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	<title>Comments on: &#8216;Smokey&#8217; Joe Barton Calls Global Warming Science &#8216;Absolute Nonsense,&#8217; Vows To Fight CO2 Caps</title>
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		<title>By: Karan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/05/barton-global-warming/comment-page-2/#comment-4302250</link>
		<dc:creator>Karan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Karan&lt;/strong&gt;

Hello, I have a few websites of my own and I must say that your site is really top notch. Keep up the great work on a really high class resource.</description>
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<p>Hello, I have a few websites of my own and I must say that your site is really top notch. Keep up the great work on a really high class resource.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4302250', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Environment News &#187; Republican Barton Calls Global Warming Science â€˜Absolute Nonsenseâ€™</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/05/barton-global-warming/comment-page-2/#comment-3652981</link>
		<dc:creator>Environment News &#187; Republican Barton Calls Global Warming Science â€˜Absolute Nonsenseâ€™</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] but Barton has pledged to continue fighting against legislation intended to address the problem.read more &#124; digg story   April 11th, 2007 &#124; Category: Environment News [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] but Barton has pledged to continue fighting against legislation intended to address the problem.read more | digg story   April 11th, 2007 | Category: Environment News [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3652981', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Corey</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/05/barton-global-warming/comment-page-2/#comment-1237048</link>
		<dc:creator>Corey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#91 

Take a look at this with the fact of the Cycles we have and the Oceans do rise when it is hot out.

What is up with everyone hating Republicans?

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.niu.edu/pubaffairs/RELEASES/2001/oct/drilldown.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.niu.edu/pubaffairs/RELEASES/2001/oct/drilldown.shtml&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#91 </p>
<p>Take a look at this with the fact of the Cycles we have and the Oceans do rise when it is hot out.</p>
<p>What is up with everyone hating Republicans?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.niu.edu/pubaffairs/RELEASES/2001/oct/drilldown.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.niu.edu/pubaffairs/RELEASES/2001/oct/drilldown.shtml</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1237048', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: progressive_college_kid</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/05/barton-global-warming/comment-page-2/#comment-1236771</link>
		<dc:creator>progressive_college_kid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>in response to #19 your refrence to the argumentum ad hominem it is a fallacy, but it&#039;s not just progressive.  in fact your refrence to the argument style is a fallacy in itself.  it&#039;s the argument style used here, but not the only kind of argument used by&quot;progressives&quot;.  now that i think about it don&#039;t conservatives use the same argument about the war? the argument there is that they are against us therefore they are bad...us versus them arguments are usually a fallacy... just an observaton.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>in response to #19 your refrence to the argumentum ad hominem it is a fallacy, but it&#8217;s not just progressive.  in fact your refrence to the argument style is a fallacy in itself.  it&#8217;s the argument style used here, but not the only kind of argument used by&#8221;progressives&#8221;.  now that i think about it don&#8217;t conservatives use the same argument about the war? the argument there is that they are against us therefore they are bad&#8230;us versus them arguments are usually a fallacy&#8230; just an observaton.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1236771', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: LiberalAK</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/05/barton-global-warming/comment-page-2/#comment-1236543</link>
		<dc:creator>LiberalAK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Global warming is not true!

I was praying to God one night and I said... &quot;God... you know you my dog.  I want to know if Global Warming is true.  Evil-Doers like Al Gore keep talking about Global Warming, but George Bush, who I know is a close personal friend of yours, says it isn&#039;t true.  So, can you help me?  If Global Warming is real, give me a sign by helping me win the lotto tomorrow.  If Al Gore is the reincarnation of Hitler, then give me a sign by having me not match any numbers.&quot;

And guess what happened?
&lt;a href=&quot;http://liberalsmustdie.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/154/Default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Al Gore Is Hitler!&lt;/a&gt;

That&#039;s right.  

Global warming is not true.  i.e. It&#039;s fake!  

George W. Bush went to Yale, he is smarter than any scientist I know, even through I don&#039;t know any scientists.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://liberalsmustdie.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://liberalsmustdie.com&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Global warming is not true!</p>
<p>I was praying to God one night and I said&#8230; &#8220;God&#8230; you know you my dog.  I want to know if Global Warming is true.  Evil-Doers like Al Gore keep talking about Global Warming, but George Bush, who I know is a close personal friend of yours, says it isn&#8217;t true.  So, can you help me?  If Global Warming is real, give me a sign by helping me win the lotto tomorrow.  If Al Gore is the reincarnation of Hitler, then give me a sign by having me not match any numbers.&#8221;</p>
<p>And guess what happened?<br />
<a href="http://liberalsmustdie.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/154/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Al Gore Is Hitler!</a></p>
<p>That&#8217;s right.  </p>
<p>Global warming is not true.  i.e. It&#8217;s fake!  </p>
<p>George W. Bush went to Yale, he is smarter than any scientist I know, even through I don&#8217;t know any scientists.</p>
<p><a href="http://liberalsmustdie.com" rel="nofollow">http://liberalsmustdie.com</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1236543', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Andrew McGann</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andrew McGann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think anybody who blithely dismisses ALL the science done on global warming as &quot;absolute nonsense&quot; is clearly not engaged by the issue whatsoever, has ulterior priorities, and is openingly stating his inability to make any meaningful decision on the matter. 

