I've been pondering the whole global warming thing over the last year or so. It seems that every time you read the news, global warming is causing some new real tragedy somewhere on the planet. They say that Global warming caused all the hurricanes this year, but what no one tells you is that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says hurricane strikes in the United States are less than one-third of the number that existed in the 1940s.

They say that the droughts are caused by global warming, then you read that Global warming is causing more rain. And now some people are trying to link the Tsumami in Asia to global warming (Umm.. how about 9.0 earthquake?).

Personally I think that global warming is bullshit.. at least, the belief that humans are causing any change in weather patterns. The time span for research is just way too short compared to the history of the world. If you want to claim that the glaciers in Alaska receeding are due to human caused global warming (ignoring the fact that in Iceland some glaciers are growing), please explain to me how 10,000 years go there was a glacier where my house is today? Did humans cause the global warming that made those glaciers receed? According to NOAA's own data, Why was the period of the 1930's to mid 1950's the same as today, and why was the mid 50s to the mid 70's so much cooler than the previous 2 decades? Another interesting point - why do the global warming theorists use the aveage temperatures of major cities, which continue to grow in size and are thus going to be hotter, instead of the temperatures of suburban and rural areas? I'll tell you why - because if they used the average temperatures of the rural areas they'd have to admit that Global warming is a myth, the average temp is NOT getting hotter.

Oddly enough, for Christmas I received Michael Crichton's book "State of Fear", a novel that deals with global warming. The relative who gave it to me had no idea what the book was about, but I'm finding it an interesting read due to the subject matter - in a nutshell its about the lies we're feed about global warming. In the back of the book are 5 pages of references on the research material he used to come to his conclusions, I expect to do some reading of those too.

Outside of the many images of Reggie we all share, watching him use his skill to toss players 10 years his junior off to the side like toys, is one I have from him down in Milwaukee at the old County Stadium. I believe it was the Atlanta game, the one where Sterling Sharp went down with a stinger and was carted off the field. When Sterling went down there was 10 or so players from both teams standing around watching the medics work on him. At some point later in the game, one of the Falcons players went down injured. He was a younger player, hadn't made a name for himself - I can't recall his name and I doubt you could find it in any record book. When he went down and the medics came out to work on him, there was only 1 player from either team by his side - Reggie White. I have this vivid memory of him kneeling by the player, holding his hand, offering him words of encouragement and saying a prayer for him as the medics loaded him onto the cart to carry him off the field. Reggie was a class act, and the world is a lesser place without him in it.

Time for a major rewrite and overhaul of the website, it's been sitting stagnant far too long. As you may notice, the "You Can't Win" information has been removed. After 7 years of maintaining a list of the questions & answers for Bob & Brians "You Can't Win" contest, I've called it quits. I lost the drive, interest and motivation to keep that info going. The good news is that you can join the "YCW Newsgroup" at Yahoo to help keep abreast of the current contest, and its question and answers.