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DEL.ICIO.USBecause the truth has a liberal bias….
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
… the Bush administration won’t let the truth be heard
“Washington (AP) — NASA’s press office “marginalized or mischaracterized” studies on global warming between 2004 and 2006, the agency’s own internal watchdog has concluded.
In a report released Monday, NASA’s inspector general office called it “inappropriate political interference” by political appointees in the press office. It said the agency’s top management wasn’t part of the censorship, nor were career officials….
NASA public affairs officials criticized by the report called it wrong, saying they were always open and truthful.
Not so, according to the report. The report did not directly accuse them of lying, but used more nuanced terms such as “mendacity” and “dissembling.”
As “Big Daddy” Burl Ives said, “There ain’t nuthin’ more powerful than the smell of mendacity!”
Comments
By Charles
June 3, 2008 7:42 AM | Link to this
Now why would a NASA scientist want to promote the notion of global warming (or ‘change’, the new Liberal buzz word)? They can’t seem to get more funding for space exploration (that would put more money in the pockets of EVIL big corporations). That means they would continue to lose their cushy government funded jobs! Yes - toe the Liberal and environmentalist whacko line of this lie to weaken America and they’ll keep their jobs!
Whenever in doubt, follow the money trail.
By Copyleft
June 3, 2008 7:52 AM | Link to this
Right, because it’s not POSSIBLE that governmental pressure could alter or hide information. It’s all about NASA wanting to make more money, uh-huh.
This is like McClellan’s revelations: old news. We already KNOW the Bushies have done their best to censor and stifle scientific research that doesn’t suit their political agenda. Heck, they’ve admitted it themselves! Just another entry in the long list of shameful conduct from this criminal regime.
Can’t wait for President Obama to start cleaning up this mess!
By 'Nuff Said
June 3, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this
Yes - the globe may be warming. No - it is not man-made. End of story. Move on.
By Gumbo
June 3, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this
CO2 rises since 1998 - Temperature does not. How hard is this to understand?
It’s the Sunspots, Bookman!
By R U Kidding
June 3, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this
I can’t wait till Bush is out of office, who will liberals blame for their problems then?
By Pluto
June 3, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this
Jay,
Perhaps you can tell us what the ideal temparature of the earth is?
By Stand up
June 3, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
Space. The final frontier. These are the parabolic parables of National Aeronautic and Space Administration stretched to the hyperbole’s apogee. There lies years of suspicion: To eek out strang cool worlds. To exploit naive civilizations. To boldy snow where no press secretary has snowed before…..
Chicken little is the canary in the mineshaft. The boy who cried wolf is now a ritalin kid with ADD.
We’re all gonna fry. Why doesn’t somebody do something?
By Mike
June 3, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this
Right. You just can’t believe anyone anymore — with the exception of the pristine, apolitical IPCC. They’re just interested in the facts and good science.
Barf.
By Matthew
June 3, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
I think the AJC should fund an investigation to find out who the hell Jay Bookman is.
By Mike
June 3, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
To StandUp:
The Earth was once over 200 degrees and ice a mile thick once covered Manhattan.
If you live a few hundred million years, you’ll likely see both repeated again and again.
“Doing Something” is like putting a feather in front of a freight train and expecting a response. How arrogant to think we actually have some control over the atmosphere.
By Mike
June 3, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this
Unless Bookman is a hip-hop star, the AJC’s not going to spend any time on it.
By Copyleft
June 3, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
Yeah, it’s not like humanity’s been able to impact any aspect of the environment before.
Just look at all those passenger pigeons circling overhead! And breathe that jolly London fog!
By Aquagirl
June 3, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this
If it’s caused by natural processes like sunspots, why wouldn’t the Bush administration be encouraging NASA to study global warming? Then they could get back to drilling oil wells without those annoying environmentalists.
By jasper
June 3, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this
Jay - its one thing to have chosen a career in journalism, eeking out an ulcerous existence, foregoing an honest and decent living, but now you are reduced to an agent provocateur of the blogosphere. What happened to your dreams man?
By George Pomar
June 3, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this
Thank GOD you won’t be doing any Fair Tax pieces anymore. I’ve never seen anything to make me believe that you know a single fact about the bill. For that matter, you don’t seem to know what a K Street lobbyist does either. Maybe your calling is something other than editorial writing.
