[Dean's World] Dean: Global Warming Science Politicians Vs. Diplomat Politicians

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Posted by Dean:
Global Warming Science Politicians Vs. Diplomat Politicians
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1175869743.shtml


   I see that the credibility-impaired global warming
   politician-scientists are [1]angry that other politicians aren't
   toeing the line sufficiently for them.

   This community of "researchers," laced as it is with croneyism and an
   opaque, non-accountable "peer review" funding system where they get to
   spend tax money on each other to protect their incomes, has no
   credibility anymore. The [2]Wegman Report pretty much said all that
   needs to be said about these people. If they won't clean up their act,
   and instead keep issuing ever more dire warnings (which coincidentally
   result in more money and more prestigious careers for themselves), and
   keep giving condescending, head-patting, "look at me I'm a saint"
   answers to pointed questions, there's no reason the rest of us should
   look at their sky-is-falling predictions with any less skepticism than
   we look at the research put forward by tobacco company scientists.

   These people are political bureaucrats, and they need to be treated
   like political bureaucrats.

References

   1. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/04/06/climate.report.ap/
   2. http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1156978676.shtml