The Groundhog and the Left

[Selena]

A left-wing acquaintance interrupted a tongue-in-cheek conversation about groundhogs day with the rather snippy comment – why is it "Republicans" (please note that word was said with the same inflection that a normal person uses for animal byproduct) will take the findings of a rodent for weather prediction but not of bona fide scientists…

To which, one of our less socially conscious employees looked up from his coffee cup and said very simply and without rancor – to date, the rodents have had a better record of being right.

We really have to find a coffee shop further away from the interstate. :(

 

[contender]

:D :D

 

[don44]

:D :D :D

 

[Jimbo357mag]

I think this falls under the title of common superstitions.

There may be some validity to animals predicting the future, including even the Super Bowl, but that would be a hard thing to prove. :D

 

[Poco Oso]

I think this falls under the title of common superstitions.

There may be some validity to animals predicting the future, including even the Super Bowl, but that would be a hard thing to prove. :D

The "scientists" appear to be having the same problems. :wink:

 

[Selena]

I think this falls under the title of common superstitions.

There may be some validity to animals predicting the future, including even the Super Bowl, but that would be a hard thing to prove. :D

OK Jimmy, let me attempt to introduce a new concept to you... The rodent isn't meant to be taken seriously... it's ... fun. Fun is a state of something discussed or done purely for enjoyment. That said, the ground hog is folk lore. Global warming is superstition.

 

[Merle1948]

That pretty well sums it up..... :mrgreen:

 

[lipofsky]

Hell always bet on the rodent, you can still BBQ him

 

[ProfessorWes]

I've watched several of those celebrations - including yesterday's - and judging from the look on its face, the only thing the groundhog seemed to be predicting was "Put me back in the damn hole before I bite you, fool; it's frickin' freezing out here."

 

[Pat-inCO]

OK Jimmy, let me attempt to introduce a new concept to you... The
rodent isn't meant to be taken seriously... it's ... fun. Fun is a state of
something discussed or done purely for enjoyment. That said, the
ground hog is folk lore. Global warming is superstition.

Pssssst! Selena . . . . .
Don't confuse him with facts . . . . . His mind is already made up. :roll:

 

[Jimbo357mag]

Made up my mind about what? ... oh yea, science trumps superstition. :D

BTW, animals do know more about nature than we do. :D

 

[Bull Barrel]

At least the hog is using observed data.

 

[Selena]

OK Jimmy, let me attempt to introduce a new concept to you... The
rodent isn't meant to be taken seriously... it's ... fun. Fun is a state of
something discussed or done purely for enjoyment. That said, the
ground hog is folk lore. Global warming is superstition.

Pssssst! Selena . . . . .
Don't confuse him with facts . . . . . His mind is already made up. :roll:

I know, but I have a dream that even the hardest head will see the superstition isn't living up to it's predictions and is - under the rules of the scientific method - as outdated and magical thinking as the phlogiston theory or the papal decree that demons hide in the lands of rifles and rode on the bullets to direct them to their target and therefore instruments of the devil.

 

[Colonialgirl]

Made up my mind about what? ... oh yea, science trumps superstition. :D

BTW, animals do know more about nature than we do. :D

WHAT 'science" you mean that that CANNOT even replicate past climate history and is ONLY interested in the next BIG government grant? That science that had ManBearPig ALGORE driving around in polluting SUVS, and flying in one the most polluting aircraft around who so strongly believes in the oceans rising that he bought BEACH FRONT PROPERTY?
That "science" ?

 

[Snake45]

This is simple.

Ground Hog Day is a fun tradition that calls itself a fun tradition.

Global warming is a cult religion that likes to call itself "science."

Any questions? No? Good. Carry on.

 

[Dave P.]

I've watched several of those celebrations - including yesterday's - and judging from the look on its face, the only thing the groundhog seemed to be predicting was "Put me back in the damn hole before I bite you, fool; it's frickin' freezing out here."

I seem to remember a video within the last few years of one actually chomping on
one of the people on stage with it.
Dave

 

[Mike J]

A left-wing acquaintance interrupted a tongue-in-cheek conversation about groundhogs day with the rather snippy comment – why is it "Republicans" (please note that word was said with the same inflection that a normal person uses for animal byproduct) will take the findings of a rodent for weather prediction but not of bona fide scientists…

To which, one of our less socially conscious employees looked up from his coffee cup and said very simply and without rancor – to date, the rodents have had a better record of being right.

We really have to find a coffee shop further away from the interstate. :(

:lol: Thanks for the chuckle Selena.

 

[gasbag]

Sometimes I think you guys could argue about the color 'orange'.

 

[Muley Gil]

Oh, I believe in climate change. I just don't believe it is all manmade. I remember reading not long ago that one volcanic eruption offsets all of the pollution eliminated by closing down coal fired power plants.

I remember back in the '70s the so-called experts were calling for another ice age. :(

 

[wolfsong]

Further, it is laughable that the unproven (and unprovable) theory of Climate Change is based on another unproven (and unprovable) theory that fossil fuels are the prouct of decayed dead animals.

Someone please explain how some dinosaurs died, decayed and became dirt, while others died, became buried thousands of feet below the crust and somehow morphed into petroleum.

What? It can't be explained?

Exactly.

 

[Merle1948]

Further, it is laughable that the unproven (and unprovable) theory of Climate Change is based on another unproven (and unprovable) theory that fossil fuels are the prouct of decayed dead animals.

Someone please explain how some dinosaurs died, decayed and became dirt, while others died, became buried thousands of feet below the crust and somehow morphed into petroleum.

What? It can't be explained?

Exactly.

I wonder if you understand where diamonds come from?

 

[wolfsong]

Further, it is laughable that the unproven (and unprovable) theory of Climate Change is based on another unproven (and unprovable) theory that fossil fuels are the prouct of decayed dead animals.

Someone please explain how some dinosaurs died, decayed and became dirt, while others died, became buried thousands of feet below the crust and somehow morphed into petroleum.

What? It can't be explained?

Exactly.

I wonder if you understand where diamonds come from?

Yes, I do. Highly pressurized pure carbon, brought to the earth's surface by volcanic eruption.

What do diamonds have to do with the THEORY of fossil fuel creation?

 

[Merle1948]

Further, it is laughable that the unproven (and unprovable) theory of Climate Change is based on another unproven (and unprovable) theory that fossil fuels are the prouct of decayed dead animals.

Someone please explain how some dinosaurs died, decayed and became dirt, while others died, became buried thousands of feet below the crust and somehow morphed into petroleum.

What? It can't be explained?

Exactly.

I wonder if you understand where diamonds come from?

Yes, I do. Highly pressurized pure carbon, brought to the earth's surface by volcanic eruption.

What do diamonds have to do with the THEORY of fossil fuel creation?

pressurization

 

[Selena]

Further, it is laughable that the unproven (and unprovable) theory of Climate Change is based on another unproven (and unprovable) theory that fossil fuels are the prouct of decayed dead animals.

Someone please explain how some dinosaurs died, decayed and became dirt, while others died, became buried thousands of feet below the crust and somehow morphed into petroleum.

What? It can't be explained?

Exactly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer–Tropsch_process

BTW- some of the catalysts mentioned in other works include complex iron oxides which could come from hemoglobin. However the process could easily work with nearly any carbon source and the "dinosaur connection" is likely as not as certainas people would like to believe.