We have been told alot during the last election cycle. However hardly the truth. ;-> But then again, "politicians" and "truth" ==> 2 worlds collide Michael On Fri, 6 May 2005 15:04:06 -0500, Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Well, there's that explanation, of course. > >But what really confused me is that we have been told that pollution is the >cause of global warming. > >We have also been told that tax cuts decrease revenue to the government. > >Finally, we have also been told during the last election cycle that the US >was losing jobs at an appalling rate. (Actually, we were told that tax >cuts were causing job losses and that not signing Kyoto would increase >pollution.) > >Denys > >-----Original Message----- >From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 2:52 PM >To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Friday humor (or boy, am I confused now.) > >Denys writes: > >> http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050502/full/050502-8.html >> >> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2005/05/04/AR2005050402 >> 134.html > >I suspect your confusion is due to the fact that one story is about the >changing transmissivity of light through the Earth's atmosphere and the >other is >that tax receipts are likely to exceed expectations. The two stories are >just >hard to mesh into one comprehensive worldview, so your confusion is somewhat > >natural and to be expected. > >Wirt Atmar > >* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *