I was reading the Huffington Post, over in the Green section. (Yes, dear readers, I trot over to the left side of the internet sometimes.) Katherine Goldstein posts an article entitled "The Seven Biggest Lies About the Supposed "Global Warming Hoax"
So, I counted the lies. They are standard talking points, easily rebutted. Rather than do that, lets list them in order.
1. Scientists have manipulated data.
2. Scientists had private doubts about whether the world really is heating up.
3. These scientists worked to suppress evidence and deleted emails.
4. Scientists have been working to remove skeptical peers from the climate discussion.
5. These emails are the final nail in the coffin for the idea that humans cause global warming.
6. This reignites the debate about if global warming is real.
They're on a cute little electronic flip chart and as you click the button the next one comes up. The only problem that I see is if you click the numbers and there are six supposed lies, and the article clearly says seven lies.
Can the author not count? Does she expect me to believe her premise when she can't get the number right. For that matter, should I believe any premise if the numbers aren't right?
That's my problem with AGW. The numbers aren't right. If you want to make a rational argument, you've got to get the numbers right.
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Here's some facts, Pawpaw:
1. To my recollection, the winter of 82-83 was the last cold winter in CenLa.
2. The Northwest Passage is open.
3. South Louisiana is slowly flooding. There's pictures of a town down there which is now permanently under about a foot of water.
Sometimes all you can do is laugh... sigh...
Laugh? One of the pictures was of a cemetery with the PERMANENT water level about half way up the tombstones.
The Seventh Lie was the article itself.
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