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		<title>By: Michael</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_warming_consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-351032</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I thought I agreed with you that the the orbit is not perfect anymore&lt;/blockquote&gt;How does &quot;the earth spins perfectly around the sun&quot; and &quot;there is no other like it&quot; in any way convey that you think it is currently imperfect?

&lt;blockquote&gt;evolution is relevant to every topic you believe in my friend,&lt;/blockquote&gt;Just because you make it a part of every topic of debate, doesn&#039;t mean that it is relevant.  Evolution is relevant only in terms of biological systems.  Earth&#039;s orbit has nothing whatsoever to do with evolution.

&lt;blockquote&gt;As to No.4 I would love to know what you think the answer is.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Based on observations of Venus, the chances are pretty good that there was another earth-like planet in our own solar system at one time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I thought I agreed with you that the the orbit is not perfect anymore</p></blockquote>
<p>How does "the earth spins perfectly around the sun" and "there is no other like it" in any way convey that you think it is currently imperfect?</p>
<blockquote><p>evolution is relevant to every topic you believe in my friend,</p></blockquote>
<p>Just because you make it a part of every topic of debate, doesn't mean that it is relevant.  Evolution is relevant only in terms of biological systems.  Earth's orbit has nothing whatsoever to do with evolution.</p>
<blockquote><p>As to No.4 I would love to know what you think the answer is.</p></blockquote>
<p>Based on observations of Venus, the chances are pretty good that there was another earth-like planet in our own solar system at one time.</p>
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		<title>By: G.A.Phillips</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_warming_consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-351005</link>
		<dc:creator>G.A.Phillips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;No, what you failed to do was recognize that our orbit is not perfect, that seasons have always existed, and that seasons are not caused by our orbit. I have no problem with you believing in God, but denying facts is not &quot;faith&quot;.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I thought I agreed with you that the the orbit is not perfect anymore, prove that the seasons have always been, the bible says no and is much more credible then anything any of you have ever come up with or ever will, and my hole point is you people use do not use fact, I would call them UN granted wishes.

&lt;blockquote&gt;I&#039;m not going to get into an evolution debate on this thread, because it&#039;s not relevant to the topic, and also because I feel that you will not present nor accept a rational argument in such a discussion. Suffice it to say that your first three questions are based on false assumptions, and you wouldn&#039;t accept an honest answer to the fourth.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

 evolution is relevant to every topic you believe in my friend, it shapes your whole being, and for the love of tadpole spewing semi volcanic primordial tide pool how are these questions based on false assumptions, that really sounds like a state denial, try using your so called open mind to think outside the box or should I say  the barrel of monkeys once in a while.As to No.4 I would love to know what you think the answer is.

Try it this way, please use your super liberal hypersonic imagination and think on this at every stage: once upon a time a slime pops up out of the sea yadayadayada million this billion that humans live in city&#039;s that they built? Now if you think on this with your S.L.H.I.  on wide open mode like I have it should not take you more then a few 10&#039;s of minutes to see how crazy the cult of evolution is if you really do know how to use your God given reason.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>No, what you failed to do was recognize that our orbit is not perfect, that seasons have always existed, and that seasons are not caused by our orbit. I have no problem with you believing in God, but denying facts is not "faith".</p></blockquote>
<p>I thought I agreed with you that the the orbit is not perfect anymore, prove that the seasons have always been, the bible says no and is much more credible then anything any of you have ever come up with or ever will, and my hole point is you people use do not use fact, I would call them UN granted wishes.</p>
<blockquote><p>I'm not going to get into an evolution debate on this thread, because it's not relevant to the topic, and also because I feel that you will not present nor accept a rational argument in such a discussion. Suffice it to say that your first three questions are based on false assumptions, and you wouldn't accept an honest answer to the fourth.</p></blockquote>
<p> evolution is relevant to every topic you believe in my friend, it shapes your whole being, and for the love of tadpole spewing semi volcanic primordial tide pool how are these questions based on false assumptions, that really sounds like a state denial, try using your so called open mind to think outside the box or should I say  the barrel of monkeys once in a while.As to No.4 I would love to know what you think the answer is.</p>
<p>Try it this way, please use your super liberal hypersonic imagination and think on this at every stage: once upon a time a slime pops up out of the sea yadayadayada million this billion that humans live in city's that they built? Now if you think on this with your S.L.H.I.  on wide open mode like I have it should not take you more then a few 10's of minutes to see how crazy the cult of evolution is if you really do know how to use your God given reason.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_warming_consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-350921</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Dang bro, did I not make it obvious that I believe that God created this planet in prefect orbit to be perfect and unique and the curse of our sin brought forth the seasons and ruined the perfectness of our paradise.&lt;/blockquote&gt;No, what you failed to do was recognize that our orbit is not perfect, that seasons have always existed, and that seasons are not caused by our orbit.  I have no problem with you believing in God, but denying facts is not &quot;faith&quot;.

