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Re: The Mann and the Hockey Stick

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From: Billy
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:37
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In article <CB9E4917.26DA3%leonard78sp@primus.ca>,
 Leonard <leonard78sp@primus.ca> wrote:

> On 3/31/12 10:27 PM, in article
> QIadnZ5kA-hjIerSnZ2dnUVZ_goAAAAA@giganews.com, "RLW" <rlwatkins@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:18:28 -0400, Leonard wrote:
> > 
> >> > Abracadabra,  No More Medi�val Warm Period!
> >> > 
> >> > The lies behind the failed Hockey Stick
> > 
> > <yada, yada, yada>
> > 
> > I'm starting to get the impression that few posting here actually know
> > what the "hockey stick" graph was intended to represent: runaway, nearly
> > limitless increase in surface temperature.
> > 
> > � Sssssuuurrrre
> > � However it was a fabrication that can not
> >    bear the sight of light.
> > 
> > A) We know that's wrong.
> > 
> > B) We know that the troposphere is getting warmer.
> > 
> > � FALSE
> > 
> > (A) does nothing to disprove (B).  Indeed, (B) is something *observed*,
> > not a matter open to debate.
> > 
> > � FALSE
> > 
> > (B) means that a lot of weather patterns will change and a lot of ice will
> > melt.  This doesn't mean Humanity will die off, but it will be very damn'
> > expensive and inconvenient for a good many folks.
> > 
> > � FALSE � The next 100 years or more a
> >    lot of ice will form and less will melt
> > 
> > I'll hate having to explain to my grandkids that everyone stood around
> > debating whether it was happening instead of figuring out what impact it
> > will have and how to solve some of the attendant problems.
> 
>          � Well Watkins, you have a lot to learn.
>             Prepare your car for winter weather.
>             Prepare your house for power outages. Get
>             gas furnace, fridge, stove, and standby power
>             generator (for thermostats, small appliances,
>             and car heater).
> � � 
> 
> There are three types of people that you
> can_not_talk_into_behaving_well. The
> stupid, the religious fanatic, and the evil.
> 
> 1- The stupid aren't smart enough to follow the
>     
>     logic of what you say. You have to tell them
> 
>     what is right in very simple terms. If they do
>   
>     not agree, you will never be able to change
>     
>     their mind. 
> 
> 2- The religious fanatic: If what you say goes
>  
>     against their religious belief, they will cling
> 
>     to that belief even if it means their death.
> 
> 3- There is no way to reform evil- not in a
>  
>     million years. There is no way to convince
> 
>     anthropogenic_global_warming_alarmists,
> 
>     terrorists, serial killers, paedophiles, and
> 
>     predators to change their evil ways, They
> 
>     knew what they were doing was wrong, but
> 
>     knowledge didn't stop them. It only made
> 
>     them more careful in how they went about
>  
>    performing their evil deeds.
> � � 

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Subject: Re: The Mann and the Hockey Stick
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