StreetScooby

Like the current EPA administration... Hell bent on destroying our industry, and in doing so will accomplish nothing other than a significant reduction in our quality of life. My voter registration shows my party affiliation as None. Neither Democrats nor Republicans represent my values. The constant bickering between the two disgusts me. I can see where those claiming "disaster is certainly coming" are seeking power over our way of life, and taxing us to boot. Think of all the money they'll have, yet you never hear how they'll spend it. It's not clear to me how denying AGW will give you power/money in that context? It's basically impossible to do that today with anyone. Those that say the science is "settled" are wrong, IMO. Too many factors have yet to be determined, and the AGW model predictions aren't panning out. Yes, CO2 is a forcing factor, but there's lot of other ones, also. Having written many nonlinear models in my life, I understand what's involved with large scale systems of nonlinear equations. I'm not buying what their models are predicting. Not at this point in time. By claiming the science is settled, people aren't going to be inclined to produce hypothesis and test them. The last test that came in, CERES, isn't even being discussed by AGW alarmists, other than attacking the author. That does not inspire confidence. We are all engines of karma

The climate folks have an equation that shows CO2 is a forcing factor, and it holds water (no pun intended). Climatologists don't have all the other equations that are needed to properly model the system, but yet that doesn't stop them from making dooms day predictions. The CERES results show their models as currently written are wrong in magnitude, by quite a bit. Worse, these doom day predictions are being used by politicians to advocate "fixes" that won't do anything but give them more money/power and decrease our standard of living without actually accomplishing anything with regards to the climate. That's my biggest complaint with this. We are all engines of karma

I'm not in the debunker camp, though I do see the AGW alarmists as being just that. There's simply no balance in this debate, anymore. Worse, we have an EPA that's hell bent on destroying our industry for no net effect on anything but our standard of living. We are all engines of karma

I understand that CO2 is a forcing factor in the environment, and that it's one of many. It's also well understood by real scientists that they don't understand all the interactions of the various forcing factors, much less have an ability to effectively model them (e.g., CERES results). To treat CO2 stand-alone in that dynamic system is wrong. We are all engines of karma

Who cares what you think? Your inability to contribute anything meaningful in a civilized discussion is well established here. The best you can do is resort to juvenile PAs. Feel free to ignore my posts, as I will yours going forward. We are all engines of karma

More bullets from the article posted above: Couple this with the CERES results showing the Earth is losing much more heat than predicted by AGW models, one can reasonably question what AGW alarmists are saying. We are all engines of karma

My warning?!?! And kallend gets a free pass? How are you defining PAs? We are all engines of karma

My warning???? So kallend gets a free pass? We are all engines of karma

You ASSume people listen to what comes out of that HOLE in your head you think of as your mouth. You revel in that ignorance, and it's the best you can do. We are all engines of karma

Agreed, 100%. We are all engines of karma

vs. 22% increase. Dealing with percentages of percentages can be confusing. Increasing the percentage amount by 0.008% is negligible. Saying it increased by 22% makes it look more scary than it should. We are all engines of karma

From: http://spectator.org/archives/2011/09/19/the-carbon-cults-price-signal/1 Global alarmists want us to believe the Earth's ecosystem is going to collapse because of a 0.008% increase in CO2, fro 0.032% to 0.04%? Seems a bit "chicken little"... As I've stated before, I'm not advocating wanton pollution of the Earth. But, when viewed in the above context, AGW alarmists look ridiculous. We are all engines of karma

SC has gone down hill from when I first came across it. Lots of people no longer post. It's a loss. We are all engines of karma

Topeka KS is fighting a war? Where? We are all engines of karma

Yes, they were doing that with certain types of CDOs and related products. Were the people buying them aware of that? Some were. In simple terms, those products were types of insurance. Sleazy, yes, criminal, I don't think so. We are all engines of karma

Yes, I do try and keep these discussions simple, because most people can't relate to it otherwise. I've been in the industry for 17 years now (secondary market for passthroughs, mainly) , and I do appreciate the complexities. Repealing Glass-Steagall was a mistake, IMO. I hope I haven't sounded like that. There is lots of blame to go around. Yes, I'm aware of this. The SROs were the last firewall in this mess, and they failed miserably because the dealers had them in their pockets. Anyone rating a CDO AAA should have immediately lost their "prudent man" license. I would agree there was willful neglect and failure to meet their fiduciary requirements. These guys were making a market that the government wanted made, bottom line. Otherwise, that market never would have been there. I agree they knew what was going on re: crappy paper, and they were pretty sleazy, but I don't see how someone can claim they're criminally liable. Not to say they weren't, I just haven't heard a valid case for that, in my mind. We are all engines of karma

Ok. You were making it sound like Tea Party mob violence. We are all engines of karma

Uhm, are we talking the same Tea Party? Haven't seen or heard of any behavior like this from Tea Party people. We are all engines of karma

Be careful... I started lifting weights last January and I'm now up to 175 We are all engines of karma

That sounds like a frightening way to make a living. We are all engines of karma

Do that, and Dick Cheney will invade. You know he's got a proven track record on that one. We are all engines of karma

Are you using that in some special legal context? We are all engines of karma

I think Obama, et. al, are doing everything they can to distract from Fast and Furious. Let's hope a real war doesn't break out with Iran. F'ing idiots... We are all engines of karma

LOL... We are all engines of karma

At least I spelled it correctly.... But, only after I looked it up, too We are all engines of karma