Hypocrisy  by Roger King  

Table of Contents

•  Introduction

•  Scientists

•  People

•  Groups

Introduction

Scientists

James Hansen  (Al Gore's Right Hand Man in NASA)

1. The Soros Threat To Democracy   by Investor's Business Daily  September 24, 2007    How many people, for instance, know that James Hansen, a man billed as a lonely "NASA whistleblower" standing up to the mighty U.S. government, was really funded by Soros' Open Society Institute , which gave him "legal and media advice"?  That's right, Hansen was packaged for the media by Soros' flagship "philanthropy," by as much as $720,000, most likely under the OSI's "politicization of science" program. 
2. When Does 1,400 Media Interviews = Muzzled?   in Climate Change, News  March 20, 2007  Hansen claimed the Bush administration was attempting to silence his alarmist viewpoint. But upon questioning yesterday in Washington DC, it was revealed that the NASA employee had already completed over a thousand media interviews prior to the NPR request.   ...   Mr. Hansen received a $250,000 grant from the Heinz foundation, which is controlled by Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat. Mr. Hansen was a vocal supporter of Mr. Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign.

3. Complains of big oil paying skeptic scientists but In 2001, the Heinz Foundation "awarded" James Hansen with a payment of $250,000 for his work on global warming and Hansen was packaged for the media by Soros' flagship ‘philanthropy' by as much as $720,000  Link

4. Claim's the Bush Administration has censored him but an internet search showed Hansen had more than 1,400 interviews and appearances in over a year to claim that the Bush Administration had censored him. 

5. none of Hansen’s valid 1988 models predict what’s actually happened. He simply predicted too much warming, especially for the last ten years. Why should we believe what he forecasts for the rest of the 21st century?   Link

6. As far back as 1971 Hansen has no problem appearing in the media--except that back then he was warning of a "New Ice Age."   Link

7. In March 2007, NASA’s climate alarmist-in-chief James Hansen criticized “special interests” campaigning against climate regulation.  “By larding the campaign coffers of numerous politicians, the fossil fuel industry has succeeded in subverting the democratic principle…Until the public indicates sufficient interest, and puts pressure on political systems, special interests will continue to rule.”  Though Hansen poses as a humble civil servant, it recently came to light that his alarmist efforts have been bankrolled by leftist billionaire and MoveOn.org sugar-daddy George Soros. Doesn’t Soros qualify as a “special interest,” Dr. Hansen?    Link

8. He recently refused a paid invitation to speak and debate at the College about his positions on global warming. Braum Katz ('09) -- secretary for the College's Department of Student Rights, director of the newly-created William and Mary Society for Academic Freedom and Diversity and Informer writer -- invited Mr. Hansen via e-mail.   Link    He was to debate Dr. Patrick Michaels a climate skeptic.  Mr. Hansen's response was, simply, "not interested."

9. Hanson said that when 6 Greenpeace activists caused more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, i was justified because of the emergency situation of man made global warming.   Link

‘Medieval Environmentalists’ attack CO2 in their efforts to derail civilization by Dr. Tim Ball & Tom Harris   January 21, 2008  A series of attempts to obtain information from the University of East Anglia and from the joint enterprise of the Hadley Centre and the Climate Research Unit are well documented on the Blog site Other people involved in the reconstructions have also ignored requests to post their data and methods, even though much of it is paid for by taxpayers and is the required practice in all other areas of scientific research. For example, it appears NASA GISS doesn’t provide all the computer source code, formulae, or the correction used for the final temperature data. Scientists must be able to validate the work and claims of others for science to advance. It is even more important if your work is the basis for global climate and energy policies. 

People

Al Gore - Click Here

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Senate committee on environment and public works, paid a high of $675 a month and a low of $225 a month in 2005 to power her home in Greenbrae, Calif., according to the utility company Pacific Gas and Electric.   Link

Sheryl Crow

•  Says - "I have spent the better part of this tour trying to come up with easy ways for us all to become a part of the solution to global warming. Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating. I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting."  Link

•  Does - Sheryl Crow's music tour travels in three tractor trailers, four buses, and six cars, among other requests. Link

Laurie David    Link

•  Says - "I have a big house. But at least I use it to gather hundreds of people and get them talking about global warming." 

•  Does - Laurie David travels in private Gulfstream jets between her homes in L.A. and Martha's Vineyard.

Google’s Sky Pig  A photo-op of Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin plugging-in a hybrid car was part of the search engine giant’s June announcement promising carbon neutrality by 2008. But how this PR-fluff squares with the so-called “Google party jet” — Page and Brin’s gargantuan personal Boeing 767, which burns about 1,550 gallons/hour — is any one’s guess.   Link

Bob Napier, chief executive of the World Wildlife Fund, in the past 12 months has visited Spitsbergen, Borneo, Washington, Geneva, and Beijing on business trips and taken a holiday in the Falklands, generating more than 11 tons of carbon dioxide. A typical British household creates about six tons of CO2 a year.    Link

Nancy Pelosi   Pelosi wants to save the planet so she doesn’t want any drilling here, as she flies off on her 5 week vacation on the biggest jet ever allowed to a Speaker of the House!  Imagine how much fuel that gas guzzler burns.   She rides in her chauffeur driven, gas guzzling Suburban!  Her chauffeur drives her from the back of the Cannon Bldg across the street to the Senate Bldg!

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared in June 2005 that, “California will be a leader in the fight against global warming…the time for action is now.”  But just two years later, the Los Angeles Times reported that state efforts had been derailed by the governor’s mismanagement and deceit. Schwarzenegger even fired the state’s chief regulator for refusing to limit the number of greenhouse gas regulations. Columnist Debra Saunders noted that, “Schwarzenegger boasts that he is a world leader in the fight against global warming — but his advocacy shouldn't keep him from flying in private jets or driving a Hummer.”   Link   Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger now spends more than three hours commuting because he lives so far from the office.   But his ride is a private jet.   Link

Sierra Club Leaders  Then there’s the criticism of the rich environmentalist who flies in a private jet to Sierra Club fund-raisers. A midsize Gulfstream 200 uses from 1,200 to 1,500 gallons of fuel for a cross-country flight, so if it holds four people, giving them the chance to stretch out on the leather sofas, each person would use about 350 gallons of fuel. That’s 10 times the amount of fuel used per person by 130 passengers flying coast to coast on a Boeing 737-300.   Link

Barbra Streisand

•  A big backer of environmental causes, and even offers tips for low-carbon living on her personal website, she was busted by the British press for touring in a private jet with a massive entourage that required 13 trucks and vast amounts of laundry—in other words, for sponsoring a traveling CO₂ extravaganza.

•  Hugh waste of energy in her concerts and mansion but does gives from $600,000 to $1 million, to such advocacy organizations as the Center for Public Integrity, which documents corporate and political malfeasance, and Homies Unidos, a group in Los Angeles that tries to keep kids out of gangs.     Link

Sting,  Their claim to be eco-warriors has been met with cynicism in recent times.  Sting, for instance, notched up an incredible number of air miles with his band's world tour.   And it was revealed that his wife Trudie Styler travels between their seven homes in private jets or their fleet of cars, as well as importing farm produce hundreds of miles.   Link

Today Show Car Pools  “Too many of us in this country commute to work alone,” host Matt Lauer said. “And the planet is paying the price.   ...  NBC morning hosts carpool for one day to save the Earth, complaining the whole way that carpooling is lame and sarcastically comparing it to living in a tree.   Link
 

John Travolta   Link

•  Says - "It [global warming] is a very valid issue. I'm wondering if we need to think about other planets and dome cities. Everyone can do their bit. But I don't know if it's not too late already." 

•  Does - John Travola's Florida home has a personal Boeing 707 jet.

Graham Wynne, chief executive of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, made business trips to Indonesia, Washington and Scotland over the past year, clocking up more than five tons of CO2. He also takes occasional holidays to New Zealand.   Link

Groups

Celebs snub climate plea [ Al Gore Hypocrisy Alert!]  by Susie Boniface February 12, 2007    VIPs have snubbed a plea to go green - by refusing to share their luxury private jets.  Thousands of the rich and famous were invited to pool their planes in an effort to cut carbon emissions.   But so far just 78 out of 3,500 who either own or regularly use private planes have signed up.  Prince Charles, climate campaigner Al Gore, Simon Cowell, Madonna and Kate Moss are among those who won't be heeding the plea. 

American Psychological Association   Armed with new research into what makes some people environmentally conscious and others less so, the 148,000-member American Psychological Association is stepping up efforts to foster a broader sense of eco-sensitivity that the group believes will translate into more public action to protect the planet.   ...   By editing CNN and PBS news stories so that some saw a skeptic included in the report, others saw a story in which the skeptic was edited out and another group saw no video, Krosnick found that adding 45 seconds of a skeptic to one news story caused 11% of Americans to shift their opinions about the scientific consensus.   Link    So they are suggesting that we even bias the news even more....so much for free speech.

Aspen Ski Resort - In the mountain resort of Aspen, where mansions each pump out more than 600 pounds of carbon dioxide annually, and jets delivering the rich and famous to their second homes add another 300,000 tons, the mayor is trying to eliminate a natural-gas fueled flame in an open municipal hearth in downtown that is intended to provide ambience.  …  it emits an estimated nine pounds or so of carbon dioxide every year   Link

Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental-activist organization that has become the hottest cause in Hollywood  …  all stopping to talk to the men and women with microphones about the need to protect and defend the planet from corporate polluters and their allies.  …   The dirty little secret of Hollywood is that with few exceptions, stars don't pay. They show up, look pretty, and on occasion even demand a check themselves.   Link

Sierra Club - A handsome, full-size sport utility vehicle pictured above is a Chevy Suburban. It was sent by the anti-SUV environmental puritans of the Sierra Club to pick up fellow, eco-zealot Arianna Huffington, who gave rousing, Bush-bashing, closing remarks at the eco-summit.    Link

Bali Conference   Government officials and activists flying to Bali, Indonesia, for the United Nations meeting on climate change will cause as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a year.   The delegates each will produce an average 4.07 metric tons of carbon dioxide, or CO2, to reach the resort island 950 kilometers (600 miles) from Jakarta, according to estimates e- mailed to Bloomberg by the UN agency holding the conference.   Link