Channeling Galileo: Oregon State Climatologist Feels Heat from Politicos for His Views on Global Warming

February 5, 2007

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*UPDATE*TONIGHT ON THE SHOW THE CANADIAN SCIENTIST WHO CALLS THE HUMAN CAUSED GLOBAL WARMING SCARE THE “GREATEST DECEPTION IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE* DR. TIMOTHY BALL’S WEBSITE HERE.

Believe it or not, Global Warming is not due to human contribution of Carbon Dioxide (CO2). This in fact is the greatest deception in the history of science. We are wasting time, energy and trillions of dollars while creating unnecessary fear and consternation over an issue with no scientific justification.

Meantime, KGW is reporting that the Governor has said he WILL replace George Taylor. George Taylor is the Oregon State Climatologist who believes that global warming is occuring. He’s a scientist at Oregon State University. He is not a nut.
He’s not a global warming “denier.” He
just believes that the current global warming predictions are unnecessarily dire, based on flawed modeling, and that global warming is not entirely man made.In short, he’s the most reasonable guy around.
And he’s in trouble.
As he pointed out on my show (weeknights 5-8pm AM 860 KPAM), Taylor is feeling the political heat from those in state government who have bought in–hook, line, budget, political agenda, and sinker–to the global warming alarmists. He thinks his job could be at stake.
Guess it should come as no surprise that state officials don’t think much of his global warming thoughts considering the state’s foremost expert on global warming wasn’t even named to the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Global Warming. See the list of members here.(I see here that a relative of the Governor’s old Chief of staff made the cut, yep, and I see here that Rex Burkholder made it–good to see that underrepresented group, Metro, is given a voice; Bill Bradbury is there–yeppa. Oh, guess what, no SCIENTISTS are on the list except an Oregon State University professor who co chairs the group.)
*SAVE George Taylor’s JOB!! CONTACT YOUR STATE LEGISLATOR AND TELL THEM TO TELL THE GOVERNOR AND HIS CRONIES TO LAY OFF! HERE. AND HERE.
Here’s where you contact your state representatives on all issues. HERE. AND HERE.

Taylor wouldn’t name names but let’s cast about for the prime suspects in this Galileo style witchhunt.
Bill Bradbury comes to mind. The Oregon Secretary of State who, it is believed will–any day now–quit his job to allow the Guv to name a crony (who would then run as an incumbent), is working a second gig as one of Al Gore’s hand picked and personally tutored “Inconvenient Truth” squad members.
Governor Kulongoski comes to mind. His legacy depends on looking “big’ on something.
Who am I missing?
Any of Kulongoski’s new right and left–mostly left–hand men from the unions holding sway on the issue?

The lefties have started the ball rolling against Taylor here and here and here
Willamette Week did so here in 2005.
Here is his cv.
TAYLOR’S NOT ALONE. HERE’S THE RECENT DRUDGE STORY BY THE CANADIAN CLIMATOLOGIST WHO SAYS GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS ARE SELLING A BAD MESSAGE.

Tell ’em where you saw it. Http://www.victoriataft.com