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Ascribing blame on the 'peak oil' crowd's lamentations that oil's production has "entered a terminal decline", bolstered by the Wikileaks revelations, as the motivating factor in the Obama administration's "throwing federal subsidies - some $8 billion in the 2012 budget at all sorts of unproven, unrealistic and inefficient energy technologies like wind farms and electric cars."
Raymond J. Learsy: Peak Oil. The New York Times' Op-ed Gets it Right and Wrong Raymond J. Learsy 2011
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Ascribing evil acts of a few individuals to an entire community is wrong.
Congressman Vows to Continue Controversial Islamic Radicalization Hearings 2011
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Ascribing “goodness” to God is the Augustinian position.
Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Three - The Nature of God and Evil | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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Ascribing blame on the 'peak oil' crowd's lamentations that oil's production has "entered a terminal decline", bolstered by the Wikileaks revelations, as the motivating factor in the Obama administration's "throwing federal subsidies - some $8 billion in the 2012 budget at all sorts of unproven, unrealistic and inefficient energy technologies like wind farms and electric cars."
Raymond J. Learsy: Peak Oil. The New York Times' Op-ed Gets it Right and Wrong Raymond J. Learsy 2011
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Ascribing blame on the 'peak oil' crowd's lamentations that oil's production has "entered a terminal decline", bolstered by the Wikileaks revelations, as the motivating factor in the Obama administration's "throwing federal subsidies - some $8 billion in the 2012 budget at all sorts of unproven, unrealistic and inefficient energy technologies like wind farms and electric cars."
Raymond J. Learsy: Peak Oil. The New York Times' Op-ed Gets it Right and Wrong Raymond J. Learsy 2011
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Note to Mr. Andresen: Ascribing "problematic attitudes" to an entire group of co-religionists is pretty much a textbook definition of prejudice.
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Ascribing psychic powers to a renowned Italian medium named Palladino, Thurston said that she resorted to trickery only when unable to reach genuine spirits.
American Wizardry Kenneth Silverman 2011
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Ascribing to the Lutheran and Anglican churches the power of the ancient Sumerian priest-kings!
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Ascribing political beliefs to personal histories is a notoriously suspect activity; remedies for cruelty and inequality can require no more than an alert morality.
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Ascribing blame on the 'peak oil' crowd's lamentations that oil's production has "entered a terminal decline", bolstered by the Wikileaks revelations, as the motivating factor in the Obama administration's "throwing federal subsidies - some $8 billion in the 2012 budget at all sorts of unproven, unrealistic and inefficient energy technologies like wind farms and electric cars."
Raymond J. Learsy: Peak Oil. The New York Times' Op-ed Gets it Right and Wrong Raymond J. Learsy 2011
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