PS – Anthony, I hope you’ll see my point on gays and lesbians as a comment on logic and the insidious nature of that indoctrination attempt rather than as condemnation on people of that sexual persuasion – also it is not meant to stir any evolution/intelligent design debates. This is not the forum for that.

Did he at least shiver?

I dunno. Makes sense to me (It only works if you can’t think.)

Look up in the sky. There is only one force that causes global warming; the sun. You could have living thing on this earth fart at the same time and it won’t make a difference.

Vile sun worshiper! The Sea Witches rule. Water defeats fire; so sayeth ye olde Feng Shue. Feh! Feh!

Controlling people is the real truth behind global warming .

“You are getting warmer. You are getting warmer. Warmer . . . Waaaarmer . . .”

statepoet1775 has it right. Freedom gives us security. Some of the alarmists want to shut off debate because they cannot win. Truth is our best defense.

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” B. Franklin c. 1755

REPLY: Thats not the photo of that event, its a stock photo. I’m adding a disclaimer – Anthony

Actually, many would say that freedom ENHANCES security. If I were a terrorist, would I rather deal with a one-size-fits-all security system or hundreds or even thousands of different security systems designed by ingenious Americans? A truly free country would bewilder and frustrate its enemies. In any case it would quickly and effectively respond. Needless to say, truly free citizens would be armed too.
I read a science fiction short story based on this premise. It is counter intuitive but true, IMO.

Week 1: “What causes it to be hotter during the day than during the night?”
Week 2: “What causes it to be hotter in summer than in winter?”
Week 3: “What causes it to be hotter at the equator than at the poles?”
Week 4: “What causes it to be hotter in cities than in suburbs?”
Week 5: “What causes it to be hotter at ground level than at 30,000 feet?”
Week 6: “What causes clouds to form?”

There, that’s the first half-term covered. The pupils go home, play football, irritate their mothers and return for the second half:

Week 7: “Earth surface temperatures from 1million BC to 1000 AD”
Week 8: “Earth surface temperatures from 1000AD to 1500.”
Week 9: “Earth surface temperatures from 1500 to 1750.”
Week 10: “Earth surface temperatures from 1750 to 1850.”
Week 11: “Earth surface temperatures from 1850 to 1979.”
Week 12: “Comparison of earth surface temperatures measured by satellite and at ground stations 1979-date.”

End of term.

That should give them a good grounding and take them up to Christmas. When they return they can learn both side of the argument about how those various figures can be interpreted, that’s half a term. Then they can learn about sunspots and oceanic oscillations, end of term 2.

In the final term they can be told that some people think a gas comprising 4 parts in every 10,000 of the atmosphere determines how the climate will behave. That is one week; the second week they are sent home because they are still laughing. Fill the rest of the term how you will, I suggest cricket lessons.

Mutually exclusive?

Capitalism is this country is not in great shape. It has too many uncertainties. Far easier to promise security. A giant operations manual, with a Procedure for Everything. The governator had the sense to take a small step back from that.

What did Franklin say about security and freedom?

Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowell

We’d be graduating a brighter bunch of kids if it were in the curiculum.