Posted on 11/25/2009 4:32:52 PM PST by Charles Henrickson
The heat is on! DUmmieland is heating up, and Climategate is the cause. As you probably have heard by now, a number of e-mails have been leaked from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU). These e-mails show that "scientists" there have manipulated and suppressed data that do not support their crusade to prove Anthropogenic (Man-caused) Global Warming. In other words, the CRU has been turning out C-R-U-D. This revelation could be the last nail in the boffins' coffin, the death knell of their increasingly discredited cause. Of course, the DUmmies are more upset about the e-mails being leaked than about the damaging information they contain. And the True Believers are still confessing the creed of the Church of Climatology. But one brave DUmmie is daring to take on the Warmers. He is DUmmie notesdev, and over the last few days, he has shown up on a number of threads to challenge their assertions, as you can track in notesdev's JOURNAL. It's not easy being non-green, but notesdev is taking the heat and not backing down!
Before we go to those threads, though, let's first sing this this musical tribute to the High Priest of the Church of Climatology, the Rev. Algore:
WHY IT'S GETTING WARM
Tune: "Riders on the Storm"
Why it's getting warm
Why it's getting warm
Is it hotter than the norm
Or just turning back to form
Gore would sound the warning horn
And make cars that run on corn
Why it's getting warm
There's an inconsistent flaw
In his scientific law
There's not one single cause
For why an iceberg thaws
The conclusion that he draws
Is giving us guffaws
An inconsistent flaw
Gore, you incoherent goof
Gore, you incoherent goof
It doesn't take a sleuth
To see your lack of proof
Here's an inconvenient truth
It's still freezing in Duluth
You incoherent goof
Why it's getting warm
Why it's getting warm
Is it hotter than the norm
Or just turning back to form
Gore would sound the warning horn
And make cars that run on corn
Why it's getting warm
Why it's getting warm
Why it's getting warm . . .
So now let us go the Warmergate Wars, in Thermometer Red, while the commentary of your humble guest correspondent, the wag tailoring the doggerel, Charles Henrickson--looking forward to the annual Thanksgiving threads of DUmmies interacting with their rethuglican relatives, which are always a hoot--is in the [brackets]:
"Climate sceptics claim leaked emails are evidence of collusion among scientists" . . . If these prove to be authentic, it's vital they be read in context. . . .
["In context" means their "facts" are Fake But Accurate.]
I want the truth, no matter which side that is. I know thats not a popular opinion with so many people having vested interests in believing GW is real, but the truth is more important than ideology.
[LOUSY FREEPER TROLL!!!]
the majority of Russians are FOR global warming. . . .
[Moscow, the new Miami.]
Many of these emails seems to suggest discussion of data manipulation, freezing out skeptics, etc, etc.
[Nonsense! Why, these men are SCIENTISTS! They could not possibly be politically driven!]
GCC is a serious threat. . . .
[Notice how "Global Warming" has recently been modified to "Global Climate Change."]
Scientists have no horse in this race, therefore no reason to "lean" either way.
[Two words: Research grants. Now to the first post from DUmmie notesdev. . .]
I'm not going to make myself popular among the followers of that religion, but I am familiar with the scientific method and "global warming" has always struck me as offensive to it. I have been slack-jawed more than once, watching the extreme energy consumption excesses of Al Gore - the palatial mansions far beyond his needs, the constant travel on private jets, the SUVs - and trying to figure out how the true believers can be so blind to the complete disconnect between how he lives and what he claims to be true. He is well on his way to becoming a billionaire, profits sucked right out of the pockets of the suckers who took him at his word... and still, it doesn't seem to register with them that his behavior does not match up with his words. If carbon dioxide is such a problem, why is he producing it at a rate unmatched by all but a few other human beings on the planet? Nor did they blink an eye at the sudden Orwellian switch from "global warming" to "climate change", just as the hard proof was becoming known, that the planet as a whole is not warming at all. Real scientists don't find reasons to explain that away - they say, these are the facts, this is the truth, and let the chips fall where they may.
[DUmmie notesdev, you are far worse than a LOUSY FREEPER TROLL! You are a HERETIC!!! But please continue . . .]
So many claims that have been made by proponents of this agenda have been proven false, that it amazes me that anyone is still foolish enough to believe it. If the initial claims were true we would never have made it to the year 2000, the world was scheduled to end well before then. Was it so long ago that the predictions of increasing hurricane activity, made in the wake of Katrina, went silent as several quiet hurricane seasons passed?
[HERESY! LOCK! BAN! DELETE!]
You needn't go back very far to see hysterical prediction after hysterical prediction, that the world should already have ended many times over if these "scientists" (who were actually political agitators and not scientists at all) were correct.
[OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!]
Back in the day when I was just a small child, I read a fairy tale called Chicken Little. "The sky is falling!" "The sky is falling!" My friend, the sky is not falling. Climate change is perfectly natural and has gone on since the earth formed from protoplanetary mass, and that change is driven by the sun, something we can do nothing about. Global warming is a complete and total fraud.
[AAAAAAIIIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!! NO NO NO NO NO!!!!! The Warmers respond . . .]
Glen Beck, is that you?
[You've been reading the DUmmie FUnnies, haven't you?]
Why are you using right-wing talking points?
[This is called DUmmiegenic Subject Change, diverting attention from the evidence that the boffins were manipulating data.]
do you acknowledge that AGW may in fact be happening?
[A Warmer comes back at notesdev.]
An extreme improbability. Anything is possible. . . . Me plucking a nose hair in 1979 could have set off the course of events that eventually resulted in Pittsburgh winning the Superbowl last year, too. Nor could one conclusively disprove that we are not all sitting in pods, living in a virtual world constructed by a malicious alien artificial intelligence intent on harvesting our body heat for energy. . . . Each of these hypotheses has about an equal chance of being true, i.e. none.
