Folks, you can’t make this stuff up. However, I sincerely beg all readers to properly stow potables, combustibles, and sharp objects before proceeding further.
An expedition to the North Pole to bring attention to global warming was cancelled due to the extraordinarily cold weather. I kid you not. As reported by the Associated Press Monday (emphasis mine throughout):
The explorers, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, on Saturday called off what was intended to be a 530-mile trek across the Arctic Ocean after Arnesen suffered frostbite in three of her toes, and extreme cold temperatures drained the batteries in some of their electronic equipment.
"Ann said losing toes and going forward at all costs was never part of the journey," said Ann Atwood, who helped organize the expedition.
I’m verklempt, and having difficulty typing through the tears of laughter. But, unlike our intrepid explorers, I must go on for the benefit of mankind:
Then there was the cold - quite a bit colder, Atwood said, then Bancroft and Arnesen had expected. One night they measured the temperature inside their tent at 58 degrees below zero, and outside temperatures were exceeding 100 below zero at times, Atwood said.
"My first reaction when they called to say there were calling it off was that they just sounded really, really cold," Atwood said.
<Johnny Carson voice> How cold was it? </Johnny Carson voice>:
She said Bancroft and Arnesen were applying hot water bottles to Arnesen's foot every night, but had to wake up periodically because the bottles froze.
Ouch. That’s cold! Marvelously, it was much colder then Bancroft’s trip 21 years ago:
The explorers had planned to call in regular updates to school groups by satellite phone, and had planned online posts with photographic evidence of global warming. In contrast to Bancroft's 1986 trek across the Arctic with fellow Minnesota explorer Will Steger, this time she and Arnesen were prepared to don body suits and swim through areas where polar ice has melted.
<insert hysterical laughter here>:
Atwood said there was some irony that a trip to call attention to global warming was scuttled in part by extreme cold temperatures.
"They were experiencing temperatures that weren't expected with global warming," Atwood said. "But one of the things we see with global warming is unpredictability."
Yep. It was soooooo cold up there because of global warming.
Talk amongst yourselves, for I’m having trouble breathing and might need medical attention!
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This was exactly what my fr
March 12, 2007 - 15:59 ET by DyneThis was exactly what my friends and I needed to hear to cheer everyone in the room up. Thanks, Noel. XD
Show me the law, and only then will I pay income taxes.
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” - John Adams
Noel - this one is so funny--
March 12, 2007 - 16:20 ET by misterbillNoel - this one is so funny--that I should not have read it without my astronaut diaper on.
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March 12, 2007 - 20:26 ET by tkeefeHAAAAAA .HAAAAAA.HAAAAAA> OUUUUUHOOOOO OHHHHH MYYYYYYYY HAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA OHHHHHH STOP IT HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA OUCH BIT MY TOUNGE HAHAHAHAHAHA OHHHHHH GODDDDD HEEEE HEEEEEE HEEEEEE WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA IT'S COLD UP THERE!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH STOP STOP IT HAAA HAAAA HAAA OH GOD IM CRYIN LOL LOL LOL HAHAHAHA.
HAAAAAA .HAAAAAA.HAAAAAA>
March 12, 2007 - 20:26 ET by tkeefeHAAAAAA .HAAAAAA.HAAAAAA> OUUUUUHOOOOO OHHHHH MYYYYYYYY HAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA OHHHHHH STOP IT HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA OUCH BIT MY TOUNGE HAHAHAHAHAHA OHHHHHH GODDDDD HEEEE HEEEEEE HEEEEEE WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA IT'S COLD UP THERE!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH STOP STOP IT HAAA HAAAA HAAA OH GOD IM CRYIN LOL LOL LOL HAHAHAHA.
"But one of the things
March 12, 2007 - 16:22 ET by MightyMouth"But one of the things we see with global warming is unpredictability."
Notice how the liberal, in his natural habitat, will DISMISS the clearly obvious with a single statement of nonsense.
