Let me draw you a diagram ...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

[LiberalEsto]

1. Great diagram! nt

[AmBlue]

2. Ooohh... good one.

Is there a link for this with a share button? This one deserves to be on FB asap.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. hang on ...

I got it off FB ... lol ... maybe just copy and paste this one and let FB do it's magic from there

[AmBlue]

10. LOL... thanks! n/t

[leftstreet]

4. DURec

[HereSince1628]

5. The number of people being bought off is WAY too small.

The number of state and federal legislators in the US would be at parity if not exceeding the number of international scientists actually doing research on climate change.

[zeemike]

7. Well maybe not.

Because you don't have to buy them all...just enough to give you the vote...and many of them are already in the back pocket of the industry because they owe their election to them in the first place.

[zeemike]

6. Well call me a thief if you want.

But I am stealing that.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. your jib, I like the cut of it ...

[Laelth]

9. k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t

-Laelth

[Blue_Tires]

11. This is why I can't ever forgive the sellout of Michael Crichton...

He banked his credibility and did SO much shameless whoring to get the "hoax" meme going full-throttle that we're still dealing with it today...

It was especially hurtful during the first Bush term when there was so much proud, willful ignorance and bible-thumping anti-science sentiment coming out of the closet...To see a man of science and renown author publicly pimping denier conspiracy theories was a dream come true for them...

I don't know if Crichton was having financial problems at the time, or just wanted one more big payday for his family while he was still living...All I'll say is I hope whatever price tag he put on his soul was worth it...

[Enthusiast]

20. I always wondered about Crichton.

It made no sense.

[Edim]

21. Crichton is one of the few

who did not sell out.

[Blue_Tires]

22. He certainly did on the climate change issue

and sadly that is what a lot of people will remember him for...

[Edim]

23. People will remember him for not selling out

on the climate change issue.

[Blue_Tires]

24. How do you figure? Please explain...

Was there some posthumous repentance that I may have missed?

[Edim]

25. He didn't jump

on the AGW bandwagon.

[Blue_Tires]

27. Maybe you ought to do a little research for yourself and get back to us...

[Eleanors38]

29. I think he is saying Crichton never went with the global warming theisis...

to begin with, so he had nothing to "sell," nor to change from.

[Blue_Tires]

30. When a supposed man of science refuses to face facts, it's a sellout

When a supposed man of science cashes six-figure checks from industry lobbyists for opinions and speeches that fly in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, it's a sellout

When a supposed man of science politicizes a scientific issue while at the same time brazenly accusing the other side of doing the same thing (extra credit for regularly comparing climate scientists to Nazi eugenicists), it's a sellout

It doesn't matter if Crichton honestly thought climate change was unproven/fake/fraudulent in, say 1980 or even 1990...But by 2000 his views were just a notch below flat-Earthism...Of course I contend he never *really* believed in the Big Oil interpretation of "science", he just continued to go along with it because it was very lucrative to do so -- Which makes him a, you know, something-something or other....

[malaise]

12. Excellent

Rec

[Pretzel_Warrior]

13. No! Them climate scientists do this for filthy lucre!

They know there's good mone publishing reports in support of human caused global warming. That is their motive. Money.

The oil giants just want to make sure all sides are heard!

[Enthusiast]

19. Yes! Al Gore has made brazillions!

[Wounded Bear]

14. Occam's razor? That tired old canard....

[ck4829]

15. This is one of my 'favorites'

The massive secret cabal of environmentalists with armies and unlimited funds suppressing poor mom-and-pop ExxonMobil and it's cohorts.

[MisterP]

16. 98% of the global scientific community, dammit!

and, yes, they think that Red-Greens control
* the banks
* the media
* the churches
* the politicians
* the schools
* the scientists

they're just Birchers

[liberalla]

17. Excellent!

K&R

[Enthusiast]

18. Thank you. Very well done.

And exactly the way I have always understood the climate change deniers.

Care if I send it to my pal?

[KittyWampus]

26. Great graphic. Sad that it's true and that many wingers won't admit it.

[Kali]

28. heh, good one

[Quantess]

31. K & R