tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91990528645657230312024-03-05T08:31:26.651-05:00A Fox ThoughtA forum to share my thoughtsSly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-34853553545162605112013-10-30T07:56:00.001-04:002013-10-30T07:56:30.277-04:00Liberal Academia and My Struggle for Survival | FrontPage Magazine<a href="http://frontpagemag.com/2013/david-e-firester/liberal-academia-and-my-struggle-for-survival/#.UnDykkGw3oU.blogger">Liberal Academia and My Struggle for Survival | FrontPage Magazine</a><br />
A good article exposing how Universities control the message and stifle opposing points of view. Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-82049104887734241632011-02-03T06:46:00.000-05:002011-02-03T06:46:57.701-05:00Leviathan - Iain Murray - National Review Online<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 24px; ">One in every six workers — owes its living to the taxpayer. Does that sound right? You think maybe we could get by with a few less?</span></div><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/258768/leviathan-iain-murray?page=2&sms_ss=blogger&at_xt=4d4a95160c64c255%2C0">Leviathan - Iain Murray - National Review Online</a>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-76214695162722063152011-02-02T20:40:00.000-05:002011-02-02T20:40:16.643-05:00Obama issues global warming rules in January, gives GE an exemption in February | Timothy P. Carney | Beltway Confidential | Washington Examiner<div>I don't see the fairness here. If the rules are important (and I don't believe they are) then why grant waivers to special friends. This smacks of class priviledge, like we saw in communist Russia. The rules only apply to the hoi polloi.</div><a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/02/obama-issues-global-warming-rules-january-gives-ge-exemption-febr?sms_ss=blogger&at_xt=4d4a06231d167bad%2C0">Obama issues global warming rules in January, gives GE an exemption in February | Timothy P. Carney | Beltway Confidential | Washington Examiner</a>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-90112611223910044492011-02-02T06:41:00.000-05:002011-02-02T06:41:54.797-05:00Scientists ask Congress to put aside politics, take 'fresh look' at climate data - The Hill's E2-Wire<div>Inside the beltway rent seeking at its best. The so called scientific consensus. Who can shout the loudest.</div><div>Read he letter and make your own judgement. </div><div>All I get out of this is the relentless effort to promote fear, invoke the "prudential" rule and live large off the flow of money into research grants and "green" projects.</div><div>Call me a skeptic.</div><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/141453-scientists-put-aside-politics-and-focus-on-climate-science?page=2&sms_ss=blogger&at_xt=4d4941f2965616c2%2C0#comments">Scientists ask Congress to put aside politics, take 'fresh look' at climate data - The Hill's E2-Wire</a>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-47837457045248147382011-01-27T08:41:00.000-05:002011-01-27T08:41:00.734-05:00The Passing of the Old Order - Victor Davis Hanson - National Review OnlineIf you're having trouble grasping the significance of current events read everything Hansen publishes.<div>Right or left you will agree that he has highlighted the major factors at play in our society.</div><div>The biggest variable in all this is us and the role the "non elite" assumes. Rarely do the masses unify but look out when they do.</div><div><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/258087/passing-old-order-victor-davis-hanson?sms_ss=blogger&at_xt=4d4173c8f0919d2f%2C0">The Passing of the Old Order - Victor Davis Hanson - National Review Online</a></div>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-16062284134858453742011-01-25T06:14:00.000-05:002011-01-25T06:14:59.292-05:00Environmentalists: Hands Off My Dishes! by Mona Charen on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of TalentWell intended but always the unintended consequences bite us.<div><a href="http://www.creators.com/conservative/mona-charen/environmentalists-hands-off-my-dishes.html">Environmentalists: Hands Off My Dishes! by Mona Charen on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent</a></div>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-38139099242471489952011-01-12T06:50:00.000-05:002011-01-12T06:50:59.127-05:00Land fizzing like soda pop: farmer says CO2 injected underground is leaking - Winnipeg Free PressAm I the only one that recognizes the absurdity here. Let's take a non pollutant gas which is NOT causing Global warming/freezing and inject it into the ground to create an unintended (but predictable) consequence which turns out to be a REAL problem.<div><a href="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/carbon-injected-underground-now-leaking-saskatchewan-farmers-study-says-113276449.html">Land fizzing like soda pop: farmer says CO2 injected underground is leaking - Winnipeg Free Press</a></div>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-71322559812804872212010-11-20T09:29:00.000-05:002010-11-20T09:29:23.063-05:00The Watermelons show their true colours<div>Hopefully people are catching on to how the environmental movement has been hijacked by socialist. It will be a slow turn and the trick will be paying attention to real environmental issues. There will be those wanting to exploit the situation no matter what!!</div><a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100064423/on-the-anniversary-of-climategate-the-watermelons-show-their-true-colours/">On the anniversary of Climategate the Watermelons show their true colours</a>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-43135010490386250852010-09-08T06:41:00.003-04:002010-09-08T06:52:38.607-04:00Environmentalism gone wildThis is a documentary about a small community in Hatteras, NC that is being devastated by the environmental groups. The National Parks service acting on the order of a single judge has closed the beaches that this small community relies on for their livelihood.<div>Hear their story and you be the judge. Can it happen to you? It is already in thousands of ways that you don't notice. All it takes is an army of lawyers and a persuasive argument to convince a judge.