For U.S., warmest spring and year on record … by a lot
The evidence continues to mount; the willful blindness to its consequences continues to keep pace.
From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s newly released national climate overview:
“The national temperature of 57.1 degrees F during spring was 5.2 degrees F above the long-term average, besting the previous warmest spring of 1910 by 2.0 degrees F.
This marked the largest temperature departure from average of any season on record for the contiguous United States. The spring of 2012 was the culmination of the warmest March, third warmest April, and second warmest May. This marks the first time that all three months during the spring season ranked among the ten warmest, since records began in 1895
January-May was the warmest such period on record for the contiguous United States, with an average temperature of 49.2 degrees F, 5.0 degrees F above the long-term average….
The June 2011-May 2012 period was the warmest 12-month period of any 12 months on record for the contiguous United States. The nationally-averaged temperature of 56.0 degrees F was 3.2 degrees F above the long-term average, surpassing the previous record, set last month (May 2011-April 2012), by 0.4 degrees F. The 12-month period encapsulated the second warmest summer, fourth warmest winter, and the warmest spring on record. Every state across the contiguous U.S. had warmer than average temperatures for the period, except Washington, which was near normal.”
It’s not just the fact that new temperature records are being broken; what’s astonishing is the amount by which records are now being broken. For example, the chart below includes annual January-May temperature data for Atlanta going back all the way to 1929. You can see the normal range of temperatures, and you can also that the deep red line — representing the record year of 2012 — is far outside the norm.
More than 30 years ago, when scientists first began to warn us that this would happen, skepticism might have been understandable. However, that skepticism should be much harder to sustain given the fact that ever since then, climate events have been playing out pretty much as they predicted.
But hey, I guess it really isn’t happening if we refuse to see it, right?
– Jay Bookman
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Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 8th, 2012
12:48 pm
At least that’s the message I got from the UN leaders and global warming crowd.
I got the message that I will be the jockey on the winning horse in The Belmont Stakes tomorrow.
George P. Burdell
June 8th, 2012
12:48 pm
Why is it we conveniently talk about US warming when it suits the narrative and global warming when that suits the narrative. The simple fact is that yes the US has been warmer THIS SPRING, but global temperatures this spring have been lower than in many recent years. Jay did the exact same type of article last summer with all the US cities that hit record highs.
Most of you, Jay included, would be very quick to jump all over anyone pointing out record lows in a given area as being evidence against global warming but you expect a free pass when you do the same? It would be pretty funny if it wasn’t so hypocritical.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 8th, 2012
12:48 pm
Peter
June 8th, 2012
12:44 pm
I was refering to “green” companies. And you?
getalife
June 8th, 2012
12:48 pm
BTW, leg.
Reading drudgey is nothing but negative so I challenge you to do your own research and post a green company that is making it.
I am sure you are up to this challenge.
Stephenson Billings
June 8th, 2012
12:48 pm
All these guys must be clueless:
Solar scientists are finally overcoming their fears and going public about the Sun-climate connection
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/05/21/its-the-sun-stupid/
emo
June 8th, 2012
12:49 pm
Con response: Fingers in ears, “LALALALALALA”
Joe Hussein Mama
June 8th, 2012
12:50 pm
Leg Lamp — “No, no, no, you got it all wrong. When “Global Warming” was not universally accepted the moniker was conveniently changed to “Climate Change”.
No, when those who don’t understand the concept as articulated started behaving as if temperatures should ALWAYS go up, EVERYWHERE, all the time, then the term was changed.
We’ve already had at least one instance of ‘oh yeah? SNOWSTORMS’ on this thread, so it seems that the misunderstanding continues.
Getterson Vitterick
June 8th, 2012
12:50 pm
Someone mention rising sea levels. Between 1950 and 2009 global average sea level rose at an average rate of around 1.7 ± 0.3 mm per year. Sorry folks but that is hardly cause for alarm.
In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projected that during the 21st century, sea level will rise another 18 to 59 cm (7.1 to 23 in). 7 to 23 inches max through the rest of the century? Sorry but I’m not impressed. And this is from the politically tainted IPCC report which is questionable and was written by politicians and not scientists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_sea_level_rise
Rightymighty
June 8th, 2012
12:50 pm
Nobody tell Hank Johnson that the seas will rise. That will surely make Guam capsize.
JohnnyReb
June 8th, 2012
12:50 pm
About those “green jobs,” seems congressional hearings determined the counting of jobs in the green sector is ridiculous. Sorta like how the unemployment numbers come out and just like clockwork they are later revised, 99% of the time up.
