Brad Johnson’s (formerly of Climate Progress, now of “Forecast the Facts”) “Rally Against Corporate Climate Deniers” was a great bit of entertainment for many at the Heartland conference yesterday. I was in session, and couldn’t attend, but I heard about the guy wearing a rubber boot on his head with the bullhorn (Vermin Supreme who ran for president and campaigned in 2012 on a platform of zombie apocalypse awareness and time travel research and he promises a free pony for every American.). I heard about this guy from Lucia, who was there and promises has an update on her blog. I hear she has some video of the cops intervening.
It may be the “boot” was parodying the fact that Brad Johnson seems to have “gotten the boot” from the Center for American Progress/Think Progress, as he no longer seems to be associated or publishing his rants there. Maybe it was the repeated suggestions that tornadoes were retributions for a conservative voting record that did it.
This “protest” he staged is hilarious on so many levels for the sheer FAIL on display. He couldn’t even pull off a decent protest. Kid’s today are nothing like their radical parents of the 60’s. Pictures follow.
From Tom Nelson:
From Brad Johnson’s “Rally Against Corporate Climate Deniers” photos here:
Although the “boot on the head” guy was arguably the most prominent figure at the protest, Johnson didn’t publish any individual shots of him. I wonder why? Note that the boot is visible at left in the group picture above.
Today’s (yesterday’s) sparsely-attended climate hoax activist protest in Chicago
One of the loudest protesters was the guy who wore a rubber boot on his head for some unexplained reason. His bullhorn was labeled “Vermin Supreme”.
A banner was evidently supposed to be dramatically unfurled, but I don’t think anyone could read it:
This woman was pedaling around a planet-saving sign, with planet-killing bottled water within easy reach:
To again answer your utterly pointless line of questioning Phil, read the following for an interesting insight by a scientist you might have heard about even before the IPCC; pay special attention to the final sentence:
Einstein explained that psychologically, our beliefs and axioms rest upon our experiences. There exists, however, no logical path from experience to an axiom, but only an intuitive connection based on our interpretation of the experience, which is always subject to revocation. These interpretations shape our beliefs and perceptions which determine our theories about the world. Finally, our theories determine what we observe in the world and, paradoxically, we only observe what confirms our theories which further hardens our beliefs and axioms.
Oh, and since you like citations – let’s have yours, starting with a list of the thousands of scientists and the titles of their thousands of papers. Meanwhile here’s list of thousands of scientists who think YOUR scientists are full of crap: http://www.petitionproject.org/signers_by_last_name.php.
Phil C,
The UN/IPCC exaggerates everything in it’s deceptive effort to alarm the populace. For example, they claim that 2xCO2=3+ºC. Real world observations show that to be a 200% – 300% exaggeration. I could mention Himalayan glaciers disappearing in a few decades, and the IPCC’s whopping sea level scares, etc. But let’s just discuss the IPCC’s climate sensitivity number. Defend that scare, if you can.
And always remember: Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus. The IPCC is falsus in omnibus.
Phil C says:
May 24, 2012 at 9:21 am
virtually every respected scientific organization representing virtually every practicing climate scientist in the world reaches the same fundamental conclusion about what the facts are about climate change (the Earth is warming……What do YOU know that thousands and thousands of professional scientists have missed?
Perhaps they are not up to date and may have missed this:
http://icecap.us/index.php/go/political-climate/no_global_warming_for_15_years/
“Apr 07, 2012
No Global Warming For 15 Years
New UK Met Office global temperature data confirms that the world has not warmed in the past 15 years.
Analysis by the GWPF of the newly released HadCRUT4 global temperature database shows that there has been no global warming in the past 15 years – a timescale that challenges current models of global warming.”
Perhaps they missed the sublimating/melting Martian polar caps, too. Perhaps the left hand doesn’t know what the right is doing, which in very large-scale bureaucracies (or conspiracies) should come as no surprise.
But I have the feeling we may not see another Phil C response for a bit…that’s what trolls do generally, hit and run.
Phil C said (May 24, 2012 at 9:23 am).
We don’t question the science, we question the “climate scientists”. See the difference?
No. Please explain.
Simple. Please tell us exactly which universities give people degrees in Climate Science.
Failing that, tell us exactly what disciplines constitute the core of the “climate science” field. For example, is a person with a degree in math a climate scientist? How about physics? Statistics? English Lit?
With regard to Vermin Supreme there is bad news and good news.
The bad news is that he somehow managed to find a woman (I assume it was a woman) to marry him. The thought blew every circuit breaker in my brain.
The good news is he doesn’t have any children.
To help Phil C along, just the facts please:
http://www.colderside.com/Colderside/Temp_%26_CO2.html
The juxtaposition is with Mauna Loa and the East Anglica Hadley CRU data. Paraphrasing Dickens, its much like boiling them in their own pudding!
Anglia
Michael H Anderson says:
May 24, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Beg your pardon Bruce – I meant PHIL C of course!
You know what’s funny about the alarmist cant that there is no conspiracy? Things like this – from Paul Ehrlich and John Holdren’s “Ecoscience”….
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Michael it goes back even further than that.
The Co-founders of the Fabian Society include the Webbs, who also set up the London School of Economics where many world leaders in business, banking and politics are trained, including Gaddafi’s son, and George Soros. Another co-founder was George Bernard Shaw who had a big mouth. He gives a glimpse into the minds of these people and John Holdren, Obama’s Science Czar seems to be his disciple. On page 235 of the book, in a chapter titled “Population Limitation,” Holdren and his co-authors wrote: “The fetus, given the opportunity to develop properly before birth, and given the essential early socializing experiences and sufficient nourishing food during the crucial early years after birth, will ultimately develop into a human being. Where any of these essential elements is lacking, the resultant individual will be deficient in some respect.”
Compare that idea to the one Shaw puts forth.
Rather chilling is it not to think this mindset has persisted for over a century.