about it or curse at our TVs and newspapers. They got us all on the run and there is nothing we can do about it. Elections are scams and if the results don't match the outcome THEY want then they'll just challenge it in some Federal Court packed with liberal judges.
There is really only one option to stop all of this but I don't see any George Washingtons, Thomas Paines, Thomas Jeffersons, Patrick Henrys et al. that will literally take up arms against the enemy within.
This won't stop until we take our government back and if you think it will then you're just playing the role of a sheep.
Disclaimer: This is not directed at anyone on this site in particular so please don't take personal offense if the shoe doesn't fit. And if it does - well, there is only one thing to do about it.
agw is:
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 13:06 ET by larry on LIour sock puppet president's next 'catastrophe' to beat the drum for cap and trade.
The Scientific Evidence Against "Man-Made" Global Warming
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 13:15 ET by PopularTechDon't Believe the Hype (Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Atmospheric Science, MIT)
I Was On the Global Warming Gravy Train (David Evans, B.Sc. Applied Mathematics and Physics, M.S. Statistics, Ph.D.)
The Case for Skepticism on Global Warming (Michael Crichton, A.B. Anthropology, M.D. Harvard)
The Amazing Story Behind the Global Warming Scam (John Coleman, Founder of The Weather Channel)
Climate chaos? Don't believe it (Christopher Monckton, Mathematician, UK)
Guides:
A Global Warming Primer (PDF) (National Center for Policy Analysis)
A Skeptical Layman's Guide to Anthropogenic Global Warming (PDF) (Climate Skeptic)
A Skeptic's Guide to An Inconvenient Truth (PDF) (Marlo Lewis Jr. Ph.D.)
The Skeptics Handbook (PDF) (Joanne Nova, Ph.D. Meteorology)
Papers:
Anthropogenic Global Warming: A Skeptical Point of View (PDF) (Anthony R. Lupo, Ph.D. Professor of Atmospheric Science)
Climate Science: Climate Change and Its Impacts (PDF) (David R. Legates, Ph.D. Professor of Climatology)
CO2: The Greatest Scientific Scandal of Our Time (PDF) (Zbigniew Jaworowski, M.D. Ph.D. D.Sc. Natural Sciences)
Environmental Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (PDF) (Arthur B. Robinson, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry)
Is the Sky Really Falling? A Review of Recent Global Warming Scare Stories (PDF) (Patrick J. Michaels, Ph.D. Ecological Climatology)
The Myth of Dangerous Human Caused Climate Change (PDF) (Robert M. Carter, Ph.D. Professor of Environmental and Earth Science)
Independent Summary for Policymakers: IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (PDF) (The Fraser Institute)
NIPCC: Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate (PDF) (S. Fred Singer, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is Not Pollution
Yes, global warming is a
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 13:17 ET by moderncommentaries83Yes, global warming is a vicious cycle.
Why...just look:
And it repeats itself over and over again...
Vicious cycle indeed.
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam
The Politics of Fear...
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 13:22 ET by Jarhead68Brought to you by the democRAT party and their media minions. What a load of crap.
It is all a blatant attack on freedom, liberty, and capitalism
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 13:45 ET by thebutlerdiditthey want the people afraid. They want to be able to say they are saving us. Thank goodness we will have those Big Brother government folks to Nanny State us. Everything that is happening, from the banks, to this is all a plan, and they are implementing it just like they want. We haven't heard fear yet. The real fear is coming. They will have people so afraid to all these crises, that we will willingly give up all our freedoms to help save the planet. Utter mind control.
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
And just who ...
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 13:36 ET by SentryDanAnd just who are our elected senators and representatives supposed to represent? Why their constituents, of course. But who do the democratic senators and representatives represent? Why only their democratic constituents, of course.
And the same goes for "the one". He doesn't consider anyone who is not a democrat worth listening to. Neither he nor the congress has listened to "We the People" when we voiced our opposition to this porkulus spending bill.
And apparently, Obama has talked with his friends at the UN and told them to ask for some of the "bailout funds. What a guy. First the United States, then the World. This guy is looking for OWG. Stay tuned.
Remember folks, Freedom isn't Free. It was bought with the blood and sacrifice of the men and women who are serving and who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.
