Guest post by Mark Johnson
What would the climate change debate be without a quote from Rosie O’Donnell. Al Roker was interviewing the talk show host on a Weather Channel segment Monday morning during “Wake Up with Al.” Here’s how the exchange went:
ROKER: “What do you think about the controversy about the people who say, ya know, this whole global warming thing is a scam…a sham?”
ROSIE: “It’s ridiculous. Its absurd. There’s scientific proof. And those are the people who also believe in Creationism, right? I don’t know how you can argue with science in that way when…we’re alive in 2012, and every kind of from of measuring and scientific data. Its a ridiculous thing to say it is not occurring.”
ROKER:”During this winter, when all this weird stuff was going on, were you like a lot of us, going ‘What the heck is going on?’ ”
ROSIE: “You know, I was in Chicago for the winter and everyone said to me, ‘You better get thermal underwear and heated boots!’ Literally, I spent all this money getting all this stuff. It was like spring…it was a joke! It was spring the entire winter! I used my coat once!”
Now, lets review:
According to commedien-turned-climate scientist Rosie O’Donnell,
1) the science is settled,
2) Skeptics are flat-earthers and religious fanatics;
3) one cut-off low pressure in March across the central United States is proof of global warming.
4) Rosie has a gently used winter coat and thermal underwear for sale.
I wonder what O’Donnell would think about underestimated polar bear populations, decreasing hurricane intensity, fewer strong tornadoes since 1974, the forgotten heat records of the 1930s, adjusted arctic temperatures, twelve trees in the Urals, spliced temperature data in the Antarctic, upside down Tiljander proxies, a non-ice free summer arctic, hidden declines, the non-existent big red heat spot, artificial temperature inclines, ClimateGate, FakeGate & hockey sticks.
I guess the word “science” means different things to different people…
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“If you don’t know who Rosie is, I’d recommend against doing an image search.”
Too late………..
For those who don’t remember, Rosie is a 9/11 ‘truthier’. She, on national TV, stated that fire doesn’t melt steel. Her scientific insights are questionable, to say the least. If she is the most authoritative source for scientific insight that Roker, et.al. can come up with the AGW, CAGW, Climate Change, Global Wierding crowd has gone beyond scraping the bottom of the barrel and has been reduced to mining the slime under it.
Rosie lives in Miami Beach right?
According to Phil Jones at Hadley CRU, there hasn’t been any warming since 1998. [SNIP: Sorry, Paul, but that is way over the top. -REP]
This interview could have been a waste of time if not for Al’s piercing meteorological based questions – and there are those who would scoff at a BA in Communications.
Who cares what Rosie, or for that matter, Roker, thinks. I cannot stand the “Wake Up and Worship Al” show, and Roker getting his weather and climate expertise from the likes of Rosie O’Donnell might just indicate why.
Speaking of US deniers, many who believe In God, the second amendment as well as the rest of the US Constitution and believe in the good of Western civilization, climate change deniers are smart enough to know that anyone in the entertainment industry who purposely limits their audience with insults is probably not all that bright and not worth watching.
Has anyone thought to ask Kim Kardashian what she thinks?
We might be able to get the Hollyweird consensus up to 99%.
REP… You are absolutely correct. that was way over the top!!… You may have saved my dignity there and for that I thank you. I have Rosie Odonnell derangement syndrome….I hear her name and poof, my brain turns into a thesaurus for ugly. 🙂
[REPLY: Thank you for being understanding. -REP]
Rhoda R. beat me to it, but I’ll amplify just a bit. Rosie also claims to be an expert in metallurgy: fire doesn’t melt steel. And, maybe, scissors doesn’t cut paper.
I cannot stand Rosie O’Donnell. She is the embodiment of everything crude, crass and ugly in America.
In case it hasn’t been mentioned yet, Rosie is the person who doesn’t believe fire can melt steel. Tell me again how scientific she is? I have no problem believing scientists. It’s just scientists with an agenda that results in my freedom and the fruits of my labor being taken from me. Oh, and I’m not a Creationist at all. Earth ~4.5Bln yo, Universe ~13.7Bln yo, dinosaurs, the whole bit. Twit. Better stop there, so I don’t have to self-snip.
Its funny how the rich and famous like to prattle on about being eco friendly etc. It is like they feel they must compensate for their wealth and greed by telling all us peasants about being green and how to save the planet because it somehow makes them feel that they are in fact decent people and most definitely superior to us.
If they actually knew what they were talking about, gave all their money to third world countries, went and lived in a cave, lived on grass and berries and didn’t use any transportation with a motor in it, then i might actually feel some respect for them and their beliefs.
R. Shearer says: April 30, 2012 at 1:24 pm
I personally like the one with Rosie and KSM’s arrest picture side by side. Two peas in a pod. More ways than one.
Aunty, I remember when she had her TV show. Tom Selleck had a new movie out, and was touring the shows plugging it. She promptly starts attacking him for his stance on firearms. He tries to steer back to the movie, she held on like…shall I say…a dog with a bone. It came out shortly later that she had an armed bodygaurd for her young kiddo. In NYC. Hypocracy, thy name is The Left.
Rosie O’Donnell doesn’t understand the scientific method. She doesn’t know the difference between climate and weather. She uses a superficial understanding of an incredibly complex subject to draw conclusions and make authoritative pronouncements.
What’s really strange is that, in spite of these lapses in knowledge and logic, she’s still a better climate scientist than she is a comedienne. There are few people who have gone farther with less talent, a fact that even Oprah was forced to admit recently.
Foolish, foolish Aunty! It has always been thus; there have always been two sets of rules – one for them and one for us peasants. Victorian prudish England screwing their way to heaven. Oz “stars” preaching “green” yet travelling 200km by helicopter. Gore making money out of scientific lies whist residing in a squillion room mansion. European bureaucrats earning millions somehow ALL missed the fact that most countries were cheating on their finances. Have you just opened your eyes or have you been in a deep freeze darling and just come out of a cryogenic coma? Western democracy is going to hell in a basket led by power (read money) hungry people who don’t give a stuff about the “average” bloke. There – I feel so very much better.
Rosie O’Donnell?
Sorry from UK, so who he/she?
[SNIP: Funny, but no. -REP]
[SNIP. -REP]
The real problem is that all those socialists never updated their scientific facts once the ones they read were fitting their agenda.
Remember, Rosie rejected all scientific inquiry and concluded the Twin Towers were an ‘inside job.’ My favorite quote: I do believe that it’s the first time in history that fire has ever melted steel.”
Tom wrote: “Screw her.”
Oh god no! NOOOOOO!!!!!!
REP… I can see that you are getting to read all the humor….I am chuckling just thinking about it. You have to admit, running any article with Rosie O’Donnell was like showing up at a board meeting with a red nose and rainbow hair. Mr Provocateur. I have a suggestion! Run this article in the “Friday Funnies” section WUWT. Cheers.
[REPLY: Sometimes trying to maintain the dignity of The Best Science Blog is a tough battle. Sometimes I lose and sometimes things are just too funny not to share. -REP]
Fire can’t melt steel…and overeating doesn’t cause weight gain.