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The seven stages of anthropic global warming denial (AGW) are:

1. There’s no such thing as global warming.

2. Global warming is happening, but it’s not our fault.

3. OK, it’s a little bit our fault, but not so much as to make a difference.

4. We do make a difference, but global warming is a good thing.

5. Actually global warming is not such a good thing, but we can’t do anything about it.

6. We may have been able to do something about it, but it’s too late now.

7. Obama was born in Kenya.

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The Constitution says what it says, not what you want it to say or what you think it says.

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Conservatives love to wallow in “originalism” and reverence for the Constitution. But their philosophy is often at odds with both the words of the Constitution and the intent of the founders. Let’s start with religion. The founders were not against religion – nor were they for it. They only believed that public policy shouldn’t be [...]

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Our energy future. It’s only a matter of vision, courage, science and profit.

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Superstorm Sandy ravaged the Northeast a year after Irene caused billions of dollars worth of damage. In 2012 80% of the country suffered through abnormally dry conditions and record heat. In all likelihood this will be the hottest year on record with 2010 and 2005 tied for second. In April 2011, 770 tornadoes broke the one [...]

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“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

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“It ain’t the things you don’t know that hurts you – it’s the things you do know, that just ain’t so”  One of the first things school-kids are taught is the difference between fact and opinion. It is also one of the first lessons unlearned. The Northeast was hit by a hurricane and a nor’easter nine days [...]

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A food fight in California

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  Capitalism is on the ropes – but don’t blame the Democrats. It is business itself that finds capitalism inconvenient. Why? Capitalism works when the consumer makes rational choices, based on the free flow of information. But business has decided that it is not in its best interest for the consumer to have too much information. Consider [...]

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Congressman Paul Broun (R-GA) believes that the Earth is 9,000 years old – and a few other things.

October 8, 2012

  Rep. Paul Broun is the latest poster child for the triumph of faith over science. Or to be more blunt, Broun has overdosed on his crazy pills. In a speech given at the Liberty Baptist Church Sportsman’s banquet he said that: “All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the big-bang theory, all [...]

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“Do it because you are a cheap bastard” – One Argument for a Green Economy

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Go green – get greenbacks. That is one massage from a provocative documentary – ‘Carbon Nation’ – that takes a capitalist based view of green energy. Much of the documentary’s story is told with anecdotes – which doesn’t make for good science, but it does challenge the viewer to relook at green energy. Featured is a West [...]

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Fundamental ignorance – mistaking opinion for science.

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How many people know who was the first Secretary of State? Or the capital of Finland? Or the six categories the Nobel Prizes are awarded in? Who knows  - but not as many as should. But as bad as our lack of knowledge  is – it is our inability to think; our inability to let [...]

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How climate science deniers can sound reasonable – even when their position has no merit.

May 30, 2012

When the vast majority of the scientific community disagrees with your interpretation of the facts what do you do? You can lie or you can tell the truth in such a way as to obscure its meaning. What do I mean? Let me give you an example. In Townhall.com columnist Marita Noon crows that climate [...]

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