Why don’t you enlighten me then, M?

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9406

Gore wrote “An Inconvenient Truth” but he also the creator of the internet (so he has said). There is a new film coming out about the public has received a pack of lies concerning global warming and other issues related to it. I try to have an open mind and I watch different networks to not be locked into a belief system but right now I am thinking the Fox is telling the truth.

Wow. You have absolutely no idea how science works. If that properly qualifies to you as an argument “against global warming” then you’re jaw-droppingly uninformed about the scientific process.

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There’s a reason why stronger welfare states weren’t hit as hard in this recession.

Which states are you talking about… specifically… M?

Gee… Ted, I’d sure like to know where you got your numbers from. Because they’re all wrong…

Here’s the info from Real Clear Politics:

Generic Congressional Ballot – Dem +5.5 (45.0/39.5)
Congressional Approval – 24.8% (to 66.4% neg)

And from Gallup…
Political Party Identification:
40% Conservative
36% Moderate
20% Liberal

So there you have it. Thanks for playing, please try again.

m says:
October 30, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Even if 99% of Americans don’t believe in global warming doesn’t mean it isn’t occurring.

Um, I believe it’s supposed to be called “climate change,” because people realized the world wasn’t getting “warmer,” and this was generic enough to sound like something and still be nothing. Be prepared for future warnings of “Global Precipitation Plummeting” followed by “Fragmented Glacial Dissention of H2O Molecules.”

I trust the scientific community, which is in basically 99% agreement (give and take a couple of 0.01%) that climate change and global warming is underway.

Man… I hope that “climate change” fends off “global warming.” Maybe we can get them to work together!

I trust scientists, because they study the empirical.

And get their funding from governments, who like to use “global warming” and “climate change” as campaign issues.

Socialism saved us from that already. Thanks to government rules & interference and a social welfare network, we’re not experiencing another Great Depression. The free market is that it doesn’t establish any safety net from ensuring we all don’t live on the streets and eat dog food. If a recession brings the entire country down with it – so be it – it’s the free market! Fortunately, since we already experienced that in the early 20th century and enacted proper policies, we didn’t slip into that slope this time. There’s a reason why stronger welfare states weren’t hit as hard in this recession.

Even if 99% of Americans don’t believe in global warming doesn’t mean it isn’t occurring. If a majority of Americans didn’t believe in theory of relativity or gravity doesn’t mean they’re not true. Personal opinion has no influence in what the scientific facts are. The truth is the truth. I trust the scientific community, which is in basically 99% agreement (give and take a couple of 0.01%) that climate change and global warming is underway. I trust science, because it’s about the empirical truth. I trust scientists, because they study the empirical.

Really enjoyed Beck’s show tonight about global warming. Most Americans do not believe in global warming yet policies are being developed and have been developed that are trumping more important issues.

I am hoping that the health care plan the dems are putting together will fail.

Realy enjoyed Beck’s show tonight about global warming. Most Americans do not believe in global warming yet policies are being developed and have been developed that are trumping more important issues.

I am hoping that the health care plan the dems are putting together will fail.

This is an administration that is busy making policy. It obviously knows that it can only get this done by distracting the gullible cable news stations, Fox in particular.

At the same time it appears that Fox is winning this “battle” with the White House, here is evidence that the White House is winning the war:

51-39 edge in generic congressional ballot (bigger spread than in ‘06 and ‘08)
20% self-id as Republican (lowest in a quarter century)
(R) congressional approval 14% (-10 since Sept.)
(D) congressional approval 41% (+8 since Sept.)

The vast majority of America does not watch cable news, nor do they follow the day to day punditry of the insular DC crowd. We are part of a hyperinformed community that lives and dies on the “game” of politics.

Did it work?

That’s the big question… did it work? I think we’d be hard pressed to conclude that this was somehow a win for the White House. Let’s look at the two stories:

1) FNC War – The WH (as the article says) didn’t win the war, came out looking foolish and petty, and FNC reaped the benefits of higher ratings, while forcing many of their competitors to defend them. So that’s a big negative.

2) Healthcare – If they wanted to distract the public from healthcare, well the feud didn’t last long enough. We talked about the war for what, 3 weeks? Now it will be back to healthcare almost 100%, and with the “release” of the almost 2000 page document, I think we’ll be talking about it. Perhaps the plan was to fight up until the bill was about to get voted on… but that didn’t happen. Now people think the WH is petty, AND they’re skeptical about the healthcare bill… a lose lose.

Personally, I think the WH really can’t stand criticism, and decided to go after FNC as a punishment for Van Jones, ACORN, and others. The timing in regards to healthcare is just a coincidence (a month later and it would have been to distract from the November elections… or Iran… or Afghanistan… or whatever). As the AP story demonstrated, they don’t like being told “You’re wrong,” and this attack on FOX was simply an attack on ALL media outlets, warning them to watch their tongues. It has since backfired big time… and now, limping away from a fight they should never have gotten into, they have to try to sell healthcare to the “morons and idiots” they just spent October insulting.