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[quote user="TokyoTom"] [...] Sure, "a whole lot of both conscious and unconscious effort has gone into establishing and maintaining ... [AGW] ... as a primary political issue of our time". And sure, some are engaged on this effort in order to further institutionalize political authority...
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[quote user="TokyoTom"] hjmaiere : "anthropogenic global warming is a manufactured issue, selected specifically for its ability to slough off `libertarian approaches.`" While I respect your suspicions (as I have repeatedly acknowledged, unfortunately with a big government politics...
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[quote user="Jon Irenicus"] Whether or not global warming is a fact of the matter, Austrians should be discussing libertarian approaches to it, so that should the evidence ultimately be found in favour of GW, we have a ready response to silence those who'd rather use the heavy hand of coercion...
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[quote user="TokyoTom"] hjmaiere, will you be responding to my last post? [/quote] As far as I can tell, you have fairly restated most of my thesis, but I seem to have failed to fully communicate its implications. For now I will only re-emphasize that although specific people benefit from specific...
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[quote user="TokyoTom"] Look, I`m strongly opposed to the war, too. But those who started it and are burning through ferocious sums off-budget are the same ones who turned K street into a pork orgy feast while distracting us with loud claims that we need to be really, REALLY afraid of Islamofascists...
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Some minor points. I'll let everything else stand. [quote user="TokyoTom"] [...] Those most interested in stopping the war obviously aren't in power. [...] [/quote] Yet those who would put together an inter-governmental panel on climate change are. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars consume...