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From: JoeSpareBedroom on 5 Apr 2010 22:40 "TheTibetanMonkey showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle" <nolionnoproblem(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:f679002b-516a-4170-912b-65c504e5d339(a)z7g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > On Apr 5, 10:33 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstr...(a)frontiernet.net> > wrote: >> "TheTibetanMonkey >> showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle"<nolionnoprob...(a)yahoo.com> >> wrote in message >> >> news:23d0d70a-3465-4a50-ae18-0cd6cee9cdd5(a)x12g2000yqx.googlegroups.com... >> >> > While we may argue forever whether Climate Change is >> > "debatable" (until it's too late), we may still argue the need for >> > change based on building a "better world." What's a better world? >> > Certainly not one dictated by machines and predatory economies. We >> > should be aiming, for example, for more free time to ride bikes and >> > walk, not for an artificial, enslaving way of life where you drive a >> > "jungle vehicle" (SUV) in the middle of the city. >> >> Excellent point(s). >> >> In the past, I've managed to shut down some fools here by asking the >> following question, which NEVER gets a response: >> >> "Besides global warming, what OTHER reason is there for reducing >> emissions? >> This is a proven reason, and no sane person disagrees with it." >> >> Now, sit back and watch what happens next. Or what doesn't happen next, >> if >> history is any indication. > > Thank you! QUALITY OF LIFE is a byproduct of ACCEPTING Climate Change, > just like pollution and obesity are byproducts of denial. > You may have noticed that thus far, nobody has actually named the reason I mentioned above. Not even Jeff, who claims he was once a doctor. Q: Are people really this stupid? A: Yes, they are. And as Ron White says, you can't fix stupid.
From: TibetanMonkey, Originator of the Banana Kung-Fu on 6 Apr 2010 00:44 On Apr 5, 10:40 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstr...(a)frontiernet.net> wrote: > "TheTibetanMonkey showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle"<nolionnoprob...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:f679002b-516a-4170-912b-65c504e5d339(a)z7g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > > > > > On Apr 5, 10:33 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstr...(a)frontiernet.net> > > wrote: > >> "TheTibetanMonkey > >> showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle"<nolionnoprob...(a)yahoo..com> > >> wrote in message > > >>news:23d0d70a-3465-4a50-ae18-0cd6cee9cdd5(a)x12g2000yqx.googlegroups.com.... > > >> > While we may argue forever whether Climate Change is > >> > "debatable" (until it's too late), we may still argue the need for > >> > change based on building a "better world." What's a better world? > >> > Certainly not one dictated by machines and predatory economies. We > >> > should be aiming, for example, for more free time to ride bikes and > >> > walk, not for an artificial, enslaving way of life where you drive a > >> > "jungle vehicle" (SUV) in the middle of the city. > > >> Excellent point(s). > > >> In the past, I've managed to shut down some fools here by asking the > >> following question, which NEVER gets a response: > > >> "Besides global warming, what OTHER reason is there for reducing > >> emissions? > >> This is a proven reason, and no sane person disagrees with it." > > >> Now, sit back and watch what happens next. Or what doesn't happen next, > >> if > >> history is any indication. > > > Thank you! QUALITY OF LIFE is a byproduct of ACCEPTING Climate Change, > > just like pollution and obesity are byproducts of denial. > > You may have noticed that thus far, nobody has actually named the reason I > mentioned above. Not even Jeff, who claims he was once a doctor. > > Q: Are people really this stupid? > A: Yes, they are. And as Ron White says, you can't fix stupid. The reality is our transportation policy requires a bigger overhaul than our healthcare policy. Maybe it should be in reverse: UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE, NOT DRIVER LICENSE.
From: TibetanMonkey, Originator of the Banana Kung-Fu on 6 Apr 2010 23:10 On Apr 6, 10:15 pm, gregg <tot...(a)NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote: > TibetanMonkey, Originator of the Banana Kung-Fu wrote: > > Or we could just apply that 79 Bil toward the deficit and increase gas > taxes $0.25 a year for the next five years and apply all that money > towards alternative energy sources AND conservation. The tax would help > decrease consumption, which is our biggest problem. We continue to want > to support our wasteful ways by any means possible instead of admitting > we are a bit piggish. It is time we recreate ourselves as Innovative > Americans and loose the Proud American Pig mentality. Right on, brother! Tax them and pay for war if they so wish. Have the Chinese join the army if they want. It almost went from American Pig to Chinese Pig... http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2009/12/chinese-hummer-h3t-flag.jpg
From: TibetanMonkey, Originator of the Banana Kung-Fu on 6 Apr 2010 23:22 On Apr 6, 11:32 am, "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote: > Why are you trying to change the subject? Having a problem finding proof > to support the "man" as the cause argument? I don't debate something the scientific community accepts as a fact. The only thing debatable is the degree to which it is true, and that we can never tell.
From: TheTibetanMonkey showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle on 7 Apr 2010 12:41
On Apr 7, 8:45 am, "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote: > MONEY & OIL? You are correct bet. I'll bet you would be one of those > screaming the loudest if the production of Mid East oil was cut off and gas > went to $9 a gallon, however. LOL What a scary thought! You may be riding bikes, scooters and driving Smarts instead of boring Toyotas. |