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2006-12-21 16:51:18 UTC
The Global Warming Inquisition and the Suppression of "Skeptic" Heresy
November 14, 2006 By Tom DeWeese
http://www.americanpolicy.org
Imagine living in a world where no one is allowed to think
independent thoughts or take independent actions. Only
pre-approved human response would be acceptable. To break
the rule and engage in forbidden thought would result in
terrible retribution, perhaps leading literally to ones destruction.
That's the kind of world apparently desired by the global warming
Chicken Littles. It seems they are prepared to do anything to
achieve it. Case in point is an outrageous letter to ExxonMobil
Chairman Rex Tillerson on October 27, 2006. The letter was
sent by two United States Senators, Olympia Snowe (R-MA),
and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV).
The letter derides Exxon for helping to fund global warming
"deniers," (a term the global warming crowd is using more and
more these days to try to draw a parallel with those who deny
the Holocaust). Said the letter, "We are convinced that
ExxonMobil's longstanding support of a sall cadre of global
climate change skeptics, and those skeptics access to and
influence on government policymakers, have made it
increasingly difficult for the United States to demonstrate
the moral clarity it needs across all facets of its diplomacy."
The letter goes on to say, "ExxonMobil and its partners in
denial have manufactured controversy, sown doubt, and
impeded progress with strategies all-too reminiscent of
those used by the tobacco industry for so many years."
The mention of the tobacco industry is not just a randomly
chosen analogy. It's a heavy-handed threat that Exxon
could face the same massive government attack on its
very existence if it doesn't play ball. Threats of wind fall
profits taxes and increased regulations being just a
couple of the weapons in the government's arsenal.
The letter concludes, saying, "We would recommend
that ExxonMobil publicly acknowledge both the reality
of climate change and the role of humans in causing
or exacerbating it. Second, ExxonMobil should
repudiate its climate change denial campaign..."
As incredible as the letter may seem to free thinkers
and Constitutionalists, one must pause to understand
the "new think" being foisted on our society. In the
August, 2006 issue of The DeWeese Report,
(Vol.12, Issue 7), I reported on the root of the new
edicts on thinking, called "globally acceptable truth."
This is not just an Ivory Tower intellectual exercise.
Those who practice it believe the only way we can
have a well-ordered society is for everyone to think
and act in unison. Those who break the rules and
think for themselves or take action contrary to the
"consensus" are simply causing havoc on all of
their well-laid plans.
Again, as I reported in August, this incredible idea
is not just the silly ravings of a few lunatics. It is
being accepted as the proper focus for major policy
matters as they emanate from Congress and are
parroted by the news media. The main source of
such thinking seems to come from the Eden Institute,
operating out of New York and with close ties
to the UN.
The official use of globally acceptable truth is best
described in a letter to the Eden Institute from
Robert Muller, Assistant Secretary General
of the UN. He wrote, "I am referring to the need
to establish a body of objective, globally acceptable
information to serve as a foundation for global
education...Its (Eden Project) formula for
identifying universally acceptable objective data
is truly unique. It achieves this distinction by
establishing a global standard for inquiry."
Translation: We will decide what is truth and
all new information or scientific discovery will be
judged on whether it matches this "globally
acceptable" truth.
The last time human kind was strapped into such
a mental straight jacket was during the Inquisition
of the Dark Ages. The period was called the Dark
Ages because it was an era of ignorance, superstition
and social chaos and repression. Anyone caught
questioning the doctrine or power of the church
was labeled a heretic and found his or her way to
the rack or into the middle of a fire while tied to a
stake. The church, of course, was practicing its
own brand of globally acceptable truth.
Today, the new heretics to the religion of global
warming are those who question whether scientific f
acts support the dire warnings that are screaming
from the newspaper headlines and from environmental
groups' press releases. In fact, there is no better
example for the practice of globally acceptable truth
than the global warming crowd.
The letter to ExxonMobile from Rockefeller and Snowe
is but one example of the dire tactics being used to
stifle any debate on the subject. Just recently, the
Attorney General of California filed suit against the
world's three biggest care manufacturers for their
complicity in creating CO2 emissions. As part
of the discovery for the suit, the Attorney General
demanded copies of any correspondence between
the automakers and so-called "skeptics" of climate
change. Message: you can't even talk to these
people! 2006 has seen the church of global warming
go into near panic at any sign of heretical behavior.
