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From: Cliff on 29 May 2010 05:36 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/may/28/rightwing-group-climate-change "Rightwing group seeks to strip climate change from US classrooms" "Climate change is a 'liberal' cause, argues Colorado-based petitioner, and requires a 'balancing' counterpoint" [ And so to Mesa County in Colorado where this week the first labour pains of what seems to be the birth of a new movement in the US were felt. Dozens of protesters attended a meeting of School District 51's Board of Education to hand over two petitions aimed at keeping political views out of the county's classrooms. According to reports in the local press, Rose Pugliese, a local lawyer and failed Republican candidate for the board of education, authored both of the petitions. The first, which gained 600 signatures of support, simply wished for teachers not to express their "personal, political views" to pupils, whereas the second, which gained 700 signatures, sought to stop the teaching of global warming to children. "[Global warming] is not a proven scientific theory. There is not evidence to support it," Pugliese told the board, according to a report in the Denver Post. It's unclear from the reports whether the petition explicitly called for any teachings about global warming to be stripped from schools, or whether it called for the "other side of the story" to be taught, as Pugliese and her supporters seemed to be arguing before the board. Pugliese, who is also a prominent member of a local Tea Party group called the Western Slope Conservative Alliance, was supported at the meeting by a local PR consultant called Laura Kindregan, who is the Colorado representative of a national group calling itself Balanced Education for Everyone. It was launched in April to assist "concerned citizens around the country in challenging public schools to provide balanced education on the issue of global warming". It is itself an umbrella organisation of the Independent Women's Forum, a conservative group whose notion of feminism is a tad different to most Guardian readers' understanding of the term. ..... ]
From: Roger Coppock on 29 May 2010 05:54 On May 29, 2:36 am, Cliff <Clhuprichguessw...(a)aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/may/28/rightwing-grou... > "Rightwing group seeks to strip climate change from US classrooms" > "Climate change is a 'liberal' cause, argues Colorado-based petitioner, and > requires a 'balancing' counterpoint" They'er trying this in Texas and Louisana too. Banning information from classrooms and textbooks is a major right wing cause. Creationists try to ban the teaching of evolution. Racists try to prevent pictures of non-white peoples in textbooks. In Texas, right wing nuts on the state school board plan to remove references to the "Age of Enlightenment" and Thomas Jefferson from history textbooks. > [ > And so to Mesa County in Colorado where this week the first labour pains of what > seems to be the birth of a new movement in the US were felt. Dozens of > protesters attended a meeting of School District 51's Board of Education to hand > over two petitions aimed at keeping political views out of the county's > classrooms. > > According to reports in the local press, Rose Pugliese, a local lawyer and > failed Republican candidate for the board of education, authored both of the > petitions. The first, which gained 600 signatures of support, simply wished for > teachers not to express their "personal, political views" to pupils, whereas the > second, which gained 700 signatures, sought to stop the teaching of global > warming to children. > > "[Global warming] is not a proven scientific theory. There is not evidence to > support it," Pugliese told the board, according to a report in the Denver Post. > It's unclear from the reports whether the petition explicitly called for any > teachings about global warming to be stripped from schools, or whether it called > for the "other side of the story" to be taught, as Pugliese and her supporters > seemed to be arguing before the board. > > Pugliese, who is also a prominent member of a local Tea Party group called the > Western Slope Conservative Alliance, was supported at the meeting by a local PR > consultant called Laura Kindregan, who is the Colorado representative of a > national group calling itself Balanced Education for Everyone. It was launched > in April to assist "concerned citizens around the country in challenging public > schools to provide balanced education on the issue of global warming". It is > itself an umbrella organisation of the Independent Women's Forum, a conservative > group whose notion of feminism is a tad different to most Guardian readers' > understanding of the term. > .... > ]
From: Sharx35 on 29 May 2010 06:03 "Roger Coppock" <rcoppock(a)adnc.com> wrote in message news:0de7b851-9a6d-4fb8-b0f9-248b3925379c(a)u20g2000pru.googlegroups.com... > On May 29, 2:36 am, Cliff <Clhuprichguessw...(a)aoltmovetheperiodc.om> > wrote: >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/may/28/rightwing-grou... >> "Rightwing group seeks to strip climate change from US classrooms" >> "Climate change is a 'liberal' cause, argues Colorado-based petitioner, >> and >> requires a 'balancing' counterpoint" > > They'er trying this in Texas and Louisana too. Banning > information from classrooms and textbooks is a major > right wing cause. Creationists try to ban the teaching > of evolution. Racists try to prevent pictures of non-white > peoples in textbooks. In Texas, right wing nuts on the > state school board plan to remove references to the > "Age of Enlightenment" and Thomas Jefferson from > history textbooks. > > >> [ >> And so to Mesa County in Colorado where this week the first labour pains >> of what >> seems to be the birth of a new movement in the US were felt. Dozens of >> protesters attended a meeting of School District 51's Board of Education >> to hand >> over two petitions aimed at keeping political views out of the county's >> classrooms. >> >> According to reports in the local press, Rose Pugliese, a local lawyer >> and >> failed Republican candidate for the board of education, authored both of >> the >> petitions. The first, which gained 600 signatures of support, simply >> wished for >> teachers not to express their "personal, political views" to pupils, >> whereas the >> second, which gained 700 signatures, sought to stop the teaching of >> global >> warming to children. >> >> "[Global warming] is not a proven scientific theory. There is not >> evidence to >> support it," Pugliese told the board, according to a report in the Denver >> Post. >> It's unclear from the reports whether the petition explicitly called for >> any >> teachings about global warming to be stripped from schools, or whether it >> called >> for the "other side of the story" to be taught, as Pugliese and her >> supporters >> seemed to be arguing before the board. >> >> Pugliese, who is also a prominent member of a local Tea Party group >> called the >> Western Slope Conservative Alliance, was supported at the meeting by a >> local PR >> consultant called Laura Kindregan, who is the Colorado representative of >> a >> national group calling itself Balanced Education for Everyone. It was >> launched >> in April to assist "concerned citizens around the country in challenging >> public >> schools to provide balanced education on the issue of global warming". It >> is >> itself an umbrella organisation of the Independent Women's Forum, a >> conservative >> group whose notion of feminism is a tad different to most Guardian >> readers' >> understanding of the term. >> .... >> ] Meanwhile pseudo-scientists and their LIEbrawl brethern try to force bullshit global warming THEORY down our collective throats. What rubbish. >
From: Christopher Helms on 29 May 2010 08:20 On May 29, 4:54 am, Roger Coppock <rcopp...(a)adnc.com> wrote: > On May 29, 2:36 am, Cliff <Clhuprichguessw...(a)aoltmovetheperiodc.om> > wrote: > > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/may/28/rightwing-grou... > > "Rightwing group seeks to strip climate change from US classrooms" > > "Climate change is a 'liberal' cause, argues Colorado-based petitioner, and > > requires a 'balancing' counterpoint" > > They'er trying this in Texas and Louisana too. Banning > information from classrooms and textbooks is a major > right wing cause. Creationists try to ban the teaching > of evolution. Racists try to prevent pictures of non-white > peoples in textbooks. In Texas, right wing nuts on the > state school board plan to remove references to the > "Age of Enlightenment" and Thomas Jefferson from > history textbooks. The same Conservatives who claim global warming isn't happening have also decided that the jury is still out on Evolution. The conservative conclusion on GW, which, and I'm sure this is just an amazing coincidence, is precisely the same conclusion as groups funded by the oil and gas industries, is that it isn't happening, and even if it looks like it's happening it still isn't happening, couldn't happen. Al Gore made it all up. You can tell it's a lie because it still snows in North Dakota in January and who needs a computer model to see that, right? Paradoxically, they still occasionally whip out "The sun is responsible for it" in the middle of all the denials that it is happening. Fortunately, the far right is blessed with followers who have the logic chopping abilities of house sparrows and the contradiction passes unnoticed. The right has decided that scientists don't know anything about numbers or global trends or temperatures or anything and the world would be better off listening to REAL climate experts like Sean Hannity and JD Hayworth. Why spend years in college and decades studying climate and meteorology when you can get all the info you need on the "global warming" myth just by just turning on Fox news at night or picking up a leaflet from some think tank funded by The American Petroleum Institute?
From: CharlesGrozny on 29 May 2010 09:30
"Christopher Helms" <Chrishelms132(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:fbbe0e4a-dbdf-4f78-9b6d-0cd4ab225d96(a)o4g2000vbo.googlegroups.com... > On May 29, 4:54 am, Roger Coppock <rcopp...(a)adnc.com> wrote: >> On May 29, 2:36 am, Cliff <Clhuprichguessw...(a)aoltmovetheperiodc.om> >> wrote: >> >> >http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/may/28/rightwing-grou... >> > "Rightwing group seeks to strip climate change from US classrooms" >> > "Climate change is a 'liberal' cause, argues Colorado-based >> > petitioner, and >> > requires a 'balancing' counterpoint" >> >> They'er trying this in Texas and Louisana too. Banning >> information from classrooms and textbooks is a major >> right wing cause. Creationists try to ban the teaching >> of evolution. Racists try to prevent pictures of non-white >> peoples in textbooks. In Texas, right wing nuts on the >> state school board plan to remove references to the >> "Age of Enlightenment" and Thomas Jefferson from >> history textbooks. > > > The same Conservatives who claim global warming isn't happening have > also decided that the jury is still out on Evolution. The conservative > conclusion on GW, which, and I'm sure this is just an amazing > coincidence, is precisely the same conclusion as groups funded by the > oil and gas industries, is that it isn't happening, and even if it > looks like it's happening it still isn't happening, couldn't happen. > Al Gore made it all up. You can tell it's a lie because it still snows > in North Dakota in January and who needs a computer model to see that, > right? Paradoxically, they still occasionally whip out "The sun is > responsible for it" in the middle of all the denials that it is > happening. Fortunately, the far right is blessed with followers who > have the logic chopping abilities of house sparrows and the > contradiction passes unnoticed. The right has decided that scientists > don't know anything about numbers or global trends or temperatures or > anything and the world would be better off listening to REAL climate > experts like Sean Hannity and JD Hayworth. Why spend years in college > and decades studying climate and meteorology when you can get all the > info you need on the "global warming" myth just by just turning on Fox > news at night or picking up a leaflet from some think tank funded by > The American Petroleum Institute? What an idiot. Climate change does happen. What we're debating about is if man's puny little efforts have any effect on it. If so, then why wasn't the climate markedly warmer in the 50's, with all that killer fog around London, eh? Also, if Evolution is a proven theory, when did they publish the proof for macroevolution? Most theories require proof to move from a theory to a fact. Unless you're the missing link, they haven't. Since you seem to be another of those Marxist ranters, you're going into the blockfile. Apparently, you, too, have nothing to add to this discussion except the bs you get from the dailykospiece. Say hello to your Uncle Joe. Charles Grozny Charles Grozny |