By Warming is myth
June 3, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this
This whole man made warming non-sense is getting out of hand. It’s like a cult that will do whatever it can to get it’s point across. Scary!
By Stand up
June 3, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
Thank you, Bill Nye, (the science hairpie), your understanding of mean temperature variations, planet formation, and induced atmospheric anomalies is as profound as Pee Wee Herman’s bodily fluid reviews of porn movies.
ew
By Shawny
June 3, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this
bookman is an idiot
By Red Foreman
June 3, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this
Yes Jay, it is getting warmer…thats because it is SUMMER. During the summer, the temperature tends to warm. During winter it gets cooler. We have been in and out of droughts for the last 30 years. I expect we will have an Ice Age soon, allowing the return of Liberal Eating Saber Tooth Tigers…and of course, Bigfoot!!!!!
By Thor
June 3, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this
What would Teddy Roosevelt be doing about the environment? Gee, he was a Republican.
If you don’t believe in global warming, just remember every time oil increase by $1 a barrel Iran earns an extra $66 million dollars a day (BTW - oil has doubled in the last year).
Look at the air quality in Atlanta? Look at 1 billion Chinese and Indians who will all want their own car, as we pump this pollution into our skies.
You people are like a Betamax - I can’t believe you’re still around.
Teddy Roosevelt would be taking action today.
By My own Private Island
June 3, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this
Wow. Jay Bookman (and Democrats in general) are proof that the country is becoming less intelligent. And he can’t even do math (Hey Jay….the Fairtax is 23%, not 30%. If you measure it your way…the average income tax rate is somewhere around 50%). Idiot.
By WesleyB
June 3, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this
The C02 levels have risen from 170 ppm to 350 ppm. The rain forests are about gone. Sharks, swordfish, salmon, tuna, and more are nearly fished out.
Tuna has dangerously high levels of Mercury in them, to where pregnant women and their children are getting sick, and you say we are arrogant to think we can alter the atmosphere?
You are proud of your ignorance and treat it like a virtue. Nothing gets done anymore because your only point is to be against Democrats.
It must suck to be a Republican because the facts are a real inconvenience for you.
Your party does not care about you, yet you think they do. Man have they got you brainwashed.
It is us elitest Democrats who want to get you health care, help you in your old age, and keep the earth clean for your children, but no, those are “bad” because you are thoughtless, emotional creatures who behave like 14 year olds. If a “Liberal” says it, you MUST disagree with it.
Evolution does exist and your brand is going extinct, thank the good earth, but until you do, we will shout louder than you, push back harder than you, and clean the earth, provide health care, educate our children, defeat the terrorists and even help you intellectually bankrupted people.
You are told government is the enemy, yet your leaders laugh at you, all the way to the bank while cashing their government checks.
Your party just continues to empty the treasury and cut YOUR benefits. Man they have you hook line and sinker don’t they?
We pump millions of pounds of C02 in the air daily but no problem to you.
We can stimulate the economy by creating a new energy policy, but not you.
We can stop funding terrorists by reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and tell the middle east to shove it, but not you.
You are brainwashed by a drug addicted, draft-dodging radio circle-jerk who orders you to go against the Democrats, no matter what.
Just like a little child.
By hillbilly ragger
June 3, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this
Jay, excellent topic choice!
I predict the climate change deniers will be nearly as entertaining to watch as the FairTax cultists.
By Willie
June 3, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this
By WesleyB “It must suck to be a Republican because the facts are a real inconvenience for you.” Hey dude the democrats dont do facts they do concensus. You are truly brainwashed…profess to be wise thus became fools…..yes you are!
By Taxpayer
June 3, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this
Technically, every living being converts food into energy and releases heat into the atmosphere. So, humans do contribute to global warming. Cows also contribute. Happy cows contribute the most to global warming especially those that expend the additional energy required to write “Eat Mor Chikin”. Time will tell whether we were truly intelligent enough to warrant a continued position at the top of the food chain. I seriously doubt that most of here now will be around to find out. So, that said, let’s PARTY! I’ll bet that brings on those feelings of deja vu, right GW?
