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My opinions about Aquatics Business/Hobby, True Conservatism/Conservatives, Google, DCS/DHS, Dishonest Business Practices, Man-Made Global Warming, The Media, Faces of Evil, Recycling, Arrogance of our local and National Leaders and more.
Most of the subjects are based on reading and study and well as real life experiences (my field is aquarium and pond research and information as well as business)

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Global Warming Hoax Exposed; Half Truths, Myths, Manipulated Data, & Socialist Agenda



Man-Made Global Warming Hoax/Myth Exposed for the Fabrication of Facts that it is;
AKA Climate Gate, Exposing the greatest Scientific Hoax in Modern History



Update 10/22/11

The Man-Made Global Warming Crowd is up to their BS again with another "study" that manipulates the data. This time MSNBC is behind this scam with this article:
"Climate study confirms what skeptics scoffed at: global warming is real".

Bluntly both sides of this argument can manipulate the data, but what this Man-Made Global Warming Crowd is doing is to only use urban data then extrapolate this to raw rural data that actually shows cooling.

As well many fewer "reporting stations" are now used to prove their misguided points.
Fewer Temperature Recording Stations are now used for Global Warming Assertions

Finally only data from the Northern Hemisphere is often used, ignoring data in the Southern Hemisphere that shows cooling.

For those who scoff at my assertions, please read this very excellent scientific study that shows how data is assimilated:
The Measurement of Global Temperatures
From my reading of this I get an honest unbiased explanation of how the "numbers" are arrived at, readers can draw their own conclusions (which may well be to believe the Man-Made Global Warming assertions).


I will not go into great detail as there is so much about “ClimateGate” flooding the email that I will simply be repeating information.

First for those who would like to read the transcripts for themselves that go back to March 1996, please click here: Alleged CRU Emails.

I would like to point out several points about what this information brings to life as well as other disputing evidence:

• I constantly have heard/read that the “scientific consensus” is that Man Made Global Warming is True, HOWEVER I should point out that true science is NOT based on consensus, rather controlled tests that put in place many variables along with controls. Science is NOT up for a vote.
Most scientists thought the world was flat a few centuries back, did this make this true?

In my field of endeavor (aquarium/pond keeping), I have spent over 30 years in research that includes controlled tests that proved many popular myths untrue whether it be the “watt per gallon myth for planted or reef aquarium lighting or the many who will make claims about certain medications (such as Erythromycin curing their fish of Columnaris) when controlled tests prove this false. The problem is that in these anecdotal claims many will not consider the many variables (such as water changes and other procedures that equipped the fish to fight the disease better due to improved environment or simply the disease was not the disease that they claimed it was).
My point in getting somewhat off subject is that it is easy to make claims with anecdotal observations or doctored tests and in my industry this is an extreme problem and I suspect that this same problem exists in the Global Warming Myth pusher industry (which in part is made up of socialists that hate American Prosperity or often simply persons with much monetarily to gain from this hoax).

• I have already read/heard many attacks on the whistle blowers. Why is Not OK to blow the whistle here on the Global Warming Hoax Pushers while it is OK to blow the whistle based on lame comments such as it is “the seriousness of the charges” when made by liberal/socialist groups or media. This is totally hypocritical and is also how many DHS/DCS government agencies act with no regard to families that they may destroy.
Also, all of this information was subject to Freedom of Information requests, and they were deleting information that would harm them. They were deleting information and fighting the release.

• These emails also expose bullying of those who disagree with the politically correct mantra of the Global Warming Hoax by scientists who dare argue the so-called facts

• Claims of pier review are disingenuous by those such as Ed Begley Jr as these emails, Al Gore, and others have kept a lid on any real pier review

• One example of manipulating data to attempt prove incorrect theories was the use Yamal trees in Siberia that formed the basis for revising the 2,000-year-old temperature record, the number of trees used were three. The global warming scientists used the rings of THREE trees, and they cherry-picked those three trees to prove what they wanted to be able to prove, and they ignored other trees which did not establish what they were trying to prove. They took three trees. That’s all they could find. Three trees perpetrated a global warming hoax at every university in this country.
(From this post: Climategate: The Global Warming Hoax & Three Siberian Tree Rings… There Is No Global Warming)
Also see: More Yamal tree ring temperature data: this data is flat as roadkill

• It is also noteworthy that the Earth hits its peak temperature at the end of the last millennium and is now cooling.
Sulfur Dioxide is a pollutant that we should be more worried about as this is not only unhealthy to breath, it has been more scientifically proven to cause Global Cooling and many countries such as China dump copious amounts of this pollutant into our atmosphere.
Reference: Volcanoes and Global Cooling

• Man made vs. Natural Causes: While there is no denying global warming, what most miss is the cause and effect of CO2 in that there is always a lag in CO2 from warming and while admittedly the CO2 produced will then warm and produce even more CO2 (via degassing of Oceans), there are other processes that counteract CO2 such as plant photosynthesis (which I can demonstrate on a small scale in an aquarium by artificially adding CO2 at a much higher percentage than is currently in the atmosphere).
Many sites such as Skeptical Science will provide small fragments such as the already discredited tree ring date from Siberia to attempt to prove their points as to “man caused”, while missing the big picture of the normal ebb and flow and more significant causes such as solar activity. Sadly besides the obvious socialist underpinnings of the man made global warming hoax, it is also clear to me (& others) that this is also a case of persons placing way to much significance on our powers and abilities when is reality we are so insignificant in terms of the powers around us on this planet or the universe (whether believe in a Supreme Being or not). This is not to say we should pollute or simply waste, as others who have known me throughout my life no that I have recycled everything (I have had a compost pile for almost 30 years now), however I also realize that while this is important for a clean community/planet and cutting carbon monoxide is important for our health, the Man Made Global Warming Hoax is a far cry from good stewardship of our natural resources, it is simply put a socialist take over of our economy and a way to tax us further into oblivion.
See: Global Warming-Tree Rings

