If you hear Al Gore, Time magazine or the rest of the media echo chamber, then the global warming debate is done. “Case closed,” as the supposedly neutral journalists at Time put it.
Last night, Fox’s “Hannity & Colmes” reopened the case – in a big way. ‘Hannity’ showcased Dr. Timothy Ball, one of the climatologists in the new documentary “The Great Global Warming Swindle.”
But for all of Ball’s excellent arguments, host Sean Hannity made the best point simply by listing more than 70 names of people “that indeed do question and that are skeptics of this new mad hysteria here” about global warming.
The parade of names lasted a good chunk of the interview and included three people who worked for the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, along with climate expert Pat Michaels and hurricane expert Bill Gray.
Hat tip to MRC’s research swami Rich Noyes for this excellent catch.



















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Well it's never been about gl
March 6, 2007 - 19:14 ET by BlazerWell it's never been about global warming anyway. It is this decades attempt by the Dhimmicrats to try to break the back of capitalism. They despise anyone or anything that have more power, and money than they do. They want corporations to kneel down, and worship at the altar of Liberalism. They want every CEO to bow down to them and kiss thier rings.
Funny, for the party that claims to be about the little guy, and protecting everyones basic freedoms, they try to squelch any opposing views on this matter, even going so far as to undertake namecalling, character assasinations, and threaten dissenters livelihoods.
It seems every decade these people try to thrust an impending doom scenario down our throats. What ever happened with the ozone layer by the way. Last decade by thier own admissions we should all be dead from cancer by now, or walking around with five heads from all the cosmic ray mutations.
I myself believe the bigger danger to man is not an unproven theory, but the proven reality of radical Islam sweeping the world, the resurgence of Communism in the Soviet Union, Leftists on the upswing in Central, and South America, and the possesion of Nuclear weapons by rogue nations. But thats just me.
The irony is that if the Dhimmis stay in power, we probably will experience massive global warming on an extreme scale. The kind that comes from every third world rogue nation possesing nuclear weapons.
global warming
March 6, 2007 - 20:00 ET by chillerDittos Blazer on your stated motivations of the liberal pols. They think THEY should be of the highest echelon in the US, and they are not. Capitans of industry wield far more influence worldwide, make more money, play by their own rules(by and large) and politicians don't like being shown up as insignificant twits begging for money to hold on to their jobs for another term.
Blazer, In response to your f
March 6, 2007 - 20:07 ET by JABBlazer, In response to your first paragraph; I was approached at my office one day by a gay group that insisted "if I were to do business with the "Gay Community" my business would prosper.
Well, I said no thanks (at the time having been in business 18 years) and continued on my way; now after 20 years in business I am still going on my way and making money, BTW.
If anyone thinks they can persuade me that my business depends on them because of their sexuality has an IQ of less than room temp.
"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..."I'm sure you mean Farenheit
March 6, 2007 - 23:33 ET by The PresbyterI'm sure you mean Farenheit or Celsius, Because I'd love to have an IQ of 300 Kelvin or 528 Rankine!
I'm sure you mean Farenheit
March 6, 2007 - 23:33 ET by The PresbyterForecast for Wednesday mornin
March 6, 2007 - 19:18 ET by nicksmith112Forecast for Wednesday morning on Long Island
4 degrees...(Feels like -10 with the wind)
Dam you Global Warming!!!!!!
I'm to the north of you on to
March 6, 2007 - 19:28 ET by Del DolemonteI'm to the north of you on top of a hill, and today I had a high of 2 degrees above zero, with a 40 MPH wind straight out of the northwest.
Great day to crack open an ice cold beer...
Toronto reportedly had its co
March 6, 2007 - 19:29 ET by GalvanicToronto reportedly had its coldest winter in 28 years!
Of course, to the GW gurus, whether the weather gets warmer or cooler, it's due to man-made GHGs.