Also remember folks, that the way to SUPPORT THE TROOPS is to support their mission. Anyone who says that they support the troops but don't support their mission is lying about supporting the troops. And if you want to know, yes I do have a dog in the fight, he is a United States Marine.
This strategy worked for
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 13:37 ET by KevroyThis strategy worked for the Porkulus Bill. "We must act now to avert a catastrophe". No time for debate.
They need action now of course because in a few years the hoax will be evident to all. It disgusts me that none of these news outlets will show an opposing viewpoint. And if they did, they would be inundated by the whackos calling for boycotts against their advertisers.
Smack Algore
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 13:44 ET by rightwingchefThis global warming hyper hysteria is a pile of crap. Talk about beating up a dead horse, every time the opposition say's something contrary, these nut jobs come out with a word of desperation. Global warming is Lib talk for " We want more of your money " . I wish someone would smack ALGORE, maybe it would rattle around that pea brain and cause him to learn the truth. I do however understand that the " TRUTH " is not part of the Lib vocabulary.
AGWers are under the cold gun to get rolling on TAXES
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 14:49 ET by upcountrywaterSo they can take credit for finally cooling off the planet..
It's summer in Austraila, and they had some Urban heat records broken...
Where is the record hot in South Africa and South America?
Arsons and greenies, what a pyro team!
pURPLe pINKy
arsonist/greenie dream team
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 18:01 ET by UndercoverConservativeany bets on them being one in the same? Or followers of a certain beheading-o-phile religious outlook?
"to call an illegal immigrant an "undocumented alien" is like calling a streetcorner drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist".
"You spend your money anyway you want and respect other's rights to do the same&quo
Since the earth has been cooling for the past few years...
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 14:50 ET by ThalpySince the earth has been cooling for the past few years, why don't we simply try the truth for a while? Al Gore, James Hansen, and others wouldn't provide the truth if it bit them on the fanny.
Speaking of Hanson
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 19:54 ET by ReaverHe's really been trying to outdo himself lately http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/15/james-hansen-power-plants-coal
The headline is "Coal-fired power stations are death factories."
and the money quote"The reason is this - coal is the single greatest threat to civilisation and all life on our planet."
Of course its also the single greatest source of electricity but we shouldn't let that stop us from shutting it down. Ya know I hear this guy used to be a scientist.
If stupidity got us into this mess,
then why can't it get us out?
--Will Rogers
I guess that ICE STORM that
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 14:50 ET by DavartI guess that ICE STORM that knocked my power out for 3 weeks was a result of global warming ... some one please shoot these idiots and put them out of my misery.
http://www.davart.net/awg/
The Angry White Guy Blog
The timing is critical.....
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 16:11 ET by HillbillyKingThese statements about the "acceleration of global warming" come along at the most opportune moment.
The public is saturated with fear-mongering about the economy and are also saturated with the "need to do something now!" appeal. It is the PERFECT time to piggyback some global warming hysteria onto the panicky sheep.
This assault is just the beginning. Now that they've gotten the fearmongering into high gear AND they've seen that it works, they will continue to bombard us until they've passed their GW manifesto.
I recommend starting a woodstove, camp/bon/grill-fire ASAP. Might as well enjoy it before it's outlawed. And No, I'm not joking.
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
Don Marquis 1878-1937
HK... I know you're not
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 16:17 ET by bigtimerHK...
I know you're not kidding...I have posted before, even in my sparsely populated neck of the woods, the leftist greenie weenies have been trying through lying rhetoric to have wood-stoves abolished...the majority of all of us in this area depend on wood-stoves to heat our homes in the winter time.
It is maddening...and as long as I am alive, we aren't going to ever quit using our wood-stoves...
Before we moved out of town limits you had to have the EPA come out and certify that your stove was approved, it is inching it's way to the boonies now...and if they can't get 'er done, they do via the insurance companies on your home owner policy.
They strangle all of us...if they can.
bt, strangle us they will...
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 16:31 ET by HillbillyKingIf we let em.
I for one, don't intend to let em!
As the frog said, "Don't ever give up!"
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
Don Marquis 1878-1937
HK... Now that link is a
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 21:48 ET by bigtimerHK...
Now that link is a riot!
