Posted on 09/19/2015 1:43:11 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
The science on global warming is settled.
In fact, so settled that 20 climate scientists are asking President Barack Obama to prosecute people who disagree with them on the science behind man-made global warming.
Scientists from several universities and research centers even asked Obama to use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to prosecute groups that “have knowingly deceived the American people about the risks of climate change, as a means to forestall America’s response to climate change.”
RICO was a law designed to take down organized crime syndicates, but scientists now want it to be used against scientists, activists and organizations that voice their disagreement with the so-called “consensus” on global warming. The scientists repeated claims made by environmentalists that groups, especially those with ties to fossil fuels, have engaged in a misinformation campaign to confuse the public on global warming.
“The actions of these organizations have been extensively documented in peer-reviewed academic research and in recent books,” the scientists wrote.
But these riled up academics aren’t the first to suggest using RICO to go after global warming skeptics. The idea was first put forward by Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, who argued using RICO was effective at taking down the tobacco industry.
“In 1999, the Justice Department filed a civil RICO lawsuit against the major tobacco companies… alleging that the companies ‘engaged in and executed — and continue to engage in and execute — a massive 50-year scheme to defraud the public, including consumers of cigarettes, in violation of RICO,’” Whitehouse wrote in the Washington Post in May.
“We strongly endorse Senator Whitehouse’s call for a RICO investigation,” the scientists wrote to Obama. “The methods of these organizations are quite similar to those used earlier by the tobacco industry. A RICO investigation (1999 to 2006) played an important role in stopping the tobacco industry from continuing to deceive the American people about the dangers of smoking.”
“If corporations in the fossil fuel industry and their supporters are guilty of the misdeeds that have been documented in books and journal articles, it is imperative that these misdeeds be stopped as soon as possible so that America and the world can get on with the critically important business of finding effective ways to restabilize the Earth’s climate, before even more lasting damage is done,” the scientists added.
This year has been a trying one for global warming skeptics. Earlier this year, Democratic lawmakers began an investigation into scientists who disagreed with the White House’s stance on global warming. Many of these skeptical scientists were often cited by those critical of regulations to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Arizona Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva went after universities employing these researchers, which resulted in one expert being forced to get out of the field of climate research altogether.
“I am simply not initiating any new research or papers on the topic and I have ring-fenced my slowly diminishing blogging on the subject,” Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. of the University of Colorado wrote on his blog.
“Congressman Grijalva doesn’t have any evidence of any wrongdoing on my part, either ethical or legal, because there is none,” Pielke wrote. “He simply disagrees with the substance of my testimony – which is based on peer-reviewed research funded by the US taxpayer, and which also happens to be the consensus of the IPCC (despite Holdren’s incorrect views).”
And something similar seems to be going on today, with these slyentists playing right into the hands of the political panic power mongers.
Because “The science is settled.”
That is a direct quote from renowned scientist Barack Obama.
Then how does Walter Williams survive there? He’s not really black, he’s an Uncle Tom race traitor, according to the political commissars.
Trenberth, who is not even an American, is the instigator and ringleader.
So now we're organized criminals????.... What utter insanity....the very fact they would even presume such nonsense evidences they are something other than the "scientists" they make claim to....and further distinctly evidences they are indeed hiding behind false data and conclusions or they wouldn't be so frantic at trying to find a way to stop scientific discussion regarding their farce.
Remember when..
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Chicken Little
Foxy Loxy (That's right. He's the main one.)
You neglected to include which universities those professors are connect with.
A few days ago, a caller on Hannity’s show told Hannity the United States should accept Middle Eastern “refugees”. When Hannity asked him about terrorists being mixed in with the group, the caller said we should just pray for protection, and let them in. I kid you not.
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/global-warming-helped-spur-syrian-war-study-says-n315551
Earlier todAy I saw this story as a spoof. Which is it?
> This is so incredibly frightening that I don’t even know what to say.
Frightening? No. They should be frightened about what people are thinking about doing to them for lying to us and supporting tyrrany and profits over the people.
The original post was satire. These left scum then made it real.
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse wants to wage a RICO lawsuit against climate skeptics.
http://www.redstate.com/2015/05/31/global-warming-sheldon-whitehouse-rico/
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Senator Whitehouse: Use the RICO law against climate “Deniers”
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/06/04/senator-whitehouse-use-the-rico-law-against-climate-deniers/
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Senator: Use RICO Laws to Prosecute Global Warming Skeptics
Jun 2, 2015 • By MARK HEMINGWAY
Writing in the Washington Post, Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic Senator from Rhode Island, offered a curious suggestion for dealing with global warming skeptics:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/sen-whitehouse-d-ri-suggests-using-rico-laws-global-warming-skeptics_963007.html ............................................................
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse op ed in the Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-fossil-fuel-industrys-campaign-to-mislead-the-american-people/2015/05/29/04a2c448-0574-11e5-8bda-c7b4e9a8f7ac_story.html
And as a favorite “scientist” of Josif Stalin, anyone who spoke against Lysenko’s crackpot theories found themselves “doing hard labor at cold climate research.”
I like to listen to Jimmy Swagart music not because I like his theology just the music. Al Gore is nothing but some Tent preacher taking money from the farmers at harvest time in the SE US on steroids. I have seen it in action. Not Gore the tent preachers.
The Liberal Left: Prosecuting and Persecuting anyone they disagree with since November 4th, 2008.
Just try it!
You seriously expect that the RNC is going to do anything - anything at all - that is except engage in a pot-calling exercise telling us that Trump is not a conservative.
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