tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20132666.post684888856992910886..comments2023-12-31T10:08:03.121-05:00Comments on Politics and Pigskins: Let the Global Warming censorship begin!EdMcGonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892046331126818396noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20132666.post-17183426305205537772007-02-08T09:58:00.000-05:002007-02-08T09:58:00.000-05:00Yeah, Anonymous... what's your point and how does ...Yeah, Anonymous... what's your point and how does it relate to my point?<BR/><BR/>Here... let me expand on my original point with an example. Last night O'Reilly had a segment titled "Politics of Global Warming." His guest was Dr. Patrick Michaels, University of Virginia, speaking in his role as a fellow at the CATO Institute.<BR/><BR/>Early on in the interview, Dr. Michaels stated that he DID believe man is partially - perhaps even largely - responsible for the exceleration of global warming trend via human industrial activity. HOWEVER... and here's the point... he made it VERY clear that other scientists - scientists he respected and whose methodology and intellectual integrity he placed great store in - disagreed (based on THEIR research) with the contention that man is responsible for global warming.<BR/><BR/>Dr. Michaels ALSO went on to state that there may be little the United States and the developed world can do to "stop" global warming and that in any even it's crucial to examine cost/benefit and consider carefully WHAT "we" want to achieve with regard to "effecting" climate and HOW we intend to achieve it.<BR/><BR/>WE... "regular" folks... non-scientists... need to hear from people like Dr. Michaels. We need to hear from people like Al Gore's "go-to" guys in the SCIENTIFIC community. We need to hear from the naysayers - or to put it more neutrally... those SCIENTISTS who DON'T believe man is the sole or even major cause of global warming.<BR/><BR/>MY POINT with my initial post is that a politicized ideologically driven media and educational establishment is largely STOPPING this debate from taking place IN THE PUBLIC EYE in a way that educates rather than simply provokes.<BR/><BR/>Anyway... (*SMILE*)<BR/><BR/>BILLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20132666.post-29591728595224877592007-02-08T05:02:00.000-05:002007-02-08T05:02:00.000-05:00Anonymous,Your point being? Are these the guys wil...Anonymous,<BR/>Your point being? Are these the guys willing to toe the Canadian government's line on Global Warming?EdMcGonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892046331126818396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20132666.post-6107151401629456082007-02-07T21:49:00.000-05:002007-02-07T21:49:00.000-05:00he leaders in Canadian Climate science:
http://co...he leaders in Canadian Climate science:<br /><br />http://conservationcouncil.ca/climate/files/ClimateScienceLettertoPM_CanadianClimateScienceLeaders.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20132666.post-37702647844290159342007-02-07T13:04:00.000-05:002007-02-07T13:04:00.000-05:00Amen brother!Amen brother!EdMcGonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892046331126818396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20132666.post-54950350403803130182007-02-07T10:26:00.000-05:002007-02-07T10:26:00.000-05:00Ed, I just got off the phone with a friend of mine...Ed, I just got off the phone with a friend of mine and we were talking about this same issue. There are various stories linked via the Drudge Report and the common thread is... reporters/editors are more interested in playing politics than in reporting on the actual points/counterpoints of the global warming debate. Frankly, it makes me sick. I've been a straight reporter and I've been an "opinion" writer and I can tell you this: Either you have integrity or you don't. Either you put honesty above ideology... or you don't. There's a reason journalism is a profession in largely in disrepute. Far too many journalists are more interested in "opining" than in reporting.<br /><br />BILLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com