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
MM
March 12, 2007 - 16:27 ET by Noel SheppardMM,
Yeah -- it's cold at the North Pole...IN MARCH!!! He would expect such a thing? :-) ns
Ha Ha Noel, Maybe they went
March 12, 2007 - 16:38 ET by MightyMouthHa Ha Noel, Maybe they went to the WRONG POLE! Perhaps that "Global Warming" is at the SOUTH POLE!? Poor planning, they should have sent out TWO parties to find the GW. LOL!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Arnesen is gonna have to limp
March 12, 2007 - 16:29 ET by bigtimerArnesen is gonna have to limp through life with her story now....
LMAO!
I have been in 98 below temperatures with wind off of the ocean on a fish dock unloading fish in Prince William Sound in winter....seems to me, she could of at least waited until say Aug. Sept.....
Too funny...I mean it!
Talk about the silly season!
That may be their plan -- wai
March 12, 2007 - 17:28 ET by ThisnThatThat may be their plan -- wait until Aug and then report that the artic has warmed up. I know a whole lot of MSM-types that will buy that, hook-line-and sinker.
HAAAAAA .HAAAAAA.HAAAAAA>
March 12, 2007 - 20:27 ET by tkeefeHAAAAAA .HAAAAAA.HAAAAAA> OUUUUUHOOOOO OHHHHH MYYYYYYYY HAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA OHHHHHH STOP IT HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA OUCH BIT MY TOUNGE HAHAHAHAHAHA OHHHHHH GODDDDD HEEEE HEEEEEE HEEEEEE WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA IT'S COLD UP THERE!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH STOP STOP IT HAAA HAAAA HAAA OH GOD IM CRYIN LOL LOL LOL HAHAHAHA.
HAAAAAA .HAAAAAA.HAAAAAA>
March 12, 2007 - 20:27 ET by tkeefeHAAAAAA .HAAAAAA.HAAAAAA> OUUUUUHOOOOO OHHHHH MYYYYYYYY HAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA OHHHHHH STOP IT HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA OUCH BIT MY TOUNGE HAHAHAHAHAHA OHHHHHH GODDDDD HEEEE HEEEEEE HEEEEEE WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA IT'S COLD UP THERE!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH STOP STOP IT HAAA HAAAA HAAA OH GOD IM CRYIN LOL LOL LOL HAHAHAHA.
These are climate experts? So
March 12, 2007 - 19:20 ET by danboThese are climate experts? So sure of the science. She should have brought here bikini to work on her tan.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
so funny
March 12, 2007 - 16:32 ET by derbalthis is just so funny. i'm laughing as i type this. wonder if the msm will report on this. oh, wait, global warming causes incredibly cold weather too...hahahahahaha
This is hilarious, can't wait
March 12, 2007 - 16:34 ET by Clear thinkerThis is hilarious, can't wait to show it to my granddaughter.
Thanks a million!
The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA.
The last quote made me chuckl
March 12, 2007 - 16:37 ET by Roger the ShrubberThe last quote made me chuckle:
"But one of the things we see with global warming is unpredictability."
I'm still trying to figure ou
March 12, 2007 - 17:11 ET by balboaI'm still trying to figure out why Mel Brooks' deceased wife came all the way back from the dead just to trek across the North Pole.
To scare the heck out of Mel
March 12, 2007 - 18:23 ET by bigtimerTo scare the heck out of Mel boa...
He is still on this planet isn't he?
Good one, Bal!
March 12, 2007 - 21:15 ET by Roger the ShrubberGood one, Bal!
Although not as funny as No
March 12, 2007 - 16:38 ET by Dave in TexasAlthough not as funny as Noel's article, there was also this one over at Junk Science. Kitten Boom Litters Shelters. A couple of quotes:
It's raining cats and climate change is to blame.
Cat
owners let their pets outside when it's mild and keep them indoors when
it's cold. So the moderate temperatures of recent fall and early winter
seasons translates into more opportunities to breed and wander off.
But later on, there was this beauty:
We've just had two cats come in with frostbite that are about to lose their ears.
Must be some sort of new "moderate temperature" frostbite that I'm not familiar with.