It's absolutely incredible to see such panic,
considering the global warming mantra is near
universal. There are over 12,000 environmental
groups in the country controlling over $20 billion
in assets, all unified in spreading the climate change
gospel. On top of their vast holdings, many of those
same groups receive federal grants for "studies"
and "reports" on their climate change findings.
More grants, in the billions of dollars, are going
to scientists willing to join the church and help
substantiate the mantra in their "research."
Added to that substantial fire power is a willing
news media which offers magazine cover photos of
melting ice caps; and the efforts of the movie
and television industry which lets no opportunity
get by without some reference to global warming.
Al Gore's own documentary has been in
theaters around the nation for months. He is
the guest on talk shows nearly every week.
The global warming message is literally everywhere.
It indoctrinates our children in the classroom. It flows
from the advertising messages of corporations, in
their corporate social responsible ad to sell their
environmentally-responsible products (for which
research and development was probably paid for
with federal tax dollars).
Huge numbers of Hollywood stars and international
political leaders have endorsed the mantra of the
church of global warming. Billions and billions of
dollars are being spent to influence literally every corner
of the earth to accept global warming as a fact.
Countering this massive onslaught of globally
acceptable climate change "truth" is a tiny,
dedicated band of scientists, political leaders
and non-profits that are seeking the real "truth."
Their assets are literally in the low millions of
dollars - simply a drop in the bucket when
compared to the war chest of the climate
change church.
They don't have the medias attention. They don't
have the ability to issue massive grants. Hollywood
certainly isn't making movies to promote the "skeptics"
point of view. And the federal government isn't
allowing the contrary opinions in many classrooms.
So, with so much incredible fire power covering every
possible exit, one must ask the logical question:
why are the climate change crowd so scared of a
few renegade groups and their measly few
million dollars? The fact is, the "skeptics" are
having such an impact on the debate because
they are telling the truth. The Church of
Global Warming is wrong!
As George Orwell once wrote: "In a time of universal deceit, telling
the truth is a revolutionary act." There is no greater hero in the
revolution for climate change truth than Senator James Inhofe
(R-OK), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee. He has truly demonstrated the power one honest
individual can wield.
Earlier this year (2006) Sen. Inhofe gave two explosive speeches
on the floor of the Senate in which he attacked and exposed the
unfounded claims and scare tactics being employed by the Global
Warming crowd. The speeches were literally unprecedented in
the decades-long climate change debate. And their effect was
like a lightening bolt. Almost immediately some scientists began
coming out of hiding to side with the Senator.
On December 6th, just as the Rockefeller/Snowe letter was being
exposed across the Internet, Inhofe held a hearing on Capitol Hill
exposing the "alarmist media." Said Inhofe, "Rather than focus
on the hard science of global warming, the media has instead
become advocates for hyping scientifically unfounded climate
alarmism." His attacks have already forced 60 Minutes, CNN
and other major media to at least give lip service to the "skeptic"
point of view. More importantly, the Senator's efforts are putting
the Global Warming crowd into near cardiac arrest.
It is important to not that the so-called "Skeptics" include
Dr. Daniel Schrag of Harvard; Claude Allegre, one of the most
decorated French geophysicists; Dr. Richard Lindzen, professor
of Atmospheric Sciences, MIT; Dr. Patrick Michaels, University
of Virginia: Dr. Fred Singer; Professor Bob Carter, geologist at
James Cook University, Australia; 85 scientists and climate
experts who signed the 1995 Leipzeg Declaration which called
drastic climate controls "ill-advised, lacking credible support
from the underlying science; 17,000 scientists and leaders
involved in climate study who signed a petition issued by the
Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine saying there is no
evidence green house gasses cause global warming; and the
4,000 scientists and leaders from around the world, including
70 Nobel Prize winners, who signed the Heidelberg Appeal
calling greenhouse global warming theories "highly uncertainly
scientific theories."
These are but a few of the highly qualified "skeptics" deride by
Jay Rockefeller, Olympia Snowe and Al Gore whom, they say,
should not be given a voice on the issue.
There are lots of lies surrounding the Global Warming mantra.
The biggest one claims there is "consensus" among scientists
that human-caused global warming is a fact. There is no such
consensus. Human survival demands that we listen to the
"Skeptics" before they are burned at the stake by suppositious
brutes like Jay Rockefeller and Olympia Snowe.
