While all the D-Baggers can give America is scandal after scandal after scandal. Until the Left can stop demolishing America I’ll never stop saying no to their policies. BTW – new report out that record food stamp use in a new record. You want people to say YES to that???
The GOP is dong the things that are so negative and regressive that more people are being turned in more pro-gressive and more fair. The people of the GOP are making threats of revenge. go to some place that is not right-wing and do a little research.
The GOP has moved so far to the right that, in their eyes, ultra-conservatives are now moderates; conservatives are now Liberals and Moderates are now Commies.It’s a ridiculous POV, and the end result is that they have become The Party of Ridiculous.Hey, Moderate Republicans, come and join the Democratic Party! We’d welcome you. We’re not all ultra-Liberals (despite what the far right might say), and you could help create an even bigger Democratic Party tent.Why stay with a party that holds you in contempt?
“Unfortunately there weren’t enough wastebaskets when that garbage Obama(non)-Care was passed.So when again do our insurance premiums go down?”Lest you forget, what you call Obamacare was thought up and championed by Republicans during the Clinton Administration. You hate it now for the sole reason that Obama took up the cause.As for your insurance premiums, if you had actually read the act, you’d know. If your health insurance company spends more than 20% of your insurance premiums on “overhead” costs, they must refund the difference. If you receive your insurance through the company you work for, they will most likely receive said refund and will see the lowered premiums.
@Reflex-76I’ve met people on more than one occasion that I’ve asked why don’t they use their money that they use for cable, Internet, cell phones, etc to buy food? They ALWAYS say why should they do that? That’s what food stamps are for!We’ve got the cushiest poor people in the world!Corrected for ya…
@ The Trusted MechanicHere’s some holes in your theory. I’m republican, but more conservative. I’m only a one man operation tuning and repairing pianos. Not rich by ANY means. AND not on food stamps with 4 kids even though I COULD qualify. So, then WHY would I be a republican if I thought it was ONLY just to make rich people richer? How bout this…it’s because the D-Baggers in power right now are the MOST corrupt in America’s history!!! That’s why!
good responce! the so called scandals are just mole-hills. even the latest one about NSA and Obama. On a website I read was a photp of the same thing happening during the W Bush era.
What you said applies to the GOP, even more. we hate to think what will happen to this country if the GOP wins. There would be no taxes on the riches, no help of any kind of it’s biggest segment, those working poor, and the helpless, the kids, the old people, and women. If the GOP succeeds in gerrymandering districts so NO Democrat Can win we will have the most feared type guv’ment, one of “The party” in other words, totalitarian run by authoritarians who think there is only their way. I guess that would make you happy. Or not, since you so enjoy hating things..Sorry, but I can’t just ignore liars with closed minds.
The two political parties are like selecting a gear in your car. If you want to go forward, you choose “D”. If you want to go backwards, you choose “R”.
“the global warming scam”I just watched an interesting National Geographic show on a Korean scientist who is now able to harvest frozen mammoth tissue in Siberia in the hopes of cloning this long extinct animal.The tissue is only now being accessible because “the global warming scam” is melting the permafrost for the first time.
Remember people don’t like long speeches? I’ll keep mine short. Many perhaps most hard right conservatives define their “Liberty” in terms of anarchy. When someone says “government is the enemy” they are the terrorists.
@Anthony2816Unless you have my house bugged, like many of your D-Bagger leaders love doing to the general population I.e. Verizon, how would you know the state of my household? Oh, you must be projecting cause you’ve got nothing to back your statements up except for your hatred. I take care of my family the old fashioned way, and the way it’s supposed to be, I earn it and live within my means. Not like your Dem President. Oops….were you thinking you had me over a barrel there? BTW…give up on the Bush blasting. It’s not accomplishing anything.
“Where are you getting that global warming is responsible for finding the woolly mammoth cells? They were “buried under meters of permafrost.””I got it by watching the show, something you obviously haven’t done. Enough of those “meters” have now melted away, so that still-frozen tissue can be reached.
