Readers may recall that I and some other climate skeptics were portrayed in a parody of AMC’s “MAD MEN” last week by activist artist Steve Brodner, who apparently can’t handle comments about his artwork on his blog, since he didn’t allow my comment asking for a full sized poster, nor comments from others that we know were submitted.
Josh and I immediately started on a rebuttal parody, one that is also in a “smoke filled back room”, but the smoke isn’t tobacco smoke. We think our parody is also better researched than Mr. Brodner’s who seems to have only popular memes without references, and also failed to note that none of the people in that parody of his smoke cigarettes. Though, I do drink coffee.
Enjoy this new version:
Be sure to leave a tip for Josh, as he worked over the weekend to finish this up.
References to names:
Al Carbon Billionaire Gore: Al Gore could become world’s first carbon billionaire – UK Telegraph, Nov 3, 2009
Gavin Real Climate Disappoints Schmidt: One could even ask whether the effort that we have put into RealClimate has been in vain. The legend of the Titanic – RealClimate, 3 May 2012
James Death Train Hansen: Coal-fired power stations are death factories. Close them “The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains.” – UK Guardian, 14 February 2009
Mikey One Tree Hockey Stick Mann: Climategate reveals ‘the most influential tree in the world’ –UK Telegraph, 05 Dec 2009
Stephan It’s a conspiracy Lewandowsky: 10 conspiracy theorists makes a moon landing paper for Stephan Lewandowsky JoNova, September 6th, 2012
Peter The Thief Gleick: Breaking, Gleick Confesses, WUWT, Feb 20, 2012
Eric The Red Antarctic Steig: O’Donnell et al 2010 Refutes Steig et al 2009, ClimateAudit, Dec 2, 2010
Scott Super Mandia: Climate Craziness of the Week: Supermandia, WUWT, October 31, 2011
Kevin It’s a travesty there’s no wamin’ Trenberth: The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t. Climategate Emails, Wed, 14 Oct 2009
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UPDATE: Plans are afoot for a poster, and one of our regular commenters “Go_home” has created his/her own version of a parody:
UPDATE2: Josh’s original post has been updated to correct a typo in the red box, and to also update Steve Brodner’s Blog URL to his artwork since he keeps changing it. – Anthony
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Josh could add a potted plant named “Yamal Pine” and maybe draw Cook and Lewandowsky as conjoined twins.
While the body of work Josh has created over the years speaks for itself, I think that in this case Go_Home has produced what is a most interesting version of this theme.
I look forward o being able to purchase both.
Thanks, Josh!
Well I’ve met Jo N. a few times and Donna F. once, and neither struck me as mad, but ‘committed’ would be accurate.
John in Milano
Josh: Excellent work.
Under the armchair quarterback, woulda, coulda shoulda file from a guy who couldn’t draw a straight line with a ruler, why isn’t the hockey stick shown as broken, or taped back together several times?
In addition to Josh’s excellent work, Brodener deserves something for his efforts. Why not donate him a number of bicycle tubes, as he seems to have a load of flat tires …
As kadaka pointed out in the earlier thread, Brodner’s caricatures look more like famous people than the skeptics they’re intended to portray: “…Watts is Lech Walesa. Steve Milloy is Peter Lorre. And Joe Bastardi is Barrack Obama…” James Taylor and Fred Singer are Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson, respectively. For caricature, Brodner’s cartoon is largely a failure. And for a cartoonist, he has remarkably little sense of humor.
The uncentered principal components of climate alarmism aka mad men.
Where’s Naomi Oreskes? She’s among the worst of the bunch!
Perhaps they are of the genus Bradypus? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-toed_sloth
The Simpson’s character also only have three fingers (and a thumb). When asked about this, Matt Groening once replied, “It’s easier to draw that way.”
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I don’t think those are meant to be coffee cups.
PS The smoking thing. I smoke. The antismoking agenda in the US has gone way out of bounds. But I would never tell someone to start smoking. I would encourage anyone who does to quit. I know it’s tough.
I had quit for two years 20+ years ago. Without getting into details, I had a tough day and asked a friend for a cigarrette. I thought one after two years would only be one. He gave it to me. Now I smoke again. If you smoke and someone you know is trying to quit or has quit asks you for one, tell them to ask again in 15 minutes. Give them a chance to get over a moment of weakness and/or stupidity.
