lets throw a little context at asnd see if it matters
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 17/03/2011 12:12:03 AM
Here is the original bit we were given
This has to be a tough call for the environmentalists around the world. They're scrambling now to blame this on global warming
Reading that implies that Rush is claiming that that there are environmentalist out there actively claiming that global warming caused it.
Bit left out
have no doubt they're gonna try to claim global warming had something to do with the earthquake and the tsunami. Well of course they will.
But here when we look at what else he said it is clear that he is only claiming that they will blame it on it global warming. Not that much unlike my comment that some church nutter will blame it on gays.
As for the other, saying that he claiming the extra few centimeters of sea level we can blame on global warming was a factor doesn't really go very far in defending him. I think I had more respect for him when is was unclear what he meant.
This has to be a tough call for the environmentalists around the world. They're scrambling now to blame this on global warming
Reading that implies that Rush is claiming that that there are environmentalist out there actively claiming that global warming caused it.
Bit left out
have no doubt they're gonna try to claim global warming had something to do with the earthquake and the tsunami. Well of course they will.
But here when we look at what else he said it is clear that he is only claiming that they will blame it on it global warming. Not that much unlike my comment that some church nutter will blame it on gays.
As for the other, saying that he claiming the extra few centimeters of sea level we can blame on global warming was a factor doesn't really go very far in defending him. I think I had more respect for him when is was unclear what he meant.
So, how many drugs is Rush Limbaugh actually on?
- 16/03/2011 08:30:25 AM
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Possibly different ones then the EESC president
- 16/03/2011 03:58:41 PM
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No one's blaming the earthquake or tsunami on global warming.
- 16/03/2011 04:22:52 PM
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Tsunami and climate change
- 17/03/2011 11:59:36 PM
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"Speakers were careful to point out that many findings still amounted only to hypotheses"
- 18/03/2011 01:31:44 PM
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Re: No one's blaming the earthquake or tsunami on global warming.
- 18/03/2011 12:25:01 PM
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Republican spin doctor Frank Luntz popularized "climate change" to make global warming appealing.
- 18/03/2011 01:56:01 PM
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A slightly misleading post
- 16/03/2011 07:41:46 PM
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Kind of missed the point there
- 16/03/2011 09:54:35 PM
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If you link the transcript I'll look at it.
- 16/03/2011 10:16:21 PM
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Re: If you link the transcript I'll look at it.
- 16/03/2011 10:44:56 PM
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" I can't help attaching, you know, political reaction to this". Yeah, we noticed....
- 16/03/2011 11:10:11 PM
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Re: " I can't help attaching, you know, political reaction to this". Yeah, we noticed....
- 16/03/2011 11:42:29 PM
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I've read the transcript
- 16/03/2011 10:34:41 PM
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Re: I've read the transcript
- 16/03/2011 10:46:42 PM
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You need to reread what I said
- 16/03/2011 10:49:45 PM
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No, I think you're still missing my point
- 16/03/2011 11:09:04 PM
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No. You don't get to say, "what he said doesn't matter because of how we learned of it".
- 16/03/2011 11:54:46 PM
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I think Republicans should stop using "legitimate". I do not think it means what they think it means
- 16/03/2011 04:11:14 PM
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there are enough carzies on the left to make things like this easy for Rush
- 16/03/2011 04:20:47 PM
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So it doesn't matter that no one said it as long as he can plausibly claim they did.
- 16/03/2011 06:58:17 PM
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well since it is taken out of context it is hard to say where Rush was going with it
- 16/03/2011 07:19:46 PM
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Um... he stated where he was going with it.
- 16/03/2011 07:30:02 PM
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At least you are not ashamed to use a double standard
- 16/03/2011 08:17:39 PM
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It's the same standard, whatever you choose to believe.
- 16/03/2011 09:08:01 PM
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I don't thinkit is as clear as you make it out to be
- 16/03/2011 09:31:53 PM
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It is not just "possible" he's talking about islands affected by global warming; he says it outright
- 16/03/2011 10:09:16 PM
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Sorry but I still fail to see how the islands he mention are a sign of what needs to be done
- 16/03/2011 10:27:20 PM
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Then you don't understand context and this whole discussion is pointless.
- 16/03/2011 11:28:47 PM
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lets throw a little context at asnd see if it matters
- 17/03/2011 12:12:03 AM
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Yes: It makes it worse.
- 17/03/2011 12:45:12 AM
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no it shows that the one statements was not meant to be taken literally
- 17/03/2011 02:47:55 AM
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At best, it shows he was joking about something he believes to be fact despite lacking evidence.
- 18/03/2011 02:24:45 PM
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so you finally agre that the context changes the meaning, took you long enough
- 18/03/2011 02:33:41 PM
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