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I'm sorry you feel that way but I for one cant give a gold star to a country that as a whole sucks out loud in this area. Some places are trying (my dude Jeff works for an ethonal plant) but in some states soda cans are thrown in the garbage. no, no gold star. Instead I give our govt

they wanna stop cape wind because the view from the richie rich bastards summer homes would be junked up with windmills wtf lets get some godamn priorities straight

creationism is defined as a doctrine or theory holding that matter, the various forms of life, and the world were created by God out of nothing and usually in the way described in Genesis. the earth is over 4 billion years old, humans evolved from prehistoric land dwelling mammals. The bible would lead you to believe neither fact was true; that the earth is thousands of years old and god created man as we are now. I lean towards M theory as far as the creation of this universe is concerned but I think that was part of Gods plan as was evolution of species to house a soul. Like I said nothing just poofed into existence as some religions would have their sheep believe. For a paid scientist to say/believe we poofed into existence is retarded and he shoulda been fired. As for the rest... come on bro. Turn off the fucking Spounge Bob and turn on History International, The Science Channel, The Learning Channel, National Geographic channel and learn some science before you go bashing the scientists please.

Sadly you are mistaken. This country is addicted to oil and coal. Clean energy projects (like Cape Wind) are battled over in congress. The US is not doing enough and not as much as other countries to create and maintain alternative energy resources but we puke out nearly 1/4 of the entire planets pollution. We don't even have a federal recycling program. Do some research and you'll see. Sorry but I aint gonna go scrambling through my links tonight I have a headache. Like the tagline says the truth is not told it is realized.

damn dude suckage I hope things get better for ya

U.S. works to block targets at climate talks Top delegate says it's premature, U.N. climate chief feels otherwise updated 10:39 a.m. ET, Mon., Dec. 10, 2007 BALI, Indonesia - The United States insisted Monday a "roadmap" for future global warming talks should not suggest potential targets for emissions cuts by rich nations, as a pivotal climate summit entered its final week. However, the U.N. climate chief, Yvo de Boer, said cutting emissions by up to 40 percent was crucial for reining-in rising temperatures and winning over investors who could provide many of the high-tech solutions needed to ward off catastrophe. Prominent figures such as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore are to arrive in Bali in the coming days to provide momentum toward finalizing the "roadmap" that will eventually lead to a successor accord for the Kyoto Protocol. In the meantime, delegates from nearly 190 countries were huddling behind closed doors and hammering out the wording for a negotiating text, which is expected to go through several revisions. A draft document mentions targets for reducing the amount of pollutants pumped into the atmosphere, but in a nonbinding way. Its preamble notes the widely accepted view that industrial nations' emissions should be cut by 25 percent to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, and that global emissions need to peak in the next 10 to 15 years and then be dramatically slashed to half of 2000 levels by mid-century. But most delegates and environmentalists said they expected the numbers to be removed from the final text — especially after the United States and several of its close major allies made it clear Monday they opposed mandatory targets. 'Test to watch' "This is the test to watch this week," said Jennifer Morgan, spokeswoman for Climate Action Network, which is representing all the environmental groups. "This will show you whether governments are serious or not, whether they support these types of emissions cuts." Harlan Watson, America's climate negotiator, said there were "many uncertainties" over the numbers and accepting them now would only limit the parameter of future discussions. "Obviously there will need to be a lot of analysis done over the period of negotiations," he said of the range for emission cuts. "To start with a predetermined answer, we don't think is an appropriate thing to do." The 1997 Kyoto pact, which was rejected by the United States, commits three dozen industrialized countries to cut their greenhouse gases by relatively modest average of 5 percent below 1990 levels before it expires in 2012. Experts say a new deal will have to go farther if the world wants to head off the dire impacts of rising temperatures, from collapsing ice sheets to worsening droughts, flooding and diseases. All eyes are on the United States, which experts say is either the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases or the second, behind China. Many analysts say the best hope for an about face from Washington would come with a new administration. U.S. presidential elections are due late next year. Gore, who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for their efforts to raise awareness about global warming, agreed. "The new president, whichever party wins the election, is likely to have to change the position on this climate crisis," the former U.S. vice president told The Associated Press in Oslo, Norway, before the Nobel award ceremony Monday. "I do believe the U.S., soon, is to have a more constructive role," he said. Kerry in attendance U.S. Sen. John Kerry, who arrived in Bali on Sunday, cautioned, however, that one reason the U.S. Senate didn't support the 1997 pact was because it did not cover fast-growing developing countries like China and India. "Everybody globally must somehow be part of this solution," he said. De Boer, the U.N. climate chief, said he could only hope that specific targets would make their way into the final Bali roadmap. "It's important to give a clear signal that that's where industrialized countries intend to go," de Boer said, adding that billions of dollars were waiting to be spent on everything from new environment-friendly technology to helping the most vulnerable countries adapt. The European Union has pledged to accept binding emissions reductions of 20 percent by 2020. Nuno Lacasta, climate director of Portugal, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, said the draft text's mention of 50 percent emissions cuts by 2050 was not out of line. "What's important is that we are able to have milestones along the way, for which 2020 would be appropriate," he said. Environmentalists said Monday they were satisfied so far with the progress of the talks but it was too early to declare them a success. "We may be getting closer to a decision ... but we are still far removed from a political deal toward deep cuts in carbon emissions," said Hans Verolme, director of WWF's Global Climate Change Program. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22183032/ fuckin Bush administration

