Sen. Reid blames the wildfires on global warming

[Gan]

“One reason why we have the fires in California is global warming,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters Tuesday, stressing the need to pass the Democrats’ comprehensive energy package.

Moments later, when asked by a reporter if he really believed global warming caused the fires, he appeared to back away from his comments, saying there are many factors that contributed to the disaster.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/wildfires-get-personal-for-lawmakers-2007-10-24.html

LOL

:clap:

[Stanley Burrell]

I have never seen and heard about such strange weather patterns across the U.S. as a whole in one year.

It would not surprise me if a super un-abundance of rainwater paired with extremely sudden winds have contributed to this.

Wherein lie the markings of human accountability are a damn guess at best though, IMHO.

[Parkbandit]

I have never seen and heard about such strange weather patterns across the U.S. as a whole in one year.

It would not surprise me if a super un-abundance of rainwater paired with extremely sudden winds have contributed to this.

Wherein lie the markings of human accountability are a damn guess at best though, IMHO.

Yea.. because you've been on a billion plus year old planet a total of what.. 25 years? You may have thought about the weather for 15 of them at the most?

I think that sample size is plenty to account for it... well, if you don't look at the other billion+ years.

[Parkbandit]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/wildfires-get-personal-for-lawmakers-2007-10-24.html

LOL

:clap:

And this is the guy chosen to lead the Senate. The best of the best....

:rofl:

[ViridianAsp]

It would not surprise me if a super un-abundance of rainwater paired with extremely sudden winds have contributed to this.

Wherein lie the markings of human accountability are a damn guess at best though, IMHO.


Actually, it's funny. Everyone wants to blame the natural shift of weather patterns on global warming.

If you are so worried about accountability...start accounting for your own actions.

Get rid of your car, ride a damn bike, use public transportation.

Or STFU.

[Stanley Burrell]

Actually, it's funny. Everyone wants to blame the natural shift of weather patterns on global warming.

If you are so worried about accountability...start accounting for your own actions.

Get rid of your car, ride a damn bike, use public transportation.

Or STFU.

Read my fucking post, heh.

[Celephais]

Yeah... guys you jumped on stanley's posts without reading his last sentence it seems... He wasn't blaming humans at all, he was saying the drought/wind are the cause, and damned if he knew the cause of the drought/wind.

As for his comments about "strange weather" he in no way said it was unique/human caused... just that he'd never seen it. It would be like if I were to say I've never been in an earthquake... I'm not saying they don't exist, I've just never been in one.

[Stanley Burrell]

Yeah... guys you jumped on stanley's posts without reading his last sentence it seems... He wasn't blaming humans at all, he was saying the drought/wind are the cause, and damned if he knew the cause of the drought/wind.

As for his comments about "strange weather" he in no way said it was unique/human caused... just that he'd never seen it. It would be like if I were to say I've never been in an earthquake... I'm not saying they don't exist, I've just never been in one.

Thanks, bro.

('Course, this is the PC and defending me basically warrants your being subjected to any and all inclinations of certain other posters' sudden bouts of politically-geared illiteracy. Still though, thnx + propz like stage management, maing :D)

[Clove]

Yeah... guys you jumped on stanley's posts without reading his last sentence it seems...

/agree.

Come on folks, don't discourage Stanley by misunderstanding him on the rare occasions he's lucid.

[Stanley Burrell]

/agree.

Come on folks, don't discourage Stanley by misunderstanding him on the rare occasions he's lucid.

Lucid is being nice, thanks though :)

[Gan]

Anything to keep him from going postal with the rapid fire/turbo'esque pRon pics. Paulheaze.

[Sean of the Thread]

I blame SUV's for the melting of Mar's ice caps as well.

[Celephais]

'Course, this is the PC and defending me basically warrants your being subjected to any and all inclinations of certain other posters' sudden bouts of politically-geared illiteracy. Still though, thnx + propz like stage management, maing :D
There are those whom can take heat and those whom can't. If fear of some sorta PC gangup influenced my posts* I don't think I could live with myself.

*Or caused me to change my handle...


/agree.

Come on folks, don't discourage Stanley by misunderstanding him on the rare occasions he's lucid.
I think if Stanley was discouragable it would have happened a long time ago.

[Keller]

Funny. The taxi driver that took me to the airport this morning told me about this story and I'll say the same thing here that I said to him.

Where is the controversy? He said, "One reason" and then "backed off" that to say there were many contributing factors.

One reason Gan is such an idiot is his conservative bias. It's only one of many contributing factors.

[Tsa`ah]

It's a wildfire now, likely it was a campfire in the beginning ... or a terrorist.

[Keller]

Most news reports are insinuating they're caused by high winds knocking down power lines causing sparks to ignite the dry vegitation.

