[FairfieldLife] Re: The Deniers

2008-05-02 Thread Richard M
Vaj says: I like some of what Christy says: You won't like this! More Carbon Dioxide, Please http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MWJlODMxYmUzYWNmZGZiM2NhNmExYTYyNDUzYmViZjQ= If that doesn't make you choke on your toast, I'm a Dutchman...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Deniers

2008-04-30 Thread Vaj
On Apr 29, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Richard M wrote: Notice the phrase the world's most prominent scientists rather than the world's most prominent climate or meteorology scientists. This seems to be an appeal to priesthood pedigree rather than scientific rationality? Your conclusion, not mine.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Deniers - Now: Scientists Demand Removal from Denier List

2008-04-30 Thread boo_lives
This story about the sham Heartland Institute is currently breaking: http://www.desmogblog.com/500-scientists-with-documented-doubts-about-the-heartland-institute Dozens of scientists are demanding that their names be removed from a widely distributed Heartland Institute article entitled 500

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Deniers - Now: Scientists Demand Removal from Denier List

2008-04-30 Thread Vaj
A fascinating look at this trend. Thanks for sharing this Boo. What saddens me is that there is a certain group of people who will hear of this Heartland Institute and actually use it to confirm their conviction that Global Climate Change is a hoax. Given that I've watched time after time

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Deniers

2008-04-30 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 29, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Richard M wrote: Notice the phrase the world's most prominent scientists rather than the world's most prominent climate or meteorology scientists. This seems to be an appeal to priesthood

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Deniers

2008-04-30 Thread Vaj
On Apr 30, 2008, at 8:24 AM, shempmcgurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 29, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Richard M wrote: Notice the phrase the world's most prominent scientists rather than the world's most prominent climate or meteorology

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Deniers

2008-04-30 Thread Richard M
But if that's your guiding light, what ad hominem will you deploy to denigrate climate sceptics such as Richard Lindzen, atmospheric physicist and the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology? They say you should be careful what you wish for. Silly

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Deniers

2008-04-30 Thread Vaj
On Apr 30, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Richard M wrote: But if that's your guiding light, what ad hominem will you deploy to denigrate climate sceptics such as Richard Lindzen, atmospheric physicist and the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology? They say

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Deniers

2008-04-30 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 30, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Richard M wrote: But if that's your guiding light, what ad hominem will you deploy to denigrate climate sceptics such as Richard Lindzen, atmospheric physicist and the Alfred P. Sloan

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Deniers

2008-04-29 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Read more: 'Wikipedia's zealots' By Lawrence Solomon Financial Post, Saturday, April 12, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/4f7jxj [snip] The above article is so important, Willytex, that it deserves to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Deniers

2008-04-29 Thread Vaj
On Apr 29, 2008, at 5:44 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: My Deniers series, which now runs to some 40 columns, describes many of the world's most prominent scientists. Notice the phrase the world's most prominent scientists rather than the world's most prominent climate or meteorology scientists.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Deniers

2008-04-29 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 29, 2008, at 5:44 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: My Deniers series, which now runs to some 40 columns, describes many of the world's most prominent scientists. Notice the phrase the world's most prominent scientists

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Deniers

2008-04-29 Thread Richard M
Notice the phrase the world's most prominent scientists rather than the world's most prominent climate or meteorology scientists. This seems to be an appeal to priesthood pedigree rather than scientific rationality? But if that's your guiding light, what ad hominem will you deploy to