GTWT

The two examples you gave are perfect. As an intelligent individual you made a judgement based on common sense & fairness - not ideology. That's what we should all do.

There's hope for you yet. I would like to ask why you see those two issues as 'libreral'. Not engaging in distracting behaviors while driving is just common sense. Setting the innocent free is just fair.

90 makes the word 'liberal' sound like a dirty word. Intelligent people let the issues dictate their position not their ideology. 90 is there one 'liberal' position you agree with? I didn't think so....

I hope you're right. There are fans on every board that "point and laugh". They show their ignorance. We have a few fans like that on the GMG board.

Despite the ravings of '90 & his ilk RV has done more for athletics at UNT than anyone in history. A great new stadium. A great athletics complex. Good hires (for the most part). A move up in conference affiliation. Better academic performance from our athletes. Some people will b**** about anything.

Let me help: 1. Climate change ain't happening. 2. If climate change is happening, it ain't man's fault. 3. Even if climate change is happening, and it is man's fault, it will actually be good for those 30 historical sites because...., well, just because.

I like it. If a kid is academically marginal he should have to spend the 1st year focusing on classes.

The same site ranks Texas 7th in terms of migrants & last in HS education. I'm sure immigration contributes but still we do a lousy job of educating the people we're supposed to educate.

If this posted twice I'm ashamed of that too.

I'm proud to be a Texan. But this - http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/state-of-metropolitan-america-indicator-map#/?subject=4&ind=27&dist=1_0&data=Percent&year=2010&geo=state&zoom=0&x=0&y=0 is something Texans should be ashamed of.

A long time ago, when I was young, it was 17 rounds. Oh, concerning the number of players signed by the NFL from WT this year - 7 - that ain't bad for a Div II school. WT has played good football for a number of years now. When I can't go to Denton on Saturdays I watch WT. They're a lot of fun. Fans are more civilized too.

I understand MT has one of the nation's top programs in long-haul trucking. Fine university.

Do you really want our rivalries to be with Sun Belt teams? I would rather have Rice, Southern Miss, or even UTSA as rivals. Rivals are, in one sense, equals. Ark State & ULL are not our equals. Damn. That sounded arrogant.

No more Sun Belt. We left the Belt behind for a reason. Let's not turn cUSA into the new reincarnated SBC. It was a mistake to include FAU, FIU, MTSU, & WKY, let's not compound that mistake. Texas State I can take. I'm not happy about adding one more sub-par school (in terms of perception) but at least they're a Texas school & they are a growing university.

My side of the wall has the science. I think I'll stick with that.

Nothing will convince '90. For him and those like him everything is indeed 'Party'. Reality is trumped by ideology. They have an infinite ability to rationalize the disconnect between what they want to believe and what science tells them. "Scientists lie - they have to if they want funding", "Scientists disagree with the consensus - but they're afraid of the repercussions if they voice their disagreement", "Scientists are part of the liberal, academic conspiracy", etc., etc, etc. So much BS. They would argue for a flat earth if it meant lower taxes.

It works for me. Here's a summary article in the International BusinessTimes- http://www.ibtimes.com/there-99-chance-climate-change-not-natural-says-researcher-using-historical-data-not-1570996

My bad. You can find a pdf of the actual paper on Dr. Lovejoy's McGill web-site here - http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~gang/reference.list.htm

For those science denial enthusiasts among you who like to believe that climate change is real but may be caused by natural fluctuations in sun spots or some other non-anthropogenic factor please see this review of research by Dr. Shaun Lovejoy, a physicist at McGill Universoty - http://www.labmanager.com/news/2014/04/is-global-warming-just-a-giant-natural-fluctuation- Of course '90 will make a case that Dr. Lovejoy was paid to do the study by the pro-tax/anti-corporate lobby.

Congrats to Emmett & Deep & your better halves.

'90, nothing is ever 'proven ' in science. Even the best supported theories - e.g., gravity and evolution - are tentative explanations for how the universe works. I know that's frustrating. You want certainty but that's not how science works. The tentative nature of scientific theories is actually a strength. It means minds stay open to new data and new interpretations. All that's asked is that each scientist lets the data dictate the conclusion. And that, I think, is why climate scientists such as Roy Spencer are held in low regard by their colleagues. Spencer doesn't believe climate change will be bad because God wouldn't let man damage creation. That's not a scientific reason for doubting the effects of anthropogenic climate change and so he isn't respected. Any scientist who disagrees with the consensus on climate change because they have better data or a better interpretation of existing data will be listened to. But too often the the disagreement comes down to economics, or politics, or philosophy, or religion, or ideology. Those aren't reasons for denying science and deserve no respect among scientists.

'90, if something, anything, were to convince you the science was right - that anthropogenic climate change was going to have a devastating effect on the world's economy, agriculture, and quality of life - would that be enough to justify, in your mind, the immediate cost to you?

Science is a leftist plot against capitalism, low taxes, and the American way of life. I'm beginning to think your making this stuff up to make conservatists look bad. Good job.

I hope you're right. In UNT's offense the RBs matter more than the QBs. After facing our OL for 3 quarters a defense should be pretty much bruised, battered, and susceptible to the running game.

Every scientific theory is falsifiable. That's a strength, not a weakness. New data, or better interpretations of old data, will lead to theories being replaced or, more likely, modified. For example evolutionary theory was modified when Mendel's rules of inheritance were discovered and interpretated. That modification of evolutionary theory didn't destroy Darwin's theory, rather it made it stronger. Let's look at the facts behind climate change. 1) CO2 is a greenhouse gas. 2) There are massive ammounts of CO2 released into the atmosphere through man's burning of fossil fuels. 3) The earth's mean temperature is increasing at a rate that correlates with CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere. From these three basic facts a reasonable person would conclude that further increases in CO2 will result in further warming and further changes in climate associated with warming. Our best models suggest the effects on man's environment from these climatic changes will be deliterious. Don't believe the models? Come up with more data or better models. Until you do, these analyses are the best available science.