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When will President Harding act?

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UPDATED: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 09:50
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 5:25 AM

HERO


Found this article on Drudge:
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Inside the Beltway
John McCaslin
August 14, 2007

Before Gore

D.C. resident John Lockwood was conducting research at the Library of Congress and came across an intriguing Page 2 headline in the Nov. 2, 1922 edition of The Washington Post: "Arctic Ocean Getting Warm; Seals Vanish and Icebergs Melt."

The 1922 article, obtained by Inside the Beltway, goes on to mention "great masses of ice have now been replaced by moraines of earth and stones," and "at many points well-known glaciers have entirely disappeared."

"This was one of several such articles I have found at the Library of Congress for the 1920s and 1930s," says Mr. Lockwood. "I had read of the just-released NASA estimates, that four of the 10 hottest years in the U.S. were actually in the 1930s, with 1934 the hottest of all."


One wonders at the massive destruction about to be wrought by that enviromental catastrophe, why did President Harding not act? Perhaps his 1920 inaugural address has an answer:
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I speak for administrative efficiency, for lightened tax burdens, for sound commercial practices, for adequate credit facilities, for sympathetic concern for all agricultural problems, for the omission of unnecessary interference of Government with business, for an end to Government's experiment in business, and for more efficient business in Government administration. With all of this must attend a mindfulness of the human side of all activities, so that social, industrial, and economic justice will be squared with the purposes of a righteous people.



Hmm...sounds like he's fit right in with today's Republicans. Maybe we can dig him up and stick him onstage at the next debate. I'd take a dead President Harding over a live Ron Paul anyday. Come to think of it...Tommy Thompson was kind of a dead Warren Harding.

H




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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:01 AM

FLETCH2


Isn't this the guy who they believe was poisoned in office?

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:04 AM

RIGHTEOUS9



What's he citing on those NASA estimates Hero? Or do you even care, so long as it sounds good to you?

It's a dumb point too. Nobody who is worried about global warming today would say that there are no natural changes that take place on this planet. The situation then was not what it is today. There is no controversy among the scientific community about man's role in climate change...if there is please link me to some peer-reviewed studies debunking my claim...I've been searching for about a week...following Inhoffe's leads, and I've come up with near jack.


These "so much for global warming" posts do a disservice to any kind of honest discussion on the topic. If you're going to post something like this, then please post some sort of scientific consensus as to why the glaciers were receding then. But of course your point isn't any kind of understanding. You want to appeal to the "common sense" of people...not their interest in facts.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:23 AM

HERO


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Originally posted by Righteous9:

What's he citing on those NASA estimates Hero? Or do you even care, so long as it sounds good to you?


Those studies are all over lately, especially since NASA miscalculated (ie, had a math mistake) and had to correct the error. 1934, hot. 1998, hot, but not so hot as 1934. And so on with four or five (depending on which math you like better) of the hottest days being in the 1930s.
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The situation then was not what it is today.


No, but the rhetoric is similar. And the coming climate change they were predicting in the '20s actually happened in the '30s dustbowl era and then the trend reversed because climate comes in cycles.
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These "so much for global warming" posts do a disservice to any kind of honest discussion on the topic.


I disagree. The point of free dissent is to either correct mistakes or force the truth to be proven. You say "GLOBAL WARMING" and I throw a flag and call for a review. You have evidence and I say "look we've heard it all before and maybe since it was true then it is now, but look...it went away because its cycles."

There was hurricane hysteria in the '50s. Why? Cause they had some really big, bad hurricanes. Then not so much. Then some big ones again and now...not so much.
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If you're going to post something like this, then please post some sort of scientific consensus as to why the glaciers were receding then.


I believe the common consensus is that ice melts. I note for the record that ice melts at room temperature and ice melts if you put it in the microwave and ice melts when its cold (but not freezing cold cause that about the only time ice don't melt). So if your pointing to ice melting as your proof...I'm going to need some more because it turns out...ice has been melting for years and the world is still chugging along.

H

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:28 AM

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:50 AM

RUE

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"Those studies are all over lately"

We've already read of one, not so much a study, but a calculation change which raised the 1934 temperature 1/100 of a degree. So, since the real studies are "all over" - cite me a few. Please.


"1998, hot, but not so hot as 1934."
Yes, 1/100 of a degree cooler. Amazing how much colder that was, wouldn't you say ? 1998 was downright COLD by comparison to 1934.


"I throw a flag and call for a review."

Is that how you understand science - as a sport ? So that's why you're so confused !


"I believe the common consensus is that ice melts."

Now, this is really imaginative. What better dodge of a fact than sarcasm. What better way to evade having to actually back up your claims. Were there studies showing Antarctic was melting ? How about glaciers in the Himalayas, or N or S America or Europe ? Well, uuuh. No.

You see, by trying to "win" isolated points you only make yourself look ignorant, partisan and completely out to lunch.

Yep, here's our 'Hero' out to liquor-pooh lunch - Hic ! droooolll...


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