By Taxpayer
June 3, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this
O S U R. OH NO I’M NOT. Children. Yes. Keep it down. o s u r. oh no i’m not. That’s better.
By Leftist Pete
June 3, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this
Taxpayer must google a lot. The major source of methane in the atmosphere is from termites, sir.
Your wife is a cow who campaigns for our troops by holding up a sign at the pentagon saying, “Elect more chicken-hawks”.
I dont know what I just said. Now I’m frightened and want my mommie.
lol
By OnTheFence
June 3, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this
Why must we politicize every f—-ing thing!!! Back in the 60’s and 70’s when landfills began to spontaneously catch on fire and the Raritan Bay was dead for marine life, New Jersey did the right thing and began to clean up its PROVEN environmental problems. This was initiated under a Republican administration and continued through subsequent Republican and Democrat administrations. It had nothing to do with a political party - it was simply the prudent thing to do at the time. Very soon, parks replaced waterfront dumps and the fish returned to the bay - 50 years sooner than predictions said they would, proving the resilience of the earth. As I said, the clean-up started because of PROVEN environmental problems that could be seen, smelled, and touched - not some unproven, Hollywood-supported fantasy which is “backed up” by faulty record keeping and even faultier measuring.
By WesleyB
June 3, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this
Hey “Dude” as usual you have nothing. Just an attack. No facts, no background, nothing but, “Liberals Suck”.
No nothing, do nothing, is what you are, dude.
By Taxpayer
June 3, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this
I know what a gaggle is and I didn’t need a google although I might end with a giggle - not. The sign on the post ahead says Turn right - no — Left Pete for you are now entering the Twilight Zone. Anyway, my wife is taken. Go find someone else to be your mommie. Otherwise, I’ll have to be your daddie and take you out behind the woodshed for a good old-fashioned lesson in manners. Just kidding. You’ll have to build a woodshed first. Don’t have much call for them since they invented gas-fired furnaces and heat pumps and such. I’m holding out for my first installation of photo-voltaic silicon wafers now to power my new-fangled all-electric house. It’s the wave of the future. No CO2 emissions or even a CH4 molecule involved once the installation is complete — from the inorganic energy conversion device, that is.
By Taxpayer
June 3, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this
My Own Private Island,
My own definition of a Fair Tax is 0%. Naturally, your FairTax(TM) needs to be higher to compensate. Please continue to think that 30, 40, or even 50% is fair for you. Thank You.
By Michael Smith
June 3, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this
The notion that any advocate of global warming is being CENSORED is utterly preposterous. All I hear on the news 24/7 are reports about all of the alleged problems we can expect from global warming. We are SWIMMING IN THESE DIRE WARNINGS!!! POSITIVELY SWIMMING!!!
And you expect us to believe that somehow the news on global warming is being censored?!?! What insanity. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF MEDIA PEOPOE SCREAMING GLOBAL WARMING WARNINGS!!!!!
What planet are you from, Mr. Bookman? It certainly cannot be planet Earth because HERE we here claims about global warming every 15 minutes.
By lucy
June 3, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this
Conservation of our resources and stewardship of the earth is a good thing, regardless of the causes of global warming or political agendas. I want this beautiful earth to be here and in decent shape for my grandchildren.
By Phil
June 3, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this
“How arrogant to think we actually have some control over the atmosphere.”
Response. How astoundingly arrogant it is to believe our bad actions canot have an effect over the atmosphere. It did with the ozone hole—-which is going down because of worldwide action. A few hundred man created split atoms can destroy civilization. 100’s of millions of vehicles, billions of pounds of coal plant emissions in the air——watching the sky clearing up after planes were grounded after 9-11——how could anyone think that human actions might be a factor.
“The Earth was once over 200 degrees and ice a mile thick once covered Manhattan. If you live a few hundred million years, you’ll likely see both repeated again and again. Perhaps you can tell us what the ideal temparature of the earth is?”
Response: The only issue is whether we humans should do things that make World temperature change for the worse. As to ice age history—-yes it may happen every few hundred million years. If you will read anything, you will see a very signficant temperature change over the past 50 years or so—-which just happens to be the time human co2 emissions came into full force. Global warming deniers are the same types that deny human evolution.—-all based on ideology and not facts.