Jeffrey
June 8th, 2012
12:50 pm
Nice piece Jay. You are as much a part of my lunch hour as my battered old coffee cup. I do wonder why you try though sometimes. You have to realize that most of these people saying “human aren’t causing climate change” actually don’t believe that. They know its so, they just don’t CARE. If their grandchildren wind up like those starving children in Africa its no skin off their noses.
DawgDad
June 8th, 2012
12:50 pm
“Please. the GOP doesn’t care about Global warming or the environment…….UNLESS you can get rich off of it !”
Please explain Al Gore and his ilk.
godless heathen
June 8th, 2012
12:52 pm
Natural gas = methane = CH4
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
June 8th, 2012
12:52 pm
OMG! It’s a…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBdz8Q9tWt8&feature=related
the earths climate has went through 3 billion plus years of heating and cooling cycles
June 8th, 2012
12:52 pm
So classic, I think I’ll make it my new screen name.
I’m just in awe.
Joe Hussein Mama
June 8th, 2012
12:52 pm
DawgDad — “Please explain Al Gore and his ilk.”
First explain how you suspect liberals are getting rich off the notion of global climate change.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 8th, 2012
12:53 pm
getalife
June 8th, 2012
12:48 pm
On the contrary. You made the claim that “green” companies may be the solution. I asked you to provide a list of green companies who offer a successful and affordable product for the general public. You know, so we could all help stop global warming. You couldn’t name one.
5 months make a lifetime
June 8th, 2012
12:53 pm
Can we agree that sales taxes are not a good way to fund transportation products and that the powers that be in GA with their sixth grade GA level educations can’t tax what they should tax…fuel? I think if they add 25c, 50c, $1.00 a gallon that we will all drive less, right (I know I do when price goes up)?
getalife
June 8th, 2012
12:53 pm
Here is a clue to help you leg.
Google top ten green companies.
Doggone/GA - 999.999.999.999 (preserving my anonymity)
June 8th, 2012
12:54 pm
“I see someone has the Blu-Ray of “The Day After Tomorrow””
Nope, you don’t see any such thing
carlosgvv
June 8th, 2012
12:54 pm
If this global warming continues, life on the surface will become more and more difficult. If this happens, the only way I see out is for someone to invent a way to “scrub” the atmosphere of all the excess CO2 and Methane. Will science and technology come to our rescue?
John Birch
June 8th, 2012
12:55 pm
Even if greenhouse gas emissions are causing average global temperatures to rise, so what? Other than making for a fun Friday afternoon blog it doesn’t mean anything unless it’s also verifiable that 1) global warming is a net negative for humans, and 2) cap and trade or some other stupid idea would actually do much of anything to change the trend. Seems to me we can all just enter Canada illegally and enjoy their nice climate and universal health care!!!!
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
June 8th, 2012
12:56 pm
I’m not sure when it became trendy to celebrate one’s scientific illiteracy, but you go ahead and be out and proud. Hooray. It’s awesome news to a billion or so Chinese.
It’s become trendy ever since the cons started blaming teachers, unions and the eeevveeeel “Department Of Education”; for all the woes of America. When you start calling teachers out of their names because they’re trying to TEACH you something, it’s the first step in a long fall.
Grasshopper
June 8th, 2012
12:57 pm
I thought the mandatory curly lightbulbs were going to save us?
Joe Hussein Mama
June 8th, 2012
12:57 pm
J. Birch — “2) cap and trade or some other stupid idea”
Damn those Republicans for having the idea in the first place. Hippies, the whole lot of them.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 8th, 2012
12:57 pm
Even if greenhouse gas emissions are causing average global temperatures to rise, so what?
Should be archived for “Famous Last Words.”
JohnnyReb
June 8th, 2012
12:57 pm
All you folks who think we are headed to toast, please tell me why in almost mid-June my pool water is still too chilly to be comfortable?
Traditionally, pool season in ATL is Memorial Day to Labor Day. This and last year the water temps were cooler than normal indicating the earth’s temperature is lower than normal.
You will likely reply the data is to the contrary. If that’s true, it could be because too many of the temperature monitoring devices were placed too close to air conditioning condensers and/or large patches of concrete/asphalt rendering their readings skewed. There has been articles on same.
The bottom line is, the data is screwed and most people know it.
carlosgvv
June 8th, 2012
12:57 pm
A UGA professor was arrested for offering transexual services. College just ain’t what it used to be.
