Bubba blames GOP for hurricanes

[Regis Philbin]

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/12/D8I6VEOO4.html

Clinton Links GOP Policies to More Storms

Jun 12 7:22 PM US/Eastern


By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
Associated Press Writer

ORLANDO, Fla.

As Tropical Storm Alberto threatened to strengthen into the ninth hurricane in 22 months to affect Florida, former President Clinton predicted Monday that Republican environmental policies will lead to more severe storms.

"It is now generally recognized that while Al Gore and I were ridiculed, we were right about global warming," Clinton said at a fundraiser for the Florida Democratic Party. "It's a serious problem. It's going to lead to more hurricanes."

Gore's documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," chronicles the former vice president's efforts to educate the public about global warming. It's in limited release around the country.

In his critique of the GOP, Clinton also touched on the war in Iraq, the rising federal deficit and high health care costs. The crowd of about 500 greeted him with loud applause and shouts of "We love you, Bill!" and "Four more years!"

Jeff Sadosky, spokesman for the state Republican Party, decried Clinton's rhetoric. "Bill Clinton's class warfare and race-baiting message gets us no closer to solutions for the issues he brings up," he said.

Sadosky referred in part to Clinton's comments earlier this month in Arizona. At that event, Clinton characterized Republican Party leaders as right-wing, white Southerners.

[pinky]

It's pretty much accepted science that global warming will lead to increased hurricane activity.

It's pretty much obvious that the Bush administration is doing NOTHING to ease global warming.

[Regis Philbin]

It was pretty much accepted that the ice age was coming back in the 1970's. They were even talking about spraying coal dust on the ice caps to make them melt faster...

[Richard Tafoya]

Accepted by what group of people? This is the first I've heard of it.

Ah, it's a canard tossed out by George Will and Rush Limbaugh...

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=94

Every now and again, the myth that "we shouldn't believe global warming predictions now, because in the 1970's they were predicting an ice age and/or cooling" surfaces. Recently, George Will mentioned it in his column (see Will-full ignorance (http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=90)) and the egregious Crichton manages to say "in the 1970's all the climate scientists believed an ice age was coming" (see Michael Crichton’s State of Confusion (http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=74) ). You can find it in various other places too [here (http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6l53f/greatnoncatastrophesofthelate20thcentury/), mildly here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/reith_99/week2/week2.htm), etc]. But its not an argument used by respectable and knowledgeable skeptics, because it crumbles under analysis. That doesn't stop it repeatedly cropping up in newsgroups (http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=global+cooling+1970&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&sa=N&scoring=d) though.

[pinky]

How about this, Reg?

http://www.comcast.net/news/science/index.jsp?cat=SCIENCE&fn=/2006/06/12/411837.html&cvqh=itn_bears
Polar Bears May Be Turning to Cannibalism
By DAN JOLING, Associated Press Writer

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea may be turning to cannibalism because longer seasons without ice keep them from getting to their natural food, a new study by American and Canadian scientists has found....

Polar bears feed primarily on ringed seals and use sea ice for feeding, mating and giving birth.

Polar bears kill each other for population regulation, dominance, and reproductive advantage, the study said. Killing for food seems to be less common, said the study's principal author, Steven Amstrup of the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center.

"During 24 years of research on polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea region of northern Alaska and 34 years in northwestern Canada, we have not seen other incidents of polar bears stalking, killing, and eating other polar bears," the scientists said.

Environmentalists contend shrinking polar ice due to global warming may lead to the disappearance of polar bears before the end of the century....

"It's very important new information," she said. "It shows in a really graphic way how severe the problem of global warming is for polar bears."

...Researchers discovered the first kill in January 2004. A male bear had pounced on a den, killed a female and dragged it 245 feet away, where it ate part of the carcass. Females are about half the size of males.

"From the tracks, it appeared that the predatory bear broke through the roof of the den, held the female in place while inflicting multiple bites to the head and neck. When the den collapsed, two cubs were buried, and suffocated, in the snow rubble."

In April 2004, while following bear footprints on sea ice near Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, scientists discovered the partially eaten carcass of an adult female. Footprints indicated it had been with a cub.

The male did not follow the cub, indicating it had killed for food instead of breeding.

A few days later, Canadian researchers found the remains of a yearling that had been stalked and killed by a predatory bear, the scientists said.

[DoubleEdgeSword]

Regis is the "ingest & puke* type of Republican. Take in the party line and spew it back out. Facts and truth don't matter. If he had to think critically, I don't think even Richard's tinfoil hat would keep Regis's brain from exploding.

[Annoyedlistner]

Guys global warming isnt taking effect...we should all know this....our republican controled congress and white house are telling us this....it must be true!

[pinky]

And, of course, no comment yet from Regis. I guess he's too busy doing all the things that have to be done when you're......um, how old did he say he was???? :p