Academic professional organizations like this are supposed to remain neutral. This is WAY OUT OF LINE for a group like this, especially since climatology is not within the realm of the APA. This is probably one of the most disturbing stories I've read coming out of academia, and that says a lot! <insert witty signature here>

It shows what a bunch of sheep many TV viewers are. 

Those who believe in nothing will believe anything.

And if these stupid people are still unable to see that the earth will be a ball of fire within 2 weeks (women and minorites hurt the worst) then they shall be sent to reeducation camps...college.

The scary thing here is that a study was even needed to show that if you only tell people half the story, the half they heard is what they believe. Looking at the percentages however it is nice to see that either way there are still some people out there who do think for themselves.

With all due respects to my evil step brothers and step sisters at the APA. This technique has been tried for quite a while now.

And they're still losing the arguement. 

Limited Disclosure:  I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.

"American Psychological Association leaders say they want to launch a national initiative specifically targeting behavior changes, including developing media messages that will help people reduce their carbon footprint and pay more attention to ways they can conserve."

God forbid that these jokers help people free themselves from the slavery of their own egos, and think for themselves.  Nope, everyone would be much happier in the massive, unquestioning group-think, eagerly awaiting orders from their elite.

The APA should use the Borg cube as their logo.

They could save a lot of money and just imitate the Chinese, Russians, and the Cubans. Thank God, we live in a free society. These people should be more concerned with all of the psycologically deranged people living right here in the USA.....they are everywhere.

The word "liberal" is certainly a misnomer, particularly in academia. As a group, academics are one of the most intolerant of any views which clash with their own on any subject.. I, as a conservative, have had numerous encounters with the hatred of these pseudo-intellectual ninnyhammers. A true scholar will seek the truth, no matter what the source. But "liberals' shun the truth and, both overtly and covertly, do all in their power to surpress free thought. It is indeed the way of all socialists/communists, of which Obama is part. Scary and sad.

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

Noel, thanks for the h/t, that got me smiling.  I ran across another article this morning in my CNS RSS that is peripherally related, in a business sense and gives an idea of what we are up against:

Activist Mutual Fund Seeks Curbs on Corporate Global Warming Talk

 “Companies have an obligation under current law to refrain from making false and misleading statements on material matters, and the SEC has been pretty strict about this,” Milloy said.  “Yet, when you get into global warming issues it’s almost like they [the corporations] have the environmentalists writing propaganda for them.”
 
Publicly traded corporations that want to speak out on global warming should include qualifying remarks in their communications with investors, and in their public pronouncements, disclosing that a debate exists and that there are costs attached to new regulations, Milloy said.

But:

“Exelon believes that climate change is real and that action is needed to immediately reverse greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs).  We are already among the lowest carbon emitters in the utility industry by virtue of our nuclear fleet. And this year, we are on track to meet our voluntary commitment to reduce our carbon emissions by 8 percent as part of EPA’s Climate Leaders Program. Exelon’s industry-leading, low-carbon strategy seeks to reduce, displace or offset 15 million metric tons of GHGs by 2020. This is more than our current, annual carbon footprint.”
 
Peter O’Toole, a spokesman for General Electric, told CNSNews.com that the company “disagreed with the thesis” put forth by the Free Enterprise Action Fund.
 
“GE shareholders think clean technology is a great revenue stream for the company and they disagree with the fund’s thesis,” O’Toole said. “We made $14 billion in clean technology revenues in 2007 -- that’s billion with a B.”
 
Moreover, he said, General Electric shareholder support for Free Enterprise Action Fund proposals over the last three years have diminished to the point where their newest proposal will not be automatically included as a shareholder proposal in 2009.

There's a lot of work to be done.  As Conservative Rex (I think) said earlier, we have to teach our children and grandchildren and as the APA is teaching us, keep the good humored skepticism going among friends, relatives, business associates, etc. because skeptics eat watermelons for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  Midnight snacks, too.

But, the amounts of money involved here, are staggering and that is what all this is about.  For example, here's an unfinished search I did trying to synthesize the financial manipulations going on, with, as usual, Noel leading:

http://www.newsbusters.org/node/11149

references used:

http://newsbusters.org/node/10966

http://newsbusters.org/node/10989

http://newsbusters.org/node/11015

Searching Newsbusters for “Gore’s Financial Ties”:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/04/11/gore-admits-financial-reasons-advancing-global-warming-hysteria

Al Gore, the Oilman Who Hates Oil

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-vadum/2008/08/07/al-gore-oilman-who-hates-oil

Hopefully more to come.  I'm no financial guru, and I don't always understand what I'm reading, but the amounts involved here are simply mind boggling!  As Rush always says, "follow the money".

"The future is not set.  There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."

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