“Food stamp enrollment went up 70 percent under obama.”Under Obama it went up from about 10 to 15%, so I guess you’re rounding up that 5% increase to a nice round “70%” to support your point. http://pragcap.com/the-good-news-and-bad-news-on-food-stamp-usage
Thank you me9970,Thomas Jefferson wrote it was never planned that legislators would become career politicians. Glad we have some common ground neighbor. It’s always fun when we find something to agree on.Respectfully,C.
“When a great percentage of food stamp recipients are working families I would say the real question should be, why are they working but not able to earn enough to feed their families?”YES, thank you!!!I’d also like to hear some conservative, ANY conservative address the fact that along with premiums that have been skyrocketing for decades, what do we do about the fact that fewer & fewer employers even bother to offer insurance?
““Buried under meters of permafrost” is in no wayproof of GW.”That statement made no sense at all. I fear this question may be beyond you, especially since you haven’t seen the show, but I’ll try anyway: For the first time in 10,000 years, enough of the permafrost has thawed so that this mammoth tissue with intact cellular nuclei is accessible. What do you think accounts for this thawing, Ansonia?
“You are stating your opinion about Bush. Not facts.”To what comment of mine are you refering, Ansonia?“Obama said he could fix things in one term”Obama has been a disappointment in many ways, but I don’t blame him for not being able to fix the Bush economy in one term, especially with the Republican legislators doing their best to block all such efforts, no matter what the cost to the country.
“Obama went placed ads on Hispanic TV Stations in Spanish before the election telling non-citizens to apply for food stamps.”The Spanish language ads started in 2006. http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2006/10/u-s-promotes-food-stamps-illegals/Non-citizens are not eligible for Food Stamps. Their American born children are eligible. You think they should go hungry? The claims of abuse are blown completely out of proportion. The abuse rate is around 1 cent per dollar in the program. The outrage is that there are millions of people who have jobs that don’t pay enough to cover food & rent!
“Considering how mired in scandal our miscreant president and his corrupt administration is, it’s a damn good thing we’ve got people with the courage to just say NO!”But Mitch McConnell said that the Republicans single most important goal was to make Obama a one-term president WAY before these so-called “scandals”. What was your excuse then?
“This is not just a few arrogant individuals getting out of line – it is a culture of arrogant lawlessness and absolute power with little or no accountability…and if it continues long enough, our nation will descend into the darkest realms of totalitarianism … or what’s worse – anarchy.”
Clearly you don’t understand the MediCare system. The Medicare System is no panacea; it is as dependent on the insurers as any other health plan. It’s not affordable for most of those who need it either.
We have to reform the nomination procedures. As long as we keep electing their nominees, we are dead in the water.
We have to do a lot of other things, too, but as long as the candidates are supporting their parties and not their constituents, it looks very bad. Neither of our major parties (nor most of the minor ones) are supporting the well being and success of the country.
I’m curious what ReFlex-76 said to get your panties in such a bunch, Gmgodsil. The only remotely “socialist” thing he said was that he was against letting the poor starve. I take it, then, that you’re in favor of that?And it’s a pity you didn’t read any of the responses to ConserveGov’s post, like from Doughfoot. It would have been interesting to see you attempt to reply.
“I’d just as soon move to Canada than be a Democrat!”Ah, in favor of socialized medicine, then, I see." I have my morals & principals."Yes, you’ve already shown us you’re in favor of starvation. You must be so proud.
If he’d had any support from Congress, he might have been able to do it. But what he’s had has been obstruction, and mostly from the GOP side of the aisle.
Our opinions are as valid as yours, and more rational. You rarely post even opinions, just trollware.
Over a lifetime, my opinions have proved sound more often than not. I stand by them.
“They were all negotiating terms of obamacare. When Republicans made suggestions, he said, “We won” and refused to accept any input from Republicans.”As with most of your comments, Ansonia, it’s hard to tell if you’re just lying through your teeth, or really, really ignorant. Do you honestly expect anyone to believe you when you claim Obama didn’t change the so-called Obamacare in response to Republican demands? Why don’t you tell us what happened to the main part of it: Single-payer? Obama gutted his original plan in response to Republicans…and still received none of their votes for it, even though it now heavily favors the health insurers.
