Re: [asa] Teaching ID and teaching that Gobal Warming is not real

Well, Chris Allen is one out of "over 400." I don't expect politicians to get everything right. But a quick scan of the intro to the report available at http://epw.senate.gov/public/ indicates that many real scientists with expertise in climatology are among the "over 400."

Don

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  From: Rich Blinne
  To: Don Winterstein ; Randy Isaac
  Cc: Michael Roberts ; asa
  Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:15 AM
  Subject: Re: [asa] Teaching ID and teaching that Gobal Warming is not real

  On Jan 5, 2008, at 7:25 AM, Don Winterstein wrote:

    Frankly, I think the "400 Prominent Scientists" deserve more of a hearing than most participants in this forum seem willing to give them. In particular, the "scientific consensus" doesn't appear to be as much of a consensus as some are claiming. Many of the statements contained in that referenced report (U. S. Senate Report:...) have at least some ring of truth to me as one who has been a professional Earth scientist (geophysicist) for 25 years.

  Here's a quote from one of the Inhofe 400 on the biggest reason he doesn't believe in anthropogenic climate change. His name is Chris Allen and he is the weatherman at WBKO:

    My biggest argument against putting the primary blame on humans for climate change is that it completely takes God out of the picture. It must have slipped these people's minds that God created the heavens and the earth and has control over what's going on. (Dear Lord Jesus...did I just open a new pandora's box?) Yeah, I said it. Do you honestly believe God would allow humans to destroy the earth He created? Of course, if you don't believe in God and creationism then I can see why you would easily buy into the whole global warming fanfare. I think in many ways that's what this movement is ultimately out to do - rid the mere mention of God in any context. What these environmentalists are actually saying is "we know more than God - we're bigger than God - God is just a fantasy - science is real...He isn't...listen to US!" I have a huge problem with that.

  What's this "prominent" scientist's background? From his bio:

    Once frightened by the winds, the lightning, and the dark clouds, Chris overcame his fears by learning why and how storms happen. He says he always wanted to be like the guy on TV tracking the storm.

    That dream came true in 1984. After years in radio, Chris took a job as the creative services director at WGRB-TV in Campbellsville, Kentucky. While there he designed a small set just big enough for one anchor and a weather map. Chris happened to be that one anchor.

    He joined WBKO in 1986 behind the scenes. In 1988, he got the break he was hoping for when he was named the Weekend Weather Anchor.

    Not long after, Chris was named Weather Director of the First Alert Storm Team and began his stint as Morning Weather Anchor and co-host of AM Kentucky.

  Still looking for his scientific background I found this:

    For the person who read my bio and said “you have no qualifications and no real education” I found a few misspellings in your e-mail…you might want to use spell check next time unless you feel that will keep you on your computer longer and therefore waste more energy. “You’re not even a meteorologist” one other person wrote. No, I am not…nor have I ever passed myself off as one (as stated in earlier posts). [RDB Note: Chris may have not passed himself off as a meteorologist but Sen. Inhofe has by placing him on his list.] But some of these people automatically dismiss my comments as invalid simply because I was not able to take advantage of a higher education. [RDB Note: this would make this "prominent" scientist ineligible to being a member of the ASA.] The way I see it, some people are too smart for their own good.

  Still don't know who he is? How about this?

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTgvPuJTzo

  Yeah. Makes you REAL confident in these "prominent" scientists.

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Received on Sun Jan 6 07:54:35 2008