Well, just to be a brat.... I
March 6, 2007 - 19:40 ET by BlondeWell, just to be a brat.... It was 78° and convertible weather here today.
Why on earth do people live north of 26.2° North?
Camping anyone?
March 6, 2007 - 19:45 ET by RJThat falls on deaf ears, Blonde. Went camping last month and the overnight temp was 2.
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RJ,Why? That's not computin
March 6, 2007 - 19:58 ET by BlondeRJ,
Why? That's not computing for me, at all.
Hey fella, I've missed that little smiley face of yours here. Welcome back.
Why?
March 6, 2007 - 20:01 ET by RJWhy? unhhhhh....
Why do people live north of 2
March 6, 2007 - 21:21 ET by UnsaneWhy do people live north of 26.2 degrees North?
Because San Antonio is 29 degrees 40 minutes North and Houston is at 30 degrees North.
:-P
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Though the garden has been lo
March 7, 2007 - 09:23 ET by danboThough the garden has been looking bleak since late december. (Late spring.) The dafodils, and Camelias are blooming. The azelias are starting to bloom. And spring will go theough it's procession of Louisiana Irises, and then we have the tropicals.
Two days out of three. Shorts weather here. 30.3 N.
Though Hansen seems to be changing the records at GISS. There's lot's of global warming here? Guess he hasn't gotten around to our data yet.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
I'm too lazy to do it, but fr
March 7, 2007 - 13:18 ET by MikeBI'm too lazy to do it, but from inspection of the graphic at your link, if you draw a regression line on that graph, it appears that there is a slight (very slight) downward slope to the line. In other words, the mean temp has been declining for the last one hundred years. (But, not enough to be statistically meaningful.) As one of my math professors used to say, "I'll leave that as an exercise for the masochistic."
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That's my thoughs. Of course
March 7, 2007 - 14:43 ET by danboThat's my thoughs. Of course GISS will rewrite it.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
Just got back from DC last
March 8, 2007 - 15:21 ET by steviep831Just got back from DC last night. It snowed there yesterday. Looks like GW is catching up with me too!! Damn you Global Warming...
Oh and get this, I was sitting in the terminal waiting for the plane and I was reading Crichton's State of Fear. A gaggle of Sierra Club members decide to sit in front of me (they must have been coming from a convention because they were all wearing green buttons that read, "SIERRA CLUB"). So I held my book a little higher hoping to get into a conversation with one of them.... One lady gave me a nasty look and walked away... Man I was in a fiesty mood....Too bad they were well behaved.
This was a terrific segment l
March 6, 2007 - 19:23 ET by GalvanicThis was a terrific segment last night, and it kept Colmes on the defensive the whole time. Dr. Ball is one of the most credible of the scientists challenging the Gore-istas, and he countered all of Colmes' shallow talking points with facts that shoot Gore's claims down. But the very best moment came when Colmes suggested that Ball was a global warming denier, to which Ball snapped back that he resented Colmes' use of the word denier, as it suggested that his standing was not unlike that of those who deny the Holocaust. Colmes, seeming a bit shaken, never really recovered before the segment ended.
Ball, like some others have, also pointed out that many of the GW-celebrated 2600 "experts" who signed that letter, were in fact, not experts at all. He's right. According to the Heartland Institute in 1997, the so-called "experts" featured only one climatologist, but included "a plastic surgeon, two landscape architects, one hotel administrator, a gynecologist, seven linguists, and even one person whose academic background is in traditional Chinese medicine."
70 is just the start...
March 6, 2007 - 19:26 ET by Jake GonteskyThis list should be made easily available, be well-sourced (links), and widely dispersed...I'm tired of hearing the "all scientists agree..." line.
Furthermore, this list is at least 71 long, as I can be added to that list. As a degreed meteorologist, I've been frustrated by the mainstream media's ignorance on this issue. I've written much more about it and would welcome comments and feedback from some NB readers. Just click the link below and read more (below the recent photos of the lunar eclipse).
http://www.notesinth...
