Oil Lobby Offers $10,000 Payments To Global Warming Deniers To Push Back On Climate Study
Oil Lobby Offers $10,000 Payments To Global Warming Deniers To Push Back On Climate Study
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the most authoritative group on global warming, will report on Friday that it is “very likely” that human activities were the main cause of warming in the past 50 years.
Prominent global warming deniers, such as Rush Limbaugh and Sen. James Inhofe, have already been downplaying the report and contravening the science. But the Guardian reports that there is a more orchestrated movement going on below the radar to confound the public about the IPCC’s report.
The oil lobby is so desperate to push back on the new climate change report that they have been offering to pay global warming skeptics to speak out:
Scientists and economists have been offered $10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world’s largest oil companies to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today.
Letters sent by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), an ExxonMobil-funded thinktank with close links to the Bush administration, offered the payments for articles that emphasise the shortcomings of a report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Travel expenses and additional payments were also offered.
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The letters were sent by Kenneth Green, a visiting scholar at AEI, who confirmed that the organisation had approached scientists, economists and policy analysts to write articles for an independent review that would highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the IPCC report.
AEI has received more than $1.6 million from ExxonMobil. The well-heeled oil lobby is a primary reason why doubt still exists in the general public about the cause of global warming.
As Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth pointed out, despite the fact that no peer-reviewed scientific articles published in recent years express any doubt that climate change is happening, more than 50 percent of news media coverage of the issue includes the oil industry’s position on the subject.
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It’s all about money with these perverts.
No wonder they can never have enough.
Sheesh!
February 1st, 2007 at 9:33 pmWhy don’t we bomb the AEI instead? They’re more of a threat than Iran!
t-mac
February 1st, 2007 at 9:35 pmHow can I get in on the $10,000 ? I can get any degree I want on the internet.
February 1st, 2007 at 9:36 pmGlobal Warming Denier Whores. Who knew…?
February 1st, 2007 at 9:37 pmThe real reason why Bush bought a ranch in Paraguay:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/kennebunkport-submerged/
February 1st, 2007 at 9:42 pmLooks like Hendler can pick up some easy cash! All he has to do is keep citing his favorite work of fiction!
February 1st, 2007 at 9:43 pmDumbphuck Imhofe was on CNN today saying that The Weather Channel is perpetuating the global warming “myth” because, if they can’t continue to scare their viewers with global warming, their ratings will nosedive.
Actually, he would be correct . . . if he was referring to FoxSnooze and the “War on Terror” myth.
February 1st, 2007 at 9:43 pmRighto here I am and here I go:
Well sign me up – send mine to Jason Fact Mangler, c/o the Fantasygirls club, to pick up on Weds or Sat or April 1st (my birthday). I promise to offset all my lap dance contributions to the urban heat island around my hometown by having low energy highballs with no ice. If I’m not there please ask for Dennis Miller or Michael Crichton.
February 1st, 2007 at 9:51 pm“Global Warming” is pretty well entrenched in the MSM. I don’t think some of these cheap hookers would make a difference.
February 1st, 2007 at 10:15 pmSo I can find Jason “in da club”?
February 1st, 2007 at 10:18 pmHeesh if I was going to whore myself out, it would be for more then 10 grand. especially after Exxon posted 39+ billion in profits
February 1st, 2007 at 10:20 pmI am sure SEIXON the Norwegian has already applied to receive the $10,000 blood money from the Oil Lobby. He completely denies that global warming exists > lol.
February 1st, 2007 at 10:26 pmTypical…these guys have no shame or sense of decency.
February 1st, 2007 at 10:34 pmSend the check, Dude!
I was for it before I was against it or maybe I was against it before I was for it but I am for the check and I have degrees in _____, ____, ____, and _____. (Please fill in the blanks and I will provide the sheepskins!) I have more creditability than the other “experts” because nobody has questioned my position to date. I guarantee that my position cannot be questioned before I change it. I work for DUHbya’s Daddy!
February 1st, 2007 at 10:41 pmYes, 10k is pretty damn cheap.