There is some VERY interesting and suggestive data on the subject. Not all of it is cohesive, I know, but at the least it requires thoughtful consideration.

I don&#039;t want representatives who are not open to the possibility of real global warming to be publicly opining on the &quot;nonsense&quot; of it all, and vowing to fight something he won&#039;t even think about.

UGH!!! &#039;Smokey&#039; Joe you are such an ignorant, selfish, souless, misrepresenting WHORE!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think anybody who blithely dismisses ALL the science done on global warming as &#8220;absolute nonsense&#8221; is clearly not engaged by the issue whatsoever, has ulterior priorities, and is openingly stating his inability to make any meaningful decision on the matter. </p>
<p>There is some VERY interesting and suggestive data on the subject. Not all of it is cohesive, I know, but at the least it requires thoughtful consideration.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t want representatives who are not open to the possibility of real global warming to be publicly opining on the &#8220;nonsense&#8221; of it all, and vowing to fight something he won&#8217;t even think about.</p>
<p>UGH!!! &#8216;Smokey&#8217; Joe you are such an ignorant, selfish, souless, misrepresenting WHORE!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1235284', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Andrew</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/05/barton-global-warming/comment-page-2/#comment-1235266</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think anybody who blithely dismisses ALL the science done on global warming as &quot;absolute nonsense&quot; is clearly not engaged by the issue whatsoever, has ulterior priorities, and is openingly stating his inability to make any meaningful decision on the matter. 

There is some VERY interesting and suggestive data on the subject. Not all of it is cohesive, I know, but at the least it requires thoughtful consideration.

I don&#039;t want representatives who are not open to the possibility of real global warming to be publicly opining on the &quot;nonsense&quot; of it all, and vowing to fight something they won&#039;t even think about.

UGH!! &#039;Smokey&#039; Joe you are an ignorant, selfish, souless, misrepresenting WHORE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think anybody who blithely dismisses ALL the science done on global warming as &#8220;absolute nonsense&#8221; is clearly not engaged by the issue whatsoever, has ulterior priorities, and is openingly stating his inability to make any meaningful decision on the matter. </p>
<p>There is some VERY interesting and suggestive data on the subject. Not all of it is cohesive, I know, but at the least it requires thoughtful consideration.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t want representatives who are not open to the possibility of real global warming to be publicly opining on the &#8220;nonsense&#8221; of it all, and vowing to fight something they won&#8217;t even think about.</p>
<p>UGH!! &#8216;Smokey&#8217; Joe you are an ignorant, selfish, souless, misrepresenting WHORE.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1235266', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Prime News Blog &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Republican Barton Calls Global Warming Science &#8216;Absolute Nonsense&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/05/barton-global-warming/comment-page-2/#comment-1235063</link>
		<dc:creator>Prime News Blog &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Republican Barton Calls Global Warming Science &#8216;Absolute Nonsense&#8217;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] For six years, Congress has done nothing to address the climate crisis, thanks in no small part to the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, &#8220;Smokey&#8221; Joe Barton (R-TX). The 110th Congress will have new leadership, but Barton has pledged to continue fighting against legislation intended to address the problem.read more&#160;&#124;&#160;digg story [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] For six years, Congress has done nothing to address the climate crisis, thanks in no small part to the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, &ldquo;Smokey&rdquo; Joe Barton (R-TX). The 110th Congress will have new leadership, but Barton has pledged to continue fighting against legislation intended to address the problem.read more&nbsp;|&nbsp;digg story [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1235063', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#81: &lt;em&gt;The heat of the Earth isnâ€™t Global Warming, but cycles in weather patterns.&lt;/em&gt;

What evidence are you using to support this view?  Again, as I mentioned above, not one peer-reviewed scientific study has shown that global warming is merely a result of natural cycles (though I have no doubt that Rush Limbaugh and other right-wing gasbags continue to make this ridiculous claim).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#81: <em>The heat of the Earth isnâ€™t Global Warming, but cycles in weather patterns.</em></p>
<p>What evidence are you using to support this view?  Again, as I mentioned above, not one peer-reviewed scientific study has shown that global warming is merely a result of natural cycles (though I have no doubt that Rush Limbaugh and other right-wing gasbags continue to make this ridiculous claim).<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1235038', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#83: &lt;em&gt;[T]here are as many pro-global warming studies as there are con.&lt;/em&gt;

