Meet Your Next. U.S. President

[rah]

If I remember correctly, back in the 60's most of the south was Blue. The explosion of the civil rights movement changed that.

[Ben Kenobi]

Hey Asher, I'm selling carbon credits?

Want some?

[Asher]

Huh?

Is that a catholic codename for young children or something?

No, I'll pass thank you. Not my bag.

[DinoDoc]

You're delusional.

Given the news, unless there is a miraculous turnaround in the economy all the eventual GOP nominee has to be nominally acceptable to the general voting public.

[Jon Miller]

There seems to be a good chance that the GOP wants another Palin though...

JM

[Ben Kenobi]

No, I'll pass thank you. Not my bag.

What, you don't believe in global warming? Gosh.

After the sandbag, I'm shocked to hear you express such courage in the face of the climate cultists.

[Asher]

Moron.

[Ben Kenobi]

PWNT.

[giblets]

Ben is so much smarter than those CRAAAAAAAAAAZY cult-like scientists, who spend all their time doing peer-reviewed research and creating models.

[Ben Kenobi]

Ben is so much smarter than those CRAAAAAAAAAAZY cult-like scientists, who spend all their time doing peer-reviewed research and creating models

What's Al Gore's degree in? I forgot.

[Asher]

Yes, because Al Gore is the only person who believes in global warming.
What's your degree in?

The overwhelming consensus from PhDs in the field supports the assertion.

[Ben Kenobi]

Yes, because Al Gore is the only person who believes in global warming.

So you admit that it's not 'scientists' pushing it.

What's your degree in?

Something that can calculate solar flux variations, or at least could before I switched.

The overwhelming consensus from PhDs in the field supports the assertion

I know, personally, climate scientists who regard global warming as false. They predicted the fall in temperatures this last few years and were right.

All I need to do is find the clippings showing that the same folks who predicted global cooling are now fretting over the warming. They were wrong then, and wrong now.

[Asher]

So you admit that it's not 'scientists' pushing it.

Huhhhhhhhhhh?

Something that can calculate solar flux variations, or at least could before I switched.

Your degree is in history because you were not intelligent enough to continue your science degree at a ridiculously low-standard rural university.

I know, personally, climate scientists who regard global warming as false. They predicted the fall in temperatures this last few years and were right.

All I need to do is find the clippings showing that the same folks who predicted global cooling are now fretting over the warming. They were wrong then, and wrong now.

You remain an idiot, and so, too, are your imaginary climate scientist friends.

[giblets]

A poll performed by Peter Doran and Maggie Kendall Zimmerman at Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago received replies from 3,146 of the 10,257 polled Earth scientists. Results were analyzed globally and by specialization. 76 out of 79 climatologists who "listed climate science as their area of expertise and who also have published more than 50% of their recent peer-reviewed papers on the subject of climate change" believe that mean global temperatures have risen compared to pre-1800s levels, and 75 out of 77 believe that human activity is a significant factor in changing mean global temperatures. Among all respondents, 90% agreed that temperatures have risen compared to pre-1800 levels, and 82% agreed that humans significantly influence the global temperature. Economic geologists and meteorologists were among the biggest doubters, with only 47 percent and 64 percent, respectively, believing in significant human involvement. A summary from the survey states that:

It seems that the debate on the authenticity of global warming and the role played by human activity is largely nonexistent among those who understand the nuances and scientific basis of long-term climate processes.[110]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienti...merman.2C_2009

I guess it's still not a consensus if only 75 out of 79 climate scientists agree.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

If I remember correctly, back in the 60's most of the south was Blue. The explosion of the civil rights movement changed that.

Partially. But likewise the transformation of the democratic party into the beatnick hipster peacenick party alienated a lot of southerners. As the McGovernites came more into vogue the Scoop Jackson wing which had strong support in the south became further and further marginalized until they found home elsewhere.