“trying to have an intelligent, cogent discussion with ansonia is a fool’s errand”That’s very true, but it’s so easy to call him on his lies.Notice how he never responds to any direct questions? He didn’t respond when it was pointed out to him that he called a 5% increase in food stamp use “70%”. He didn’t respond when I asked him what he thought caused the unprecedented thawing of the permafrost. And he won’t respond about Obamacare.He’s very much like Tigger in that regard. Constantly making demands of others, but runs away from any questions directed at him.
“Obama gutted his plan to please Republicans knowing they wouldn’t vote for it anyway.”He gutted it hoping it would lead to bipartisan support. Unfortunately, thanks to Mitch McConnell’s well-known plan to put defeating Obama ahead of the country’s best interest, even after getting all the changes they wanted, the Republicans were still not allowed to vote for it. Even more unfortunately, Obama didn’t seem to learn from the experience.Your question: “If he knew he wasn’t going to get any Republican votes, and in fact, did not need their votes, why didn’t he go for single payer right up front?” proves my point. If he didn’t think he was going to get any of their votes, then he wouldn’t have removed single-payer.
“you never proved the permafrost had unprecedented thawing”I did, but you proved you’re not able to grasp the concept. Maybe if you watched the show it might get through to you. Simply put, the frozen tissue the scientists obtained contained intact cells, proving it had never been thawed since it first froze 10,000 years ago. That tissue had been buried deep within the permafrost, but is now close enough to the surface for the scientists to reach, because the intervening layers of permafrost have been melted away by global warming. I can’t think how to explain it any more simple for you.“You are holding me to a higher standard of proving things than you hold yourself.”I didn’t ask you to prove anything; I just asked you to explain how all that permafrost was melted, given your claim that it wasn’t due to global warming. Naturally you haven’t answered…because you have no answer.
“As for the permafrost issue, how come the planet hasn’t warmed in 15 years? Carbon emissions are still high, so why didn’t the planet continue to warm?”So why are you limiting the period to “15 years”, Ansonia? Hoping I wouldn’t ask that? I’m guessing you already know the answer, so I’m not going to waste time typing it in, but I will give it to you with this link that explain it…hopefully at a level you can understand:http://www.forbes.com/sites/petergleick/2012/02/05/global-warming-has-stopped-how-to-fool-people-using-cherry-picked-climate-data/The current favorite argument of those who argue that climate changes isn’t happening, or a problem, or worth dealing with, is that global warming has stopped. Therefore (they conclude) scientists must be wrong when they say that climate change is caused by humans, worsening, and ultimately a serious environmental problem that must be addressed by policy makers.
The problem with this argument is that it is false: global warming has not stopped and those who repeat this claim over and over are either lying, ignorant, or exhibiting a blatant disregard for the truth. Here is a tiny sample of the false claims, gleaned from various blogs, comments to my previous Forbes posts, op-eds in the Wall Street Journal, news stories, and statements from pundits who spread climate misinformation:
“The supposed ‘consensus’ on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years.”
“Current pause in global warming”“lack of global warming for well over 10 years now.”“There is no credible (statistically significant) data that says global warming is occurring”“fifteen years of warming, then fifteen of cooling”“The last decades “rate of warming” is flat.”“Forget global warming…no warming in 15 years.”
I could find a hundred more variations, but you get the idea. These statements are scurrilous deceptions and falsehoods. The planet is warming – an observation noted by every climate research institution tracking temperatures, the US National Academy of Sciences (over and over and over), every other national academy of sciences on the planet, and every professional society in the geosciences.
The actual data are easy for anyone to find – they are posted and regularly updated, freely, on public websites around the world. The most consistent, highly respected, and regularly analyzed and updated data on global surface temperatures are available from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Sciences, NOAA’s National Climate Data Center, and the United Kingdom’s Met Office Hadley Center. [Feel free to redo my analysis using any of these – they all independently say the same thing: I’m using the NASA GISS data in my pictures below.]
