Can Michael Griffin from NASA be recalled?

[Captain_Nemo]

I want to start the ball rolling on getting Michael Griffin removed from NASA. He was nominated by Bush and approved by the Senate in 2005. Here is the link (a expert) to NPR that contains an interview with him. It was Michael Griffin who changed NASA's mission statement that deleted the words "to protect our planet."

It seems to me that if a NASA administrator admits global warming is caused by humans yet he doesn't think it is worth exploring how to stop global warming then he is incompetent at best.(Criminal at worst).


http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.spacewire.html?pid=22736

MR. INSKEEP: One thing that's been mentioned that NASA is perhaps not spending as much money as it could on is studying climate change, global warming from space. Are you concerned about global warming?

DR. GRIFFIN: I am aware that global warming - I am aware that global warming exists, I understand that the bulk of scientific evidence accumulated supports the claim that we've had about a one degree Centigrade rise in temperature over the last century to within an accuracy of about 20 percent.


I'm also aware of recent findings that appear to have nailed down - pretty well nailed down the conclusion that much of that is manmade. Whether that is a long-term concern or not, I can't say.

MR. INSKEEP: And I just wanted to make sure that I'm clear. Do you have any doubt that this is a problem that mankind has to wrestle with?

DR. GRIFFIN: I have no doubt that global - that a trend of global warming exists. I am not sure that it is fair to say that it is a problem we must wrestle with. To assume that it is a problem is to assume that the state of earth's climate today is the optimal climate, the best climate that we could have or ever have had, and that we need to take steps to make sure that it doesn't change.


First of all, I don't think it's within the power of human beings to assure that the climate does not change, as millions of years of history have shown. And second of all, I guess I would ask which human beings, where and when, are to be accorded the privilege of deciding that this particular climate that we have right here today, right now, is the best climate for all other human beings. I'm - I think that's a rather arrogant position for people to take.

[babylonsister]

1. Some scientists are calling for his resignation:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/01/griffin-npr-nasa/

[Captain_Nemo]

3. Thank you for this.

[Captain_Nemo]

4. Do you think a petition would help?

[babylonsister]

5. I imagine there are lots of petitions out there to stop global warming.

Here's one site:

http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/

As for a petition against Griffin, I'd wait to see what the scientists plan on doing, if anything.

[Captain_Nemo]

6. I called the scientists and left messages thanking them for speaking out.

I also said I thoiught we needed someone to get him removed from his position.
He really needs to go. What we need is some serious conicousness raising in this country about the seriousness of this problem. removing him is a good first step.

[MikeNearMcChord]

2. I had the unfortunate experience to listen

to Rust Limpballs today, he is calling Michael Griffin, the Copernicus of the Global Warming cause, stating that he is challenging the "church" of Global Warming and it's "high priest" Al Gore. :puke: