Comments on: Oil Lobby Offers $10,000 Payments To Global Warming Deniers To Push Back On Climate Study http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:23:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Think Progress » Kerry Forces Gingrich To Admit Inhofe Is Off-Base On Global Warming Science http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-3/#comment-3627252 Think Progress » Kerry Forces Gingrich To Admit Inhofe Is Off-Base On Global Warming Science Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:47:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-3627252 [...] possible explanation? Global warming skeptics find it lucrative and rewarding to side with the deep pockets of the oil [...] [...] possible explanation? Global warming skeptics find it lucrative and rewarding to side with the deep pockets of the oil [...]

]]> By: Man hätte es vielleicht etwas anders formulieren können | gebloggtewelten.de http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-3/#comment-3111592 Man hätte es vielleicht etwas anders formulieren können | gebloggtewelten.de Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:01:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-3111592 [...] nicht mehr ernst nehmen – wir verplempern damit wertvolle Zeit und Handlungsoptionen. Die von Exxon via AEI ausgelobten Prämien für “Gegen”positionen ausgelobten Pr... sprechen eine deutliche Sprache, es wird Zeit, dass wir begreifen, wir können die Zukunft [...] [...] nicht mehr ernst nehmen – wir verplempern damit wertvolle Zeit und Handlungsoptionen. Die von Exxon via AEI ausgelobten Prämien für “Gegen”positionen ausgelobten Pr… sprechen eine deutliche Sprache, es wird Zeit, dass wir begreifen, wir können die Zukunft [...]

]]> By: Die Crème de la Crème der Klimaskeptiker* | gebloggtewelten.de http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-3/#comment-3054102 Die Crème de la Crème der Klimaskeptiker* | gebloggtewelten.de Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:06:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-3054102 [...] wegen der Interessen die sie vertreten bzw. durch welche sie instrumentalisiert werden (siehe das Exxon – AEI Angebot für Gegenpapiere). Noch eines kommt hinzu, sie offerieren uns die einfachste Möglichkeit [...] [...] wegen der Interessen die sie vertreten bzw. durch welche sie instrumentalisiert werden (siehe das Exxon – AEI Angebot für Gegenpapiere). Noch eines kommt hinzu, sie offerieren uns die einfachste Möglichkeit [...]

]]> By: bologna http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-3/#comment-2196991 bologna Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:25:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-2196991 luogo interessante, soddisfare interessante, buon! luogo interessante, soddisfare interessante, buon!

]]> By: The Seminal :: Independent Media and Politics » An Unchanging Enemy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-3/#comment-1975572 The Seminal :: Independent Media and Politics » An Unchanging Enemy Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:32:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1975572 [...] groups that fight against proven science and good ideas in the name of laziness (the recent climate change fight is a prime example). While I congratulate those with riches for their contribution to society I [...] [...] groups that fight against proven science and good ideas in the name of laziness (the recent climate change fight is a prime example). While I congratulate those with riches for their contribution to society I [...]

]]> By: Opposed to badscience http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-3/#comment-1661357 Opposed to badscience Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:47:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1661357 Jeesh! 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. Jeesh! 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.

]]> By: O'brien http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-3/#comment-1637330 O'brien Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:36:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1637330 You 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. You 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.

]]> By: GINGIN http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-3/#comment-1619931 GINGIN Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:24:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1619931 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 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

]]> By: Jeff http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-2/#comment-1615707 Jeff Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:39:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1615707 I 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! Get a life people! I 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!
Get a life people!

]]> By: Earthling http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-2/#comment-1614248 Earthling Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:04:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1614248 Nothing like a little hush money to shut people up. Is this the United States or the mafia? Nothing like a little hush money to shut people up. Is this the United States or the mafia?

]]> By: Wage slave http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-2/#comment-1613740 Wage slave Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:43:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1613740 They 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. They 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.

]]> By: tom baker http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-2/#comment-1613653 tom baker Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:29:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1613653 #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. #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.

]]> By: ardee http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-2/#comment-1613446 ardee Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:47:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1613446 well, 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... well, 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…

]]> By: mroome http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-2/#comment-1613092 mroome Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:49:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1613092 Ha! 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. Ha! 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.

]]> By: Xbot http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-2/#comment-1613091 Xbot Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:48:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1613091 Channel 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. Channel 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.

]]> By: A&Pe Man http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-2/#comment-1612807 A&Pe Man Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:56:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1612807 I 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. I 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.

]]> By: RSA http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-2/#comment-1612519 RSA Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:05:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1612519 AEI: "And next up on the block, we have <i>scientific integrity</i>. Do I hear an opening bid of $10,000?" AEI: “And next up on the block, we have scientific integrity. Do I hear an opening bid of $10,000?”

]]> By: ccokz http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-2/#comment-1612292 ccokz Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:27:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1612292 ABOUT NIE: As 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. ABOUT NIE:
As 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.

]]> By: GodfryDaniel http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-2/#comment-1611895 GodfryDaniel Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:56:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1611895 We'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. We’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.

]]> By: ccokz http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/comment-page-2/#comment-1611744 ccokz Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:29:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/01/oil-lobby-payments/#comment-1611744 <a href="http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Has_Begun_Assembling_Centrifuges_At_Natanz_Site_999.html" rel="nofollow">SPACE 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.</a> SPACE 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.

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