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Old 04-25-2008, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by oceanbreeze View Post
I grew up on the Saginaw Bay, 20 mintues from Dow Chemical in Midland, Michigan. I know first hand what chemicals and pollutants do to our waters and air. Corporations are liable and need to be responsible for their waste disposals.
But what if they do not want to, it is very expensive. If a person protested that the corporation was liable he would be labeled an environmentalist and is he raising politics of fear? Should the feds get involved if the company contines to dump chemicals in drinking water?
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My beef is with Al Gore and how he "discovered" globaloney and is trying to instill fear in people.
Okay you have a "beef' with Al Gore so you are going to write off NASA and thousands of climate scientists. I have a "beef" with the politics of invading Iraq. I am not so foolish to hold my "beef" so emotionally that I would then say all military action is militarbloney and terrorbaloney. That would be so simple minded.

Pocketbooks were padded by the billions in Iraq. If that is your logic with no further examination of a topic then are you calling it Iraqbaloney and demanding all funding be pulled?

Actually, most including Al gore are rational and not trying to instill fear. They are simply promoting small changes so that we preserve our planet. I listened to his lecture. He did not fear monger-he suggested Americans make small changes in their lifestyle and become aware. What did you think of the NASA and hundreds of IPCC science reports?

Let's be consistent in your logic- if anyone involved with solving any problem rips us off or over states the problem - we can the decide the problem is completely baloney and close our eyes and cover our ears and not fund any studies, solutions or consider any other reports, intelligence or data. With that logic we can disband the military, all federal healthcare regulations,all environmental regulations regarding drinking water etc. All of those industries have had someone involved who did something to rip us off or pad their pocketbooks.

I am just trying to apply your thinking and logic to world problems.
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