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Old 05-08-2008, 10:29 AM
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Neither total government control nor absolute absence of it will solve the problem. The solution lies somewhere in the middle.
YES!!!!

However, you won't get many accolades for being reasonable and logical on this site......

See? Coyote LIKES Robber Barons. Guess he just proved one of your points!
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Old 05-08-2008, 10:40 AM
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YES!!!!

However, you won't get many accolades for being reasonable and logical on this site......

See? Coyote LIKES Robber Barons. Guess he just proved one of your points!
I grew up thinking "There is no middle ground, you either sink or swim"
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Old 05-08-2008, 11:26 AM
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I grew up thinking "There is no middle ground, you either sink or swim"
There IS middle ground.

It isn't just sink or swim.....people can float.

Problem with common sense is that it too often is neither.
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Old 05-08-2008, 12:06 PM
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There IS middle ground.

It isn't just sink or swim.....people can float.

Problem with common sense is that it too often is neither.
Damn, I will retire, put my assets in someone else's name and live off of the taxpayers. All taxpayers should do this. Woo Hoo!
At least you admit this global warming hoax is about welfare.
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Old 05-08-2008, 01:48 PM
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However, you won't get many accolades for being reasonable and logical on this site......

See? Coyote LIKES Robber Barons. Guess he just proved one of your points!
There’s a lot to admire about the Robber Barrons. Take John D. Rockefeller, did the average American benefit from his company Standard Oil? I would say yes. His innovations brought down the price of oil so that the average American, not just the rich, could afford to illuminate their homes. What’s wrong with that?
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Old 05-08-2008, 07:55 PM
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A point that I refuted I might add. .
Not very well to my recollection.

You finally admitted we don't have colonies on the moon as I recall.

Then it was the infinitessimal debate. As if we could survive on molecular sized carrots.....

You are clever, and argue well, but you never came up with a convincing argument of how infinite growth could occur in a finite system....

Sorry....the Earth is the only place currently KNOWN to support human life.
And it IS finite....and cannot support infinite growth....

...there ARE ways around it, but so far they are still science FICTION.
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Old 05-09-2008, 09:00 AM
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Not very well to my recollection.

You finally admitted we don't have colonies on the moon as I recall.

…And you admitted they were possible.


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Then it was the infinitessimal debate. As if we could survive on molecular sized carrots.....
That was your misinterpretation of what I said. You even admitted that much.

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You are clever, and argue well, but you never came up with a convincing argument of how infinite growth could occur in a finite system....

Sorry....the Earth is the only place currently KNOWN to support human life.
And it IS finite....and cannot support infinite growth....

...there ARE ways around it, but so far they are still science FICTION.

I asked you for an example of something that contributes to economic growth that has been proven to be finite. You have failed to give me a single example. I gave you the example of the one inch line which can have an infinite number of points on it if the points were imposable to measure. Same rule applies to the resources that contribute to economic growth; they cannot be measured, so they cannot be considered meaningfully finite.
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Old 05-09-2008, 09:18 AM
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By the way...there is a sale on tin foil hats at wal-mart
Hurry...supplies are limited
Trying to drum up some business I see!

Nobody's buying your hats like they aren't buying you stupidity.
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Old 05-09-2008, 09:57 AM
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As serious as malaria is--it is secondary to issues of available fresh drinking water if sea levels continue to rise.
Malaria is not a secondary issue to Anthropogenic Global Warming. Malaria is real and known and man can effect productive change by bringing back the use of DDT which was the "global warming" hoax of the early 70's, whereas AGW is not a proven issue and is an unknown as you yourself point out when you say "if sea levels continue to rise".
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May 10, 2008 -- THE world's top celebrities are total hypocrites when it comes to saving the environment and stopping global warming .

Writing in Britain's Daily Mail, former Page Sixer Tom Sykes details the fuel-guzzling ways of boldfaces who profess great concern for the earth, air and oceans.

Madonna's carbon footprint for 2006 was estimated at 1,018 tons - more than 100 times that of the average British resident. For New Year's Eve, Madge, her family and five pals flew to India on a private jet. Her rep didn't get back to us.

Barbra Streisand had a contract specifying she get "120 bath-sized towels" for her tour of England and Ireland last year. She also used a 1,353-foot semi-tractor trailer, four vans, 14 buses and a limo, and flew a private jet from Manchester to London. Her rep, Ken Sunshine, dismissed the towels requirement as "bull," but said he didn't know about the transportation.

Leonardo DiCaprio flew his family from Paris to Rome on a private jet in 2006. He declined a journalist's challenge that he never fly private again. Sunshine, who also reps Leo, insisted: "No star at his level flies commercial planes more than he does."

John Travolta is a licensed pilot who owns five private planes, including a Boeing 707. He once reportedly was the only one aboard his 707 when he landed to refuel in Ireland. His rep didn't respond.

Sting and Trudie Styler, a couple with seven homes, have a carbon footprint estimated at 30 times that of the average UK resident. Their reps didn't get back to us, but Styler told the Mail that, since Sting "has a 750-person crew to bring around the world, it is a difficult challenge."

Chris (Mr. Gwyneth Paltrow) Martin of Coldplay loves to jet home while on tour, which means he uses about 250 times as much carbon as the average person. His rep didn't get back to us.
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