John Bruno isn't attending the U.N. climate talks being held in Bali, Indonesia, but he does have some advice for any delegates looking to take in the resort's famed reefs: enjoy it now, because if sea temperatures continue to rise, expect to see more — and more severe — disease outbreaks that wipe out corals.Bruno has the credentials to back up his advice. A marine biologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he co-authored two 2007 studies on rapid coral decline and on a link between coral disease and global warming. One study found that coral coverage in the Indo-Pacific — an area stretching from Indonesia’s Sumatra island to French Polynesia — dropped 20 percent in the past two decades. That rate is much higher than Bruno's team had expected. Moreover, 600 square miles of reefs disappeared since the 1960s, the study found, and the losses were just as bad in Australia’s well-protected Great Barrier Reef as they were in marine reserves in the Philippines, where funding protection is problematic. Bruno suspected warming ocean temperatures were playing a big role and the second study — which focused on the Great Barrier Reef — provided a strong connection. That study compared new sea temperature data to six years of reef health surveys. The team found a strong correlation between white syndrome, a potentially fatal disease, and warmer waters. "Our results suggest that climate change could be increasing the severity of disease in the ocean, leading to a decline in the health of marine ecosystems and the loss of the resources and services humans derive from them," the team concluded. Unusually warm waters can also cause coral "bleaching," where microscopic algae that live within the corals' tissue and provide it with most of its nutrition are literally expelled. In the most severe cases, that literally kills entire coral colonies. Reefs as forests Even before any warming impact, reefs have long been stressed by runoff from farms, human sewage and fishing practices — including the use of dynamite to stun and then capture reef fish for the aquarium trade. "At least half of the world’s living reefs were lost during the latter half of the 20th century," Bruno notes. He and other experts fear that another third could be gone in 30 years. For Bruno, coral reefs don't get the credit they deserve. He compares them to forests in that both create a complex ecosystem that is home to thousands of associated plants and animals. Covering just one percent of the ocean floor, reefs are far less common than rainforests, he notes, and yet "we are losing reef-building corals globally at a rate of about one percent a year, which is about twice the rate of tropical rainforest loss." Three quarters of all reefs are in the vulnerable Indo-Pacific, where they provide shelter for island communities and are a key source of income, mostly from the benefits of fishing and tourism. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22028590/ crown-of-thorns starfish