<br /><div><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/14696293" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/14696293">Piping Mad: Fair People at the Mercy of a Government Gone Fowl</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4527350">Kevin Hicks</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p></div></div>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-17084798858044574552010-08-14T10:08:00.002-04:002010-08-14T10:14:01.192-04:00Over hype of Gulf Oil Spill - Why????This is a good <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/243665/our-real-gulf-disaster-lou-dolinar">post</a> .<div>What was hyped as the worst environmental <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">disaster</span> has proved to be a lot less.</div><div>Look at my previous posts. I was caught up in this.</div><div>The linked post helps illuminate the "Why"</div><div>From now on I will be a lot more suspicious of anything the media presents.</div><div>To borrow from <a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Instapundit's</span></a> Glen Reynolds...</div><div>"We are in good hands" ... NOT!!!</div>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-7589462962125573152010-08-03T06:44:00.002-04:002010-08-03T06:50:10.246-04:00Inflation: The Last Gasp of the Obama Economic CrisisThis post from The American Thinker <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/08/inflation_the_last_gasp_of_the.html">here</a> should send a chill down the spine of every baby boomer looking to support himself in retirement on their IRA's or 401k accounts. The point of it being the "coward's way out" is right on.Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-209765370583344922010-07-29T13:47:00.002-04:002010-07-29T14:08:55.496-04:00A Nation of Laws? Not really!Just a thought. If we're a land of laws and no one is above the law then doesn't that mean all laws must be enforced? Apparently not. It seems we have certain people in the government at local, state and federal levels who decide which laws to enforce. Aren't these people sworn to uphold the law? Are they breaking a law when they don't uphold the law? Does this mean it is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ok</span> to break the law in certain situations? How do I find out which laws I can break? If later on they decide to uphold the law am I grandfathered in since I was breaking the law when it was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ok</span>? If I know someone that is breaking the law but I know it is one of the laws it is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ok</span> to break am I an accomplice? Do the lawmakers represent the will of the people when they make the laws? Is there a way for the lawmakers to know they are working on a law that won't be enforced so maybe they can stop wasting their time on that particular law? How many laws are there? How many do we actually enforce? Just a thought. Maybe we should undo all the laws we don't want to enforce. Maybe we should do something before the masses catch on that we have a ruling elite that decide these things, and all this law stuff is just a charade.Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-52879630584295139172010-07-09T06:23:00.002-04:002010-07-09T06:37:02.268-04:00Public sector unions?<div>I thought this cartoon from <a href="http://city-journal.org/2010/20_2_california-unions.html">City Journal</a> tells it all.</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Unfortunately</span>, union leadership has ruined whatever legitimate purpose unions served and if you subscribe to the "pendulum" theory we will most likely need them in the future when power swings back to management and workers really <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">get</span> abused.</div><div>It is still difficult for me to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">envision</span> how unions serve a purpose in the public sector where management is indifferent to cost and therefore open to whatever demands are put on them as long as the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">bureaucracy</span> survives.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWEIU-7hQFv6upXyy0r_UxArpsmQJFOYCGoEVsB5gX8Iez5F8iSNbdGNkDg9n8JHioDBbUWt-4n0X3DJw6-FU3SYXyj1PpTPBJaCUTYgsDz7Cy5lL66NLh-jg5-izLBMs-XQqGEGxrTI/s1600/unions.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWEIU-7hQFv6upXyy0r_UxArpsmQJFOYCGoEVsB5gX8Iez5F8iSNbdGNkDg9n8JHioDBbUWt-4n0X3DJw6-FU3SYXyj1PpTPBJaCUTYgsDz7Cy5lL66NLh-jg5-izLBMs-XQqGEGxrTI/s400/unions.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491850426147139618" /></a>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-88975834284287944572010-06-25T07:53:00.007-04:002010-06-26T08:11:01.799-04:00On the "Doc Fix" - What were they thinking????This is a classic example of how perverted the governing class has become. The original "Doc fix" as I understand was to save money in Medicare by a series of cuts to the reimbursement rates paid to Doctors. When passed it looked like the government was seriously trying to reduce the costs in the program. How they got this passed is a mystery when you consider the savings meant the doctors take the hit.<div>The perversion comes in when you look at how it has been managed ever since. Each year the congress has waived the "Doc fix' thus saving (to the rescue) the doctors but also negating the savings to the program.<br />In my view this is perversion They are using this issue like a control button to manage public sentiment. The CBO financial scoring for the recently passed "Obamacare" assumed the savings from the "Doc fix". That gave Congress the cover to stand up in front of us and say the bill would save money. The CBO had to use this assumption because it is the current law. Now, as we approach the midterm elections they let the the "Doc Fix" happen so that they can be seen as reducing spending. Every year they play the options based on political considerations. What's best for the country be damned.</div><div><a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-perversion.html">def: </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-perversion.html">the alteration of something from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion or corruption of what was first intended.</a>)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;">Just a thought.