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		<link>http://miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net/2008/04/28/its-like-the-dark-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-395</link>
		<dc:creator>Name</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anonymous, what makes you think that this describes the south? Your own beliefs aren&#039;t well-grounded.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anonymous, what makes you think that this describes the south? Your own beliefs aren&#8217;t well-grounded.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net/2008/04/28/its-like-the-dark-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-402</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d wager that this somewhat accurately describes the south. =P The north, on the other hand, is pretty well-grounded.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d wager that this somewhat accurately describes the south. =P The north, on the other hand, is pretty well-grounded.</p>
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		<title>By: The One Guy</title>
		<link>http://miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net/2008/04/28/its-like-the-dark-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-399</link>
		<dc:creator>The One Guy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ash: Honestly, dream of taking an assignment in Spanish and taking an extra year years later hardly means anything.  When I was young I had a dream that took place partially in a gas station, in the future I plan on buying a car; looks like that dream predicted it!  I see your example as merely a coincidence, and not even a big one at that.  Not to say you don&#039;t have prophetic dreams, but I see it as highly unlikely.

@Mr. rection and Charismatic Enigma: Charismatic Enigma is right; man made global warming is real.  The argument is not weather it exists, but rather, weather it is significant.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ash: Honestly, dream of taking an assignment in Spanish and taking an extra year years later hardly means anything.  When I was young I had a dream that took place partially in a gas station, in the future I plan on buying a car; looks like that dream predicted it!  I see your example as merely a coincidence, and not even a big one at that.  Not to say you don&#8217;t have prophetic dreams, but I see it as highly unlikely.</p>
<p>@Mr. rection and Charismatic Enigma: Charismatic Enigma is right; man made global warming is real.  The argument is not weather it exists, but rather, weather it is significant.</p>
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		<title>By: budley</title>
		<link>http://miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net/2008/04/28/its-like-the-dark-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-403</link>
		<dc:creator>budley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 11:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A mobs IQ is the stupidest members IQ divided by the amount of people in the mob</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A mobs IQ is the stupidest members IQ divided by the amount of people in the mob</p>
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		<title>By: Charismatic Enigma</title>
		<link>http://miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net/2008/04/28/its-like-the-dark-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-401</link>
		<dc:creator>Charismatic Enigma</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Furthermore, 10% of any random sampling of Americans will believe ANYTHING. 10% of Americans believed George W. Bush was doing a GOOD JOB of running the country in late 2008. 15% of Americans admit to having answered their cell phones during sex.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Furthermore, 10% of any random sampling of Americans will believe ANYTHING. 10% of Americans believed George W. Bush was doing a GOOD JOB of running the country in late 2008. 15% of Americans admit to having answered their cell phones during sex.</p>
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		<title>By: Charismatic Enigma</title>
		<link>http://miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net/2008/04/28/its-like-the-dark-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-392</link>
		<dc:creator>Charismatic Enigma</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, Mr. Rection, you don&#039;t believe that ice cores in Antarctica show that there is a DIRECT, DISTINCT correlation between the atmospheric content of CO2 and the average annual temperature? You don&#039;t believe that treating Earth&#039;s FINITE atmosphere as a dumping zone for billions of tons of CO2 and methane every year, is going to have an effect? We are without doubt in a geologic warming cycle of the planet. But to say that man have no effect? That&#039;s ignorant bullcrap brought about by people who believe whatever the latest &quot;top scientists&quot; are saying to media reporters.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, Mr. Rection, you don&#8217;t believe that ice cores in Antarctica show that there is a DIRECT, DISTINCT correlation between the atmospheric content of CO2 and the average annual temperature? You don&#8217;t believe that treating Earth&#8217;s FINITE atmosphere as a dumping zone for billions of tons of CO2 and methane every year, is going to have an effect? We are without doubt in a geologic warming cycle of the planet. But to say that man have no effect? That&#8217;s ignorant bullcrap brought about by people who believe whatever the latest &#8220;top scientists&#8221; are saying to media reporters.</p>
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		<title>By: hugh g rection</title>
		<link>http://miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net/2008/04/28/its-like-the-dark-ages/comment-page-1/#comment-398</link>
		<dc:creator>hugh g rection</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>when the number of people that believe in man made global warming gets above fifty percent, then we&#039;ll know we&#039;ve hit rock bottom. only fringe kooks believe such nonsense.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>when the number of people that believe in man made global warming gets above fifty percent, then we&#8217;ll know we&#8217;ve hit rock bottom. only fringe kooks believe such nonsense.</p>
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		<title>By: FutureTechie</title>
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		<dc:creator>FutureTechie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>rooty is right, In Africa and the Middle East the percentage of people who believe in ignoring science (I assume when it comes to religion clashing with science) is probably near 90%.  The original graph is just a joke.  Marran, any nation has a contingent of religious people, it doesn&#039;t make the &quot;collective nation&quot; retarded as you say.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rooty is right, In Africa and the Middle East the percentage of people who believe in ignoring science (I assume when it comes to religion clashing with science) is probably near 90%.  The original graph is just a joke.  Marran, any nation has a contingent of religious people, it doesn&#8217;t make the &#8220;collective nation&#8221; retarded as you say.</p>
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		<title>By: rooty</title>
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		<dc:creator>rooty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Marran:  Africans, as a continent of people are all undeveloped and poor.

