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TheProgressive

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5. Well, technically, the Earth is spherical....

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Dec 2, 2012, 10:44 PM

Dec 2012

And, yes, the climate crisis is real...

All the money in the world means nothing if you cannot survive on our planet...

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Al Gore calls it like it is. [View all] Playinghardball Dec 2012 OP

...and Al Gore should have been President of the United States. BlueJazz Dec 2012 #1

it would be a different world if he had been..... dhill926 Dec 2012 #3

97,000 people in Florida who call themselves highly informed insured that didn't happen. nt bluestate10 Dec 2012 #12

BS: Gore won Florida and the Supreme Court stole it from him. byeya Dec 2012 #43

Al Gore should add THAT myth to the ones listed in the OP. bvar22 Dec 2012 #48

and Al Gore sat back and took it like a coward Whisp Dec 2012 #49

I am so tired of this 'Gore did nothing BS'. xxqqqzme Dec 2012 #54

Seriously, he fought, the SCOTUS is in dire need of some serious oversight or reconsideration of mother earth Dec 2012 #55

What more did you want him to do? lupojohn Dec 2012 #59

I would marry that man if he asked me lunatica Dec 2012 #2

Poor old republicans just got it all twisted around... Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2012 #4

Well, technically, the Earth is spherical.... TheProgressive Dec 2012 #5

Welcome to DU! hrmjustin Dec 2012 #6

Thanks...! TheProgressive Dec 2012 #7

Well said. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #8

welcome abord!!!! oldhippydude Dec 2012 #18

Aye mate...thanks! TheProgressive Dec 2012 #24

A sphere is round. phleshdef Dec 2012 #10

Sorry... but round is two dimensional... TheProgressive Dec 2012 #13

Wrong. phleshdef Dec 2012 #26

Damn if you are not correct and I am wrong on this... TheProgressive Dec 2012 #29

I like to think of the Earth as slightly squishy Kennah Dec 2012 #34

Can I play? The earth is an oblate spheroid. byeya Dec 2012 #44

WOW... now THAT is rare on DU these days. bvar22 Dec 2012 #50

Not sure why my brain insisted it was a sphere... TheProgressive Dec 2012 #56

Welcome to DU! bvar22 Dec 2012 #57

+1 woo me with science Dec 2012 #58

the ones in Egypt aren't. n/t griloco Dec 2012 #15

Welcome to DU nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #11

Thanks...! TheProgressive Dec 2012 #14

We share the house with two conures nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #16

Conure fan myself.... TheProgressive Dec 2012 #17

Ours actually don't go off until we get up nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #19

To get even more technical: the Earth is an oblate spheroid NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #20

Of course, you are correct... TheProgressive Dec 2012 #22

And it never will be if the moon and the sun have a say in it. Phlem Dec 2012 #27

"Gravity warps 3 dimensional objects." Kennah Dec 2012 #35

Nice. Phlem Dec 2012 #42

Or Black Hole Dont call me Shirley Dec 2012 #52

I have to dispute some of this Flatpicker Dec 2012 #9

I Found Him! Phlem Dec 2012 #28

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No! Not ELVIS! IdaBriggs Dec 2012 #23

Word. blackspade Dec 2012 #25

WHY is this SO INCONVENIENT? MrMickeysMom Dec 2012 #30

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Sorry, but I disagree with your entire post... TheProgressive Dec 2012 #32

cool diss bro taylorgibbons Dec 2012 #33

Welcome to DU, and enjoy your short stay. Give my regards to Mittens. Kennah Dec 2012 #36

!!! 2naSalit Dec 2012 #38

I just responded to your post - I don't even know how to alert a post... TheProgressive Dec 2012 #37

Made 2naSalit Dec 2012 #39

And the root cause is POPULATION. Gregorian Dec 2012 #40

As far as climate change - burning fuel is the root cause TheProgressive Dec 2012 #41

I think the thawing tundra will release a devastating short term methane bomb byeya Dec 2012 #45

My fear is that you are correct. bvar22 Dec 2012 #51

K&R! hrmjustin Dec 2012 #46

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2012 #47

re:Al Gore calls it like it is. allan01 Dec 2012 #53