You are right
March 6, 2007 - 19:35 ET by Dan GainorWe are working on getting the list. And WILL post it on our newly created global warming bias page on BMI's site www.businessandmedia.org.
Great suggestion!
Great - I'm so glad to hear
March 6, 2007 - 20:19 ET by Jake GonteskyGreat - I'm so glad to hear that the well-sourced, detailed list will be made available. Not that I doubt it, but I know others that I'd like to share this information with will. Additionally, as a degreed met, I wouldn't mind adding my name to the list.
http://www.notesinthemargin.com
Mammatus,Nice photos on your
March 6, 2007 - 20:23 ET by BlondeMammatus,
Nice photos on your blog.
Glad you can join us here...I think you must be our first "met".
Hope you hang around for hurricane season....all calming voices of reasons welcomed after June 1st!
Blonde - Thanks for the kin
March 6, 2007 - 20:52 ET by Jake GonteskyBlonde -
Thanks for the kind words - I appreciate all the feedback I can get on my new website setup. Feel free to comment on posts there.
Over the last several years, I've become increasingly frustrated at the mainstream media's ridiculous bias regarding global warming. I feel like having a degree in meteorology may give me more of a voice which I intend to use wisely.
Speaking of that - is there a way to become a contributing member to NewsBusters - other than commenting of course?
Thanks again for the feedback and support.
http://www.notesinthemargin.com
Mammatus,Well, welcome again.
March 6, 2007 - 21:00 ET by BlondeMammatus,
Well, welcome again.
If you look, almost directly to the right of this post (unless someone posts something above, quickly)....you'll see how to become a "contributing blogger".
I'd suggest you pm Matthew Sheffield....we could use our own resident climatologist here....and personally, of course, I need my own calming influence during hurricane season.
So again, m, welcome....and go for it...I'd love to see what you can come up with lampooning the msm's idiotic notions of Global Warming...oops...climate change.
Eclipse
March 7, 2007 - 01:49 ET by JudithLovely photography Mammatus. In Missouri we did not see the whole thing either. Looked like part of a Harvest Moon. Thanks for the link and you should be included on the list.
Has the good doctor managed t
March 6, 2007 - 19:27 ET by j. frank wilsonHas the good doctor managed to straighten out his c.v. issues?
And I'm sure Sheer Insanity carefully explained his industrial ties. He's always so good at vetting his experts - just like that "Nobel Prize Nominee" doctor who'd "treated" poor Terry Shavio...
FrankWhat an idiot. Is that
March 6, 2007 - 19:46 ET by ScottyDogFrank
What an idiot. Is that all you got to defend the biggest pyramid scheme attempt in history. We already exposed Al Gore for his BS energy credits and phony stock fund.
It would be nice if just one of leftists followed the scientific method , just once. Like the fraud that was exposed about the hockey stick from the global warming scientists at the UN.
Shall I go on about the poor polar bears?
Is this Mexico or the USA
If Dr. Ball's objectivity as
March 6, 2007 - 20:44 ET by NL207If Dr. Ball's objectivity as a scientist is somehow tainted by ties to organizations that recieve funding from industrial sources, then does it not stand to reason that the objectivity and science of the vast majority of Global Warming proponents are also tainted because they are firmly attached to the government tit? Their motive should be obvious even to someone of your limited imagination: If there is no man-made global warming and the effect we see is mostly natural in origins, then why, pray tell, should the government continue to fund these researchers? Therefore there must be man-made climate change because without AGW, they are out of a job.
Enjoy your petard.
Well done once again, Flyboy.
March 6, 2007 - 21:19 ET by Chicago RepublicanWell done once again, Flyboy. All the pro-AGW crowd seems to zero in, instantly, on the messenger once they doubt the religion of AGW. And its funny, the first thing I see many of them lock in on is "he's on the take from 'X' corporation." So what? Deal with the substance of his argument. Maybe an oil company funded his research because they are suspicious of of the charges of the AGW crowd. Meanwhile, those on the take from the government in the pro-AGW crowd are somehow above this accusation. Talk about a double standard.
