One year later, EPA still hasn’t regulated CO2.
One year later, EPA still hasn’t regulated CO2.
Last April, the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA had acted unlawfully in “its refusal to decide whether greenhouse gases cause or contribute to climate change,” and now must regulate carbon dioxide. Yet nearly a year later, the EPA has failed to act, as agency official Robert Meyers reported in a letter to environmental groups yesterday:
As a result, at this time, the agency does not have a specific timeline for responding to the remand. However, let me assure you that developing an overall strategy for addressing the serious challenge of global climate change is a priority for the agency, and we are taking very seriously our responsibility to develop an effective, comprehensive strategy.
Sierra Club attorney David Bookbinder said, “Unless EPA owns up to its obligations immediately, we will be forced to take the administration back to court.”
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This administration really needs to take itself to court on several issues. Like I would take myself to court, LOL.
February 28th, 2008 at 8:29 pmEPA = Elite Protection Agency.
February 28th, 2008 at 8:31 pmAs a result, at this time, the agency does not have a specific timeline for responding to the remand. However, let me assure you that developing an overall strategy for addressing the serious challenge of global climate change is a priority for the agency, and we are taking very seriously our responsibility to develop an effective, comprehensive strategy.
This is an absolutely brilliant response! It should be put in the text books of political science majors!
It reminds me of that old statement that began:
February 28th, 2008 at 8:48 pmIn promulgating esoteric cogitations, beware of platitudinous ponderosity. Let your statements and dissertations possess a clear lucid conciseness… etc.
OT, but well worth your time.
http://video.google.com/ videoplay?docid=-8974188609452324001&q=norm+coleman+vs+galloway&total=1&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
February 28th, 2008 at 9:34 pmGood. We don’t want to overreact to a hoax.
Agreed?
February 28th, 2008 at 9:40 pmThe second string trolls are in the game tonight, it must be garbage time.
February 28th, 2008 at 9:47 pmComment by muckdog — February 28, 2008 @ 9:40 pm
Or abide by a Supreme Court ruling, I mean why start obeying the law now?
What could be the REAL reason for failing to enforce the law?
Could it be…
A Greed?
February 28th, 2008 at 9:58 pmIn twenty years, when our children are dealing with the problem you climate change deniers refused to face, I hope you have the decency to be apologetic and shamed and also that the Judges have no leniency… you deserve none.
February 28th, 2008 at 10:06 pmTrust me belac, in 20 years the perils of climate change will end up being the Democrat’s too. Republicans never take responsibility for anything.
February 28th, 2008 at 10:12 pmOh, I know we’ll be dealing with it… I’d just like those in power who ignored the warning signs to pay for their willful ignorance with their freedom… it seems a small price for so much hubris…
February 28th, 2008 at 10:19 pmsuckdog’s ignorance of science is so typical of the know-nothing right.
February 28th, 2008 at 10:25 pm#8 and #9, in 20 years the Democrats will have found another “crisis” with which to scare their flock.
Agreed?
30 years ago you were worried about another ice age. Now a heat age. I can’t wait to see what you dream up next!
February 28th, 2008 at 10:27 pmLOL, #14. Which candidate is proposing a Hague trial for Bush and/or Cheney?
Hillary, who voted for the war?
Obama, who voted for funding the war?
LMAO
February 28th, 2008 at 10:37 pmI really tire of all the Hague remarks….
February 28th, 2008 at 10:38 pmNo candidate is voting for a “Hague” trial, muck. What are you you yappin’ about?
February 28th, 2008 at 10:40 pmThe Great Global Warming Hoax.
LMAO
February 28th, 2008 at 10:40 pmComment by muckdog — February 28, 2008 @ 10:37 pm
They didnt vote for the war they voted for a UN/US resolution to use force. That resolution was NOT a trigger for war because Bush was supposed to come back to the UN if Saddam did not relent and Bush did not do this but decided to implement his agenda.
February 28th, 2008 at 10:40 pmX: You may tire of the Hague remarks all you want; fact is, you’ll be hearing much more about it in the months following Chimp’s exit from Washington. Comment by satirev
Not gonna happen…
February 28th, 2008 at 10:41 pmI see muckdog is back to posting townhall propaganda.
February 28th, 2008 at 10:42 pm#18 and #19, so enlighten me. How is this Hague trial of Bush and Cheney going to go down? I’d like a step-by-step description of how the President and Vice President get taken down, stand trial, convicted, and sentenced.
Go on, please!
February 28th, 2008 at 10:43 pmX: Don’t waste your brainpower on the pedestrian morons visiting these thread tonightv -=satirev=-
goodnite satirev
February 28th, 2008 at 10:43 pmX: On the Hague bit, we can agree to disagree. I’ve heard rumors….
Comment by satirev — February 28, 2008 @ 10:43 pm
We have had presidents thruout our history start wars and engage in clandestine actions, left and right, with no ‘Hagues’ and I dont think that will change.
February 28th, 2008 at 10:46 pmGo on, please!
Comment by muckdog — February 28, 2008 @ 10:43 pm
Why thank you! Her ya go - Muckdog’s Greatest Hit!
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You folks really need to stop masturbating every time a US soldier dies in Iraq.
The surge is working.
Comment by muckdog — August 8, 2007 @ 2:23 am
Yer a class act, muckie!
February 28th, 2008 at 10:46 pmComment by muckdog — February 28, 2008
Didnt work on Clinton now did it?
February 28th, 2008 at 10:47 pmI think muckdog masturbates thinking about homeless vets
February 28th, 2008 at 10:48 pm#22, but haven’t both Obama and Hillary voted to continue to fund the war? Why would they do this if they sincerely oppose the war? Seems to me that if they sincerely opposed the war, they’d be doing everything in their power to end the war, including defunding the war.
But they don’t seem to have done this. They’ve agreed to continue the war, buy more weapons, and continue killing terrorists.
Seems like they’re “all in” with both feet on this war.
February 28th, 2008 at 10:48 pm#22, but haven’t both Obama and Hillary voted to continue to fund the war? Why would they do this if they sincerely oppose the war? -Muckdog
If you want rope, they will give you rope.
February 28th, 2008 at 10:50 pmGlobal Warming has been canceled!
What’s next on the Worry List, fellas?
February 28th, 2008 at 10:52 pmSo your saying, muckdog, that Hillary and Obama are not leftists? That they are for empire and expansion? And that they are basically Republicans?
So why not vote for them?
February 28th, 2008 at 10:53 pmWhat’s next on the Worry List, fellas?
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Mushroom Clouds!!!! Yellow Cake!!! FLYING SHEEP!!!
February 28th, 2008 at 10:54 pmOSAMA IS UNDER YOUR BED MUCKDOG!!!
February 28th, 2008 at 10:56 pm.
I hope you folks haven’t thrown away your sweaters and fleece!
Remember: Dress in layers!
February 28th, 2008 at 10:56 pm#39, he was under Clinton’s bed, but he was doing Monica at the time.
February 28th, 2008 at 10:56 pm#37, doesn’t that leave Ralph Nader as the only true progressive?
Run, Ralph! Run!
February 28th, 2008 at 10:57 pmI hope you dont forget your duct tape and plastic sheeting muckie!!
February 28th, 2008 at 10:57 pmComment by muckdog — February 28, 2008 @ 10:57 pm
Nader said he would vote for Bush. Heh.
February 28th, 2008 at 10:58 pmActually muckie, Osama is a product of Reagan freedom fighterdom.
February 28th, 2008 at 10:59 pmTerrorists! Communists! Socialists! Iranians! Public Schools! Unions!
Mexicans! Democrats! Homosexuals!
…
February 28th, 2008 at 10:59 pmMuckie, a member of the frankenstein party. FEAR!! OUR CREATION RETURNS!!
February 28th, 2008 at 11:00 pmSo muckie, you wanted smaller government and elected a guy that gave you bigger government.
WTF?
February 28th, 2008 at 11:01 pmI have a question for you, Muckdog. On any given day we have millions of cars and trucks driving or sitting in traffic all over the world. Everyday planes carrying millions of people and tons of cargo fly every day. Factories and Plants generate millions of tons of emissions every day. All of these machines spewing out millions of tons of benzene, toluene, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane 24-7-365. All known toxins, greenhouse gases and/or carcinogenic. So I ask you, where do you think all of that shit goes once it escapes the exhaust pipes, engines or smokestacks? Does it just magically disappear? It increases every day with more and more trucks and cars. More planes. More shit in the air. Tell us, where does it go, Mr. Know-it-all?
