Letter to the Editor: Watch what folks do, not what they say

Dear Editor,

Darrin Lindsey . . . . I get it . . . you're a follower . . . a believer . . . you trust in those you choose to follow. I get it. You question nothing they say. You believe all that is laid before you. It's science after all!! There are many who follow that path. Honestly, I just can't . . . I can't.

Someone says that "It's the hottest summer on record!!!" . . . yet ignore that it was considerably warmer during the Roman and Egyptian expansions. The Norsemen discovered "Greenland" during their explorations . . . yet today that region is covered in ice. You easily dismissed in your mind the wines of Scotland because . . . "scientists, from all corners of the earth" . . .!!! No questions. No "Ya but . . .?"

In the fall of 2009, just prior to the IPCC conference, the computer system of the East Anglican University was hacked (suspicions were laid at the feet of the Russians since the data harvested were found on Russian TOR servers). I downloaded it and explored what was there . . . emails between "scientists" making sure that opposite views weren't published in scientific journals, Mann's Fortran program that he used to generate the infamous "Hockey Stick" showing a temperature rise - you could see the lines of code where he simply inserted various multiplying constants. And much more . . . much more. It was a very graphic display that much of the "science" wasn't . . . well . . . science.

Yet, folks like you can ignore this and simply stick to the phrase "but scientists say!!!"

How about our own climate champion AlGore??? According to his writings of the late 90s and early 2000s New York City, Miami as well as many coastal towns should be 20 feet under water. And yet, water is NOT halfway up the Statue of Liberty. In fact, the water level is little change from its installation in the late 1800s. Don't believe anyone - just look at photos from the late 1800s to today. Simply use your own eyes. Hummmm . . . how can that be?? Folks confidently say that with the melting polar icecap the polar bears and caribou are dying . . . yet the ice cap has set records for size in recent years, the bear's population has rising from around 10,000 in 1950 to nearly 40,000 today while the caribou herd numbers over 200,000. Hummmm . . .

Then there is just the personal decisions "knowledgeable" folks are making with the "sure knowledge" that it's getting hotter than been in human history and the oceans are arisin' . . . Obama is building a 30 MILLION dollar home ON THE SHORE of the Pacific Ocean. He purchased a 12 MILLION dollar home on Martha's Vinyard. One is actually

a sea level and the other is about 20-ish feet above sea level. A strange investment for property soon to be underwater - wouldn't you say?

As for your short riff on planetary history . . . EXACTLY . . . the PLANET changes. As does the planet's climate. Our only response can be to change with it. Eliminating fossil fuel use, using wind and solar, and rutting in millions of acres of earth for enough lithium to build essentially disposable batteries - will do nothing to change the long-term climate direction of the earth. BTW - seems "scientists" have defined "climate change" as a 30-year chunk of time. Really?? Just 30 years??? Then what about the 74-MILLION-year chunk of time the earth was entirely covered by ice??

Of course, you're covered by the "61 hearings" . . . yep, got it.

As for the whole cancer/politics thing . . . not even sure how that fits but I do have some experience with such occurrences. 40 years ago, I was sitting in a waiting room waiting for my wife to come out of surgery for "herniated ovaries" . . . it should have taken a short time. I was still waiting after a couple of hours. The Doc comes in and says something like "I'm sorry Mr. Keller, your wife has cancer and it's so wrapped around her nerves and veins I can't remove it. I'm going to explore some more and I'll get back to you . . . " as he turned and walked away. The science, the continual questioning, challenging, and trying various therapies allow me to sleep next to my wife every night even to this day - and NOT refusing to question and challenge what is "known".

20 years later I call her on the phone . . . "How'd it go???" she asked. "It's not what we wanted . . . I have cancer." And so started my journey. Yet, again, because of SCIENCE . . . here I am.

In both cases, we made decisions on parts of our treatments. We chose the path presented by the doctors based on our research, and my wife's knowledge as a pharmacist. Not just in blind faith - based on political beliefs??? Really, that's what you took away from my piece?? SMH . . .

