Wood for Trees: Interactive Graphs
After a decade of research, I have concluded that people claiming that the globe is warming, the climate is getting more extreme, sea level rise is accelerating, and the poles are melting – come in one of these groups :
- criminals
- neurotics
- incompetent scientists
- communists
- fascists
- totalitarians
- appeasers
- blind followers
- propagandized schoolchildren
Did you intentionally leave out con artists?
Those are under Criminals.
I thought the flim-flam man, Mr. Albert Gore, deserved a special category.
If artists don’t fall in one of these categories, yours is just bias. Wonder why some people have it with artists without having a clue.
If artists don’t fall in one of these categories, yours is just bias. Wonder why some people have it with artists without having a clue.
Surely you jest and know that a con artist is someone who tricks or cheats others by persuading them to believe something that is not true.
If you want to understand Mr. Gore, read Guy Owens’ “Ballad of the Flim-Flam Man”
I’m curious to see how this year will end, I mean, in terms of cooling.
2012 ended with a slight cooling, in part as a reaction to the “failed” El Nino, which however brought a bounce into negative anomalies when it finished.
The lowest point of 2013 coincides with the period of lowest solar radiations of last year, around September, when the 2nd peak of the present solar cycle started to manifest and the temperatures started to rise a little.
Some are probably “all of the above”
All of the above.
Government and cartel scientists don’t want to be questioned. Consider us unqualified to question them.
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/harry-collins-inquiring-minds-science-studies-saves-scientific-expertise
School children.
Not all of them fall for it but it’s still a crowd.
Sadly those are the blind followers.
I think your classification is in error.
At this age, they don’t follow. They mimic, which is natural though potentially dangerous. They may turn into Blind Followers if their brains stop developing as they age and their mimicry becomes a full-fledged coping mechanism.
Those that develop healthy, functioning brains abandon mimicry for rational behavior.
Those whose brains age but develop dysfunctions become fully recognizable members of the above categories.
I’ve only now noticed that Steve added the “Propagandized Schoolchildren” category. Read my remarks in that context.
My grandchildren have been educated at home about the lack of truth about AGW and the real agenda behind it. They are told to be polite to their teachers, but to not take everything they say as truth. We are also providing them with the real history of the United States using readily available resources. We are not alone in these endeavors. There are an incredible amount of resources available for education these days. If you love your children and grand children, help them by taking a hand in their education no matter what it costs in time and money.
I no longer say don’t blame the teachers at public schools. Too many are ready to spread the socialist agenda in all its aspects, and some are actually excited to be doing it. I know some who don’t fall in this category, but they are looking for alternatives to teaching at public schools. One I know well has started her own small school.
Yes, there are 2 sub-categories: Underground and Dhimmi. The collective hunts the Undergrounds to expel them or to extract jizyah and turn them into properly marked Dhimmis.
Interestingly the NY Times never lets my posts that include links to the RSS data through the censors. Can’t let the real temperature record intrude on the discussion.
Many are Scammers in training, since they most obviously have a way to go to reach the level of “Expert Scammer” 😉
The expert scammers have stashed their loot by now and gently, gently edged toward the door.
Always leave a little bit of profit for the next guy. Always have a Patsy.
Al Gore has already left the room. He has cashed in his Green Energy stock.
…all of those who are predisposed to accept dogma unquestioningly, for various reasons.
Ahh, yes, the 10th category – Zombies!
Most frightening is propagandized schoolchildren. Any plans to deal with them?
You can do what I do. Talk to them individually.
Propagandizing schoolchildren can really backfire when they realize the government has intentionally LIED to them. This makes them start questioning everything they were fed which is a very good thing.
As long as there is more than one set of data out on the internet they will find it if they are curious enough. Look at the numbers. WUWT, Jo Nova, Climate Audit, Judith Curry, Tallbloke…. all get a lot of traffic while the warmist sites are not just in the toilet but in the Mariana Trench.
Yes, you should make plans. In all past instances, the authorities organized such children and issued them little uniforms. Expect the same to happen. They’ll still be dangerous but at least you’ll recognize them from afar by their shirts, flags and drums as they sing and march down the street. After dark, you’ll see their torches from the distance. Plan to quickly exit through side streets. They prefer large squares and main boulevards, and they follow schedules much of the time. Study them and plan your moves around town wisely.
When they come to your house or apartment block, pretend you are not home. If it works, they will trash your property but it may satisfy them and they may go away. If they don’t leave, it is probably your fault anyway because you didn’t display required flags and posters on your windows.
The greatest danger comes from your own children and those living near you. They’ll be watching you at all times and will denounce you but there is little you can do about it. Try not to stand out, be careful what you say, follow their rituals and recycle conspicuously, salute their marching columns, and you have a chance they’ll target some fool who didn’t.