“May you live in interesting times.”

http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/

We finally have a leader in the White House that consults the scientific experts on these matters instead of his horoscope.
Yes, but what do these so-called “experts” consult? They are more like the soothsayers of old, rather than scientists.

Clap, clap, clap, for a President that finally has intelligence and courage to try to do what is right for Americans and the rest of the world.

Shooting ourselves in the foot on energy policy, and further jeopardizing our already fragile economy can never be considered “what is right” for either America, or the world. So, Boo, hiss, hiss.

thurgood–What in the world does Limbaugh have to do with this? Focus on the issues and not the straw man. The point is, Chu is announcing that anyone who doesn’t embrace and believe in AGW is a fool. In fact, he’s equating the skeptics to “teenage kids.” How arrogant is that? I’m dismayed that Chu–a former professor and winner of the Nobel Prize–is so quick to close his eyes to scientific debate, especially when there is obvious and substantial evidence that at the very least calls into question the theory of AGW (and yes, it is still nothing more than a theory).

Aak! (POUND-POUND)

a.) Even if it does warm up a bit, or even quite a bit, things will be just fine (if history is any indication whatever).

b.) Energy/food will not fail; both will greatly increase, regardless (if history is any indication whatever).

But then obviously he doesn’t know as much about policy as Limbaugh right?

Speaking as a liberal, judging by their respective public statements on the matter, I would be forced to say it would appear not . . .

And when has having a Nobel Prize and being a professor of renown for 30 years (strike two) ever resulted in an accurate appraisal of the intelligence of the American people? And compared with whom?

(Come to think of it, Americans do seem to win a disproportionate percentage of those Nobel Prizes. But please don’t hold that against us!)

OTOH, since you want to play that game, a third of democrats think dubya did 911, so maybe Doc Chu has a point, at that!

Libya is on the UN Security Council:
http://www.un.org/sc/members.asp

Clearly our friend Gaddafi was describing himself :) He must have a sense of humour that man.

Steven Chu should know how smart the American public, he’s got a Nobel Prize after all and has been a professor of renown for over 3 decades. But then obviously he doesn’t know as much about policy as Limbaugh right?

So…apparently the message here is one can’t walk and chew gum at the same time? That’s pretty lame. How many issues is he dealing with concurrently? Economy, health, war, climate…
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No Paul, no one here is questioning the Presidents intellegence or ability ….or that he is doing one of the toughest jobs in the world.
We do, however, have some doubts about his priorities…..
cdl

And how has he done this? – By walking from his hotel to the UN venue – all 500 yards of it, after flying to New York from New Zealand by jet plane and going by car from the airport to his hotel, thereby reducing his carbon footprint and saving the world.

So next time you get home from work please follow my great leaders example. Stop your car at the end of your driveway and walk the rest of your way home. You will feel good about it and you will have contributed to saving the world.

Anthropogenic Global Warming is a real threat to the world. Our science advisor, who is a world renowned expert on premature babies says so. And the solution is simple. Switch off your lights and pay your taxes.

Talks about building new coalitions and cooperation to solve world problems – sensible.

The only thing that is not sensible is the endorsing of IPCC’s way to tackling climate change.

“His speech received warm but not effusive applause, a sign perhaps that in the face of real world problems the expectations surrounding the president are gradually being adjusted to reality”. Adjusted to reality is right.

As for Gaddafi: “It shouldn’t be called the Security Council, it should be called the Terror Council” yeah right from the guy who organised the Lockerbie bombing. We need to have him on the security council for it not be called the “Terror Council”.

“The American public…just like your teenage kids, aren’t acting in a way that they should act,” Dr. Chu said. “The American public has to really understand in their core how important this issue [climate change] is.”

Translation: “You just aren’t smart enough to figure out this climate change stuff, so shut up, sit down, and hand over your tax dollars.”

He left out (with a nod to Mike86): “And you’re grounded until you learn how to appropriately embrace climate change!!”

Well said! And, again, this applies to most leaders in the world. Obama is no exception, unfortunately.

One wonders what they will do if the globe continues to cool as it has in recent years? There comes a point when the public (who arent stupid so much as misinformed) decide the message is fake. At which point, continuing to beggar them on behalf of that message tends to lead to somewhat violent protest.

The people in charge of the current scam obviously think that they have enough control that nothing will happen. I do wonder if they read history….which shows that no matter how much control you have, at some point it all falls apart. And the longer you keep the lid on, the more violent the backlash is.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/melting_ice_caps_expose_hundreds