Drastic

It is one thing

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It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe….It is foolish to do so when the problem is largely hypothetical and not substantiated by observations….we do not currently have any convincing evidence or observations of significant climate change from other than natural causes. Frederick … Read more

We need enthusiasm, imagination

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We need enthusiasm, imagination and the ability to face facts, even unpleasant ones, bravely. We need to correct, by drastic means if necessary, the faults in our economic system from which we now suffer. We need the courage of the young. Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the … Read more

Parents vary in their

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Parents vary in their sense of what would be suitable repayment for creating, sustaining, and tolerating you all those years, andwhat circumstances would be drastic enough for presenting the voucher. Obviously there is no repayment that would be sufficient . . . but the effort to call in the debt of life is too outrageous … Read more

While no man in

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While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a thought, the new situation did urgently demand a drastic revision of strategic planning if our political aim was to defeat this new enemy as we had defeated the old. Douglas MacArthur

Why is there such

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Why is there such insistence that AGW has occurred and needs drastic solutions? This is a puzzle, but my short answer is that the IPCC has been built on the AGW proposition and of course keeps plugging it, whatever the data say. The IPCC has considerable clout. Most people shy off inspecting the evidence because … Read more

I don’t understand why

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I don’t understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut people open and put them on cholesterol lowering drugs for the rest of their lives. Dean Ornish