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-24758577894316398922010-06-23T06:44:00.002-04:002010-06-23T06:55:17.776-04:00Means testing for Social SecurityIs receiving a payout from a government imposed "savings" plan "spending" by the government? That's how twisted the logic is with Congress.<div>Congress is under pressure to reduce the deficit but they don't want the spectre of "Tax increases" to tarnish there image so they must serve up spending cuts. Instead of reducing the size of government or cut back on passing new entitlements they come up with <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9GGG30O0&show_article=1">reducing your payout</a> from a savings plan they forced you to pay into your ENTIRE working life.</div>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-86262123226379792342010-06-23T06:42:00.001-04:002010-06-23T06:44:13.215-04:00A Faustian bargainNY Times David Brooks - Clever analogy to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/opinion/22brooks.html">Faust</a>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-68868849267624500872010-06-22T12:37:00.001-04:002010-06-22T12:38:45.773-04:00The oil spill in picturesThe oil spill in <a href="http://blogs.sacbee.com/photos/2010/06/oil-spill-hits-60th-day.html">pictures</a>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-14550864100650202342010-06-16T06:17:00.003-04:002010-06-16T06:23:40.371-04:00Superlatives abound!!!The president's recent speech re the Gulf oil spill has a familiar ring to it. Note the superlative: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; ">“From the very beginning of this crisis, the federal government has been in charge of the largest environmental cleanup effort in our nation’s history.”</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Wasn't the financial crisis the "<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Greatest</span> ...in our nations history" and the Health Care bill the "Most sweeping reform since the New Deal". Sounds to me like he's trying to insure his position in the history books.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Just a Fox Thought.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-27801835065896635132010-03-07T10:01:00.001-05:002010-03-07T10:01:34.215-05:00In Denial<a href=http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/denial>In Denial</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-44634931664466880522010-02-19T12:43:00.001-05:002010-02-19T12:43:58.635-05:00A Perfect Storm of Ignorance | Jeffrey Friedman | Cato Institute: Policy Report<a href=http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/v32n1/cpr32n1-1.html>A Perfect Storm of Ignorance | Jeffrey Friedman | Cato Institute: Policy Report</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-16886125106225521322010-02-19T12:18:00.000-05:002010-02-19T12:18:38.434-05:00Education: Too Important for a Government Monopoly by John Stossel on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of TalentJohn Stossel makes the point. To give the establishment its best shot, consider Head Start, which politicians view as sacred. The $166 billion program is 45 years old, so it's had time to prove itself. But guess what: The <a class="iAs" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal! important; FONT-SIZE: 100%! important; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; COLOR: darkgreen! important; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: darkgreen 1px dotted; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent! important; TEXT-DECORATION: none! important" href="http://www.creators.com/opinion/john-stossel/education-too-important-for-a-government-monopoly.html#" target="_blank" itxtdid="17374119">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services</a> recently found no difference in first-grade test results between kids who went through Head Start and similar kids who didn't (http://tinyurl.com/ylcmb92). President Obama has repeatedly promised to "eliminate programs that don't work," but he wants to give Head Start a billion more dollars. The White House wouldn't explain this contradiction to me. <a href="http://www.creators.com/opinion/john-stossel/education-too-important-for-a-government-monopoly.html">Education: Too Important for a Government Monopoly by John Stossel on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent</a>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-52389825465360742872010-01-06T06:14:00.000-05:002010-01-06T06:14:53.004-05:00Investors.com - The CO2 LieKey quote: <br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"><em>We have tried to help document this growing disparity between observable data and apocalyptic computer models that cannot even predict the past. This post-Climate-gate study provides another nail in the coffin of cap-and-trade and shows why the Environmental Protection Agency should not be allowed to destroy the U.S. economy by absurdly regulating carbon dioxide, the basis for all life on earth, as a pollutant</em></span><br /><a href="http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=517128">Investors.com - The CO2 Lie</a>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-89221579349126627102009-12-09T05:56:00.001-05:002009-12-09T06:00:10.223-05:00Skepticism is NOT denialFrom this <a href="http://www.copenhagenclimatechallenge.org/">link</a>. 130 scientist that missed the so called "consensus" bus:<br /><br />"Open Letter to Secretary-General of United Nations<br />His Excellency Ban Ki Moon<br />Secretary-General, United Nations<br />New York, NY<br />United States of America<br />8 December 2009<br />Dear Secretary-General,<br />Climate change science is in a period of ‘negative discovery’ - the more we learn about this exceptionally complex and rapidly evolving field the more we realize how little we know. Truly, the science is NOT settled.<br />Therefore, there is no sound reason to impose expensive and restrictive public policy decisions on the peoples of the Earth without first providing convincing evidence that human activities are causing dangerous climate change beyond that resulting from natural causes. Before any precipitate action is taken, we must have solid observational data demonstrating that recent changes in climate differ substantially from changes observed in the past and are well in excess of normal variations caused by solar cycles, ocean currents, changes in the Earth's orbital parameters and other natural phenomena.