Global Warming Is a Cause of This Year’s Extreme Weather

Zimmerman's discussion of Aztalan in his book in part follows what Zimmerman calls the "darker" side of Aztalan, including its cannibalism and religious practices, and the instantaneous disappearance of its thriving population. Zimmerman's writing also seeks to make connections between Aztalan's existence with that of the Minoan civilization from Ancient Greece and Zoroastrian culture of the Middle East. All three peoples had similar beliefs, worshipped fire (one of Aztalan's mounds is believed to have been the abode of an "eternal" flame) and practiced human sacrifice and cannibalism.

Zimmerman noted all of these "obscure (historical) connections," which ultimately inspired him to take the connections and formulate them into an adventurous plot. Writing his book took roughly two years.

The book's chapters are titled after the sixty-six books of the Bible, and the plot progresses as Davis reads through each chapter of the Bible, opening the Bible for the first time in chapter one of The Epoch Point. Each chapter follows a "flashback" style in structure, in which the book's characters experience revelations of historical events and experiences from 4000 B.C. to the present, which allow them to observe how those events contributed to the global conspiracy they are presently confronting. Zimmerman states that the book's events begin on New Year's Eve of 2000, and end on Christmas of 2006.

While writing novels remains at present a hobby for Zimmerman, he already has ideas for a second novel that he anticipates will follow a more scientific fiction path. The Epoch Point is currently available through Amazon.com, and Zimmerman is hoping to get copies of the book into some of Lake Mills's downtown novelty shops.
-Emily Ann Paape "The Lake Mills Leader"

We need to clean up the environment but how do you control the escalating pollution in China, India, and Africa?

What happened to the Global Freezing scare in the 1970's and 80's when these same "scientists" were telling the world that we were all going to be encrusted in ice. I think this is all about creating a panic that puts more money in Al Gore's pockets. There is no better way to establish government dominance than legislation through the hysterics of enviromentalism.

--The earth has often been hotter than it is now.

--Only a tiny portion of greenhouse gases are man-made.

--Most of Antartica is getting colder.

--The media only recently abandoned the "global cooling scare".

--"Global warming" has not made hurrucanes worse.

RE: "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global warming and Enviromentalism" by Christopher C. Horner, Regnery publishing, Washington, DC.

EXCELLENT OBSERVATIONS MR. TREADGOLD! Thank you.

EXCELLENT!

"This pretense has worn thin." With this comment you signal your abandonment of science. Your commentary could only be saved by following that with a factual reference. Unfortunately, it is not provided. The facts are that there has been no increase in either frequency or strength of hurricanes during or since the 20th century, nor an increase in droughts. When you say "it's been easier to connect global warming to rising temperatures" how do we avoid astonishment???for what else is global warming but rising temperatures?

You mention "attribution studies"; graphs from climate models show that the distinctive, tropical, lower atmospheric warming predicted for anthropogenic forcing has not occurred, which means greenhouse gases are definitely off the hook. You assert global warming has shifted the jet stream without saying how; it would be interesting to hear your explanation of that. It is not true that higher temperatures will lead to stronger storms; the opposite is true, since wind speed is a function of the temperature difference between the equator and the poles, which reduces with warming, since the poles warm faster.

You claim sea temperatures are rising; the fact is they have fallen slightly since 2001.

Finally, the dire predictions you repeat here are based solely on computer models which remain unverified. They are guesses, not evidence of any kind.

Your article conspires with similar alarmist burblings to drive us, in contradiction of good science, to our ruin.

Richard Treadgold, Convenor, Climate Conversation Group.

"This pretense has worn thin." With this comment you signal your abandonment of science. Your commentary could only be saved by following that with a factual reference. Unfortunately, it is not provided. The facts are that there has been no increase in either frequency or strength of hurricanes during or since the 20th century, nor an increase in droughts. When you say "it's been easier to connect global warming to rising temperatures" how do we avoid astonishment???for what else is global warming but rising temperatures?

You mention "attribution studies"; graphs from climate models show that the distinctive tropical, lower atmospheric warming predicted for anthropogenic forcing has not occurred, so greenhouse gases are definitely off the hook. You assert global warming has shifted the jetstream without saying how; it would be interesting to hear your explanation of that. It is not true that higher temperatures will lead to stronger storms; the opposite is true, since wind speed is a function of the temperature difference between the equator and the poles, which reduces with warming, since the poles warm faster.

You claim sea temperatures are rising; the facts are they have fallen slightly since 2001.

Finally, the dire predictions you repeat here are based solely on computer models which remain unverified. They are guesses, not evidence.

Richard Treadgold, Convenor, Climate Conversation Group.

