As far as the global warming issue goes if I were a US citizen

I would be looking to find people in his administration who would listen to correct science.

I would try to expand the spread of information to the scientific community: many scientists trust the scientific integrity of scientists outside their field. If they become aware of how things are in IPCC climatology they will join the skeptics in droves.

And for those of you on the losing side, cheer up. What you call socialism in the US is barely liberal for Europe, the US is a great country and it was necessary that the pendulum should shift towards taking care of the hoi polloi instead of just the corporations, which was the Bush administration’s aim.

Lets get back to science.

But at least we got thousands of critically important news stories about Tina Fey, Palin’s wardrobe, her daughter’s dating habits and non-Troopergate. Obama’s KGB proposal really isn’t important by comparison.

“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

a Canadian not-born-there

I have been in the scientific community my entire life. Many scientists fundamentally consider the outside world to be intellectually inferior and fundamentally dangerous.
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But would you hire someone who is arrogant, consistently wrong, and considers himself unaccountable?

No, I wouldn’t hire James Hansen.

Assuming the research proves true, is the follow equation correct (posted from the same discussion)?
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sean362880 :
November 4th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

Um…no.

Mass balance:
(2400 grams C / gallon)* (10 gal/tank )* (84 g/mol MgC03 / 12 g/mol C) = 168,000 g.

So you’re going to remove 168 kg of MgCO3 from your tailpipe after every 10-gallon tank? That’s neglecting the weight of all the other crap that was part of the raw mineral.

I think this is why they’re going for industrial application only.
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You are obviously a better historian than I. You are right, Cheney-Bush are not alone on the list of potential tyrrants!

Thanks for the insight.

John D.

Doubt is a virtue as it helps you avoid the scams and schemes of conmen and charlatans and to honestly assess your own beliefs and behaviours.

Effective Scepticism is the systematic application of Doubt to (1) identify Assumptions. (2) Question and Test Assumptions, and (3) Weed out the Assumptions that don’t stand up in the face of rigourous multi-faceted testing.

We all carry around untested assumptions that form part of our world view and hence part of our indentity.

Testing our assumptions is hard work, and can be painful and frightening when dearly held beliefs are found to be wanting. Hence the general lack of popularity for actually doing scepticism.

The alternative is to leave yourself open to self-deception and the well spun schemes of conmen, charlatans and other intra-species predators…

We live in a culture that valorises belief and in which doubt is pretty much a four letter word. This plays into the hands of those who are happy to manipulate others for gain.

Watch out for belief and the quest for certainty as there is little that is truly certain in this world and certainty is often little more than a security blanket to mask fear.

I would suggest a balance of healthy doubt coupled with a strong sense of faith in yourself and the underlying values of personal liberty and independence that underpin your (US) community as providing an effective stance for dealing with lifes uncertainties.

“I understand that the G.O.P. thinks we can just do whatever to whoever, whenever we want, but that is not reality. ”

I have no idea where this even comes from. But I don’t believe it comes from any form of research…sounds kind of like a MSM soundbite to me.

“Let’s wake up America and figure out that there are some major problems ahead of not only our country, but globally. ”

I think that’s what’s been said for several years now regarding AGW, or ACC, whatever the new initials are.

“Fortunately we are electing a man that can remember what he said yesterday …as opposed to McCain.”

Yes..the guy who was going to visit ALL 57 states to make sure they all got the message.

“Who’s best judgment has been to nominate a V.P. that I’m pretty sure dyes her hair brown so that she does come across as a complete air head.”

Ok…I’d say that pretty much sums up the level of intelligence you’ve brought to the table :*)

Thanks for playing the home game.

Jim

I put my protest bumper sticker on the car last night – “Palin 2012.” McCain will go down in history as having run the worst Republican campaign in modern history. Mondale would be proud.

I can’t wait until Obama starts telling my community what we have to do to make ourselves acceptable to Europeans The courtship phase is over.