A Desperate Man

IBD Editorials ^ | June 23, 2008

[Kaslin]

Radicalism: In another example of junk science run amok, NASA scientist James Hansen wants oil executives put on trial for giving "misinformation" about his global warming theory. Is this where society is headed?

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If so, we are headed for a dangerous place. Only in totalitarian systems is dissent a criminal offense.

Hansen, who 20 years ago Monday cranked up the global warming scare with his congressional testimony, is a clever promoter. By fusing his pseudo science with the wild-eyed efforts of eco-activists, media dupes and pandering politicians, he's been able to convince the public that his flawed theory is actually holy writ.

Out of this has emerged a madness that has divided Westerners into "us," the believers, and "them," the skeptics who are looked down upon as socially irresponsible reprobates.

That's not enough for Hansen, though. He now wants to ratchet his machine up a few notches.

Put the oil men on trial, he says, because it's "a crime" for them to "have been putting out misinformation" that places doubt on his unproved — and unprovable — premise that man's use of fossil fuels is warming Earth.

We wonder: Will it be up to NASA's secret police to make the arrests that will be necessary to drag these men before the tribunal?

[mortal19440]

What a total asshat. Check out the Ocean temps for the last 3-4 years, no change and in some cases decreases.

[cytome]

I heard him on npr today he refers to scientists who dont believe in gloabl warming as ‘contrarions’ and yes he did say they, the contrarions, should be prosecuted...scary fool!

[umgud]

Hansen, who 20 years ago Monday cranked up the global warming scare with his congressional testimony, is a clever promoter.

Yeah, we also had that other nut over 20 years ago telling us about the population bomb. Then there were the people scaring us about the new ice age.

[toddlintown]

Send this ass a bad O-ring.

[Reverend Wright]

Hansen is to data-driven, agenda-free science what Ashlee Simpson is to live music.

He’s the second CO2 loon to call for imprisonment of global warming dissenters. http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=290513

I don’t know if sunspot cycle 24 will come thru with another Dalton Minimum, but the timing would be extraordinary if it did.

[philly-d-kidder]

Hansen First he was picking on the Poor Weatherman whom didn’t believe the Global Warming Hype.nor could predict the weather from one hour to the Next. then he picks on The Poor Oil Industry who has facts and actual Coherent arguements against Global warming.. Who Next the Poor Teachers!! Maybe he should get away and do some June skiing in Vail Colorado to Relax!

[Publius6961]

I keep insisting that increasingly we are being ruled and unduly influenced by neurotics.
Qualification for office or for being considered worth listening to is no longer required.

That is bad enough.
Taxpayers get to pay this clown in a public job and, I'm sure, the job description does not include radical mindless activism.

Why does he still have a job in the government bureaucracy?

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[ricks_place]

NOAA measures temperature and other data from stations in the United States Historical Climatology Network. The measured temperature is "corrected" and reported. The graph shows the effect of "correction". Oddly the global alarmist also claim about the same temperature rise starting in 1960.