This is patently false.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;A 2004 study&lt;/a&gt; showed that of the 928 peer-reviewed scientific papers on climate change published between 1993 and 2003, not one found that global warming is not happening, or that it is not caused, in large part, by human activities.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#83: <em>[T]here are as many pro-global warming studies as there are con.</em></p>
<p>This is patently false.  <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686" rel="nofollow">A 2004 study</a> showed that of the 928 peer-reviewed scientific papers on climate change published between 1993 and 2003, not one found that global warming is not happening, or that it is not caused, in large part, by human activities.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1235029', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JK</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/05/barton-global-warming/comment-page-2/#comment-1234962</link>
		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;They have no accurate way to tell what the enviornment was like back then. The can speculate what things were supposed to be like and extrapolate to try to make it fit todayâ€™s enviornment, but itâ€™s an educated guess at best.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;


Your flat out wrong on that.  Testing polar is an incredibly accurate way to tell what the climate was like going back hundreds of thousands of years. 

&lt;blockquote&gt;
My point is that there are as many pro-global warming studies as there are con. People believe what they want to believe. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Again, misinformed. Nearly all scientists back the science of global warming.  Its not 50%/50% by any means.  And its not opinion left for you to decide.  Its solid science backed by hard data.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>&#8220;They have no accurate way to tell what the enviornment was like back then. The can speculate what things were supposed to be like and extrapolate to try to make it fit todayâ€™s enviornment, but itâ€™s an educated guess at best.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Your flat out wrong on that.  Testing polar is an incredibly accurate way to tell what the climate was like going back hundreds of thousands of years. </p>
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My point is that there are as many pro-global warming studies as there are con. People believe what they want to believe. </p></blockquote>
<p>Again, misinformed. Nearly all scientists back the science of global warming.  Its not 50%/50% by any means.  And its not opinion left for you to decide.  Its solid science backed by hard data.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1234962', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tzach</title>
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		<dc:creator>tzach</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you Chimpeach (59) and Jim (67) for the citations and facts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you Chimpeach (59) and Jim (67) for the citations and facts.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1234925', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: James Dokoupil</title>
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		<dc:creator>James Dokoupil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe Barton is consistantly on the wrong side of every issue. He&#039;s as predicable as the sun rising in the morning. He&#039;s just another republican slimeball on the take from any special interest group that feels threatened by progress. Subverting Autism research and funding, halting action against global warming and protecting the oil and gas industry are some of his recent achievements. Thank god his power will be greatly diminished when the Democrats take control over Congress in January.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe Barton is consistantly on the wrong side of every issue. He&#8217;s as predicable as the sun rising in the morning. He&#8217;s just another republican slimeball on the take from any special interest group that feels threatened by progress. Subverting Autism research and funding, halting action against global warming and protecting the oil and gas industry are some of his recent achievements. Thank god his power will be greatly diminished when the Democrats take control over Congress in January.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1234903', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mittopia &#187;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mittopia &#187;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I wish to give todays ignorant right wing conservative douche bag of the year award to the less than honorable Sen. Joe Barton (R) of, you guessed it, the *sarcasm* environmentally friendly and not so oil rich state of Texas *sarcasm*. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] I wish to give todays ignorant right wing conservative douche bag of the year award to the less than honorable Sen. Joe Barton (R) of, you guessed it, the *sarcasm* environmentally friendly and not so oil rich state of Texas *sarcasm*. [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1234719', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I had a brief discussion about global warming with an attorney who is also a talk-show host. He said that global warming is all about shifting the economy away from America and other wealthy nations, that it is nothing but a major hoax, and that Al Gore is a total idiot. He also said that the warmest the planet has been in the last 10,000 years was about 100 years ago, which was before green house gases, and that the planet is actually cooler now than it was then.

At that point I said nothing which he took to mean agreement and then he said, â€œIâ€™m glad I was able to enlighten one more person today.â€

This attorney/talk-show host is not an uneducated person, so whatâ€™s up with this mentality???

Comment by Republicans are the fear and smear party â€” December 5, 2006 @ 1:07 pm&lt;/blockquote&gt;

There were plenty of greenhouse gases being released 100 years ago. It was called the Industrial Revolution, and it was primarily fueled by the steam engine. What does he think created the steam?

Also, unfortunately for us, its difficult to get infallible information from the scientific community on this. There were no thermometers 10,000 years ago, so extracting greenhouse gas and temperature information from back then requires interpretation of data. As with anything, you throw a human into the mix and you&#039;ve got data that can&#039;t be counted on. So, you&#039;ve got different data coming from different sources.

