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Global warming news

Here's an article I just read and wanted to share with you; let me know what you think.

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HEAT OF THE MOMENT
Shocker: 'Global warming' simply no longer happening
Temperatures dropping, fewer hurricanes, arctic ice growing, polar bear population up

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Posted: March 22, 2009

WASHINGTON

– This may come as bad news for Al Gore.

The modest global warming trend has stopped – maybe even reversed itself.

And it's not just the record low temperatures experienced in much of the world this winter.

For at least the last five years, global temperatures have been falling, according to tracking performed by Roy Spencer, the climatologist formerly of NASA.

"Global warming" was going to bring more and more horrific hurricanes, climate change scientists and the politicians who subscribed to their theories said. But since 2005, only one major hurricane has struck North America.

A new study by Florida State University researcher Ryan Maue shows worldwide cyclone activity – typhoons, as well as hurricanes – has reached at least a 30-year low.

Two more studies – one by the Leibniz Institute of Marine Science and the Max Planck Institute of Meteorology in Germany and another by the University of Wisconsin – predict a slowing, or even a reversal of warming, for at least the next 10 to 20 years.

The Arctic sea ice has grown more on a percentage basis this winter than it has since 1979.

The number of polar bears has risen 25 percent in the past decade. There are 15,000 of them in the Arctic now, where 10 years ago there were 12,000.

"The most recent global warming that began in 1977 is over, and the Earth has entered a new phase of global cooling," says Don Easterbrook, professor of geology at Western Washington University in Bellingham, confidently. He maintains a switch in Pacific Ocean currents "assures about three decades of global cooling. New solar data showing unusual absence of sun spots and changes in the sun’s magnetic field suggest ... the present episode of global cooling may be more severe than the cooling of 1945 to 1977."

Climatologist Joe D’Aleo of the International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project, says new data "show that in five of the last seven decades since World War II, including this one, global temperatures have cooled while carbon dioxide has continued to rise."

"The data suggest cooling not warming in Earth's future," he says.

Well you can call me cynical if you wish, but I just can't believe what people tell me. I always have to check up on them; especially politicians like Al Gore. Does he have an invested interesting in global warming? Yes -- because his livelihood depends upon it being true. He's got carbon credits coming to his organization so how could we trust him entirely to report the facts if ultimately it (global warming) was proven untrue? We have GOT to check people out before they believe what they tell us, don't you agree?

Too many people lie nowadays and you are best served when checking out their credentials, background, education, etc. so you and your loved ones can be safe from sinister people with secret agendas. With my life & career experiences, I've learned it is a rare person whom I can trust entirely. At this point, I'm beginning to believe that ONLY God is believable and deserving of my implicit trust.

Sometimes it's hard to determine if a person is naively unaware of their positions or is truly perpertrating a scheme; therefore, I have had to become an investigator. I wish everyone would do this. There wouldn't be so much propoganda flying around if we learned to challenge and question everything. I've come to believe Gore has an agenda much in align with those who want to curb our lifestyle here in the states. They would like the "majority" to curtail their electricity usage so they can expand MORE on themselves! Did you hear recently too that the Prez is thinking about controlling our home thermostats with rewards or punitive measures according to our usage -- all to aid in limiting our usage of resources. IF they are SO worried about resources, why aren't they allowing us to drill in the artic or offshore? Why won't the government fund NEW energy research especially with all of these trillions of dollars coming out of our pockets; it's time to ask them. Why not call their office today and leave a message.

What Happened to my America, and yours?

I cannot believe what I've witnessed in my life time; which is a mere half century and on the time line of world events this is a brevity to be sure.

Scarce was the word to describe how few seat belts were in automobiles in the very early sixties. When my Mom was driving one day with my younger sister and me, a woman drove into the side of the car; my side. We were both standing in the front seat and the impact flung us into the steel dash. Fortunately, we were not seriously injured -- thanks only to the slow speed at which we were traveling.

Man had just launched himself into space and Neil Armstrong became the 1^st to walk on the moon, announcing that it was “one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind.” Surely this was proof positive that we had conquered the skies. We just HAD to be impressed with our collective genius! A finer, prouder rooster was never seen.

I can well remember the advent of the dishwasher, the VCR player, the mobile phone, the calculator, digital watches, talking refrigerators with ice dispensers, personal computers, software, walkman radios, DVD’s & players, mp3 players, cars which gyrate & bellow decibels from stereos larger then anything Mozart could contemplate, automatic timers to start up appliances, computer controlled thermostats & furnaces, and remotely controlled devices activated in our homes while away at work or play. Surely the Jetsons’ generation has arrived complete with escalators and moving walking tracks or people carriers, evidenced in airports across the globe. Then there are supersonic jets which can complete a trip in just under six hours which used to take months to complete, with many passengers dying amid the trip.

