From Al Gore’s Journal:
Denialists in Denial April 27, 2010 : 4:52 PM
Last week The Wall Street Journal published a ridiculous op-ed titled “Climate Science in Denial” claiming that “global warming alarmists have been discredited, but you wouldn’t know it from the rhetoric this Earth Day.”
Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic does an exceptional job dismantling this ridiculous claim:
“Actually, the subhead should be revised: “Global warming denialists have been re-discredited, but you wouldn’t know it from the rhetoric in today’s Wall Street Journal.” Far be it from me, a non-scientist, to dispute the scientific expertise of an MIT professor of meteorology, Richard Lindzen, but then again, Lindzen’s selective recitation of the litany of arguments against global warming practically begs a rebuttal.”
“First, he mentions “Climate Gate” — those e-mails from the Climate Research Unit from the University of East Anglia. He suggests that the e-mails show “unambiguous evidence of the unethical suppression of information and opposing viewpoints, and even data manipulation.””
“The e-mails were actually quite ambiguous and contained evidence of churlishness and defensiveness from scientists whose data had long been under attack from climate denialists.”
Much of the media has done a particularly bad job covering the climate crisis. Instead of informing the public about the facts, they have treated the issue as if the same political divisions they exuberantly cover also exist in the scientific community. They don’t.
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Hmmm, well Al Baby, here’s something to deny:
Do you think many people are reading your message on algore.com?
UPDATE: Willis Eschenbach writes in comments:
Well, I took Anthony’s Alexa Rating graph forwards, viz:
WUWT is the top of the heap, twice as good as the one in second place. (Sc) means a sceptical site, (Mid) is middle of the road, and (AGW) is AGW supporters. And Al? Well, at least he beat Tamino …
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“Lee Kington says:
April 27, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Hey Al…. do us a favor. Go to the UK and leave America alone. We will do just fine without you.”
No Ta mate, deal with your own problems……:-)
I’m not surprised that Al’s site doesn’t have as much traffic. Do you really think there would ever be anything new or different on it?
I’m sorry i’m not a big follower of American politics but was this guy ever going to be President?
It’s worse in the UK though as all the parties have fallen for this hook, line and sinker.
Al Gore: “Much of the media has done a particularly bad job covering the climate crisis.”
So, in Gore-land the MSM, who have been trumpeting manmade climate doom for years have failed in their “job” of sufficiently frightening people about a non-problem. Funny, I thought their job was to inform, not to propagandize. But anyway, he recognizes that people aren’t buying the prophecies of climate doom, and blames the media. That’s hilarious. In a way, he’s right, except he thinks it’s because they under-sold it, when in fact it’s the opposite. Between his sci-fi flick, and the MSM’s incessant hype, they actually caused more and more people to start questioning things. They ‘jumped the shark’. Then of course the climate refused to cooperate, there was the hockey schtick, Climategate, all manner of IPCC “Gates”, and the pesky internet exposing it all to public. Horrors. Democracy can be so inconvenient sometimes, can’t it Al?
“Instead of informing the public about the facts, they have treated the issue as if the same political divisions they exuberantly cover also exist in the scientific community. They don’t.”
By “informing the public about the facts” Al of course means increasing the hype and alarmism he is so fond of peddling, which is so good for his ego and ultimately his bank account. The “political divisions” thing he mentions appears to be a red herring. It’s a roundabout way of saying “there is an overwhelming scientific consensus”, and “the debate is over”. Wishful thinking on his part.
Al will never debate on climate. He’s at least smart enough to know that he’d lose, and badly. He’s nothing more than a modern-day version of a slick, snake-oil salesman.
But presumably, snake oil did no harm.
Al Gore et Al.:
Hastur
Ithaqua
Nyarlathotep
Zhar and Lloigor Azathoth(?)
Cyäegha
Nyogtha
Shub-Niggurath
Tsathoggua Yog-Sothoth
Aphoom-Zhah
Cthugha Cthulhu
Dagon
Ghatanothoa
Mother Hydra
Zoth-Ommog
All sharing Kool-Aid addiction.
@stevengoddard:
That Fox News article you linked to was written by the Associated Press. Fox News printed it, but did not author it.
Fat Albert enjoys popularity with only two groups, the ‘Hollywood’ (aka Commie) Mob and the ever-opportunist Anarchy Mob. He was, is, and always will be a cheap spineless politician who can be led around by the nose by anyone with a pocket full of money. If anything, he is the best example of what is wrong with this country (and a number of others) today and shows the true harm that is caused by the lack of an independent media and the presence of a ‘professional’ political class who only answer to the highest bidders and not the people who elected them.
There really ought to be a Three Strikes Rule to keep the professional politicians out of office during elections:
Strike One – They belong to a Major Political Party.
Strike Two – They’re elected members of the current Congress or Parlement.
Strike Three – They were elected members of the last Congress or Parlement.
PS: There are so many suggestions out there about cleaning up the Planet that I thought this deserved “Equal” treatment and consideration. It wouldn’t hurt;-)
I like the icecap web-site also. My local library is doing its best to stop the popularity of the wuwt web-site ,it has been labelled a profane web-site so that I cannot access it on their computers. I have tried to explain to the library the content of wuwt to no avail.
[Reply: Escalate your concern to your city councilman or equivalent. They want your vote.]