February 28th, 2008 at 11:02 pmYou wanted less debt and elected bigger debt Muckie.
You wanted smaller budgets and got a bigger one Muckie.
GO MUCKSTERS!!
HEH.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:02 pmWell, the good thing about global warming is it will take out a significant amount of Florida so we won’t have to worry about hanging chads or butterfly ballots any longer.
I don’t have kids so I don’t have to worry about the world that is left behind when I go. Fu(k anyone else who was stupid enough to have kids.
I don’t care about kids.
I don’t care about vets.
I don’t care about soldiers.
I don’t care about you.
I don’t care who’s starving, or homeless, or uninsured.
I care about ME. To he!! with YOU.
Signed: Typical Selfish Greedy Ignorant Gooper
/snark
February 28th, 2008 at 11:12 pmI’m sorry if you don’t want to hear about trials at den Hague. No one in the US will do anything about these war criminals but I wouldn’t discount the world stage.
- Invading a country on manufactured “intelligence”
- Torturing prisoners
- Inhumane treatment for millions of innocents
Do you honestly think that the world is going to let this go? I, for one, certainly hope not!
February 28th, 2008 at 11:16 pmUpdate 2/27: The graph for HadCRUT (above), as well as the linked graphs for RSS and UAH are generated month-to-month; the temperature declines span a full 12 months of data. The linked GISS graph was graphed for the months of January only, due to a limitation in the plotting program. =-from muckdogs url=-
12 months of data….what a hack muckie is.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:16 pmonce again… well put, Ms_Joanne.
good night.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:18 pmI’m sorry if you don’t want to hear about trials at den Hague -ms joanne.
Thats the thing - I have heard about them all to often. I find it detrimental to the progressive cause to focus on these type of things that focus on others demise.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:21 pm#49, I’m all for fighting air pollution. We know the results: Asthma, cancer, etc. That’s why we need more nuclear power plants for electricity, and then use our natural gas for running automobiles.
Those are the alternative energies of today that we can implement on a wide-enough scale to make a difference in air quality.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:23 pm#51, are the water levels rising in Florida? Have a link?
#52, who is the “world stage?” Please tell me specifically how Bush-Cheney get taken down at these Hague Trials.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:25 pmThat’s why we need more nuclear power plants for electricity, and then use our natural gas for running automobiles. -mucky
I agree, but I think natural uranium reactors are the way to go, such as the CANDU type reactors
February 28th, 2008 at 11:26 pmI also think draft technology is viable.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:27 pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_updraft_tower
Xisthrus, it’s not demise. It’s justice. There’s a big difference.
I’m sorry but no one should be allowed to get away with what this administration has gotten away with. And I think that if the US is (or was) a moral compass to the world (which, of course, we no longer are), we should be held to AT LEAST the standards as to what that moral compass once meant.
It’s sad for us that no justice is served for Americans. The precedent has been set allowing any future elected official to run rampant over our society. That is more dangerous to our way of life than anything. But we aren’t a country in ruination - right now at least. Who knows what future presidents will do. But America invaded a sovereign nation - and hurt millions. THAT should be addressed by the world court.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:30 pmXisthrus, it’s not demise. It’s justice. There’s a big difference. -ms joanne.
I am not a judge and until these people are brought before a court its a moot point. Constantly repeating Hague isnt going to make it happen.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:35 pmNuclear power is unsafe simply because of the massive amount of damage an accident (Chernobyl), instant death, altered DNA, permanently unusable land masses. What do we do with the waste that no one wants “in their backyard?” We’re very smart when we want to be. We can use the endless wind and the 5 billion years of solar power we have left (before it burns itself out and goes nova). All new homes should have solar panels and a small wind turbine of some sort. We can revamp our sewer systems to capture more water and runoff so we can save more water from our lakes and rivers instead of drying them up. We’ve already proven we can make electric cars that will perform well in the cities. We can do better. Dirty fuels with dirty and dangerous waste is not the answer.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:36 pmoops: left out “can cause” after accident. sorry.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:37 pmLet me make it simple, your playing into the BDS [Bush derangement syndrome] and it gives the political hacks ammo to be used against you. I understand your anger at the state of things today…but dont let it be used against you. =)
February 28th, 2008 at 11:38 pmMr. E…Agreed!!!
