Climategate: The White House Stonewalls with Stupidity
ROGER L SIMON
Robert Gibbs – 1991 North Carolina State BA in poli sci (that's it for the education indicated on his Wikipedia entry) – is the latest political operative to be seriously questioned on the metastasizing Climategate scandal. Of course, the man happens to be White House Press Secretary, so his response should be of some moment. But Gibbs' first instinct was to hide behind Director of White House Environment and Climate Change Policy Carol Browner – herself an English major – who has insisted AGW is settled science because thousands of scientists said so – an inane argument in itself. When a reporter noted that thousands of scientists disagreed, Gibbs basically stamped his foot and insisted "I think there's no real scientific basis for the dispute of this," – as if this man would know in a million years.
At least during the Middle Ages the public discourse on scientific/religious disputes was held by intelligent people (or mostly). This was ridiculous, as you can see for yourself in the video below. In a way I pity poor Gibbs, because if ever a man was over his head, he is here. He probably believes AGW settled science, but who knows? Who knows what anyone believes these days? So much money and time has been invested. And we all know how unwilling most people are to back down anyway, except for, evidently, Obama's Science Czar John Holdren who warned in 1971 that a new "Ice Age" was coming. "Ice Age" then, "Hot Spell" now. As John Belushi used to say, "Do the Locomotion." Meanwhile, on this video, Gibbs seems more like a deer in the proverbial headlights explaining what the administration hopes to achieve in Copenhagen. Maybe he should have spent the time "Doing the Locomotion." Now there's a thought. (Hey, he could be the next Belushi.)
Roger L. Simon » Climategate: The White House Stonewalls with Stupidity (1 December 2009)
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