yeah and what happens is you get people that are scared to push the envelope for fear of being shunned, which prohibits ingenuity, which Americans were known for.
On 3/27/2010 1:49 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: > Its like than in any profession, I'm afraid. > > 1. You can't even discuss intelligent design or you'll be blackballed > > 2. You can't even question man-made global warming, or you'll be blackballed > > 3. You can't even discuss alternative medicine in some circles without being > ridiculed. > > 4. You can't discuss Cold Fusion without being ridiculed (not the > development language) > > 5. You can't explore the possibility of extra terrestrials > > 6. You can't be open-minded about great apes in North America > > 7. You can't believe in life after death > > > > > > > --- On Sat, 3/27/10, Virgil Bierschwale<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> From: Virgil Bierschwale<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [OT] Island succumbs to rising oceans >> To: "ProFox Email List"<[email protected]> >> Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 9:52 AM >> believe it or not pete, in my >> economics research I have heard many such >> stories about economists that will not go against the herd >> because to do >> so would mean they would be blackballed and it is the >> corporations that >> supply their living, so I too salute the brave souls that >> would stand up >> for the truth as they know it rather then sell their soul >> to the >> corporate world. >> >> What amazes me about the corporate world is, these are >> people just like >> you and me, so why do they do things like I've been hearing >> about the >> bee's and chemicals? >> >> Only one word I can think of and it is greed. >> >> On 3/27/2010 5:49 AM, Pete Theisen wrote: >> >>> Gérard Lochon wrote: >>> >>> >>>> You know about Archimède, buoyancy, and so on. >>>> >>>> Practical application : you put an ice cube in a >>>> >> glass, then fill the glass >> >>>> of water. >>>> When the ice has melted, does the glass overflow >>>> >> ? >> >>>> So, how can melting ice in the sea submerge as >>>> >> much lands as heard nowadays >> >>>> >>>> >>> Hi Gerard, >>> >>> Because Al Gore invented the Internet. *Believe* in Al >>> >> Gore. >> >>> Actually, the theory is that a lot of the ice that is >>> >> supposedly melting >> >>> is on land and the water from its melting flows into >>> >> the sea. But, a few >> >>> years ago the trend changed and now the earth is >>> >> cooling. This, and the >> >>> economy, is very bad for grant funding of the "settled >>> >> science" of >> >>> "Global Warming". >>> >>> So whenever a straw comes along it is fervently >>> >> clutched no matter how >> >>> ridiculous. But the new buzzword is "Climate Change", >>> >> now that the >> >>> temperatures are actually colder. >>> >>> OK, they need to make a living, and they aren't into >>> >> real work - there >> >>> isn't any anymore anyway. Do they need to personally >>> >> attack every >> >>> scientist who thinks differently than they do to the >>> >> point of ruining >> >>> their careers if possible? Evidently. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2772 - >>> >> Release Date: 03/26/10 14:33:00 >> >>> >>> >> -- >> Virgil Bierschwale >> Vets Finding Vets<http://www.VetsFindingVets.org> >> Keep America At Work<http://www.KeepAmericaAtWork.com> >> >> >> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- >> multipart/alternative >> text/plain (text body -- kept) >> text/html >> --- >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
