From NBC29:
Protestors, angry with the way Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has tried to make his case, rallied on grounds at the University of Virginia Friday afternoon.
Only one small problem…..
Turnout was smaller than expected, as just a few people showed up. Organizers put the rally together to express the viewpoint of some students and faculty. They say the actions of Cuccinelli could have severe ramifications on the academic world.
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The protest organizer, shown below, doesn’t inspire confidence, especially when you listen to what he has to say. Where’s Bill McKibben when you need him?
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Could have ramifications? Well thats the whole point.
Researchers that are trying to influence public policy are most certainly responsible for their if flaws are found in their work. That goes true for everybody. Nobody gets a free ride even if they are capable of saving the planet.
More media than protesters. Nice touch!
Bwa ha ha ha ha!
The saddest thing is that the news actually gave them airtime.
Maybe that was a good thing though…
Thanks, Channel 29 [and Anthony]…for letting the viewer decide. 😉
Chris
Norfolk, VA, USA
Yep – the kid totally misses the point. It’s not what Mann was researching, it’s how he handled the funding.
Many think that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is going too far. McIntyre says it’s too far, Motl says it’s not too far at all. Here’s an interesting article, dated Sunday, August 1, 2010, in its text, about Cuccinelli and his rise. It’s in the Washington Post yet it’s not a hit piece. It appears that Cuccinelli has been idealistic in ways that have earned respect, grudging and otherwise. At one point the article alludes to Michael Mann without naming him, so the article doesn’t turn up in searches on Michael Mann.
Shouldn’t a professional writer know the difference between “affects” and “effects”?
Oh, right. It wasn’t a professional writer. It was a reporter.
Not to mention the repeated use of “also” in that sentence. (Which I didn’t in my previous comment, and am doing so now.
They say the actions of Cuccinelli could have severe ramifications on the academic world.
Let’s hope so.
“They say the actions of Cuccinelli could have severe ramifications on the academic world.”
I certainly hope so.
Wait… Amino Acids in Meteorites, you and I must have parallel minds 🙂
I better scan the comments before starting to type.
Just couldn’t wait, that line just stuck out like a sore thumb and said.. respond.
Five protesters support Mann, is that like a consensus?
R. Shearer says:
August 20, 2010 at 8:44 pm
five is all that are left of his original students?
This whole thing, considered from all sides, appears to be “much to do about nothing.” The protest is a bust and misdirected. The investigation’s publicity seems ill advised unless some real evidence turns up.
What if they threw a protest and nobody came? It looks like the members of “the media” outnumbered the protestors by a factor of two.
Hmmm … is this our dose of Friday funnies?
wayne says:
August 20, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Wait… Amino Acids in Meteorites, you and I must have parallel minds 🙂
I better scan the comments before starting to type.
Just couldn’t wait, that line just stuck out like a sore thumb and said.. respond.
It happens. I did it just yesterday in that Valley post.
wayne says:
August 20, 2010 at 8:40 pm
I better scan the comments before starting to type.
But if that’s what you wanted to comment why change it?
Five lousy stinking protesters? How is Mike going to hide this decline?
R. Shearer says:
August 20, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Five protesters support Mann, is that like a consensus?
I don’t know about that part. But the leader could use some lessons on less eerie aesthetics.
Aggh its the same old left strategy of cry victim when you are the perpetrators. When is Mann going to be held accountable for his actions and the billions wasted because of his science fiction?
Yawn, even Blago has a bigger following than that.
A bust at the box office steps.
Mike will no doubt create a hockey stick graph that shows there were 100,000 protesters instead of what looked like about 13.
On camera Ryan McElveen (organiser of the protest )said: “Right now professors have a freedom to research whatever they want” …… No s***t. What a monkey doodoo.
How about this genius. Get a grant to research this ( I want to know ),:
Effect of AGW and aurora borealis on sex life of Adelie penguins in Western Sahara desert.
Very good camerawork there, obviously the camera crew and producer has been well schooled in what sells.
The bald headed kid states pretty much what I would expect a bald headed college kid to state, generalities without the ability to tie them to the specifics of the situation.
I expect his Che T-shirt was in the laundry.
No big deal. Just surprised me being a near match. For a second I thought I has somehow posted it twice!
Just read the article on Cuccinelli at the link given by Ben U. above. Seems Virginia has got one true American in that office unafraid to take a stand! Now, where to find more like him.