Yeah,blame global warming on man. The cause is ice caps are melting,duh.

So, seems like the science can explain all kinds of bad weather with global warming. Can they predict something? That's what science is for. I remember Gore was predicting more Katrinas coming in 2006, 2007, 2008... what happened?

So, seems like the science can explain all kinds of bad weather with global warming. Can they predict something? That's what science is for. I remember Gore was predicting more Katrinas coming in 2006, 2007, 2008... what happened?

So, hmm, since you know the causes of events - can you predict something? Like Gore has been predicting Katrina-like hurricanes for a couple of years now... can you?

So, hmm, since you know the causes of events - can you predict something? Like Gore has been predicting Katrina-like hurricanes for a couple of years now... can you?

To: Isis Skye
Fm: burbank
Madam, here is the information you requested: http://www.middlebury.net/op-ed/global-warming-o1.html

This is proably one of the most comprehensive essays refuting the myth of global warming I have found. It should explain things quite nicely for you. Good luck with your research.

I am so happy that most here are skeptical of the left wing propaganda. You hear so many lies on the leftist news programs that it sometimes get discouraged that everyone has drunk the Cool Aid. If you want real doom and gloom, consider that the liberals now concrol congress, most colleges, most high schools, most grade schools most courts and may, this January, control the white house as well. I actually had a liberal friend of mine tell me that McCain should lie more. That speaks volumes about the typical liberal mind set.

Don't get me wrong, there are liberal true believers that walk the walk as well as talk the talk. They have been duped by their leaders since they march in lock step with the party line. But the upper eschelons know the real truth. Why else would A Gore pollute like a mad man? Why else would all these 'do gooders' fly around in private jefs, injecting CO2 directly into the jet stream? The republicans could so easily slam dunk this but appears that most, if not all have a yellow streak a mile wide down their backs. It's so nonsensical that a conservative like Ron Reagan said exactly what he was going to do, was quite open about it and ended up being one of the most successful and beloved presidents of our time yet most republicans, instead of learning from that, don't want to rock the boat and lean on polls that are almost always skewed to the left. At least McCain was smart enough to make a hard right. Whether he is sincere or not is another story.

i predict that if Obama wins, they will enact some draconian green policy to redistribute wealth, then declare the problem solved by briing out the real facts about the environment that they should be quoting now. Of course if they did that, they'd risk loosing the base that they so artfully duped.

2008 HEADLINES:
Aspen opens for late spring skiing;6-11-08
Hikers caught in SUMMER SNOWSTORM on Washington's Rainier(6-10-08)
Driessen: Climate-change politics about power;by PAUL DRIESSEN;5-6-08
West's snowy winter eases drought;4-23-08
Plentiful snowfall prompts ski centers to extend season;ASPEN;3-30-08
3-22-08;CHICAGO SNOW;HAPPY EASTER
GLOBAL WARMING: FEAR MONGERING AT BEST.;by Tim Ball;3-3-08
Record-setting system buries Columbus, then hits areas east;3-9-08
Blizzard warning in Ohio; foot of snow in Arkansas;3-8-08
Global Warming? New Data Shows Ice Is Back;2-19-08
Icy storm hinders travel:2008;
Bitter cold spreads into Northeast;2008;
Snowstorm grounds flights, snarls traffic;2-7-2008;
China battles 'coldest winter in 100 years'(2008);
Winter blast for the South(1-19-08);
Winter storms on both sides of country make for miserable travel(2008);
Central U.S. gets deadly winter wallop; Texas;1-31-08;
Freeze ices Midwest, Northeast:West;Fourth storm approaches;1-30-08;
Calif. is straining under nearly a week of snow and rain;Jan. 26, 2008;
Climate change and hurricanes stir debate among weather experts at meeting in New Orleans;JAN.2008;
Freeze after snow in South, Gulf Coast[1-20-08];
New England gets still more snow;Jan. 14, 2008;Commuting nightmare in N.H., around Boston; hundreds of schools closed:
California braces for powerful storm; 85-mph winds and heavy snow;
Heavy snow blasts eastern Europe;Jan. 3, 2008;Bitterly cold winter storm;
Global Warming Hysteria;BY Walter E. Williams;9-27-07;

....and if there is still any doubt;
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/global_warming_or_cooling/2008/02/19/73798.html

Yes, the debate is over:
Naturally occurring Climate Change=26+ (and still counting);
The Man-made Global warming/Climate change Pseudo-science of Al Gore and his minions=0 (he does get a technical ???1??? for his movie and propaganda machine);

I guess Ms. Begley bought a set of the "Emperor's New Clothes" from Mr. Gore.