February 1st, 2007 at 10:45 pmYes, 10k is pretty damn cheap.
Comment by ForTruth — February 1, 2007 @ 10:45 pm
It really is cheap. They won’t find too many takers in the reputable science community.
February 1st, 2007 at 10:55 pmIt really is cheap. They won’t find too many takers in the reputable science community.
Comment by gogreen
I don’t think they’re looking in that community…
February 1st, 2007 at 11:00 pmFor SEIXON $10,000 is a lot of money. Last time he was on here he claimed he was so poor that he could not afford a television in Norway.
February 1st, 2007 at 11:12 pmWhere do I sign up? TP? Did they leave an address? sarcasm/off
February 1st, 2007 at 11:13 pmYes, 10k is pretty damn cheap.
Comment by ForTruth
The way the oil companies got it figured it makes perfect sense. And rightly so.
It is more than enough to cover a hippy lifestyle in that it provides ample cash for things like hemp sandals, intercontinental shortwave radio recievers and plenty of Reynolds wrap, for those tinfoil hats.
February 1st, 2007 at 11:17 pmSoon to be published: “Science for Dummies (Republicans and other right-wingers)”
Don’t wait and order your copy now for only $999.99 plus shipping and handling. Read all of the best science that money can buy. Learn that global warming is a myth. Learn that the earth is really flat. Learn that the sun, moon, planets and stars all revolve around the earth, which is obviously the center of the universe. Learn about witchcraft and magic spells. Learn about good and evil and other simple-mindedness. Don’t wait because the end of the world is imminent.
February 1st, 2007 at 11:21 pmThe Oil Lobby should give the money away in $100 bill bundles, wrapped in tin foil, like Rep. William Jefferson stuck in his freezer in New Orleans, Louisiana. Standard payoff bundle for the mafia is $10,000 bundle in $100 bills. In the movies when you see a guy dump cash bundle on the table wrapped with a rubber band, or bank paper sleave, it is $10,000 in $100 bills hard cold cash.
February 1st, 2007 at 11:28 pmCheck out repo man sometime Jay, the scene with the cash in small wrapped packages.
February 1st, 2007 at 11:37 pmComment by Briseadh na Faire
Sorry, I am greedy,
“Urban Heat Islands”
Send cash, off the books, small, non-sequencial bills please.
February 1st, 2007 at 11:41 pmDamn Bob, at least hold out for 30 grand
February 1st, 2007 at 11:44 pmReally Robert. I’m holding out for $50,000.
**eyes rolling**
February 1st, 2007 at 11:46 pmKrazny > I saw that movie once. If you see in a movie, like a guy gives someone 10 bundles of cash, then that means $100 bills/$10,000 each bundle, so $100,000 cash.
Usually when a suitcase is shown full of $100 bill bundles, then it is one million in cash. 100 bundles = one million dollars.
February 1st, 2007 at 11:46 pmhacker bob > If someone gives you a bundle of $100 bills, meaning $10,000 in cash, then check to see if the bills are brand new currency or used $100 bills. New cash from the bank can be in sequence of serial numbers, so therefore marked bills. FBI gives those bundles out for sting operations. The kind Rep. Jefferson took in Lousiana > he is very stupid.
February 1st, 2007 at 11:50 pmPaul Krugman talks about Molly Ivins, God rest her soul.
February 1st, 2007 at 11:56 pmIt’s those durn Kows emitting all that methane!
Eat more chicken!
February 1st, 2007 at 11:59 pmI have never understood why a lobby exists.
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:05 amI am really tiring of having to create new monikers because of the asinine trolls around here and TP’s Finicky Feckin Filter Fairy. -Zep Tepi
Rush Limbaugh emits more hydrogen sulfide than a whole herd of cows, hence we must sacrifice Rush to the great fire god!
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:08 amI have never understood why a lobby exists.
Comment by Juan C
I cant figure out why BORe exists.
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:14 amA&Pe Man = Holy Kow/rachel/PAT
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:22 amDont start that crap again TA.
Meet Iggy.
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:26 amHoly Kow, Zep Tepi Yes, all others you talk about no.
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:30 amTell you what AEI (Association of Educated Idjits)
Send me the 10,000 first then I will write the BS after the check clears
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:34 am(wink wink)
A&Pe Man/Joanie Doe/rachel b./patricie reglin/Wellsley/many others:
If you would pick one name,and stick to it,I will leave you alone.
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:41 amI’ve tried to recommend ‘PAT’;give it a whirl.
Gimme them ten G`s. It`ll pay off the wifes SUV. I`ll write anything the GOP wants me to write for 10 G`s.
Anything at all. But especially this global warming caper that you treehuggers seem to embrace along with Mao Tse Tung ( Al Gore )
You are all upper midwest-southern canadian and northeastern US Communists trying to infiltrate the lower 48.
I will enjoy writing anything the GOP wants me to write for only 5 G`s.
Consider it my war effort contribution to the much needed war effort.
Why don`t you tree huggers stop planting marijuana for 5 seconds and plant a victory garden for our troops.
Send them fresh vegetables. Or smoke your own garden delights and knit a pillowcase for the troops while you are stoned out of your mind listening to Crosby Stills Nash and Young songs from yesteryear.
Just do something MORE constructive than sit here all day on your computer smoking joint after joint like The Big Lebowski.
My God man. Where is your sense of dignity!
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:49 amYou don’t bother me in the least. TA.
Meet Iggy
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:57 amZooey would you talk to your research imp and correct its malfunctioning esp?
Thanks =)
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:00 amI would like to see a little more common decency when addressing
the President of the United States of America.
How about CIC.
It`s quick and most importantly SIMPLE for you democrusts to remember. Defaming our President is a direct reflection on our country as a whole. You should refrain from doing this as casual passerby may see the comment and think it is a widely held opinion in America, when in fact it was just one or two peoples OPINION.
Very important lesson there for you.
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:03 amSo this is why Exxon needs record profits…To pay off the hacks.
Makes sense now, 33 billion can buy alot of pundits and freepers.
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:03 amI would like to see a little more common decency when addressing
the President of the United States of America.
Respect is earned not given. People whom mislead, with intent, deserve no respect.
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:07 amHow so is the word ‘Democrust’ respectful of democracy?
Do you lament Demoracy?
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:09 amComment by The LandLady
What you have wrote is simply opinionated projectionism.
I doubt you have the credentials to write about global warming.
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:13 amYou are all upper midwest-southern canadian and northeastern US Communists trying to infiltrate the lower 48. -Land Lady
Assuming facts not in evidence.
(that is you look silly repeating such unprovable screed)
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:15 amhttp://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=7F5A2F7F-E7F2-99DF-3BFC3A22DBF88894
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:22 amIn addition to such ice changes–accelerated melting in Greenland, western Antarctica and from mountain glaciers throughout the world–scientists have improved their understanding of the atmosphere’s workings. For example, the tiny particles known as aerosols are far better understood, says atmospheric scientist Piers Forster of the University of Leeds in England andalso a lead author. “We estimate that their total radiative forcing is around -1.3 [watts/meter2],” which is a cooling effect, he says. “Because of this and a better understanding of how forcing terms add up, we are able to sum the radiative forcings and, for the first time, come up with the statement that we have very high confidence that humans have had a warming influence since preindustrial times.”
screed…
Comment by A&Pe Man
That’s funny,I used that same word against the fake ‘troll alert’ from last night. Hhmmm..
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:25 amI thought that was you,Holy Kow.You can’t dupe me;and you can’t degrade the good name of…
Did someone hear nothing?
I didn’t.
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:28 amDid someone hear nothing?
I didn’t……………Comment by A&Pe Man
Said the small Who in the hamlet of Whoville.
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:47 amFor $10,000 I would write anything that suited anyone`s fancy and twist it`s message beyond all compare.
Just as the Democrats have also done to the Bible itself over the years and for FREE!
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:06 amSaid the small Who in the hamlet of Whoville.