© 2006 American Policy Center
Posted by:
Vicegerent
November 14, 2006 By Tom DeWeese
http://www.americanpolicy.org
Imagine living in a world where no one is allowed to think
independent thoughts or take independent actions. Only
pre-approved human response would be acceptable. To break
the rule and engage in forbidden thought would result in
terrible retribution, perhaps leading literally to ones destruction.
That's the kind of world apparently desired by the global warming
Chicken Littles. It seems they are prepared to do anything to
achieve it. Case in point is an outrageous letter to ExxonMobil
Chairman Rex Tillerson on October 27, 2006. The letter was
sent by two United States Senators, Olympia Snowe (R-MA),
and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV).
The letter derides Exxon for helping to fund global warming
"deniers," (a term the global warming crowd is using more and
more these days to try to draw a parallel with those who deny
the Holocaust). Said the letter, "We are convinced that
ExxonMobil's longstanding support of a sall cadre of global
climate change skeptics, and those skeptics access to and
influence on government policymakers, have made it
increasingly difficult for the United States to demonstrate
the moral clarity it needs across all facets of its diplomacy."
The letter goes on to say, "ExxonMobil and its partners in
denial have manufactured controversy, sown doubt, and
impeded progress with strategies all-too reminiscent of
those used by the tobacco industry for so many years."
The mention of the tobacco industry is not just a randomly
chosen analogy. It's a heavy-handed threat that Exxon
could face the same massive government attack on its
very existence if it doesn't play ball. Threats of wind fall
profits taxes and increased regulations being just a
couple of the weapons in the government's arsenal.
The letter concludes, saying, "We would recommend
that ExxonMobil publicly acknowledge both the reality
of climate change and the role of humans in causing
or exacerbating it. Second, ExxonMobil should
repudiate its climate change denial campaign..."
As incredible as the letter may seem to free thinkers
and Constitutionalists, one must pause to understand
the "new think" being foisted on our society. In the
August, 2006 issue of The DeWeese Report,
(Vol.12, Issue 7), I reported on the root of the new
edicts on thinking, called "globally acceptable truth."
This is not just an Ivory Tower intellectual exercise.
Those who practice it believe the only way we can
have a well-ordered society is for everyone to think
and act in unison. Those who break the rules and
think for themselves or take action contrary to the
"consensus" are simply causing havoc on all of
their well-laid plans.
Again, as I reported in August, this incredible idea
is not just the silly ravings of a few lunatics. It is
being accepted as the proper focus for major policy
matters as they emanate from Congress and are
parroted by the news media. The main source of
such thinking seems to come from the Eden Institute,
operating out of New York and with close ties
to the UN.
The official use of globally acceptable truth is best
described in a letter to the Eden Institute from
Robert Muller, Assistant Secretary General
of the UN. He wrote, "I am referring to the need
to establish a body of objective, globally acceptable
information to serve as a foundation for global
education...Its (Eden Project) formula for
identifying universally acceptable objective data
is truly unique. It achieves this distinction by
establishing a global standard for inquiry."
Translation: We will decide what is truth and
all new information or scientific discovery will be
judged on whether it matches this "globally
acceptable" truth.
The last time human kind was strapped into such
a mental straight jacket was during the Inquisition
of the Dark Ages. The period was called the Dark
Ages because it was an era of ignorance, superstition
and social chaos and repression. Anyone caught
questioning the doctrine or power of the church
was labeled a heretic and found his or her way to
the rack or into the middle of a fire while tied to a
stake. The church, of course, was practicing its
own brand of globally acceptable truth.
Today, the new heretics to the religion of global
warming are those who question whether scientific f
acts support the dire warnings that are screaming
from the newspaper headlines and from environmental
groups' press releases. In fact, there is no better
example for the practice of globally acceptable truth
than the global warming crowd.
The letter to ExxonMobile from Rockefeller and Snowe
is but one example of the dire tactics being used to
stifle any debate on the subject. Just recently, the
Attorney General of California filed suit against the
world's three biggest care manufacturers for their
complicity in creating CO2 emissions. As part
of the discovery for the suit, the Attorney General
demanded copies of any correspondence between
the automakers and so-called "skeptics" of climate
change. Message: you can't even talk to these
people! 2006 has seen the church of global warming
go into near panic at any sign of heretical behavior.
