I found this YouTube clip via Crooks and Liars of James Hansen on Democracy Now. It also contains some highlights of other Democracy Now interviews, including one of Science Blogs' own Chris Mooney.
He talks about the political muzzling he has experience under both parties during his time at NASA. (But don't the denialists tell us of collusion between scaremongering politicians and money grubbing scientists?
Funny how the denialists tell us of collusion between scaremongering politicians and money grubbing scientists and yet the reality is NASA's earth sciences budget being cut and political appointees trying to shut scientists up.
Okay, not so funny...
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I have a feeling that Michael Francisco got a warning from someone who knows what they're talking about, who told him that he was coming dangerously close to defamation with his post at the DI blog, because last night he suddenly edited his
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.
Objection:
The Bush Anti-Patriot Act and its paper minions across the states is nothing less than the undoing of the fundamentals of American freedom.
As the old song from The Wiz says - you can't win, you can't break even, you can't get out of the game. Via Radley Balko comes this libertarian joke:
Three guys are in a jail cell. They start to talking and find out that they're all gas station owners.
Did you notice (somewhat before 6:30, again 7:20-7:31) that Hansen was labelled a 'Climate Scientologist'?
I wonder what that would be.