Giving up blue skies for climate fix....


	Giving up blue skies for climate fix....

kareval

10-31-2009 9:10 AM

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11-1-2009 7:18 PM

mountainpalm

Al Gore would know the answer...........He is the one who claims there is GLOBAL WARMING!!!!

I thought that the Scientific world is in disagreement.......... Now I am really confused........

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