Comment by gg 4444
LOL
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:16 amJust as the Democrats have also done to the Bible itself over the years and for FREE!
Comment by WWJD?
There are, much to your chagrin, more Democratic Christians than Republican ones. Besides God and Jesus were neither Republican nor Democratic, as much as you would like to believe such.
the Christians who actually followed with Jesus on His journeys of evangelism did live in communal groups and shared possessions, meager as they may have been. Jesus taught them that they must live under civil law while also abiding by the Higher Law regarding their personal behavior and aspirations. They were told that they should pay their taxes while not seeking after personal riches, to work for their sustenance while sharing with those who could not work, to maintain their bodies in healthful condition while healing those who suffered from ill health, to contstantly strive to conquer the evil that lived within themselves.
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:20 amHow much did it cost them for Bush and Cheney to become their petro puppets.
If we include the military cost, hi-jacked government costs, and degradation of our health due to pollution and global warming, oil is the most expensive energy source.
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:22 amA&Pe Man….
hmmm….lemme see here.
You are *Asexual and a *Physical *education teacher?
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:24 amTo wit gg 4444 the US is 78% Christian. Currently only 30% support Bush and of course only 78% of that 30% are Chrsitian.
Heh.
BTW I am a Christian, just a quiet one.
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:28 amYou are *Asexual and a *Physical *education teacher?
Comment by gg 4444
A and P denotes Airframe and Powerplant and has nothing to do with that you opine.
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:29 amNote the following news story:
Can anyone actually believe this bullshit? This idea reminds me of college contests where students are challenged to find the most complicated and elegant solution to perform an otherwise simple task, such as for example building an elegant mouse trap. This mirror project also sounds a bit too much like the so-called “Star Wars” missile defense system. See how many billions of dollars can be wasted doing the absurdly impractical. Or maybe this is the way to reward certain “friendly” contractors who will be awarded no-bid billion dollar contracts. Why not instread do the “simple” solution of cutting back on carbon dioxide emissions now? Duh!
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:31 amAnd why, if you are a christian do you make such projections?
I ask you, sir, to kindly keep your imagination off me and to yourself.
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:33 amA&Pe Man
Not too hard to figure out you`re Barfly.
Simple deduction really.
Why can`t you just post under one name?
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:38 amNot too hard to figure out you`re Barfly.
Simple deduction really.
IGGIED
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:43 amComment by A&Pe Man/rachel b./Holy Kow……
You’ve been hi-jacking my name all day,Clown.
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:54 amThe smart ones here,like Juan C.,will figure it out.
Willy, unfortunately, it’s not that easy. Not only are we currently experiencing global warming, we are also experiencing global dimming. That is to say, while the greenhouse gases are keeping the heat in, the particulate matter is currently blocking 10% of the sunlight hitting the Earth’s surface.
The UK is doing an amazing job at scrubbing the particulate matter from their emissions. However, they are not also eliminating the greenhouse gases nearly as efficiently. The UK currently has skies with some of the greatest amount of sunlight coming through, and their country is heating up at a swifter rate than those countries not scrubbing their pollution. As are the other leading countries at reducing such particles.
Evaporation of water has nothing to do with heat, it is directly proportional to the amount of sunlight hitting the surface of the water. Global pan evaporation rates have been steadily decreasing, and, as I stated above, currently 10% more sunlight is being blocked. We know this because of the measurements taken from space (that lets us know that the sun is the same brightness as it was previously, so this has nothing whatsoever to do with the sun itself). This is, scientists now know, what has been causing a lot of the wacky weather, such as droughts, no monsoons when there should be, etc, that global warming alone could not explain.
This leaves us in quite a conundrum. We must not only eliminate greenhouse gases, but we must do it at a quicker rate than we eliminate particulate matter, or we accelerate global warming, melting the icecaps, etc, we must reverse the spread of, and eliminate the particulate matter, or global dimming will slow evaporation rates (which further wreaks havoc on the weather systems).
Basically, we need to simultaneously clean both greenhouses gases and particulate matter, or we will cause on or another tipping point.
