When I read these comments I can’t believe some people are so blind, do you really think that wildfires are caused by global warming? Do you really believe there were no weather catastrophe’s before Al Gore invented Global Warming, just like he invented the internet? Try researching! If a million people believe a wrong hypothesis does it make it right? Mainstream Media is 90% liberal fully endorsing Obama without examining anything about him and afraid to use his middle name. Nazi Germany believed in their Messiah – Hitler without fully understanding his agenda.

I’m guessing you watch Fox News right?

Sarah Palin is RIGHT to think that man’s effect on the planet is only a small factor in the larger understanding of global climate. God controls the world’s temperature, not man. God controls the climate, not man. God controls the earth’s “eco-system,” not man. God controls our environment, not man.

Man is a sinful, selfish, wasteful creature…do you really think that God did not factor in the 20th century?

Do you think liberal rule for the past 28 years has prevented new nuclear plants? Or is it because nuclear is the most expensive source of electricity and it produces waste that stays extremely hazardous for over 4 billion years? What exactly is the cost of storing the waste for four billion years? Round up or down to the nearest quadrillion dollars.

katy Says:

Zooey Says:
Is it just me?
Every time I hear that voice, I long for the sound of fingernails scraping on a blackboard.

not just you…

what’s interesting, is the repugs who would always complain about hillary’s voice, they just loves this idjit…

Well, Hilary’s voice always had content, that’s what scares them. Uppity women!

I don’t know about you, but when it’s 100 °F outside, I do take off my sweater. Granted, that’s not my only activity, but that is indeed a direct consequence….

Cheers,

Kinda doesn’t matter that we influence the cause of global warming…
… Well, at least that’s what Sarah meant.

I mean, if we don’t care to know what’s causing it, how the he|| is Sarah supposed to affect any change…
… Oh my bad, with prayer?

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A little skepticism is reasonable, and I agree that we should always make note of who profits and who is lobbying for any policy, be it war, taxes, diplomacy, or environment. But we shouldn’t be so blinded by skepticism that we let it paralyze us into inaction.

The only additional comment I would make is this:

If progressives really want skeptics on board (to live greener, support greener legislation, etc), it might be more productive to overcome the prevalent concerns about big government.

I could be wrong, but I don’t really think deniers doubt the planet is getting warmer or that man plays a role. I think the denial is resistance to their concerns about loss of liberty and too much government control. Whether those concerns are rational or not.

Beating deniers over the head by insisting on the science (you’re not doing that, but it does happen) may make sense to proponents, but I think it’s unproductive. A more productive avenue to get the skeptics onboard is to assure them that the role of government would be limited, scrutiny will be ongoing, the power would remain with the people, and the side benefits of addressing climate change would be a cleaner environment, even in the remote circumstance that the threat from climate change was overestimated.

I’m still keeping an open mind, but if I had to vote today, I’d vote Biden/Obama in part because of Palin’s comments, her fundamentalist religious views, and most importantly Obama’s near flawless execution in this campaign in comparison to McCain’s less impressive efforts. I straddle the fence on ideological grounds.

But, up to now, Obama has proven to be the better choice for me.

This is totally backedup’s only SCHTICK. I also loves how he completely whiffs on connecting the actual topic of the post – Palin’s view on global warming – and starts his side debate on how we should act deliberately here. Thanks for the words of wisdom backedup – you’re truly a class clow…er…act.

Again, that’s the issue. How significant is the problem

The ACTUAL issue here is this, Backedup: What about Palin’s “answer” makes you think she has any depth of knowledge concerning the environment and climate change? Does the role of humankind “kinda” not matter in assessing the severity of the problem?

What’s your reaction to Palin’s statement – the actual topic of the thread. Do you agree that an evaluation of causal effect DOES matter, or is something like that an insignificant detail to you like it appears to be to Palin?

backup Says:
We should not let the urgency that’s been created, cause us to make inappropriate decisions.

Who the hell are you talking to? The republicans are the ones who cry “crisis” and use it to proceed to do illogical and non-productive things.

When dems have been faced with crisis that was genuine they have acted sensibly…..do I need to cite examples or will you concede the obvious point?

backup Says:
I believe those that oppose the idea of climate change, oppose the idea because of their concern that the issue will be used for an inordinate empowerment of government that often proves to be poor stewards of capital and often the engineers of even more painful unintended consequences.

And how many times do these same people have to be proven to be wrong for you to get that they have a different agenda than that altogether?

How much more engineering of a failed economy and war do you need to see to know that these people do not know how to solve any societal problem……they are in fact, the problem.

You’re not making any sense this morning captain. You act like the right has honerable intentions….please.

October 1st, 2008 at 11:57 am
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And I believe those that oppose the idea of climate change oppose the idea of the oil industry no longer raking in record profits. Which is exactly why the Petroleum Institute has been working so hard over the past decade to inject “reasonable doubt” into the consensus of climate scientists and artificially keep the debate going.

October 1st, 2008 at 12:04 pm

Duh.