Hardly worth reading that, Dave. Firstly, it is a political tirade, not 
a word of science in it. Secondly, he confuses climate and weather ("the 
science of meteorology" and not climatology). Thirdly, he underrates 
himself self-mockingly ("a mere TV weatherman"). Fourthly, he challenges 
"a Nobel Prize, Academy Award and Emmy Award winning former Vice 
President of United States."; which is the wisest thing he has to say, 
although he forgot to mention the Prince of Asturias Award. I challenge 
that person, too!!! :-)

He does not once mention the IPCC Reports or offers any first-hand 
counter-claim. All he says it that everyone is out of step but him.

It is a bunch of unsubstantiated words of little value! IOW, an opinion.

Even if he is right, which I doubt, cutting down drastically on fossil 
fuels will be better for everyone's health and will leave a little more 
for future generations.

Brian

MA/NY DDave wrote:
> Hi guys, Brian, Joe, 
> 
> Haven't been here in awhile on IPC due to a move and activities before and 
> surrounding the move. I won't recover for quite some time.
> 
> Just yesterday on a Republican web blog I came across the following article 
> that is posted across the blog space that supports the AnnC RushL, O'Reilly 
> banter called news.
> 
> <Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming Scam
> This article is written by John Coleman, founder of The Weather Channel.
> 
> It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended 
> by it. Global Warming; It is a SCAM. Some dastardly scientists with 
> environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to 
> create an allusion of rapid global warming. Other scientists of the same 
> environmental whacko type jumped into the circle to support and broaden 
> the ?research? to further enhance the totally slanted, bogus global warming 
> claims. Their friends in government steered huge research grants their way to 
> keep the movement going. Soon they claimed to be a consensus.
> 
> Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them, then teamed up 
> with movie, media and other liberal, environmentalist journalists to create this 
> wild ?scientific? scenario of the civilization threatening environmental 
> consequences from Global Warming unless we adhere to their radical agenda. 
> Now their ridiculous manipulated science has been accepted as fact and 
> become a cornerstone issue for CNN, CBS, NBC, the Democratic Political Party, 
> the Governor of California, school teachers and, in many cases, well informed 
> but very gullible environmentally conscientious citizens. Only one reporter at 
> ABC has been allowed to counter the Global Warming frenzy with one 15 
> minute documentary segment.
> 
> I do not oppose environmentalism. I do not oppose the political positions of 
> either party. However, Global Warming, i.e. Climate Change, is not about 
> environmentalism or politics. It is not a religion. It is not something 
> you ?believe in.? It is science; the science of meteorology. This is my field of 
> life-long expertise. And I am telling you Global Warming is a non-event, a 
> manufactured crisis and a total scam. I say this knowing you probably won?t 
> believe a me, a mere TV weatherman, challenging a Nobel Prize, Academy 
> Award and Emmy Award winning former Vice President of United States. So be 
> it.
> 
> I have read dozens of scientific papers. I have talked with numerous 
> scientists. I have studied. I have thought about it. I know I am correct. There 
> is no run away climate change. The impact of humans on climate is not 
> catastrophic. Our planet is not in peril. I am incensed by the incredible media 
> glamour, the politically correct silliness and rude dismissal of counter 
> arguments by the high priest of Global Warming.
> 
> In time, a decade or two, the outrageous scam will be obvious. As the 
> temperature rises, polar ice cap melting, coastal flooding and super storm 
> pattern all fail to occur as predicted everyone will come to realize we have 
> been duped. The sky is not falling. And, natural cycles and drifts in climate are 
> as much if not more responsible for any climate changes underway. I strongly 
> believe that the next twenty years are equally as likely to see a cooling trend 
> as they are to see a warming trend.  See John?s full blog story here.>
> 
> So I went a looking and it seems that the correct information is still in the 
> right authoritative places, even though blog and Bush blog land is still saying 
> with renewed rigor that they can do anything they wish to the globe and they 
> are cool or is that hot.
> 
> http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/global/index.html
> 
> http://climate.weather.com/blog/9_14035.html#readcomments
> 
> http://www.ametsoc.org/POLICY/2007climatechange.html
> 
> Yours in Engineering, MA/NY DDave
>