February 28th, 2008 at 11:38 pmX…I completely disagree. The world needs to know that there are people here who do believe in justice! We are but one country on this planet.
If they want to use it against me, fine. As long as someone does something, they can toss me under the bus any day!!
February 28th, 2008 at 11:39 pmI agree Mr E, such is why I think natural uranium is a much more efficient source of energy production.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:40 pmmuckie is drawn to climate change threads like a fly to a shit pile.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:40 pmX…I completely disagree. The world needs to know that there are people here who do believe in justice!
I did not say that I dont believe in justice. I am saying that I am not the judge.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:42 pmmuckie is drawn to climate change threads like a fly to a shit pile.
Comment by Zooey
=) Yet everytime I follow his links I find they are flawed.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:56 pmHey, Zoo…I resemble that remark! :-)
February 28th, 2008 at 11:56 pmZooey, in reference to a post you made last night I thought you’d like this headline. 2nd one from the top about Justice Roberts. http://www.oldamericancentury.org/
February 28th, 2008 at 11:58 pmHey, Zoo…I resemble that remark! :-)
Comment by Ms_Joanne — February 28, 2008 @ 11:56 pm
You don’t look like a fly. :D
February 29th, 2008 at 12:01 amThird one now, Mr. E. The Obama thing continues to frighten me!
February 29th, 2008 at 12:01 amComment by muckdog — February 28, 2008 @ 10:27 pm
Funny you say that, because the Republicans seem to find some wedge issue to scare their base with. First it was the specter of gay marriage and now it’s people crossing the border. I love how you project your side’s flaws onto ours…Now it’s Obama = Osama…and you ignorant sheep swallow it without question.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:02 amYep, 3rd one down about the Exxon Valdez disaster. Justice Roberts is a tool. And yes, Ms Joanne, I’m beginning to wonder about the whackoloons out there too.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:06 amJust look at Muckdog’s blog. You can really see what a loser he is.
Like most of the global warming deniers, Muck is a selfish bastard that is only concerned about corporate profits. He has no one to love, no one to care for, only his love for money which he thinks will make him happy. Alas, he’s a sad, lonely troll who goes to a website where he will obviously get in nasty arguments with people.
Muck, go back to your own blog. Things are so lonely there you can do all of the masturbating that you constantly talk about.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:09 amThanks, Mr Evil. I saw this earlier today. It pisses me off that this case goes on frickin’ FOREVER. And then you have the Chief Justice being a doofus. That doesn’t help.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:10 amHeeeellllllp meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
No, I am definitely more of a $hitpile. :-)
February 29th, 2008 at 12:11 amHeeeellllllp meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
No, I am definitely more of a $hitpile. :-)
Comment by Ms_Joanne — February 29, 2008 @ 12:11 am
It just occurred to me that I implied that you did look like a pile of shit. I didn’t mean it that way!!!
February 29th, 2008 at 12:14 amLMAO…hey, if the fly fits and all….
February 29th, 2008 at 12:16 amHeeeellllllp meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
No, I am definitely more of a $hitpile. :-)
Comment by Ms_Joanne — February 29, 2008 @ 12:11 am
Ooooh, old sci-fi film reference! I get it! I get it!
February 29th, 2008 at 12:31 amgummitch….MOST EXCELLENT!
February 29th, 2008 at 12:36 amOoooh, old sci-fi film reference! I get it! I get it!
Comment by gummitch — February 29, 2008 @ 12:31 am
I got it, too. I was just concerned about my pile o’ shit faux pas.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:38 amSweetie, the regulars have HUGE amounts of latitude from me. Trolls? They get the wrath! No worries what so ever.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:39 am:-)
February 29th, 2008 at 12:41 am#49, I’m all for fighting air pollution. We know the results: Asthma, cancer, etc. That’s why we need more nuclear power plants for electricity, and then use our natural gas for running automobiles.
Those are the alternative energies of today that we can implement on a wide-enough scale to make a difference in air quality.
