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This morning at the National Press Club, Dr. Arthur Robinson of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine will speak into a vacuum. Reporters have been invited to cover an announcement which will contradict their world-view. The question, of course, isn’t the credibility of the scientists aligning themselves against the “consensus” of man-made global warming, but the willingness of the MSM to actually report a story which torpedoes their own enlightened view of America's rape of nature. From their press release:
The Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM) will announce that more than 31,000 scientists have signed a petition rejecting claims of human-caused global warming. The purpose of OISM’s Petition Project is to demonstrate that the claim of “settled science” and an overwhelming “consensus” in favor of the hypothesis of human-caused global warming and consequent climate damage is wrong. No such consensus or settled science exists. As indicated by the petition text and signatory list, a very large number of American scientists reject this hypothesis.
Coming on the heels of the US Fish and Wildlife’s announcement last week that the polar bear will be on the ‘endangered species list’ (a political designation which is a preemptive strike against drilling for oil in the Arctic), this announcement by OISM will, no doubt, be widely ignored by the press. Look for it to appear on page 22B of the Times. Don’t look for it at all in the Strib.
Prediction: In less than 10 years the name of Al Gore will be purged from history. His “brand” will be so tarnished that not even the NYT will be able to quote him without embarrasing themselves. They'll have to find a new ecological guru. Maybe Senator McCain?
Dr. Robinson should be applauded for doing what should have been done five years ago. But, is it too late? Can any force of nature call the Global Warming train back to the station? Ask John McCain! He thinks the train will roll – at least until November. Is it sound political strategy, or just pandering to an American public conditioned to extract their news from headlines in the check-out lane?
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