<br />We the undersigned, being qualified in climate-related scientific disciplines, challenge the UNFCCC and supporters of the United Nations Climate Change Conference to produce convincing OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE for their claims of dangerous human-caused global warming and other changes in climate. Projections of possible future scenarios from unproven computer models of climate are not acceptable substitutes for real world data obtained through unbiased and rigorous scientific investigation.<br />Specifically, we challenge supporters of the hypothesis of dangerous human-caused climate change to demonstrate that:<br /><br />Variations in global climate in the last hundred years are significantly outside the natural range experienced in previous centuries;<br />Humanity’s emissions of carbon dioxide and other ‘greenhouse gases’ (GHG) are having a dangerous impact on global climate;<br />Computer-based models can meaningfully replicate the impact of all of the natural factors that may significantly influence climate;<br />Sea levels are rising dangerously at a rate that has accelerated with increasing human GHG emissions, thereby threatening small islands and coastal communities;<br />The incidence of malaria is increasing due to recent climate changes;<br />Human society and natural ecosystems cannot adapt to foreseeable climate change as they have done in the past;<br />Worldwide glacier retreat, and sea ice melting in Polar Regions , is unusual and related to increases in human GHG emissions;<br />Polar bears and other Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are unable to adapt to anticipated local climate change effects, independent of the causes of those changes;<br />Hurricanes, other tropical cyclones and associated extreme weather events are increasing in severity and frequency;<br />Data recorded by ground-based stations are a reliable indicator of surface temperature trends.<br /><br />It is not the responsibility of ‘climate realist’ scientists to prove that dangerous human-caused climate change is not happening. Rather, it is those who propose that it is, and promote the allocation of massive investments to solve the supposed ‘problem’, who have the obligation to convincingly demonstrate that recent climate change is not of mostly natural origin and, if we do nothing, catastrophic change will ensue. To date, this they have utterly failed to do so.<br />Signed by:<br />Habibullo I. Abdussamatov, Dr. Sci., mathematician and astrophysicist, Head of the Russian-Ukrainian Astrometria project on the board of the Russian segment of the ISS, Head of Space Research Laboratory at the Pulkovo Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia<br />Göran Ahlgren, docent organisk kemi, general secretary of the Stockholm Initiative, Professor of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm, Sweden<br />Syun-Ichi Akasofu, PhD, Professor of Physics, Emeritus and Founding Director, International Arctic Research Center of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.A.<br />J.R. Alexander, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Member, UN Scientific and Technical Committee on Natural Disasters, 1994-2000, Pretoria, South Africa.<br />Jock Allison, PhD, ONZM, formerly Ministry of Agriculture Regional Research Director, Dunedin, New Zealand<br />Bjarne Andresen, PhD, dr. scient, physicist, published and presents on the impossibility of a "global temperature", Professor, The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark<br />Timothy F. Ball, PhD, environmental consultant and former climatology professor, University of Winnipeg, Member, Science Advisory Board, ICSC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada<br />Douglas W. Barr, BS (Meteorology, University of Chicago), BS and MS (Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota), Barr Engineering Co. (environmental issues and water resources), Minnesota, U.S.A.<br />Romuald Bartnik, PhD (Organic Chemistry), Professor Emeritus, Former chairman of the Department of Organic and Applied Chemistry, climate work in cooperation with Department of Hydrology and Geological Museum, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland<br />Colin Barton, B.Sc., PhD, Earth Science, Principal research scientist (retd), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<br />Joe Bastardi, BSc, (Meteorology, Pennsylvania State), meteorologist, State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.<br />Ernst-Georg Beck, Dipl. Biol. (University of Freiburg), Biologist, Freiburg, Germany<br />David Bellamy, OBE, English botanist, author, broadcaster, environmental campaigner, Hon. Professor of Botany (Geography), University of Nottingham, Hon. Prof. Faculty of Engineering and Physical Systems, Central Queensland University, Hon. Prof. of Adult and Continuing Education, University of Durham, United Nations Environment Program Global 500 Award Winner, Dutch Order of The Golden Ark, Bishop Auckland County, Durham, U.K.<br />M. I. Bhat, Professor & Head, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India<br />Ian R. Bock, BSc, PhD, DSc, Biological sciences (retired), Ringkobing, Denmark<br />Sonja A. Boehmer-Christiansen, PhD, Reader Emeritus, Dept. of Geography, Hull University, Editor - Energy&Environment, Multi-Science (www.multi-science.co.uk), Hull, United Kingdom<br />Atholl Sutherland Brown, PhD (Geology, Princeton University), Regional Geology, Tectonics and Mineral Deposits, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada<br />Stephen C. Brown, PhD (Environmental Science, State University of New York), District Agriculture Agent, Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Ground Penetrating Radar Glacier research, Palmer, Alaska, U.S.A.<br />James Buckee, D.Phil. (Oxon), focus on stellar atmospheres, Calgary, Alberta, Canada<br />Dan Carruthers, M.Sc., Arctic Animal Behavioural Ecologist, wildlife biology consultant specializing in animal ecology in Arctic and Subarctic regions, Alberta, Canada<br />Robert M. Carter, PhD, Professor, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia<br />Dr. Arthur V. Chadwick, PhD, Geologist, dendrochronology (analyzing tree rings to determine past climate) lecturing, Southwestern Adventist University, Keene, Texas, U.S.A.