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Queen of the land of stupid
Jul. 20th, 2006 12:44 amI give you, Her Royal Highness Peggy "Magic Talking Dolphins" Noonan on global warming:
During the past week's heat wave--it hit 100 degrees in New York City Monday--I got thinking, again, of how sad and frustrating it is that the world's greatest scientists cannot gather, discuss the question of global warming, pore over all the data from every angle, study meteorological patterns and temperature histories, and come to a believable conclusion on these questions: Is global warming real or not? If it is real, is it necessarily dangerous? What exactly are the dangers? Is global warming as dangerous as, say, global cooling would be? Are we better off with an Earth that is getting hotter or, what with the modern realities of heating homes and offices, and the world energy crisis, and the need to conserve, does global heating have, in fact, some potential side benefits, and can those benefits be broadened and deepened? Also, if global warning is real, what must--must--the inhabitants of the Earth do to meet its challenges? And then what should they do to meet them?
You would think the world's greatest scientists could do this, in good faith and with complete honesty and a rigorous desire to discover the truth. And yet they can't. Because science too, like other great institutions, is poisoned by politics. Scientists have ideologies. They are politicized.
Some of my favorite responses:
If only science had some sort of method to discover the truth. If only they could measure temperatures and shrinking glaciers.If only peggy Noonan could understand that method.
Gary Buell
Shorter Peggy Noonan:
If only Daddy Reagan were still here, he'd make the nasty noisy men go away and everything would be all nice and he'd sit me on his knee yes and we'd play pony yes and his knee would yes bounce up and down yes and he'd hold me under yes my arms yes and yes and yes yes...
The Dancing Cavalier
During the past week's heat wave--it hit 100 degrees in New York City Monday--I got thinking, again, of how sad and frustrating it is that the world's greatest scientists cannot gather, discuss the question of global warming, pore over all the data from every angle, study meteorological patterns and temperature histories, and come to a believable conclusion on these questions: Is global warming real or not? If it is real, is it necessarily dangerous? What exactly are the dangers? Is global warming as dangerous as, say, global cooling would be? Are we better off with an Earth that is getting hotter or, what with the modern realities of heating homes and offices, and the world energy crisis, and the need to conserve, does global heating have, in fact, some potential side benefits, and can those benefits be broadened and deepened? Also, if global warning is real, what must--must--the inhabitants of the Earth do to meet its challenges? And then what should they do to meet them?
You would think the world's greatest scientists could do this, in good faith and with complete honesty and a rigorous desire to discover the truth. And yet they can't. Because science too, like other great institutions, is poisoned by politics. Scientists have ideologies. They are politicized.
Some of my favorite responses:
If only science had some sort of method to discover the truth. If only they could measure temperatures and shrinking glaciers.If only peggy Noonan could understand that method.
Gary Buell
Shorter Peggy Noonan:
If only Daddy Reagan were still here, he'd make the nasty noisy men go away and everything would be all nice and he'd sit me on his knee yes and we'd play pony yes and his knee would yes bounce up and down yes and he'd hold me under yes my arms yes and yes and yes yes...
The Dancing Cavalier