All of the false claims take advantage of one fundamental truth about the average temperature of our planet: it varies a little, naturally, from year to year. Some years are a bit warmer than average and some are a bit colder than average because of El Niños, La Niñas, cloud variability, volcanic activity, ocean conditions, and just the natural pulsing of our planetary systems. When you filter these out, the human-caused warming signal is clear. But natural variability makes it possible for scurrilous deceivers to do a classic “no-no” in science: to cherry-pick data to support their claims. They pick particular years or groups of years; they pick particular subsets of data. But when you look at all the data, or when you look at long-term trends, the only possible conclusion is that the Earth is warming – precisely the conclusion the scientific community has reached based on observations and fundamental physics. (Follow the link for the rest of the article).
Here’s another article that debunks the “15-year” claim that the pro-pollution people have fooled you with. It will be interesting to see if you keep repeating your myth on other threads now that you’ve been given the truth.http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/03/25/1768601/in-hot-water-global-warming-has-accelerated-in-past-15-years-new-study-of-oceans-confirms/?mobile=ncCompletely contrary to the popular contrarian myth, global warming has accelerated, with more overall global warming in the past 15 years than the prior 15 years. This is because about 90% of overall global warming goes into heating the oceans, and the oceans have been warming dramatically.As suspected, much of the ‘missing heat’ Kevin Trenberth previously talked about has been found in the deep oceans. Consistent with the results of Nuccitelli et al. (2012), this study finds that 30% of the ocean warming over the past decade has occurred in the deeper oceans below 700 meters, which they note is unprecedented over at least the past half century.
" Hr could have had single payer if he wanted it. All you are proving is that he is too incompetent to get what he wants even when it’s his for the taking."You know, I’m not going to argue with that at all. You’re right, and the saddest part is that he didn’t seem to learn from it…he’s gone on trying to work with Republicans with more appeasement, and gotten slapped in the face each time.
“You offered no proof of yout gw comment except for saying it happened.”Uh, the fact that it happened IS the proof." But I’ve lost interest in this topic"So does that mean you’re going to go on repeating the 15 year myth?
Don Winchester Premium Member almost 11 years ago
While all the D-Baggers can give America is scandal after scandal after scandal. Until the Left can stop demolishing America I’ll never stop saying no to their policies. BTW – new report out that record food stamp use in a new record. You want people to say YES to that???
ConserveGov almost 11 years ago
Unfortunately there weren’t enough wastebaskets when that garbage Obama(non)-Care was passed. So when again do our insurance premiums go down?
pam Miner almost 11 years ago
The GOP is dong the things that are so negative and regressive that more people are being turned in more pro-gressive and more fair. The people of the GOP are making threats of revenge. go to some place that is not right-wing and do a little research.
McSpook almost 11 years ago
The GOP has moved so far to the right that, in their eyes, ultra-conservatives are now moderates; conservatives are now Liberals and Moderates are now Commies.It’s a ridiculous POV, and the end result is that they have become The Party of Ridiculous.Hey, Moderate Republicans, come and join the Democratic Party! We’d welcome you. We’re not all ultra-Liberals (despite what the far right might say), and you could help create an even bigger Democratic Party tent.Why stay with a party that holds you in contempt?
WestNYC Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Obama for Dictator !
ycnaz Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I love you, Tom Toles!
Jason Allen almost 11 years ago
“Unfortunately there weren’t enough wastebaskets when that garbage Obama(non)-Care was passed.So when again do our insurance premiums go down?”Lest you forget, what you call Obamacare was thought up and championed by Republicans during the Clinton Administration. You hate it now for the sole reason that Obama took up the cause.As for your insurance premiums, if you had actually read the act, you’d know. If your health insurance company spends more than 20% of your insurance premiums on “overhead” costs, they must refund the difference. If you receive your insurance through the company you work for, they will most likely receive said refund and will see the lowered premiums.
