Noteworthy:
"Fourth, the lack of response (thus far) of any liberal or left individual or organization -- except to defend Ellen Goodman -- or from the Anti-Defamation League, the organization whose primary purpose has been to defend Jews, is telling. Just imagine if, for example, an equally prominent Christian figure had written that denying America is a Christian country is on a par with denying the Holocaust. It would have been front-page news in the mainstream media, the individual would have been excoriated by just about every major liberal individual and group, and the ADL would have cited this as an example of burgeoning Christian anti-Semitism and Holocaust trivialization. But not a word at the ADL on Soros's comments about de-Nazifying America or Goodman's Holocaust-denial comment.
Fifth, and finally, the Ellen Goodman quote is only the beginning of what is already becoming one of the largest campaigns of vilification of decent people in history -- the global condemnation of a) anyone who questions global warming; or b) anyone who agrees that there is global warming but who argues that human behavior is not its primary cause; or c) anyone who agrees that there is global warming, and even agrees that human behavior is its primary cause, but does not believe that the consequences will be nearly as catastrophic as Al Gore does.
If you don't believe all three propositions, you will be lumped with Holocaust deniers, and it would not be surprising that soon, in Europe, global warming deniers will be treated as Holocaust deniers and prosecuted. Just watch. That is far more likely than the oceans rising by 20 feet. Or even 10. Or even three."
It's already happening, Mr. Prager.
The True Believers want it to happen here too.
This "global warming" nonsense needs to stop.
Now.
The Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality hearing about Global Warming scheduled for Wednesday, February 14, 2007 has been canceled due to a snowstorm.
ReplyDeleteEllen Goodman’s tirade was just plain silly! I like her but in this she went way over board. As you know Bubba I am all for cleaning up the planet and half way believe the glaciers melting may be caused by man made pollutants in the atmosphere but I surely don’t feel those of you on the other side are evil. So Dumb. My views come from my own reasoning and what I have seen happening over my lifetime. I have seen the devastation of acid rain. I have seen Glacier National Park all but disappear, and more important I grew up in the northern Ohio Valley steel and coal country where we breathed sulfur fumes from birth and the sky was always overcast even on the nicest days. And, I simply see nothing but good in fostering alternative fuels. Politically it is a no brainer when you look at the countries who have the vast oil preserves. They are all unstable dictatorships. These are not people the free world should be so dependent upon. Russia now supplies the whole of Europe with it’s oil and Putin is a dangerous man who at this time is starting another arms race, or Cold War. With Europe in his grasp due to their addition to oil we have no allies we can rely on in that part of the world. NATO is a thing of the past, or powerless so it is the same. By the way, Germany is now getting 20% of it’s energy from sources other than fossil fuels or nuclear. Great start. I wish it were the same in the United States.
ReplyDeleteShe has a point. Even after mounds of physical evidence these yahoos do seem to be denying reality in the same fashion that Holocaust deniers do - some of those Holocaust deniers happen to be fairly smart and otherwise reputable people, but the obvious truth is, the Holocaust did happen. There is definitely a very obvious comparison between the minds of the two and you don't have to be left or right to see it.
ReplyDeleteI think what Ellen Goodman said is absolutely fine. Who really cares if she hurts the feelings of a tiny minority of lunatic fringe scientists? Protecting the feelings of a few mavericks is hardly worth what is at is stake here. The overwhelming consensus needs to be understood by the public and she did a good job of pointing it out. If a few little whiny so-called scientists get their feelings hurt in the process, then so be it.
I love the satire that shows up in my blog from time to time.
ReplyDeleteEven the stuff like what we got from the last poster, who doesn't have a clue about what he/she/it wrote about this issue.
Doesn't have a clue about Ellen comparing the TINY minority of scientists in the fringe who deny Global Warming as a man-made event to holocaust deniers?
ReplyDeleteI think it's stated pretty clearly. The post is commenting on this blog taking it to seriously and on the fact that there is WAY TOO much at stake to worry about people's feelings.
It's not like anyone is going to jail or anything.
What's a matter, Bubba? Are you one of the people who got their wittle feelings hurt by Ellen's statement? Do you need a hug?