Comments (11)

• fundamentalist

  Very nice! Thanks!

  It would be interesting to have a survey of those involved in the debate, scientists, journalists and politicians, of their economic views. I would bet that the correlation between climate hysteria a socialism is quite high.

  Published: November 30, 2009 11:24 AM

• Curt Howland

  Fundamentalist, it's fear.

  Fear that things aren't "fair", fear that the world is going to overheat and everyone is going to die, fear that without strong government regulation then self centered people will "abuse" others, fear fear fear.

  Socialism is the politics of fear. Socialism is based upon frightening people into giving up freedom.

  Published: November 30, 2009 11:59 AM

• Christopher

  http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_S._Lindzen

  General info on the good professor.

  Published: November 30, 2009 12:49 PM

• Walt D.

  Fundamentalist and Curt:
  
  I see it more as a control issue. The socialist elite believe that they know what is best for everyone else. The religious aspect is also inescapable - Google "Rabbi Daniel Lapin". It also provide an excuse for more government intervention and higher taxes.
  
  Stephan
  
  This is an excellent presentation. However, it is out of date. It predates the Lindzen and Choi (August 2009) paper and the recent "Climategate" scandal.
  

  Published: November 30, 2009 12:54 PM

• Christopher

  http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_S._Lindzen

  General info on the good professor.

  Published: November 30, 2009 1:08 PM

• Walt D.

  Christopher
  
  So Lindzen did some research for Exxon Mobil . So what? Al Gore's father, Senator Albert Gore, was funded by Armand Hammer and Occidental Petroleum (Hence his oxy-moron nickname). Al Gore grew up on a tobacco farm that received subsidies (that Al Gore has never paid back.)
  
  Go to HuffingtonPost and find out who in Congress has received political contributions from Big Oil.
  

  Published: November 30, 2009 1:15 PM

• ehmoran

  Pretty sure some said: "The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it."

  When and where will the next big lie occur: Job creation, our economy, or the financial and monetary systems?

  Published: November 30, 2009 3:13 PM

• Christopher

  Walt D.

  Just trying to giver perspective. Both sides have a lot of $$ at stake.

  Published: November 30, 2009 3:35 PM

• Walt D.

  ehmoran:
  Joseph Goebbels - a propagandist for the socialist's favorite socialist!

  Published: November 30, 2009 4:00 PM

• ehmoran

  Walt D.,

  Yeh, remember the propaganda science about Science proving Jews were an inferior RACE.

  That Science resulted in the incineration of nearly 3 million people. But the German, and other, people during the time accepted the Scientific Consensus as TRUTH and let it happen.

  Sure glad we've advanced intellectually not to let Scientific/Political manipulation get in the way of our beliefs.

  Something about maintaining and OPEN MIND, or something like that.......

  Published: November 30, 2009 4:27 PM

• Hard Rain

  "The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present -- and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite." - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961

  Published: December 1, 2009 3:02 AM