Oh. You were talking about *those* people. Good thing there aren't any of them on our side which is lily white ethically speaking. I'm glad that the ideologues at the IPCC can do my thinking for me and I don't have to worry about them doing anything unethical. They're scientists for gosh sakes!! That means we can trust them.

Um, No. I think this is a point that more objective people have been trying to make repeatedly. It *is* possible to read the ClimateGate letters in total and want an investigation of particular people/instituions completely independent of your thoughts on Anthropogenic Global Warming. To argue as above only makes you look like a nut.

Is Michael Mann the exclusive moderator of this thread?

You should actually read IPCC AR4. The "facts" you state above are not facts at all but are conjectures which the group of scientists have "90%" confidence in. There are already plenty of climate scientists who question those above statements, so I feel no need to do the same. Do have any *real* facts to bring to the argument? Or can we expect more confused rhetoric?

How pray tell was this modded insightful? A generalization/perjorative and little else. Where are my mod points when I need them? PLease somebody mod this down. The Gods of Objectivity are screaming for it.

Completely agree. People who only see the single side of the coin in regards to corporations are *really* just socialist sheeple. I'm thankful for and proud of the vast majority of corporate america. Those who aren't should move to the third world and forego the evil that is the american corporation.

Just wishing I could give +Funny to those giving you +Insightful

So, I can vote for the guy who supports this and has an R after his name, the guy who supports this and has a D after his name, or the guy with an I after his name who probably won't win and even if he does, won't get anything at all accomplished unless he abstains from this issue?

The 3rd choice might eventually do some good, but it's damned near doing nothing.

The only reason I have purchased any of the CDs I own is because of downloading them before buying to hear the entire album, to find out if it is worth buying. I have hundreds of CDs because the artists made good albums, albums worth paying for because every track was good. I would not have bought a single album if it wasn't for being able to download the tracks in FLAC before buying.

Wow. Where are my mod points when I need them? Are there any adults that can mod this whole thread into oblivion? This is probably the worst thread I've read in quite some time, and that's saying something on /. Can someone at least meta-moderate this?

OMG!!! Who modded this Interesting? I'd think infinity Naive is the only thing that's appropriate.

My list of remaks that were better than the original :-

1. The Fly (Jeff Goldblum).
2. ???

Nope, that's it.

Thanks for the link. :)

Well, I think we'll have to disagree a little on Bernanke's scorecard. He got us through the crisis, but some came out much better than others. Anyone with billions of dollars to lend could have done the same thing. I think a perceptive person would have recognized that you don't have to go around reimbursing bad debts at 100% just because you can. The current stir about the Fed could have been avoided if he would have given a few haircuts. He may soon get his own.

Well, Forgive me, because I don't know much about finance and the Fed, but Bernanke had other options other than the one taken didn't he? It seems he could have threatened doing a whole host of things including nationalizing AIG. He had bargaining power. It looks *very* bad to an outsider like me. Especially considering how bankruptcy works.