Oh, wait, was that not PC?  Yeah Marran, stop being so prejudicial and stereotypical.  It doesn&#039;t even matter if you are American, you&#039;re still being sophomoric.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Marran:  Africans, as a continent of people are all undeveloped and poor.</p>
<p>Oh, wait, was that not PC?  Yeah Marran, stop being so prejudicial and stereotypical.  It doesn&#8217;t even matter if you are American, you&#8217;re still being sophomoric.</p>
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		<title>By: ash</title>
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		<dc:creator>ash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To FreePlay:

First, I didn&#039;t say I had dreams about things that happened the next day.  I&#039;ve had dreams about things that have happened months or years later.  And the dreams are about things that I am not involved in at all at the time I have them or things I do not expect to happen.  For example, in 11th grade (this was last year, and don&#039;t start bashing me about how I shouldn&#039;t be talking because of my age) I dreamed about getting an assignment written in Spanish.  I was taking Spanish as a subject that year, and had been taking Spanish for 5 years.  I was so sick of Spanish that I made sure I wouldn&#039;t have it next year.  I cleared it with all authorities.  I was guaranteed I would not have Spanish next year.  Guess what?  Schedule mistake!  I had to attend Spanish class for a week next year until I complained!

Second, they happen quite frequently.  I know some people have one or two prophetic dreams in a lifetime.  I&#039;ve had about 100 since I was 6 years old.

Third, prophetic dreams are different than regular dreams.  Prophetic dreams happen exactly the way you&#039;ll see the event when it happens, down to the last detail, while regular dreams are fuzzy (for me at least).  And for me, I can tell the difference between my prophetic dreams and my regular dreams---in my regular dreams I&#039;m either falling, flying, or being chased, but in my prophetic dreams, things that really CAN happen do happen.  I know that doesn&#039;t mean much to you, since you probably haven&#039;t had enough to understand them--or you&#039;ve had none at all.

Finally, in case you start to think I&#039;m some crazy lunatic who fully believes in all sorts of mystical stuff, I&#039;m not.  I wouldn&#039;t believe prophetic dreams were real if I didn&#039;t have them and the proof wasn&#039;t right in front of my eyes...or...however dreams work.  In fact, it took at least 10 of them for me to admit that I couldn&#039;t explain the abnormality away.  I&#039;m just sick of everyone denying their existence.  If so many people have them, as you say, then why does no one admit that they&#039;re real?  It&#039;s annoying to have them and be unable to talk about them or ask other people for their opinon about what you saw if they only look at you like you&#039;re insane.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To FreePlay:</p>
<p>First, I didn&#8217;t say I had dreams about things that happened the next day.  I&#8217;ve had dreams about things that have happened months or years later.  And the dreams are about things that I am not involved in at all at the time I have them or things I do not expect to happen.  For example, in 11th grade (this was last year, and don&#8217;t start bashing me about how I shouldn&#8217;t be talking because of my age) I dreamed about getting an assignment written in Spanish.  I was taking Spanish as a subject that year, and had been taking Spanish for 5 years.  I was so sick of Spanish that I made sure I wouldn&#8217;t have it next year.  I cleared it with all authorities.  I was guaranteed I would not have Spanish next year.  Guess what?  Schedule mistake!  I had to attend Spanish class for a week next year until I complained!</p>
<p>Second, they happen quite frequently.  I know some people have one or two prophetic dreams in a lifetime.  I&#8217;ve had about 100 since I was 6 years old.</p>
<p>Third, prophetic dreams are different than regular dreams.  Prophetic dreams happen exactly the way you&#8217;ll see the event when it happens, down to the last detail, while regular dreams are fuzzy (for me at least).  And for me, I can tell the difference between my prophetic dreams and my regular dreams&#8212;in my regular dreams I&#8217;m either falling, flying, or being chased, but in my prophetic dreams, things that really CAN happen do happen.  I know that doesn&#8217;t mean much to you, since you probably haven&#8217;t had enough to understand them&#8211;or you&#8217;ve had none at all.</p>
<p>Finally, in case you start to think I&#8217;m some crazy lunatic who fully believes in all sorts of mystical stuff, I&#8217;m not.  I wouldn&#8217;t believe prophetic dreams were real if I didn&#8217;t have them and the proof wasn&#8217;t right in front of my eyes&#8230;or&#8230;however dreams work.  In fact, it took at least 10 of them for me to admit that I couldn&#8217;t explain the abnormality away.  I&#8217;m just sick of everyone denying their existence.  If so many people have them, as you say, then why does no one admit that they&#8217;re real?  It&#8217;s annoying to have them and be unable to talk about them or ask other people for their opinon about what you saw if they only look at you like you&#8217;re insane.</p>
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