Bilword almost 11 years ago
wishful thinking
Don Winchester Premium Member almost 11 years ago
@Reflex-76I’ve met people on more than one occasion that I’ve asked why don’t they use their money that they use for cable, Internet, cell phones, etc to buy food? They ALWAYS say why should they do that? That’s what food stamps are for!We’ve got the cushiest poor people in the world!Corrected for ya…
magicwalnut Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Right on, Tom!
Don Winchester Premium Member almost 11 years ago
@ The Trusted MechanicHere’s some holes in your theory. I’m republican, but more conservative. I’m only a one man operation tuning and repairing pianos. Not rich by ANY means. AND not on food stamps with 4 kids even though I COULD qualify. So, then WHY would I be a republican if I thought it was ONLY just to make rich people richer? How bout this…it’s because the D-Baggers in power right now are the MOST corrupt in America’s history!!! That’s why!
pam Miner almost 11 years ago
good responce! the so called scandals are just mole-hills. even the latest one about NSA and Obama. On a website I read was a photp of the same thing happening during the W Bush era.
pam Miner almost 11 years ago
What you said applies to the GOP, even more. we hate to think what will happen to this country if the GOP wins. There would be no taxes on the riches, no help of any kind of it’s biggest segment, those working poor, and the helpless, the kids, the old people, and women. If the GOP succeeds in gerrymandering districts so NO Democrat Can win we will have the most feared type guv’ment, one of “The party” in other words, totalitarian run by authoritarians who think there is only their way. I guess that would make you happy. Or not, since you so enjoy hating things..Sorry, but I can’t just ignore liars with closed minds.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
The two political parties are like selecting a gear in your car. If you want to go forward, you choose “D”. If you want to go backwards, you choose “R”.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“the global warming scam”I just watched an interesting National Geographic show on a Korean scientist who is now able to harvest frozen mammoth tissue in Siberia in the hopes of cloning this long extinct animal.The tissue is only now being accessible because “the global warming scam” is melting the permafrost for the first time.
FourcentsSr almost 11 years ago
Remember people don’t like long speeches? I’ll keep mine short. Many perhaps most hard right conservatives define their “Liberty” in terms of anarchy. When someone says “government is the enemy” they are the terrorists.
FourcentsSr almost 11 years ago
WOW Tom Toles is the “messenger” of our times.
Even in these NSA spying events there are few I trust as much as Tom Toles.
If you can’t tolerate the truth don’t read him. I wonder if Toles knows Krugman? Both seem to pop conservative heads like balloons.
If you insist in hanging around sharp objects you get punctured. Hats Off bowing low, “all hail to Tom Toles.”
FourcentsSr almost 11 years ago
Crazy as it sounds I don’t know if we are holding up the Constitution or the Constitution is holding US up.
Don Winchester Premium Member almost 11 years ago
@fournonsenseYou sure say a lot of nothing despite so many empty words. Denial much?
Don Winchester Premium Member almost 11 years ago
@Anthony2816Unless you have my house bugged, like many of your D-Bagger leaders love doing to the general population I.e. Verizon, how would you know the state of my household? Oh, you must be projecting cause you’ve got nothing to back your statements up except for your hatred. I take care of my family the old fashioned way, and the way it’s supposed to be, I earn it and live within my means. Not like your Dem President. Oops….were you thinking you had me over a barrel there? BTW…give up on the Bush blasting. It’s not accomplishing anything.
oneoldhat almost 11 years ago
no to crony capitalism
no to using irs as a political weapon
no to not rescuing ambassadors
no to lying to judges
Don Winchester Premium Member almost 11 years ago
@ TheDishonestMechanicAny shred of credibility you MIGHT’VE had has just all gone down the sewer. You are a troll in it’s truest form.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“Where are you getting that global warming is responsible for finding the woolly mammoth cells? They were “buried under meters of permafrost.””I got it by watching the show, something you obviously haven’t done. Enough of those “meters” have now melted away, so that still-frozen tissue can be reached.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“Food stamp enrollment went up 70 percent under obama.”Under Obama it went up from about 10 to 15%, so I guess you’re rounding up that 5% increase to a nice round “70%” to support your point. http://pragcap.com/the-good-news-and-bad-news-on-food-stamp-usage
chazandru almost 11 years ago
Thank you me9970,Thomas Jefferson wrote it was never planned that legislators would become career politicians. Glad we have some common ground neighbor. It’s always fun when we find something to agree on.Respectfully,C.
