Re: OT, damned cold OT

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:27:30 -0800, James Arthur wrote:
Greetings Don,
On Feb 23, 10:56 pm, d...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Don Klipstein) wrote:
In <1171605812.019318.16...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, James Arthur wrote:
On Feb 15, 3:47 pm, Richard The Dreaded Libertarian <n...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:11:25 -0800, Singburi Sam wrote:
BTW, the rosy predictions of lush rainforests in the tropics and a rich
breadbasket in near-Arctic are not borne out by predictive models.

That's because the "predictive models" that they're using now are designed
to produce the results they want.

My Dad--a serious scientist--noted acidly that research has become
that process whereby you collect facts that support your original
hypothesis.

"'It is now clear that Al Gore is insane,' John Podhoretz wrote in his
New York Post column..."
--- http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/miller200406010833.asp

There was also a substantial article in last Friday's (Feb. 23, '07)
Orange County Register, but I haven't found it on their site yet....

Ah! Here it is:
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/opinion/atoz/article_1588446.php

Cheers!
Rich

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