• Glaciers were smaller than today, as the global retreat of glaciers that occurred in the period between about 900 to 1300 speaks for the existence of the Medieval Warm Period. An interesting detail is that many glaciers pulling back since 1850 reveal plant remnants from the Middle Ages, which is a clear proof that the extent of the glaciers at that time was lower than today

• Sadly much of the lies about Global Warming/Climate Change are easily defeated by common sense, unfortunately the media has so many otherwise open minded persons thinking like robots.


See these EXCELLENT Post for further information:

Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of 'Anthropogenic Global Warming'?

UPDATED 12/14/09
This is an excellent post as well (including the discussion):
Scientists begin to pipe up about Climategate

Or my previous posts on this subject (admittedly basic):
*Solar Activity-Global Warming
*The Man-Made Global Warming Farce
*Global Warming Part 3
*Global Warming Is Greatest Hoax Ever

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Monday, November 09, 2009

US Cellular Poor Customer Service, Cell Phone Industry

US Cellular, Cell Phone Industry;
Customer Service, Reliability, More


Updated 6-1-11

The Cell Phone Industry is a strange industry in terms of what they “get away with” and this is not just my opinion, but one I have heard expressed by Leo Laporte (“The Tech Guy”). Customer service is often poor (as with Cable TV/Internet companies such as Charter), charges for services rendered are often of poor value (especially for the use of “apps”), and even though the technology for phones such as the iPhone or Blackberry is impressive, simple uses of the cell phone for simply making and retaining a voice phone call is really no better than it was a decade ago with many providers (for which it is still a phone IMO).

In my part of the world (the Pacific Northwest), US Cellular really takes the cake as far as poor quality, dishonesty and terrible customer service, and again this is not just my opinion, but that of many friends, business associates, and consumer web sites (see below for references).

What is especially sad/disgusting is that US Cellular has run ads about their so-called great customer service comparing the training their reps receive to that of an airplane pilot.
Well as a pilot I am insulted as this (US Cellular Customer service) would more compare to a pilot with VFR only flight ability that takes off into IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) and then losses control of the aircraft and crashes.

I have had nothing but dropped calls during my business trips or even while in local areas, as well all of these dropped calls happened within their so-called coverage map areas (usually major interstates, etc, major cities, etc.). Worse yet my phones have lost all ability to send or receive calls until I move to a totally different area of towers (even within US Cellular covered areas).
Sadly when I call customer service I got the run-around and even lies such as claiming they have no control of the phone in areas outside of US Cellular coverage areas.
This is a bold faced lie on two points;
(1) I was within the US Cellular area when it happened the last time and a tech person who stated they would call me back (on my wife’s phone) never kept his promise, which is typical.
(2) In areas outside US Cellular, they claim that “they only provide for no roaming charges, not coverage guarantees”. If this is true (which maybe in fine print it may well be so), STOP showing coverage maps that imply your phone will work in these areas, this is blatant deception.
Funny part of this I am now on Verizon and these problems no longer exist in the exact same areas where US Cellular was roaming on Verizon towers (not that their coverage is perfect either though).

I (& my wife) have also had rude treatment at their customer service centers.
In other instances I have had apps such as “IQ Test” added to our phone on a permanent basis without authorization and when I called about this they made claims that we did add this via MySpace or similar (I am not on MySpace), they also stated that customers “enjoyed” this service. My answers is what service, this fee provided NOTHING but a higher bill each month. It took multiple calls to finally get this removed.

With two of our US Cellular phones both me and my wife purchased (the same model kyocera), we had issues with from day one which after a couple months both of us brought them in for repair/replacement; US Cellular had the audacity to charge us $50 claiming we broke them which could not be further from the truth (especially since these problems were prevalent from the start). Later I found that this particular model was considered a lemon and pulled from US Cellular, but did we get a refund for fees charged to repair a defective phone? Of coarse not!!

I could go on, but I think I made my point, maybe calls to your congressman to make contracts much easier to get/opt out of will stop the terrible behavior that Cell Phone companies get away with that others business could never do. I only put up with this due to the costs and hassles in changing Cell Phone companies (which many others I know can vouch for this reason for not switching). Thankfully laws were changed that allowed portability of cell phone numbers, to which I salute the person that brought forth this law.

I think making it easier switching of providers, or breaking of monopolies, such as with the Cable industries, electric providers (Pacific Power has terrible customer service and dishonest charges), etc. can go a long ways in aiding the consumer in fighting these companies and provide the true “Conservative/Honest” side of capitalism instead of what is provided now.


REFERENCES
* http://www.consumeraffairs.com/cell_phones/us_cellular.html

* http://www.itbusinessedge.com/topics/reader.aspx?oss=70203
* http://www.cellular-news.com/story/34723.php

*http://www.cellular-news.com/tags/us-cellular

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