It seems that presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain is continuing to feed the Big Green Monster of global warming junk science:
International responsibility also means preserving our common home. The risks of global warming have no borders. Americans and Europeans need to get serious about substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years or we will hand over a much-diminished world to our grandchildren. We need to reinvigorate the US-European partnership on climate change where we have so many common interests at stake. The US and Europe must lead together to encourage the participation of the rest of the world, including most importantly, the developing economic powerhouses of China and India.
I have introduced legislation that would require a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, but that is just a start. We need a successor to Kyoto, a cap-and-trade system that delivers the necessary environmental impact in an economically responsible manner.
Meanwhile, back on Earth:
Some 3,000 scientific robots that are plying the ocean have sent home a puzzling message. These diving instruments suggest that the oceans have not warmed up at all over the past four or five years. That could mean global warming has taken a breather. Or it could mean scientists aren’t quite understanding what their robots are telling them.
This is puzzling in part because here on the surface of the Earth, the years since 2003 have been some of the hottest on record. But Josh Willis at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory says the oceans are what really matter when it comes to global warming.
In fact, 80 percent to 90 percent of global warming involves heating up ocean waters. They hold much more heat than the atmosphere can. So Willis has been studying the ocean with a fleet of robotic instruments called the Argo system. The buoys can dive 3,000 feet down and measure ocean temperature. Since the system was fully deployed in 2003, it has recorded no warming of the global oceans.
“There has been a very slight cooling, but not anything really significant,” Willis says. So the buildup of heat on Earth may be on a brief hiatus. “Global warming doesn’t mean every year will be warmer than the last. And it may be that we are in a period of less rapid warming.”
In other words, “We don’t have a clue what’s going on but let’s go ahead and bankrupt our economy trying to fix an environment that’s not broken.”
There are real environmental problems we could be focusing on instead of funding fat professors with billions of research dollars to practice pseudo science. In 5-10 years all these buffoons will be yammering about some other made-up environmental catastrophe. I’m with that Weather Channel guy, let’s sue Al Gore for fraud.
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I’m with the weather guy too, Let’s sue Al Gore for fraud. As to John McCain, if one is a moderate to liberal, why wouldn’t one buy into the false weather science? Especially if one wants to appeal to liberals, and moderates. Also, somehow things always lead to money and power. What companies gain from the hardship we will endure, and how much will John McCain gain from the companies? I’m waiting for him to return from Iraq and say, I’ll pull out the troops by 2012.
With Obama or Clinton in office, Republicans in Congress-even being the minority-will fight global warming legislation vigorously. President McCain will pass this stuff no problem.
“President McCain”, ugh. Have you ever actually said that to yourself?
John McCain is the personification of the “Stupid” Party. He talks and acts stupid albeit with a little more class than Bush 43.
The “Criminal” party gives us even worse choices; Clintonian ice cold evil and the hate Whitey red hot modality of evil.
Maybe the realists of the country should vote for the third party of choice [after stocking up on ammunition]. As the Boy Scouts say [whom the ACLU hates] “Be Prepared”
Just my thoughts on Easter week end!
GJT, no, I haven’t. Ugh is right! It will be what it will be, however. It’s a long way to November. We might be saying President Obama.
We can overturn or repeal bad legislation down the road. It’s much harder to overturn a ruling of the SCOTUS and damn near impossible to overturn a SCOTUS confirmation.
I can be convinced that 1 or 2 liberal Justices will retire in a Democrat’s administration while the getting out is good and also “the” Irag withdrawal but overturning bad legislation, you’re kidding right?
Global warming legilation is very dangerous to this nation, a close second to SCOTUS issues.
Great leading question, Hamous. Where indeed is the heat? Ask the good folk in the states north of us how they’re enjoying this “mild” winter.
I’m with the Weather Channel guy also.
I agree it is very dangerous but if the Republicans ever get their crap together and take back congress legislation can be repealed. A Chuck Schumer pick on the Supreme Court lasts a lifetime.
One last thing before I head out for the day, in less than a decade the scientific community will come to a new consensus that there is no such thing as man-made global warming and all this will go away.
The thought of gorebull warming will go away, but the tax won’t. It will be named…… a new environmental b.s. tax and we pay forward.
Anyone else have the feeling of dread when this glue horse opens his mouth?
Anyone who believes in man-made Global Warming is an idiot. It’s my first test to determine someone’s intelligence. If they believe in it, they are stupid in my book and I renounce any further contact with them.
