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To: Charles Hughes who wrote (14735)	11/13/1998 1:43:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 67261

Well it seems the Global Warming issue has brought out the love in everyone! :-) Charles, I may not know what I'm talking about, but at least I'm not afraid to challenge my assumptions. So far the left's position on this thread has been pretty weak at best. One question seems to be continuously appearing. Why is Global Warming a liberal issue? The answer is very simple. Liberals love to control things by use of government regulations. The more they can hype the Global Warming controversy, the more government control on our lives they can muster. I only brought up the Global Warming issue because it so dramatically demonstrates the liberal bias which is so prevalant in major news medias throughout America. The terse reaction I have received shows me that it has touched a too obvious nerve spot. How can a person who believes we have balanced news organizations honestly answer for the almost complete silence over Doctor Singer and the 19,000 scientist who have gone on the record to dispute Global Warming?? It's indefensible! So deeply held assumptions are being challenged and sometimes that can be a scary thing to face. I believe it was jbe who challenged the credibility of these scientists. I would ask her if she has seen the list of 2000 scientists from the U.N. who are supporters of Global Warming? I sincerely doubt she has. So why the automatic knee jerk skepticism toward Doctor Singer? Why? Because the N.Y. Times says it that's why! Take a look at this site and honestly tell me the American people have received a balanced view of Global Warming? The evidence that they haven't is overwhelming! Listed below are 19,200 of the initial signers. oism.org During the past several months, more than 16,800 basic and applied American scientists, two-thirds with advanced degrees, have signed the Global Warming Petition. Signers of this petition so far include 2,388 physicists, geophysicists, climatologists, meteorologists, oceanographers, and environmental scientists (select this link for a listing of these individuals) who are especially well qualified to evaluate the effects of carbon dioxide on the Earth's atmosphere and climate. Signers of this petition also include 4,963 scientists whose fields of specialization in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, and other life sciences (select this link for a listing of these individuals) make them especially well qualified to evaluate the effects of carbon dioxide upon the Earth's plant and animal life. Nearly all of the initial 16,800 scientist signers have technical training suitable for the evaluation of the relevant research data, and many are trained in related fields. In addition to these 16,800, approximately 2,400 individuals have signed the petition who are trained in fields other than science or whose field of specialization was not specified on their returned petition. Of the 19,200 signatures that the project has received in total so far, 17,300 have been independently verified and the other 1,900 have not yet been independently verified. Of those signers holding the degree of PhD, 95% have now been independently verified. One name that was sent in by enviro pranksters, Geri Halliwell, PhD, has been eliminated. Several names, such as Perry Mason and Robert Byrd are still on the list even though enviro press reports have ridculed their identity with the names of famous personalities. They are actual signers. Perry Mason, for example, is a PhD Chemist. The costs of this petition project have been paid entirely by private donations. No industrial funding or money from sources within the coal, oil, natural gas or related industries has been utilized. The petition's organizers, who include some faculty members and staff of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, do not otherwise receive funds from such sources. The Institute itself has no such funding. Also, no funds of tax-exempt organizations have been used for this project. The signatures and the text of the petition stand alone and speak for themselves. These scientists have signed this specific document. They are not associated with any particular organization. Their signatures represent a strong statement about this important issue by many of the best scientific minds in the United States. This project is titled "Petition Project" and uses a mailing address of its own because the organizers desired an independent, individual opinion from each scientist based on the scientific issues involved - without any implied endorsements of individuals, groups, or institutions. The remainder of the initial signers and all new signers will be added to these lists as data entry is completed. Our e-mail address, for the purposes of this project, is: info@oism.org If you would like to mirror this site or download it to your hard drive, click here. You may also view and print this entire web site in one easy step.