We are riding on a razor’s edge, people. We need to get it together, or we won’t be able to survive on the planet we create. Life will go on, humanity will not.
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:59 amomment by A&Pe Man/rachel b./Holy Kow……
You’ve been hi-jacking my name all day,Clown.
The smart ones here,like Juan C.,will figure it out.
Comment by troll alert
IGGIED
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:59 amBarfly is in the house. Who’s been spreadin’ shit?
It’s those durn Kows emitting all that methane!
Eat more chicken! Comment by A&Pe Man
Don’t you remember, when I mentioned the word progressions you make, and cannot hide? This is one. My only question now is: is Rachael et al really Santo? Santo had a chick-fil-a rant as well.
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:59 amComment by troll alert
IGGIED
Comment by A&Pe Man
After reading the thread, I’m curious what IGGIED means. It obviously doesn’t mean ignored, as you’ve posted it several times, now.
Or is it the Rachel equivalent of “I am crushing your head?”
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:03 amThe NSM Woman’s Division would like YOU to attend another of our rallies, you are in luck! We have 5 rallies coming up this summer. I will email you with the particulars. It looks like you have quite a few more posters than you did last year, this ought to bolster our presence in futeure rallies. Please try to spread the word to your posters and your staff that you are welcome to attend our rallies with open arms at anytime you so desire. Our hospitality during demonstrations is second to none. Thanks for volunteering last year with the food and drinks wagon TP posters and staff. It was a blast!
Hope to see you again this year.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:03 amWe`ll bring the beer brats!
All are welcome!
Tell a friend!
Don’t you remember, when I mentioned the word progressions you make, and cannot hide? This is one. My only question now is: is Rachael et al really Santo? Santo had a chick-fil-a rant as well.
Comment by Barfly
I was making fun of Santo Barfly.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:03 amHope to see you again this year.
We`ll bring the beer brats!
All are welcome!
Tell a friend!
Comment by Barfly
You’re fooling no one with this poor imitation, Rache. But I know you have a compulsion about such things . . .
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:08 amI was making fun of Santo Barfly.
Comment by A&Pe Man
So you are Santo. I suspected as much, by the word choice. Do you post from a college, or business? As many times as you’ve been banned here, you must have access to a lot of different IP’s.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:11 amSo Santo knows about airframe mechanics. Another piece of the puzzle . . .
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:18 amOne last bit, S-Man; your sudden silence speaks volumes. I think I’ll talk with the others on “the list,” tomorrow, and present my evidence.
Should be an interesting day.
Barfly has left the premises.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:23 amNot me, I work from home right now Santo =)
heh.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:30 amSanto go back to Chik-fil-a ya min wage earner.One last bit, S-Man; your sudden silence speaks volumes. I think I’ll talk with the others on “the list,†tomorrow, and present my evidence.
By all means do, in fact contact the TP admin and you will see that tihis IP that I am at right now, has been used for only one name – A&Pe Man.
Interface: ppp0
Type: PPP (PPPSerial)
IP Address: 172.148.162.55
And to make it easier for the site admin I am using the firefox browser on a Macintosh OS X unit.
Just ask Thinkprogress. Vindication for all these baseless accusations is soon to be mine.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:35 amYou guys are letting Santo mess with you.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:37 amYou guys are letting Santo mess with you.
Comment by A&Pe Man
Not any more. You are busted.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:40 amVindication for all these baseless accusations is soon to be mine.
Comment by A&Pe Man —
Word progressions, Rache. They give you away every time.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:42 amAnd as I said, you’re using multiple IP’s so posting one IP is worthless. Santo isn’t very bright, even though he knows something of airframe mechanics.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:45 amOoops I almost forgot the link address.
Comment by Rachel
Hilarious, Santo.
But tonight has been productive, in that I’ve finally found the evidence to show that you’re Santo. You can have fun playing with my name now, as I’m going to bed. Some of us actually have jobs to go to.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:49 amWord progressions, Rache. They give you away every time.