<br />George V. Chilingar, PhD, Member, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow President, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, U.S.A. Section, Emeritus Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.<br />Ian D. Clark, PhD, Professor (isotope hydrogeology and paleoclimatology), Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<br />Charles A. Clough, BS (Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), MS (Atmospheric Science, Texas Tech University), former (to 2006) Chief of the US Army Atmospheric Effects Team at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; now residing in Bel Air, Maryland, U.S.A.<br />Paul Copper, BSc, MSc, PhD, DIC, FRSC, Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University Sudbury, Ontario, Canada<br />Piers Corbyn, MSc (Physics (Imperial College London)), ARCS, FRAS, FRMetS, astrophysicist (Queen Mary College, London), consultant, founder WeatherAction long range forecasters, London, United Kingdom<br />Allan Cortese, meteorological researcher and spotter for the National Weather Service, retired computer professional, Billerica, Massachusetts, U.S.A.<br />Richard S. Courtney, PhD, energy and environmental consultant, IPCC expert reviewer, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom<br />Susan Crockford, PhD (Zoology/Evolutionary Biology/Archaeozoology), Adjunct Professor (Anthropology/Faculty of Graduate Studies), University of Victoria, Victoria, British Colombia, Canada<br />Claude Culross, PhD (Organic Chemistry), retired, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.<br />Joseph D’Aleo, BS, MS (Meteorology, University of Wisconsin), Doctoral Studies (NYU), Executive Director - ICECAP (International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project), Fellow of the AMS, College Professor Climatology/Meteorology, First Director of Meteorology The Weather Channel, Hudson, New Hampshire, U.S.A.<br />Chris R. de Freitas, PhD, Climate Scientist, School of Environment, The University of Auckland, New Zealand<br />Willem de Lange, MSc (Hons), DPhil (Computer and Earth Sciences), Senior Lecturer in Earth and Ocean Sciences, Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand<br />James DeMeo, PhD (University of Kansas 1986, Earth/Climate Science), now in Private Research, Ashland, Oregon, U.S.A.<br />David Deming, PhD (Geophysics), Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.<br />James E Dent; B.Sc., FCIWEM, C.Met, FRMetS, C.Env., Independent Consultant, Member of WMO OPACHE Group on Flood Warning, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England<br />Robert W. Durrenberger, PhD, former Arizona State Climatologist and President of the American Association of State Climatologists, Professor Emeritus of Geography, Arizona State University; Sun City, Arizona, U.S.A.<br />Don J. Easterbrook, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Geology, Western Washington, University, Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.<br />Per Engene, MSc, Biologist, Bø i Telemark, Norway, Co-author The Climate. Science and Politics (2009)<br />Robert H. Essenhigh, PhD, E.G. Bailey Professor of Energy Conversion, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.<br />David Evans, PhD (EE), MSc (Stat), MSc (EE), MA (Math), BE (EE), BSc, mathematician, carbon accountant and modeler, computer and electrical engineer and head of 'Science Speak', Scientific Advisory Panel member - Australian Climate Science Coalition, Perth, Western Australia, Australia<br />Sören Floderus, PhD (Physical Geography (Uppsala University)), coastal-environment specialization, Copenhagen, Denmark<br />Louis Fowler, BS (Mathematics), MA (Physics), 33 years in environmental measurements (Ambient Air Quality Measurements), Austin, Texas, U.S.A.<br />Stewart Franks, PhD, Professor, Hydroclimatologist, University of Newcastle, Australia<br />Gordon Fulks, PhD (Physics, University of Chicago), cosmic radiation, solar wind, electromagnetic and geophysical phenomena, Corbett, Oregon, U.S.A.<br />R. W. Gauldie, PhD, Research Professor, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean Earth Sciences and Technology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa (Retired), U.S.A.<br />David G. Gee, Professor of Geology (Emeritus), Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavagen 16, Uppsala, Sweden<br />Lee C. Gerhard, PhD, Senior Scientist Emeritus, University of Kansas, past director and state geologist, Kansas Geological Survey, U.S.A.<br />Gerhard Gerlich, Dr.rer.nat. (Mathematical Physics: Magnetohydrodynamics) habil. (Real Measure Manifolds), Professor, Institut für Mathematische Physik, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, Co-author of “Falsification Of The Atmospheric CO2 Greenhouse Effects Within The Frame Of Physics”, Int.J.Mod.Phys.,2009<br />Albrecht Glatzle, PhD, ScAgr, Agro-Biologist and Gerente ejecutivo, Tropical pasture research and land use management, Director científico de INTTAS, Loma Plata, Paraguay<br />Fred Goldberg, PhD, Adj Professor, Royal Institute of Technology (Mech, Eng.), Secretary General KTH International Climate Seminar 2006 and Climate analyst and member of NIPCC, Lidingö, Sweden<br />Wayne Goodfellow, PhD (Earth Science), Ocean Evolution, Paleoenvironments, Adjunct Professor, Senior Research Scientist, University of Ottawa, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<br />Thomas B. Gray, MS, Meteorology, Retired, USAF, Yachats, Oregon, U.S.A.<br />Vincent Gray, PhD, New Zealand Climate Coalition, expert reviewer for the IPCC, author of The Greenhouse Delusion: A Critique of Climate Change 2001, Wellington, New Zealand<br />William M. Gray, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Head of the Tropical Meteorology Project, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.<br />Kenneth P. Green, M.Sc. (Biology, University of San Diego) and a Doctorate in Environmental Science and Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, U.S.A.<br />Charles B. Hammons, PhD (Applied Mathematics), systems/software engineering, modeling & simulation, design, Consultant, Coyle, Oklahoma, U.S.A.