I do understand that I am condescending at times, a flaw I do admit to having.
That said, the next time you accuse me of borrowing a narrative (I guess that is an accusation of not thinking for myself?), or talking out of both sides of my cake hole, you better put forth a little more research and understanding to ensure it isn't simply the airlock between your ears which is causing your bout of incomprehension, my friend.
As for myself labeling others, I damn well will do it. If someone (not directly accusing anyone here, nor did I previously), wishes to espouse some ignorant nonsense about how we haven't warmed, or the planet doesn't show a warming trend over the past few hundred year I am going to call them on it. I do apologize for not being the most loving person, and often times arrogant, but if people are going to make outlandish claims that I know to be inaccurate or false - that is something I will not apologize for.
Remaining ignorant about what is going on with our climate, or how we may be impacting it is not something that should be taken lightly. To me that shows poor stewardship, and an intellectual dishonesty about the way we live our lives.
Neal
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Neal, would you agree this fellow (Roy Spencer) is without a doubt one of the most respected climatologists on our planet?
http://www.drroyspencer.com/my-global-warming-skepticism-for-dummies/I grew up on a farm. Invasive insects are always a problem on a large dairy farm, and we are forced to employ systematic insecticides to prevent disease spread, commodity loss, as well as improve overall heard health.
Farmers are an ingenious bunch. They've/we've learned over the years that the best ways to bait insects are with food sources that are palatable to said insects. All the while they are feasting on a food source that they love, they are also ingesting a toxic poison.
Hence the 'ol saying "You catch more fly's with honey than with vinegar".
The above being said, let me give you a bit 'o friendly, free advice Neal.
The vast majority of folks who frequent this site possess far too much intelligence to blindly indulge in your feces coated poison.
Folks here are not ignorant (especially not the derogatory definition of the word that you've chosen), nor are we/they the incomprehensible, air locked fools that lack ethical stewardship qualities that you imagine.
When we see a spade, that's what we call it.
I have never been a fan of copying and pasting, so I don't do it often.
Folks who choose to clutter up nearly every post they make with links and graphs remind me of one of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)