A few months ago, I was criticized for being “paranoid” when I pointed out on a blog comment that scientists were not published, faced reprisals, etc. for not towing the consensus line. Of course, I was simply quoting other scientists who have claimed to have experienced that…but who needs logic at a time like this?
In any case, those who think there aren’t political consequences (and I use the term “political” loosely) should read this article. It’s about George Taylor, the “State Climatologist” in Oregon.
He doesn’t believe Global Warming is caused by man. Therefore, the Governor (and others in the state government) is seeking to strip him of his title.
We read:
Governor Ted Kulongoski confirmed he wants to take that title from Taylor. The governor said Taylor’s contradictions interfere with the state’s stated goals to reduce greenhouse gases, the accepted cause of global warming in the eyes of a vast majority of scientists.
Hurrah for scientific freedom. But we read even more!
Sen. Brad Avakian, (D) Washington County, is sponsoring the bill [to strip Taylor of his title]. He said global warming is so important to state policy it’s important to have a climatologist as a consultant to the governor.
In other words, Taylor is a heretic who must be gagged lest his heresy spread.
The governor concludes by stating: “”I just think there has to be somebody that says, ‘this is the state position on this.’” Of course, he forgets that HE is actually “somebody that says, ‘this is the state position on this’” and thus this statement is not justification.
The bottom line is that science is not science; it is religion. And woe to the heretics who question the orthodoxy and “interfere with the state’s stated goals to reduce greenhouse gases.” And make no mistake: THAT, not the science of global warming, is what this is all about.