<br />William Happer, PhD, Cyrus Fogg Bracket Professor of Physics (research focus is interaction of light and matter, a key mechanism for global warming and cooling), Princeton University; Former Director, Office of Energy Research (now Office of Science), US Department of Energy (supervised climate change research), Member - National Academy of Sciences of the USA, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society; Princeton, NJ, USA.<br />Howard Hayden, PhD, Emeritus Professor (Physics), University of Connecticut, The Energy Advocate, Connecticut, U.S.A.<br />Ross Hays, Atmospheric Scientist, NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, U.S.A.<br />James A. Heimbach, Jr., BA Physics (Franklin and Marshall College), Master's and PhD in Meteorology (Oklahoma University), Prof. Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences (University of North Carolina at Asheville), Springvale, Maine, U.S.A.<br />Ole Humlum, PhD, Professor, Department of Physical Geography, Institute of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway<br />Craig D. Idso, PhD, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.<br />Sherwood B. Idso, PhD, President, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.<br />Terri Jackson, MSc MPhil., Director, Independent Climate Research Group, Northern Ireland and London (Founder of the Energy Group at the Institute of Physics, London), U.K.<br />Albert F. Jacobs, Geol.Drs., P. Geol., Calgary, Alberta, Canada<br />Zbigniew Jaworowski, PhD, DSc, professor of natural sciences, Senior Science Adviser of Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, researcher on ice core CO2 records, Warsaw, Poland.<br />Terrell Johnson, B.S. (Zoology), M.S. (Wildlife & Range Resources, Air & Water Quality), Principal Environmental Engineer, Certified Wildlife Biologist, Green River, Wyoming, U.S.A.<br />Bill Kappel, BS (Physical Science-Geology), BS (Meteorology), Storm Analysis, Climatology, Operation Forecasting, Vice President/Senior Meteorologist, Applied Weather Associates, LLC, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, U.S.A.<br />Wibjörn Karlén, MSc (quaternary sciences), PhD (physical geography), Professor emeritus, Stockholm University, Department of Social and Economic Geography, Geografiska Annaler Ser. A, Uppsala, Sweden<br />Olavi Kärner, Ph.D., Extraordinary Research Associate; Dept. of Atmospheric Physics, Tartu Observatory, Toravere, Estonia<br />David Kear, PhD, FRSNZ, CMG, geologist, former Director-General of NZ Dept. of Scientific & Industrial Research, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand<br />Madhav L. Khandekar, PhD, consultant meteorologist, (former) Research Scientist, Environment Canada, Editor "Climate Research” (03-05), Editorial Board Member "Natural Hazards, IPCC Expert Reviewer 2007, Unionville, Ontario, Canada<br />Leonid F. Khilyuk, PhD, Science Secretary, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Professor of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.<br />William Kininmonth MSc, MAdmin, former head of Australia’s National Climate Centre and a consultant to the World Meteorological organization’s Commission for Climatology, Kew, Victoria, Australia<br />Gary Kubat, BS (Atmospheric Science), MS (Atmospheric Science), professional meteorologist last 18 years, O'Fallon, Illinois, U.S.A.<br />Roar Larsen, Dr.ing.(PhD), Chief Scientist, SINTEF (Trondheim, Norway), Adjunct Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway<br />Douglas Leahey, PhD, meteorologist and air-quality consultant, President - Friends of Science, Calgary, Alberta, Canada<br />Jay Lehr, BEng (Princeton), PhD (environmental science and ground water hydrology), Science Director, The Heartland Institute, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.<br />Edward Liebsch, BS (Earth Science & Chemistry), MS (Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University), Senior Air Quality Scientist, HDR Inc., Maple Grove, MN, U.S.A.<br />Dr. Richard S. Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan professor of meteorology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.<br />Peter Link, BS, MS, PhD (Geology, Climatology), Geol/Paleoclimatology, retired, Active in Geol-paleoclimatology, Tulsa University and Industry, Evergreen, Colorado, U.S.A.<br />Anthony R. Lupo, Ph.D., Professor of Atmospheric Science, Department of Soil, Environmental, and Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A.<br />Horst Malberg, PhD, former director of Institute of Meteorology, Free University of Berlin, Germany<br />Björn Malmgren, PhD, Professor Emeritus in Marine Geology, Paleoclimate Science, Goteborg University, retired, Norrtälje, Sweden<br />Fred Michel, PhD, Director, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<br />Ferenc Mark Miskolczi, PhD, atmospheric physicist, formerly of NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.A.<br />Asmunn Moene, PhD, MSc (Meteorology), former head of the Forecasting Centre, Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway<br />Cdr. M. R. Morgan, PhD, FRMetS, climate consultant, former Director in marine meteorology policy and planning in DND Canada, NATO and World Meteorological Organization and later a research scientist in global climatology at Exeter University, UK, now residing in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada<br />Nils-Axel Mörner, PhD (Sea Level Changes and Climate), Emeritus Professor of Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden<br />Robert Neff, M.S. (Meteorology, St Louis University), Weather Officer, USAF; Contractor support to NASA Meteorology Satellites, Retired, Camp Springs, Maryland, U.S.A.<br />John Nicol, PhD, Physics, (Retired) James Cook University, Chairman - Australian Climate Science Coalition, Brisbane, Australia<br />Ingemar Nordin, PhD, professor in philosophy of science (including a focus on "Climate research, philosophical and sociological aspects of a politicised research area"), Linköpings University, Sweden.<br />David Nowell, M.Sc., Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, former chairman of the NATO Meteorological Group, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<br />James J. O'Brien, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Meteorology and Oceanography, Florida State University, Florida, U.S.A.