By Ricky
June 3, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this
Hey, Luuuuuucyyyy! I’m hoooooome!
By Michael Smith
June 3, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this
WeseleyB, you are a brainwashed little leftist good for nothing but spouting liberal talking points on cue, just like a trained parrot. You’re a perfect “useful idiot”.
Look, I’ll just give you just one fact to think about. You say CO2 levels have increased from 170ppm to 350ppm; in other words, they’ve more than doubled.
But the IPCC says that a doubling of CO2 levels will cause a temperature increase of between 1.5 and 4.5 degrees C. Yet, all we’ve seen is a temperature increase of about .7 degrees C. Thus, the IPCC is wrong, and all the computer models on which global warming predictions TOTALLY depend are WRONG.
The IPCC knows this, of course, and that’s why they are so desperate to declare the “science is settled” and the “debate is over”.
Well, here is a petition signed by over 31,000 American scientists who disagree with the IPCC:
http://www.petitionproject.org/
Go to that website and click on the link titled, “Summary of Peer-Reviewed Research”. Read that document for a summary of the facts that disprove global warming theory. Then come back here and tell us why you insist on believing this nonsense.
By Michael Smith
June 3, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this
Phil wrote:
The only issue is whether we humans should do things that make World temperature change for the worse.
1) What makes you think warming will make things worse?
2) What makes you think man’s influence is significant compared to the natural variability of the climate?
3) How many people’s lives are you willing to ruin in an effort to keep the earth at some arbitrarily selected temperature?
By Taxpayer
June 3, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this
I just love the way people can be manipulated into focusing on issues that do nothing to improve our lives. Global warming is a prime example. If you stop and think about it, you should reach the conclusion that we cannot confirm what the effects of all the variables are on global temperatures. We cannot accurately predict the [insert item of your choice here] so why should we think we can predict global temperature change. Here is my prediction — we will know what it is after we measure it accurately. However, we are all creatures that have been endowed with a thought process. Surely, we can compare different scenarios and reach an agreement on certain issues. For example, our bodies are designed to use oxygen — not carbon monoxide and fossil fuels are finite and being depleted more and more rapidly every day so we need an alternative sooner rather than later, etc. Issues such as global warming will always be divisive so why not change to issues that we can agree on and work on. Maybe that’s not what some people really want.
By Copyleft
June 3, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this
You’re right, Taxpayer; after all, I’LL never be tortured in Guantanamo, so why should I get so worked up if my government is torturing a bunch of OTHER people there?
Heck, why vote at all? Half the laws they pass won’t directly affect me and my little life.
By Taxpayer
June 3, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this
Copyleft,
Did you miss my point? We can actually agree on a definition of torture if we choose to do so and we can actually agree on whether or not we will allow the torturing of others per that definition again if we choose to do so. We will not be able to agree on what causes global temperature change. So, why focus on it. It (the arguing) is nothing but a waste of time because there is no way presently available to confirm the assumptions. Focus instead on increased energy efficiency, alternate energy sources, etc. — things that we can agree on and actually work on. What’s wrong with that? By the way, I too get worked up over our government, or any government allowing the torture of others and it is one of many things that will influence my future votes.
By Peter
June 3, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this
gee my favorite one is finally Bush HAD to put out a climate report……..BUT it is only 4 years late…..
He broke the law in the mean time……
Ever wonder how you would stack up if you sent in your tax return 4 years late?
But hey if your the President you CAN break the laws…… RIGHT ?
By Taxpayer
June 3, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this
I wonder if we’ll ever get to the point where we can harness the energy in a hurricane or tornado or lightning discharge. How about a storage medium to hold that energy until we are ready to use it. THAT would be impressive — GOD — that would be impressive.
By Phil
June 3, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this
) “What makes you think warming will make things worse?” Response: I rely on scientists, not ideologues. Seems like melting ice caps, massive coastal flooding, and an increase in disease will be worse than the positive of a longer northern growing season.