People were different when I was a child too. We all actually hung out together in our neighborhoods and ball fields. Few people didn’t attend church. No one hesitated to bring a dish to a sick neighbor, or lend a helping hand in his/her garden. Children like me could ride our bikes around the neighborhood and down to the corner market for mom’s errand. I could walk to school without a thought as to who was driving the car which just passed me. Abductions of children were infrequent and usually involved a rich man’s child solely for the purpose of obtaining money – not rape and murder. Children only went shooting with Dad or Grandpa to learn target practice techniques or hunting—it was for food or fun; not to shoot up your parents, homes, or schools. And most of us would have had our butts burned with a belt or paddle had we dared touch those guns without Dad in our presence!! And we know it didn’t kill us to suffer such a punishment either. Better to have a few bruises, then a livelihood in a jail cell not learning to respect the laws of the home and of the community (home rules are a prerequisite for school’s and society’s rules). Our parents actually wanted us to learn to RESPECT others and their possessions. Nowadays parents think their children are not to be punished or admonished by teachers, principals, or bosses. They think their children ARE God’s GIFTS to the planet -- the children of a life time and that ALL OTHER peoples should bow down to and cater to their children/monsters. I could have never, ever believed that we should see such spoiled rotten, thoughtless, uncaring, disregarding, me-first children ever. They may be cute on the outside but they are PURE ugly on the inside and they make miserable playmates, partners, employees, etc. We have done them NO favors by giving in to their every whim. We barely like our own children, let alone anyone else liking them, yet expect everyone else to cozy up to our kids while laughing at their cute (horrible) antics. They whine, SCREAM, complain, bitch, and have the most foul mouths and yet we let them continue. Where are the days when a parent, like my dad, would say, “Knock it off right now or I’m gonna give you something to really cry about.” Boy, it only took me 3 seconds to shut up, because I knew the paddle was making an entrance in 5 seconds otherwise!! Children weren’t crying or yelling in stores all over America cause a parent BELIEVED in making his/her child FIT INTO society’s environment which required grown-up responses instead of petty little fits or tantrums. Parents believed in letting teachers and principals discipline their urchins because they knew these urchins were sinful little creatures looking out for their interests ALONE. Parents KNEW their kids came equipped with a selfish attitude and knew it needed to be trained OUT of them. They knew they would lie, steal, swear, etc. And if another adult saw their child misbehave they would support the other adult. Not NOW! They’d rather cut off a long-term friendship or family member then permit that adult to say a well-deserved “cross” word to their GOLDEN child; never mind, that you didn’t see your child hit the kid from across the street.

Where are the people of yesteryear--the ones that used to invite others over for family dinners or do a neighborhood cookout? We no longer know WHO lives on the block and we complain bitterly when Mr. Jones gets a new boat rather than offer to help him polish it up. We aren’t happy for him; we are petty and jealous. Why can’t we be happy that our neighbors and friends have a new toy or gadget without screaming “unfair?” Do you even know that he had been saving for it for 10 years working a second job for it or do you care? Maybe your neighbor is working harder or more than you. All we do is gripe and complain. We waste so much energy on that rather then put that same energy into bettering our own lot in life by being more productive or more prudent or spending more wisely.

Now we are about to FACE the biggest crisis our nation has ever gone through and GONE are the people who could have taught us HOW to arise to the occasion. They were the ones who saved for a rainy day, knowing that they DO come eventually. They didn’t have to have a new dress every week – they were content to have one new dress for Easter and to show it off at church – not on the runway of the fashion world. They wanted to look fresh and pretty just as spring marched in with all its pretty fashion colors of blooms. (They didn’t have to be the “hot babe” of the neighborhood making every man’s eyes drawn to her scantily clad body with saliva dripping down his jaw. Nowadays girls take such delight in seeing men fall at their dirty toes to do their bidding. They enjoy seeing men grovel at their feet, and not only this, but demand that he kiss up to her, flatter her, etc. while she croons in her spoiled rotten delight expecting him to find no other like her. Would that girls would go back to being friends instead of mortal enemies with cat fights going on all over the place, filmed on telephones, and placed on the internet for the whole world to see – is there no pride left? Or class?)

Anyhow, my neighbor’s yard is awash in fresh, crisp, wispy, bright yellow, sun kissed daffodils!! Would that I could grow flowers such as she. I wonder . . . . . should I walk over there and tell her how beautiful her flowers are? Should I add that I would like help knowing how to do the same in my garden? Would she be offended? Or would she be flattered? Maybe annoyed that I asked a favor? I can’t guess what her response might be, so I guess I’ll just sit still . . . . . . . . . . But you know what, if someone came over and said to me, “your yard is so lovely, I’d love to know how you did it,” I think I would feel proud and flattered. I think I’d be willing to help out a little too!