Seems a banner year for the G
March 12, 2007 - 16:38 ET by bassndudeSeems a banner year for the GW crowd. What with the cancellations of the conference on GW because of blizzards, calling off the showing of AlGores movie because of snow, record snow falls around the country, near record lows in many parts of the country. Snow in southern California. Yep, lots of proof that the climate is unpredictable. Got me convinced. :-))))
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Exactly bass. Though every
March 12, 2007 - 16:57 ET by Challenger GrimExactly bass. Though every time I try and point out this possible logical contradiction in GW, liberals launch into a whole "you don't know anything" or some convoluted explination of "climate change" etc. To paraphase the old saying: "these poor liberals, they're so educated they have no common sense".
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March 12, 2007 - 20:28 ET by tkeefeHAAAAAA .HAAAAAA.HAAAAAA> OUUUUUHOOOOO OHHHHH MYYYYYYYY HAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA OHHHHHH STOP IT HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA OUCH BIT MY TOUNGE HAHAHAHAHAHA OHHHHHH GODDDDD HEEEE HEEEEEE HEEEEEE WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA IT'S COLD UP THERE!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH STOP STOP IT HAAA HAAAA HAAA OH GOD IM CRYIN LOL LOL LOL HAHAHAHA.
Predictable weather - ah, the good old days.
March 12, 2007 - 17:20 ET by Gary HallPredictable weather - ah, the good old days. I just love that conclusion:
Soooo, back before global warming (hmm that would be some 12,000 years ago, by the way) the weather was predictable? Who could we call and ask?
"We didn't have unpredictabilty before Global Warming" - Coming soon to a Oscar party near you.
CHeck out ..http://news.indep
March 12, 2007 - 19:44 ET by M J BCHeck out ..
http://news.independ...
Why M J B?
March 12, 2007 - 19:54 ET by RJWhy? This is a discussion board, not a chase-the-mystery-link board.
If you have something to say about it, then say it. We can then decide if we want to look at the link.
If you wish to check out thin
March 12, 2007 - 20:42 ET by danboIf you wish to check out things you might want to check out... This. With the main body here.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
The summary presentation of c
March 12, 2007 - 21:11 ET by dahliatraversThe summary presentation of certain scientific findings was negotiated??
"I'll omit these four facts if you'll omit those five." "Okay, but I need this graph gone. It's too effective."
Honest to pete. Calling it
March 12, 2007 - 20:24 ET by dahliatraversHonest to pete. Calling it "climate change" covers every base. We have to do something - stop burning petroleum, deal with cow emissions, buy carbon offsets - no matter what the weather is.
New Problem
March 12, 2007 - 17:21 ET by SanityClauseHelp needed!
Noel,
Please help me out with a problem I and others soon will be having:
Just shy of 3 weeks from now, we will be celebrating April Fools' Day.
Now because of people like you, I will probably hear some silly thing that somebody makes up and think it is true!
This cannot be a serious arti
March 12, 2007 - 18:15 ET by tekhakThis cannot be a serious article. This had to be from "The Onion" or some Faux News Source.
They were going to go swimming? In the NORTH POLE?
I hate to be the newsbusters Preacher but this reminds me of a bible verse in Romans Chapter One.
These people are fools. They worship the earth and look like idiots and morons.
www.teddybearjesus.com
OH LORD IM SORRY FOLKS, BUT
March 12, 2007 - 20:29 ET by tkeefeOH LORD IM SORRY FOLKS, BUT THAT JUST MADE MY WEEK. AND IT IS ONLY MONDAY!!!!
we're probably still going to
March 12, 2007 - 20:53 ET by soosanwe're probably still going to lose the GW debate but at least we will have had a good giggle or two along the the way. thanks for the smile.
Oh the dems will probably for
March 12, 2007 - 21:21 ET by danboOh the dems will probably force things through. The dems complain about Bush preying on peoples fear. They're doing what they complain about.
We'll pay a lot more for everything. The rich demos will still have their limos and private jets. People will starve in the 3rd world because the greenie weenies wrecked the economies. Killed the african dream. The SE Asia dream. Disease will get even worse in the 3rd world because people will be poorer.
And we'll all be reminded why we voted the dems out of power 10 years ago.
