J.R.'s Take

By J.R.

The recent hurricane, Katrina, that devastated parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, not to mention parts of Florida, is being blamed on President Bush. As evidenced by these recent articles: Lib Bloggers: Katrina Bush's Fault , GERMAN PAPERS:Katrina Should be A Lesson To US on Global Warming and Bush, 'global warming' to blame for hurricane?

The leftist liberals and greenies are out there spewing their ridiculous theories, conjecture and opinion to anyone who will listen. Their message: Global Warming caused Katrina and it's President Bush's fault because he has done nothing to stop Global Warming. Their rhetoric is not based on any scientific data or proof, just theory and conjecture, but that doesn't matter, if they can get a chance to slam the President, it's good enough for them.

First of all, this not the time to be spewing rhetoric during a disaster of possible epic proportions. What they should be doing is finding a way to help the victims of this devastating storm, volunteer for the Red Cross, donate money to an organization that will help the victims. There will be plenty of time to play the blame game later.

Second of all, in a recent article in the N.Y. Times, William Gray, a professor of atmospheric science at Colorado State University who issues forecasts for the hurricane season, states that the recent ferocity of some hurricanes "is very much natural".

The article says in part:

Because hurricanes form over warm ocean water, it is easy to assume that the recent rise in their number and ferocity is because of global warming.

But that is not the case, scientists say.

Instead, the severity of hurricane seasons changes with cycles of temperatures of several decades in the Atlantic Ocean.

Global warming may eventually intensify hurricanes somewhat, though different climate models disagree.

In an article this month in the journal Nature, Kerry A. Emanuel, a hurricane expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrote that global warming might have already had some effect. The total power dissipated by tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic and North Pacific increased 70 to 80 percent in the last 30 years, he wrote.

But even that seemingly large jump is not what has been pushing the hurricanes of the last two years, Dr. Emanuel said, adding, "What we see in the Atlantic is mostly the natural swing.".....

So, even if you buy into the global warming theory, and I don't, then this has been going on for 30 YEARS, according to Dr. Emanuel, a hurricane expert at MIT. So how can the liberal leftists blame President Bush for something that has been going on for decades if that were the case. Futhermore, if Dr. Emanuel is right, then you would have to blame former Presidents Ford, CARTER, Reagan, G.H.W. Bush, and CLINTON too, for not doing enough to stop global warming, if you believe his theory.

In the end, Dr. Emanuel agrees with Professor Gray, "What we see in the Atlantic is mostly the natural swing.".....


So, Let's stop this ridiculous political nonsense of blaming President Bush for a NATURAL disaster, an ACT OF GOD, and get on with helping our fellow American citizens who have been devastated by this catastrophic hurricane.

I know what I am going to be hearing soon via email, etc., "An act of god, J.R.?, How ridiculous !"

No more ridiculous than blaming President Bush for hurricanes, folks.


J.R. is the host of the Talk Show America Show heard M-F 4-5 PM live and 24/7 recorded.

Today I was reading an article entitled, " Guantanamo Inmates Defy American Guards" .  As I read the article I became more convinced than ever that the alledged abuse of Gitmo detainees certainly sounded more like the American Soldiers guarding them were defending themselves against attack.

 

The opening paragraph basically says it all: