The best way to think about the frenzy over climate is to consider it a modern version of the medieval Crusades.
May 2, 2021 11:47:32 #
"Turn the screws on...Break their wills"???
The YouTube is verbatim for those who would rather listen.
By WILLIAM HAPPER - March 11, 2021
This presentation by Dr. William Happer was delivered at the Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar in Phoenix, Arizona, that was held on February 19, 2021. The Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor Emeritus of Physics at Princeton University, Dr. Happer is the author of the foreword to the Revised and Expanded Third Edition of the Independent Institute book, Hot Talk, Cold Science: G****l W*****g's Unfinished Debate, by S. Fred Singer, David R. Legates and Anthony R. Lupo.
"The best way to think about the frenzy over climate is to consider it a modern version of the medieval Crusades. You may remember that the motto of the crusaders was “Deus vult!”, “God wills it!” It is hard to pick a better virtue-signaling slogan than that. Most climate enthusiasts have not gone so far, but some actually claim that they are doing God’s work. After decades of propaganda, many Americans, perhaps including some of you here today, think there really is a climate emergency. Those who think that way, in many cases, mean very well. But they have been misled. As a scientist who actually knows a lot about climate (and I set up many of our climate research centers when I was at the Department of Energy in the early 1990s) I can assure you that there is no climate emergency. There will not be a climate emergency. Crusades have always ended badly. They have brought discredit to the supposed righteous cause. They have brought hardship and death to multitudes. Policies to address this phony climate emergency will cause great damage to American citizens and to their environment.
Climate frenzy is really heating up recently. On February 4th Senator Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, and Congressman Earl Blumenauer introduced “legislation mandating the declaration of a national climate emergency. The National Climate Emergency Act directs the President of the United States to declare a national climate emergency and mobilize every resource at the country’s disposal to halt, reverse, mitigate and prepare for the consequences of this climate crisis.” (This is from Mr. Blumenauer’s website.) But this is utter nonsense. There is no climate crisis, and there will not be a climate crisis
It gets worse when you get to the state levels where there are fewer checks and balances. These are the remarks made last week by Charles Ismay, the Undersecretary for C*****e C****e in Massachusetts to the Vermont Climate Council:
'So let me say that again, 60% of our emissions that need to be reduced come from you, the person across the street, the senior on fixed income, right . . . there’s no bad guy left, at least in Massachusetts to point the finger at, to turn the screws on, and you know, to break their wills, so they stop emitting. That’s you. We have to break your will. Right, I can’t even say that publicly.'
A few days later Mr. Ismay resigned and had he not, his governor would have fired him. But, that’s the way crusades are. This is really not a question of science. This is a question of a secular religion for some. It is a question of money for others. It is a question of power for others. But wh**ever it is, it is not science.
Part of the medieval crusades was against the supposed threat to the holy sites in Jerusalem. But a lot of it was against local enemies. The medieval Inquisition really did a job on the poor Cathars, on the Waldensians of southern France, and on the Bogomils in the Balkans. Climate fanatics don’t know or care any more about the science of climate than those medieval Inquisitors knew or cared about the teachings of Christ..."
For the entire transcript:
https://www.independent.org/issues/article.asp?id=13458
For the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIMpjh_7-bw
The YouTube is verbatim for those who would rather listen.
By WILLIAM HAPPER - March 11, 2021
This presentation by Dr. William Happer was delivered at the Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar in Phoenix, Arizona, that was held on February 19, 2021. The Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor Emeritus of Physics at Princeton University, Dr. Happer is the author of the foreword to the Revised and Expanded Third Edition of the Independent Institute book, Hot Talk, Cold Science: G****l W*****g's Unfinished Debate, by S. Fred Singer, David R. Legates and Anthony R. Lupo.
"The best way to think about the frenzy over climate is to consider it a modern version of the medieval Crusades. You may remember that the motto of the crusaders was “Deus vult!”, “God wills it!” It is hard to pick a better virtue-signaling slogan than that. Most climate enthusiasts have not gone so far, but some actually claim that they are doing God’s work. After decades of propaganda, many Americans, perhaps including some of you here today, think there really is a climate emergency. Those who think that way, in many cases, mean very well. But they have been misled. As a scientist who actually knows a lot about climate (and I set up many of our climate research centers when I was at the Department of Energy in the early 1990s) I can assure you that there is no climate emergency. There will not be a climate emergency. Crusades have always ended badly. They have brought discredit to the supposed righteous cause. They have brought hardship and death to multitudes. Policies to address this phony climate emergency will cause great damage to American citizens and to their environment.
