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To: tejek who wrote (613944)	5/31/2011 3:34:49 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575357

So you think Mormons (who go to foreign lands as missionaries in their youth) and international oil workers (who regularly travel to Europe, Asia, Africa as part of their jobs) are more broadminded than most other Americans.

To: tejek who wrote (613944)	5/31/2011 3:36:47 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1575357

I've been to 57 states

To: tejek who wrote (613944)	5/31/2011 3:40:27 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1575357

Don Boudreaux has a bet for Bill McKibben, you, or any other alarmist. Put your money where your mouth is. If McKibben, Gore etc don't accept this offer, I suggest it means they don't really believe what they're saying. .... So confident am I that the number of deaths from violent storms will continue to decline that I challenge Mr. McKibben—or Al Gore, Paul Krugman, or any other climate-change doomsayer—to put his wealth where his words are. I’ll bet $10,000 that the average annual number of Americans killed by tornadoes, floods and hurricanes will fall over the next 20 years. Specifically, I’ll bet that the average annual number of Americans killed by these violent weather events from 2011 through 2030 will be lower than it was from 1991 through 2010. If environmentalists really are convinced that climate change inevitably makes life on Earth more lethal, this bet for them is a no-brainer. They can position themselves to earn a cool 10 grand while demonstrating to a still-skeptical American public the seriousness of their convictions. But if no one accepts my bet, what would that fact say about how seriously Americans should treat climate-change doomsaying? .... online.wsj.com

To: tejek who wrote (613944)	5/31/2011 4:28:01 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575357

Ted, > Staying only in one's country leads to a very narrow mind...... ... says the guy who claims to have visited 48 states yet still harbors deep-seated prejudices against "red state" America. So only 1/3 of Americans have passports. Big deal. Ask yourself how many Chinese or Indian citizens have passports. I'll bet it's a lot less than 1/3. Same with Russia. That's just a defining characteristic of big nations. Of course, you and Bentway use it as another excuse to attack the GOP. Tenchusatsu