I&#039;m not going to get into an evolution debate on this thread, because it&#039;s not relevant to the topic, and also because I feel that you will not present nor accept a rational argument in such a discussion.  Suffice it to say that your first three questions are based on false assumptions, and you wouldn&#039;t accept an honest answer to the fourth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Dang bro, did I not make it obvious that I believe that God created this planet in prefect orbit to be perfect and unique and the curse of our sin brought forth the seasons and ruined the perfectness of our paradise.</p></blockquote>
<p>No, what you failed to do was recognize that our orbit is not perfect, that seasons have always existed, and that seasons are not caused by our orbit.  I have no problem with you believing in God, but denying facts is not "faith".</p>
<p>I'm not going to get into an evolution debate on this thread, because it's not relevant to the topic, and also because I feel that you will not present nor accept a rational argument in such a discussion.  Suffice it to say that your first three questions are based on false assumptions, and you wouldn't accept an honest answer to the fourth.</p>
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		<title>By: G.A.Phillips</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_warming_consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-350909</link>
		<dc:creator>G.A.Phillips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dang bro, did I not make it obvious that I believe that God created this planet in prefect orbit to be perfect and unique and the curse of our sin brought forth the seasons and ruined the perfectness of our paradise. 
 
I used to think like you, brainwashed to see things only through the lenses of evolution.

I got a few questions for you that might help you:

No.1: why don&#039;t you believe in the catastrophe of a global flood when all the evidence that you evolutionists find for evolution ends up not pointing to evolution but to a global flood?

No.2: does it not seem queer to you that every time evolution is proving to be totally wrong in its assumptions that the so called scientists that are proving it wrong simply change the rules with out blinking an eye and say we are still right we will prove it?

No.3: why do you have so much faith in your faith  when all the evidence in your faith turns out to be evidence for my faith?

No.4: to what power are the odds of another plant like this one existing?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dang bro, did I not make it obvious that I believe that God created this planet in prefect orbit to be perfect and unique and the curse of our sin brought forth the seasons and ruined the perfectness of our paradise. </p>
<p>I used to think like you, brainwashed to see things only through the lenses of evolution.</p>
<p>I got a few questions for you that might help you:</p>
<p>No.1: why don't you believe in the catastrophe of a global flood when all the evidence that you evolutionists find for evolution ends up not pointing to evolution but to a global flood?</p>
<p>No.2: does it not seem queer to you that every time evolution is proving to be totally wrong in its assumptions that the so called scientists that are proving it wrong simply change the rules with out blinking an eye and say we are still right we will prove it?</p>
<p>No.3: why do you have so much faith in your faith  when all the evidence in your faith turns out to be evidence for my faith?</p>
<p>No.4: to what power are the odds of another plant like this one existing?</p>
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		<title>By: Michael</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_warming_consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-350091</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I&#039;m guessing that G.A.Phillips&#039; &quot;perfect orbit&quot; is referring to the fact that the Earth is in an orbit around the sun which allows for the existence of water as a gas, liquid, and solid which greatly aids in the ability of our planet to support its current slew of life forms.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Actually, we&#039;re slightly outside of the liquid water zone.  If it weren&#039;t for the fact that we have the amount of greenhouse gases that we do, the earth would be too cold for liquid water.

&lt;blockquote&gt;I&#039;m no expert, but I thought I had read that astronomers were starting to find planets in other solar systems that appeared to have orbits that might support 3 phases of water.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Yes, he have been finding many planets with orbits in range of the liquid water zone, depending on the planet&#039;s makeup.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I'm guessing that G.A.Phillips' "perfect orbit" is referring to the fact that the Earth is in an orbit around the sun which allows for the existence of water as a gas, liquid, and solid which greatly aids in the ability of our planet to support its current slew of life forms.</p></blockquote>
<p>Actually, we're slightly outside of the liquid water zone.  If it weren't for the fact that we have the amount of greenhouse gases that we do, the earth would be too cold for liquid water.</p>
<blockquote><p>I'm no expert, but I thought I had read that astronomers were starting to find planets in other solar systems that appeared to have orbits that might support 3 phases of water.</p></blockquote>
<p>Yes, he have been finding many planets with orbits in range of the liquid water zone, depending on the planet's makeup.</p>
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		<title>By: another matt</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_warming_consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-350052</link>
		<dc:creator>another matt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m guessing that G.A.Phillips&#039; &quot;perfect orbit&quot; is referring to the fact that the Earth is in an orbit around the sun which allows for the existence of water as a gas, liquid, and solid which greatly aids in the ability of our planet to support its current slew of life forms.

