Climategate should cool believers of 'climate change'

 

The Mark Twain quote, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics" perfectly summarizes the issue of "climate change," formerly known as "global warming," particularly in the wake of the "Climategate" scandal.

Since "Climategate" has been, shall we say "lightly" reported in the national media, allow me to summarize: November 19, 2009, the credibility of climate science was dealt a major blow by the publication of e-mail messages, along with considerable data, that were hacked and released by a whistle blower from the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit, a key center of global warming research. The released information suggests that data has been manipulated, faked and fibbed. Since then, each day brings more delightful revelations.

This past weekend, the London Daily Mail reported that Professor Phil Jones, director of the soiled East Anglia CRU, conceded that there has been "no global warming since 1995" (that's 15 years for you lefties). Additionally, Professor Jones admits that he has trouble "keeping track" of information, and colleagues informed the Mail that the reason Professor Phil Jones has refused Freedom of Information requests is that he may have actually lost relevant papers.

Do tell.

Let me get this straight:

On the word of some folks who have been caught lying for obvious financial reasons and can't "keep track" of their own data, we are to destroy our economic system, and therefore our nation. We are to live in huts, eat nuts and roots, ride bicycles, and crown Al Gore King of the World.

I don't buy it, although our president does, as evidenced by his continued headlong dive into the global warming waters.

I don't begrudge anyone the right to believe what they want about "climate change." Similarly, I think that if you want to believe your distant grandpa was an ape, that too is your prerogative.

A friend recently told me that she was on board with manmade climate change because there had been a great deal of information about it on television, so it must be true.

I informed her that I too have been on television; therefore that was not enough for me.

A local university professor told me that someone in his position has to be extremely careful of what they say about the subject, because it is "like a religion" and indeed, we are being asked to take a great deal "on faith." We now have proof that we cannot put faith in those who would be scientists.

As for Al Gore, exactly what are his credentials for expertise on this issue? Just as we have a leader in charge of our economy who has never held an actual private sector job, our resident expert on climate science is a phony ex-politician who has zero credibility on the issue.

The fact is, our snapshot of climate data is tiny in the scheme of the earth's unknown timeline, and right now my idea of climate change would be a trip to Ocho Rios, Jamaica.