Rightwing Troll
June 8th, 2012
12:57 pm
“Seriously though, I repeat as I always do whenever this one comes up, climatology is a scientific discipline still in its infancy.”
I’ve been reading about global warming for nigh on thirty years… When does the science advance to the toddler stage?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 8th, 2012
12:58 pm
I thought the mandatory curly lightbulbs were going to save us?
Did you also think that the smoking gun was the mushroom cloud?
Joe Hussein Mama
June 8th, 2012
12:58 pm
Grasshopper — “mandatory curly lightbulbs”
They’re not mandatory. There are other choices that don’t involve incandescents.
Tundra Dude
June 8th, 2012
12:59 pm
So Alaska and Canada reported that this past winter was one of the coldest on record. Global cooling/mini-ice age?
Exactly!
Seems like the “warming” is quite localized.
Wouldn’t surprise me if there’s an article in a Canadian
paper today by Jay Coldman warning
of the impending Ice Age.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 8th, 2012
12:59 pm
getalife
June 8th, 2012
12:53 pm
“Google top ten green companies.”
BAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I already did.
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0703/gallery.green_giants.fortune/index.html
So the list includes:
Honda. Cars burn fossil fuels which contribute to global warming.
Continental Airlines. Planes burn fossil fuels which contribute to global warming.
Suncor. An oil company which produces products that contribute to global warming.
and it goes on and on.
Grasshopper
June 8th, 2012
1:00 pm
I thoght the Dutch wind farms were going to save us?
Jm-pass TSPLOST unless you looove congestion
June 8th, 2012
1:01 pm
Sfd nat gas is cleaner than coal or gasoline
getalife
June 8th, 2012
1:01 pm
How about that?
I actually got a con to read.
Ted
June 8th, 2012
1:02 pm
Unfortunately, weather statistics offered by those with an agenda have been manipulated in the past to emphasize warming. Sadly, this makes all data suspect.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 8th, 2012
1:02 pm
I thoght the Dutch wind farms were going to save us?
Did you also think Saddam Hussein had ties to al-Qaeda?
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 8th, 2012
1:03 pm
getalife
/June 8th, 2012
1:01 pm
Nah, I learned to read a loooong time ago and I said I had already said I had googled the link.
Looks like I need to help you learn to read.
josef
June 8th, 2012
1:03 pm
DDR
Thanks. Would that we had a Harry Truman on the scene today…
Joe Hussein Mama
June 8th, 2012
1:03 pm
Grasshopper — “I thoght the Dutch wind farms were going to save us?”
Since when do we care what dirty furriners do?
John Birch
June 8th, 2012
1:04 pm
JHM – Not sure how this became a Dem/Rep issue, probably an extension of all the other free enterprise destroys the environment issues.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 8th, 2012
1:05 pm
I actually got a con to read.
You can lead a horticulture but you can’t make her think.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 8th, 2012
1:05 pm
getalife
June 8th, 2012
1:01 pm
Oh yeah, nice dodge. Your “answer” was a link to companies who burn/sell gas/oil. That’s like someone asking you for change for a 10 and you respond by saying all you have is aspirin. BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Ted
June 8th, 2012
1:05 pm
Unfortunately, a “green company” is a political term, not a factual term. Goldman Sachs listed as a top ten green company?
Jay
June 8th, 2012
1:05 pm
I understand every part of it, GT/MIT. Which is why I called it a lie, which it is.
Every single scientific association on the planet has issued a statement confirming that the climate is warming and that mankind is a significant contributor to the trend. Among active climatologists, 97 percent agree with both those statements. Your claim that “an equal number of eminent men of science” dispute the theory is true only of one small subgroup of scientists, petroleum geologists, who by definition have no training or expertise in atmospheric or climate science and who also have a very strong cultural and economic cause to believe as they do.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090119210532.htm
Now, if you have evidence substantiating your claim that equal numbers of scientists reject anthropomorphic climate change, please, let’s see it.
(Just a friendly piece of advice: Don’t rely on that bogus “Oregon petition” of supposed “scientists” such as Perry Mason, Dr. Michael J. Fox, Dr. Geri Halliwell (aka Ginger Spice), John Grisham, etc. It will just make you look foolish.)
John Birch
June 8th, 2012
1:06 pm
Kam – More American hating terrorists have been killed in a) Iraq, or b) Afghanistan?
Tundra Dude
June 8th, 2012
1:07 pm
If this global warming continues, life on the surface will become more and more difficult.