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And Elmer Fudd only had 3 fingers. (Hey! Where’s that silly Wabbit?)
Gunga Din,
Quitting smoking is incredibly hard. But it is not so hard, if you understand the real reasons why you smoke. And they are not the reasons you think.
This book has a more than 90% permanent success rate.
It’s only a few dollars for a used copy. Is it worth it? You can be the judge of that.
The madness goes beyond the warmists’ science.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ‘UNFCCC’ (UNFCCC consists of 154 nations including Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, Cuba, Sudan, Malaysia, Maldives, and so on) is the political body that writes the summary for each IPCC report. The purpose of each IPCC report (written by the nominated scientists by each UNFCCC member; are the nominated ‘scientists’ independent, opportunity for hidden agendas?) is to justify UNFCCC proposed world binding climate legislation. I.e The UNFCCC first determined a political agenda and then directed the IPCC to write reports to support that agenda.
At the IPCC’s 20th anniversary, its chairman gave a speech in which he publicly acknowledged that the IPCC’s primary purpose is not to help governments make wise climate change decisions based on the science. Rather in his words:
“The UNFCCC is our main customer, if I could label them as such, and our interaction with them enriches the relevance of our work…”
Reference: The Delinquent Teenager, IPCC Expose Donna Laframboise
The current climate change proposal is there will be a carbon tax on all manufactured goods for all countries. A portion of the carbon tax will be sent to the UNFCCC who will administrate its distribution to developing and third world countries. The plan is the carbon tax will gradually be increased and by some miracle a new source of energy will be discovered and/or there will be massive job loss in Western countries which will result in either political reform and the abandonment of the climate change scam and/or riots.
The UN bureaucrats, the developing countries, and third world country middle men and politicians all see the carbon tax money as a source of income and job security. The system is rigged to produce alarmist, fudged reports. The NGOs Greenpeace, World Wildlife federation play a central role in writing the IPCC report and then attend the yearly climate convention to give the impression that the citizens each country are aware of the legislation, want a massive loss of jobs, and support a reduction in living standards to solve a non problem. The estimated economic impact is also calculated by the IPCC.
The NGOs are left of each countries’ green parties and are anti development, anti people. As the EU countries such as Germany have minority governments the green party is given the department of environment as a prerequisite to form a coalition and hence gets to select the scientists for the IPCC report writing. i.e. The process starts with a conclusion and then the job of the IPCC is to bend the data to support the agenda.
The fact that there has been 16 years of no warming is therefore not a scientific issue for the IPCC. The issue is how to cover that fact up and then state all scientists speak with one voice: All Western countries must sign the proposed insane scam climate change agreement.
Great cartoon parody, Josh … how about one with all of them sharing the ‘hubbly bubbly’ with a Colorado backdrop? 😉
As a kid I wanted to be an artist (commercial) and drew cartoons (among other things). From a Library book I learned (at that time) ALL cartoon characters had 3 fingers. After entering an art contest in the 6th grade, and comparing the winning entry with my own, I switched to math & science courses.
Tom Wisneski aka Tom in Texas
I could pick all but 4 of them. Guess I’m a climatarian.
Even this friendly comment is still awaiting moderation at Brodner’s Bicycle:
Applause!
Steve says:
June 10, 2013 at 12:27 am
Off topic question: can someone point me to an illustration of the role of water vapor in the IPCC’s models?….
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See this: http://how-it-looks.blogspot.com/2010/03/infrared-spectra-of-molecules-of.html
Instead of water being a major factor in climate it is reduced to a “feedback” of CO2. It is not even shown in the IPCC chart of forcings except as a tiny amount in the stratosphere along with O3! link
And that boys and girls is how you take a trace gas and make it the 21st century boogyman.
DHMO, for sure – DiHydrogen Monoxide – a documented killer of humans. Oh, but wait, nobody cares about that, is it threateneing or destroying and wildlife?
Whilst I know that correlation is not causation, there does seem to be a strong correlation between facial hair and climate alarmism. Maybe it’s one of the criteria for the peer review process for journal articles.
Authors from a known institution? Check
Supports the current CO2 meme? Check
Is likely to generate more funding? Check
At least two authors have facial hair? Check
OK to publish!
Real email I received: