RE-POST! MUST READ

SINCE MY POST GOT UPSTAGED BY SOME WACKO HELL BENT ON KILLING AND THE PREDICTABLE MEDIA'S FIREARM WITCHHUNT, I'VE DECIDED TO RE-POST THIS.

I had a lot of questions regarding "global warming", "greenhouse effect","CO2", "polar ice caps", and such and realized that I really don't know the science behind most of these terms. Anyone can pick a side depending on what Al Gore or Rush says, but what is really going on?I found this article a few weeks ago and found it to be very useful.  WARNING! MANY SCIENTIFIC TERMS AND FACTS! (Actually, it's fairly reader friendly-even some fun charts and stuff.)

http://www.junkscience.com/Greenhouse/

What I like about JUNK SCIENCE is their non-partisian approach to explaining many of the scientific claims made daily in the media and by political opportunists.  Obviously, the site comes across as anti-left or democrat (or democrate, as Melchor would say), but I think that it just shows how the left has a knack for coming down on the wrong side of most issues. 

From their site: 

Junk science?

"Junk science" is faulty scientific data and analysis used to advance special and, often, hidden agendas. The junk science "mob" includes:

  • The MEDIA may use junk science for sensational headlines and programming. Some members of the media use junk science to advance their and their employers' social and political agendas.
  • PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS may use junk science to bamboozle juries into awarding huge verdicts. Large verdicts may then be used to extort even greater sums from deep-pocket businesses fearful of future jury verdicts.
  • SOCIAL ACTIVISTS, such as the "food police," environmental extremists, and gun-control advocates, may use junk science to achieve social and political change.
  • GOVERNMENT REGULATORS may use junk science to expand their authority and to increase their budgets.
  • BUSINESSES may use junk science to bad-mouth competitors' products or to make bogus claims about their own products.
  • POLITICIANS may use junk science to curry favor with special interest groups or to be "politically correct."
  • INDIVIDUAL SCIENTISTS may use junk science to achieve fame and fortune.
  • INDIVIDUALS who are ill (real or imagined) may use junk science to blame others for causing their illness.

I love these guys...

Published Monday, April 23, 2007 2:59 PM by chefinfidel

Comments

# re: RE-POST! MUST READ

Monday, April 23, 2007 3:27 PM by Melchor

Don't blame me not commenting about this post on what happened last week. I didn't because it is WRONG and conservative rhetoric.

# re: RE-POST! MUST READ

Monday, April 23, 2007 3:32 PM by Splittfinger

Al Gore, although his minions concider him a prophet, when exposed, will find that he is just a greedy money/power addict.

He setups a company to offset CO2 emmissions.  Needs business. Then uses his political clout and junk science to create a problem, which, with his company, is way ahead of the competition.  Makes billions.

Rinse and repeat.

# re: RE-POST! MUST READ

Monday, April 23, 2007 3:52 PM by Desechado

Under the heading of "Social Activists" I wonder how the left will spin Sheryl Crows revelation about toilet paper. This will lead to the next area of "Government Regulators". I can see Hillary Clinton policing the potty's of the USA. This will then lead us to "Busineses" that will claim that their TP is more environmentally freindly than the competition, leading to claims that half a sheet will fulfill the duties of one full sheet of the competition. Politicians will tell the President that if he doesn't reduce the amount of TP in an MRE (made ready to eat meal for the military), they will not approve of the defense budget. The "media" will spin how the president is fighting an unlawful war against trees and the o-zone. "Personal Injury Lawers" will have a hayday when a class action lawsuit comes out for all the health problems associated with limiting TP usage. The TP companies will end up paying huge legal fees and be forced to make commercials regarding the dangers of TP usage. In the meatime, the "individuals" will be wondering what happened to their country.

# re: RE-POST! MUST READ

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:41 AM by Splittfinger

This is a good one..

http://www.redstate.com/blogs/vladimir/2007/apr/24/for_peats_sake_worlds_largest_carbon_footprint_revealed