[Tsa`ah]

I forgot my italics .... in either case the point was global warming (or terrorism) being blamed is pretty asinine.

[Keller]

In a pre-emptive retalitory post b/c I'll be out of the country starting in about 45 minutes, Gan's conservative bias is evidenced by his failure to post that the opportunistic political-whore Rudy Guiliani all of a sudden decides to back what has, over the last 4 years, become America's baseball team (outside of the Bronx), the Boston Red Sox.

It's a pathetic ploy to earn national brownie points but I see through the ruse. It's like a chameleon and a snake inter-bred to create Rudy Guiliani. He's a slithering, sleezy, sex-crazed, politcal sleezeball without the conscience of a true sports fan. It'd be the equivalent of Dickhead (aka Richardcranium) all of a sudden singing the praise of UoM or OSU. No true sports fan is that wishy-washy, unless you're an opportunistic politician pandering for votes. Aka, Rudy Guiliani.

[Clove]

... the opportunistic political-whore Rudy Guiliani all of a sudden decides to back what has, over the last 4 years, become America's baseball team (outside of the Bronx), the Boston Red Sox...

Give him a break- he only did it pander to the Evangelicals. And you know you love the Red Sox, Keller (it's okay).

[Latrinsorm]

He at least had a bit of an explanation, saying that he was rooting for the Sox in the Series because they are the AL team...

...but they're still the Red Sox. If he was a real Yankee fan I'd expect him to root for the Rockies if anyone.

[Celephais]

Eh... I'm a fan of the northeast... I'm a Yankee fan but if the Yankees are out of it I'm sort of a Red Sox fan... up to the point of the world series, I will NOT root for them to win the world series.

[Stanley Burrell]

He at least had a bit of an explanation, saying that he was rooting for the Sox in the Series because they are the AL team...

...but they're still the Red Sox. If he was a real Yankee fan I'd expect him to root for the Rockies if anyone.

You're supposed to root league no matter how many children Pedro Martinez has.

Maybe Giuliani can finally buy that fitted pink BoSox cap and rock it alongside 12 million other merchandise band-wagoners who sit around in their own territory rooting for the Red Sox, now, against their own home teams. Anyway: Trendy ex-mayoral fashion sellout biotch to the second power of forever.

[Gan]

In a pre-emptive retalitory post b/c I'll be out of the country starting in about 45 minutes, Gan's conservative bias is evidenced by his failure to post that the opportunistic political-whore Rudy Guiliani all of a sudden decides to back what has, over the last 4 years, become America's baseball team (outside of the Bronx), the Boston Red Sox.

It's a pathetic ploy to earn national brownie points but I see through the ruse. It's like a chameleon and a snake inter-bred to create Rudy Guiliani. He's a slithering, sleezy, sex-crazed, politcal sleezeball without the conscience of a true sports fan. It'd be the equivalent of Dickhead (aka Richardcranium) all of a sudden singing the praise of UoM or OSU. No true sports fan is that wishy-washy, unless you're an opportunistic politician pandering for votes. Aka, Rudy Guiliani.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3/3strangedays/ATT1165133.jpg
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[TheEschaton]

SB, that you don't know the man law makes me a bit sad. You root league unless:

A) The team representing your league beat you in the playoffs. Controversial, I know, some people go the exact opposite, saying you should root for that team more, because that means you lost to the best. I say it depends on the closeness of the game/series and how much they cheated. For example, when the Titans went to the Superbowl in the 99-00 season, I could not cheer for them being an AFC person, because THEY CHEATED AND FORWARD PASSED THE BALL FOR THE LAST PLAY AGAINST THE BILLS in the wild card game.

or

B) The team representing your league are YOUR HATED ARCH RIVALS.

[Keller]

For the record (1) I do love the Red Sox and (2) Holy shit, the internet works in France! Maybe my pre-emptive rebuttal was premature. . .

[Parkbandit]

For the record (1) I do love the Red Sox and (2) Holy shit, the internet works in France! Maybe my pre-emptive rebuttal was premature. . .

I bet that wasn't the only thing premature.. was it chump. :P

PS - tell your wife I said hi.. and I miss her touch.

[Parkbandit]

Funny. The taxi driver that took me to the airport this morning told me about this story and I'll say the same thing here that I said to him.

Where is the controversy? He said, "One reason" and then "backed off" that to say there were many contributing factors.

One reason Gan is such an idiot is his conservative bias. It's only one of many contributing factors.

Reid is an idiot who is just trying to get an Energy bill passed with tons of extra money to fight global warming. He would say everything bad is caused by global warming to get his way.

It was a dumb statement from a dumb man. Let's just hope the people of Nevada don't remain dumb and re-elect him in '10.

[Clove]

...(2) Holy shit, the internet works in France! Maybe my pre-emptive rebuttal was premature. . .

Nice. The problem is- you're still in France :P