2) What makes you think man’s influence is significant compared to the natural variability of the climate? Response: As touched on earlier, the co2 levels and temperature levels for past 1000 years or so—as determined by ice core samples—show that for about 950 years there was modest variation. Then, about 50 years into the industrial revolution, co2 levels have significantly gone up (greater than during any period in Earth’s history) and temperature levels have significantly gone up. It’s drinking Kool Aid to believe this is merely coincidence.
3) How many people’s lives are you willing to ruin in an effort to keep the earth at some arbitrarily selected temperature? Response: (Tongue in cheek—only those of global warming deniers). First, again, the issue is not about setting the temperature gauge at some level, but rather whether we should be making things worse. How many lives will global warming deniers eventually ruin by promoting the status quo? Maybe the millions who live in coastal areas. Of course, doing something about global warming is largely doing something about energy. 100,000’s have died in Iraq due to Oil. Millions of us, and our country’s future, are made poorer every day due to reliance on Oil.
By Scott
June 3, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this
Phil:
Yes, that is very scientific. The increase in CO2 (from .00017% of the atmosphere to .00045%, if I do the math right) is insignificant. CO2 is a trace gas. Heck, water vapor (You know, clouds) is the most significant greenhouse gas by an order of magnitude, but I don’t see Al Gore trying to regulate that.
Meanwhile, ignore that great big ball of burning gas in the sky and assume that is always puts out the same amount of energy.
Science, my rear end. You guys are all a mindless cult and Al Gore is your Thulsa Doom.
By Phil
June 3, 2008 7:14 PM | Link to this
Scott: The mindless cult is full of those who believe the relationship between co2 and temperature over the past 50 or so years, and its abberation from the norm of the past 1000 years, is just circumstance. By the way, I see you are promoting the petitionproject. Have you Googled this site. You will discover how dishonest the site is—-fraudulent quotes, signers who can’t be verified, many phony names, and many signers who now say that they are no longer global warming sceptics, based on several years of new data.
By Copyleft
June 4, 2008 8:00 AM | Link to this
Of COURSE the lame “petitition project” is a crock. There’s no question of that, and it’s been exposed for a fraud numerous times since it was first trotted out almost a decade ago.
But hey, a civil engineer with a PhD and a few Internet kooks who CLAIM to be scientists surely deserve as much respect as actual climatologists who know what they’re talking about, right?
If there’s one thing the Web has proven, it’s that a few thousand ignorant cranks can be found to sign up for ANYTHING.
By WesleyB
June 4, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this
Michael,
I recognize that it is theory that global warming is caused by man made C02 emissions.
I recognize that earth’s climate cycles, and we have had warming and cooling periods in the past.
However, because it has warmed is not conclusive evidence that our actions are not now affecting it. That is false logic.
Just because it happened in the past does not mean it is happening that way now, or not happening that way now.
As a thinking creature, I choose to believe that dumping C02 into the environment is causing, or at least speeding up warming.
And I get back to my original points. We can create new jobs, improve our air quality, and stop buying oil from people who use the money to try and kill us. And if man made global warming is real, then we win their too, by reducing C02 emissions. That is sound logic and you Republicans should be jumping all over this.
Better economy, new jobs, new industries, and safer from terrorism, but you can’t can you?
You have to go against this plan because Democrats are in favor of them. That is why you have no credibility.
You will espouse any so called defense, no matter how much it contradicts yourselves, and your so- called values, just to argue and hurt Democrats.
You and your party are all over the board, and have nothing. Not one solution, not one idea, and all you can do is resort to character attacks.
Republicans are inconsistent hate mongers with no backbone and no morals. They will say and do anything to me, to you, and to anyone that challenges them.
Seen a young Republican sign up for Iraq lately? No, but they sure are for other people fighting. Hypocrites.
Lastly, let me ask you a question. Why is it okay for John McCain to have federally funded health insurance, and not us?
He had skin cancer which may have killed him. He certainly would not be insurable again and could not get health insurance, if he were not a government employee. Yet he says we should not regulate health care.
Explain his stance to me. Give me a sound argument why he is against us having the health care that he has.
And don’t just say, the free market will take care of it. Tell me why and how, and what your party will do about it?
Justify McCain’s hypocrisy to me. Typical Republicans. It is okay for them to use government, but not anyone else.
What you got Michael? I am waiting.