Comment by Barfly
And he/she/it has been hi-jacking my name all day.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:49 ameven though ‘he’ knows
Comment by Barfly
I was always under the impression that Santo was female.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:52 amDo you see that Santo is Rachel, TA? She dissappeared for twenty minutes after being confronted – and then came back as Santo.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:53 amAny way, bed time for real this time. Santo can scratch the walls alone.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:54 amDo you see that Santo is Rachel, TA?
Comment by Barfly
I’m not quite there yet.
There are similarities though.
I think this one,rachel b.,is a guy.
February 2nd, 2007 at 4:03 amI always felt Santo G. was female.
troll alert is also signing off,and will not post again until atleast midnight.
If my name shows up before then,you know I’ve been trolled.
February 2nd, 2007 at 4:07 amI’ve finally found the evidence to show that you’re Santo.
Comment by Barfly
Uh huh.
February 2nd, 2007 at 4:23 amThis is obscene Capitalist Money Madness.
February 2nd, 2007 at 4:33 amSPACE WAR: YOUR WORLD AT WAR: Iran Has Begun Assembling Centrifuges At Natanz Site;Vienna (AFP) Feb 01 – Iran is stopping UN inspectors from installing cameras at a nuclear facility where Tehran intends to place 3,000 centrifuges for industrial-scale uranium enrichment, diplomats said Thursday.
February 2nd, 2007 at 6:29 amWe’d better hurry up and attack Iran before it goes underwater so we can get all their oil to fuel even bigger SUVs to drive on what roads are not submerged.
February 2nd, 2007 at 6:56 amABOUT NIE:
February 2nd, 2007 at 8:27 amAs mentioned earlier, Iran gives a damn about the US opinion concerning its nukes. The US is under nuclear threat, more precisely its soldiers in Iraq. Furthermore, as this report mentions, its soldiers are facing mounting tension. Bush has to solve the lowering in his authority. He lost an election, he just made the two preceeding ones. THe Republican power calculation was always a farce in my eyes. They knew from the beginning that when Bush has to face real problems, they would very fast fall below the 50% threshold. The problems have amassed. A lost election, lack of authority concerning Iran, lack of authority cncerning Iraq. These things are all interconnected and Bush is in danger not be able to control the spin anymore.
AEI: “And next up on the block, we have scientific integrity. Do I hear an opening bid of $10,000?”
February 2nd, 2007 at 9:05 amI signed off after the last post from me – A&Pe Man
What is amazing, to me, is that each of you THINK you know, yet you don’t know anything other than what you THINK.
Your getting to be as bad as the weenies over at Eschaton that THINK they know who is posting under what moniker when they DONT know. THINKING that you know is not KNOWING.
Progression thought is a farce. The site admin is laughing at you who are allowing Santo/Rachel to ‘crush your skulls’ as she puts it.
Why don’t you ask the site admin, there are logs, if my IP matched Santos or rachels, or Barflys, or Troll Alert? They do not match.
Jebus, and I thought people here were knowledgeable about the TCP/IP protocols. Worse TP allows anyone to steal anyones name and without access to those site logs you are guessing.
But keep guessing one day you will wake up to that fact.
February 2nd, 2007 at 9:56 amChannel one was interviewing someone from CEI today too *shudder* To show equality with news about global warming.
Next, when scientists say the sun is yellow, they’ll present information from the representative of some overfunded colorblind institute who says it’s blue, so they can be showing both sides.
February 2nd, 2007 at 10:48 amHa! This morning on NPR they interviewed their London correspondent on this issue & asked “isn’t this just outright bribery?” To which the correspondent answered, “it all depends on your perspective.” I wonder how much he got.
February 2nd, 2007 at 10:49 amwell, I guess it’s sell out time… I’ll say what they want for $20,000,000. Too cheap to sell out my integrity? That amount may be worth it to insure a good future for my family in this whacko world…
February 2nd, 2007 at 11:47 am#3 – You’ve got the right idea there, figuratively speaking. Until the MSM won’t accept press releases from outfits like AEI and Heritage, there will be no way to dispel the false debates they start. Rather than forming equal and opposite think tanks, we need to put investigators to work tracking the activities of the members of these “stink tanks”. Once it’s public knowledge that they are whores, whose private and personal values are no better than their public propagandizing, the debate can be moved back onto productive ground, and off the fields of fantasy.
