Folks that question man's role in climate change are well aware of the fanaticism displayed by those preaching gloom and doom if we don't immediately stop burning fossil fuels.
Non-believers like to refer to such people as warm-mongers.
With this in mind, astrophysicist Dr. Sallie Baliunas gave a lecture about global warming at the University of Texas, Tyler, on Tuesday, deliciously equating warm-mongers to folks in 16th and 17th century Europe "where religious and political institutions blamed witches - mostly women - for poor growing periods or storms."
As reported by the Tyler Morning Telegraph Wednesday (h/t NBer wilbur747, emphasis added throughout):
Dr. Baliunas' work with fellow Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics astronomer Willie Soon suggests global warming is more directly related to solar variability than to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, an alternative view to what's been widely publicized in the mainstream media.
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Baliunas asserts that increases and decreases in solar output led to historically warmer and cooler periods.
Of course, this is a premise warm-mongers strongly disagree with, although most of them recognize that when the sun rises in the morning, warming normally occurs. Contrarily, when it sets, the earth cools.
Shocking concept, huh? But I digress, for here was the fabulous money shot:
She also said civilizations have always looked for the cause of climate changes.
In 16th and 17th century Europe, thousands were executed for what was called "weather cooking," where religious and political institutions blamed witches - mostly women - for poor growing periods or storms.
She's causing global warming! Burn her!
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Universities?
February 14, 2008 - 13:54 ET by iveseenitallAs I wrote in another post today, many of our "universities" today are nothing but bastions of ignorance. They are so busy implying ignorance in others, they ignore it in themselves. Dr. Baliunas, however, seems to get it. Good thing.
NEVER,NEVER tust a "liberal"
Academic credentials
February 14, 2008 - 15:35 ET by KC MulvillePart of the social utility of universities is that they certify that graduates have mastered the teaching they've been given. The result? Certification means that the student has the same attitudes and mindset about the topic that the teachers do.
Scientists are the ultimate herd. They maintain their personal identity as members of the herd. After all, a scientist publishes his works so that the other members of his herd can examine it and see whether the rest of the herd will support him.
Herd behavior is usually a good thing. But not always. It's up to any individual, on any particular topic or time, to decide whether the herd is being helpful or harmful.
Conservatives are giving McCain a hard time...
February 14, 2008 - 18:35 ET by ThalpyConservatives are giving McCain a hard time because there is little or nothing about him that is conservative. On occasion Senator McCain's views conform to conservative principles, but often they do not. His idea of reaching across the aisle to the "opposition" does not represent bipartisanship because, for the most part, these alleged foes have been his like-minded friends all along. Just because President Bush has called him a conservative doesn't make it so. On the contrary, I would suggest that John F. Kennedy was more conservative than John McCain.
Global warming turned me
February 14, 2008 - 13:52 ET by Adam_MEGlobal warming turned me into a newt!!!
I got better.
Now there's someone with a
February 14, 2008 - 13:54 ET by ConservativeRexNow there's someone with a bushel full of sense. Man-O-Man are those lunatics going to hammer her. But, she's got plenty on the ball so she'll handle them. I know they'll put a ton of pressure on her professionally and personally though.
They've been trying to burn
February 14, 2008 - 14:15 ET by danboThey've been trying to burn her at the stake for a while.
Here. Mid page. It's a hate site one of our warmer trolls gave me.
Smart. Cute too.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
Excellent Site!!
February 14, 2008 - 18:31 ET by Mike From CanmoreThat site was hilarious!! I'm sure the fact Jan was so cold was just a manipulation of weather stations by the CIA and Exxon.
There are 2 types of politicians. Those who know AGW is a sham and stupid ones.
Gee, My hometown, and I'm out of town
February 14, 2008 - 13:55 ET by JayTeeGee, I missed it, in Tyler, Tx....Gods Country
But Hey.....she's not NASA, some people will not believe it, unless the ORIGINAL NASA guys says "GW isn't so"
Keep Austin Wired
February 14, 2008 - 17:04 ET by RiharSomeone said this at the University of Texas?! Did she get out of there without "NAZI" spray painted on her car?
I hope she's not up for tenure. Viewpoints opposing liberal dogma have no place at tu.
On the other hand, if my stepfather can be a liberal professor at Texas A&M then I suppose there can be an occasional rational thought at Texas.
When a liberal speaks, the truth is busy elsewhere.
Tyler
February 14, 2008 - 17:11 ET by masslibertarianShe'd have definitely been assailed by whacked out, tie-dye clad, speed-limit I.Q. lefties from one end of Austin to the other.
Fortunately, life over in Tyler's a little different than it is in the People's Republic of Travis County.
good point mass, Travis
February 14, 2008 - 17:21 ET by ConservativeRexgood point mass, Travis County is the home of Ronnie Earle, the absolutely nuttiest of a collection of nutty DA's in that neck of the woods.
Tyler is in Smith County right in the heart of the piney woods.
Yeah, but they have great
February 14, 2008 - 17:24 ET by HermanoYeah, but they have great BBQ. Hmm, wait a minute, BBQ requires burning which creates CO2... No, I won't go there. Save the BBQ! Encourage Global Warming!
