Tyrone Slothrop
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Thu Feb-08-07 10:29 AM
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There's no such thing as global warming! It's bullshit! :sarcasm:
This according to the 70 year old lawyer who shares office space with us -- and the WSJ.
After some Op/Ed they published yesterday, he's been literally sitting in his office for the last two mornings calling everyone he knows to tell them that "global warming is bullshit". And there's absolutely no reasoning with him.
Watching and listening to him, I'm beginning to see why this problem will not be fixed; he's in sheer denial and will cling to absolutely anything that reinforces his belief that he and his generation did NOT ruin the planet.
It's going to be a bumpy ride, folks.
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Viva_La_Revolution
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Thu Feb-08-07 10:33 AM
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1. we used to send sacrifices to the nature gods... |
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perhaps we should offer this guy to the Global Warming God and see if it helps. :evilgrin:
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Jackpine Radical
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Thu Feb-08-07 10:37 AM
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5. A sacrifice is supposed to be a GIFT, something of VALUE. |
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How do you think Thor is gonna like it if you send Him something like this guy?
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Viva_La_Revolution
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Thu Feb-08-07 10:54 AM
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8. We'll send a case of BBQ sauce along... |
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BBQ sauce makes anything edible (and tasty!) :rofl:
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Jackpine Radical
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Thu Feb-08-07 11:21 AM
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13. Better throw in a case of mead. |
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Thu Feb-08-07 10:34 AM
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2. Wow, thank God, who could just put a stop to it anyway, if it WERE true |
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Oh, and if you want to PROVE that global warming is bullshit, just look out the window at your thermometer. The Freepers say that if it is less than 40 degrees outside, it scientifically proves that Al Gore is delusional.
We are so lucky to have such sharp minds on the case!
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Tyrone Slothrop
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Thu Feb-08-07 10:38 AM
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6. Funny -- he's actually said that very thing |
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"Even if it is, we can't do anything. What, is everybody going to stop driving their cars?"
:argh:
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Thu Feb-08-07 12:16 PM
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14. We're helpless, I tell ya! |
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Ever since God created the Model T!
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Amonester
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Thu Feb-08-07 10:34 AM
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3. He is one of the reasons why it's already too late now. |
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Edited on Thu Feb-08-07 10:35 AM by Amonester
Tell him he should invest in FL.
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Norquist Nemesis
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Thu Feb-08-07 10:35 AM
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4. Did he mention Al Gore invented it too? |
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Send him some travel flyers of Arctic Expeditions.
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no_hypocrisy
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Thu Feb-08-07 10:48 AM
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7. Interesting coming from a lawyer who accepts an Op/Ed in the WSJ |
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as "authority".
I became a lifelong skeptic of "truth" and "authority" within the first semester of law school as I discovered that truth is a relative entity, that is, it is dynamic, it changes, it can be taken out of context, it can be manipulated, it can be misstated and misquoted and misrepresented, it can be applied inappropriately, it can be challenged, etc. Truth is fleeting in many instances.
And cited is an assumedly veteran barrister, who is taking an opinion in a newspaper that is unashamedly biased and using the information as though it has been researched, challenged, and vetted, and calling it "truth".
I wouldn't want this guy to be representing me. Dial "M" for "malpractice".
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Tyrone Slothrop
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Thu Feb-08-07 10:55 AM
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9. Yale educated, no less |
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Both for undergrad and for his JD.
When he elatedly told me about this "new information", I quite calmly informed him that the Op/Ed page of the Street is about as reliable and biased as Fox News and that I wouldn't trust anything from that rag.
We don't get along very well. :evilgrin:
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no_hypocrisy
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Thu Feb-08-07 11:05 AM
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10. You are quite sensible, IMHO. n/t |
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Thu Feb-08-07 11:07 AM
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11. This guy needs to go hunting with Cheney |
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Then he'll find out how "warm" the globe can be!
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Thu Feb-08-07 11:17 AM
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12. The changes are coming faster than anyone expected so guys |
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like this will be forced to "see" even if they don't want to. How does he feel about killing American youth in Iraq for the oil to fill those cars? The changes we are asking for now do not only answer the problem of global warming, they also move us to economic independence from ME oil. When people like him look at the problems as separate issues they do not see the big picture. Ask him how he likes borrowing 2billion a day from China?
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