Sorry, but I woulda fired his ass too There's a difference between faith and foolishness Now he's suing for 1/2 a mil. How Christian is that? pffft

BOSTON - A Christian biologist is suing the prestigious Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, claiming he was fired for refusing to accept evolution, lawyers involved in the case said on Friday.Nathaniel Abraham, an Indian national who describes himself as a "Bible-believing Christian," said in the suit filed on Monday in U.S. District Court in Boston that he was fired in 2004 because he would not accept evolution as scientific fact. The latest U.S. academic spat over science and religion was first reported in The Boston Globe newspaper on Friday. Gibbs Law Firm in Florida, which is representing Abraham, said he was seeking $500,000 in compensation. The zebrafish specialist said his civil rights were violated when he was dismissed shortly after telling his superior he did not accept evolution because he believed the Bible presented a true account of human creation. Creationists such as Abraham believe God made the world in six days, as the Bible's Book of Genesis says. Woods Hole, a federally funded nonprofit research center on Cape Cod, said in a statement it firmly believed its actions and those of its employees in the case were "entirely lawful" and that it does not discriminate. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22152482/ hmmm... well, this guy defiantly wins my dumbass of the week award. Religion has no place in the work place unless you're a priest/pastor/insert title here. You're either a scientist or a theologian, pick one and be it. The very idea that a scientist could accept creationism as valid is offensive. Nothing walkin the face of the earth just *poofed* into existence. The majority of life forms on this planet (bacteria and single cell organisms being the exceptions) are the result of millions of years of evolution; fossil records and dna prove that. Cold hard facts yo. Sure everyone is entitled to their own religious beliefs but when its in direct conflict with your education and profession its time to re evaluate your beliefs, or at the very least keep them out of the office.

Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t.""W00t," a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness, topped all other terms in the Springfield dictionary publisher's online poll for the word that best sums up 2007. Merriam-Webster's president, John Morse, said "w00t" was an ideal choice because it blends whimsy and new technology. "It shows a really interesting thing that's going on in language. It's a term that's arrived only because we're now communicating electronically with each other," Morse said. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22205339/ ....

good or crap it will still hit because of the fan base Speed Racer already has

as long as it aint Captain Trips Guess its time to reread The Stand

*sigh* I thought the prior 30 yr prediction was far too optimistic. See ya polar bears

we're all a bunch of muties ne?

poor bastards must be freezin their asses off maybe now they'll recycle

happy birthday! Have a great time!

lol X'D

they did act too slow this happened a fuckin week ago grrrrrr

One Piece will last another 10 years yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee OMG Luffy! Time is runnin out! The sun is rising! Kick ASS!

I like the ones w the olde timey feel this is my fav

It was like crack X'D I was up 24 7 playin it

in my email Dear Friend, In Bali, Indonesia thousands of delegates from nearly 190 countries have gathered at the UN Conference on Climate Change. In ten days, I will address the conference to urge the adoption of a visionary new treaty to address global warming and I want to bring your voices with me. Click here to sign my petition today and I will bring your signatures on stage with me as a clear demonstration of our resolve: http://whatcounts.com/t?ctl=1A7B85A:D38A9DCAE1A42048DA7847C5440EEF452F13E7E292300814& Together, we will call on the US government to assume a new leadership role in solving the climate crisis. World leaders including British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and newly elected Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd have all agreed to aggressively battle the climate crisis - yet our country still lags behind. Over the next ten days, I would like you to help me get people from across the country to sign our message to the global community. We can demonstrate that the American people understand the immediacy of the climate crisis and want to work with the nations of the world to solve it. Time is short - we need to mobilize everyone to bring this message to Bali: http://whatcounts.com/t?ctl=1A7B85A:D38A9DCAE1A42048DA7847C5440EEF452F13E7E292300814& The American people want a visionary treaty to address climate change and for the US government to play a positive leadership role in its development. Thank you, Al Gore jump on it ppl

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Does it follow the short story?