[You are indeed a brave soul, DUmmie notesdev!]
Hiding data, deleting data, cherry picking, choosing techniques for the specific purpose of achieving an outcome that conforms to a preconception, failure to admit levels of uncertainty, failure to test a hypothesis, political advocacy, and more - it is a virtual catalogue of things that a scientist must not do in order to establish the credibility of their results. . . . These leaked emails provide yet the latest proof that nothing resembling scientific method is involved in arriving at conclusions promoted by AGW advocates.
[Notesdev, with all this mental clarity, you are now the frontrunner for Kewpie Doll of the Year! Keep going, with a post from another thread . . .]
if I assert there's a giant space dragon hiding behind the sun, who will only be appeased if we coat the moon in peanut butter, otherwise he'll eat the planet... are you going to rush to the Cape Canaveral with a jar of Skippy? (Pay no attention to my massive investment in peanut futures)
[Moonbatogenic Goober Warning.]
it's too late to make a difference- so why bother with it at this point? eat, drink, and be merry, for sometime this century- we die.
[Is that you, Joyceleyn Elders? Back to notesdev, on yet another thread . . .]
The biggest scientific scandal of the century, and all we get on DU is apologia and cover-up. This is extremely disappointing.
[This is extremely predictable. Like this Warmer apologist . . .]
It's pointless to respond seriously to wackadoodle denialism.
[The wackadoodle denialism right now is coming from who ignore the boffins' manipulation of the data. One final post from notesdev, on still another thread . . .]
I can name quite a few motives. It sure beats toiling away as an obscure and unknown climate scientist in East Anglia, if instead you get to jet the world and be a big shot at conferences, because everyone is celebrating the latest advances based on your revolutionary new results. Cushy jobs, pretty nice salary, be the big man on campus, big budgets to play with. . . . Book deals, important posts, maybe some nice undergrad climate babes, you name it. . . .
[Boffins: 'Bring on the climate babes!' Now to close, a few final thoughts from some other DUmmies . . .]
It is going to take a revolution. . . .
[The DUmmies are revolting!]
few us are willing to or even capable of making really major changes to our lifestyle. I like hot showers in the morning and I use toilet paper.
[Brown underwear = Green planet.]
Copenhagen is about one thing: getting "rich" countries to give money to "developing" nations.
[Sorry, only one Kewpie Doll per thread.]
“Hiding data, deleting data, cherry picking, choosing techniques for the specific purpose of achieving an outcome that conforms to a preconception, failure to admit levels of uncertainty, failure to test a hypothesis, political advocacy, and more - it is a virtual catalogue of things that a scientist must not do in order to establish the credibility of their results. . . . These leaked emails provide yet the latest proof that nothing resembling scientific method is involved in arriving at conclusions promoted by AGW advocates.”
Hey Notedev, Resist the darkside and come on over and see the light.
Caliente!!
There is no doubt that Al Gore Worshipping takes place on DU...
They want control of it all. Control over how big your house is, control over how big your car is, control over how much electricity you use, control over what food you eat.
Actually, about half a revolution at this point (around the sun) ... Then it'll get real warm again & you can blame GCC.
No. I'm Spartacus!!!
Poor notesdev will find his stock in DU taking a nosedive...
I’m not surprised at all. Even DUmmies get it. You would have to have an IQ lower than room temperature not to.
To inflict maximum pain on them, he should have said a GIANT SPAGHETTI MONSTER hiding behind the sun.
notesdev is awesome! when it comes to Globull Warming at least.
BTW, anyone notice all the fighting going on at DU between the left kooks who think Obama is too moderate, and the moderate Dems who think Obama is doing a great job? It’s been quite entertaining.
Oh, and what is the obsession over there with rec and unrec’ing threads over there? they go nuts over that. Back to unrec’ing threads LOL.
Not really, only like 2 in DUmmieland get it.
Yes, I noticed a number of their "Greatest" threads are on that subject. I could have looked at any number of them, but I wanted especially to devote this DUFU to the Climategate controversy.
If you do go over to the DUmp, gang, over the next couple days, keep your eye out for any DUFUable conversations-at-the-Thanksgiving-table threads, and send the link(s) to me and PJ.
That was awesome. There is still someone at DU with a brain cell.
You are right. Quote of the year.
For them to be truly lucid they still need to face some harsh facts. Right off the top they need to understand that Al Gore, Obama, and the rest of the democrats don’t love them any more than they love us. The liberals who vote for them are little more than a means to an end. I’ll even go so far as to suggest that the republicans see us in much the same way. That’s just the nature of the political party beast.
The ends are where the republicans and democrats really part ways. I suspect that Al Gore envisions a Utopian world where there are no more than a million super rich and a billion strong labor force to supply their every need. Things like producing roads where only a few can drive. They’ll still need us to work in mines and grow food but none of it is primarily for our own consumption. I’m sure they love the idea of a drive through the country to watch the little people toiling in the fields going about their ignorant lives.
The Republicans on the other hand, love consumers for their own reasons. Personally I don’t care if the republicans love me as long as they still want me to produce and consume. The best way to do that is by not interfering and skimming too much money off the top in the form of taxes.
Given the choice between serf and citizen, I choose the latter.
I’ll definitely keep an eye out for Thanksgiving arguments in DUmmieland and forward anything interesting!
I didn’t see many of them defending AGW......
It really looks like the wheels have really fallen off the AGW wagon when the DU makes these kinds of statements. Maybe they are getting a glimpse that their saviors are more like overlords.
As another Freeper said a few days ago, “Global warming really is Mann made. Michael Mann that is.”
That's what DUers live by.
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