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GliderGuider

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18. Especially when we don't even take ourselves seriously
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 11:11 PM
Jul 2012

Some of us anyway...

IMO most problems in the world are caused by people who take themselves Seriously. Makes me want to poke their balloons with whatever pin is handy.

And you'll be singing a different tune about primitivists when you're living in a mud hut trying to live on meals of grass and sticks...

This message was self-deleted by its author XemaSab Jul 2012 #1
Do you ever understand anything you "read"? kristopher Jul 2012 #2
WE'RE SCREWED XemaSab Jul 2012 #4
Thanks Kris--great articles! diane in sf Jul 2012 #3
Part one starts off with misinformation. joshcryer Jul 2012 #5
Ya gotta wonder why this is happening, then: GliderGuider Jul 2012 #6
There's a lot of ignorance and misinformation in that post GG kristopher Jul 2012 #8
So what you're saying seems to be GliderGuider Jul 2012 #9
Is that what you believe? kristopher Jul 2012 #10
You're reduced to reading my tea leaves. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #11
That too lacks accuracy kristopher Jul 2012 #12
"The immediate economic agent crippling nuclear is natural gas" XemaSab Jul 2012 #13
Well, that gives wind ten years to close the gap, n'est-ce pas? nt GliderGuider Jul 2012 #15
One thing I've never figured out GliderGuider Jul 2012 #14
You have a point. joshcryer Jul 2012 #17
Especially when we don't even take ourselves seriously GliderGuider Jul 2012 #18
The invisible hand, indeed. Tata Group is growing out coal production. joshcryer Jul 2012 #16
Damn, they're planning on quintupling coal-generated electricity in the next 8 years! NickB79 Jul 2012 #19
You shut your mouth XemaSab Jul 2012 #20
Yep, OP is Orwellian double speak. joshcryer Jul 2012 #21
coal is on a surge worldwide backwoodsbob Jul 2012 #7
Yep, and the coal we don't burn we're shipping overseas. joshcryer Jul 2012 #22
Good to hear from Carl Pope--eom Kolesar Jul 2012 #23
One might read your post as sarcasm. hunter Jul 2012 #24
Go outside and get some fresh air...eom Kolesar Jul 2012 #25
Mmmm, 400-ppm-of-CO2-and-rising-rapidly fresh air, nice NickB79 Jul 2012 #26
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