Comments on: Bird’s Eye View of the Southwestern Snirt http://www.wildsnow.com/1923/snow-dirt-dust-skiing/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1923/snow-dirt-dust-skiing/comment-page-1/#comment-16621 Lou Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:07:19 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1923#comment-16621 Good info Brandt. Indeed, the all knowing omniscient politician... how quickly we forget all the messes they've gotten us in! Good info Brandt. Indeed, the all knowing omniscient politician… how quickly we forget all the messes they’ve gotten us in!

]]> By: Brandt Swanke http://www.wildsnow.com/1923/snow-dirt-dust-skiing/comment-page-1/#comment-16620 Brandt Swanke Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:19:49 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1923#comment-16620 I spent most of this past week at an oil & gas industry function in Denver. The honorable Tim Wirth, after castigating the industry for not supporting Waxman Markey (Cap & Trade) in an organized manner, was told that "we" don't necessarily accept the science as being absolute, as he and the Al Gore crowd present it. His response was that the scientific debate is OVER, that there was NO credible dispute. When I hear politicians make these type of statements, regardless of my knowledge of the issue, I smell a rat, and tend to resist the path they are prescribing. I spent most of this past week at an oil & gas industry function in Denver. The honorable Tim Wirth, after castigating the industry for not supporting Waxman Markey (Cap & Trade) in an organized manner, was told that “we” don’t necessarily accept the science as being absolute, as he and the Al Gore crowd present it. His response was that the scientific debate is OVER, that there was NO credible dispute. When I hear politicians make these type of statements, regardless of my knowledge of the issue, I smell a rat, and tend to resist the path they are prescribing.

]]> By: Randonnee http://www.wildsnow.com/1923/snow-dirt-dust-skiing/comment-page-1/#comment-16619 Randonnee Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:06:10 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1923#comment-16619 Mike good points in your post and the blogpost. Science often seems muddled in the popular media and society by politics.Science should be discussed in the mainstream when some "science" driven agendas evolve that affect ordinary citizens. Actually I know quite a few "scientists" in various fields and find some who have the logical basis and maturity to separate politics from science. "Scientists" are human, however, and I have encountered and read commentary from many who maintain less objectivity in regard to scientific issues that become important politically. Some folks can focus and produce brilliant thought about a certain area but lack a broader view in regard to socio-political implications. Agreed, science and politics are separate, therefore when scientific theory is used or misused for the purpose of allocating individual rights and liberty and in the allocating of resources then the science has been left far behind- it has become pure politics. Mike good points in your post and the blogpost. Science often seems muddled in the popular media and society by politics.Science should be discussed in the mainstream when some “science” driven agendas evolve that affect ordinary citizens. Actually I know quite a few “scientists” in various fields and find some who have the logical basis and maturity to separate politics from science. “Scientists” are human, however, and I have encountered and read commentary from many who maintain less objectivity in regard to scientific issues that become important politically. Some folks can focus and produce brilliant thought about a certain area but lack a broader view in regard to socio-political implications. Agreed, science and politics are separate, therefore when scientific theory is used or misused for the purpose of allocating individual rights and liberty and in the allocating of resources then the science has been left far behind- it has become pure politics.

]]> By: Randonnee http://www.wildsnow.com/1923/snow-dirt-dust-skiing/comment-page-1/#comment-16618 Randonnee Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:28:33 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1923#comment-16618 You are welcome. The movie “The Devil’s Brigade” is fairly entertaining as well. It shows the professional and tough Canadian soldiers and the big braggart US volunteer soldiers first brawling then becoming devoted comrades-in-arms accomplishing tough objectives on la Defensa in Italy. You are welcome. The movie “The Devil’s Brigade” is fairly entertaining as well. It shows the professional and tough Canadian soldiers and the big braggart US volunteer soldiers first brawling then becoming devoted comrades-in-arms accomplishing tough objectives on la Defensa in Italy.

]]> By: Slave to Turns http://www.wildsnow.com/1923/snow-dirt-dust-skiing/comment-page-1/#comment-16617 Slave to Turns Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:05:47 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1923#comment-16617 @Randonnee Thanks for the recommendation on Nadler's book-looks entertaining! @Randonnee

Thanks for the recommendation on Nadler’s book-looks entertaining!

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