I&#039;m no expert, but I thought I had read that astronomers were starting to find planets in other solar systems that appeared to have orbits that might support 3 phases of water.  Maybe there are other perfect orbits out there?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm guessing that G.A.Phillips' "perfect orbit" is referring to the fact that the Earth is in an orbit around the sun which allows for the existence of water as a gas, liquid, and solid which greatly aids in the ability of our planet to support its current slew of life forms.</p>
<p>I'm no expert, but I thought I had read that astronomers were starting to find planets in other solar systems that appeared to have orbits that might support 3 phases of water.  Maybe there are other perfect orbits out there?</p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_warming_consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-349942</link>
		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As I already stated Semantics’ which meaning using of different definitions of words or phrases. My first post stated the sun didn’t absorb heat from Earth. Your posts were sounding like you were denying that a sharp decrease of the suns output would result in a cooler earth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I already stated Semantics&rsquo; which meaning using of different definitions of words or phrases. My first post stated the sun didn&rsquo;t absorb heat from Earth. Your posts were sounding like you were denying that a sharp decrease of the suns output would result in a cooler earth.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;By your logic, greenhouse gasses can’t possibly cause the Earth temperature to rise because the source of Earth’s heat is the sun not the chemicals in the atmosphere.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Greenhouse gases prevent cooling, they don&#039;t cause heating.  

Temperature is a factor of heating and cooling, input and output of heat*.  Reducing the input can decrease the temperature, but it does not change the rate of cooling, only the rate of heating.

Therefore, the Sun does not cause cooling, and greenhouse gases do not cause heating.

(*) We&#039;re probably arguing past each other here.  I use &quot;heating&quot; to mean the transfer of energy (heat) into a system, where you seem to use it to mean the increase in temperature (average energy) of a system.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>By your logic, greenhouse gasses can&rsquo;t possibly cause the Earth temperature to rise because the source of Earth&rsquo;s heat is the sun not the chemicals in the atmosphere.</p></blockquote>
<p>Greenhouse gases prevent cooling, they don't cause heating.  </p>
<p>Temperature is a factor of heating and cooling, input and output of heat*.  Reducing the input can decrease the temperature, but it does not change the rate of cooling, only the rate of heating.</p>
<p>Therefore, the Sun does not cause cooling, and greenhouse gases do not cause heating.</p>
<p>(*) We're probably arguing past each other here.  I use "heating" to mean the transfer of energy (heat) into a system, where you seem to use it to mean the increase in temperature (average energy) of a system.</p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_warming_consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-349846</link>
		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh yeah. When scientist talk about what causes the Earth to cool in the past and what caused the ice ages, they never talk about the heat sources such as the sun and volcanoes and what roles they have in the cooling process but just about what saps the heat from the Earth. What a bunch of BS. You need to listen to some of the conversation on Astronomy. The talk about a star going dormant resulting in planets freezing not that space cause the planet to freeze and the star going dormant had nothing to do with it. You are trying to use sleight of hand to pretend that the sun’s activity has nothing to do with the cooling of the Earth only it’s heating. As stated below the Earth’s temperature is part of a heat system. Increase and decreasing either the heating source or cooling source will result in a Earth temperature change. 

By your logic, greenhouse gasses can’t possibly cause the Earth temperature to rise because the source of Earth’s heat is the sun not the chemicals in the atmosphere. Most scientists would agree that greenhouse gasses could contribute to the warming or cooling of Earth even though the gasses themselves don’t create heat. The debate is how much of today’s temperatures are due to the greenhouse gasses and how much is due to the suns level of activity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh yeah. When scientist talk about what causes the Earth to cool in the past and what caused the ice ages, they never talk about the heat sources such as the sun and volcanoes and what roles they have in the cooling process but just about what saps the heat from the Earth. What a bunch of BS. You need to listen to some of the conversation on Astronomy. The talk about a star going dormant resulting in planets freezing not that space cause the planet to freeze and the star going dormant had nothing to do with it. You are trying to use sleight of hand to pretend that the sun&rsquo;s activity has nothing to do with the cooling of the Earth only it&rsquo;s heating. As stated below the Earth&rsquo;s temperature is part of a heat system. Increase and decreasing either the heating source or cooling source will result in a Earth temperature change. </p>
<p>By your logic, greenhouse gasses can&rsquo;t possibly cause the Earth temperature to rise because the source of Earth&rsquo;s heat is the sun not the chemicals in the atmosphere. Most scientists would agree that greenhouse gasses could contribute to the warming or cooling of Earth even though the gasses themselves don&rsquo;t create heat. The debate is how much of today&rsquo;s temperatures are due to the greenhouse gasses and how much is due to the suns level of activity.</p>
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		<title>By: Steve Plunk</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_warming_consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-349774</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve Plunk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Getting in late but I&#039;m curious if Steve V. would like to explain in more detail why that 5% who see a global warming scenario as manageable are &quot;just crazy&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Getting in late but I'm curious if Steve V. would like to explain in more detail why that 5% who see a global warming scenario as manageable are "just crazy".</p>
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		<title>By: Michael</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_warming_consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-349731</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;well for one thing there is no other like it&lt;/blockquote&gt;Um, every planet&#039;s orbit is like ours, because they&#039;re all governed by the same physics as ours.  Or are you just using the anthropic principle to suggest an intended design?

&lt;blockquote&gt;what am I suppose to do give your unproven theory&lt;/blockquote&gt;You mean my theory about what causes seasons?  Are you still questioning that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>well for one thing there is no other like it</p></blockquote>
<p>Um, every planet's orbit is like ours, because they're all governed by the same physics as ours.  Or are you just using the anthropic principle to suggest an intended design?</p>
<blockquote><p>what am I suppose to do give your unproven theory</p></blockquote>
<p>You mean my theory about what causes seasons?  Are you still questioning that?</p>
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		<title>By: G.A.Phillips</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_warming_consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-349720</link>
		<dc:creator>G.A.Phillips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;What exactly is &quot;perfect&quot; about earth&#039;s orbit?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

well for one thing there is no other like it and its the reason knuckleheads like you and me get to argue, thanks to God, so I guess you are right thats its not perfect but I do do know that it once was, man imagine what that was like.

My friend we are surrounded by death and decay, so I&#039;m just trying to point the obvious truth where you guys get an idea and portray it as fact ill take fact and portray it as a better idea seeing that most of you only respect ideas.

what am I suppose to do give your unproven theory the absolute certainty that most of you do and arguing it with you like its has been tested to be flawless like you cold ever do that, or like I do, use your tactics and make fun of your faith to get you to see how you make me feel to have to try to explain something to you?

And Micheal you should no by now that because of my liberal upbringing that I always start out with good intentions and end up sounding like a wise ass get the last mock in jackass, so please forgive me if believe in that sort of thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>What exactly is "perfect" about earth's orbit?</p></blockquote>
<p>well for one thing there is no other like it and its the reason knuckleheads like you and me get to argue, thanks to God, so I guess you are right thats its not perfect but I do do know that it once was, man imagine what that was like.</p>
<p>My friend we are surrounded by death and decay, so I'm just trying to point the obvious truth where you guys get an idea and portray it as fact ill take fact and portray it as a better idea seeing that most of you only respect ideas.</p>
<p>what am I suppose to do give your unproven theory the absolute certainty that most of you do and arguing it with you like its has been tested to be flawless like you cold ever do that, or like I do, use your tactics and make fun of your faith to get you to see how you make me feel to have to try to explain something to you?</p>
<p>And Micheal you should no by now that because of my liberal upbringing that I always start out with good intentions and end up sounding like a wise ass get the last mock in jackass, so please forgive me if believe in that sort of thing.</p>
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		<title>By: Larry Wagner</title>
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		<dc:creator>Larry Wagner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Teenage Skeptic Takes on Climate Scientists
by David Kestenbaum  NPR
Morning Edition, April 15, 2008 • If you&#039;re a scientist trying to convince people they are making the world warmer, Kristen Byrnes is your worst nightmare. She&#039;s articulate, intelligent, she has a Web site, and one day her people will be running the world. Her people, meaning 16-year-olds. 
Kristen&#039;s Web site, &quot;Ponder the Maunder,&quot; has made her a celebrity among climate skeptics. After she posted a critique of Al Gore&#039;s movie An Inconvenient Truth, her Web site got so many hits the family&#039;s internet service provider sent them a warning. 
Her story may dismay mainstream scientists, but plenty of people are friendly to her ideas. 
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89619306&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1025#email</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Teenage Skeptic Takes on Climate Scientists<br />
by David Kestenbaum  NPR<br />
Morning Edition, April 15, 2008 • If you're a scientist trying to convince people they are making the world warmer, Kristen Byrnes is your worst nightmare. She's articulate, intelligent, she has a Web site, and one day her people will be running the world. Her people, meaning 16-year-olds.<br />
Kristen's Web site, "Ponder the Maunder," has made her a celebrity among climate skeptics. After she posted a critique of Al Gore's movie An Inconvenient Truth, her Web site got so many hits the family's internet service provider sent them a warning.<br />
Her story may dismay mainstream scientists, but plenty of people are friendly to her ideas.<br />
<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89619306&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1025#email" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89619306&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1025#email</a></p>
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		<title>By: Michael</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;please tell me where does winter come from.&lt;/blockquote&gt;It would be easier, and I think more productive in general, to just mock.