But the thought of this dim wit hobbling around. So arrogantly she she froze them off while ignoring its cold in the arctic in winter. That one is priceless.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
danbo, When I read about the
March 12, 2007 - 21:30 ET by Blondedanbo, When I read about the frozen toes, I felt badly for this person. But since you put it that way....now you've got me laughing. These people are clueless.
Some endevors aren't very for
March 12, 2007 - 22:18 ET by danboSome endevors aren't very forgiving of errors. In caves you have at least one back up for everything. 2 for lights. You never penetrate beyond a third your air. And unfortunately, sometimes that isn't enough. There are survival rules. I can see the arctic as even more unforgiving.
If you get involved in something like this, you know or should know what you're geting into.
Look at the wording. She was going to swim across the expanses of "melted ice". This is still winter. Any breaks are probably caused by tides and currents. And can also quickly close back up. (I hope for her, the body suit was a dry suit. If not she's even more of a dim wit.)
You expect the unexpected. Seems she was caught up by the hype. And didn't expect the possibility of it getting that bad. It's like a cave diver being supprised by a silt out.
It's sad she lost her toes. But looks like she got caught up by the hype. And was going to show how warm it was. Well looks like it was danged cold.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
danbo,I have a friend who is
March 12, 2007 - 22:32 ET by Blondedanbo,
I have a friend who is a big cave diver, as well as doing the big technical dives off shore.
Not for me.
I still don't know what was trying to be proved by this little, um, excursion. This woman was bloody lucky that the sum total of three toes was all she lost.
Unbelievable stupidity, actually.
BlondeI remember you telling
March 12, 2007 - 22:56 ET by danboBlonde
I remember you telling me, Unfortunately, I haven't had much chance to go back in since I started training last summer. Need to practice. (Though the cost of all the gear is making me question how far to go with caves or tech diving.)
If you ever dive up at Ginnie Springs. Stick your head in the entrance of the grand ballroom. (They may not let you dive with a light if you're not certified.) It's a neat cavern.
A lot of climbers have lost fingers and toes. And more. I understand the body of a climber is still up on Aconcagua near the summit. Too high for anyone to bring him down.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
Danbo, a friend of mine found
March 12, 2007 - 23:11 ET by MikeBDanbo, a friend of mine found a leg at the bottom of a climb in Yosemite several years ago. I used to rock climb at a decent level of difficulty, but I can't do much rock climbing anymore due to back problems. I never got into alpine climbing. I don't like the cold.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
You know, it is winter up t
March 12, 2007 - 23:24 ET by liberal_bug_zapperYou know, it is winter up there.... still... and in the winter in the arctic.... at this particular time, the sun only breaches the horizon for very short periods before plunging the whole arctic back into darkness for another 20 or so hours. The fact that it's as cold as it was should have come as no surprise to anyone with half a brain.... unless, the person going up there completely and 200% believes the whole myth of "Global Warming".... the name itself is a misnomer, and any real scientist (which I feel I can count myself in that group of world wide scientists since I am a scientist... not a climate scientist, but does that matter?) knows that climate change has happened for as long as this planet has had an atmosphere
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"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine
... I am a scientist ... not
March 13, 2007 - 12:48 ET by dahliatravers... I am a scientist ... not a climate scientist, but does that matter?
Yes, because you doubt AGW. If you supported it, you'd be a genius and your specialty wouldn't matter.
I started my cave diving trai
March 13, 2007 - 00:16 ET by danboI started my cave diving training. (Probably a lot easier on the body than rock climbing. So old men like me can do it.) I'm still new at it. But many of the people I've talked to who have been cave diving a while, personally know someone who is no longer around. (There are grim reaper signs at cave entrances for a reason.)
Sometimes life isn't very forgiving.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
danbo,Thanks for that link.
March 13, 2007 - 06:30 ET by Blondedanbo,
Thanks for that link. That would turn me around in a second.
One little problem with cave diving for me...I'm kind of claustrophobic. I even have a bad time with high speed elevators.
Good luck with your training. I know it's extremely technical.
Mornin' Blonde,Noel's post
March 13, 2007 - 06:48 ET by Dave RMornin' Blonde,
Noel's post has me in tears it is so funny. These GW True Believers or such a hoot.