With the impending doom of the economy, what will you do? I have been reading night and day, watching the news for hours at a time, scanning the internet and everything spells disaster almost. I have deprived myself of sleep with worry and anxiety, which is a foolish thing to do. I guess I just didn’t want to believe that OUR (we are AMERICA, after all) economy could sink to that of other reckless nations. I couldn’t believe that our government or business leaders could allow this to happen – surely they wanted the best for America? Right?! I’m not so sure anymore. I think they are VICTIMS of the times too and look out for themselves only. Perhaps that’s why our kids are like they are – just copying their elders. This isn’t America anymore. This is DOG-eat-Dog nation, where we don’t care about the welfare of mankind – we just “pretend” that we do by offering some food stamps or welfare here and there. We really only care for our families, (or some of the members) even our friends are WAY down the list. Everybody has become so SHORT SITED – nobody, or few people, plan for the long term. Everybody must have it YESTERDAY. “NOW” is too late; what would our friends think if we didn’t have one or two of everything at the least? When is “stuff” enough? Why can’t we content ourselves to enjoy what we have sweated all this time for? Why can’t we kick back and enjoy the aroma of the garden? Why do we always have to be on the go, go, GO?

I decided last year that I have seen enough of the world, that I have enough stuff to make me happy even though I don’t have an IRA or 401K yet – I’ve decided I was pretty stupid to not squirrel away like the squirrels in my back yard. What am I waiting for – disaster to strike – before I consider my future? What have I put back for difficult times ahead and yep, I have concluded they are coming. Perhaps the Maker in the sky has said, “They’ve had enough – I’ve given them time to enjoy it all and they refuse, they are simply in pursuit to be better than the next guy and I’m fed up with these vain, materialistic, spoiled rotten, greedy little people, who’ve knocked off all their friends and co-workers off the ladder of life on their way to the top – let them fall now, for I am dismayed!!”

Quite frankly, I’m beginning to look forward to meals around the table again and friends coming over to play board games. I’m really getting tired of this electronic world so devoid of human contact where we play alone on our computer every evening. We languish in travails or hospitals alone because we never bothered to make friends who could care less whether or not we are suffering. We never reached out to anyone, so no one reaches out to us. I am guilty as charged and I must do something. I’m starting to plan for the day when my neighbors and I will become friends out of necessity if nothing else. It’s too bad I’ve waited this long, but I dare not wait another day. Life will be richer and fuller when shared among others; even if their chatter and beliefs are different from my own. Differences are the catalysts for growth. Water or power outages or food shortages just may be the driving force to renew human companionship.

Our leaders are immune to our plights and don’t give us a second thought. They have built impenetrable walls around themselves for a reason and we all know what they are – greed, power, fame, fortunes, etc. They only pretend to care for us so that we will keep them in power so they can continue to pillage us by taxation (legalized theft) while jetting around the globe, floating on the high seas in expensive yachts, dining on caviar and washing it down with the best bubbly champagne in restaurant halls bathed in candlelight, and basking in the sun on warm froth-covered Mediterranean beaches. They are content in life just so long as they have the power to rest while we “slaves” all empower them their lifestyles, from the sweat of our backs. We are supposed to be content with what they dole out to us (ha ha) – so if we are to survive with a measure of happiness we must acquiesce to this system of their creation; not worried that they have vast hordes more while working few hours per week, and that spent on a golf course or a “business” trip, contenting ourselves with the crumbs from their dining tables, morsels unwanted, scraped overboard into our hungry, beckoning mouths, uttering untruthful words of thanks and flattery to offend them not so we can keep the steady stream of crumbs coming our way.

Yes our leaders can insulate themselves with their money, their fortresses, their power, and remove themselves to parts unknown to us, while ignoring the pleas of our suffering, but they cannot take away our spirits. We must maintain our spirits and learn to live with less so they can live with more. Yes, this is the NEW American way. Accept it, for there is no other choice! The only control we have in any of the grand scheme of life is our vote – and that is if you believe the voting system isn’t rigged. Perhaps this once happy-go-lucky child has mellowed into the cynical adult, but rather be prepared than driven down under. I used to love my country and enjoyed so much singing the songs that sang of her greatness, but they re-designed my America and I know her not anymore. She marches on to socialism, leaving the middle class lying in the trenches of the battlefield and the poor class growing ever bigger and bigger. They tell us it’s the wealthy against the poor; what a trumped-up lie. The wealthy always protect their hordes of wealth and power – they rewrite laws/legislation as necessary to protect themselves; their class. They tax the middle class into oblivion so they can give its money to the poor, yet tell you lies, never admitting the dastardly side of their deeds. When will you awake, my America and see the truth as it is and stop believing those who are benefiting from your ignorance? Please, I beg of you – recognize the times in which you live, so that you can make provision for yourself, your family, and your community while there is time left to prepare. If you wait for them, you’ll wait forever. They don’t care about you, or me. They don’t even know our names—how COULD they care? Politics, race, and religion aside, come together as ONE, one nation, determined to prevail against those banking on our demise to prop themselves up. Stock your coffers, talk to neighbors, vote wisely, stay informed, turn off the sitcom and do an hour of [internet] research each day to stay abreast of the times, VOW to be ignorant no more! Refuse to let people/leaders take advantage of your ignorance; protect you and yours, because they are protecting theirs. If you expect government to do for you, you have failed to learn what government was supposed to be in THIS country, called America. Get active, get involved, get going – sitting and playing are not getting you anywhere. As Chuck Norris says, “Wake-up America.” And, say a prayer to the Lord asking for forgiveness, faith, hope, and serenity. Ask Him to quiet the storm indwelling you while hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.