Never Give Up indeed....he's got his hands wrapped around the problem...he will win too.
Thanks.
HK
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 02:08 ET by NorthCoasterIs that big beaked bird Al Gore? I thought it looked familiar.
Pile
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 02:07 ET by NorthCoasterPILE MORE BLANKETS ON ETHEL!
We're not allowed to burn anything for heat!
Oh, and don't forget dictating your food choices.....
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 16:19 ET by HillbillyKingReally, they want to ban hamburgers.
Don't fool yourselves, that is how they really view the world.
So don't be surprised when they really begin clamoring to remove certain "high-carbon" foods from the grocery store. It's only a matter of time.
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
Don Marquis 1878-1937
Don't forget your lawn
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 16:47 ET by danboDon't forget your lawn mower. It's killed millions of people already.
And when you don't cut the grass. (Sounds good to me.) And your house burns when a match falls in the mass of dead weeds. They'll blam global warming.
Limited Disclosure: I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.
Hamburgers
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 02:05 ET by NorthCoasterI think I'll just buy a side of beef from Farmer John who is only a mile down the road from me.
HaHaHaHa!
Haven't these economically
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 18:09 ET by fitzfongHaven't these economically illiterate, Marxist parasites done enough damage to the world economy?
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill
Science from CBS
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 18:28 ET by allanfGetting your science from CBS "News" is worse than going to the Barber for medical advice. Barbers are at least licensed professionals.
Science attacks Journalism
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 18:46 ET by Ralph Hansen Ph. D.You all must read this from Dr. Roger Pielke Sr.:
An Egregious Example Of Biased News Reporting
Ralph
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 02:02 ET by NorthCoasterGreat site. Check out the archives for marvelous articles on man's real contributions to climate change. (Hint: Loss of snow on Kilimanjaro has little to do with CO2 and much to do with deforestation.)
Again CO2 rises not temp
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 21:44 ET by urbangreenThis is so tiresome. I don’t know how many times it has to be repeated that the rise of CO2 does not correlate with temperature increase. This is why the temperatures have decreased for the past decade (empirical data) while CO2 has increased. They are definitely stuck on stupid.
They are all caterwauling about the rise of CO2 – automatically assuming the increase in temperatures. For once I would like to see real data that is not generated from a faulty model.
America now's entered the era of . . .
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 22:00 ET by CKA in Red State USAnegative catastrophic superlatives: "dire," "Armageddon," "catastrophic," "Great Depression," etc.
All tools of narrow, hysterical, uninformed minds.
but...but....
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 17:56 ET by UndercoverConservative..it's only conservatives and Repblicans who "create bogeymen" and "rule by fear" with their calls of preparation and security against extremist religious nuts. Liberals only use emotionally loaded, fear creation when it's actually true!...
...or not. :P
"to call an illegal immigrant an "undocumented alien" is like calling a streetcorner drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist".
"You spend your money anyway you want and respect other's rights to do the same&quo
Yeah Right
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 01:57 ET by NorthCoasterWhat planet are you living on Maggie, Mark and Dan? The average temperature has been falling since 1998. Th only reason that you think it's getting hotter is the there is still very few updates to the climate record. The updates from Hansen at NASA are not real. The numbers are all adjusted and fudged to make the slope rise instead of fall. Look at the graphs of the raw unadjusted numbers. When you compare the two, the slope magically increases after adjustment.
FUDGED DATA!
economic warfare or climate change, stop the BS cycle
Tue, 02/17/2009 - 17:54 ET by UndercoverConservativeAny "mandate" or "protocol" that does *not* include China and India and force them to reduce their pollutive outputs is nothing more than economic warfare. All this "per capita" amounts don't mean squat, it's overall amount of output that, if the AGW proponents of CO2 are to be believed, that causes an effect.
Until that happens, and China and India actually reduce pollutive output, then the AGW guys can "eff" off. If the rest of the world wants to destroy America, they can man up and march an army. If they want to destroy our industry, try it with bombers and missiles, not pseudoscience and propaganda. I for one will not do the work of third-world armies for them.
"to call an illegal immigrant an "undocumented alien" is like calling a streetcorner drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist".
"You spend your money anyway you want and respect other's rights to do the same&quo