Haven't run in to our little German friend lately. I think he is avoiding me. :-)
Speaking of dangerous pursuits, I played a lot of golf over the weekend with my brother. A private club is the only way do go. Slipped and fell on my hip climbing out of a bunker. Nice big bruise but nothing broken.
Oh, and if you haven't heard, I'm on my way to Hell now, according to Debra.
Well, I got to get busy. See y'all at lunch.
DR
And morning again Blonde. I u
March 13, 2007 - 08:36 ET by danboAnd morning again Blonde. I understand the claustrophobia. If the ceiling is only 4 or so feet up. You're probably going to be banging your tank on the ceiling. If you're wearing doubles. The banging can roll off the valve on one of the tanks. You go to switch tanks. No air.
If you go too close to the bottom. In a low flow cave, one fin stroke can disturbe the accumulated silt on the bottom. Viz goes to zero. You have to find your way out by braille.
But, if I never go into a cave again. I will say. This did more to make me a better and safer diver than anything I've done before.
Maybe the arctic should follow the example of cavers. Putting grim reaper signs along the ice. "Warning. It may be cold up there."
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
Be careful in those caves. Pe
March 13, 2007 - 11:02 ET by florida_chadBe careful in those caves. People die here in caves in north central florida every year. Seems like a bad way to die.
Global Warming
March 13, 2007 - 10:51 ET by pbanks7Looks like Ann Quixote survived to fight again! =-D
Ignorance is bliss. It's easier to repeat a mindless slogan than to do some actual research.
This story was also reporte
March 12, 2007 - 21:35 ET by radiofitz34This story was also reported by Mark Weaver on WMAL on my way to work. That's a great way to start a work day (yes, sometimes radio IS work) with a good laugh.
By the way, I met Anne Bancroft and Liv Arneson about 2 years ago. I was running the board for the Mimi Geerges Show. It's an interview show on WEBR and on XM. They seemed to be nice gals. I guess they could'nt resist trying to top Don Quixote.
Dang! It looks like you beat
March 13, 2007 - 10:53 ET by pbanks7Dang! It looks like you beat me to the Don Quixote reference. It's just soooooooooo obvious. Still chuckling this far down the page.
Ignorance is bliss. It's easier to repeat a mindless slogan than to do some actual research.
jh..Whose we that you are tal
March 12, 2007 - 21:44 ET by bigtimerjh..
Whose we that you are talking about?
If you mean your left side of the aisle...then you are el correcto.
How are we going to lose? I
March 12, 2007 - 22:24 ET by liberal_bug_zapperHow are we going to lose? If you just be patient, and educate everyone you know who's a lib or on the fence about this with logic and sound scientific evidence like what was presented in the "The Great Global Warming Scandal", you can begin to turn the tide.
We as conservatives need to stand up and start taking our country back from the leftists and Stalinists. We do now live in an America divided, and we on the right, who truly believe in the right to privacy and minding our own business lived up to our beliefs. But we've been silent too long while the moral busybodies have been hard at work subverting our freedoms right out from under our noses.
Most everyone knows the the old saying of a frog in tepid water brought to a boil, in contrast to the frog thrown into already boiling water right? Well, we've been in a tepid pot... and it's beginning to boil. Some of us can see it and others think there's still time to negotiate the heat.
Stand up for what you believe. Start taking back the intellectual argument. Never let one stand or say to yourself that the argument isn't worth your time... because the instant you do that... they win. This is a war, whether you believe it or not, and while there are no real shots being fired as of yet, the war of words and for the hearts and minds (mostly the minds) of America's youth has been waged for years.
You ask, "Well what can I do? I'm just one person!" I know, I get frustrated too and let my negativity run away with me, but logic, and my belief that we're fighting for our freedom overcomes my anger and steels my resolve.
My friend, it is up to you and I and all conservatives to jump into the breach and hold back the surge of rampant neo-Stalinism that is being forced upon our youth and rammed through our congress as environmental laws or even as just PC propaganda. It is time we say 'Enough is enough!'
I've got your back if you've got the stones, but remember the wizened words of someone great (methinks it could have been Murphy) "Never get into a foxhole with someone braver than yourself!"