I’m not voting for McCain. You think you’re angry about Man-made Global Warming wait till he lets the illegal aliens stay and opens our borders.
These folks can be summed up in one word, “Traitors”.
Is there a legal fund we can donate to? I’d love to be part of the impetus for this lawsuit. I wonder how to reach the weather guy and at least send an “attaboy!” letter.
LOL. I, too, agree that Global Warming legislation is dangerous and/or stupid, but c’mon. Next week when we’re back on illegal immigration or Second Amendment issues, THAT will be the issue that runs “close second to SCOTUS issues”!
Meaning: McCain will never be good enough for some people.
I do truly believe that for some of the people I’m listening to, Ronald Reagan himself would be thrown under the bus today if he was the presumptive Republican nominee for POTUS…
Guess why the electrical rates are rising. Too cold of a winter.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5637569.html
McCain is not good for anyone. He will lead us to the path of financial and cultural ruin.
18 - 2 words: NUCLEAR FREAKIN’ POWER!
13 Man made global warming exists! It comes from DC and all the hot air bags that “work” there. Please don’t think I’m an idiot.
Add to 21 /sarc
If I vote for McCain and he’s elected, he will run around telling everyone he has “my” mandate to do all the crazy stuff he wants to do to make the Kennedys happy. The Rep in congress will be unable to repel any of his initiatives due to party loyalty considerations. However, if the evil one or the other one are elected, then at least the Reps can fight back - assuming of course that they don’t sit back and get comfortable in their long standing position of being the minority party. Overall, there does not appear to be a good option, but that’s what happens when we let the NY Times pick our candidate.
I believe that we should get hold of McCain, sit him down and say the following: Senator, we expect you to continue your efforts on easrmarks and balance the buget with massive spending cuts. (which in turn will help the dollar and lower the price of oil). We expect you to close the border at Non-entry points. WE expect you to sift through the illegal population and deport the Criminals. ( right now, a LEGAL immigrant has more chance of deportation due to crime) We expect you to defend the Constitutioon 1st and foremost; remeber, the one you were tortured for? We want you to consider ways that The US may be more competitive (ie rebuild industrial base) if we have a consumption tax to replace the income tax. We do NOT need a President who puts internationalist thinking First……..We’ll get back to you…
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Now “there you go again” Jimb. I don’t what you guys can’t get about conservatism being front and center of everything the guy said and did, and I don’t believe it would be different today.
Personally, I recognize the fact that climate is/has/and always will be dynamic, duh!
I remain very suspicious of premature conclusions of man-made influences on global averages, and do not accept for a nanosecond the notion that we have the understanding, much less the means to effectively manhandle climate.
Which put me in the minority again… Because what’s happening here is that your republican party leadership has seen a critical mass of public opinion swaying toward the global warming mania.
Since their survival depends on them casting in with popular opinion (regardless of facts) I suggest that climate “truthers” can not depend on the republican party to do the “right” thing on this issue.
Can’t blame it on the party, bob. Of all the Republican candidates only McCain is on the global warming bandwagon and yet he’s the one voters have chosen. And I don’t buy this “He’s the NYT candidate”. All the DLWM had pronounced him toast late last summer. He’s the nominee because he got the most votes. Wish it weren’t so but it is.
I think what happened was the moderate Republican had one candidate to go to once Rudy was out and the connservatives ended up splitting over Huck and Mitt. So I don’t think conservatism is as dead as it seemed, but we still have no candidate.
“Climate Truthers”. I like it.
Climate Truthers™
Copyright 2008, bob42
Where’s the heat indeed. The forecast for Madison, WI tonight is 1-2″ of snow with flurries following. Might be a rerun of the March Easter when I was in college (early 1960s) and we went to church in a blizzard.
Moderator, it’s late, nobody will read this. Pretend the links aren’t there:
Why is it that the global warming on Mars never gets reported or blamed on humans?
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/newsroom/20050920a.html
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2003/169.cfm
or is it the dust?
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11531-dust-blamed-for-warming-on-mars.html
Not to mention the snow storm we had here last month that closed down roads and had people out skiing here in Hawaii - at the same time they were having an international global warming conference here on Oahu, lol.
http://starbulletin.com/2008/01/30/news/story01.html
Forecast today for Madison is high 34, low 24 (20% chance snow); Sunday high 34 (30% chance snow), low 20; on Monday it rockets to 41. Wow what a lovely Easter weekend it will be up there.