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:29 pmThey aren’t real scientists, they only play them in D.C.
Well, that’s what “doctor’s” in commercials have to say. Any one who gets paid to give a “scientific” opinion really has no credibility in my book.
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:43 pmNothing like a little hush money to shut people up. Is this the United States or the mafia?
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:04 pmI love the fact that Gore traveled the country promoting his book in a private jet. Burning up all that precious fuel that he claims is such a contributing factor to global warming. I guess it’s okay to waste air fuel if you are a left wing, liberal…oh but when it comes to the “money hungry, war starting republicans” it’s a different story!
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:39 pmGet a life people!
WELL, I HAVE PLENTY TO SAY ABOUT THE ADMIN. AND THE DARK UNDERHANDED TACTICS ENGINEERED TO KEEP THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IN CHECK. THEY HAVE MANAGED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY SO FAR TO KEEP THE BLINDFOLD ON THE EYES OF MOST EVERY BODY IN THIS COUNTRY.
SADLY IT IS TO SAY THAT MANY ARE SO GULLIBLE THAT THEY BELIEVE THE $%$##& THE ADMIN. PUTS OUT THERE, THEY DO NOT BOTHER TO QUESTION HOW FAR ARE THEY BEING SHAFTED, THEY JUST BEND OVER AND TAKE.
OK! IT EVEN MORE SAD THAT MANY CHOOSE TO LIVE IN A FANTASY WORLD WHERE ALL IS GOOD, GREAT AND TRUTHFUL, WHERE MONEY CAN BUY ALL, STEAKS TASTE GREAT AND THERE IS NO DESEASE MADE IN LABS KILLING MILLIONS. FUNNY IT REMINDS ME OF THE MOVIE THE MATRIX, THE WORLD PEOPLE BELIEVE TO BE LIVING IN AND THE REAL WORLD.
MY, MY, HOW BLIND DO PEOPLE WISH TO BE.
OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE, THE TRUTH IS NOT WHAT IS BEING TOLD OR SHOWN, THEY ONLY SHOW AND TELL WHAT THEY WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW AND WHAT THEY KNOW PEOPLE WISH TO SEE AND HEAR.
PERAHAPS I AM BEING A BIT DRASTIC, CRUDE OR EVEN BOLD, BUT WHO SAID THAT THE TRUTH WAS PINK AND BLUE.
HONESTLY
February 3rd, 2007 at 12:24 amYou guys that criticise Gore for traveling in jet to publish his “book” I guess would prefer that he take a horse and buggy? Oh, yeah, that would really work!! It’s like Chomsky said when people criticised his finanical status – do his critics want him to work from a cave somewhere in the Rockies?
Get Real!!! We are living in a world dominated by wealth, power and corporate control. Open your eyes, righty!! The average person really does not have a voice in political affairs. (What percent of Americans are against the war and yet Bush wants to escalate it? And it will happen! And he’ll get his war with Iran also. ) I certainly appreciate people who are not living on streets, who have some wherewithal to speak out for me and you had better be grateful also.
February 4th, 2007 at 10:36 amJeesh! Its amazing how lemming like this world has become. Al Gore’s movie and the IPCC soon to be doctored scientific reports are selling a scare agenda not too distant from “weapons of mass destruction”. How about facing up to the fact that scientifically we are just beginning to scratch the surface on this so called global warming matter. Its a wake up call for all when well respected scientists are forced to distance themselves from the new main stream scientific methods offered by the IPCC which conveniently ignore sound statistical methods and new studies that offer deeper understanding of the variables explaining cause and effect.
I hope when the blinders finally are removed on this matter that we aren’t living in the middle of the next ice age that even man-made green house gases couldn’t prevent.
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