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	<title>Comments on: Twenty Years of Climate Meetings, Through the Eyes of a Veteran Journalist</title>
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		<title>By: Geack</title>
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		<dc:creator>Geack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Holy crap, this climate thing really brings out the crazy in people.  Why is it so hard for some to accept that the vast majority of climate scientists are just following the data, exactly the way &quot;Da Vinci, Galileo, Einstein, Bhor (Bohr?)...&quot; taught them to?  That&#039;s what &quot;skepticism&quot; means - following the data.  Whatever your politics, can we please stop pretending that this is some case of noble mavericks vs an evil priesthood?  Seriously, suggesting there&#039;s a parallel between a bunch of meterologists and the court of the Sun King?  WTF?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holy crap, this climate thing really brings out the crazy in people.  Why is it so hard for some to accept that the vast majority of climate scientists are just following the data, exactly the way &#8220;Da Vinci, Galileo, Einstein, Bhor (Bohr?)&#8230;&#8221; taught them to?  That&#8217;s what &#8220;skepticism&#8221; means &#8211; following the data.  Whatever your politics, can we please stop pretending that this is some case of noble mavericks vs an evil priesthood?  Seriously, suggesting there&#8217;s a parallel between a bunch of meterologists and the court of the Sun King?  WTF?</p>
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		<title>By: Karl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And a sincere and earnest bravo to you also Wilson.  May your light of good-natured skepticism gently push back against the murky grayness of accepted knowledge.   May the muddled fogginess of group thinking  succumb to the clear and piercing rays of your unbiased reasoning.   </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And a sincere and earnest bravo to you also Wilson.  May your light of good-natured skepticism gently push back against the murky grayness of accepted knowledge.   May the muddled fogginess of group thinking  succumb to the clear and piercing rays of your unbiased reasoning.   </p>
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		<title>By: Wilson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wilson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Since the beginning, there have been control freaks, and there have been lemmings.

Religions, Sun Kings, Nazis, Communists, we have had them all. They insisted on making the rules for everybody else.

What allowed civilization to survive these false and repressive theologies was &quot;enlightened self interest&quot;. Scepticism, though often at great cost, ultimately prevailed.

But they are still with us. The ones who thought they could control human nature, who now think they can control the very planets.

Beware these false gods, the true &quot;deniers&quot;, who insist you look at the world through their flawed lens. They would deny you the freedom to make your own choices. They&#039;ll take your hard earned wealth by force to spend on their own failed ideologies.

Long live the &quot;sceptics&quot;, Da Vinci, Galileo, Einstein, Bhor and the rest, who refused to believe that &quot;the science was settled&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since the beginning, there have been control freaks, and there have been lemmings.</p>
<p>Religions, Sun Kings, Nazis, Communists, we have had them all. They insisted on making the rules for everybody else.</p>
<p>What allowed civilization to survive these false and repressive theologies was &#8220;enlightened self interest&#8221;. Scepticism, though often at great cost, ultimately prevailed.</p>
<p>But they are still with us. The ones who thought they could control human nature, who now think they can control the very planets.</p>
<p>Beware these false gods, the true &#8220;deniers&#8221;, who insist you look at the world through their flawed lens. They would deny you the freedom to make your own choices. They&#8217;ll take your hard earned wealth by force to spend on their own failed ideologies.</p>
<p>Long live the &#8220;sceptics&#8221;, Da Vinci, Galileo, Einstein, Bhor and the rest, who refused to believe that &#8220;the science was settled&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Old Gringo Stan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Old Gringo Stan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The UN is the theater of the absurd....always has been, will continue to be.......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The UN is the theater of the absurd&#8230;.always has been, will continue to be&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Tony</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I totally agree with Wil.</description>
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		<title>By: Karl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I didn&#039;t rant. Who is we?  I was just applauding Wil.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t rant. Who is we?  I was just applauding Wil.</p>
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		<title>By: Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor)</title>
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		<dc:creator>Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK, one climate-denier comment was more than enough for this thread. @Wil, human-caused global warming isn&#039;t climate scientists&#039; sacred religion, it&#039;s the strongest explanation we have for the observed change in temperatures on Earth, and Climategate didn&#039;t do anything to change that. Several investigations have cleared the climate researchers of any substantial wrongdoing, and recent climate studies have confirmed that the Earth is warming and that human action is likely the big reason for that. Until/unless there&#039;s some real evidence that that&#039;s wrong, we don&#039;t want climate-denier rants on this site. Take them elsewhere.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, one climate-denier comment was more than enough for this thread. @Wil, human-caused global warming isn&#8217;t climate scientists&#8217; sacred religion, it&#8217;s the strongest explanation we have for the observed change in temperatures on Earth, and Climategate didn&#8217;t do anything to change that. Several investigations have cleared the climate researchers of any substantial wrongdoing, and recent climate studies have confirmed that the Earth is warming and that human action is likely the big reason for that. Until/unless there&#8217;s some real evidence that that&#8217;s wrong, we don&#8217;t want climate-denier rants on this site. Take them elsewhere.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wil - thank you for succinctly and eloquently stating your opinion on this.