Conservatism and the GOP is
February 14, 2008 - 18:04 ET by Dan The Man 2Conservatism and the GOP is a new thing in Texas. Yellow dog Democrat comes to mind. My dad lives in Wood county and the paper is the Wood County Democrat. Texas has a long history of Democrat rule.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Some of us might say
February 14, 2008 - 18:06 ET by sarcasmoThat fiscal conservatism would be a new (and welcome) thing for the Texas GOP itself, considering their behavior over the past decade or so...
JMR
If this is winning, I think I'd rather lose...
Roger, do you know these men
February 14, 2008 - 13:56 ET by KarmaRoger, do you know these men in the picture?
Of course! Sir Bedevere is a
February 14, 2008 - 14:32 ET by Roger the ShrubberOf course! Sir Bedevere is a frequent customer. He has a fondness for Bladdernut and Hawthorn....
Shrubs, of course, but is he a
February 14, 2008 - 22:36 ET by FastEdLUMBERJACK?!?
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
"where religious and
February 14, 2008 - 14:05 ET by danbo"where religious and political institutions blamed witches - ... for ... storms."
History repeats itself.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
this has got to disturb
February 14, 2008 - 14:12 ET by TruthMongerthis has got to disturb leon
he's kinda down on witch hunts today:)
Like that's gonna really
February 14, 2008 - 14:19 ET by danboLike that's gonna really upset me. LOL Upsetting a bigot.
Sincerely
A fat slob. LOL
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
Comrades!
February 14, 2008 - 14:14 ET by Wilbur747Rise up Comrades! This so-called 'scientist' has strayed from the State. She obviously has been in contact with those heretic conservatives. She must be immediately arrested and interned in the re-education camp until she sees the error of her ways.
And if she doesn't confess and decide to embrace the truth, then we will have no choice but to "lose" her...
Camelot tis a silly place
February 14, 2008 - 14:21 ET by ArchConservativeSo if they weigh the same as a duck...............A WIITTTCHHH!!!!!
It's a fair cop.
February 14, 2008 - 17:26 ET by HermanoIt's a fair cop.
Another CC heretic.
February 14, 2008 - 14:32 ET by R D HelmBoy, the Global Church of Climate Change isn't going to like this one bit. I wonder how long before they suggest, I mean demand, that Dr. Baliunas' PhD be revoked and her first born be sacrificed at the alter of the High Priest himself, Algore?
Obama: Elect me and I'll lose the war AND raise your taxes! - Bryan/HotAir.com
Well, they are wiccans and
February 14, 2008 - 14:41 ET by PeskyDaneWell, they are wiccans and druids. Human sacrifice is never much of a stretch for them...
Dr. Sallie Baliunas gave a
February 14, 2008 - 14:50 ET by Jack BauerHey, don't want to blow my own trumpet --oh, what the hell, if not me, who... BUT maybe the lady reads Newsbusters.
There is a genuine issue for research here of mankind's LONG HISTORY (thousands of years) of blaming human beings for affecting the weather, and then KILLING them.
There's nothing new under the sun.
Toot away Jack... Save a
February 14, 2008 - 15:53 ET by bassndudeToot away Jack...
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Opps
February 14, 2008 - 14:54 ET by mytwocentsOh Dr. Algore ---- you got some 'spaining todo.
So if a witch weights the same as a rock?
February 14, 2008 - 16:42 ET by woolAl uses the same logic. If there is melting ice, all other logic is irrelevant. "We have the proof we need. Stop the discussion heretics".
Bible does talk about weather
February 14, 2008 - 15:49 ET by Lame CherryThe forces of nature can indeed be manipulated and controlled. Jesus hushed storms quite well, Jonah took a swim into a fish's interior due to a storm..........so it is quit factual that the dark forces of the devil or minion witches can indeed cause weather. Job lost a great deal by the devil in weather.
I have a wonderful experience in a tornado which was knocking rocks off my pick up as it was blowing that hard. I prayed and while the dust was bad inside the cab, I kept on driving like it was a summer day with no wind yanking on the vehicle.
So God, demons and people do indeed affect weather.
It is though nice that the scientists have discovered what I have written on for years that it is the sun. Perhaps we can now all put an air conditioner on it to make more money for grubbing researchers building it.
The one scientific experiment I would really enjoy running though is to test stories posted as Mr. Sheppard always gets huge feedback while some posters barely get 3 messages.
Just once I would like Mr. Sheppard to put his name on posts by some of the gals on here who never get huge feedbacks just to see if star appeal is what drives stories or is it in fact content.
Sorry off subject, but it is science and it puzzles me why wonderful posts on here by others never receive the attention. There is so much good information here.
Back to solar warming.
*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS
It is reassuring to see...
February 14, 2008 - 16:10 ET by ThalpyIt is reassuring to see that some universities, unlike Columbia, are willing to entertain varying points of view. Dr. Baliunus simply said that current scientific data did not support the CO2/global warming model. That is, increased CO2 does not bring increased global temperature. Of course, that esteemed scientist, intellectual, savant, etc., etc., etc., Albert Gore Jr. is the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Anthropogenic Climate Science. Arafat and Carter won Nobels for something too.
Set the witches
February 14, 2008 - 16:52 ET by TruthMattersSet the witches free!!!
...and the flamingo
Saudis to Execute a Woman for Witchcraft
February 14, 2008 - 20:12 ET by Jack BauerTalking of "witchcraft". From those 'wonderful' people who brought you 9/11... it's those wacky Saudis again!