Article

2006-03-23 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Flowers bloom 6 days early - We're all DOOMED!

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2006-03-23 13:10|| || Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And why is a longer growing season a problem, exactly?

Man, you don't get it! It's like, you know, a longer growing season means, you know, a shorter non-growing season, and that means the polar icecap is, totally, you know, melting and my English professor says that, you know, we're all doomed because Bush didn't sign Kyoto. Dude, more ice, less food.

Posted by Dreadnought 2006-03-23 14:01|| 2006-03-23 14:01|| Front Page Top

#2 When reality imitates art......

Is this article a "lost" chapter of "State of Fear"?

Posted by no mo uro 2006-03-23 14:04|| 2006-03-23 14:04|| Front Page Top

#3 The last three falls I've planted bulbs in the 20 square feet alloted to my condo. The first year, they came up, didn't do much, and died. The second year, nothing came up. This year they came up, got a few inches high, and we got five inches of snow.

Global warming? Yeah. Right.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-03-23 14:18|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-03-23 14:18|| Front Page Top

#4 It's my understanding that American Robins do migrate: from Canada to Ohio and New York State, from New York to Pennsylvania, Penn to Virginia, etc. Northern Cardinals stay put though, like Blue Jays. And is the honeysuckle they are referring to one of the many native species, or Chinese bush honeysuckle and Japanese honeysuckle vine? 'Cause the Asian species leaf out much earlier than the natives, and hold onto their leaves longer -- that's one reason why they're so horribly invasive. Lots of ignorance revealed in the article; these people fall under the Passover heading of "those too ignorant even to know what questions to ask."

In my humble opinion, of course.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-03-23 14:26|| 2006-03-23 14:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh, and clearly this press release was drawn up before the current snowstorms across the Eastern US, which chilled all those overheated blooms and bird couples.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-03-23 14:29|| 2006-03-23 14:29|| Front Page Top

#6 I blame the Nematodes of Doom!

And Bush, of course.

Posted by Snuper Thramp5041 2006-03-23 14:39|| 2006-03-23 14:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Cool graphic.

Thanks, Fred! :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-03-23 15:20|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-03-23 15:20|| Front Page Top

#8 This is one of the reasons why I am working with my colleagues to implement a National Phenology Network.

Is there an r left out of Phenology?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-03-23 15:24|| 2006-03-23 15:24|| Front Page Top

#9 We're all gonna drown, D *** you, as the BBC, etal. has a study arguing that global warming will raise sea levels by 3 feet; while Reuters quotes a SCIENCE arty whose author-scientist says 20 feet. Ergo the Enviro-nuts and Libbies want us all to go back to ancient/archaic times so that all mankind can achieve Utopian Equalism by being properly and equally roasted when the Sun goes, SSSSSSSHHHHHH, NOVA, or PLanet X = Earth/Sun's Dead Twin flys by after 2009??? All mankind - including post-Holocaust Amerikkk's surviving 100Milyuhn or less, prob less, Male Brutes - can and will be saved iff only mankind will put its hopes in OWG and the Motherly rockets of Russia-China - you know, the ones that keep blowing up.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-03-23 22:28|| 2006-03-23 22:28|| Front Page Top

#10 Joe reduces the difficult science of scamming government grants and pushing irrational fear mongering to the simple bottom line of logical reasoning and dope slaps. :) Thanks for the clarification JM

Posted by Inspector Clueso 2006-03-23 23:12|| 2006-03-23 23:12|| Front Page Top

00:05 JosephMendiola
23:55 Zhang Fei
23:53 Snuper Thramp5041
23:52 Snuper Thramp5041
23:49 JosephMendiola
23:47 JosephMendiola
23:44 Snuper Thramp5041
23:37 Phil
23:32 Snuper Thramp5041
23:31 trailing wife
23:31 Snuper Thramp5041
23:29 Snuper Thramp5041
23:27 Frank G
23:22 Frank G
23:17 Phil
23:17 Frank G
23:14 Snuper Thramp5041
23:13 Frank G
23:12 Inspector Clueso
23:11 Frank G
23:10 ed
23:07 JosephMendiola
23:04 Snuper Thramp5041
22:59 JosephMendiola