Comments on: Why Our Species is Doomed to Extinction

By: Sadly, No! » Mickey Kaus is the Stupidest S.O.B.on the Internets

Sadly, No! » Mickey Kaus is the Stupidest S.O.B.on the Internets — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:29:37 +0000

[...] God, Mickey. This is lame even by your standards. You’ve stooped to using the same logic as James “Can’t be none global warmin’, i’s cold’re’n my mammy̵…. Can anyone explain why Slate is still paying this useless hack to write such absurdities? And also [...]

By: James Cape

James Cape — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:08:43 +0000

There is a balance that needs to be struck between economic growth and greenhouse gas mitigation.

Yes, and the scientists are currently stating that we need to reduce our carbon emissions by upwards of 90% within the next 30 years or climate change becomes a runaway process due to the methane (also a GG) which will be released when the Canadian and Siberian tundras thaw. There is as much methane in those tundras as all the carbon emissions human beings have ever released due to the use of fossil fuels. [Insert pre-emptive fart joke here]

In which case Europe will likely get another ice age, and the Midwest will stop being a breadbasket and start being a desert.

By: Capn Avatar

Capn Avatar — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:03:36 +0000

I wonder when Inhofe and his ilk think their “Rapture” will come for them? With any luck it’ll be soon and those of us who live in the real world can get things done.

By: Jeopardude

Jeopardude — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:47:07 +0000

As an Oklahoman, I apologize for our senators. We’ll try harder next time to get someone better. Like anyone.

By: Keith Gore Wiseman

Keith Gore Wiseman — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:12:33 +0000

God and the Earth may have to kill us all for the Earth to survive. Look at all the past civilizations that disappeared, usually because they used up all their resources. Since we have a global economy, when we crash it will be global. Still, who is willing, or even able, to change their lifestyles enough to make a difference?

By: Batocchio

Batocchio — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:39:57 +0000

Nice summation. Really, isn’t it sad that Inhofe is a friggin’ Senator?!?

By: Dr. BLT, endangered species of troll

Dr. BLT, endangered species of troll — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:17:48 +0000

I’m not sure our species is doomed to extinction. I do know that trolls who post comments here are. I love this place, except that there are not enough built-in protections for trolls. And yes, I get the issue of free speech, as should be abundantly clear in my sentiments on the whole…

…Bong Hits 4 Jesus…
Dr BLT
http://www.drblt.net/music/bongHITS4.mp3

…issue…

but shouldn’t there be a few limits to protect us trolls from extinction? I would like to be proclaimed an endangered species.

By: Rotating Splunge

Rotating Splunge — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:35:10 +0000

Keep this shit up, America, and you won’t be the world leaders at anything, let alone science and technology.

By: Dan Someone

Dan Someone — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:23:52 +0000

Phillybits, that thing about bees is clearly wrong and alarmist, because Senator Inhofe got stung by a bee just the other day.

By: Terrible

Terrible — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:19:10 +0000

Inhofe, the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the people of Oklahoma.

By: Phillybits

Phillybits — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:33:00 +0000

More than likely, actually, the reason our species may become extinct is due possibly to our own actions and the effects of those actions on bees populations, both here and abroad. AIDS For The Bee Industry

By: Sienna

Sienna — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:30:32 +0000

Exxon Mobile and their ilk are simply not getting their money’s worth from their paid Congressmen any more. Imhofe was great when he chaired the committee that “oversaw” the energy industry for the last six years–after all, how much talent does it take to stall. Barton, same thing.

Something tells me the oil industry will be looking around for slightly brighter public servants to buy.

By: Arturo Toscaninny

Arturo Toscaninny — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:29:41 +0000

Man, when Roscoe Bartlett lectures his fellow Repubs about appearing to be idiots, you know the conservatards have sunk to a new low; in Maryland, Bartlett is known as being only slightly smarter than a decapitated turkey. (Outside of his home district of Western Maryland, that is.) Can they get any dumber? (Rhetorical question.)

By: rea

rea — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:36:53 +0000

“Hey, science type guys, if we evolved from monkeys, why are they still around? Huh?”

The more pressing question is, “Why do we keep electing them Senators from Oklahoma?”

By: Herr Doktor Bimler

Herr Doktor Bimler — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:55:34 +0000

â€œHow come you guys never seem to notice it when it gets cold? . . . Where is global warming when you really need it?â€?

Give the guy credit for honesty, anyway. Global warming might actually be a good thing if it makes for less heinous winters in my part of the world! The rest of the planet can fuck off and die slowly for all I care.

By: The Constructivist

The Constructivist — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:26:42 +0000

Mostly Harmless thanks you for your entry in the Blogocalypse Carnival.

By: D. Sidhe

D. Sidhe — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:01:54 +0000

Hey, science type guys, if we evolved from monkeys, why are they still around? Huh?

Because the GOP has to have *someone* to elect.

By: gordonsowner

gordonsowner — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:32:20 +0000

I was hoping Barbara Boxer would have, in her ingenuous but touched with a bit o’ sultry voice, said, in response to what Inhofe wanted:

How about this, you let Al Gore answer the questions you ask while you sit here and drink your glass of shut the hell up.

By: Jeffrey Kramer

Jeffrey Kramer — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:48:32 +0000

Why didn’t Gore have a comeback ready? “Senator, studies in child development show that by the age of about 18 months, we generally understand the basic concepts of space and time; by the age of about two, we understand the idea of speech and communication, and by the age of three we come to know the distinction between the specific and the general: that is, the difference between ‘that thing over there’ and ‘the general class of things like that,’ for example the difference between ‘one cold day in one cold place’ and ‘the general warming trend over the planet, over time.’ Senator, how old are you?”

By: Jâ€”

Jâ€” — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:06:07 +0000

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