For the past decade and more, conservatives have trumpeted to the heavens any scientist with respectable-sounding credentials who is willing to dispute the international consensus on climate change. This week brought one more sad example of this phenomenon, with Red State editor Erick Erickson tweeting this Breitbart post, which gleefully parrots the views of one Professor Les Woodcock. He is that rarest of beasts, a climate denier with a science degree — but not in climatology, naturally. So some doddering chemist emeritus doesnt believe in climate change. So what, right? But Woodcocks assertions are noteworthy for just how magnificently bogus they are. — And the fact that he has been embraced by influential people in the conservative media-sphere shows both the intellectual bankruptcy of movement conservatism and the way it has poisoned the climate change debate... (Speaking of Erickson: the guys a genuine wingnut POS. CNN actually hired this scumbag in March of 2010 as a political contributor to John King, USA. — In January 2013, Erickson left CNN and joined FOX News as a contributor… Anyone need any more reasons to completely distrust CNN? [There are zillions...]) theweek/article/index/260711/this-is-a-perfect-example-of-why-scientists-dont-vote-republican
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 22:19:59 +0000
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