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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 05:02 PM
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Unreal comments on the "Ice Giants" Yahoo article. Are people paid to deny global warming???
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100914/lf_nm_life/us_climate_vikings_1#mwpphu-container

Scroll down and view the comments. Unfrigganreal. Even if things are cyclical that doesn't mean humans haven't screwed things up.

God I fear for humanity...
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ThomasQED Donating Member (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 05:05 PM
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1. Yes. Exxon and other huge companies have been paying
people to do just that for decades.
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 05:08 PM
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2. Yep, lots of things go on like this... and some highly educated experts are
Edited on Tue Sep-14-10 05:10 PM by RKP5637
not against taking some $$$ on the side to profess a position favorable to whomever payed them. And a major problem is the lemmings of the US take some of these people at face value. This is a very propagandized country and those spreading incorrect information, lies IMO, have only gotten better at it...

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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 05:57 PM
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3. Google "netvocates"
a PR firm hired b oil companies that was caught doing exactly this a few years ago
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d_r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 06:14 PM
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4. I've also noticed
that there are a lot of complete idiots posting things on yahoo. It is like the idiot comment section.
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