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It was the most amazing side-by-side comparison of two political aspirants that I
ever witnessed. They each had an hour and had to answer the same questions. There
were no 'gotchas'; just good questions any of us would want to ask.
If you did not get a chance to see the forum from Saddleback Church, then try to find
a transcription or video of it. Barack Obama went first, he did very well, and he was
relaxed for the event. However, it was apparent that his nuanced answers made him
appear to be hesitant at times. To me, personally, this way of answering questions
shows a weakness in the candidate. One answer in particular, Obama could not bring
himself to answer. The question was on the abortion issue and Obama would not commit
an answer to when life began. He gave a stumbling statement and declared that a
definitive answer was above his pay-grade.
That was an incredible answer considering his support for abortion. It is remarkable
that Obama could have supported abortion all this time and not have a conviction
about when life begins. When life begins is the crux of the whole debate between the
"Right to Choose" movement and the "Right to Life" crowd. If he did not understand
the debate over abortion, why did he pick a side to support? Maybe he used the time
tested 'eenie, meenie, miney, moe' method to decide which side he would support, or
he just blatantly chose the side that helped him the most politically. Obama
demonstrated by his answers that he has no bedrock core. But then, I am a
conservative and core principles make up who conservatives are. We look for, and
cherish our leaders that demonstrate core values.
During McCain's hour, the differences between him and Obama could not have been
starker. McCain was direct, knew how he stood on issues, and left no need to parse
his answers. His substantive direct answers clearly demonstrated both his love for
this country and what you could count on during a McCain administration. My
prediction is that McCain will soon eclipse Obama in the polls and thoroughly trounce
him in the upcoming election. And by the way, McCain had no hesitation about when he
thought life began. His immediate answer was, "At the moment of Conception." McCain
was definitely on his 'A' game during his hour. He mopped the floor with Obama.
Support McCain,
Cheers,
-Robert-
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There is no question that the Earth enjoys the fruits of greenhouse warming. Without
it, the Earth would be an ice ball. Thanks to the greenhouse effect, we enjoy a
global rise in temperature of approximately 33 degrees C. This warming is
attributable to all greenhouse elements in our atmosphere; water, contaminants, and
CO2. Any shielding in the atmosphere such as smoke or volcanic debris lessens the
amount of radiant energy we receive from the Sun and therefore the Earth's
temperature falls.
This discussion will center on CO2. CO2 is a relatively minor greenhouse gas
regulated by the oceans. Humans are responsible for about 3% of the CO2 released into
the atmosphere, but the oceans account for the majority of its release when compared
with all of the land based biomass.
The release of CO2 from the oceans depends on the ocean temperature. The oceans
release more CO2 as ocean temperatures rise and conversely, absorb CO2 in the cold
oceans. The phenomenon is not in reverse as punctuated by the global alarmists. CO2
is a product of the oceans warming and not the cause of it.
A number of things regulate Ocean temperatures. The Sun is the largest source of
ocean warming. Other contributors are the percolating effects that circulate the
ocean water through the many fissures on the ocean floor, and subsea volcanoes. Most
people do not realize that there are over 1000 active subsea volcanoes.
From the Sun, we get radiant energy. The Earth is two-thirds water. So the amount of
radiant energy that reaches the oceans is critical to ocean temperature. Clouds and
contaminants from volcanoes and other sources are all the Earth has to regulate how
much of this radiant energy makes it to the oceans. Cloud cover is essential as
clouds reflect an enormous amount of the Sun's energy back into space.
Richard S. Lindzen, Proc. Nat. Acad. of Sciences, 94, 8335-8342 (1997) 8 and
(in German) Klima 2000 (Heuseler), 2, 3-8 (1998) 5/6
According to R. Lindzen, CO2 only accounts for about 5% of the natural 33 deg C
greenhouse effect. The total rise in temperature on Earth from all CO2 is only 1.65
deg C. Since humans only account for 3% of that total, humans are responsible for
.0495 deg C. The global warming alarmists, for the most part are good folks who
believe that the U.S. is killing the planet. They believe that our use of fossil
fuels, that drive our economy, will cause great calamities unless we reduce our
carbon footprint, and of course, it will cost more than a trillion dollars to pay for
our largess. The scheme behind the carbon offsets is nothing more than the
redistribution of wealth advocated by leftist extremist for years. The CO2 fallacy
has given them the ideal tool to strip the U.S. of its prosperity.
In conclusion and for the record, I want to let it be known that we all look forward
to the day that fossil fuels become unnecessary. Fossil fuels produce other
contaminants that harm this world, but global warming is not one of them. For now,
our way of life is dependent on fossil fuels and until we can economically swap to
cleaner alternatives, it does no good to trash this country. It is not in the U.S.
that our athletes have to wear masks from air-pollution.
I also realize that there are higher figures for man's contribution to the CO2 in the
atmosphere floating around, but those higher figures are without foundation and are
bandied about for pure political purposes.
These references are for you to peruse at your convenience. They represent the source
for some of the points made in this writing.
Gary Novak
Independent Scientist
http://nov55.com/ntyg.html
Carbon dioxide absorbs infrared radiation (IR) in three narrow bands of
frequencies, which are 2.7, 4.3 and 15 micrometers (µM). This means that most of the
heat producing radiation escapes it. About 8% of the available black body radiation
is picked up by these "fingerprint" frequencies of CO2.(A measureable and
Replicable figure)
But humans could not double the CO2, because they only put 3% of the CO2 in the
air. If they put twice as much in, it would do whatever it does in 9.7m instead of
10m. If humans stopped putting any CO2 in the air, it would do whatever it does in
10.3m instead of 10m. In other words, nothing humans do with CO2 could be of the
slightest relevance to global warming, even if oceans were not regulating
it.
The Climate Catastrophe - A Spectroscopic Artifact?
By Dr. Heinz Hug - Heinz Hug, Chemische Rundschau, 20. Febr., p. 9 (1998) and:
Klima 2000 (Heuseler), 2, 23-26 (1998) 1/2
http://www.john-daly.com/artifact.htm It is hardly to be expected that for CO2
doubling an increment of IR absorption at the 15 µm edges by 0.17% can cause any
significant global warming or even a climate catastrophe
Cheers,
-Robert-
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Robert Gross
<--- Briefly --->
A Physics Major at the University of Texas
Retired from the offshore drilling industry where he worked as an Electrical
Supervisor, Licensed Chief Engineer, and Electrical Designer.
Robert Writes for 2 Online Magazines and three private web sites.
Interests include computers, Cosmology, Evolution, and Environmental Research.
Robert welcomes your input whether you agree or not, and will respond via published
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