tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post9058570022290176255..comments2024-03-26T04:21:43.535-05:00Comments on Free Association: Chris Matthews Makes a Fool of Himself AgainSheldon Richmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-22823250567076025052009-05-21T21:16:47.288-05:002009-05-21T21:16:47.288-05:00If the CIA lied to Congress, then Pelosi should st...If the CIA lied to Congress, then Pelosi should start an investigation of the CIA. How much you wanna bet she does not do such a thing?melvinmaplewoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05333812423323001907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-64828212503489419092009-05-20T12:14:06.284-05:002009-05-20T12:14:06.284-05:00It could have been worse: Matthews could have pick...It could have been worse: Matthews could have picked a scientist to represent his side and a politician to represent the other. Journalists love to skew debates that way, usually in the form of pitting "concerned citizen" against "industry flack."Russell Hannekenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272592291829934897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-44487289452345839402009-05-20T05:50:04.262-05:002009-05-20T05:50:04.262-05:00Niccolo, there have been articles written on the b...Niccolo, there have been articles written on the benefits of warming. Thomas Gale Moore wrote a book on this. <br /><br />I am not an atmospheric scientist, and no one should decide which scientists he believes on the basis of political philosophy. That said, there seem to be serious problems with the manmade, catastrophic warming thesis. People like Matthews prefer to steamroll over these problems by talking about the scientific "consensus" and laughing at skeptics as though they are flat-earthers and even Holocaust deniers. This is a disgrace. They are the unscientific ones in this debate--which is why it is was so outrageous for "Nerf Ball" to try to pin the anti-science label on the skeptics.<br /><br />As Anon suggest, these tactics alone are enough to sew the seeds of skepticism. People confident in a scientific view wouldn't act this way.Sheldon Richmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-13483097910820271992009-05-19T22:20:14.225-05:002009-05-19T22:20:14.225-05:00I am not qualified to comment about it either, but...I am not qualified to comment about it either, but why do you think that nobody has countered the limousine-liberals like Chris Matthews with an argument based on the <I>benefits</I> of global warming. If it were me, for example, I would have no trouble saying, yes global warming is occurring and yes man significantly contributes to it, and that's a GOOD thing for the economy, for human health, and for the planet.Niccolohttp://leftlibertarian.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-69315094210583171132009-05-19T20:49:49.279-05:002009-05-19T20:49:49.279-05:00I am not qualified to comment on the substance of ...I am not qualified to comment on the substance of claims about global warming, but the tactics used by proponents of human caused global warming, not to mention the role of Al "messiah complex" Gore, leads me to believe that maybe, just a little of it is bullshit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com