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But seriously when has Weat
March 12, 2007 - 21:51 ET by tekhakBut seriously when has Weather ever been predictable. That kinf of
argument is a fallacy. TO say the weather in the North Pole is cold
because it is unpredictable is absurd.
It would be like me saying Hey
that circles is turning into a square and because it is round shows
that it is defiantly turning into a square, that circle is so
unpredictable.
THE NORTH POLE IS COLD BECAUSE IT IS COLD IN THE NORTH POLE.
They will wait till the summer and then get warmer temperatures and then claim it is getting worse.
Am I the only one that sees how ridiculous this whole thing is.
www.teddybearjesus.c...
tekhak
March 13, 2007 - 05:10 ET by SportPoliticsWE are in BIG trouble, because since it's colder - It's going to get warmer - can't you see the forest for the trees ?
( I was abused when young and my inner child has never gotten over it. Don't you dare make it worse for me by disagreeing. signed, Blubbering Liberal Idiot )
"If you don't like the w
March 13, 2007 - 09:49 ET by MikeB"If you don't like the weather [in Oklahoma], just wait five minutes. It'll change." Will Rogers said that, and he died in 1935, long before any "unpredictability" in weather supposed to be caused by global warming. I suppose that to account for the GW imposed unpredictability, we only have to wait for four minutes, fifty-nine and nine tenths seconds for weather change now?
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
"If you don't like the w
March 13, 2007 - 09:50 ET by MikeB"If you don't like the weather [in Oklahoma], just wait five minutes. It'll change." Will Rogers said that, and he died in 1935, long before any "unpredictability" in weather supposed to be caused by global warming. I suppose that to account for the GW imposed unpredictability, we only have to wait for four minutes, fifty-nine and nine tenths seconds for weather change now?
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
History began yesterday, Mike
March 13, 2007 - 09:59 ET by RJAnd, Mike, similar things have always been said about many parts of the country and the world.
But history began yesterday for leftists.
As Dr Robert E Stevenson, oce
March 13, 2007 - 10:29 ET by danboAs Dr Robert E Stevenson, oceanographer, said.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
Is this for Real
March 12, 2007 - 22:12 ET by pbthinkerIs it April 1st or something? Are there people, out there, that actually believe the Arctic is warming up that much? I think these women should sue Ellen Goodman, who used that picture of the "stranded" polar bears in her commentary in January. These people probably believed that was a recent picture and decided to go for a jaunt and swim at the North Pole.
I smell something of this coming on the 1/2 Hour News Hour.
Noel, you are a riot! loll...
March 13, 2007 - 03:27 ET byNoel, you are a riot! loll....... oh, and I love the story. lollll...
"But one of the things
March 13, 2007 - 05:13 ET by Jack Bauer"But one of the things we see with global warming is unpredictability."
Ah yes, the Witch Finder and Witch Trials hypothesis in manmade global warming.
Just like ye olden days in jolly Olde England and spiffy New England. The mob would gather for the traditional pastime of drinking, cavorting and burning a few helpless women at the stake.
No matter what the poor females accused of “witchcraft” did or said proved that they were, in fact, witches. The mob found signs in everything to prove their idiotic ravings. Does that sound familiar?
Maybe it's the Julian Simon
March 13, 2007 - 05:22 ET by sarcasmoMaybe it's the Julian Simon-fan in me, and no doubt it's now illegal these days due to recent "port security" concerns which for some reason didn't merit actual debate, but I think a way to slightly-cool the invective might be found through both sides' wallets. I'm talkin' some public climate-bets, here. For example, I'd buy-in to a proposition -- aside, of course, from the dangerous & illegal terroristic threat to "port security" it obviously-poses -- like: "I bet $1000 that changes in earth's climate are likely to continue to mirror changes in the Martian climate over the next 5 years."
JMR
And with global warming bei
March 13, 2007 - 12:39 ET by Jinx McHueAnd with global warming being the non-falsifiable theory that it is (thus, making it completely unscientific), these bitterly cold temperatures are just more proof that global warming is true, just as incredibly high temps prove it's true, or normal temps for that matter. Nothing can disprove the theory to these people.