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The Spectacle Blog
What else can one say about this?
Governor Christie to Talk Global Climate Change with Scientists
Governor tells NJ Environmental Federation his original doubts were due to not having a “fully formed opinion.”
The Republican governor, who caused a stir when he told a town hall meeting he was unsure about the science of global warming, plans to sit down this week with a couple of climate change scientists recommended by the New Jersey Environmental Federation.
As I have noted, translated, the latter means a Castro toady and some of his pals.
Wait, lemme guess: his doubts arising from an unfully formed opinion have evaporated under further scrutiny, making this the first time further scrutiny led to siding with the global warming movement?
Er, maybe. There’s another option, and that’s that he’s seen the New Hampshire Senate fold like a cardboard suitcase on withdrawing from the RGGI regional cap-n-trade energy tax and has decided to throw in with the go-along-to-get along crowd. In his defense, and not much of one, one could say as Andrew Dice Clay once did about a famous painting I won’t mention here as it would make the gag’s crudeness too obvious: he needed the money.
Yes, yes, I know, running for president brings out the Pander Bear in all of them. But Christie’s entire shtick is that he’s the guy speaking truth to all of these entrenched powers, industries, political sacred cows et al.
So, particularly before we know what his ‘fully formed opinion’ is, I cannot interpret what is behind this. But if it is as seems most likely, we know it this is not a move to position himself for higher office. Yes, it would gain him some McCain-style (that is, conditional and temporary) media love — in the form of proclaiming proof that global warming is real and most Americans are extremists and wrong! — soon to turn to ever-more demanding fury.
But he won his office, in NJ, admitting his doubts. He sees how past pandering indiscretions like Pawlenty’s, Huckabee’s, Huntsman’s and others’ are viewed by the majority. The agenda failed in Congress and greatly contributed to a change in management. ClimateGate remains a fatal wound to be proved as much by the next penny when it drops.
It would just be so boneheaded. It would show no ability to approach something free of politics and simply exercise judgment. It would reveal crass political calculation if economic illiteracy. It would be on the side that demands a ‘wrenching transformation of society’ that they also admit will be climatically meaningless, thereby admitting it isn’t about the climate.
So that just can’t be it. But we shall see.
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Occam's Tool| 5.16.11 @ 12:36PM
Maybe he doesn't want to live in the fishbowl. Ex-governors have normal lives.
Bob| 5.16.11 @ 12:52PM
The Trenton Two Ton living in a fish bowl? That's harder than passing a camel through the eye of a needle.
LarryK| 5.16.11 @ 2:44PM
Bob, Is that a Fat Jab?
PattyMor| 5.16.11 @ 2:54PM
Great, Chris Christie is NO conservative. He does one thing really well and that is to put the teachers unions in their place. He has also placed an Islamist on the court.
Have you considered| 5.16.11 @ 4:12PM
Here is a great article regarding the science, well actually the lack thereof.
http://hotair.com/greenroom/ar.....e-science/
Bob K.| 5.16.11 @ 8:26PM
The last president we had from New Jersey was Woodrow Wilson, Right?
Must be something in the water there!
Zach | 5.17.11 @ 7:21AM
1st of all, there were probably many climatologists who were climate change skeptic at some point, but the science has apparently one them over (something we can expect will happen with almost everyone sooner or later). Even the most prestigious overarching scientific organizations have now checked and supported the clear conclusions of climatologists (see, for example: http://planetsave.com/2010/05/.....e-science/ ; http://planetsave.com/2011/02/.....ck-videos/)
Now, as far as common people -- yes, there are people finding out everyday that human-accelerated and potentially catastrophic climate change is real and is already happening. i will include a few such people in subsequent comments, since i can only include 2 links in this comment.
Zach | 5.17.11 @ 7:22AM
so, here are two such people:
Republican, former climate skeptic, D. R. Tucker: http://planetsave.com/2011/05/.....the-facts/
climate scientist: http://www.treehugger.com/file.....ak-out.php
Zach | 5.17.11 @ 7:30AM
& one more, a rather big one:
one of climate deniers' favorite scientists (after studying it in more depth, has changed conclusion 180 degrees): http://www.good.is/post/scient.....-argument/
as far as "ClimateGate" -- the only scam is that someone hacked into and stole years and years worth of emails and then posted a handful of out-of-context quotes to try to frame some climate scientists.
4 or 5 independent investigations have found the climate scientists' work and conclusions as sound as ever (or even more so). and they have shown how the scientists were essentially framed.
here's some info on the latest investigation: http://planetsave.com/2011/02/.....isconduct/
Airbrat| 5.17.11 @ 7:38AM
The RGGI is a Cap & Trade system never passed through the NY State Legislature but through the NYDEC. It is increasing already high utility bills. And, it is where Paterson got money to close the NY State budget gap. Governments do not always spend available $ where promised. AGW is a money hoax http://www.climategate.com/for.....-says-oops
Airbrat| 5.17.11 @ 7:54AM
It will not be funny if another politician folds against the American people for money. Science has become corrupted by the same thing, money and politics. Peer review means you pat my back and I'll pat yours. On the RGGI and NY State: http://suffolkcountylibertyreport.com/sclr/?s=rggi
Mark| 5.20.11 @ 8:40PM
"Climategate" was much ado about nothing. It's kind of sad, really, that you seem unaware of that still. There have been three separate independent investigations - one of them involving Republican members of Congress. None of them have uncovered any hint of scientific malfeasance. The worst that has been said was that the group in East Anglia were less than cooperative with some parties about sharing their data. This is actually fairly common in science - especially if the people asking of the data have a history of distorting them to mislead the public.
Time to face the music on this one. The right has been 100% wrong on this.
Mark| 5.20.11 @ 8:41PM
I meant to add this link. You can read all about this non-scandal here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.....ontroversy