Uncle Joe Premium Member almost 11 years ago
“When a great percentage of food stamp recipients are working families I would say the real question should be, why are they working but not able to earn enough to feed their families?”YES, thank you!!!I’d also like to hear some conservative, ANY conservative address the fact that along with premiums that have been skyrocketing for decades, what do we do about the fact that fewer & fewer employers even bother to offer insurance?
Rickapolis almost 11 years ago
GOP diminishes America ever day they exist as a ‘party’.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
““Buried under meters of permafrost” is in no wayproof of GW.”That statement made no sense at all. I fear this question may be beyond you, especially since you haven’t seen the show, but I’ll try anyway: For the first time in 10,000 years, enough of the permafrost has thawed so that this mammoth tissue with intact cellular nuclei is accessible. What do you think accounts for this thawing, Ansonia?
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“You are stating your opinion about Bush. Not facts.”To what comment of mine are you refering, Ansonia?“Obama said he could fix things in one term”Obama has been a disappointment in many ways, but I don’t blame him for not being able to fix the Bush economy in one term, especially with the Republican legislators doing their best to block all such efforts, no matter what the cost to the country.
Uncle Joe Premium Member almost 11 years ago
“Obama went placed ads on Hispanic TV Stations in Spanish before the election telling non-citizens to apply for food stamps.”The Spanish language ads started in 2006. http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2006/10/u-s-promotes-food-stamps-illegals/Non-citizens are not eligible for Food Stamps. Their American born children are eligible. You think they should go hungry? The claims of abuse are blown completely out of proportion. The abuse rate is around 1 cent per dollar in the program. The outrage is that there are millions of people who have jobs that don’t pay enough to cover food & rent!
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“Considering how mired in scandal our miscreant president and his corrupt administration is, it’s a damn good thing we’ve got people with the courage to just say NO!”But Mitch McConnell said that the Republicans single most important goal was to make Obama a one-term president WAY before these so-called “scandals”. What was your excuse then?
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
“This is not just a few arrogant individuals getting out of line – it is a culture of arrogant lawlessness and absolute power with little or no accountability…and if it continues long enough, our nation will descend into the darkest realms of totalitarianism … or what’s worse – anarchy.”
Well said.
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
So, would you explain to us how the Republicans are different?
Thought not.
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
Clearly you don’t understand the MediCare system. The Medicare System is no panacea; it is as dependent on the insurers as any other health plan. It’s not affordable for most of those who need it either.
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
We have to reform the nomination procedures. As long as we keep electing their nominees, we are dead in the water.
We have to do a lot of other things, too, but as long as the candidates are supporting their parties and not their constituents, it looks very bad. Neither of our major parties (nor most of the minor ones) are supporting the well being and success of the country.
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
I think you’d better share your definition of the term ‘racist’ to us. I don’t see any sign of that at all.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
I’m curious what ReFlex-76 said to get your panties in such a bunch, Gmgodsil. The only remotely “socialist” thing he said was that he was against letting the poor starve. I take it, then, that you’re in favor of that?And it’s a pity you didn’t read any of the responses to ConserveGov’s post, like from Doughfoot. It would have been interesting to see you attempt to reply.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“I’d just as soon move to Canada than be a Democrat!”Ah, in favor of socialized medicine, then, I see.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“I’d just as soon move to Canada than be a Democrat!”Ah, in favor of socialized medicine, then, I see." I have my morals & principals."Yes, you’ve already shown us you’re in favor of starvation. You must be so proud.
