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Mount Shasta Glaciers Defying Logic

Posted by Average Voter on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:28:52 PM
   You have surely heard all the horror stories of melting glaciers around the world and how because of our SUV's and leaving our cell phone charges plugged in all the time, we are destroying the planet. But once again we find more evidence of places that just don't fit the model of global warming. But not Mount Shasta.
 
But never fear.. they will shrink!
 
   Although Mount Shasta's glaciers are growing, researchers say the 4.7 billion cubic feet of ice on its flanks could be gone by 2100. For the glaciers to remain their current size, Shasta would have to receive 20 percent more snowfall for every 1.8-degree Fahrenheit increase in temperature, Tulaczyk said.
 
And if that doesn't get'em, this will:
 
Even without global warming, another threat to Shasta's glaciers could come far more quickly. A volcanic eruption could melt them, creating mud flows that could bury the surrounding small communities.
 
Dooooomed! Dooooomed! We are all doomed one way or the other!
 
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What If Al Gore Had Been President?

Posted by Average Voter on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:16:50 PM
   Here is an article from the 'Stumped' section of the Washington Post.

Dear Stumped,

What if the Supreme Court had selected Al Gore as the winner in the 2000 election? Would 9/11 have occurred? I think not. Would we be fighting two wars in two Mideast countries? I think not. Would we have spent three-quarters of a trillion dollars to fight a war of choice? I think not.

Gordon Schesel
 
Right out of the gate you can tell this guy is a bonehead. And Andres proceeds to tell him so. The problem is what he thinks an Al Gore presidency would have brought.
 
   Would the war in Iraq have unfolded in the same manner under a Gore administration? Probably not. For one thing, the United States might have deployed far more ground troops to Afghanistan if Donald Rumsfeld not been secretary of Defense. Maybe we would have been able to capture Osama bin Laden, and a greater commitment of resources to Afghanistan would certainly have affected planning for Iraq.
 
It certainly would not have unfolded in the same manner. I would far more believe that he would have flung some 'daisy cutters' over the borders of Afganistan and then treated the rest of it as a criminal matter. That is how Clinton treated it and that is how Gore would have handled it. What is even worse is to think of how Senator Obama would handle it if he were elected president. I am guessing his first order of action would be to call the leader of Al Qaida and negotiate the terms of surrender, and more importantly to discuss with the terrorist the role his father played and the obvious 'hole in his heart'.
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DNCC Director Of Green..And The Side-Effects

Posted by Average Voter on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 1:00:04 PM
Go here to meet the Green Team for the Democratic National Convention in Denver this year.
 
If being green is affecting your emotional state...go here for a therapy session.
 
Go here if you want a true story on how it can effect you.
 
And finally, go here if you want to offset the DNCC's offsets.
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