General Electric and British Petroleum. Those left wing anti-corporate bastards.

http://newsprism.wordpress.com

from the AMS website:

“The team of research scientists created a peer-reviewed website, http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/, which tracks multiple changes in the Arctic environment. Compared to the 1980s, the region lost almost 40 percent of the summertime sea ice in the central Arctic in 2007. While the continued loss of summertime sea ice is the most dramatic example, changes are also seen in the atmosphere, on land, in the ocean, and in location and abundance of Arctic species.”

“September 2007 was Eighth Warmest on Record for Contiguous United States”

From the FAQ page:

“Do I have to have a degree in meteorology to become a member of the AMS?

A: No, anyone can become an Associate Member of the AMS and enjoy the benefits of membership, such as special pricing for books and journals. To become a full voting member you will need to fulfill certain educational and experience criteria.

‘If you are seeking full membership and do not have a degree in meteorology, you will want to review the “Interpretive Memorandum” for information on specific membership requirements.

Q: Do I have to have a degree in meteorology to call myself a meteorologist?

A: Technically, no, because there is no legal definition of this term. The AMS provides a guideline on the use of this term, however, that it hopes will be followed by all in the field. “What is a Meteorologist? A Professional Guideline (1990).”

Corporate Patrons:
Northrupt Grumman
Lockheed Martin
ITT
Ratheon
SAIC

Summary: The AMS has some scientists, but is mostly non-scientists, who are corporate supported, and therfore can be expected to give a corporate view of the issue, and even then they acknowledge global warming.

Comment by republicans hate facts — February 24, 2008 @ 1:26 am

It’s in your little rant above, bud. You know all those scientists that you worship? Had you read what they’ve published, you’d know that they are taking recent data and making estimates and predictions. Perhaps you are unaware that estimates and predictions have been known to incorrect. It’s foolish to think that man has had no effect on the earth. It’s also foolish to jump on the latest fad and blindly spend billions of dollars and force the whole world to sign treaties based upon such predictions. Restraint doesn’t appear to be your strong suit, though. ;)

Last I heard Abramoff was singing like a canary. Two of DeLay’s Congressional staff have already been convicted as I recall. How is it that they haven’t nailed roach killer himself??

Takes one to know one, Mary.

BTW, you are a hoax.

** roll eyes **

you might as well decide that 1 plus 1 equaling 2 is subject to debate as to debate the mouthings of that lying little whore.

Hey Fu(kwad I could give two shits what you think. You are the enemy, remember.

“Makes the the whole place looks less than it could be”
Keep your crappy posts off our lawn and things would be wonderfully spankingly clean.

Please leach, gutter and pick up after your troll.

The last significant snowfall we had in our area of the country (northeast TN) was about 13 years ago, when we had about an 8 inch snowfall.

Prior to that we had a couple of blizzards between 1985 and 1995 that gave us about 16 inches or so.

Other than that, the last time we had an old fashioned winter was every year…EVERY YEAR…from 1983 back to when I can remember, which was about 1972. When I was in elementary school and high school in the 70’s and early 80’s, we were out at least 10 days a year for snowfall. Sometimes we’d be out for a full week at a time. I easily recall having to go to school for half a day on Saturdays to make up the missed time. It’s been over 30 years since the county schools have had to do that.

1983 was the first time in 8 years that we got out of school before the first week of June.

My daughter is 7 years old. Since her birth, after the three snowfalls we’ve had during that time, we’ve barely…BARELY…had enough snow to build a snowman. Nowadays, 2 inches of snow is considered a “significant” snowfall.

We now enjoy 50 degree weather for weeks at a time, each month since November. The forecast for the first part of this week shows 50 degrees for tomorrow, 59 for Monday, 54 for Tuesday, and 36 (with snow) for Wednesday. During the “real” winters we used to have, we’d be lucky to climb into the 40s on any given day. Our temperatures now are generally the same as a few hours north, in the mountains of southwest VA, and sometimes the areas there are actually warmer. Normally they would be about 5 degrees or so cooler.

Thanksgiving weekend in 2005 I helped my father- and brother-in-law top a maple tree in their yard. The limbs were showing signs of new buds getting ready to pop out, with one new leaf actually emerging from one of the limbs at the top of the tree.

And summer? This past summer we had over 30 straight days of 90+ degree weather.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the climate is changing. So you can take your post and cram it, for all I care.

You came to a progressive site spewing standard right-wing talking points on climate change. And then you complain that we’re not treating you kindly. What do you expect? Do you think we’ll welcome you with flowers? I guess we could be like the conservative web sites (i.e. RedState.com) and simply NOT allow a dialogue.

Comment by upright left — February 23, 2008 @ 7:33 pm

Here are some quotes from backup:

“Some suggest that man’s emissions are insignificant when compared to natures.”

“I would question government funded scientists motivations no more or no less than I would question the motivations of anyone else.”

And most everything from post 137.

Sorry, in my opinion, someone spewing this type of crap IS indeed the enemy, no matter how friendly he sounds!! I remember some of the vitriol that he entered here as Captain Mantastic. I’m just calling it like it is.

What’s sad is that none of the ‘progressives’ here will call you on it. Maybe thinkprogress should re-evaluate whose really hijacking the threads.

Have a great night. toasterhead, nice work. You’re reasonable and I can honestly say I’ve change some of my views about climate change based on what you had to say.

99 balloons, I really don’t think you are representative of most of the people here, but I do think those here should call you on the verbal abuse. Makes the whole place look less than it could be.

Take care.

Imagine…all it took was just a few degrees difference in temperature.

Now, look at that from a global perspective.

I don’t care who you are; you cannot tell me that man is not having an effect on the environment. For the past 100 years we have been warming up the atmosphere from power plants and automobiles, just to name two sources. Prior to that, this planet had a natural balance. Sure, there were warming and cooling periods, but it was all natural. But since mankind decided to open a can of industrial whoop-ass on the planet, we have been artificially affecting the balance.

We live in a closed environment, people. There’s not an escape hatch that opens into space every couple of years that purges all the sh*t we’ve been putting into the air.

And to Mr. Backup, if you are piloting jets that produce contrails, you are indeed affecting the environment. I’m sure you realize that those contrails are evolving into clouds after a few hours. I’ve read some opinions that say that at this point in time their effect on the climate and the environment is insignificant, but nevertheless we are creating artificial clouds.