Re: Al Gore where are you?

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> If the "science" were more focused on the
>> things we all could agree on...

I put it in quotes because it isn't really science I was talking about.
Maybe I should have said "If we were more focused on the things we all could
agree on like not wanting to suck on an exhaust pipe or a smoke stack
billowing effluent."

>They care about money, power and nothing else.

I thought that using RLB was a way for you to happily remind us that
"Republicans Live Best".


"Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms> wrote in message
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>> As everyone knows science is broken up
>> into different disciplines. A biologist wouldn't
>> be the one to go to for a question about
>> physics, no more than a plumber would be
>> the one to go to for a good cut of meat...
>
> That is true.  However, scientists from numerous
> disciplines have studied various aspects of
> global warming including biology, biochemistry,
> biophysics, forestry, geology, statistics, etc.
> The work that has been done on the subject
> isn't Al Gore's invention like the Internet.  :^)
> The effort is global, including scientific studies
> done on every continent for years.
>
>> However all have their opinions on the subject,
>> valid or not...
>
> Unlike Usenet posters (including you and me),
> some base their opinions on analysis of actual
> data.
>
>> If the "science" were more focused on the
>> things we all could agree on...
>
> That's preposterous.  Science doesn't seek
> our consensus.  It seeks knowledge of fact,
> regardless whether you or I like what those
> facts tell us.
>
>> like controlling air pollution in general, and
>> not some sky is falling prognostication, I
>> think everyone could more easily get behind
>> these efforts without so much of this back
>> and forth BS.
>
> The problem is that there are powerful industries
> whose profits will be impacted by any environmental
> standards which arise from scientific consensus.
> It's of no concern to politicians whether you or I
> "get behind" anything.  They follow the money and
> for decades the big money has been able to buy
> congressmen and the current president's
> loyalties.  These are not people who give a rat's
> bunda (see, I'm being nice and didn't say the "J"
> word) about truth, the future of our nation or even
> of the earth.  They care about money, power and
> nothing else.
>
> You may not like Gore because he's a Democrat
> but at least he has the decency to fight for what
> he believes.  Bush and his cronies couldn't care
> less about the environment.  They clearly don't
> care about Americans since they have killed
> more of them than Bin Laden.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
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