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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 10:55 PM Original message |
Can We Here At DU Instead Of Using The Term Global Warming - Call It...... |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Didn't arsehat Frank Luntz coin the term "climate change"? n/t |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yeah -- I was just going to post that. The OP makes a good point, though. nt |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Nope. Scientists did. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Who cares who coined the term, if it's accurate? (nt) |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Global Storming is more like it. The planet-heating causes more storms. nt |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. But wouldn't that be kind of Orwellian? |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I Don't Disagree With You - But Those Kooks Can't Relate To That..... |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
48. Support the cause? |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. We're Not Talking To Scientists Here That's What The Right Is So..... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. actually, we don't know whether it's "warming up" or if we are headed into an ice age. |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 07:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. We don't? |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #27 |
45. What makes you say that? n/t |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. I called it "climate change" when I replied to the RNC |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. No. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. I've been calling it that for a while..it's descriptive and |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. To Me, It Sounds Like Backtracking |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Exactly. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. It was always described as climate change by scientists |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I Realize It's Not a New Term |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
38. Exactly |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. how about "globally fucked-up weather and stuff"? |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. That is, IIRC, the term of art used in the field. Global Climate Change. So, K and R. n/t |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. I prefer the term Global Catastrophic Climate Change |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. Doesnt matter what we call it. It matters what CorpMedia calls it. nt |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. If deniers are too thick to realize local cold weather doesn't mean the earth isn't heating up... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Calling it climate change is nothing new. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Dumbing down? Climatologists aren't sure if we are actually headed into an ice age. |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 07:54 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Where do you learn such nonsense? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Science- here's some links for you to learn something. With a short bit from Wiki |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Pssst, Thom Hartman is not a scientist. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. FYI, this person's a creationist. |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Thanks for info |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Fine, but no one will argue that the climate changes. It's like a concession after all these years. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I've been doing that for quite a few years now. The repugs and incurious |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. been using that term for years. |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. Personally, I think it was a mistake to change it to "climate change" |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Exactly - you can't teach a pig to sing |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. Climate Volatility is the correct terminology. Saying "climate change" simply means the |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. If you're uncertain as to whether it's real, you're not a denier |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
30. Nope. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
31. Because it is GLOBAL WARMING |
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tex-wyo-dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
34. Many scientists would prefer the terminology... |
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mindwalker_i (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
35. Call it global variable |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
36. I refuse to do--or not do--anything because a fucking Regressive uses it as a talking point. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
37. We tried that already. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
39. It does not matter.. the deniers will always deny.. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
42. I've called it that for awhile now |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
44. NO! Climate Chanage sucks...We need something better. MOre dramatic. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
47. I call it climatic destabilization sometimes. With more science education, perhaps |
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