It's absolutely incredible to see such panic,
considering the global warming mantra is near
universal. There are over 12,000 environmental
groups in the country controlling over $20 billion
in assets, all unified in spreading the climate change
gospel. On top of their vast holdings, many of those
same groups receive federal grants for "studies"
and "reports" on their climate change findings.
More grants, in the billions of dollars, are going
to scientists willing to join the church and help
substantiate the mantra in their "research."
Added to that substantial fire power is a willing
news media which offers magazine cover photos of
melting ice caps; and the efforts of the movie
and television industry which lets no opportunity
get by without some reference to global warming.
Al Gore's own documentary has been in
theaters around the nation for months. He is
the guest on talk shows nearly every week.
The global warming message is literally everywhere.
It indoctrinates our children in the classroom. It flows
from the advertising messages of corporations, in
their corporate social responsible ad to sell their
environmentally-responsible products (for which
research and development was probably paid for
with federal tax dollars).
Huge numbers of Hollywood stars and international
political leaders have endorsed the mantra of the
church of global warming. Billions and billions of
dollars are being spent to influence literally every corner
of the earth to accept global warming as a fact.
Countering this massive onslaught of globally
acceptable climate change "truth" is a tiny,
dedicated band of scientists, political leaders
and non-profits that are seeking the real "truth."
Their assets are literally in the low millions of
dollars - simply a drop in the bucket when
compared to the war chest of the climate
change church.
They don't have the medias attention. They don't
have the ability to issue massive grants. Hollywood
certainly isn't making movies to promote the "skeptics"
point of view. And the federal government isn't
allowing the contrary opinions in many classrooms.
So, with so much incredible fire power covering every
possible exit, one must ask the logical question:
why are the climate change crowd so scared of a
few renegade groups and their measly few
million dollars? The fact is, the "skeptics" are
having such an impact on the debate because
they are telling the truth. The Church of
Global Warming is wrong!
As George Orwell once wrote: "In a time of universal deceit, telling
the truth is a revolutionary act." There is no greater hero in the
revolution for climate change truth than Senator James Inhofe
(R-OK), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee. He has truly demonstrated the power one honest
individual can wield.
Earlier this year (2006) Sen. Inhofe gave two explosive speeches
on the floor of the Senate in which he attacked and exposed the
unfounded claims and scare tactics being employed by the Global
Warming crowd. The speeches were literally unprecedented in
the decades-long climate change debate. And their effect was
like a lightening bolt. Almost immediately some scientists began
coming out of hiding to side with the Senator.
On December 6th, just as the Rockefeller/Snowe letter was being
exposed across the Internet, Inhofe held a hearing on Capitol Hill
exposing the "alarmist media." Said Inhofe, "Rather than focus
on the hard science of global warming, the media has instead
become advocates for hyping scientifically unfounded climate
alarmism." His attacks have already forced 60 Minutes, CNN
and other major media to at least give lip service to the "skeptic"
point of view. More importantly, the Senator's efforts are putting
the Global Warming crowd into near cardiac arrest.
It is important to not that the so-called "Skeptics" include
Dr. Daniel Schrag of Harvard; Claude Allegre, one of the most
decorated French geophysicists; Dr. Richard Lindzen, professor
of Atmospheric Sciences, MIT; Dr. Patrick Michaels, University
of Virginia: Dr. Fred Singer; Professor Bob Carter, geologist at
James Cook University, Australia; 85 scientists and climate
experts who signed the 1995 Leipzeg Declaration which called
drastic climate controls "ill-advised, lacking credible support
from the underlying science; 17,000 scientists and leaders
involved in climate study who signed a petition issued by the
Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine saying there is no
evidence green house gasses cause global warming; and the
4,000 scientists and leaders from around the world, including
70 Nobel Prize winners, who signed the Heidelberg Appeal
calling greenhouse global warming theories "highly uncertainly
scientific theories."
These are but a few of the highly qualified "skeptics" deride by
Jay Rockefeller, Olympia Snowe and Al Gore whom, they say,
should not be given a voice on the issue.
There are lots of lies surrounding the Global Warming mantra.
The biggest one claims there is "consensus" among scientists
that human-caused global warming is a fact. There is no such
consensus. Human survival demands that we listen to the
"Skeptics" before they are burned at the stake by suppositious
brutes like Jay Rockefeller and Olympia Snowe.
© 2006 American Policy Center
Posted by:
Vicegerent