The other day, Rick Perry accused climate scientists of participating in a grand conspiracy to force an ‘unproven’ theory of global warming on the public simply to gain grant money.
Said the nicely-coiffed Governor, "I do believe that the issue of global warming has been politicized. I think there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling into their projects.”
Oh, no doubt that the issue of global warming has been politicized. This issue has been politicized by R/W politicians who are funded by the oil industry. An industry that stands to lose money if they were to be held accountable for their role in climate change.
As Thomas Friedmann pointed out tonight on Piers Morgan, Rick Perry’s comment is silly because the typical climate scientist must spend weeks typing out a proposal in order to win maybe $25,000 over 10 years from the federal government to study climate. Meanwhile, Big Oil has contributed over $11,000,000 to Rick Perry during his career in politics. You be the judge as to is manipulating what to keep the dollars rolling in.
It is of more than a passing note that Rick Perry’s Texas is burning. The state is bone dry, hot, and on fire. This is exactly the type of condition predicted by the global warming model.
I believe in the ole adage, “money talks and bullshit walks”. In Rick Perry’s case, it’s obviously Big Oil money doing the talking whenever he opens his mouth about climate change.
The true conspiracy about global warming emanates from the mouths of well-funded global warming deniers who are simply doing the bullshit walk of their corporate sponsors.
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