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<DIV><FONT size=2>Ted, I didn't dodge your question, I completely, totally and
intentionally ignored it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>When one is constantly bringing the same subject up, over and
over, despite a discussion on something completely different, it strikes me as
being obsessive. Armchair or not, perception is everything. This is my
perception, like it or not. It's kind of like the guy who collects all the
Star Wars stuff, knows all of the characters' "history", the size, armament and
max speed of every ship. Yeah, "that guy", the one everybody avoided because he
couldn't talk about anything else.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>We were talking about a storm warning. You turned it into yet
another take on global warming.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Dandelions blooming early? Global warming.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Dandelions blooming late? Global warming.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>A feather fell off a duck's butt? Global warming.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I know all about being obsessive, I drool over photographic
equipment catalogues like a 16 year old male drools over a Victoria's Secret
catalogue. I think about photography constantly, shots I've seen, shots I've
taken and shots I want to take. Nearly everything I see, I look at with eye
towards, "How can I shoot that?"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Thankfully, you were wrong about the storm, I've been
waiting for one like that for two years. (The last really good one was July
5, 2006)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">Ted Moffett</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:45 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
title="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com">Kai Eiselein, Editor</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A
title="mailto:areaman@moscow.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com">Dan Carscallen</A> ; <A
title="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Dodging Important Questions</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>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...</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ted Moffett<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 8/19/08, <B class=gmail_sendername>Kai Eiselein,
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Good thing you weren't betting in Vegas, Ted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Now, breathe... in-out, in-out....quit obsessing for a
moment and take a little time to enjoy the beauty around you. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Here something to get you started:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:starbliss@gmail.com
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com" target=_blank>Ted Moffett</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 18, 2008 7:55 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:areaman@moscow.com
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com" target=_blank>Dan Carscallen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=mailto:vision2020@moscow.com
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target=_blank>vision2020</A> </DIV><SPAN>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Weather
advisory</DIV></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Consider this radar image regarding the impending storms:</DIV>
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<DIV><A
title=http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=otx&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no
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target=_blank>http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=otx&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no</A></DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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...</DIV>
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<DIV>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...</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Most politicians are not climate scientists or lawyers who specialist in
water resource law...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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?"</DIV>
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<DIV>Probably...</DIV>
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<DIV>Ted Moffett</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 8/18/08, <B class=gmail_sendername>Dan
Carscallen</B> <<A title=mailto:areaman@moscow.com
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com" target=_blank>areaman@moscow.com</A>>
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peeps, this just came over the wire. Thought I'd
share.<BR><BR>Batten down the hatches!<BR><BR><BR><BR>BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE
BROADCAST REQUESTED<BR>SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS
839<BR>NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK<BR>405 PM PDT MON AUG 18
2008<BR><BR>SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 839 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM
PDT<BR>FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS<BR>ID<BR>IDAHO COUNTIES INCLUDED
ARE<BR><BR>BENEWAH BONNER BOUNDARY<BR>KOOTENAI LATAH LEWIS<BR>NEZ
PERCE<BR>ATTN..WFO...OTX...PDT...<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></SPAN></DIV>
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