<br />Peter Oliver, BSc (Geology), BSc (Hons, Geochemistry & Geophysics), MSc (Geochemistry), PhD (Geology), specialized in NZ quaternary glaciations, Geochemistry and Paleomagnetism, previously research scientist for the NZ Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Upper Hutt, New Zealand<br />Cliff Ollier, D.Sc., Professor Emeritus (School of Earth and Environment), Research Fellow, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A., Australia<br />Garth W. Paltridge, BSc Hons (Qld), MSc, PhD (Melb), DSc (Qld), Emeritus Professor, Honorary Research Fellow and former Director of the Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Visiting Fellow, RSBS, ANU, Canberra, ACT, Australia<br />R. Timothy Patterson, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences (paleoclimatology), Carleton University, Chair - International Climate Science Coalition, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<br />Alfred H. Pekarek, PhD, Associate Professor of Geology, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.A.<br />Ian Plimer, PhD, Professor of Mining Geology, The University of Adelaide; Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia<br />Daniel Joseph Pounder, BS (Meteorology, University of Oklahoma), MS (Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); Weather Forecasting, Meteorologist, WILL AM/FM/TV, the public broadcasting station of the University of Illinois, Urbana, U.S.A.<br />Brian Pratt, PhD, Professor of Geology (Sedimentology), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada<br />Harry N.A. Priem, PhD, Professor (retired) Utrecht University, isotope and planetary geology, Past-President Royal Netherlands Society of Geology and Mining, former President of the Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Netherlands<br />Tom Quirk, MSc (Melbourne), D Phil, MA (Oxford), SMP (Harvard), Member of the Scientific Advisory Panel of the Australian Climate Science Coalition, Member Board Institute of Public Affairs, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<br />George A. Reilly, PhD (Geology), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada<br />Robert G. Roper, PhD, DSc (University of Adelaide, South Australia), Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.<br />Arthur Rorsch, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Molecular Genetics, Leiden University, retired member board Netherlands Organization Applied Research TNO, Leiden, The Netherlands<br />Curt Rose, BA, MA (University of Western Ontario), MA, PhD (Clark University), Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental Studies and Geography, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada<br />Rob Scagel, MSc (forest microclimate specialist), Principal Consultant - Pacific Phytometric Consultants, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada<br />Clive Schaupmeyer, B.Sc., M.Sc., Professional Agrologist (awarded an Alberta "Distinguished Agrologist"), 40 years of weather and climate studies with respect to crops, Coaldale, Alberta, Canada<br />Bruce Schwoegler, BS (Meteorology and Naval Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Chief Technology Officer, MySky Communications Inc, meteorologist, science writer and principal/co-founder of MySky, Lakeville, Massachusetts, U.S.A.<br />John Shade, BS (Physics), MS (Atmospheric Physics), MS (Applied Statistics), Industrial Statistics Consultant, GDP, Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom<br />Gary Sharp, PhD, Center for Climate/Ocean Resources Study, Salinas, California, U.S.A.<br />Thomas P. Sheahen, PhD (Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), specialist in renewable energy, research and publication (Applied Optics) in modeling and measurement of absorption of infrared radiation by atmospheric CO2, Oakland, Maryland, U.S.A.<br />Paavo Siitam, M.Sc., agronomist and chemist, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada<br />L. Graham Smith, PhD, Associate Professor of Geography, specialising in Resource Management, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.<br />Roy W. Spencer, PhD, climatologist, Principal Research Scientist, Earth System Science Center, The University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A.<br />Walter Starck, PhD (Biological Oceanography), marine biologist (specialization in coral reefs and fisheries), author, photographer, Townsville, Australia<br />Peter Stilbs, TeknD, Professor of Physical Chemistry, Research Leader, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), member of American Chemical Society and life member of American Physical Society, Chair of "Global Warming - Scientific Controversies in Climate Variability", International seminar meeting at KTH, 2006, Stockholm, Sweden<br />Arlin Super, PhD (Meteorology), former Professor of Meteorology at Montana State University, retired Research Meteorologist, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Saint Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.A.<br />George H. Taylor, B.A. (Mathematics, U.C. Santa Barbara), M.S. (Meteorology, University of Utah), Certified Consulting Meteorologist, Applied Climate Services, LLC, Former State Climatologist (Oregon), President, American Association of State Climatologists (1998-2000), Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.<br />Mitchell Taylor, PhD, Biologist (Polar Bear Specialist), Wildlife Research Section, Department of Environment, Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada<br />Hendrik Tennekes, PhD, former director of research, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Arnhem, The Netherlands<br />Frank Tipler, PhD, Professor of Mathematical Physics, astrophysics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.<br />Edward M. Tomlinson, MS (Meteorology), Ph.D. (Meteorology, University of Utah), President, Applied Weather Associates, LLC (leader in extreme rainfall storm analyses), 21 years US Air Force in meteorology (Air Weather Service), Monument, Colorado, U.S.A.