Posted on 05/26/2015 9:31:43 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Ted Cruz, the junior U.S. senator from Texas and first official contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, compared people who think that the climate is warming to "flat-Earthers" and described himself as a modern-day Galileo in an interview with the Texas Tribune.
"On the global warming alarmists, anyone who actually points to the evidence that disproves their apocalyptical claims, they don't engage in reasoned debate," Cruz said in an interview with reporter Jay Root on Tuesday. "What do they do? They scream, 'You're a denier.' They brand you a heretic. Today, the global warming alarmists are the equivalent of the flat-Earthers. It used to be [that] it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier."
Root noted that Cruz's disbelief that the planet is warming puts him out of step with younger voters. But Cruz dug in.
"I'm a big believer that we should follow the science, and follow the evidence. If you look at global warming alarmists, they don't like to look at the actual facts and the data. The satellite data demonstrate that there has been no significant warming whatsoever for 17 years," said Cruz. "Now that's a real problem for the global warming alarmists. Because all those computer models on which this whole issue is based predicted significant warming, and yet the satellite data show it ain't happening."
While the argument that the satellite data does not show temperatures rising is a favorite among climate deniers, it represents a skewed view on what we know about temperatures conditions on Earth. Average global temperatures are still increasing, just not as quickly as they did in previous years, largely due to ocean cycles. And claiming that a pause disputes that warming is occurring ignores
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And "AGW" is one thing we need to re-apply to the term. Their whole premise was that any climate change is caused by man. Anthropogenic Global Warming.
Then they changed to just climate change. Which, of course, happens all the time.
So I vote for "AGW Hucksters".
Thats it! Cruz lost my vote! I guess I’ll have to find someone else to support. (paging Anti-Cruz trolls).
It was 28f here on Saturday.
The could have been very interesting if only we had been told where "here" is...
Check my handle, might give a clue.
That skank was never qualified to be a model at any age, and I seriously doubt she was ever dated at all, except perhaps by LBJ.
I head ya brother, but the joke was in the words “ out dated model “ of Global Warming mumbo jumbo sycophant phycobable Global Warming models they they claim proves Global Warming to yukkety glorified ugly Hellen Babe Thomas.
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