Comment by muckdog — February 28, 2008 @ 11:23 pm
ROTFL!! What a DUMB LITTLE TARD! It takes YEARS to BUILD NUCLEAR and they’re UNSAFE, DIRTY and EXPENSIVE! You want to SPEND BILLIONS moving CARS to Natural Gas, even though it’s a DEAD END? ROTFL, what a dumb little b**ch you are!! ;)
February 29th, 2008 at 1:33 amRegulate CO2?? Have we fallen off the turnip truck? Sure let the EPA regulate your breathing. Loony fascist liberals want to regulate your breathing.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:47 amRegulate CO2?? Have we fallen off the turnip truck? Sure let the EPA regulate your breathing. Loony fascist liberals want to regulate your breathing.
Comment by Gibson — February 29, 2008 @ 1:47 am
FASCIST LIBERAL? ROTFL!! What a TARD! FASCISTS ARE CONSERVATIVES like YOU, that are HAPPY TO REGULATE WHO PEOPLE CAN MARRY while letting the SMOTHER TO DEATH from a POISONED ENVIRONMENT so your BUDDIES make a BIGGER PROFIT! STFU LOSER!
February 29th, 2008 at 1:51 amGibson failed chemistry. Gibson…one word for you…der.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:55 am#87, google “France” and “nuclear” bonehead.
#77 Muck is a selfish bastard that is only concerned about corporate profits.
How dare you equate me to Hillary!
#75, I don’t believe I have been discussing immigration or Obama/Osama. I’m fine with Hillary or Obama winning. It won’t matter much between them or Cactus John. All of their positions are basically the same. Except for a couple of percent here or there on tax rates, what’s the difference? The war will continue. Health care will continue to be a campaign promise never met. Environmentalists/nitwits will stand in the way of the only alternative energy that works (nuclear). So, it’s all just for fun between football games, right?
#68, I find the Pied Piper playing his global warming flute has you all dancing in the streets. But it’s fun to watch.
#62, the Russians have improved their nuclear plants since Chernobyl. And when was the last time you heard about a nuclear accident in France? In your solar panel and wind turbine wet dream, what happens when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing? Those will never be more than a few percent of our energy supply. Nuclear is the answer that most developed countries are going to. Yet, dolts like you prevent it here. If you want the US out of the Middle East, support nuclear power.
Hillary or Obama won’t pull the troops out because they don’t want $200 oil, or $500 oil on their watch…
February 29th, 2008 at 2:04 ammore whinny liberal sissy bull a year later when i come back to this site. global warming this global warming that. just give up and live. don’t drive to work, don’t use your computer, don’t do anything if you believe the goracle. just go buy a tent and live in the wilderness you hippies. we breath out CO2 if you haven’t figured that out by now. So please do us a favor and stop breathing to save the earth. other than that try and focus on making our country better, not with “change or hope”, but with you actually doing something. what do you want to change besides giving everyone everything for free an making everyone lazy. I guess i can just sit on my couch and play video games all day and get paid if a liberal gets elected. ill have free health care welfare, hell maybe they can throw in free cable, a car, power indurance, cell phone. Lets just make all American equal and make the dirty rich pay for all of our things. anyways ill be back to vent on this lib “blog” haaa
February 29th, 2008 at 2:15 amComment by drock — February 29, 2008 @ 2:15 am
Whoa… what the H is this idiot talking about?
Time to look into “meds”, son. Yer suffering needlessly.
February 29th, 2008 at 2:47 amAll you deniers have yet to address how the EPA justifies ignoring the ruling of the Supreme Court… The EPA if REQUIRED by law to regulate carbon dioxide emissions… that’s the law… how do you lawbreakers justify ignoring it?
February 29th, 2008 at 3:37 am#92, remember that this is a politcal extremist site. Heck, my workplace blocks it as such I think it’s funny to read the posts and comments on global warming or the economy. Even their elected leaders don’t seem to take them seriously. That’s why the constant repetition day after day, week after week, and year after year of the same ol’ issues. LOL.
Economic depression. Hague Trials. The never-changing 10-year timeline to save the planet from flooding. Etc. Funny…
LMAO.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:39 amLMAO.
Comment by muckdog — February 29, 2008 @ 3:39 am
Yet the Supreme Court takes it seriously… interesting.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:43 amSeems like investment bankers are equally concerned… interesting.
Seems like you’ve missed the boat, muckdog… sad.
