ROFLMAO! Look at who is the President of the mis-named “Union of Concerned Scientists” — not a scientist at all, but a political hack whose formative experiences are in journalism and working for such luminous scientific experts as former Sen. Tim Wirth (later of UN/Ted Turner fame).
The b.s. bio below actually cites his experience of propounding the UCS nonsense propaganda against missile defense in the late ‘80s as one of the highlights of his resume — that sordid episode of utter drivel pouring out of the political left (proclaiming that sarcastically labelled “Star Wars” could never work) is one of the absolute LOWs of the political left in a long history of dishonest, vicious onslaughts against science, reason, and decency.
http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/01/05/weeks-knobloch/
UCS President Kevin Knobloch is well-positioned to weigh in on the debate about politics and scientific integrity. Knobloch began his career as a journalist, then spent six years as a legislative staffer for former Sen. Timothy Wirth (D-Colo.) and former Rep. Ted Weiss (D-N.Y.). He was UCS’s legislative director for arms control and national security from 1989 to 1992, at the height of the controversy over whether a Star Wars missile defense system would work. After earning a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard, Knobloch served as director of conservation programs for the Appalachian Mountain Club before returning to UCS in 2000 and taking the helm as president in 2003.
Does anyone here know how many actual scientists belong to the Union of Concerned Scientists?