It is refreshing to read open mindedness and questioning on the issue of anthropogenic global warming.

You&#039;re referring to censorship when you refer to &quot;deniers&quot; being shouted down. It turns into an emotional shouting match typically because the environment and climate change have essentially been politicized.

Once that happens, honest intellectual debate can no longer occur. I salute your efforts, unfortunately most who do believe in AGW are not open minded enough to hear an opposing point of view without throwing a tantrum or shouting you down.

Soldier on!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wil &#8211; thank you for succinctly and eloquently stating your opinion on this.</p>
<p>It is refreshing to read open mindedness and questioning on the issue of anthropogenic global warming.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re referring to censorship when you refer to &#8220;deniers&#8221; being shouted down. It turns into an emotional shouting match typically because the environment and climate change have essentially been politicized.</p>
<p>Once that happens, honest intellectual debate can no longer occur. I salute your efforts, unfortunately most who do believe in AGW are not open minded enough to hear an opposing point of view without throwing a tantrum or shouting you down.</p>
<p>Soldier on!</p>
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		<title>By: Karl</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh Wil...  Bravo!!!  BRAVO!!!  This is getting to be like an extended episode of the Twilight Zone.  Alarm bells are sounding in the minds of the logical and clear thinking  and they are being ridiculed.  I think it&#039;s getting creepy.  I never comment on threads but I like your clarity Wil.  Science will prevail in the long run and we must ALL keep an open mind but the tactics being deployed by the MM warming movement is disturbing.  The masses blindly seduced by these tactics is even more disturbing to me though.  Nice job Wil.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh Wil&#8230;  Bravo!!!  BRAVO!!!  This is getting to be like an extended episode of the Twilight Zone.  Alarm bells are sounding in the minds of the logical and clear thinking  and they are being ridiculed.  I think it&#8217;s getting creepy.  I never comment on threads but I like your clarity Wil.  Science will prevail in the long run and we must ALL keep an open mind but the tactics being deployed by the MM warming movement is disturbing.  The masses blindly seduced by these tactics is even more disturbing to me though.  Nice job Wil.</p>
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		<title>By: Steven</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wil, your cognitive dissonance is amazing. For you to be correct then just about every scientist in every field in all of the word must be in on the scam.

Seriously, the evidence supporting anthropogenic climate change is overwhelming. Take a look at all of the articles in the peer-reviewed literature.

The &quot;Climategate&quot; allegations are simply conspiracy theorizing. If you&#039;ve got any verifiable, peer-reviewed evidence that shows anthropogenic climate change is incorrect, then please make sure you present it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wil, your cognitive dissonance is amazing. For you to be correct then just about every scientist in every field in all of the word must be in on the scam.</p>
<p>Seriously, the evidence supporting anthropogenic climate change is overwhelming. Take a look at all of the articles in the peer-reviewed literature.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Climategate&#8221; allegations are simply conspiracy theorizing. If you&#8217;ve got any verifiable, peer-reviewed evidence that shows anthropogenic climate change is incorrect, then please make sure you present it.</p>
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