Not for everyone. Start thinking outside the (sweat)box.
Former armpit towns, such as Cleveland, will have temps similar to San Diego, if the Warmers are right. (buy property now!)
getalife
June 8th, 2012
1:07 pm
Kam,
Baby steps.
We are dealing with con children here.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 8th, 2012
1:07 pm
Kam – More American hating terrorists have been killed in a) Iraq, or b) Afghanistan?
Moving the goalposts alert!
Real Scootter
June 8th, 2012
1:08 pm
You can lead a horticulture but you can’t make her think.
You are on a roll today Kam!
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 8th, 2012
1:09 pm
Tundra Dude
June 8th, 2012
1:07 pm
Change the temperature in Cleveland and you still have Cleveland.
Grasshopper
June 8th, 2012
1:09 pm
“Unfortunately, a “green company” is a political term, not a factual term. Goldman Sachs listed as a top ten green company?”
I guess it’s not exactly what you do, but whose pockets you line to do it that counts in the ‘green economy.’
Jm-pass TSPLOST unless you looove congestion
June 8th, 2012
1:09 pm
In the category of other stupid things: GOP house trying to rerun a reversal of the incandescent ban
Obama ain’t signing it and the only people it would help are Chinese manufacturers
Joe Hussein Mama
June 8th, 2012
1:09 pm
J. Birch — “JHM – Not sure how this became a Dem/Rep issue, probably an extension of all the other free enterprise destroys the environment issues.”
Cap and Trade was a conservative, MARKET-BASED solution that GOP lawmakers suggested. They didn’t decide that they hated it until Democrats like President Obama started getting on board with it.
One wonders how a conservative idea that won the President over is not an example of his willingness to work towards bipartisan solutions.
Dekalb comments
June 8th, 2012
1:09 pm
@Stephenson Billings @ 12:17
The current climate change has often been called “global warming” because the average mean temperature on the planet is increasing. But the effects on local climate are going to vary. Winters in some parts of the world will be colder, temperatures in other parts of the world will be much warmer, storms will become more frequent and severe, drought will become more widespread.
The facts are pouring in from all over the planet. The majority of people outside of the U.S. in the western world accept the fact that climate change is happening and that man very well is contributing to it. Unfortunately we have people like you who choose not to be educated or pull your head out of the sand.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 8th, 2012
1:10 pm
Tundra Dude
June 8th, 2012
1:07 pm
By the way, is the TV how “Hot in Cleveland” about global warming?
Grasshopper
June 8th, 2012
1:10 pm
“You can lead a horticulture but you can’t make her think.
You are on a roll today Kam! ”
Yeah, very original. No one’s ever heard that one before.
josef
June 8th, 2012
1:11 pm
Has anyone come up with a reason for that spike in 1910?
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 8th, 2012
1:11 pm
Dekalb comments
June 8th, 2012
1:09 pm
“The majority of people outside of the U.S. in the western world accept the fact that climate change is happening …”
And their solution is…….?
skipper
June 8th, 2012
1:11 pm
Al “Gory” must be thrilled…….he could care less about the warming, he just wants credit for identifying it like he did the ‘net………………
Jm-pass TSPLOST unless you looove congestion
June 8th, 2012
1:11 pm
For the record
While I find jay’s chart interesting, I also think it is less than helpful
It is one step above anecdotal evidence
Granted , actual global data seems to be ignored
So whatchya gonna do?
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 8th, 2012
1:11 pm
josef
June 8th, 2012
1:11 pm
Global warming.
Call It Like It Is
June 8th, 2012
1:12 pm
Bookman Blog to do list
Cons hate woman, check
Cons hate illegals, check
Cons would let economy tank, check
Cons don’t believe in global warming, check
Lets see Monday, I will hit on the Reasons for the Civil War, and maybe gun control.
Yeah that should get me some blog hits.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 8th, 2012
1:12 pm
josef
June 8th, 2012
1:11 pm
Wait a minute!! Was W office back in 1910?
Oscar
June 8th, 2012
1:15 pm
Might want to consider selling your beachfront property now. And any property in New Orleans that is below sea level.. Trend lines are not good.
Peter
June 8th, 2012
1:15 pm
Rightwing Troll
So cross cutting the Amazon rain forests doesn’t lead to climate change ?
All the concrete buildings, and roads and parking lots made of asphalt doesn’t lead to global warming ?