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It is also conceivable that a
March 6, 2007 - 23:33 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveIt is also conceivable that an oil company would even conduct (or fund) research into AGW to discover a solution that would benefit them by being able to make fossil fuel combustion more efficient and clean. A break-through technology like that would be worth $$ that could be licensed or sold to other companies throughout the world, the oil companies do have a financial stake in finding out if AGW is a reality and to find solutions to alleviate the affects. The liberals and the media have such a narrow view of everything, it is ridiculous!
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Why must we question GW-quest
March 6, 2007 - 21:24 ET by UnsaneWhy must we question GW-questioners/skeptics ties to industry, when you will not, at ANY cost DARE question the ties of those who support the theory to environmental organizations and the like? Am I supposed to believe that scientists are completely altruistic and completely immune to corruption if the just happen to support the religion of GW?
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Great to see the global warmi
March 6, 2007 - 19:30 ET by HumanEventsGreat to see the global warming bunk is continuing to be fought with the facts through this documentary, various books (I have "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism" on order. Can't wait to sink my teeth into that one. Nothing as refreshing as being armed with facts and evidence [which refutes substance-less liberalism]), {actual} scientists, and the continuing efforts of Sean Hannity! By the way, yesterday the local weatherman said it was the coldest March 5th ever for my area. And today I see Toronto, Canada had the coldest February in 28 years. Of course, these facts matter nothing to Algore and the Hildabeast and the MSM. But it sure makes them look all the more like the huge idiots they are. As the awesome Neal Boortz said today, "Global warming has nothing to do with environmentalism and everything to do with politics." Let's keep up the fight against this hoax before the libs win and drastically take away lots of our personal freedoms for nothing (while exempting themselves from every one of them, of course. Right, Al "Mr. Private JET", "Mr. $2500 a month to light and heat your mansion", Gore?). We're already seeing some dummies in our country falling for this liberal trash by writing letters to the editors of newspapers along the lines of "We all need to do our part to fight global warming." No, we all need to do our part to fight global warming propaganda!
You'll enjoy the "Politi
March 6, 2007 - 20:02 ET by GalvanicYou'll enjoy the "Politically Incorrect Guide . . .", H-E. I'm about half way through it, and it's terrific. Of the dozens of great facts and anecdotes, I particularly enjoyed how Gore tried to get his own mentor's name -- Harvard Prof. Revelle - removed from a 1991 article co-authored with Prof. Fred Singer and another scientist. The reason: one of the conclusions in "What To Do About Greenhouse Warming: Look Before You Leap," was "The scientific base for a greenhouse warming is too uncertain to justify drastic action at this time." Since this ran counter to Gore's "Earth In The Balance", Gore insisted that Revelle's name be removed (Revelle died 3 months after the article was published in Cosmos.) When Singer refused on professional, ethical, and moral grounds, Gore's people claimed that Singer co-opted a man whose mental capacities were diminished by the illness that eventually took his life (Sounds like the USSR, don't it?). And when that failed, they tried t oprevent the publisher from reprinting the article. Singer sued, by the way, and won.
Sounds really awesome, Galvan
March 6, 2007 - 21:33 ET by HumanEventsSounds really awesome, Galvanic. I enjoyed the books in the Politically Incorrect series I already have like the ones on History and Science. And this environment one was recommended by my favorite publication of all time - Human Events (a conservative weekly). Wow is there some excellent and intelligent reading there!
HE- also one of my favorite
March 7, 2007 - 11:14 ET by Tim the EnchanterHE- also one of my favorite publications (along with the American Spectator). I have the whole series of P.I.G. books. You may want to look into joining the Conservative Book Club- there's a lot of publications out there that most people are not even aware of that make fascinating reading. They'll keep you up-to-date.
