NASA's James Hansen is looking to stir up trouble at a coal mining facility in West Virginia, and the CEO of the company about to be marched on isn't taking it lying down.
Quite the contrary, Massey Energy's Don L. Blankenship, whose company is set to be protested by Hansen and actress Daryl Hannah this coming Tuesday, has challenged the NASA official to debate him about global warming and West Virginia's economy.
As reported by WOWKTV.com Sunday, Blankenship issued the following statement concerning the matter:
“While I don’t recall anyone inviting out of state environmental protestors from San Francisco and a Hollywood actress to Massey’s property on June 23rd, I’m more than willing to invite Dr. Hansen to have a factual discussion about coal mining in West Virginia, which provides thousands of jobs in the state and provides low-cost energy to millions of Americans.
“As Dr. Hansen and his out of state environmental supporters plan their demonstrations, I urge them not to put themselves, West Virginia miners or state troopers in harm’s way, as their environmental colleagues did recently at a protest at Massey Energy's Twilight Mine in Southern West Virginia.
“At this dangerous event, 14 protestors – mostly from states such as Maine, Michigan, Oklahoma and Florida – were arrested, diverting law enforcement from their primary duties of fighting crime and first response duties and costing the taxpayers of West Virginia. Four of the protestors scaled 200 feet up a piece of mining equipment as a publicity stunt, endangering themselves and law enforcement.
“I encourage Dr. Hansen to put safety first as we in the coal industry do.
“I look forward to hearing from Dr. Hansen, as I’m sure a productive dialogue – not publicity arrests – is what Dr. Hansen, a university professor who values an exchange of ideas, surely, must desire.”
As Hansen, Gore, and the other so-sure-of-themselves climate alarmists refuse to debate this issue, it seems a metaphysical certitude the NASA official won't accept Blankenship's invitation.
If that ends up being the case, how utterly disgraceful would it be for a government employee to protest a company without talking to its CEO?
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.
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When is Hansen going to be
June 21, 2009 - 16:25 ET by bigtimerWhen is Hansen going to be fired?
It is outrageous this slime-ball is still holding his job with the govt...then again, so are a lot of other enemies within that work for the govt....let alone him being another far-leftist so-called professor that is indoctrinating the youth all he can.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Exactly BT. Is NASA proud
June 21, 2009 - 16:48 ET by ThisnThatExactly BT. Is NASA proud of this man and his inability to carry forth a true scientific discussion? Doesn't NASA understand that every time Hanson puts his foot in his mouth, and connects with NASA, that NASA's reputation takes a hit?
I have always been a NASA supporter. I've even worked with them in the past. But not so much anymore, precisely because their silence provides support to Hansen.
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Liberals constantly demand that we accept a glaring falsehood as truth; Obama's elimination of the word "terror" will make terrorist acts less terrifying
Crack Pot Territory
June 21, 2009 - 18:29 ET by allanfThese kinds of activities put Hansen in crack pot territory. Would NASA discipline an employee who became a vocal anti-gay rights spokesman?
Dang allanf...that is a
June 21, 2009 - 18:36 ET by bigtimerDang allanf...that is a GREAT point!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
A Center Right Country
June 22, 2009 - 08:17 ET by allanfAmerica is a center right country whose public institutions are controlled by leftists.
AGW Scam
June 21, 2009 - 16:33 ET by slickwillie2001The 'global warming' scam needs a good have-no-no-shame moment to bring it all crashing down. Such a debate might be the opportunity that we need. I doubt if Hansen would go for it though, he is smart enough to know that his 'theory' is too full of holes to stand up to an honest debate.
Exactly slick... As my
June 21, 2009 - 16:35 ET by bigtimerExactly slick...
As my husband just threw another small log on to smolder here in our parts.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
I've spent quite a bit of
June 21, 2009 - 16:53 ET by ThisnThatI've spent quite a bit of time in WVA. Coal is their lifeblood. Hansen's stunt is not going to be very popular, at all.
