How dare a person use facts and logic to discuss the situation in Iowa! We are all supposed to blindly believe a warming globe did all this.

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this is certainly nice to see

going to take a helluva lot more than one article however

Careful Mr. Achenbach. You're talking facts. The 12th son of the Lama himself, James Hansen, is going to want to put you on trial for "crimes against humanity".

…that before Katrina, the "consensus" in the meteorology community was that hurricanes had little to do with “global warming”.  But then 2005 happened, and Al Gore and his chorus started repeating that increased hurricane activity was because of “global warming”, and all of a sudden the “experts” concurred.  2006 was supposed to be the year of doom that was likely to wipe the “red” states along the southern coasts from the map. Then a strange thing happened, or didn’t happen; Absolutely nothing. 

Since 2005, storms making landfall have been few, relatively weak, and far between.  In fact, in much of the south we have a drought, also the fault of “global warming” no doubt.  (We’d actually like a few tropical depressions, actually)

“Experts” using computer models built upon questionable hypothesis with synthesized data claim to tell us with absolute certainty what the weather is going to be like 100 years from now.  And yet, they’ve completely botched the last 3 hurricane seasons.  Not only that, with actual observed data from millions of points, they can’t even tell me with any reasonable degree of certainty what the weather is going to be like 100 hours from now, much less 100 years.

I think much of the problem with the climate “experts” is that within the last 15 years or so, it’s become acceptable to use statistical methodology derived from the social sciences, where so many factors have to be “best guess” to correct the errors of omission inherent in the field.  And we know how well that works.  The only difference is, that the media (almost) actually has the power to create a recession, whereas endlessly repeating doom and gloom about the weather isn’t going to create any more hurricanes.

This is a sad sad day.  Not because the WaPO actually posted an article sort of, in a way, castigating catastrophic AGW dogma, but because this is the day I learned the toronto maple leafs will win a Stanley Cup.  i.e. hell froze over too.

There are 2 types of politicians.  Those who know AGW is a sham and stupid ones.

a very disturbing sign. After reading the entire WaPo article a few things stuck out;

"Seems to me that it's inherently impossible to prove a causal
connection between climate and weather -- they're just two different
things. Moreover, the evidence for man-made climate change is solid
enough that it doesn't need to be bolstered by iffy claims. Rigorous
science is the best weapon for persuading the public that this is a
real problem that requires bold action. "Weather alarmism" gives
ammunition to global-warming deniers. They're happy to fight on that
turf, since they can say that a year with relatively few hurricanes (or
a cold snap when you don't expect it) proves that global warming is a
myth. As science writer John Tierney put it in the New York Times
earlier this year, weather alarmism "leaves climate politics at the
mercy of the weather."

"Some folks may actually get the notion that the planet will be safe if
we all just start driving Priuses. But even if we cured ourselves of
our addiction to fossil fuels and stabilized the planet's climate, we'd
still have an environmental crisis on our hands. Our fundamental
problem is that -- now it's my chance to sound hysterical -- humans are
a species out of control. We've been hellbent on wrecking our
environment pretty much since the day we figured out how to make fire"

"The basic problem is that there are so many of us now. Four centuries
ago, there were about 500 million people on Earth. Today there are that
many, plus 6 billion. We're rapidly heading toward 9 billion.
Conservatives say that we just need to focus on maintaining free
markets and let everything sort itself out through the miracle of the
invisible hand. But the political tide is turning against unfettered
free markets and toward greater regulation. Climate-change policy is
part of that: Somehow we've got to embed environmental effects into the
cost of energy sources, consumer goods and so on. The market approach
by itself has let us down." (emphasis mine)

The inclusion of the above material is a subtle, and therefore a surprising and disturbing, manipulation by a "mainstream" manufactured opinion outlet. By calling out some of the zealots of the AGW media movement, Mr. Achenbach insinuates that his propaganda is thereby more reasonable and logical.

Obviously that is not the case. Yet the fact that he was allowed to do so worries me. I regret to say that this may foretell of a shift to a kinder, gentler, yet even more dangerous type of climate change alarmism. One that sacrifices its more extreme members in the hope of appealing to a broader audience. All the while, remaining true to the tenets of socialism and global population reduction. 

I hope I'm wrong, for it's a scary proposition if I'm not.

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

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70 years ago the world started coming out of the great depression. Since that time, world population, economic growth and man made CO2 emissions have grown exponentially. Yet in that time, the trend line for global temperatures have been flat or cooling for 50 years, while 20 years have seen warming. Even in those 20 warming years, warming has been limited mainly to the  northern hemispere only. How much longer can this scam continue?

This just laments the fact that blaming everything on Global Warming trns people off to the FACT of human Caused Climate Change!

That's an even bigger hoax than Gloabl Warming ever was!

Sinc eit's being disproved that the Globe has actually warmed over the last two yeras, they had to move on to another issue. So Climate Change ( heating and cooling ) was inveneted! So now they can wage war on our economy from both sides of the equation.

Heating or cooling caused by Man and we must stop it by getting off OIL!

We are so screwed!

Noel,

You and some others may be aware of this, but I had never heard this about Gore so I thought I would copy here for all to enjoy... 

"Before we get too carried away with this depiction of Gore as an eco-extremist, perhaps someone should check in with the people of East Liverpool, Ohio. Back in 1992 when Gore first campaigned for vice president, they heard him promise to block a planned toxic waste incinerator that was being built just 400 yards away from an elementary school, in a flood plain in a valley that experiences frequent pollution-trapping air inversions. "The very idea," said candidate Gore at the time, was "just unbelievable to me."

"Once in office, however, he quickly reversed himself-- not surprisingly, since Little Rock investment banker Jackson Stephens, the Clinton-Gore campaign's biggest financial backer, was involved in financing the incinerator. Today the incinerator is chugging away, pumping tons of toxins into the air each year including dioxins, acid gases like hydrogen chloride, and heavy metals including mercury, lead and chromium."

And this is the guy who's gonna save the world?

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hwm982xx agrees fully with the comment referenced below.  He has identified the true content of the article. 

 This is actually....August 4, 2008 - 12:20 ET by HillbillyKing  "A very disturbing sign. After reading the entire WaPo article a few things stuck out; ..........."

The  WaPo article by  Achenbach obviously believes in CO2 caused global warming but it trying to neuter it to make his beliefs more appealing to the general public - very bad.

Here's a supporter of elitist alarmism and proud of it...

"If affect is trumping the reason of the maddening crowd, perhaps the answer lies in enlisting the power of those who simply reason more. At the risk of being elitist, can we assume that those who employ their reason more greatly are those with higher education, the institutional drivers of the society? Are those people also those who are (from a power point of view) in the best position to impact policy?

Clearly policy makers need motivation. Doesn’t it make sense to shift the decision making model away from bottom (horde) up, to top (movers and shakers) down?

So sell the movers and shakers (think of as broad based group) and let them sell the politicians. The rest of the people will follow because they are already convinced that GW is a serious matter. "

— Posted by Bill Boland

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