Note: This letter to WUWT from Sherri Quammen was received today at at 1:47 PM PST and titled as: A “do it yourself” home global warming test. I present it in entirety, unedited, with appropriate citations for spelling and the original story. See follow up here. – Anthony
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When I suggested (WUWT May 22nd, 2007) that Mr. Watts park his gas guzzler in the garage, close all the doors and leave his engine running, it was a humourous [sic] yet effective attempt to make a point to all the ney [sic] sayers that man has drastically affected this planet’s climate as well as it’s [sic] very fragile, life supporting eco-systems.
I merely suggested that he try a little experiment at home comparing the effects from the exaust [sic] of just one running vehicle on his health as well as the probable increase of temperature in his garage. He obviously knows that many folks have commited [sic] suicide doing this or he wouldn’t have avoided the real issue and instead call me a vitral [sic] filled leftist or what ever he said at the time. If one car in an enclosed area ( like the Earth’s atmosphere) can kill someone, then imagine what six billion running cars can do.
In just the short time that the government insued [sic] a no fly rule after 9-11 where no planes were allowed in US skies, there was over a one degree cooling of the atmosphere’s temperature or something like that. Can you see where I’m going with this, or am I just another tree hugging earth lover with my head in the polluted clouds? I’m pretty sure this won’t be printed. We can expect as much from a man paid by the corporations to be a weapon of mass deception.
Sherri Quammen
Concow, CA
If acarians in your house had cars, yeah that would be about the same effect has us with our cars on earth.
Another proud member of “The League of Conservation Voters” no doubt..
James Sexton says:
March 22, 2012 at 3:59 pm
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Either ‘Ditto”, or
“Dammit, Jim! I’m just a doctor! I can’t cure this.”
Let us be reminded of the traditional non-literal definition of the word “green:” innocent, gullible, foolish, open to exploitation. Seems like a fair summation to me.
smokee, yu ar speeking mie langueej.
Smokey says:
March 22, 2012 at 3:48 pm
That letter reminded me of this.
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Unfortunately the test scores have been “messaged” by Mann, Briffia, Jones… Again they are “Hiding the Decline”
Bob says:
March 22, 2012 at 2:47 pm
REPLY: No, this is a letter from a real person, here she is below on YouTube – Anthony
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I’m gobsmacked. I really thought it was from a 12 or 13-year old.
Smokey says:
March 22, 2012 at 4:39 pm
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+10 — Amzanig
Not even in the Commonwealth, or anywhere in the world is the spelling ‘humourous’ correct.
See here:
http://grammarist.com/spelling/humor-humour/
“Humor vs. humour
Humor and humour are different spellings of the same word. Humor is preferred in American English, and humour is preferred in all other major varieties of English. The distinction extends to derivative participles, including humored/humoured and humoring/humouring. But in all varieties of English, the adjective humorous has no u in the second syllable.”
Sherri Quammen is an example of what has gone wrong with America’s nanny state government with it’s warning labels, the reduction of the effects of Darwinism.
Pedant alert!
…after 9-11 where no planes were allowed…
I believe this should be “…after 9-11 whenno planes were allowed…”
Allan MacRae says:
March 22, 2012 at 3:58 pm
About a decade ago, I wrote an article in the National Post, saying that Canada should not ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
I soon received an angry, threatening email from someone who held me personally responsible for the flooding of the City of Prague.
I replied:
Dear Sir, you are entirely correct.
I am the One fully responsible the flooding of Prague.
Now “run along”, or I’ll do it again.
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ROFLMAO! I love this! What a brilliant way to respond!
While Sherri has sent you a truly silly email, I am uncomfortable about seeing links to her youtube videos and facebook page posted here. I understand the desire to respond to those who might doubt that such silliness existed in human form. However this almost becomes a case of argumentum ad hominem which is a tactic I despise. I believe we could have admired her wonderful mastery of speling , and the sheer silliness of the arguments in her email without needing to look at her picture or know what thoughts she has posted on her facebook page.