Muckdog, what do you think the solar panels and the wind turbines do? They can work in several ways. How do you think they work? That you just plug directly into the panel?! They are made up of photo-voltaic cells that do what? They turn light into an electrical current that does what, guess… no, guess again… oh all right. An electrical current that charges batteries! That allows you to have electrical power during, here it comes… Night Time!!! If you want to see a perfect example of how photo-voltaic cells work in their simplest form, which I’m sure even you can understand, go and get that little calculator that cost about $3 and uses NO batteries but, will run on ANY light source. Do you see where I’m going with this? You don’t need direct sunlight for them to work!!! Did you know that even on a cloudy day you can get a suntan?!!! No direct sunlight there either. Why is it that you and people like you revel in ignorance and are scared to death of knowledge?
February 29th, 2008 at 3:46 amNow I need to go to bed and recharge my batteries. Goodnight all.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:49 amGoodnight Mr. Evil, may you dream of a world without muckdogs…
February 29th, 2008 at 3:51 amDespite Antiwar Rhetoric, Clinton-Obama Plans Would Keep US Mercenaries, Troops in Iraq for Years to Come
Obama also has no plans to sign on to legislation that seeks to ban the use of these forces in US war zones by January 2009. Despite their antiwar rhetoric, both Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton have adopted the congressional Democratic position that would leave open the option of keeping tens of thousands of US troops in Iraq for many years.
I discovered is that both of them intend to keep the Green Zone intact. Both of them intend to keep the current US embassy project, which is slated to be the largest embassy in the history of the world. I mean, I think it’s 500 CIA operatives alone, a thousand personnel. And they’re also going to keep open the Baghdad airport indefinitely. And what that means is that even though the rhetoric of withdrawal is everywhere in the Democratic campaign, we’re talking about a pretty substantial level of US forces and personnel remaining in Iraq indefinitely.
In the case of Barack Obama, I wanted to focus in on what his position is on private military contractors, particularly armed ones like those that work for Blackwater. And the reason I focus on Obama instead of Hillary on this is because Barack Obama has actually been at the forefront of addressing the mercenary issue in the Congress. In February of 2007—this was way before the Nisour Square massacre, where Blackwater forces killed seventeen Iraqis and wounded twenty others—in February of 2007, Barack Obama sponsored legislation in the Senate that sought to expand US law so that—
http://www.democracynow.org/ 2008/ 2/ 28/ jeremy_scahill_despite_anti_war_rhetoric
DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN ARE BOTH REPULSIVE VOTE NADER OR JUST KEEP REPUBLICANS IN AND FINISH YOUR COUNTRY
February 29th, 2008 at 6:57 amI just love it when right-whiners complain about climate change, and attempt to spin the truth to show nothing is happening at all.
Right-whiners refuse to believe that encouraging alternative energy will open new jobs to support the technology.
Right-whiners love being enslaved to the middle east and (mostly) islamic nations for the oil which we currently depend upon.
Right-whiners will only face the reality of climate change when they have no other choice. I hope and pray they wake up to the truth sooner rather than later.
I’m always amused by right-whiners such as Bert who makes wild assertions with no proof at all whatsoever to back up his claims. If he had proof, he’d offer it. Since he offers nothing, that’s exactly what he’s got: nothing.
February 29th, 2008 at 7:07 amOkay, let’s just fess up and be done with it: muckdog, GG, and Bert Convy know more about climate than all the climate scientists in the world put together, even though none of them is a scientist of any kind.
Amazing, isn’t it? Truly amazing. Now let’s hear these geniuses tell us that HIV doesn’t cause AIDS, that cancer doesn’t exist, and that smoking tobacco doesn’t cause lung cancer. Maybe they will even tell us that the earth is flat and 6,000 years old.
February 29th, 2008 at 7:53 am“Scientists quoted in a past DailyTech article link the cooling to reduced solar activity which they claim is a much larger driver of climate change than man-made greenhouse gases.”
Now let’s return to reality, Bert. The people you cite as “scientists” aren’t, and this claim about solar activity is false. Also, you are a liar, probably a paid liar working at an ultra-rightwing think tank sponsored by the fossil fuel industry.
February 29th, 2008 at 7:56 amBert has a PhD…it shows…
February 29th, 2008 at 8:54 amHey Bert. You forgot that dumbass Yippee Ki Yay shit. So anyway where’d you come by all the expertise in this area? Just wondering. Cheers
February 29th, 2008 at 9:38 amNo one disputes that the climate changes, it’s just that it’s not greenhouse gases that’s doing it Nancy, it’s the sun, you dolt.
