[MLUG - DISCUSSION] global warming (was "false charges of sexual abuse")

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Paul Slusarz wrote:

> There have been good studies demonstrating that global warming is a 
> myth.  At least our Administration thinks so.

Before I get into the sex abuse thing, I need to respond to this.  What is 
really happening is Bush is not saying that global warming is a myth.  He 
is saying that human influence on global warming needs to be studied 
further before he will feel compelled to act.  The Bush Administration 
includes Bush's Science Adviser and many government scientists.  Here is 
an article from about a year ago that marked a change in the views 
expressed by Bush's science advisors:

http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/rmnews/2004/msg00102.html

So what's stopping Bush now?  His own people agree that human influence on 
greenhouse gases is certain.  The computer models have proved it beyond a 
reasonable doubt.  Why does Bush hesitate to act now?  Well...

   "All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of
   lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia."  - George Orwell

And Bush has strong political allies in the oil business.  He is an oilman 
himself, as are other members of his administration (e.g., Cheney, Rice). 
He doesn't want to act against the interests of big oil, not even by 
reducing fuel consumption.  It is madness, and it is obvious -- as obvious 
as can be -- but this is what he is doing.

Read more here:

http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/cgi-bin/webglimpse/rmnews?query=global+warming&maxlines=0

By the way, to use the term "climate change" instead of "global warming" 
was an idea developed by Frank Luntz, one of the neocons' Ministers of 
Propaganda.  Read more here:

http://www.psywarrior.com/Goebbels.html

14. Propaganda must label events and people with distinctive phrases or slogans.
    a. They must evoke desired responses which the audience previously possesses
    b. They must be capable of being easily learned
    c. They must be utilized again and again, but only in appropriate situations
    d. They must be boomerang-proof

For more laughs, take a look at the news about the Energy Bill that passed 
the other day.

Mike

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