Jay
June 8th, 2012
1:15 pm
And if last winter in Canada was the coldest on record, I’m sure those posting that claim will have no trouble citing a scientific source. What I’m finding says the opposite. For example, from the Canadian government:
“Forget merely balmy…March 2012 in Ontario was so warm, with so many records being set, that traditional trips south during March break seemed almost superfluous. It was the warmest March on record for many locations and, added to the previous mild months this winter, culminated in a record low snowfall total for the season for Toronto.
New marks were posted across the entire province for the highest mean temperatures, erasing marks that in some cases dated back to the 1940s. Differences from normal values ranged from 5.2 to 8.4°C. Differences to previous records were as high as the additional 3.4°C recorded in Wiarton…
Some extraordinary examples from this historic event, to convey a sense of its scale:
* It was unprecedented in its duration and scope. It affected all of Eastern Canada, from Manitoba to Nova Scotia, and lasted for upwards of 10 consecutive days. Windsor recorded a full 10 consecutive days of 20 degrees of more. Kitchener had eight days at, or over, 20°C.
* Altogether, close to 250 records were annihilated in Ontario alone, including those broken in a warm spell earlier in the month. It was undoubtedly a record for the most number of records set.
* The maximum temperature of 28.8°C reported in Petawawa on March 21 is the highest temperature ever recorded in Ontario in March.
Many locales surpassed their all-time highest temperatures for a single March day. Several locations even recorded their warmest March day, only to break that mark the next day with an even hotter temperature.”
ragnar danneskjold
June 8th, 2012
1:16 pm
Only a leftist could think good weather is a bad thing.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
June 8th, 2012
1:17 pm
Leg: Well then W must have been accomplishing a lot because he’s one of the most “abused” presidents in the past 50 years.
Dubya was a good man. Bad president,but good man. Unfortunatley he hooked up with some really, really, REALLY strange people who were part of his campaign and presidency. He tried to rectify a lot of things in the end, but by then it was too late.
Oscar
June 8th, 2012
1:17 pm
josef
June 8th, 2012
1:11 pm
Has anyone come up with a reason for that spike in 1910?
_______
Teddy Roosevelt was blowing a lot of hot air then, so was William Jennings Bryan. Could be the source of the heat.
Jm-pass TSPLOST unless you looove congestion
June 8th, 2012
1:17 pm
Global warming solution #105: hook zombie gnomes up to battery charging treadmills
Repeat
Real Scootter
June 8th, 2012
1:20 pm
I knew I spent too much money on that UnderArmor underwear!
Guess I need some of that magic underwear that getalife is saving up for. Hope it keeps me cooler.
Aquagirl
June 8th, 2012
1:20 pm
hook zombie gnomes up to battery charging treadmills
I think that’s already patented.
http://zombiesafehouse.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/z1538_web.jpg
getalife
June 8th, 2012
1:21 pm
I will let you know when the Gulf of Mexico reaches our front yard.
I can fish from my front porch.
Jm-pass TSPLOST unless you looove congestion
June 8th, 2012
1:21 pm
Ragnar
I don’t want to have to migrate north to find good weather
I don’t like Yankees
DawgDad
June 8th, 2012
1:23 pm
“More than 30 years ago, when scientists first began to warn us that this would happen”
Yep, when they did that big 180 from their predictions of the next Ice Age (mid-70’s). Most of us have heard of Chicken Little.
Back when the Earth was “cooling” people avoided living in the South because it was too hot. Then air conditioning became affordable and people flooded into the South, all while the earth is “warming” at such an alarming rate. People will adapt, goods and services will emerge in the free market to enable them to adapt. If the climate changes radically (like it does in the Sahara on a cyclical basis) people will migrate or in some cases – die.
getalife
June 8th, 2012
1:23 pm
rag,
Extreme weather is good weather?
Going to be very costly to governments.
Joe Hussein Mama
June 8th, 2012
1:24 pm
R, Danneskjold — “Only a leftist could think good weather is a bad thing.”
Boy! How about that nice sunny weather in Texas, huh?
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/drought/story/2012-03-22/texas-drought-losses/53703926/1
BlahBlahBlah
June 8th, 2012
1:24 pm
China and India really need to start cutting back on their pollution!
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 8th, 2012
1:25 pm
Heading to the airport and will be gone again for some time. Please try to keep from being vaporized from the face of the earth.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 8th, 2012
1:26 pm
Ooooh, the already debunked 1970s era global cooling thingie.
