I typically ignore the writings of newspaper columnists in the pacific northwest, as they tend to be as predictable as they are boring.  Every once in awhile, though, a piece just cries out for a response.

So, for reference, I give you Joel Connelly, from the Seattle PI, and his piece “Deniers of Global Warming harm us“.

Remember my post about CODE WORDS put forth from the left?  Well, DENIERS of Global Warming is replacing Sceptics.  Why? Read on…

From the outset, Mr. Conelly repeats that canard that “THE WORLD’S scientists near consensus on human causes of climate change”.  Even if this statement were true, it is necessary to point out that not all the worlds scientists are Climatologists, or in any field remotely related to the the study of earths climate now, or in the past.  One might, in the Connelly world, take a Podiatrists view on a Brain Tumor as authoritative. 

Mr. Connelly then spends a good piece of his article decrying the “deniers” temerity in daring to criticize the hypocrisy of the “oracles” of the glabal warming hysteria movement, and their oppulant lifestyles and personal modes of travel.  Mr. Connelly calls this “drive by shooting”, and posits that it is a means of distraction from having “real science” to back up the “deniers” position.  This fits in well with the general outlook of the left, of Do As I Say, Not As I Do.  They are above criticism because their hearts are pure.

The we get one of my favorite lines:

The deniers’ fallback position is to argue that what is happening is due not to human intervention but some sort of natural cycle.

He then goes on to disparage “a recent story” in the National Post (a “rightists paper” per Connelly) in Canada, that suggests a link between climate and sun spots (no great new revelation there; it has been know for decades that sun spots affect the suns output, and therefore, our climate).  What he did NOT say, is that the NP has been running a series on “deniers” and the science that backs them up.  And guess what?  These guys are Earth Scientists!

Then comes the magnum opus: 

Bluntly put, climate change deniers pose a greater danger than the lingering industry that denies the Holocaust.

That’s right!  Not only does he equate man-made Global Warming sceptics with Holocaust Deniers, but the sceptics are EVEN WORSE.  And this is why the new Code Word from the left is DENIER.  By calling the Man-Made Global Warming Sceptics DENIERS, we are as bad, or worse, than Holocaust Deniers.  Look for this phrasing to become prevelant in the main stream media in the weeks ahead.

What makes the global warming denial industry so dangerous?

It has the potential to preclude or delay necessary actions — caps on carbon emissions, development of new energy sources — that will assure human civilization’s future on the planet.

What this really means is that the sceptics interfere with the Lefts plans to increase their control of the economy, and the way you live, even while admitting:

Nobody is certain what will happen.

Connelly then goes on to cite a few example os the BAD effects of Global Warming.  I could respond tit-for-tat, but that would just bore my fellow sceptics, and would not persuade those that call us deniers, anyway.  What is more fun is when Connelly again does a drive by of his own:

One can argue that any country in which a large percentage of people believe that planet Earth was created in six days — and do not accept evolution — will believe anything.

Ahh, there’s that gratutious Christian bashing that no lefty column would be complete without.

And he sums with a CALL TO ARMS:

A belief that blocks or delays action is dangerous. No one will save us. We must save ourselves.

Save Ourselves, in the Connelly world, means drastic cuts in CO2 emmissions that will cripple industry, massive investment in alternative energies (like Wind Farms that kill birds, Bio Fuels that lead to starvation in thrid world countries, Solar that is massively inefficient - but NO NUKES!), and controls on your personal energy usage (through taxes or imposed caps).

A Moment of sanity is called for.  The science is NOT settled.  Practically evey day, some new piece of news floats up indicating that the Apocalypse is not upon us, that we are in the midst of what is, overall, part of the natural fluctuations of the climate.  Not you will find it in the mainstream media, or hear it discussed in Connelly’s elite circles.

Far better to spend our time and resources in preparing for the inevitable.  And keep wathcing and studying the climate.  After all, the Climate Scientist that predicted Global Cooling back in the 1970’s may still be proven right…

But when the purveyors of Man-Caused Global Warming resort to name calling, and mud-throwing, they harm their own argument, and they harm us all.