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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (599616)	2/2/2011 11:52:19 AM
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If Gore was pretending to be a scientist, I'd be leery. However, he's pretending to be a journalist (advocacy j, but j), which, amazingly enuf, he majored in. “Accuweather’s” Joe Bastardi The “Global Cooling” assertion by the “Global Warming Deniers” even extends to people who should know better. For example, Accuweather’s Joe Bastardi has been claiming for years that the climate is cooling. In 2005 he said: “A weather expert says December 2005 is on pace to become one of the 10 coldest in more than 100 years, despite claims at a global conference on climate change this week that the Earth is getting warmer. Joe Bastardi, senior meteorologist with Accuweather.com, says present weather patterns across the country show below-normal temperatures in the single digits, with still colder air forecast in the coming weeks. All told, he said, "the current look and pace may bring December 2005 in as a top 10 month for cold Decembers nationwide since the late 1800s."” worldnetdaily.com In practice, Dec. 2005 turned out to be the 2nd warmest December on record (up through 2005). Does the phrase “Out of touch with reality” come to mind? As the credit card ad says: “Priceless” Joe Bastardi also appears to be guilty of unprofessional conduct in that his Global Warming Denial is part of a political agenda. For example, there is a chart that shows “Global Cooling” some 80 to 95 seconds into a Joe Bastardi video that can be seen at youtube.com . (A close-up of the chart can be seen at icecap.us ) Note that the source of the chart (as seen in the close-up) is “www.scienceandpublicpolicy.org”. The chart itself has several faults: 1) The source of the “data” is left as a mystery. 2) The time period of 1998 to present is much too short to be representative. 3) The starting year of 1998 is about a blatant example of “cherry picking” as you are ever going to get. Additional info about the chart’s origin and misrepresentations including “Not just wrong, fake.” can be found at: realclimate.org ossfoundation.us For what it’s worth, Christopher Monckton and everything he asserts is thoroughly debunked at “A Scientist Replies to Christopher Monckton” stthomas.edu The slide show includes a debunking Monckton’s graph(s). (More below.) The actual label on the graph is “www.scienceandpublicpolicy.org”. “Science and Public Policy” is basically a one-man operation run by a long-time Republican staffer named Robert Ferguson. scienceandpublicpolicy.org The following information about Robert Ferguson and the Science and Public Policy Global Cooling graph can be seen at: desmogblog.com “Notes on the Science and Public Policy Global Cooling graph. (Run by Robert Ferguson) The Science and Public Policy Institute (SPPI) was founded by a long-time Republican staffer named Robert Ferguson. According to the SPPI website, Ferguson "has 26 years of Capitol Hill experience, having worked in both the House and Senate. He served in the House Republican Study Committee, the Senate Republican Policy Committee; as Chief of Staff to Congressman Jack Fields (R-TX) from 1981-1997, Chief of Staff to Congressman John E. Peterson (R-PA) from 1997-2002 and Chief of Staff to Congressman Rick Renzi (R-AZ) in 2002. Until recently, Ferguson worked for an oil-industry funded think tank called Frontiers of Freedom. The Frontiers of Freedom are one of the most active groups in the attack on climate science and have received over $1 million in grants from oil giant ExxonMobil.” As for Joe Bastardi’s (not factual) “knowledge” of past climates, on multiple occasions he has stated: “The Vikings were raising grapes on the north coast in Newfoundland.” newsbusters.org baroclinic.blogspot.com In reality, the only known Viking settlement in North American was at “L'Anse aux Meadows”, and this was used as a staging ground for expeditions that extended as far south as Nova Scotia. “The L'Anse aux Meadows site is not Vínland.” hurstwic.org “Although L'Anse aux Meadows is not Vinland” pc.gc.ca Bastardi’s claim that it was warm enough 1,000 years ago to grow grapes in northern Newfoundland is simply an arrogant fantasy. In summary, Joe Bastardi is promoting a political agenda from a person who “has 26 years of Capitol Hill experience” instead of sticking to the science of meteorology. Also, please see: “Meteorological Malpractice: Accuweather’s Joe Bastardi pushes the “70s Ice Age Scare” myth again” climateprogress.org “Accuweather’s meteorologist Joe Bastardi likes to push anti-science global cooling conspiracy theories” durangobill.com