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Wolfowitz Not Fit for Leadership
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Wolfowitz Not Fit for Leadership By Michael S. Woodson | bio How long does it take to accept a crystal clear reality: Paul Wolfowitz is not a leader, but someone better suited for a professional data crunching job in which he is not a policymaker, analyst or decision maker. At the Department of Defense and at the World Bank, Mr. Wolfowitz had proven himself to be a bright man but a poor leader with bad judgement. Intellectual gifts are not enough to be a good leader. One has to have personal, emotional, empathic, perceptive, and virtuous attributes. One has to have the ability to regard other people and their best interests, as well as understand oneself in relation to those others. Exercising those qualities to a minimum degree would cause Wolfowitz to execute the most useful and visionary leadership virtue of all: humble himself and resign. Kenny Rogers would be a good advisor to leaders. He'd know when to fold 'em, when to walk away, and when to run. |
Wolfowitz Not Fit for Leadership
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Wolfowitz Mass Murder for OIL wrote: http://warrenreports.tpmcafe.com/blo...olfowitz_not_f it_for_leadership Wolfowitz Not Fit for Leadership By Michael S. Woodson | bio Snip Whack job. Plonk -- Telamon Ventura, California |
- Global Warming? So What? Remember the Ice Age Scare?
Doug Bashford wrote:
And I do NOT remember a "cooling scare." And I was taking Geology at the time. (Climate is HUGE in Geology!) Cato responds: I am not sure how you missed all the talk about the Global Cooling back then. Ya, it was in all the major magazines and newspapers. Discussions on radio talk shows etc. Even in my school, teachers raised the issue. They were very concerned. Visions of advancing glaciers wiping out cities. Scarey! But then... I have notice how some people's memories seem to be very selective when their memories don't agree with their present beliefs or political goals. Cato |
(OT) : Global Warming -and- The Limbaugh Gambit
On Apr 22, 10:20 pm, (Doug Bashford) wrote:
wrote Global Warming? So What? Remember the Ice Age Scare of the '70's I do remember; there was ONE very cold winter; Long Island Sound in New York State was frozen over. - But take a look at the sources you quote; Universally journalists. Yep . This is no coincedence. Journalists make a living by getting their work published.. they entertain that's their job. As they say; No one ever gets a story published by saying " nothings going to happen" Yep. And I do NOT remember a "cooling scare." And I was taking Geology at the time. (Climate is HUGE in Geology!) It was a non-issue at the time. Sure, some journalists apperently found some climate stuff to write about, but it was mostly a non-issue, an unknown to people at the time. I never heard of it. On 22 Apr 2007, Cato wrote: And just where were these journalists getting their info from? Are you saying that Science Digest, Science Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Science News, etc. etc. including, yes, teachers in the schools, were all pulling a "fast one" on everybody back then? It was all lies? No, it was a neat little theory without much evidence that nobody paid much attention to. ...a neat little theory -- not an issue. Your attempt (ok, not yours, but global warming denialists') to equate the two is sad at best, but actually it's more a popular years-old propaganda lie used by Big Oil et al. But to be fair, your source is the best researched I've seen in ~15 years. Most only name one or two magazines. You are also the first to claim academia was in on it. Hard core anti-intellectualism, huh? Historically, stuff of genocidal dictators. Anyway, to quote from the George Will article you plagerized: ========= Google results about 108 for "Science Digest (February 1973) reported that "the world's climatologists are agreed"" ========= "Perhaps the problem is big crusading journalism." --George Will April 3, 2006 Yer ****in up the wrong tree, Cato. At least Geo Will has some intellectual honesty. A conspiracy put together by those publications? Actually it is *YOU* (Geo Will) who patched together a handful of articles over 20? years to make it sound like a grand movement. ...and if false, a conspiracy. Pretty slick, Cato, you get it both ways. Are these publications no better then the Weekly World News rag?? If they were all proved to be liars, then they would have been raked over the coals, their reputations destroyed, and relegated to the level of cheap supermarket tabloids. Liars !? Laugh. Good jounalism often discovers obscure info and presents it to the public. Now you are bordering on shrill. Everybody here knows the difference between a pocket full of magazine articles and actual scientific consensus...thousands of scientists. Don't push yer luck. Never happened. And now we know why, don't we? Do you realize they were getting there info from.. wait for it... scientists? Yes??? Yer point? could it be.... Uhm....individual scientists are human? Make errors? And reporters may overstate or rush the hypothesis? Do you remember this?..... Fortune magazine actually won a "Science Writing Award" from the American Institute of Physics for its own analysis of the danger. "As for the present cooling trend a number of leading climatologists have concluded that it is very bad news indeed,".... Fortune Magazine, February, 1974. "a number??" "a number of leading climatologists" ???? You do understand the concept of "scientific consensus," right? As in it's HUGE, -- and "a number of" is almost meaningless? You do understand that the concept of "scientific consensus" is the backbone of science itself, right? ...the mortar which joins all the difference sciences into; "Science?" That's right..... The American Institute of Physics, (Scientists), awarded Fortune magazine for what?? Uhm...I'm guessing...now just a wild guess mind you, but....uhm...?...GOOD SCIENCE ???? grin Telling us all a lie?? As if they were not better then the Weekly World News rag??? Sounds to me like you need to learn a little philosophy and method of science. Good science does not mean "Word of God," Truth, nor even "scientific consensus." The award may have been for good inquiry, discovery, method, or whatever. Learn up on it. I notice those who distrust science most, understand it least. (Such as Limbaugh or "Creation Scientists.") Next, your words come directly from a technique overused (and invented?) by Rush Limbaugh for 20 years on every "environmental" issue from smoking, to ozone, catalytic converter, to come down the pike. What!? No job loss? Jack booted environmentalists aint gunna steal yer job, yer house, yer wife, yer kids, yer freedom, and increase taxes!? "Environmentalism is funded by the Commies!" -Rush Limbaugh Global warming proponents are accepting a good financial income from the global warming scare and have become global warming propagandists to promote their interests. These include some researchers who obtain research grants and some environmental organisations who need donations. They are making a living by promoting fear of man-made global warming. They have a vested interest in pulling this scam. And not just because of the money involved, but also because many of them have political goals that depend on the Man- Made Global Warming Scare. In other words, "science can not be trusted." Truth is unknowable. (So may as well go for simple feelsgoodisms.) How Mao and Stalin of you guys. Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, said in written Vaclav Klaus !!!! LAUGHINGGGGGGG!!!!!! testimony that global warming has turned into a religion that has replaced the ideology of communism and threatens basic freedoms. Mr. Klaus said the push to curb greenhouse gases would hurt poorer nations that can't afford modern technology. He compares radical environmentalists to Marxists, and says initiatives such as the Kyoto Protocol require enormous costs without any realistic prospect for success. Cato Ah, I knew "sky is falling" had to come sooner or later. Does anybody actually BUY this crap yer pitching? -- When one gains a political certainty akin to a loyal sports fan, one has achieved the final tranquility of servitude, a joyous slavery. "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams, August 1, 1776 DB, The first one to meantion Rush Limbaugh http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/ {The Big Guy Who Is Full of Hot Air } http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh Loses the Debate by Pumping the Debate Full of Hot Air - You Lose ! The Limbaugh Gambit follows Godwin's Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_Law of OnLine Debating and is an Illogical Assumption and Implies a Rush-to-Judgement {Certitude :o} Next to Al Gore - Rush Limbaugh may be the . . . Second Greatest Human Factor in Global Warming ! http://members.aol.com/trajcom/private/popco2.htm as for me - i will have another samuel adams ~ RHF |
- Global Warming? So What? Remember the Ice Age Scare?
Cato wrote:
Doug Bashford wrote: And I do NOT remember a "cooling scare." And I was taking Geology at the time. (Climate is HUGE in Geology!) Cato responds: I am not sure how you missed all the talk about the Global Cooling back then. Ya, it was in all the major magazines and newspapers. Discussions on radio talk shows etc. Even in my school, teachers raised the issue. They were very concerned. Visions of advancing glaciers wiping out cities. Scarey! I know, the Martians could have invaded any day too. Good thing that one didn't pan out, eh? But then... I have notice how some people's memories seem to be very selective when their memories don't agree with their present beliefs or political goals. Yes, soon scientists will achieve TOTAL WORLD DOMINATION! You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. -- Get A Free Orbiter Space Flight Simulator : http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/orbit.html |
- Global Warming? So What? Remember the Ice Age Scare?
Yeah! And remember how medical science used to advise putting butter on
skin burns? Stupid scientists. |
Effects of global warming being felt in China
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Effects of global warming being felt in China Updated Sun. Apr. 22 2007 10:33 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff When it comes to the world's worst polluters, the United States still leads the way, but China is set to soon take over as the largest overall producer of greenhouse gases. Many are wondering if any steps can be taken to ensure the country doesn't repeat the mistakes of the West. With China's growing population with growing wealth and mass industrialization, the effects of global warming are already being felt. At the home of Li Wen Zhang in Langtougou, about 110 kilometres from Beijing, years of warming temperatures have literally brought the desert to Li's doorstep. Dry conditions have turned his village's once-fertile farm fields into a parched wasteland. His livestock live in sand dunes. Li's home is almost covered over. A local river that once ran waist-deep with water is now filled with sand. "Some say I am like the fable of the old foolish man, trying to remove a mountain," he says. The climate in China has changed quickly. Scientists estimate that in the last 50 years, the temperature in the populous country has increased by one degree Celsius. That may not seem like a lot, but it has devastated this region. A local riverbed, for example, once flowed with water waist high; now it flows mostly with sand. Chinese cities are also feeling the stifling effects of global warming. If it's not sand storms choking Beijing and other cities, it's heavy pollution causing problems. Many airports have been forced to close for hours at a time because pilots couldn't see through the soup of haze. The country's growing use of coal for energy has experts predicting that by year's end, China will be the world's largest overall producer of greenhouse gases, surpassing the U.S. -- although the U.S., Canada, Australia and Luxemburg still produce far more greenhouse gases on a per capita basis. With international pressure mounting, China is starting to turn to alternative energy sources. China is building windmill farms that house more than 300,000 turbines. However, it also opens up a new coal- fired power plant every week. The government also plans to have its citizens curb electricity use by 20 per cent. But with a growing middle class consuming more power than ever, few expect targets to be met. "If there's only target without any implementation policy, the target means nothing," said Ai Lun Yang of Greenpeace. Chinese officials are urging the world to be patient, arguing it is still a developing country that is faced with more pressing problems like poverty. In Li's village, the government donates thousands of trees to act as a buffer against the desert. But it will have to do far more to prevent China from becoming the world's largest climate polluter -- and to control the damage that global warming-driven climate change is causing. |
Effects of global warming being felt in China
Check out Dapong,China if you want to see some real polution.Any big
city in China. cuhulin |
Effects of global warming being felt in China
This thread is starting to get as long as some of those Anna Nicole
Smith and Britney Spears threads.Why not start something else? cuhulin |
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