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Climate Researchers Feeling Heat From White House
Jeff K writes "Facts and science collide with tribal loyalties, the Washington Post reports: 'Scientists doing climate research for the federal government say the Bush administration has made it hard for them to speak forthrightly to the public about global warming. The result, the researchers say, is a danger that Americans are not getting the full story on how the climate is changing.'"
My God these "scientists" are pathetic. If you believe that the public needs to know and you want to stick it to "the man" (i.e., evil Rethuglicans and Chimpy McHaliburton), stick a freaking web page up on the internet so the whole world will know that my gas guzzling SUV is causing the baby Jesus to cry from Global Warming. Hell, you can start one these new fangled things called a "Blog" for free. Nothing is stopping you. And if Chimpy McHaliburton does come down on you, you will end up getting rich from the book and movie deals that will be cut. Plus either Ted Danson or Meryl Streep will play you on the big screen.
Let's get real. It's not that "the man" is holding them down that is ticking these folks off, it's that no one is listening to them. I am practically going deaf from all the noise I hear about Global Warming and how man not the Sun is causing it. First Amendment doesn't require me to listen to you.
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
Reality check! Why would they take responsibility for something that they are not responsible for? To quote something I have read in a book - "to beleive that the human race has the power or even the potential to destroy the earth is absolute arogance". The sun is responsible for "global warming". Volocanoes are responsible for "global warming". If the gases that they spew are more plentiful that all that humans can put out in 100 years then they are far more responsible.
I don't hold the oil companies any more responsible for "global warming" than I am responsible for a crack baby born on a continent that I have never been on or met anyone from.
Reality check is something you desperatly need.
Athiesm is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby.
Look, Earth's temperature has been rising and falling throughout history. If you're going to ask us to do things like follow the Kyoto treaty that just happens to be rigged to do disproportionate harm to America then you're going to have to come up with better proof that adding industrialization to the mix is artificially increasing those natural climate swings. The fact that the people most loudly advocating man-made global warming theories are our political adversaries and/or have a financial incentive to hype it (it would still be useful to know how the natural temperature changes work though, even if that's less alarming) doesn't instill confidence in we right-wingers. Yes, that most definitely includes government researchers.
The same reasoning applies to government workers in charge of investigating -isms. If their jobs depend on the existence of series racism, sexism, etc, then by golly it's going to be there whether the "commoners" can see it or not.
"the current administration is not guilty of the actual crime but they are covering up or skewing the truth"
I take serious issue with this statement, but it does happen to be consistent with the rest of your posts.
The administration is censoring RESULTS. Results are not "the truth" they are simply results.
Does that make the action any less objectionable? Not really, but that's not my point.
You cannot decide arbitrarily that because you agree with the results that they are the truth. That's not science.
"The government grants you rights, not the other way around."-- beav007. Yes, these people really exist...
Better yet, sanction India and China and Brazil. However, supressing the economic growth of disadvantaged societies is a cruelly selfish thing to do. Better still, just solve the problem, and forego the necessity of sanctioning or waging war on anybody.
-I like my women like I like my tea: green-
There is NO global warming! Scientists that claim otherwise should be charged with treason. We can not tolerate this type of irresponsibility in a time of war. They can't really be scientists at all or they would be saying these things. They're just a bunch of Godless commies that want to say bad things about our president. They're probably all child pornographers, too. TAP their phones this instant!
Global warming is all about funding. It is simply a scare tactic by "scientists" to get money to study something that really isn't a problem. Every time they are asked about it, they "need more funding" to research it more. Keep in mind that every time they get a grant, the person getting the grant gets 10% right off the top. There were areas in the United States last summer that had record high temperatures. This of course was due to global warming. There were areas in the United States this past winter that had record low temperatures. According to "scientists", this too is caused by global warming. They have it both ways. No matter what the weather does, global warming is the culprit and they need more money to study it. Global warming is a racket and the liberal left has bought it hook line and sinker. Their hate for George Bush and the lifestyle that they themselves enjoy has clouded their view. Remember when Ted Dantzen predicted back in the 80's that some time in the 90's that the world would run out of fresh water and there would not be enough to sustain life. Surely we should be all dead from thirst by now. Thanks goodness all the liberals donated money to Green Peace and such. That is probably what saved us... Not! Cheers