[Vision2020] Dodging Important Questions

[Ted Moffett]

Kai is dodging the discussion of important questions once again, using
laughable amateur armchair psychoanalysis in the process.  What a howl!
Thanks for the humor...

I don't require your photos to enjoy the beauty of nature... You are
absolutely clueless regarding this aspect of my life.  But thanks anyway.
They are nice photos.

Asking a Moscow City Council member if they continue to engage in
misinformed obscurantism (my view of Carscallen's past comments on
Vision2020 regarding this issue) regarding human impacts on climate, one of
the most critical issues humanity is facing, and certainly an issue that can
be addressed by local government, is an important question.

Dodging questions is a very important skill, for editors who must protect
their reputation, given the political slant of readership and supporters,
and for politicians, as we all know.

Ted Moffett


On 8/19/08, Kai Eiselein, Editor <editor at lataheagle.com> wrote:
>
>  Good thing you weren't betting in Vegas, Ted.
> Now, breathe... in-out, in-out....quit obsessing for a moment and take a
> little time to enjoy the beauty around you.
> Here something to get you started:
>
>
>
>
>
>  *From:* Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 18, 2008 7:55 PM
> *To:* Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com>
> *Cc:* vision2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Weather advisory
>
>
>  Consider this radar image regarding the impending storms:
>
>
> http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=otx&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no
>
> Odds are, nothing significant will hit Moscow, and the major impacts will
> only hit a very small segment of the area this radar image covers; but
> National Weather Service must issue a warning, as they should.
>
> But I can't help but wonder, given Dan Carscallen trusts NOAA enough to
> think these local weather warnings are reliable, has he now changed his mind
> on anthropogenic global warming, given NOAA also issues "warnings" on this
> threat?  Or does Carscallen continue to adopt the skeptics view of
> anthropogenic climate change?  I have not forgotten Mr. Carscallen's
> dismissal of the science behind the problem of anthropogenic global
> warming.  I can reference the Vision2020 posts authored by
> Carscallen expressing this dismissal...
>
> Also, I can't help but wonder, how could the Moscow City Council, of which
> Mr. Carscallen is a member, enter into a legal agreement to sell water
> across state lines, without a thorough understanding of the legal
> complexities involved?  At this date, about six months after the Moscow City
> Council agreement to sell water across state lines to the Hawkins
> development in Whitman County, according to a recent article in the
> Moscow/Pullman Daily news, the legal issues are still in doubt...
>
> I am well aware I am posting on two issues that may seem unrelated.
> But they both relate to Dan Carscallen's views on environmental issues,
> anthropogenic climate change (an issue everyone on this planet should be
> working to address with local action), and local water resources; the wise
> or unwise allocation of this precious resource.
>
> Most politicians are not climate scientists or lawyers who specialist in
> water resource law...
>
> Plato might have been correct, that Democracy is flawed, that society
> should be run by committees of experts, who really know what they are
> talking about, rather than by politicians with questionable expertise,
> elected by a public of questionable wisdom... Or do I misunderstand Plato's
> "Republic?"
>
> Probably...
>
> Ted Moffett
>
> On 8/18/08, Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com> wrote:
>>
>> Vizzz peeps, this just came over the wire.  Thought I'd share.
>>
>> Batten down the hatches!
>>
>>
>>
>> BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
>> SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 839
>> NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
>> 405 PM PDT MON AUG 18 2008
>>
>> SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 839 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM PDT
>> FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
>> ID
>> IDAHO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
>>
>> BENEWAH BONNER BOUNDARY
>> KOOTENAI LATAH LEWIS
>> NEZ PERCE
>> ATTN..WFO...OTX...PDT...
>>
>>
>>
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