Climate frenzy is really heating up recently. On February 4th Senator Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, and Congressman Earl Blumenauer introduced “legislation mandating the declaration of a national climate emergency. The National Climate Emergency Act directs the President of the United States to declare a national climate emergency and mobilize every resource at the country’s disposal to halt, reverse, mitigate and prepare for the consequences of this climate crisis.” (This is from Mr. Blumenauer’s website.) But this is utter nonsense. There is no climate crisis, and there will not be a climate crisis
It gets worse when you get to the state levels where there are fewer checks and balances. These are the remarks made last week by Charles Ismay, the Undersecretary for C*****e C****e in Massachusetts to the Vermont Climate Council:
'So let me say that again, 60% of our emissions that need to be reduced come from you, the person across the street, the senior on fixed income, right . . . there’s no bad guy left, at least in Massachusetts to point the finger at, to turn the screws on, and you know, to break their wills, so they stop emitting. That’s you. We have to break your will. Right, I can’t even say that publicly.'
A few days later Mr. Ismay resigned and had he not, his governor would have fired him. But, that’s the way crusades are. This is really not a question of science. This is a question of a secular religion for some. It is a question of money for others. It is a question of power for others. But wh**ever it is, it is not science.
Part of the medieval crusades was against the supposed threat to the holy sites in Jerusalem. But a lot of it was against local enemies. The medieval Inquisition really did a job on the poor Cathars, on the Waldensians of southern France, and on the Bogomils in the Balkans. Climate fanatics don’t know or care any more about the science of climate than those medieval Inquisitors knew or cared about the teachings of Christ..."
For the entire transcript:
https://www.independent.org/issues/article.asp?id=13458
For the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIMpjh_7-bw
May 2, 2021 12:15:32 #
BigMike wrote:
"Turn the screws on...Break their wills"... (show quote)
Yes Bigmike, combine that with the fraud vax caper and the Lefty's have a winning combo to squash the peons.
May 2, 2021 16:19:28 #
skyrider wrote:
Yes Bigmike, combine that with the fraud vax caper and the Lefty's have a winning combo to squash the peons.
Reverse Robin Hood. Steal from the poor to give to the rich...and these thralls buy it hook, line and sinker.
I'm ashamed of my fellow Americans for their stupidity.
May 3, 2021 13:34:32 #
agatemaggot
Loc: waterloo iowa
BigMike wrote:
Reverse Robin Hood. Steal from the poor to give to the rich...and these thralls buy it hook, line and sinker.
I'm ashamed of my fellow Americans for their stupidity.
I'm ashamed of my fellow Americans for their stupidity.
I am with you !
Control the power of the Sun ?
Good luck with that one !
May 3, 2021 15:27:22 #
agatemaggot wrote:
I am with you !
Control the power of the Sun ?
Good luck with that one !
Control the power of the Sun ?
Good luck with that one !
Good luck indeed. Solar weather is part of my daily routine.
May 3, 2021 23:00:51 #
BigMike wrote:
Reverse Robin Hood. Steal from the poor to give to the rich...and these thralls buy it hook, line and sinker.
I'm ashamed of my fellow Americans for their stupidity.
I'm ashamed of my fellow Americans for their stupidity.
I too am appalled at how many useful i***ts there seems to be among the American populace. The unquestioning, zombie like acceptance of biased, cooked research, and the assault on our free speech and individual liberties is astounding.
May 9, 2021 22:37:47 #
Ricktloml wrote:
I too am appalled at how many useful i***ts there seems to be among the American populace. The unquestioning, zombie like acceptance of biased, cooked research, and the assault on our free speech and individual liberties is astounding.
They want to be cared for. They need their mothers or some such lunacy. They're afraid of everything!
Jun 23, 2021 23:41:10 #
BigMike wrote:
They want to be cared for. They need their mothers or some such lunacy. They're afraid of everything!
The real problem is lack of faith in Almighty God, who is in charge of ALL things. And will not let HIS creation fall apart.
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