Sherri doesn’t deserve much sympathy as a person who thinks it is OK to suggest people with opposing views should be locked in a garage and gassed. Nevertheless would rather we didn’t resort to dubious tactics ourselves even in the face of provocation.
The college I attended had a requirement for all freshmen to take “Humanities”, which was a mixture of English, History and Philosophy with a heavy emphasis on writing weekly papers. One of the goals of course was to impart a basic level of competance in written communication. One freshman objected to this requirement as “unnecessary” and expressed his resentment in a long and rambling letter to the editor of the school newspaper. One sentence of which I have burned in my memory, although this was just the crown jewel among many lesser gems:
Case closed.
But honestly, I used to look down on people with minimal English language competence. Now (especially in a forum with many non-native English speakers), I am inclined to go easy on language errors. I still have little tolerance for people who can’t think straight, or who have nothing to say which is worth my time to read.
Response..
Ok, I’ll do the carbon dioxide test if you, firstly, spend one month consuming absolutely nothing with carbon of any description in it.
Isn’t it amazing how many of the left wing, AGW, CO2 is evil, loonies…….. are vegetarians 🙂
Inspiration provided by Gordon Richmond, 3:49pm.
def: Quammen, noun and adjective. – A incurable human condition exhibited when an afflicted person is so stupid, they are incapable of comprehending just how breathtakingly stupid they actually are.
usage ex: “I see quammen people….and they don’t even know they’re quammen!”
specific ex; ‘sherri quammen’ – a fortified wine drinking quammen, with profound spelling issues.
Sarcasm applies……
“The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t.”
….I’m ‘way past my idiocy quotient for today & have a nice headache going on, so I’ll leave this one as is.
I’ve always said that there should be IQ tests for the two licenses we need to bring in – a parenting license and a voting license. Anyone under IQ 105 gets neither.
Never try to teach a pig to sing, it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
To be fair to Sherri I think she is protesting about car exhaust fumes rather than Carbon Dioxide Emmisions.If it is the latter then she should look at this post, http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/11/08/the-durban-game/ (Second graph down page).
If, after looking at the graph she is horrified, I suggest to Sherri, she writes a song of protest, and go play it in Tiananmen Square.
Five drinks thanks and don’t call me “Surely”.
Reference earlier comment about the ‘no-fly’ period effects. (22nd, 4:43pm, currently still awaiting moderation):
The video is named ‘Global Dimming’, I intend publishing a post on it.
Reference – http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15809.htm
I would be interested in Anthony’s take on the hypothesis that air pollution due to soot, dust and other pollutants, apparently including aircraft ’emissions’, increase the atmosphere’s reflectiion parameter and counter ‘Global Warming’?
I think this is an accepted factor, but the video theme is that GHG warming would be scarily worse without the pollution. That is the claim and it could just possibly be true.
On the other hand, I am prepared to believe that the CO2 “generated” warming is much less than warmists claim, both because of the science being unproven and the global temperature assessments being suspect (except when they show decreases 🙂 )
What a nasty woman. This is what happens when you watch too much “Democracy Now!” You start thinking in terms of the reign of terror.”
markstoval says:
March 22, 2012 at 4:36 pm
” … Just ignore her, there’s nothing anyone can say that will open her eyes. …”
I wonder. I really do wonder about that. Not her specifically; but the deluded watermelons like her. Is there any set of facts, data, or theory that would open their eyes? If the deity herself desended and said on The Daily Show that climate just vasilated and there was nothing to fear — would that be enough?
I guess not.
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She falls in the category of affirmers who blindly follow. Nothing will change her mind until she decides to open it.
Just ignore her…
I’m not stunned at all by the grammatical errors but how messed up do you have to be to send a letter to a newspaper for all to see suggesting someone you don’t agree with kill themself? I hope Sherri has the decency at some point to be ashamed, if not for the spelling errors then the lack of humanity.