*bert
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Comment by BERT CONVY — February 29, 2008 @ 8:45 am
What you know about science would fit on the point of a pin. wny you continue to embarrass yourself is a mystery, unless you just can’t help following in the lead of your embarrassingly stupid presidunce.
February 29th, 2008 at 9:51 amHey, VerbalKint!
It looks like Bert is selectively reading information from the U.S. National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) to fit his pre-concieved notion that Global Warming is a “myth”.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ oa/ climate/ research/ 2007/ aug/ national.html
Inconvenient (for Bert) highlights:
For the contiguous United States, the average temperature for August was 75.4°F (24.1°C), which was 2.7°F (1.5°C) above the 20th century mean and the second warmest August on record, based on preliminary data.
A severe heat wave persisted throughout much of the month across southern and central parts of the nation. More than 30 all-time high temperature records were tied or broken and more than 2000 new daily high temperature records were established.
Raleigh-Durham, NC equaled its all-time high of 105°F (40.6°C) on August 21, and Columbia, SC had 14 days in August with temperatures over 100°F (37.8°C), which broke the record of 12 set in 1900.
The warmest August in the 113-year record occurred in eight eastern states (West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida) along with Utah. For the Southeast, the length, severity and area of the heat wave led to comparisons with events in 1983 and 1954. The nation’s August REDTI was the highest August value in 113 years and was 16 percent above the mean energy consumption for the month. Alaska was 3.28°F (1.82°C) warmer than the 1971—2000 mean in August.
Many areas in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, and South Carolina had more than ten days of triple digit temperatures in August. It was, by far, the hottest month on record in Tennessee, and the average high temperature for the month was a remarkable 82.9°F (28.3°C), more than 6.6°F (3.7°C) above the monthly average and more than 2.8°F (1.6°C) above the previous record set in 1936. More information about the exceptional heat in August can be found at the special August heat wave page.
Drought severity worsened during the month of August in the Central and Southeast regions and in parts of Montana, Idaho, and northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, the northern plains, the Midwest, and the mid-Atlantic. The most severe drought in the nation was concentrated in a large portion of Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, the western Carolinas, and in small portions of Arkansas, Virginia, and Ohio. Extreme drought conditions also persisted or intensified in the southwestern states of Arizona, California and Nevada, as well as in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. For more information on drought during August, please visit the U.S. Drought Watch page.
In the tropical Pacific Ocean, La Niña conditions were developing. By the end of August, sea-surface temperature (SST) anomalies remained positive in the western equatorial Pacific and became more negative in the eastern equatorial Pacific. Most dynamical models are forecasting the strengthening of the La Niña conditions in the next couple of months, while some statistical models are forecasting the return of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-neutral conditions. A developing La Niña may result in wetter than normal conditions in the Pacific Northwest and drier than normal conditions in the southwestern U.S. in the fall. For additional information on ENSO conditions, please visit the NCDC ENSO Monitoring page and the latest NOAA ENSO Advisory.
I guess ‘ol Bert believes that having one of the most extreme winters equals “Global Warming is a myth”. Record breaking weather extremes are a sign that the global climate is changing for the worse, not the better.
Rising global temperatures does not mean that winter is less harsh, it means that extremes become even more extreme. Higher highs, lower lows worldwide.
I suggest that Bert should do some unbiased research on his own, and not just reguritate the talking points that oh-so conveniently support his prejudices.
February 29th, 2008 at 9:59 am#113 - “Democrat Soldier … NOW THERE’S AN OXYMORON” Comment by BERT CONVY — February 29, 2008 @ 10:47 am
Poor Bert seems to hate our veterans simply because they refuse to swig the kool-aide that he;s been blindly drinking.
I used to be a Republican, until I opened my eyes to how much they have been screwing the US and lying about theiir ulterior motives.
I’m sure that, one day, you’ll exercise your brain and wake up to the failure that is the right-whiners.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:15 am#114 - “Hillary: bring back the furniture.” Comment by BERT CONVY — February 29, 2008 @ 10:49 am
Dubya, bring back the surplus you squandered!
Dubya, bring back the soldiers you killed for the oil in Iraq!
