Weather story of the day

Yes, it's raining hard in Georgia.

'How hard is it raining?'

'Well, on my way to work, some guy in a tuxedo and top hat passed me on Atlanta Highway driving a deck chair from the Titanic.'

'Think that's bad? I was filling up at the QT and a river was running through the parking lot. These two guys in hip waders were trout fishing in the middle of it.'

'Yeah, I was there when the DNR officer arrested them for being in the river without a life jacket. Damn DNR is everywhere.'

'Yeah, it was just as well. The wake from that U-boat would have killed them for sure.'

'How do you know that?'

'I was bank fishing when it came by! Nearly capsized a F350 and a BMW. Wish it had got the BMW.'

'Which bank were you fishing? The Suntrust Bank or the Wells Fargo?'

'Oh, the Suntrust. I don't dare get close to the Wells this close to the end of the month. Hungry loan officers you know.'

'Oh yeah. I've hooked a few by accident. They used to be pretty fat. Not so much since '06. Ever try to cook one?'

'I thought about it once. They're not as tough as you think they are. Not many bones, either.'

'You're right about that. I've never seen one with a spine.'

'Uh huh. They do get bold in a group but all you have to do is yell, Underwriter! That makes them scatter.'

'Hey! Speaking of scatter, that U-boat. Was it the U571 or the U48?'

'It was the U48. U571 never goes north of the 404 in winter.'

'Well, global warming might change all that.'

'Yup. Even the DNR guy said that global warming might cause some changes in the winter and people's lives.'

'He don't know nothing. He's with the government. Global warming is a hoax designed to drive up the price of our coffee.'

'Yup. Before this global warming scare, I could get a cup of coffee, with real creamer, and all the sugar I wanted for less than a dollar!'

'In a real cup with a handle!'

'Free refills and a 'Do you want a cup to go' offer when I got ready to leave!'

'Now that we got this global warming thing going on, they serve coffee in painted blow foam cups. Without handles. And, some cardboard ring around them. No refills. And, the sugar is packed in tiny envelopes.'

'Damn right! People stand in line to get that sugar. Push on your elbow and make you spill half. Ought to make the paper dissolve. Just drop them in, stir, and there you go.'

'Oh forget that! We used to have that. Called them sugar cubes.'

'I didn't like them either. The only right way to sweeten coffee is with pure, granulated white sugar poured in a thick stream from one of them glass jars with the dome shaped tin tops.'

'Yeah, but those days are gone.'

'Yup. Nothing to do now but sit around and talk about the weather.'

'Yes, it's raining hard in Georgia.'

'How hard is it raining?'

'Well, on my way to work, some guy in a tuxedo and top hat passed me on Atlanta Highway driving a deck chair from the Titanic.'

'Think that's bad? I was filling up at the QT and a river was running through the parking lot. These two guys in hip waders were trout fishing in the middle of it.'

'Yeah, I was there when the DNR officer arrested them for being in the river without a life jacket. Damn DNR is everywhere.'

'Yeah, it was just as well. The wake from that U-boat would have killed them for sure.'

'How do you know that?'

'I was bank fishing when it came by! Nearly capsized a F350 and a BMW. Wish it had got the BMW.'

'Which bank were you fishing? The Suntrust Bank or the Wells Fargo?'

'Oh, the Suntrust. I don't dare get close to the Wells this close to the end of the month. Hungry loan officers you know.'

'Oh yeah. I've hooked a few by accident. They used to be pretty fat. Not so much since '06. Ever try to cook one?'

'I thought about it once. They're not as tough as you think they are. Not many bones, either.'

'You're right about that. I've never seen one with a spine.'

'Uh huh. They do get bold in a group but all you have to do is yell, Underwriter! That makes them scatter.'

'Hey! Speaking of scatter, that U-boat. Was it the U571 or the U48?'

'It was the U48. U571 never goes north of the 404 in winter.'

'Well, global warming might change all that.'

'Yup. Even the DNR guy said that global warming might cause some changes in the winter and people's lives.'

'He don't know nothing. He's with the government. Global warming is a hoax designed to drive up the price of our coffee.'

'Yup. Before this global warming scare, I could get a cup of coffee, with real creamer, and all the sugar I wanted for less than a dollar!'

'In a real cup with a handle!'

'Free refills and a 'Do you want a cup to go' offer when I got ready to leave!'

'Now that we got this global warming thing going on, they serve coffee in painted blow foam cups. Without handles. And, some cardboard ring around them. No refills. And, the sugar is packed in tiny envelopes.'

'Damn right! People stand in line to get that sugar. Push on your elbow and make you spill half. Ought to make the paper dissolve. Just drop them in, stir, and there you go.'

'Oh forget that! We used to have that. Called them sugar cubes.'

'I didn't like them either. The only right way to sweeten coffee is with pure, granulated white sugar poured in a thick stream from one of them glass jars with the dome shaped tin tops.'

'Yeah, but those days are gone.'

'Yup. Nothing to do now but sit around and talk about the weather.'

Smoking causes cancer but the Big Bang is just a TV show

When you read it in an Australian newspaper, it must be true.

Just don't get all proud about well informed Americans.

The newspaper article is about the ignorance of Americans and the relationship to anti-government feeling, religion, and voting patterns.

FEW Americans question that smoking causes cancer. But they have more scepticism than confidence in global warming, the age of the Earth and evolution and have the most trouble believing a Big Bang created the universe 13.8 billion years ago
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Rather than quizzing scientific knowledge, the survey asked people to rate their confidence in several statements about science and medicine.

On some, there's broad acceptance. Just four per cent doubt that smoking causes cancer, six per cent question whether mental illness is a medical condition that affects the brain and eight per cent are sceptical there's a genetic code inside our cells. More - 15 per cent - have doubts about the safety and efficacy of childhood vaccines.
About 4 in 10 say they are not too confident or outright disbelieve that the Earth is warming, mostly a result of man-made heat-trapping gases, that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old or that life on Earth evolved through a process of natural selection, though most were at least somewhat confident in each of those concepts. But a narrow majority - 51 per cent - questions the Big Bang theory.

What if Aliens from Mars invaded America? Would they use drones to control us? Monitor our cell phones? Wear body armor when patrolling our streets? Cover their eyes with protective glasses? Live in isolated compounds? Move in convoys? Would they look so out of place that we could spot them no matter how hard they tried to camouflage themselves?

So why when we invade another country do we expect to be welcomed?

Stop playing Space Invaders and just cut 'defense' spending to defense levels!

Weather and Global Warming

How warm is it?

The ten hottest years on record, and the records go back 150 years, were all since 1990.

2007 is expected to be the 2nd warmest year on record.

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Conservatives no longer fight about "global warming." The warming has become indisputable fact. But, the evil conservatives dispute the cause.

Ignore them. Mankind can create its destiny just as individuals can make positive changes in complex societies.

Don't argue. Just do what is right.