&lt;blockquote&gt;how come the earth spins perfectly&lt;/blockquote&gt;What exactly is &quot;perfect&quot; about earth&#039;s orbit?

&lt;blockquote&gt;And are you saying if we turn off the sun this plant is going go doing what it does in the sun less vacuum of space.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Astronomically, yes.  Biologically, not so much.  

&lt;blockquote&gt;So shutting off a heat source can and often does results (plays a role) in the cooling of an object.&lt;/blockquote&gt;In lay conversation it&#039;s semantics, in scientific conversation it&#039;s an important distinction.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>please tell me where does winter come from.</p></blockquote>
<p>It would be easier, and I think more productive in general, to just mock.</p>
<blockquote><p>how come the earth spins perfectly</p></blockquote>
<p>What exactly is "perfect" about earth's orbit?</p>
<blockquote><p>And are you saying if we turn off the sun this plant is going go doing what it does in the sun less vacuum of space.</p></blockquote>
<p>Astronomically, yes.  Biologically, not so much.  </p>
<blockquote><p>So shutting off a heat source can and often does results (plays a role) in the cooling of an object.</p></blockquote>
<p>In lay conversation it's semantics, in scientific conversation it's an important distinction.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank Dogood</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_warming_consensus/comment-page-1/#comment-349061</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank Dogood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Global Warming is only a small issue in a sea of massive chemical pollution that dwarfs the issue. Why? Here is why.
     The EPA approves 90% of new compounds w/o restrictions – 82,000 chemicals in use have ever been tested for toxicity out of nearly One Million. CDC Study from 2005 found 148 chemicals in blood of Americans some as high as 400 or more.  Study of blood from umbilical cords of newborn babies showed as many as 400 compounds. What if the weapon of mass destruction is right in our cabinet? What if the chemical weapon were in the products we buy every day? What if, unknowingly, the greatest scientific experiment ever conducted was our water, air, soil, and blood stream? What if nobody thought about how all these chemicals or compounds interact with each other in the real world? What about the fact that testing is only limited to the substance its self and possible interactions with a couple of other compounds? Why has the public safety and nation security not been thought about when it pertains to how all the One Million human created compounds interact with each other? Eco-Logical toxic collapse would not be healthy for national security nor would it be healthy for life in general. Would the answer make us bitter? Would the fact that cost and profit dominate the depth and thoroughness of scientific testing mean that greed or ignorance has put us all in jeopardy? I should not have to answer these disturbing questions because industry should not have reached this point. I have seen some limited news coverage, but it has been lacking in the depth of coverage. While there has been coverage the opinions have been from some researchers and industry apologists. While the chemical industry and industry attempt to place doubt on the topic in order to evade responsibility or further monetary expenditures we suffer the cost of life in a chemical world. Dibutyl phthalate DBP, Phthalates, Di(2-Ethylhexyl)DEHP and Mono (2-Ethylhexyl), Bisphenal A or BBP, PVC, Linuron, Butyl Benzene, Penta and Octa Brominated Diphenyl or PBDE, PCB, DDT, all have mutagenic(mutation) or endocrine disruptive properties or interactive chemical behavior characteristics. Some of these compounds are in cosmetics, clothing, plastic, children&#039;s toys, and many other products we buy. Opposition to FDA oversight is rampit by the chemical and cosmetics industry. CTFA a so-called self police force funded by member companies is like having the energy industry police Global Warming or pollution. There are over 10,500 compounds in cosmetics many of which have not been tested for toxic effects.  Asbestos, Deca BDE, Dioxins, DBC, Methyl Mercury, Cadmium, Lead, Polybrominated biphenyl or PFA flame retardant are used in many industries and in consumer electronics. The EPA per yr. Reviews approx. 