The Climategate Whitewash Continues

On 7/13/2010 11:37 AM, @&*$?%gmail.com">erschroedinger @&*$?%gmail.com wrote:
> On Jul 12, 4:42 pm, Catoni wrote:
>> On Jul 12, 6:21 am, Earl Evleth wrote:
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>>> On 12/07/10 11:23, in article mn.62ab7da7ce82048c.59…@popey.invalid, “C r
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>>> o w” wrote:
>>>> Mr. Michaels, a professor of environmental sciences at the University
>>>> of Virginia from 1980-2007, is now a senior fellow at the Cato
>>>> Institute.
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>>> Exactly, the Cato Institute, a ultra right wing think tank.
>>
>>> And published on the op-ed page of the WSJ long known or
>>> its ultra right wing editorial policies. Michaels is
>>> a shill for the industry.
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>>> Patrick J. Michaels (±1942- ), also known as Pat Michaels, is a global
>>> warming skeptic who argues that global warming models are fatally flawed
>>> and, in any event, we should take no action because new technologies will
>>> soon replace those that emit greenhouse gases.
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>>> Michaels is Editor of the World Climate Report, a blog published by New Hope
>>> Environmental Services, “an advocacy science consulting firm”[1] he founded
>>> and runs. In an affidavit in a Vermont court case, Michaels described the
>>> “mission” of the firm as being to “publicize findings on climate change and
>>> scientific and social perspectives that may not otherwise appear in the
>>> popular literature or media. This entails both response research and public
>>> commentary.”[2] In effect, New Hope Environmental Services is a PR firm.
>>> Michaels’ firm does not disclose who its clients are, but leaked documents
>>> have revealed that several were power utilities which operate coal power
>>> stations. On a 2007 academic CV, Michaels disclosed that prior to creating
>>> his firm he had received funding from the Edison Electric Institute and the
>>> Western Fuels Association. He has also been a frequent speaker with leading
>>> coal and energy companies as well as coal and other industry lobby
>>> groups.[3]
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>>> Michaels is also associated with a number of think tanks and advocacy groups
>>> which dispute global warming. He is a Visiting Scientist with the George C.
>>> Marshall Institute, a Senior Fellow in Environmental Studies with the Cato
>>> Institute[4] and a member of the Advisory Board of the Committee for a
>>> Constructive Tomorrow.[5]
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>> Ha, ha, ha, Earl Evleth lacks even a teenager’s basic understanding
>> of politics. Calling the Cato Institute an ” ultra right wing think
>> tank”.
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> It is. Almost all people calling themselves “libertarian” are. Don’t
> like big gov’t? Did they criticize Bush for Gitmo? For holding
> people without charges or trials? For the prescription drug program?
> For running up huge deficits? Nope.

Since it is Constitutional, and proven so BY OBAMA who is also holding
military prisoners in GITMO, what should Libertarians be calling for?