Liberals want to tell you how to live your life??
You’re kidding, right?
Why is it then Conservatives want to;
get rid of same sex marriages,
get rid of alternative religous viewpoints(Bush’s WMD war turned into Xian vs. Islam) (Xian=Christian)
force you to live despite the costs to your family when there is no reasonable prognosis for recovery,
make higher education so expensive only the “haves” can afford to go without being in debt for the rest of one’s natural life,

I could go on and on, but here is a summarizing quote I found (I don’t remember where) when that lady was on life support for 12 years after having a stroke (or somethingbad happen inside her brain…she was anorexic) and the Republicans refused to allow her husband to pull her plug….

“Other than telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest, educate our children and, now, die, I think the Republicans have done a fine job of getting government out of our personal lives.”

http://dumpdorrell.com

Why would a cat 6 hurricaine (I don’t think there is even such a rating) convince you? That seems like a worthless piece of anecdotal evidence. So you don’t want careful examination of the climate, you want a big honking piece of impressive circumstantial evidence. Noted.

“Its all about grant money.”

Do you think climate scientists are rich? ANd what about the opponents. Seems there’s more money to be made jetting off to right wing think tank conferences instead of drilling ice cores in the Anarctic.

“liberals trying to tell other people how to live their lives”

Like whom to marry and whatnot?

“if second hand smoke is so dangerous why do only 5-10% of smokers get lung cancer?”

_only_ 5-10%? Do you know how many people your “only” encompasses? SO what would be the acceptable level of second hand smke death? .3%? .05%? Esecpially since second hand somke is not a choice made by those affected by it.

Someone should explain to Gore that his use of a jet to fly back and forth all over the place, as often as he does, is a massive contribution to greenhouse gasses.

Gore should lead by example and walk, or take a bike.

Oh, but wait – what HE does is important. I see, so it’s not really about the greenhouse gasses, its about what *some* people think is important and about imposing those opinions upon others.

It’s sheer common sense that if you put CO2 into the atmosphere, there will be an effect. Actions beget reactions.

Comment by unbelievable — June 22, 2006 @ 1:48 pm

Quote #2:
“These right-wing Weathernistas are descendants of the same ilk that thought human flight was nonsense. It’s their right to drive gas-guzzlers and to blow secondhand smoke in your face.

Comment by Badmoodman — June 22, 2006 @ 1:55 pm”

Summary:
Liberals are the first to complain about ad hominem attacks.
Liberals are the first to USE ad hominem attacks.
Conclusion: Liberals are their own worst enemies.

Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not criticising the efforts—I only doubt their effectiveness, and no I don’t have any better ideas. I also wasn’t being a defeatist when I said I wasn’t going to worry about it all that much. I have a family, a job, and other responsiblities and involvements. I have only so much capacity for things to fret about. I simply do not have the time, nor the energy to worry about global warming. I’m grateful that there are people who do worry about it, I just can’t.

http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2006/06/20060621_b_main.asp

I think you need to lose the fear of using some creativity on this problem.

First of all, because of the U.N.—it’s guaranteed to be ineffective. Secondly, it’s only a “commitment” to reduce CO2, and other greenhouse gasses. Do you really believe that most countries will honor their commitments?

International commitments are always high maintenance. That doesn’t mean they’re not worthwhile.

People in general are not going to settle for a Prius while there are better perfoming cars to choose from.

So much for your stereotypes. The Prius is actually fairly peppy:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/prius/performance/0,,1122244,00.html

Until then, I’m just not going to worry about it all that much.

There are a lot of people like you. That’s why you have us progressives. We happen to care enough to get involved. Of course, the right always dismisses us as do-gooders. It’s always been that way. But look at all the historic high hurdles this country has been over–it’s been the progressives. Nothing gets done by magic.