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Pompano
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Not to worry, Paula....I am but the messenger.
Really just playing Devil's Advocate here....always two sides to every question....
p.s. I love what Samuel Clemens said....It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse-races.
[Edited on 4-14-2006 by Pompano]
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Paula
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That is so true, Pompano, two sides to every question. And in the same way you can support most any side of an argument with a bible verse, you can
usually find a scientist or several to support whatever opinion you might hold.
So who can tell me how a person comes up with a well-informed opinion? On any issue, not just global warming.
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Pompano
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"So who can tell me how a person comes up with a well-informed opinion? On any issue, not just global warming."
Paula, That is the $64,000 question, isn't it? I do know that we usually get 3 forms of education....from our parents, from our schooling, and the
last from the world...The third quite often counteracts all that the others teach us. It is an on-going process it appears...and here I thought I
had retired.
[Edited on 4-14-2006 by Pompano]
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Paula
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"It were not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horseraces."
Yes... and many flavors make a good stew. So in a free society, there will always be differences of opinion. What concerns me here is the quality
of the process that goes into forming an idea more than the end result. To get to the heart of an issue, does one listen to one news source or many?
Do we accept the words of an expert as fact, or do we look at his credentials and motives? Do we listen with open minds to the other side? Do we
assume that our politicians have our best interests at heart, or might we sometimes question them? (that line should get a rise from a fwe people!)
Do we ask our friends when we are unsure and assume that their information is the best because they are our friends? Do we pay attention to our own
intuition? Listen to our hearts? All of the above?
What we believe makes a difference, and we have a responsibility to think critically and clearly. Although we may not all reach the same conclusions,
the steps we all take in getting to where we each get to are important.
That was all about the weather. Really.
[Edited on 4-15-2006 by Paula]
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Pompano
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Paula..I am not young enough to know everything, I have always tried to prepare myself as best I can..helps you get lucky. Nobody short of a deity
knows all the answers to everything...and who would want to? What would be left? I just listen to the voices in my tackle box..and I take what they
say with a grain of salt.
What was the subject again?
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Paula
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Weather. Truth be told, I don't have many answers either.
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Paula
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Pompano, the subject was actually global warming, and I got sidetracked thinking of how some people seem to arrive at their conclusions on this
complex issue. It had to do with some dismissive comments earlier in this thread, and wasn't directed at any one in particular. That said, global
warming isn't a political issue, and it pains me to see it treated as one-- conservatives say its baloney, liberals say scientific fact, and really
none of us know for sure. Maybe some can make a more educated guess. But we'll all be better off for having a civil conversation on the issue.
So, I am sorry for babbling, and for being so far from the point of discussion.
Coffee in Loreto stands a spoon up nicely, but a fork tends to lean a little.
And what DO we all think of global warming?
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It was a little hot in La Paz today. Tecolote was 87? and it was around 104? near Sorianas.
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"It was a little hot in La Paz today. Tecolote was 87? and it was around 104? near Sorianas. "
Now this is what I really like to hear, and see....Its hot enough to make the candles lean.
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