Human Events. You can check t
March 7, 2007 - 09:42 ET by danboHuman Events. You can check the temp trends nearest your mone by clicking on the map on this site.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
If at any time al Gore would
March 6, 2007 - 19:47 ET by BlazerIf at any time al Gore would shut his trap the temperature within the radius of a mile of him would drop twenty -five degrees. His main carbon footprint comes from all the smoke he blows up everyones a$%es
Dan, I would like to add to y
March 6, 2007 - 19:53 ET by JABDan, I would like to add to your discussion, points, counter points and actual scientist’s whom disagree with the G.W. B.S. that the MSM/LSM is forcing upon the ignorant masses. This is not my link but that of a good DJ named Schnitt (at schnittshow.com) in my local market.
To those that believe the GW theory, I challange you to read the above links (it may take weeks) but at least give it a chance.
I sincerely hope ALL enjoy and I educate at least one.
"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..."
Global Warming
March 6, 2007 - 20:17 ET by WayneHSorry, I couldn't respond earlier because I was starting a fire in my woodstove to "cool" the house here in Virginia.
Global Warming
March 6, 2007 - 20:17 ET by WayneHSorry, I couldn't respond earlier because I was starting a fire in my woodstove to "cool" the house here in Virginia.
It's the same crowd ridicul
March 6, 2007 - 22:52 ET by Old EuropeIt's the same crowd ridiculing Intelligent Design as though macroevolution has ever been proven. With their materialistic view they can never account for the emergence of the universe and infinity. They just ignore this basic premise because otherwise they'd have no evolution theory. The same goes for GW: They feel guilty about their wealth and think they can feel better by buying indulgencies. The world and the msm are so full of bs it's no wonder people buy into anything from hucksters. People are so concerned about Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Anna Nicole Smith and Paris Hilton and other numbskulls and it just shows you that the vast majority of people are too naive and dumb to think for themselves.
I agree with your comment O
March 7, 2007 - 01:25 ET by radiofitz34I agree with your comment Old Europe. Most of the MSM on TV is filled a sort of "Gilligan's Island", no brain no pain kind of production. I guess now the evolution theory and global warming is a two layer cake. Gee it will be interesting to see if it becomes a three-layer cake. What could that 3rd layer be...hmmm.
I've got it. The sure way t
March 7, 2007 - 07:17 ET by BeanManI've got it. The sure way to fame and fortune. Being an engineer and at least as much of a scientist as a hairdresser, I'll sign on to the IPCC report and then book myself on the talking-head shows to support the anti-global warming scientists. I've memorized all of the flaws of Algore's movie and the refuting facts, so I'll be a big hit and then somehow (I haven't figured this part out just yet) the money will roll in.
Welcome fellow engineer! I
March 7, 2007 - 11:25 ET by Tim the EnchanterWelcome fellow engineer! I bet you have the same problem that I do watching movies, esp. science fiction- analyzing everything and pointing out the errors and impossibilities. I drive the wife nuts. Actually, as an engineer (a "practical scientist" in reality) you're in a far better position than most to see through the flaws in the whole AGW hypothesis. I remember watching the "Day After Tomorrow" in that one scene where they have the ocean temperature dropping like a stone, and thinking to myself, "That's just plain nuts!" The thermal power required to change the temperature of that amount of water at that rate boggles the mind! After that scene, I figured the movie was worthless, and decided to laugh at the rest of the nonsense portrayed.
Ha ha on Drudge right now it
March 7, 2007 - 10:24 ET by HumanEventsHa ha on Drudge right now it says: "NOT AGAIN! DC 'Snow Advisory' Issued on Day of Congressional Global Warming Hearing".
Gotta love how these things keep coming up like in Pennsylvania and Minnesota a couple of times recently: "Global Warming Conference cancelled due to winter storm!"
Hannity, Bozell and BO - the
March 7, 2007 - 21:19 ET by joe conservativeHannity, Bozell and BO - the Three Stooges from Bizarro World.
Except that the Stooges were funny.
And your point, troll?
March 7, 2007 - 21:27 ET by BlondeAnd your point, troll?