Saturday, October 24, 2009

Climate Change Fraud - Going against the current climate
Like most investors or business people, I am not a scientist and I can't tell if either side is fudging the figures. But I know that when a highly qualified scientist [Ian Plimer] is sidelined and demonised to the point he can't get a book published - and that book later becomes a bestseller - we may not be getting the full story.
[White House goes after the Chamber of Commerce]: Tom Donohue: Business Fights Back - WSJ.com
...The Obama administration's response has been to treat the Chamber like it has Fox News Channel: with brass knuckles. It has launched a campaign to undermine the organization by making CEOs think twice about associating with it. President Obama has openly criticized the Chamber, while adviser Valerie Jarrett has dismissed it as "old school" and acknowledged that the White House is bypassing it to work individually with CEOs.

When several major companies—including Exelon, Apple and Nike—ostentatiously quit the Chamber several weeks ago, provoking a flurry of unflattering headlines, it seemed no coincidence. Mr. Obama's allies in the unions, the trial bar and green lobbies have targeted the Chamber, some of its members, and Mr. Donohue personally.
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"I did an interview a couple of week ago, and somebody said, 'Well, the White House says that you've become Dr. No and you are going to lose your seat at the table.' And I said, 'The White House doesn't give out the seats at the table. The seats at the table go to the people who have a rational policy, who have strong people to advance that policy, that have a strong grass-roots system, that have the assets to support their program, and that are willing to play in the political process," Mr. Donohue remarks, sitting in his office, which looks across Lafayette Park to the White House.
American Thinker: It's Time for Obama to Get a Clue
"Mrs. White's the science teacher so when she told me that the polar bears are dying and the ice caps are melting, I believed her. It's her fault that we're throwing all that money away on saving a planet that's not really dying. But don't worry, I'm really the Messiah so I pushed a reset button and voila, it's now cold and snowy all the time so I'll just get an A on the next test."
A Global Focus on a Hot Number - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com
...all centered on the number 350.

For some prominent climate scientists, that is the upper limit for heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, measured in parts per million. If the gas concentration exceeds that for long, they [Andy: who, specifically, are "they"?  Let's see their names] warn, the world can expect decades of disruptive climate patterns, rising sea levels, drought and famine.

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