Reposted from National Review Online
Please support us in our fight against Professor Michael Mann.
By Jack Fowler
We’re being sued, and we need your help.
Let me recap: A lawsuit has been formally filed by Professor Michael Mann against National Review and Mark Steyn. You know Mann: The Penn State academic and self-proclaimed (and bogus) Nobel Peace Prize awardee best known, famously and infamously, for the “hockey stick” graph that allegedly proves that recent years were the hottest on record for more than a millennium.
Of course, he is also known for the scandal about embarrassing e-mails, pried out of the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit.
(Anything you want to know about “Climategate” can be found at the great site WattsUpWithThat.com. And if you want to get a load of Mann, visit his Facebook page for kicks and giggles and a look at self-promotion on steroids.)
In July, Mark wrote on the Corner about Penn State, much in the news for its institutional cover-ups, and Professor Mann. It was a Steyn classic, so it must have really smarted, and soon thereafter NR received notification of a pending lawsuit (here’s our response).
Like his claim to be a Nobel laureate, the charges against NR are baseless and very much worth fighting. National Review doesn’t look to get itself sued, but neither does it shy from a fight, especially one like this. Rich Lowry’s response to Mann’s legal threats exactly captures our mood and determination.
As many of you know, National Review is not a non-profit — we are just not profitable. A lawsuit is not something we can fund with money we don’t have. Of course, we’ll do whatever we have to do to find ourselves victorious in court and Professor Mann thoroughly defeated, as he so richly deserves to be. Meanwhile, we have to hire attorneys, which ain’t cheap.
The bills are already mounting.
This is our fight, legally. But with the global-warming extremists going all-out to silence critics, it’s your fight too, morally. When we were sued, we heard from many of you who expressed a desire to help underwrite our legal defense. We deeply appreciated the outpouring of promised help.
Now we really need it.
Please help National Review in its fight to kick Professor Michael Mann’s legal heinie.
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James
When lies attract funding but telling the truth costs money, an honest man should reach for his wallet and fight back.
fobdanger from back in the day of low pay and long hours.
Done.
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Stairway Press is…in.
I am really happy to help…does it matter that I don’t have any shares in oil?
Done with pleasure. Looking forward to justice, truth, and fireworks!
One thing I can say for Mann, he doesn’t have a problem with too little ego. Is he over-compensating for something?
Great post Jack! It really sounds like things are heating up and getting very interesting. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Done, I fully concur with Stuart Elliott’s comment above. To not contribute in this matter is to enable the apparently bottomless resources of the climate bullies to silence opposition by the threat of costly lawsuits.
Done. Flush that dead fish down the terlet.
Done, I wish I could do more.
While I can sympathize, NRO picked this particular fight and Steyn went over the top with the Sandusky reference. I’ve decided to make my donations to innocents who are harmed by things other than their own actions — like prisoner’s kids whose parents can’t buy them gifts and Haitian orphans. I hope you can understand.
Seems to me there are plenty of lawyers ready to step up pro-bono and defend the scum attacking us. (Gitmo terrorists in the US, Khadr here in Canada) Where the hell are they when it comes to defending our cherished freedoms? Whose side are they on anyway? If you win will Mr. Mann be liable for your costs?
Done. Don’t know what $50 is in €s !!
Donated. Good luck NRO!
I did what I could–every little bit helps, I hope.
Is it possible to be sure of getting Mann actually into court? His earlier ploys in the court room seems to revolve around not actually getting there but in pulling out after forcing whoever he is suing at the time to spend a LOT of money in preparation for it. It seems his MO and there should be a law against it. Can this “court trick” of his be prevented? Isn’t “dodge and weave” a waste of the court’s time, especially if done repeatedly? I’d love Mann to be jailed for that AND see the court case continue. Good luck with it all. If you take mastercard, I’m in.
Done! 🙂
Done with great pleasure – worth every penny!
Gary says:
December 10, 2012 at 1:07 pm
While I can sympathize, NRO picked this particular fight and Steyn went over the top with the Sandusky reference. I’ve decided to make my donations to innocents who are harmed by things other than their own actions — like prisoner’s kids whose parents can’t buy them gifts (http://www.prisonfellowship.org/programs/angel-tree/) and Haitian orphans. I hope you can understand.
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I can understand you donating where you wish.
Unless I misunderstood you, I don’t understand the implication that Mann is in anyway an innocent here.
If you choose not donate, fine. But I’d suggest you reread what NRO actually said regarding any connection between Mann’s Penn State “investigation” and Sandusky’s. Then read what Mann claims they said.
You’d think someone that has a Nobel Lariat could read and understand his own language.
The Sandusky reference was the whole point. Penn State white washed BOTH the Sandusky and the Mann investigations.
What’s wrong with pointing that out?
PS Reread not so you change your mind and donate but to see who the real victims are here.
If NRO wins do they still have to pay MMs liar^H^H^Hawers like in other states?
It seems as if the only purpose of your comment is to try to derail the NRO efforts. That’s probably why you lied about what they did when you linked to a charity.
Your comment should be deleted.
Done.