1,700 new compounds. The 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act requires only testing for “ill effects” only upon evidence of “potential harm.” If you do not provide any evidence you do not have to test for toxic properties. This wording of the 1976 TSCA has no bite and can be easily avoided. From 1996-2006 Chem. Indus. Spent 35 mill. to Fed Campaign organizations and 2 to 5 million was spent on lobbying –Cent. for Responsible Politics. This threatening blindness to a very real threat is something that requires all of us to realize that true family values begin at the molecular level. Sources: (Exposed the book by mark Schapiro) and (Shanna H. Swan Environ. Health Perspectives vol. 113 no. 8, Aug, 2005) and (Toxicological Sciences, vol.58 Dec.2000 L. Earl Gray // Susan M. Duty Environmental Health Perspectives Dec.2002) and (National Geographic Oct.2006 David Ewing Duncan)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Global Warming is only a small issue in a sea of massive chemical pollution that dwarfs the issue. Why? Here is why.<br />
     The EPA approves 90% of new compounds w/o restrictions – 82,000 chemicals in use have ever been tested for toxicity out of nearly One Million. CDC Study from 2005 found 148 chemicals in blood of Americans some as high as 400 or more.  Study of blood from umbilical cords of newborn babies showed as many as 400 compounds. What if the weapon of mass destruction is right in our cabinet? What if the chemical weapon were in the products we buy every day? What if, unknowingly, the greatest scientific experiment ever conducted was our water, air, soil, and blood stream? What if nobody thought about how all these chemicals or compounds interact with each other in the real world? What about the fact that testing is only limited to the substance its self and possible interactions with a couple of other compounds? Why has the public safety and nation security not been thought about when it pertains to how all the One Million human created compounds interact with each other? Eco-Logical toxic collapse would not be healthy for national security nor would it be healthy for life in general. Would the answer make us bitter? Would the fact that cost and profit dominate the depth and thoroughness of scientific testing mean that greed or ignorance has put us all in jeopardy? I should not have to answer these disturbing questions because industry should not have reached this point. I have seen some limited news coverage, but it has been lacking in the depth of coverage. While there has been coverage the opinions have been from some researchers and industry apologists. While the chemical industry and industry attempt to place doubt on the topic in order to evade responsibility or further monetary expenditures we suffer the cost of life in a chemical world. Dibutyl phthalate DBP, Phthalates, Di(2-Ethylhexyl)DEHP and Mono (2-Ethylhexyl), Bisphenal A or BBP, PVC, Linuron, Butyl Benzene, Penta and Octa Brominated Diphenyl or PBDE, PCB, DDT, all have mutagenic(mutation) or endocrine disruptive properties or interactive chemical behavior characteristics. Some of these compounds are in cosmetics, clothing, plastic, children's toys, and many other products we buy. Opposition to FDA oversight is rampit by the chemical and cosmetics industry. CTFA a so-called self police force funded by member companies is like having the energy industry police Global Warming or pollution. There are over 10,500 compounds in cosmetics many of which have not been tested for toxic effects.  Asbestos, Deca BDE, Dioxins, DBC, Methyl Mercury, Cadmium, Lead, Polybrominated biphenyl or PFA flame retardant are used in many industries and in consumer electronics. The EPA per yr. Reviews approx. 1,700 new compounds. The 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act requires only testing for “ill effects” only upon evidence of “potential harm.” If you do not provide any evidence you do not have to test for toxic properties. This wording of the 1976 TSCA has no bite and can be easily avoided. From 1996-2006 Chem. Indus. Spent 35 mill. to Fed Campaign organizations and 2 to 5 million was spent on lobbying –Cent. for Responsible Politics. This threatening blindness to a very real threat is something that requires all of us to realize that true family values begin at the molecular level. Sources: (Exposed the book by mark Schapiro) and (Shanna H. Swan Environ. Health Perspectives vol. 113 no. 8, Aug, 2005) and (Toxicological Sciences, vol.58 Dec.2000 L. Earl Gray // Susan M. Duty Environmental Health Perspectives Dec.2002) and (National Geographic Oct.2006 David Ewing Duncan)</p>
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