[Vision2020] Say What?

[Dave]

I understand its about 95% to 5%.  ~Most~ scientists have ethics.

Dave


On 08/23/2011 01:03 PM, Art Deco wrote:
> Maybe I have missed it, but Perry has yet to name these "daily coming 
> forward" scientists who question global warming.  I wonder if the 
> media has even asked him to.  Isn't it about time they did?
> Suppose there are such scientists.  How do their numbers compare to 
> those newly coming forward to endorse the fact of global warming?
> w.
>
> *From:* Ted Moffett <mailto:starbliss at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2011 10:55 AM
> *To:* Tom Hansen <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>
> *Cc:* Moscow Vision 2020 <mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20093535-503544.html
>
> August 17, 2011
> By Brian Montopoli
>
> Rick Perry suggests global warming is a hoax
>
> Perry said scientists are coming forward almost daily to question "the
> original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the
> climate to change." He said the climate is changing but that it has
> been changing "ever since the earth was formed."
> -------------------------------
> Rick Perry's recent comments on global warming (more lower down) are
> so misinformed, it is scary. Many scientists with relevant expertise
> with no corruption involved are coming forward to call for action to
> address human impacts on climate, not to question whether there is
> credible scientific evidence human impacts are profound.  Perry must
> be living in a bubble or in denial.
>
> Consider the following from the Union of Concerned Scientists:
>
> http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/big_picture_solutions/scientists-and-economists.html
>
> Scientists and Economists' Call to Action
>
> The U.S. Scientists and Economists' Call for Swift and Deep Cuts in
> Greenhouse Gas Emissions is a call to our nation's leaders to require
> immediate, deep reductions in heat-trapping emissions that cause
> global warming. The statement is endorsed by more than 2,000
> scientists and economists with expertise relevant to our understanding
> of the scientific and economic dimensions of climate change, its
> impacts, and solutions. This marks the first time leading U.S.
> scientists and economists have joined together to make such an appeal.
>
> The statement was released in March 2010 and delivered to every member
> of Congress, but is still open to new signatures. Endorsers from ten
> states personally delivered the letter to their Senators and
> Representatives, just as Congress is considering climate and energy
> legislation.
>
> This unprecedented list of signatories includes eight Nobel Prize
> winners in science or economics, 32 members of the National Academy of
> Sciences, 10 members of the National Academy of Engineering, 11
> recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship, three National Medal of
> Science recipients, and more than 100 members of the Intergovernmental
> Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
> -------------------------
> http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/
>
> Global Warming
>
> The Earth is warming and human activity is the primary cause. Climate
> disruptions put our food and water supply at risk, endanger our
> health, jeopardize our national security, and threaten other basic
> human needs. Some impacts—such as record high temperatures, melting
> glaciers, and severe flooding and droughts—are already becoming
> increasingly common across the country and around the world. So far,
> our national leaders are failing to act quickly to reduce
> heat-trapping emissions
> --------------------------
> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20093535-503544.html
>
> August 17, 2011
>
> Rick Perry suggests global warming is a hoax
>
> By Brian Montopoli
>
> Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said Wednesday morning
> that he does not believe in global warming science and suggested it is
> grounded in scientists manipulating data for financial gain.
>
> The Texas governor was appearing at a New Hampshire breakfast event
> with business leaders Wednesday morning when he said "there are a
> substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that
> they will have dollars rolling into their projects."
>
> Perry said scientists are coming forward almost daily to question "the
> original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the
> climate to change." He said the climate is changing but that it has
> been changing "ever since the earth was formed."
>
> Perry added that "the issue of global warming has been politicized,"
> and argued that America should not spend billions of dollars
> addressing "a scientific theory that has not been proven, and from my
> perspective is more and more being put into question."
> ------------------------------------------
> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
>
> On 8/23/11, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com 
> <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>> wrote:
>
> > "Listen, America’s gone a long way from the standpoint of civil 
> rights and
> > thank God we have. I mean we’ve gone from a country that made great
> > strides in issues of civil rights. I think we all can be proud of that.
> > And as we go forward, America needs to be about freedom. It needs to be
> > about freedom from overtaxation, freedom from over-litigation, freedom
> > from over-regulation. And Americans regardless of what their cultural or
> > ethnic background is they need to know that they can come to America and
> > you got a chance to have any dream come true because the economic 
> climate
> > is gonna be improved."
> >
> > - Republican presidential candidate (and Texas governor) Rick Perry at a
> > rally in Rock Hill, South Carolina paying tribute to the Martin Luther
> > King Jr. memorial.
> >
> > 
> http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/08/22/301253/rick-perry-compares-civil-rights-movement-to-gop-fight-for-lower-corporate-taxes/
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> >
> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to 
> change
> > and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> >
> > - Author Unknown
> >
> >
>
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