Dubya, bring back the reputation of the United States that you’ve succeded in sullying over the past 8 years!
Dubya, do something right for a change!
February 29th, 2008 at 11:17 am#118 - Comment by BERT CONVY — February 29, 2008 @ 11:26 am
Thatks for proving that Pres. Bush is fiscally irresponsible!
It’s nice to know that you realize that Pres. bush is responsible for the largest national debt in the world, and the fastest rise in the national debt EVER!
it’s going to take a Democratic President to address the continuing failures of the Republic President and his failed Republic Congress!
February 29th, 2008 at 11:33 amhttp://miaculpa.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 02/ bush-fearmongering-proven-to-be-lies.html
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/16/bush-fear-iraq/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKBLKLF79EA
February 29th, 2008 at 11:41 amyou’re comparing their houses? to make a point?
That was quite the fair and balanced write up you posted. Please do tell, where did you find it?
jeebus…
how old are you?
February 29th, 2008 at 11:52 am#123 - “George Bush Has Done More to Combat Global Warming than Al Gore” Comment by BERT CONVY — February 29, 2008 @ 11:48 am
“What Bush did not explain – and what the press did not deign to find out – was that Bush’s claim about the Internet’s energy use came from a study commissioned by a coal-industry group that endorses the view that more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is good – not bad – for the earth.
Also not mentioned by Bush was that the coal industry’s Internet study concluded that the United States must undertake a $1 trillion investment in new power plants to meet energy demands supposedly created by the Internet and other new technologies.
Though Bush cited the 8 percent figure as fact, the estimate is vigorously challenged by many energy experts as a wild exaggeration of the Internet’s energy requirements and as a gross distortion of the underlying reality that the high-tech New Economy has achieved significant net savings in energy use.”
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2000/100900a.html
‘Will Bush Stop Congress from Creating a New Energy Future?
After six years of rhetorical puffery from President Bush about making the United States “less dependent on foreign oil,” the new leadership of the 110th Congress took the initiative last weekend and passed a pair of “far-reaching,” forward-looking energy bills that “will increase the use of renewable energy, reduce America’s dependence on foreign sources of energy, and decrease global warming pollution.” In a rare Saturday session, the House approved the New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act, putting the nation on a path toward greater energy independence and security. Congress also passed a companion tax package totaling nearly $16 billion to help transition to a new energy economy. Bush has threatened to veto the bills. In 1986, the United States imported 27 percent of its oil; today, it imports 60 percent. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) heralded the bipartisan legislation as “just the ambitious first phase in what will be a series of revolutionary actions for energy independence.” Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) said the bill’s passage moves America away not only from our “over-dependence on fossil fuels, but from our dependence on fossilized ideas.”
http://www.alternet.org/environment/59387/
Pres. Bush doesn’t care anything about our environment. He’d rather sell out to oil & coal industries rather than invest in alternative sources of energy.
The truth will se you free, but first it’s going to tick you off!
Why does Bert refuse to support his country by serving in the military? Is he afraid of being patriotic?
February 29th, 2008 at 11:55 amEnvironmental issues and the Bush administration.
http://ap.google.com/ article/ ALeqM5jEqfg4UsfKG1hEruuGr6j4Jx0LWAD8V3SUG00
http://www.latimes.com/ news/ nationworld/ nation/ la-me-epa29feb29,1,5889335.story?track=rss&ctrack=1&cset=true
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/ content/ article/ 2007/ 04/ 02/ AR2007040200487.html
and that’s just a the tip of the iceberg.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:06 pmGeorge Bush Has Done More to Combat Global Warming than Al Gore
*bert
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Comment by BERT CONVY — February 29, 2008 @ 11:48 am
Hey Bert. When did this screw up get control over the sun or are you backing off on that sun stuff. Either way thanks for the Yippie Ki Yay. I love that stupid shit. You are about as real as Daryll. Oh yeah and your expertise in this area comes again from where?
February 29th, 2008 at 12:11 pmBest-
#127 - “Oh yeah and your expertise in this area comes again from where?” Comment by dbadass — February 29, 2008 @ 12:11 pm
Well, since Bert’s head is way up in the clouds, I’m sure that makes him think he’s qualified to be an “expert” on the climate. ;-)
February 29th, 2008 at 12:42 pm