Heh, what can you say? Read some of the glowing nominations at the links below. It’s pure self aggrandizement wrapped in a delusional comedy. I got the biggest chuckle from seeing skepticalscience.com listed as an “organization”. Mike Mann’s nomination letter #5 link in individual nominees is a hoot also. Lest some think this is some sort of sour grapes, it isn’t. It is simply humorous that only one type of communications apparently passes muster and the nominators are all part of the same club. Contrast that process to this one.
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Climate Change Communicator of the Year
Excellence deserves acknowledgment. Every year we honor one person and one organization for their excellence as climate change communicators. Honorees are identified through an open nomination and democratic voting process. Honorees and nominees from previous years can be found here: 2009 and 2010.
2011 Nominees: 4C Climate Change Communicator of the Year
We are delighted to announce twelve outstanding nominees – six each in the individual and organizational categories – for Climate Change Communicator of the Year 2011. Now we ask that you exercise your democratic right to vote by helping select the climate change communicators of the year. The polls close at midnight, April 15th.
To learn more about each of the nominees, click on their names. Then, cast your ballot: one vote each for an individual and an organization.
Individual Nominees:
1. Tom Crompton
2. Jay Gulledge
5. Joseph Romm
6. John Abraham/Scott Mandia/Ray Weymann
Organizational Nominees:
1. Alliance for Climate Education
2. Climate Change Media Partnership
5. The Earth Journalism Network
6. Union of Concerned Scientists
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Source: http://www.climatechangecommunication.org/award.cfm should anyone care to vote.
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George E. Smith,
Thanks. Anyone wishing to be pardoned for their ancestors’ slave owning can download Walter E. Williams’ official pardon here.
Was there a write-in spot on the ballot?
I feel for him right now. His school is making a mockery of the very idea of what a University stands for. Dr. Walter E. Williams is by far the most intelligent professor at that institution as evidenced by the antics of the rest of the clowns.
Wasn’t it the George Mason University that received those nonsensical ‘plagiarism’ allegations against Wegman (you know the ones where Bradley had accused Wegman of plagiarism yet it was found that not only had Bradley been cited in Wegman’s review of Climate Science but that Bradley himself had plagiarised from Fritts).
Anyone know the outcome of Bradley’s complaints?
Does sound a little like sour grapes. If they want to have their own little group award, so be it. What’s the prize? And who’s paying for it?
I’d vote for the 1010.org video “No pressure”.
Most impressive, but not a nominee.
Here OTOH is my delightful find yesterday…
Not global warming??? Have a look
The award is for climate CHANGE communicator and that sure isn’t us. Whoever wins is a mass murderer and killer of living things. I think I am gunna vote for Joe Wrong just because he’s the one that has made the biggest fool of hisself. (Don’t ask for classy language for a nincompoop please).
Great stuff!
One blogger got it spot on: the reason for the award is that the Warmist cause is losing momentum, or, dare I say, headed for its own ‘precipice’?
Since the data are not cooperating [with the heretofore much heralded climate models], the movement is in dire need of a missionary, er, communicator, expert in repackaging the science into bite-sized pieces for the lay public, who are understandably confused by difficult concepts such as the sign ( /-) of feedbacks, how cherry-picked tree ring and tree bark samples from specific sites are valid for a scientic paper on climate change(whereas the vast MWP evidence from the N Hemisphere is most c
certainly NOT), etc.
This could be a tremendous source of comedy relief: I can see the finalists on the stage, each one outdoing the next with a feel-good statement about going BEYOND being CO2 neutral in his travel to the venue! There could also be bonus points for ‘slaying a denialist dragon’ (as inferred by Prof. Mann, as his nominee apparently turned the ‘non-story’ of the surreptitiously-obtained CRU Climategate e-mails into an education for us layfolk about the true state of the planet)!
I don’t think I’ll be telling my fiancee that.
Smokey says:
April 13, 2011 at 9:59 am
Two men, one a communist and the other a capitalist, happened to be driving down the highway in a prosperous part of the countryside. After passing an opulent home, the communist shouted with conviction to his fellow traveler, “No man should have as much”, at which the capitalist responded with restraint, “Every man should have as much”.
It is pretty easy to see which camp the Over Tax and Over Spend group fall into. And if we follow their OTOS dogma, nobody will be heading in the right direction.
Hmmmm
Check out http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/articles/10/GlobalWarmingUpdate.htm
Walter E Williams gets my vote!
PRD says:
April 13, 2011 at 9:51 am
It isn’t all fun and games at George Mason. There is at least one sane head in that skool. Professor Walter E. Williams articles webpage is in my list of favorites. He offers very plain language, scathing criticism of liberal policies including global wa.. climate cha… climate disr… what ever it’s called these days.
http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/articles.html
I think I love Walter Williams! I just spent an hour reading his refreshing words of wisdom.
Another great site to add to my favourites.
Climate Communicator of the Year has to go to RealClimate for their latest attempt (going after Joe Sixpack).
Beer will be too warm to enjoy? The planet will be too warm to enjoy like warm beer isn’t as enjoyable as cold beer?
I don’t quite get it but it is something about beer and global warming.
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2011/04/the-warm-beer-chart/
The problem is not communication. There are maybe 5 people left on the planet who have not heard about global warming.
People just do not believe nonsense when they hear it. The Real problem is that communicating nonsense is always very hard.
Only very talented communicators can make people believe nonsense.
John T,
How did Patrick Stewart propose?
“Engage!”
Joseph Romm
Enough said.
… and the previous winners automatically turn into ex-communicators?
It’s just like the number of boring, self-congratulatory “awards” parties the entertainment industry gives itself every year.
I want to vote for Tim Flannery for doing the most damage to the AGW cause in Australia in the previous year. But all we have to do is wait: one of these nominees will inevitably slip up and let some of the dirt out, and then we can vote for them with a clear conscience.
Saw this quote today somewhere in my web surfing:
The only difference between Leftist academics, liberal elites, and the U.N., and totalitarian dictators, is that the latter have the armies.
Academics and lib elites at GMU and other universities will never get their armies. They are only the useful idiots. They will be used and discarded.
But the UN works tirelessly to assemble a military force. The craven Obama always has to get UN approval and permission before sending U.S. soldiers into dangerous situations.
What’s wrong with this picture?
*cough*sovereignty*cough*
Enhorabuena D. Antonio 75 millones y contando….
“”””” Smokey says:
April 13, 2011 at 11:14 am
George E. Smith,
Thanks. Anyone wishing to be pardoned for their ancestors’ slave owning can download Walter E. Williams’ official pardon here. “””””
Well it’s the least I could do for you Smokey; Mother Gaia knows of all the places I’ve been lead astray to by you; so I felt I should return the favor.
And if you ever get a chance to hear that overly tall Professor extoll on his forte; the real science of Economics, don’t pass it up. He makes it all seem so obvious, it makes you sick, that you didn’t think of it yourself. And his sense of humor is as tall as the man himself; and you can see from his picture that he truly is handsome, debonair and black.
I would almost bet, that his lecture courses are at the top of the campus list of classes to get into.
Isn’t there an award for Ms/Mr Congeniality?
PRD says: “It isn’t all fun and games at George Mason. There is at least one sane head in that skool. Professor Walter E. Williams articles webpage is in my list of favorites. He offers very plain language, scathing criticism of liberal policies…”
http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/articles.html
‘E’ got a laugh out of me in no time at all. Very clear, very witty. I’ve bookmarked his site for future visits.
melinspain says: “Enhorabuena D. Antonio 75 millones y contando….”
Si. Muy bueno! Gracias.