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Chris, one thing about the scientific method is that there is free and open disclosure of data, peer review and repeatability.

Didn’t anyone suspect the manipulation of global warming data for a political agenda – a long time ago? Maybe when Al Gore received a Nobel Prize for a movie?

How about when climate change skeptics were branded with Saul Alinsky type ridicule?

It is time for MORE science and less politics.

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Yeah, and the Greenpeace activists are bothering folks in downtown Indianapolis today with some sort of petition.

Greenpeace activists were arrested Wednesday for scaling Mount Rushmore and hanging a banner next to the carved face of Abraham Lincoln urging President Barack Obama to get tough on climate change.

A video posted on the environmental group’s website showed the massive banner hanging on the South Dakota mountain face.

Its message — “America honors leaders not politicians: Stop Global Warming” and an unfinished portrait of Obama — was barely visible as it was whipped by wind.

“Doing what it takes to solve global warming demands real political courage,” Greenpeace USA deputy campaigns director Carroll Muffett said in a statement.

“If President Obama intends to earn a place among this country’s true leaders, he needs to show that courage, and base his actions on the scientific reality rather than political convenience.”

The protest comes as Obama meets with other G8 leaders in Italy.

The inconvenient truth is that these activists should be protesting at the Great Wall of China or in India, where massive pollution problems exist.

The video is here.

Exit questions: How much is this going to cost the American economy and who is going to pay for it?

It is all about the climate change and global warming – whether you like it or not.

In answering a question from a student about how Pelosi was going to get Americans to cut back on their carbon emissions, the leading Democratic lawmaker said it was important to educate children on how to conserve energy and for citizens to build more environmentally friendly homes.

“We have so much room for improvement,” she said. “Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory … of how we are taking responsibility.”

Sigh……

Guess not too much awareness progress has been made regarding the environment or the “ECOLOGY” as they used to call it.

Wednesday is Earth Day, a day first celebrated 39 years ago to inspire awareness and appreciation of the environment. But, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey, only 31% of American adults believe their fellow countrymen are environmentally aware.

Fifty-three percent (53%) say most Americans are not environmentally aware. Adults under the age of 40 believe this more strongly than their elders.

In other Earth day polling:

• Seventy-two percent (72%) of Americans think individuals can improve the environment by their actions, and just 15% disagree.

• Seventy-four percent (74%) of both Democrats and voters not affiliated with either major party say individuals can improve the environment, compared to 67% of Republicans.

• In a separate survey, just 34% of U.S. voters now think global warming is caused by human activity, the lowest finding yet in Rasmussen Reports national surveying. The Obama administration’s proposed anti-global warming efforts are predicated on reducing human causes for the problem.

• Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Americans rate Earth Day as at least somewhat important, including 28% for whom it is Very Important. Women (64%) deem the day more important than men (50%). Thirty-five percent (35%) of all adults say the day is not very or not at all important.

• Yet while most Americans value Earth Day, just 21% plan to do something special to celebrate Earth Day. Sixty-eight percent (68%) have no such plans. Younger adults are more likely to celebrate it than older Americans.

• The Earth Day findings are largely unchanged from a survey a year ago.

Flap remembers the first Earth Day when he was at USC. It was largeley ignored by the biology majors who were more interested in learning the real deal versus the politically hyped stuff. There were some, mostly lefty types that tried to promote it though.

Plus Ca Change

Originally, I thought this was from the increased flatulance caused by the obese or moderately fat folks but the wife put me straight saying that people on diets make more gas because they eat more fiber.

Go figure.

But, this piece has to be suspect or is it?: THE rising number of fat people was yesterday blamed for global warming.

Scientists warned that the increase in big-eaters means more food production — a major cause of CO2 gas emissions warming the planet.

Overweight people are also more likely to drive, adding to environmental damage.

I can see moderating one’s diet for health and exercising to prevent obesity. We want a health human population

But, this other stuff seems to be pop culture nutter stuff.

Funny though…….