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	Climatologist Fired for Exposing Warming Myths

bferman

5-27-2007 10:47 AM

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climate change, global warming, science, politics, myth

bferman says:

Why am I not surprised by this?

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5-27-2007 10:57 AM

bjluv

And all the scream on global warming is all marketing strategies afterall...there isn't nothing like Global Warming! These folks just make millions of dollars on this kind of issue...

5-27-2007 11:18 PM

The REAL Napster

It's called funding. You either cowtail or you lose your funding.

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