Is it all this correct? (Source:Wikipedia)
Biography
American politician, an attractive member for the Democratic Party with a famous political name, a solid family life, and strong religious conviction. He is the only son of a powerful U.S. Senator from Tennessee, Albert Gore, Sr. and Pauline LaFon Gore, a graduate of Vanderbilt Law School who campaigned as a helpmate with her husband. Al grew up with political and social awareness and great admiration for his parents. He received a degree in government with honors from Harvard University in 1969. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army.
Al Gore, you want Earth-day rhetoric? More than happy to oblige!
Tamin-who?
The decline of two faced PMs
After Gordon Brown made a very personal attack against “flat earth” “global warming deniers” simply for pointing out the lack of science in climate “science”I think the following conversation overheard by a mic left on will be amusing.
In Public saying goodbye to Grandmother he has spoken to
Very good to meet you, very good to meet you
and you’re wearing the right colour (red) today, ha ha ha
Good to see you all, good to see you
thanks very much
(big wave — broad smile to the lady and waiting press)
After the car door shuts
that was a disaster
aid:what did she say
well …
should never have put me with that woman
who’s idea was that?
Aid: no idea didn’t …
It was sue I think.
it’s just ridiculous!
aid: they’re … pictures …. I’m not sure they will go with that one
they will go with that!
aid: what did she say
oh, everything she’s just the sort of bigoted woman that says she used to be labour, it’s just ridiculous.
I’m glad to see WUWT’s Alexa ranking has been noticed by others.
A few weeks ago when you had a guest post by an AGWer (a Dr. Meyer?) that was cordially received and for the most part displayed very gracious comments by everyone, even when there was severe disagreement, I was motivated to point out the marked difference to the RealClimate regulars.
I didn’t expect the true believers to be changed but was hoping to point out the difference in tone to visitors to that site who believed what they were told. Some commenters tried to marginalize WUWT so I responded with a comment showing that your Alexa ranking was over 4 times as high as RealClimate. Want to guess which comment didn’t get past the moderators??? I guess it was an “Inconvenient Truth” they didn’t want others to see. 🙂
Thanks and great job Anthony!
Steve
VADE RETRO SATHANA!
Crumpled science. Jeez.
MartinGAtkins says: The link you gave with an image has been deleted by the Holy Inquisition.
♫♫♫ Roly Poly, eating corn and taters
Hungry every minute of the day
Roly Poly, gnawing on a biscuit
Long as he can chew it it’s okay
He can eat an apple pie
Never even bat an eye
He likes everything from a soup to hay
Roly Poly, daddy’s little fatty
Fatty’s gonna be nobel prize winner someday
Roly Poly, scrambled eggs for breakfast
Bread and jelly twenty times a day
Roly Poly eats a hardy dinner
He needs lots of strength to sing and play
He’s up at dawn and does the chores
He runs both ways to all the stores
He works up an appetite that-a-way
Oh, Roly Poly, daddy’s little fatty
Fatty’s gonna be a nobel prize winner someday ♫♫♫
How close was Al Gore to being President of the United States?
The more I think about that possibility the scarier it gets!
We don’t want Gore in the UK thanks. Despite his Green UK cohorts raising his Daily Traffic Rank Trend above its real position.
I have no problem being called skeptical as to be otherwise is to be gullible.
JS says:
April 27, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Sad to see Icecap getting less traffic than the criminAL.
It’s actually a very good site, though often quite technical and difficult for the layman.
C’mon, people. Give Icecap some love.
Nah, presentation is too cold. Three columns of small text stacked two deep, plus sidebar, brrrr! That could be done with with six tabs, less scrolling, leaving space for readable text and graphics. Icecap also suffers from “broadband assumption” like Climate Depot does. On dial-up I can play a game or two of Mahjongg waiting for them to load, and often the graphic loading will time out leaving incomplete images necessitating a reload. But with Morano’s site I then have lots of interesting headlines I can quickly browse through which makes it worthwhile.
Maybe Icecap should ask Mr. Watts for some layout suggestions. Sure couldn’t hurt! 🙂
Questions:
1) Does Al Gore tell lies?
2) Does he profit from these lies?
3) Can the lies be proven to be lies?
If the answers are yes, yes, and yes then surely there is a crime here be it deception or fraud. The only way to bring Gore down is before a jury.
His partner is a Mr Blood.
Blood and Gore – how very dare he!
Dave Springer says:
April 28, 2010 at 2:48 am
Thanks, Dave, I wanted to “shine a light” on how powerful WUWT is in relationship, not just to Poor Al, but all of the climate science blogs.
I am in a minority, I know, but I think that scientific papers should be a) readable, b) understandable, and c) lovely.
a) and b) are particularly important in climate science, because of the breadth of disciplines involved. Everyone from A (atmospheric chemists) to Z (zoologists) has a contribution to make to climate science, so they all need to understand what is written. In addition, on sites such as this one, the “citizen scientists” and interested lurkers from a host of professions form a large part of the readership. So clarity of exposition is crucial.
But “c)”, the graphs like the one above? Ah, they are my joy … it was a red-letter day when I realized I could put a photo in the background of an Excel chart, make the lines partly transparent, and end up with a powerful visual tool.
And now, with Anthony’s lovely new site theme, I have the wider canvas which I have wished for, no more need for dwarf graphs. What’s not to like?
My best to all,
w.
If only global warming was decided by popular vote ….