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
He’s saying Global WArming melted the permafrost, so the cells were accessible.
Do much reading?
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
So – your Spanish is fluent enough that you were able to confirm this, perhaps by taping the ads?
Show us.
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
“Obama’s presidency is on the decline. He has no influence on Congress and he has no positive agenda to push forward that has national consensus.”
Then what are you blaming him for? You can’t have it both ways.
Republicans certainly have said no to this president, even over their constituents best interests and the best interest of the country.
I believe you to be a victim of your non-education.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“Mine have gone up”That’s a completely worthless factoid, Tigger, unless you respond to the points that Doughfoot made. Can you do that for us?
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
He’s an optimist, or he’d never have run at all.
Is that a crime in your book?
If he’d had any support from Congress, he might have been able to do it. But what he’s had has been obstruction, and mostly from the GOP side of the aisle.
Our opinions are as valid as yours, and more rational. You rarely post even opinions, just trollware.
Over a lifetime, my opinions have proved sound more often than not. I stand by them.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
So what do you think is the cause of the melting of the permafrost in Siberia, Ms. Ima? Do “scams” generate that much heat?
riley05 almost 11 years ago
He wants the free health care, but only for him.He’s a unisocialist.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“They were all negotiating terms of obamacare. When Republicans made suggestions, he said, “We won” and refused to accept any input from Republicans.”As with most of your comments, Ansonia, it’s hard to tell if you’re just lying through your teeth, or really, really ignorant. Do you honestly expect anyone to believe you when you claim Obama didn’t change the so-called Obamacare in response to Republican demands? Why don’t you tell us what happened to the main part of it: Single-payer? Obama gutted his original plan in response to Republicans…and still received none of their votes for it, even though it now heavily favors the health insurers.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“trying to have an intelligent, cogent discussion with ansonia is a fool’s errand”That’s very true, but it’s so easy to call him on his lies.Notice how he never responds to any direct questions? He didn’t respond when it was pointed out to him that he called a 5% increase in food stamp use “70%”. He didn’t respond when I asked him what he thought caused the unprecedented thawing of the permafrost. And he won’t respond about Obamacare.He’s very much like Tigger in that regard. Constantly making demands of others, but runs away from any questions directed at him.
Ottodesu almost 11 years ago
My country never started any wars.I’ve told you before that I am not German.Are you a victim of substance abuse?
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“Obama gutted his plan to please Republicans knowing they wouldn’t vote for it anyway.”He gutted it hoping it would lead to bipartisan support. Unfortunately, thanks to Mitch McConnell’s well-known plan to put defeating Obama ahead of the country’s best interest, even after getting all the changes they wanted, the Republicans were still not allowed to vote for it. Even more unfortunately, Obama didn’t seem to learn from the experience.Your question: “If he knew he wasn’t going to get any Republican votes, and in fact, did not need their votes, why didn’t he go for single payer right up front?” proves my point. If he didn’t think he was going to get any of their votes, then he wouldn’t have removed single-payer.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“you never proved the permafrost had unprecedented thawing”I did, but you proved you’re not able to grasp the concept. Maybe if you watched the show it might get through to you. Simply put, the frozen tissue the scientists obtained contained intact cells, proving it had never been thawed since it first froze 10,000 years ago. That tissue had been buried deep within the permafrost, but is now close enough to the surface for the scientists to reach, because the intervening layers of permafrost have been melted away by global warming. I can’t think how to explain it any more simple for you.“You are holding me to a higher standard of proving things than you hold yourself.”I didn’t ask you to prove anything; I just asked you to explain how all that permafrost was melted, given your claim that it wasn’t due to global warming. Naturally you haven’t answered…because you have no answer.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“As for the permafrost issue, how come the planet hasn’t warmed in 15 years? Carbon emissions are still high, so why didn’t the planet continue to warm?”So why are you limiting the period to “15 years”, Ansonia? Hoping I wouldn’t ask that? I’m guessing you already know the answer, so I’m not going to waste time typing it in, but I will give it to you with this link that explain it…hopefully at a level you can understand:http://www.forbes.com/sites/petergleick/2012/02/05/global-warming-has-stopped-how-to-fool-people-using-cherry-picked-climate-data/The current favorite argument of those who argue that climate changes isn’t happening, or a problem, or worth dealing with, is that global warming has stopped. Therefore (they conclude) scientists must be wrong when they say that climate change is caused by humans, worsening, and ultimately a serious environmental problem that must be addressed by policy makers.