It took 3½ pages, but it finally got posted.
weetamoe
June 8th, 2012
1:26 pm
As an ardent believer in evolution, I am perfectly comfortable with the natural order of things. But if one follows those apostles of the climate change ministry, one must admit that their apostasy is revealed in the very way they choose to live their lives.
getalife
June 8th, 2012
1:27 pm
Real Scooter,
Magic underwear only works on planet kolob.
You will need a billion to travel there to escape the Earth.
Peter
June 8th, 2012
1:29 pm
ragnar danneskjold Only a leftist could think good weather is a bad thing.
What a silly statement !
So cross cutting the Amazon rain forests doesn’t lead to climate change ?
All the concrete buildings, and roads and parking lots made of asphalt doesn’t lead to global warming ?
Joe Hussein Mama
June 8th, 2012
1:29 pm
weetamoe — “But if one follows those apostles of the climate change ministry, one must admit that their apostasy is revealed in the very way they choose to live their lives.”
How do you mean? Could you elaborate, please?
Jay
June 8th, 2012
1:30 pm
“But if one follows those apostles of the climate change ministry, one must admit that their apostasy is revealed in the very way they choose to live their lives.”
In many cases, I think that is sadly very true.
Jay
June 8th, 2012
1:32 pm
TH, harsh personal attacks are not tolerated here. A repeat will lead to your banning. If you cannot debate the topic on its merits, you should go elsewhere.
Sheez Louise
June 8th, 2012
1:32 pm
Can we PLEEEEASE get a few 100 degree days ths year??? Please!!!
godless heathen
June 8th, 2012
1:33 pm
Jay,
“dispute the theory is true only of one small subgroup of scientists, petroleum geologists, who by definition have no training or expertise in atmospheric or climate science and who also have a very strong cultural and economic cause to believe as they do.”
In your link, meteorologists were listed as having as high a rate of skepticism as petroleum geologists. Would you say they also have no training or expertise in atmospheric or climate science?
mm
June 8th, 2012
1:35 pm
I enjoy reading the con lies everyday, but here is a really good list of their lies.
Jay
June 8th, 2012
1:36 pm
Godless, perhaps you misread the link. The level of skepticism among meteorologists — while higher than in other groups — is NOT equal to that of petroleum geologists. And while meteorologists certainly are more familiar with the basics of atmospheric science than geologists, they are not climatologists.
Jay
June 8th, 2012
1:37 pm
Out for a bit.
Joe Hussein Mama
June 8th, 2012
1:38 pm
Jay — “Out for a bit.”
Let the bare-knuckle games begin!
DawgDad
June 8th, 2012
1:39 pm
“All the concrete buildings, and roads and parking lots made of asphalt doesn’t lead to global warming ?”
Who’s being silly here??? Do you have or regularly use a driveway, sidewalk, parking lot or street? Do you ever go to building downtown, or into a house? Are you in favor of the T-SPLOST, which will fund MORE contribution to global warming? Are you in favor of the Beltline? Marta/rail expansion? HOT lanes?
Come on now. People have to live, warming or not. People in a functioning society and economy will adapt, without controlling interference from Government.
To Jay (and others), global warming/climate change is not about solving a real problem, it’s about politicizing the issue to advantage their party and supporters. They create schemes (cap and trade, taxes and fees, transfer payments, ridiculous laws and regulations, more and more grant money to “study” the issue, funding for non-viable enterprises and favored supporters), not solutions (schemes vs. solutions, focus on that). Remember when water had to be drained from a near-empty Lake Lanier to keep some mussel alive?
getalife
June 8th, 2012
1:39 pm
mm,
I tried that yesterday.
It was fun but I could have used that list.
Doggone/GA
June 8th, 2012
1:41 pm
“I don’t like Yankees”
No worries, they’ll be moving even further north because it will be too hot for them where they are
TH FROM MC
June 8th, 2012
1:41 pm
Ban me please Bookman – Do me a favor – You are a bunch of liberal losers anyway. My intelligence can be insulted by your liberal friends but when I give it back to them you step in with censorship. The good news is your that socialist kind is coming to a fast end and freedom will ring.
Joe Hussein Mama
June 8th, 2012
1:42 pm
DawgDad — “They create schemes (cap and trade”
Once again, this was originally a *Republican* idea. Don’t know why y’all hate it so much now, given that it’s one of those market-based solutions y’all say we need more of.
Joe Hussein Mama
June 8th, 2012
1:43 pm
TH — “You are a bunch of liberal losers anyway.”
Then it won’t break your heart if you can’t post here any more.
Winning solution for all involved: take a hike, pal.