Hey Jimbob,
You responded to GB, where’s my response? Too tough for you? Hard to face facts?
Also, did you know that the Hussein government was found to be liable for 9/11 and ordered to pay survivors money? True story – ordered to pay millions from an NYC judge who looked at the evidence of Hussein, previous terror links, and AQ. You can look at http://www.husseinandterror.com for more details. Don’t be scared though, it’s just your incorrect worldview that will suffer.
And Andrew. Reactionary? To what? In the 70s these same people claimed we were facing another ice age. Now, it’s global warming. As I said before, consensus is not science. Proving or disproving the hypothesis is science. Ask the guy who helped to was part of the IPCC study for the UN, and wouldn’t accept the Nobel Prize because of this same reason. (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119387567378878423.html) Or perhaps you just believe this is the fault of men, due to another “scientific” study (http://www.bloggernews.net/114888)
It helps to have correct information as well. Did you know that James Hansen’s research, that he and Al Gore have based so much on, was incorrect? Did you think to look? Did you also know that the mean temperature of Mars has increased about the same amount that the Earth’s temperature has increased? What proactive solution do you prescribe for this? I am not aware of a large number of SUVs on Mars. Is the cure to global warming Priuses (which don’t get too much better mileage than a Corolla, but cause much more environmental damage) or CFLs for your light fixtures (which are extremely hazardous to the environment due to the amount of mercury)? Do you think that throwing some “solutions” at an unknown or unverified “problem” will help or cause more problems? Simply having an emotional response to something and getting on the consensus bandwagon is not enough to justify the reaction you are wishing on the population. For heaven’s sake, scientists can’t predict the weather into the next 14 days, let alone the next 100 years.
And MW, yes, it is acceptable to keep this person locked up in Guatanamo for five years as a terrorist. I don’t recall Americans flying the planes into buildings on 9/11, but terrorists. Some of those terrorists are being held there. They get fed better than our troops guarding them, they have religious freedom, they can see lawyers, etc., etc. They are treated much better than any other POW in history by any other country. Did you get this worked up about POWs in Hanoi and Bataan, who had, without argument, much, much worse experiences? You need to stay away from movies like Rendition as your points of fact.
My .02. Please feel free to reply with reasoned and well-thought out responses.
