7.18.2008

Ooops

Mention Al Gore and wingnuttia goes batshit insane.

Physics proves global warming is a dirty hoax!!!! BWAHAHAHA!!!! And it's all because scientists are waelthy playboys:
In other words, the science community had reasons to jump to conclusions. They got grants, they got attention, and they started getting all the hot chicks — well, at least they got money and felt important. Those are powerful motivators to reach conclusions that keep money and attention flowing, instead of concluding that they aren’t terribly necessary at all.
Wingnuts, of course, would never jump to conclusions:
Update 7/17/2008: After publication of this story, the APS responded with a statement that its Physics and Society Forum is merely one unit within the APS, and its views do not reflect those of the Society at large.
Oops.

Then there are John Tierney's 3 questions which should have merited it's own HEH but instead was only an "UPDATE". The three questions can be summarized as follows:
1.) He never said the tornado link was proven.
2.) He's testified before Congress that we should support nuclear, but that it's far more expensive than solar and wind and that it's also quite difficult to convince the public that it's safe.
3.) The Tennessee Center for Policy Research has a problem with math or they don't read their own press releases from a year before, since 17,768 is not 10% greater than 18,400.
Ooops 2.

And finally, there's this gem:

FOUR PEOPLE RODE A TAXI CAB TO AL GORE'S SPEECH!!! HYPOCRITES!!! GLOBAL WARMING IS A HOAX!!!

I'm sure they interviewed all the participants as to how they got there.