The problem with this argument is that it is false: global warming has not stopped and those who repeat this claim over and over are either lying, ignorant, or exhibiting a blatant disregard for the truth. Here is a tiny sample of the false claims, gleaned from various blogs, comments to my previous Forbes posts, op-eds in the Wall Street Journal, news stories, and statements from pundits who spread climate misinformation:
“The supposed ‘consensus’ on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years.”
“Current pause in global warming”“lack of global warming for well over 10 years now.”“There is no credible (statistically significant) data that says global warming is occurring”“fifteen years of warming, then fifteen of cooling”“The last decades “rate of warming” is flat.”“Forget global warming…no warming in 15 years.”I could find a hundred more variations, but you get the idea. These statements are scurrilous deceptions and falsehoods. The planet is warming – an observation noted by every climate research institution tracking temperatures, the US National Academy of Sciences (over and over and over), every other national academy of sciences on the planet, and every professional society in the geosciences.
The actual data are easy for anyone to find – they are posted and regularly updated, freely, on public websites around the world. The most consistent, highly respected, and regularly analyzed and updated data on global surface temperatures are available from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Sciences, NOAA’s National Climate Data Center, and the United Kingdom’s Met Office Hadley Center. [Feel free to redo my analysis using any of these – they all independently say the same thing: I’m using the NASA GISS data in my pictures below.]
All of the false claims take advantage of one fundamental truth about the average temperature of our planet: it varies a little, naturally, from year to year. Some years are a bit warmer than average and some are a bit colder than average because of El Niños, La Niñas, cloud variability, volcanic activity, ocean conditions, and just the natural pulsing of our planetary systems. When you filter these out, the human-caused warming signal is clear. But natural variability makes it possible for scurrilous deceivers to do a classic “no-no” in science: to cherry-pick data to support their claims. They pick particular years or groups of years; they pick particular subsets of data. But when you look at all the data, or when you look at long-term trends, the only possible conclusion is that the Earth is warming – precisely the conclusion the scientific community has reached based on observations and fundamental physics. (Follow the link for the rest of the article).
riley05 almost 11 years ago
Here’s another article that debunks the “15-year” claim that the pro-pollution people have fooled you with. It will be interesting to see if you keep repeating your myth on other threads now that you’ve been given the truth.http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/03/25/1768601/in-hot-water-global-warming-has-accelerated-in-past-15-years-new-study-of-oceans-confirms/?mobile=ncCompletely contrary to the popular contrarian myth, global warming has accelerated, with more overall global warming in the past 15 years than the prior 15 years. This is because about 90% of overall global warming goes into heating the oceans, and the oceans have been warming dramatically.As suspected, much of the ‘missing heat’ Kevin Trenberth previously talked about has been found in the deep oceans. Consistent with the results of Nuccitelli et al. (2012), this study finds that 30% of the ocean warming over the past decade has occurred in the deeper oceans below 700 meters, which they note is unprecedented over at least the past half century.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
" Hr could have had single payer if he wanted it. All you are proving is that he is too incompetent to get what he wants even when it’s his for the taking."You know, I’m not going to argue with that at all. You’re right, and the saddest part is that he didn’t seem to learn from it…he’s gone on trying to work with Republicans with more appeasement, and gotten slapped in the face each time.
riley05 almost 11 years ago
“You offered no proof of yout gw comment except for saying it happened.”Uh, the fact that it happened IS the proof." But I’ve lost interest in this topic"So does that mean you’re going to go on repeating the 15 year myth?