I'm surprised the Bush administration agrees that the world is round and that it revolves around the sun. After all, three of the Republican candidates don't believe in evolution and Bush himself says he believes in an Roman Empire era Middle East prophet said to walk on water, turn water into wine and return from the dead.

Surprise! James "jim" Connaughton is yet another shill working within BushCO. If you do a little research on his past you'll find he's from the big business/industry side of environmental "protection". SO awesome that he is our man representing the US as we face this clear and present threat. God Bless America, we are going to need it..

Concerned Citizen and Georgie-Boy, CEO of BushCo, look out upon a desolate landscape. Miami is drowning, a victim of the latest megastorm. Its giant new buildings are unoccupied, and alligators swim down its once glittery avenues. Meanwhile, fires in California have driven tens of millions eastward. Concerned Citizen asks, "So, Georgie-Boy, will you finally accept that human energy consumption is having a negative impact on our way of life?"
Not missing a beat, Georgie-Boy replies,

"Hold on there, C.C.; it all depends on what your definition of the word "is" is."

The Bush administration is right on their skepticism of the UN report but for the wrong reason.

We can all agree that Bush and his treasonous controllers don't give a fuck about this world or humanity. Therefore, I'm a little confused because if Bush and his Nazi controllers wanted to maximize damage on this planet they should go along with Al Gore's and Prince Charles' wet dreams about a CO2 exchange in London where they could make billions in CO2 speculation. Also, the CO2 caps would make poor nations unable to develop and get out of their poverty. It sounds just like what Bush, Cheney and the other fascists would want, doesn't it?

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UNCOOL!

w's WH says the UN climate change report is "lacking"...

The same way w's WH said the 2002 UN report on Iraq was "lacking...

WMDs!"

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stevelagain is a bush republican who believes in global warming/climate change (how can anyone not believe in it, it´s all around us happening everyday somewhere in the world). But acording to stevelagain there is nothing we can do about it. It´s fate, right steve?

Most of us were told as we grew that we must make choices. We have a free will and depending on our choices we will either live right or live wrong. This notion of steve´s that " ... too bad man, there´s nothing you can do about it" doesn´t sound right to me. To me steve is nothing but an apologist for bush.

TOP TEN REASONS TO PROCRASTINATE ON GLOBAL WARNING;

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Like in the Bible you can always find something or someone to back up your claim, no matter which side you are on. My question is this: wouldn't it be better to act like global climate change IS true instead of arguing over who is or isn't right, so that we won't be surprised later. I would rather say in a few years, "oops I guess we were WRONG," rather than have to wish we would have done something about the problem when we had the time. Whichever side you are on, isn't it a generally GOOD idea to try and clean up the air, water, food, and the land? You know the old saying "better safe than sorry." Just a few thoughts on the subject.

The smug ignorance displayed in some of the comments herein about global warming is the collective stupidity of the ihabitants that are helping to bring it on. Truly it is time for this earth to do away with these forms of life (You and I), and regenerate as it has many times before. For sure, the current destructive crud upon it's surface are nondeserving of further residence here any longer.

I totally agree that we have got to deal with this, but if you didn't notice, nuclear power is being championed as an alternative--nuclear! We don't need ANY more nuclear reactors, they create tons of toxic waste that stays toxic for a VERY long time, and we have no idea what to do with it. No nuclear power until we know how to neutralize the waste! Period. A small solar panel on each house would eliminate our energy needs, really, sunlight, a non-toxic alternative. We can also use wind. And water. We are not short on sustainable solutions, but nuclear is NOT one of them.

For the sake of argument, assume global warming doesn't exist. Even if global warming doesn't exist, isn't it terribly irresponsible to rely so heavily on oil when the sale of oil is the only source of funding for terrorists from the Middle East. Terrorizing other nations is a costly business. If we wean the US from oil, it solves the terrorism problem peacefully and effectively.

Look at these 3 quotes from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

"Most climate models represent the last 1,000-2,000 years. This is a ridiculously short and atypical period over which to seek to understand climate change."

"Carbon dioxide cannot be a primary forcing agent for temperature change."

"Compared with the ancient climate record, and especially that of the last 20 ky glacial to interglacial change, modern temperatures are neither particularly high nor particularly fast-changing."

Why don"t people like Gore put this information out there also, instead of telling us only what they want us to know, so they can fatten their pockets with the incredible global warming profits that are making them rich?

How do they say it? Monkeys can read poetry, they just can't understand it... ???

I followed one of the links below to a Chinese report that supposedly debunks global warming. It wasn't the actual report, but an article on the report, which had enough data in it to show that the author didn't understand what he was reading. Here is the article:
http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/2007/03/16/the-coming-global-cooling/

What is insane is the statement: "the contribution of CO2 concentration to global temperature variation is no more than 40.19%" is completely lost. A 40% contribution is insanely high, especially when it is a contribution from a variable that only trends up.

And yes, the Chinese report focusses on short-term fluctuations, and concludes that the short-term cooling cycle is expected to be more significant than the long term warming trend. While quite possibly true, that by no-means debunks global warming and is literally about as significant as taking a temperature reading at noon, comparing it to a midnight reading, and concluding: "There is no warming trend, we are getting cooler!"

I haven't seen many debunkers post real data, it is usually character smear or trivialities. The debunking arguments I've seen aren't for the scientific community, but to sway people ill-equiped to see through the garbage. They usually end up as WSJ editorials because no scientific journal will print them.

I completely believe in Global Warming 100%. The reason it is denied by the WH is because of their ties to oil. And *some scientists* are being paid off to say it is not true.

And whether you believe it is true or not, there is absolutely NO reason whatsoever to reduce emissions & pollution, get off oil, utilize solar and other powers sources. We are polluting and ruining the planet.

I believe that we, as the average consumer can make small changes, that will make a big difference, but the leadership has to come from the top. What is the saying, "a fish rots from the head first." If our current administration continues to deny global warming, then many people are not going to believe in it. Our laws will not change. Our pollutions will not change. Our car companies will not produce the high volume of hybrids we should have, etc.

In my opinion, Bush should be impeached for denying global warming. "The President...of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Treason - the betrayal of one's country.

They have betrayed our country by denying the validity of global warming. We are irrefutably destroying our air quality, our country and our planet. They refused to sign the Kyoto treaty. They continue to deny the immediacy of reducing emissions because they are tied to big oil. They are betraying our country. Millions will be displaced if the oceans rise. People will die.

Certainly, we can all take action, but if the very leader of our country denies its existence or importance, it is impossible to take the necessary drastic steps needed.

Why bother with some Bush Administration hack's prevarication about climate change when you can read what actual climate scientists think. Download the IPCC's executive summary at http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/syr/ar4_syr_spm.pdf , and decide for yourself. But remember that that the scenarios in the report are based on conservative projections of the rate of climate change. What actually happens may well be worse.