On the other hand -- I remain surprised how many West Virginians just rolled over for Obama last year, even after he said he was going to shut down the coal industry. I wonder how many people actually pay attention to these real threates, or whether they still think it's only "rhetoric"?
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They Just Liked the Pictures
June 21, 2009 - 18:32 ET by allanfI don't think people paid attention. They just watched the nice images of Obama. They were told Bush is bad and shown uncritical and saintly images of Obama by the news media.
If John McCain had run a real campaign (instead of rolling over like a craven loser) and pointed out Obama's statements on coal to West Virginians, he might have won the state.
→ Paying attention
June 21, 2009 - 18:38 ET by Cool ArrowCasper the friendly goat McCain decided to throw in with Bush and Obama on the big bank bailout instead of standing up for capitalism.
CA... That was finally
June 21, 2009 - 18:47 ET by bigtimerCA...
That was finally his waterloo.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
→ On the Waterfront
June 21, 2009 - 18:52 ET by Cool ArrowI picture him pulling a Brando;
...and he is still trying
June 21, 2009 - 19:08 ET by bigtimer...and he is still trying CA...saw him on Face the Nation this morning doing just that.
Btw...I am so glad you mentioned that...because my husband and I were talking about how his phony low-toned voice for television and how it has always driven us crazy...and your example of Brando fits, although he fails miserably at that too!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
→ My friends
June 21, 2009 - 19:25 ET by Cool ArrowIt's pretty bad when you can't beat Karl Marx in an American election.
TnT... You've got to
June 21, 2009 - 18:45 ET by bigtimerTnT...
You've got to remember the power of the Unions...and they do have power.
I know from lumber mills for instance....you should have heard and seen the propaganda the men/women brought home to support the dem party, Clinton etc it was unbelievable to me when we all used to get together in the evenings etc what the majority of these workers believes....as these very people they were told to support, and they did, were closing down the very place lumber comes from to give them the jobs in the first place.
None if these people have those jobs anymore and the mills have been long shut-down...that had fed the economy in the first place for generations...without federal help needed, in any area.
Do now though..but what the heck, that was the plan Stan for years and years, and they have done this all over the NW and AK going on a couple of decades now...which now are slowly but surely becoming BLUE STATES...if not already are.
Hence...agenda fulfilled.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Government dependent union members
June 21, 2009 - 19:01 ET by dmntd1I've worked in the defence industry, as a union-member. Those voters are the most politically confused people you can imagine. They are told, time and again, that the Republicans will destroy the union jobs (I've never found out quite how.... these jobs were secure in all ways imaginable), but they realize that if the Democrats get elected, there will be no more work for them to do. It's a catch-22 in their minds, and they pretty much held their nose, covered their eyes, and *POKE* there went another Presidential election.
WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare,
China has coal, go there and WHINE!!!
June 21, 2009 - 16:55 ET by upcountrywaterIt requires about 4 1/2 TONS of coal for GM (gov motors) to build ONE car.
Allow nuclear power to replace coal? NOT!!!
No solar, wind power plant EVER ran a steel mill.
How convenient we will not need to move to NKorea to live like them.
Debate these KOOKS good luck.
Reagan VS Carter and 0bama
Obama: Use two pregnant women to get it done in half the time.
June 21, 2009 - 18:39 ET by allanfSolar power is just not very good for base load power. Perhaps if you have acres and acres of collectors you can get something. But for base load, no way. What happens if it rains, snows, night falls or there is a dust storm.
Wind Turbines are effective in only very windy areas. Those areas are usually very isolated from civilization.
In both instances, you need to build long range high power transmission lines covering hundreds of miles. Power loss will be substantial in these lines.
Obama's homilies aside, this is lunacy. It's like putting 2 women on a pregnancy to get it done in half the time. He can say yes we can as much as he wants. It just won't work on a large scale.