What is undeniable, however, is the warming trend and humans&#039; footprint. You only need drive through Gary, IN to realize what we&#039;re pouring into the atmosphere ought not be there. All conspiracy theories aside, our footprint grows larger every day. Its only a matter of time before nature bites back.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I had a brief discussion about global warming with an attorney who is also a talk-show host. He said that global warming is all about shifting the economy away from America and other wealthy nations, that it is nothing but a major hoax, and that Al Gore is a total idiot. He also said that the warmest the planet has been in the last 10,000 years was about 100 years ago, which was before green house gases, and that the planet is actually cooler now than it was then.</p>
<p>At that point I said nothing which he took to mean agreement and then he said, â€œIâ€™m glad I was able to enlighten one more person today.â€</p>
<p>This attorney/talk-show host is not an uneducated person, so whatâ€™s up with this mentality???</p>
<p>Comment by Republicans are the fear and smear party â€” December 5, 2006 @ 1:07 pm</p></blockquote>
<p>There were plenty of greenhouse gases being released 100 years ago. It was called the Industrial Revolution, and it was primarily fueled by the steam engine. What does he think created the steam?</p>
<p>Also, unfortunately for us, its difficult to get infallible information from the scientific community on this. There were no thermometers 10,000 years ago, so extracting greenhouse gas and temperature information from back then requires interpretation of data. As with anything, you throw a human into the mix and you&#8217;ve got data that can&#8217;t be counted on. So, you&#8217;ve got different data coming from different sources.</p>
<p>What is undeniable, however, is the warming trend and humans&#8217; footprint. You only need drive through Gary, IN to realize what we&#8217;re pouring into the atmosphere ought not be there. All conspiracy theories aside, our footprint grows larger every day. Its only a matter of time before nature bites back.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1234713', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Graegert.com - &#187; Republican Barton Calls Global Warming Science â€˜Absolute Nonsenseâ€™</title>
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		<dc:creator>Graegert.com - &#187; Republican Barton Calls Global Warming Science â€˜Absolute Nonsenseâ€™</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: JK</title>
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		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They have no accurate way to tell what the enviornment was like back then.  The can speculate what things were supposed to be like and extrapolate to try to make it fit today&#039;s enviornment, but it&#039;s an educated guess at best.  How do we know that air trapped in ice over such an extended period of time does not absorb co2 or does not change in some other way?  We don&#039;t!

My point is that there are as many pro-global warming studies as there are con.   People believe what they want to believe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They have no accurate way to tell what the enviornment was like back then.  The can speculate what things were supposed to be like and extrapolate to try to make it fit today&#8217;s enviornment, but it&#8217;s an educated guess at best.  How do we know that air trapped in ice over such an extended period of time does not absorb co2 or does not change in some other way?  We don&#8217;t!</p>
<p>My point is that there are as many pro-global warming studies as there are con.   People believe what they want to believe.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1234650', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: BLOGical Thoughts &#187; Wednesday, 5 December, 2006</title>
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		<dc:creator>BLOGical Thoughts &#187; Wednesday, 5 December, 2006</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Other News Panel changes course, approves e-voting checks  Nasa unveils plans for moon station Another Day, Another Knockout Punch Aimed at SCO Boy Arrested For Opening Xmas Gift Early &#8211; So, what kind of lesson is that for the kid? &#8216;Smokey&#8217; Joe Barton Calls Global Warming Science &#8216;Absolute Nonsense,&#8217; Vows To Fight CO2 Caps [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1234649', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Corey</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Glad to mostly everyone is brain washed by the left. The heat of the Earth isn&#039;t Global Warming, but cycles in weather patterns. Also what happened to the Hurricane season this year? Pretty sure you all think Global Warming is part of that. 

Look on Google Video and search Penn and Teller and most of your environment problems like recycling will be solve.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad to mostly everyone is brain washed by the left. The heat of the Earth isn&#8217;t Global Warming, but cycles in weather patterns. Also what happened to the Hurricane season this year? Pretty sure you all think Global Warming is part of that. </p>
<p>Look on Google Video and search Penn and Teller and most of your environment problems like recycling will be solve.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1234634', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JK</title>
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		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JD - There have been many ice ages.  And scientists are able to go back hundreds of thousands of years using climate data from air which is trapped in polar ice.  We can tell what co2 levels have been thoughout the earths history and these levels have correlated with temperature.  Currently, co2 levels are at record highs and are expected to increase exponetionaly over the next 50 years.  There&#039;s nothing cyclical about whats happening right now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JD &#8211; There have been many ice ages.  And scientists are able to go back hundreds of thousands of years using climate data from air which is trapped in polar ice.  We can tell what co2 levels have been thoughout the earths history and these levels have correlated with temperature.  Currently, co2 levels are at record highs and are expected to increase exponetionaly over the next 50 years.  There&#8217;s nothing cyclical about whats happening right now.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1234555', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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