While Dr. Mann has made statements in the press during the last week to the effect of “I welcome this investigation” I wonder if he’s seen some of the correspondence being sent to PSU regarding him. Here’ s one from Pennsylvania State Senator Jeff Piccola that has some very pointed language.
PDF of letter is here Sen-Piccola-Letter-on-PSU-Prof-Michael-Mann
And here is one of the letters to Senator Piccola that prompted his letter to PSU:
h/t to WUWT reader “Rod”
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There was a somewhat similar scandal in the field of history 7 to 8 years ago concerning research and a book by historian Michael Bellesiles, which purported that guns usage in America was rare prior to the Civil War. Emory University, at which Bellesiles was a professor, was finally pushed into investigating him after numerous questions arose.
You might find the summary of that investigation interesting. They did not find him guilty of fraud or misrepresentation, but held that Bellesiles is “guilty of unprofessional and misleading work.” (the work was misleading but not misrepresentation because the committee could not divine intent). They also concluded that “his scholarly integrity is seriously in question.”
You could look at this synopsis, and easily modify it to apply to the CRU Cabal. http://hnn.us/articles/1069.html
Anyway, I thought you might like to see how a University responds when it is clear their golden boy is going down the tubes.
BTW, the liberal community loved Bellesiles’ work (it suggested that the purpose of the Second Amendment was not to give people the right to bear arms, but strictly militia). One of the primary people who brought him down, James Lindgren, is an AMATURE historian whose degree is law. Most historians WANTED Bellesiles work to be true, and ignored the gross errors.
Yeah Oregon….and you DEFINITELY do not want to piss Pamela off.
Hell hath no fury……
Meanwhile, back in PA…keep the pressure on ’em, boys!!
Also….please sign this online petition opposing cap and trade:
http://www.allpainnogain.org
Chris
Norfolk, VA, USA
This PSU alum is embarrassed. There is no room at our great university for Mann and his type of politically-motivated moral relativists. Scientific integrity must trump politics.
As a Pennsylvania resident, I think Penn State University should open a satellite campus at the federal facilities in Allenwood or Lewisburg. Professor Mann could be transferred there. Professor Mann could teach the residents about global warming. When the students get out, they would qualify as Democrat politicians. Plenty of money there. Professor Mann could qualify for parole, but it should be based on restitution to the taxpayers of both PA and the US. For non Pennsylvania residents, Allenwood and Lewisburg are prisons.
Reply: Use of term denier acceptable in this context. Others don’t get carried away, it is still a proscribed word at this site. ~ ctm
Nic (15:33:49) : ). “denier” … refers to the quality of a stocking, as commonly worn by ladies.It refers to the quality of a stocking, as commonly worn by ladies.
Base “F” (15:58:01) :Errr….Nic……Not an expert on stockings, but isn’t it DERNIER?
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I do so hate controversy. Can’t we all just get along?
Regards,
Mike
proud dernyer.
That “100 reasons…” article is very weak. I got up to about #50. With articles like these, warmists don’t even need to use straw man arguments. They can easily pick out 20 of the 100 that are easy to knock down. Based on this they’ll accuse skeptics of being morons. Here are a couple of especially weak ones:
13) Peter Lilley MP said last month that “fewer people in Britain than in any other country believe in the importance of global warming. That is despite the fact that our Government and our political class—predominantly—are more committed to it than their counterparts in any other country in the world”.
14) In pursuit of the global warming rhetoric, wind farms will do very little to nothing to reduce CO2 emissions
Are either of these, by any stretch of the imagination, “Reasons why climate change is natural”? I’m cherry picking here, but that’s what the warmists will do, too.
“Indignation is the soul’s defense against the wound of doubt about its own; it reorders the cosmos to support the justice of its cause.” (Allan Bloom)
It’s late but – just fyi –
Denier: Units of textile measurement –
Denier is a unit of measure for the linear mass density of fibers. It is defined as the mass in grams per 9,000 meters.
@TA Yeah, cherry-picking. and Yes, the warmists will as well, so the science refuting all of their idiocy must be much better – better researched, better syncronized and better presented.
Go Pamela!!
Invariant (14:50:49) :
Kate (13:05:58) :
Richard Heg (11:56:56) :
I have decided to drop New Scientist, any suggestions for a better journal?
…Sorry, no suggestions. That’s the trouble with the corruption of scientific journalism -you never know how far it reaches until you’ve wasted a lot of time being deliberately misled by vested interests.
Fortean Times, anyone?
CBC IS HAVING MICHAEL MANN ON TO DISCUSS GLOBAL WARMING.
I HAVE SENT A COPY OF THE ABOVE LETTER TO THE INTERVIEWER IN THE ODD CHANCE THAT SHE MIGHT ASK SOME LEADING QUESTIONS.
SHOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO PROVIDE THE INTERVIEWER WITH FACTS ABOUT MICHAEL MANN IN ADVANCE OF THE INTERVIEW, THE LOCATION FOR COMMENTS IS HERE:
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/contact.html
Echoing Anthony, Douglas DC, and savetheshark — Go, Lady Pamela, go!
Patrick (21:10:21) : As a Pennsylvania resident, I think Penn State University should open a satellite campus at the federal facilities in Allenwood or Lewisburg. Professor Mann could be transferred there. Professor Mann could teach the residents about global warming. When the students get out, they would qualify as Democrat politicians. Plenty of money there. Professor Mann could qualify for parole, but it should be based on restitution to the taxpayers of both PA and the US. For non Pennsylvania residents, Allenwood and Lewisburg are prisons.
Love this. :)) Or we can send him to Western Pen–maximum security. It’s right on the river…lots of really big rats, just like him. He can share a cell with Mike Veon…I’m sure they have lots in common.
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1. Penn State is actually in a heavily Republican area.
2. None of the state universities have received funding because of a holdup in the House of Rep. – Democrat controlled. (Unrelated issue involving legalizing table games at casinos.)
3. Carry on.
Re: Wayne Delbeke (03:16:21)
Please provide us with a link to the video once it’s available – could be good laugh-material.
Funny that Climate Alarmists want to appeal to people like this as the messengers of truth. Clearly Mann was a foolish idiot, for perpetuating this scam, then thinking he could get away with it even as he openly discussed it in e-mails. Nothing better than watching an a-hole who thought he was smarter than everyone else, go down for making such a common and idiotic mistake.
Short of advertizing his dishonesty on his Facebook page, detailing it in e-mails on a publicly owned network is as stupid as it gets. How many major scandals will it take before people realize that any damning information you put in an e-mail WILL GET YOU BUSTED. No surprise that Ed Begley has been proven wrong once again. People with “Ph.D” after their name, really aren’t automatically the best and wisest…
Tweedle dee went the fiddlers three. I’m going to see if I can get an honorable mention for Mann, Briffa and Jones at the PA State fiddler’s contest.