Don't want coal? Fine we have a workable solution. Nuclear power. Don't want coal and nuclear power. You are just not serious or you have a hidden agenda.
Since the warmers
June 21, 2009 - 17:20 ET by MidAmericaSince the warmers cannot win an intelectual debate they want this to be a PR campaign by demonizing coal. They want people to develope a negative reaction to the use of coal and therefore will stand by and let the government put the coal companies out of business even though electricity costs will skyrocket.
The warmers are running out of time and they know it. Big names like Hansen and Gore stand to be shamed by history if their fraud isn't covered up soon by having their 'solutions' implemented.
→Coal and Iran
June 21, 2009 - 17:31 ET by Cool ArrowIn Iran, it's a falsified election.
In America, it's that stupid falsified consensus.
Hansen has nothing to gain from debating big coal.
Won't happen.
and give up hanging w/hoolywood ???
June 21, 2009 - 18:57 ET by Paarlof course he wont debate..if he loses...no more hanging with washed up..not so glamourous hollywood has beens!!!
paarl of rhodesia
Global Warming Debate
June 21, 2009 - 17:42 ET by WesYThe man made global warming myth continues…. So do you think there will be a debate or an idiotic protest, or both? “Four of the protestors scaled 200 feet up a piece of mining equipment as a publicity stunt” If they fall on their heads can Massey sue Al Gore, the head priest and one of the leading profiteers of the global warming faith?
Bituminous Maximus
June 21, 2009 - 20:18 ET by metaphorsbwithuWith the shameful behavior of agenda-driven political activist "scientists" like Dr. Hansen increasing in the face of more and more contradictory evidence indicating man-made global warming is a scam, it would be so sweet for someone like Dr. Hansen to actually debate the facts and get kicked right in his Bituminous Maximus!
Metaphorically of course. ;-)
metaphorsbwithu
The Data Fixer
June 21, 2009 - 20:31 ET by dboJames Hansen has finally admitted what climate realists have been saying for years. His 1988 climate model projections were wrong and are not worth the toilet paper they were written on.
→ HEY! Big Coal!
June 21, 2009 - 20:48 ET by Cool ArrowYou might want to join up with the California Farmers.
They're starting to get a feel for what this government thinks about working people.
Isn't it trespassing if
June 22, 2009 - 09:29 ET by ckc1227Isn't it trespassing if they're protesting on private property without permission?
Enviro whackos
June 22, 2009 - 13:24 ET by teeaa01Just a couple of questions:
Why is a Government employee protesting a private company?
Why does a Government employee want to put thousands more out of work?
Where are all of the "high paying" green jobs we were promised by "Just Barry on the B Ball Court"?
Who is Darryl Hannah?
Global warming is dead, the
June 22, 2009 - 21:06 ET by SnappyGlobal warming is dead, the fanatics just dont know it yet. A recent article in the Anchorage Daily News talked about the dismal King Salmon run returns this year and scientists quoted in the article explain as a possible reason the reversal of the ocean currents, known as the Pacific Decadel Oscillation. This should ring a bell (a death knell for the inconvenient truthers) for those keeping current with the climate change sciences and theories.
Snappy, Regarding
June 22, 2009 - 21:18 ET by bigtimerSnappy,
Regarding Pacific Decadel Oscillation
Come on...get with it...algore/Hansen along with their ilk in congress will spin this as still being created by man and global warming...one way or the other.
Sit and Spin...as their pockets jingle....congress-critters too...nothing like lobbyists at times like this....I'm including RINOs.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
I will agree that it will be
June 23, 2009 - 09:26 ET by SnappyI will agree that it will be spun by politicians and their ilk. However we still have our secret weapon at our disposal. Greed.....the one thing saving our country, I am sad to say, Is the fact that we are broke, overspent and in a recession. As it hits the common folks bottom line they will reject the expense of these programs. If times were good the cap and trade, healthcare etc would sail right through without a thought on payment. As soon as the inflation slams into us it is going to be impossible for any of these programs to gain traction.