My suggestion to you is to watch what folks DO . . . not what they say. Is Obama building on high ground? Is Al Gore grounding his aircraft and reducing his carbon footprint? Are office buildings moving from Manhattan to central Nebraska? If not . . . why not???

Peace Darrin -

Sincerely,

Bill Keller

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DL August 11, 2022, 2:05 pm Keller, No, you don't get it. I'm definitely not a follower, and I don't like change. But, just because I don't like it, doesn't mean that I don't understand how necessary it is. There aren't any groups of people that have my political loyalty. I don't let any hearsay dictate my opinion of anyone. I let the individual prove their selves through their own words or actions.

This letter of yours has a lot of words in it, and yet still none of your data on how similar the last 50 years have been to so many other 50 year periods, of our planet. Let alone, your obvious lack of understanding the difference between climate and weather.

World data has recorded the sea level rise to be just a little over an inch per decade. Although, it shows an increased acceleration since the year 2000. Do you really want to claim that if this change isn't visible to the human eye, that it's not happening? At this rate, a house on Martha's Vineyard, that's currently 10" above sea level, will be in jeopardy in 100 years. You obviously don't care about what the earth is going to be like for your descendants, so why are you so concerned about a dark skin man's home, 60-75 years after he dies? As for the Statue of Liberty. Do you really believe that you can constructively determine an 8-9" difference in water level, by comparing photos that were taken 100 years apart? Especially, with the ease of photo manipulation today.

To me, it appears that it's you that has an issue with things that you don't like. And, you'll believe what anyone says, as long as it goes along with what you want them to say.

p.s. I'm anxiously awaiting all of the conspiracy theories about the administration of the search warrant at Mar-A-Lago.

RB August 11, 2022, 2:07 pm Perfect advice for any Trump follower!

JS August 11, 2022, 4:23 pm Why was Trump's lawyer - on site - had to stand 10 feet away from a officer holding the search warrent? No one's eyesight is that good. Why did the FBI plan this raid when they knew Trump would be in New York? Why did they spend so much time in Mrs. Trump's closet? Were her underthings so interesting? Was the safe specifically listed on the search warrant? A safe cracker on scene with the FBI. This type of harassment may backfire on DOJ and FBI and in the end Pres. Biden. This is a serious matter and the people need to know the whole story. One more question why 85.000 new IRS agents? Why specify the applicants must be qualified to process firearms and be able to use deadly force? Are the taxpayers they are after that dangerous? Geez - this does not pass the smell test.
Blessings

DL August 11, 2022, 6:15 pm Stiegelmeyer, how do you have all of this "information?" Did you witness all of that happening? Have you seen the search warrant? Have you seen the list of items that were taken? Did all of that come out of Trump's mouth? The cult leader/mob boss, that made up the "fraudulent" election. The dude that said Mexico would pay for a fictitious wall. Will you ever come to grips with the fact that he cannot tell the truth about anything? He pleaded the 5th over 140 times, recently. Hillary Clinton sat in front of a Congressional execution squad, for 11 hours, without pleading the 5th one time.

JS August 11, 2022, 10:03 pm It's been on the news channels as well as radio. You are so ill-informed. Don't be so knukleheaded as to believe that the only good news source is CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC. They have an agenda and there is no way they will stray from it. Donald Trump as any citizen has the Constitutional right to not testify against himself. They have their guns and knives out to get him as has gone on since 1916. If he is guilty let have a fair hearing with a jury of his pears as is guaranteed by our Constitution. Hillary did the "I do not recall" hundreds of times = same thing.

BK August 12, 2022, 12:12 am Darrin . . . I suspect that Himmler would have been quite proud of Wray and his raid on Trumps property. Its virtually assured Trump's reelection should he choose to run.

TF August 14, 2022, 10:24 pm Valerie,

I'm just curious. What are your criteria for accepting and then publishing submitted letters to the editor? I know you have posted guidelines, but what are the criteria? Again, just curious. Thanks!

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