<br />Ralf D. Tscheuschner, Dr.rer.nat. (Theoretical physics: Quantum Theory), Freelance Lecturer and Researcher in Physics and Applied Informatics, Hamburg, Germany. Co-author of “Falsification of The Atmospheric CO2 Greenhouse Effects Within The Frame Of Physics, Int.J.Mod.Phys. 2009<br />Gerrit J. van der Lingen, PhD (Utrecht University), geologist and paleoclimatologist, climate change consultant, Geoscience Research and Investigations, Christchurch, New Zealand<br />A.J. (Tom) van Loon, PhD, Professor of Geology (Quaternary Geology), Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland; former President of the European Association of Science Editors<br />Gösta Walin, PhD in Theoretical physics, Professor emeritus in oceanography, Earth Science Center, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden<br />Neil Waterhouse, PhD (Physics, Thermal, Precise Temperature Measurement), retired, National Research Council, Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<br />Anthony Watts, 25-year broadcast meteorology veteran and currently chief meteorologist for KPAY-AM radio. In 1987, he founded ItWorks, which supplies custom weather stations, Internet servers, weather graphics content, and broadcast video equipment. In 2007, Watts founded SurfaceStations.org, a Web site devoted to photographing and documenting the quality of weather stations across the U.S., U.S.A.<br />Charles L. Wax, PhD (physical geography: climatology, LSU), State Climatologist – Mississippi, past President of the American Association of State Climatologists, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, U.S.A.<br />James Weeg, BS (Geology), MS (Environmental Science), Professional Geologist/hydrologist, Advent Environmental Inc, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S.A.<br />Forese-Carlo Wezel, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Stratigraphy (global and Mediterranean geology, mass biotic extinctions and paleoclimatology), University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy<br />Boris Winterhalter, PhD, senior marine researcher (retired), Geological Survey of Finland, former adjunct professor in marine geology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland<br />David E. Wojick, PhD, PE, energy and environmental consultant, Technical Advisory Board member - Climate Science Coalition of America, Star Tannery, Virginia, U.S.A.<br />Raphael Wust, PhD, Adj Sen. Lecturer, Marine Geology/Sedimentology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia<br />Stan Zlochen, BS (Atmospheric Science), MS (Atmospheric Science), USAF (retired), Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.<br />Dr. Bob Zybach, PhD (Oregon State University (OSU), Environmental Sciences Program), MAIS (OSU, Forest Ecology, Cultural Anthropology, Historical Archaeology), BS (OSU College of Forestry), President, NW Maps Co., Program Manager, Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc., Cottage Grove, Oregon, U.S.A.<br />"Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-33899777503378476922009-12-05T08:27:00.002-05:002009-12-05T08:32:16.968-05:00The Liberal Holy Grail - government control over everythingThe guys at Power line hit the nail on the head recognizing that the whole "Man made Global Warming' scare is nothing more than a vehicle to get control. The post is short so I insert it here for convenience but you can read it <a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/12/025087.php">here</a>, also.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><em>We've covered the Climategate scandal extensively. It is the most important scandal of our time. Climate alarmists are trying to impoverish the world, ostensibly in order to cool it down but really, in my view, to achieve the liberal holy grail of government control over everything. The scandal comes along at a critical moment to cast doubt on whether the "scientists" behind the global warming scare are doing science at all. Rather, their own words suggest that they are engaging in a combination of politics and fraud.<br />The liberal media have studiously averted their eyes from the scandal--a common posture for them these days--but, nevertheless, Americans are deeply skeptical about the warmist enterprise. </em></span><a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/environment_energy/americans_skeptical_of_science_behind_global_warming"><span style="color:#000099;"><em>Scott Rasmussen</em></span></a><span style="color:#000099;"><em> finds that the liberals' claim that the scientific argument about global warming is over is roundly rejected by the American people:<br />Most Americans (52%) believe that there continues to be significant disagreement within the scientific community over global warming. [T]he latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 25% of adults think most scientists agree on the topic. Twenty-three percent (23%) are not sure.<br />So, by more than two to one, Americans believe the debate is alive and well. Not only that, by a stunning 59 percent to 26 percent margin--also better than two to one--Americans say that it is either very likely (35%) or somewhat likely (24%) that some scientists have falsified research data to support their own theories and beliefs about global warming.<br />What's curious is that most people aren't basing this judgment on the Climategate scandal, which fewer than half of Americans have followed. (No wonder, since if you're relying on network news and your local newspaper, your chance of knowing about the story is probably zero.) Rather, while Climategate is no doubt a factor, most Americans seem to be relying on their innate anti-authoritarian bent.<br />It is perhaps a sad fact that most Americans are skeptical of what they are told by politicians, businessmen, college professors and other supposed authority figures. An extreme case is the United Nations: Rasmussen finds that only 22% of Americans consider the UN to be "a reliable source of information on global warming." So much for the IPCC "consensus" on climate change.<br />Whether we would be better off if we were a more trusting people is an interesting question. In this particular case, however, the skepticism is amply justified.<br /></em></span>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199052864565723031.post-25824240719380105262009-11-24T06:22:00.000-05:002009-11-24T06:22:44.612-05:00Climategate: how the MSM reported the greatest scandal in modern scienceQuote from article "“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.”<br />If the MSM accepts that there is a fraud what will they have to write about?<br /><a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100017451/climategate-how-the-msm-reported-the-greatest-scandal-in-modern-science/">Climategate: how the MSM reported the greatest scandal in modern science</a>Sly Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119605304874116623noreply@blogger.com1