Category Archives: Global Warming

Is the Problem With Global Warming Framing?

Posted on June 2, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Our Benevolent Seed Overlords have published an article by ScienceBlogling Chris Mooney about the need to reframe the global warming debate. I wonder if that’s the real problem. I would argue the problem is that the solution to the problem hasn’t been clearly defined.
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Posted in Bloggity Blog, Environment, Global Warming | 5 Comments

Republican Rhetoric and the War on Science

Posted on May 9, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Tristero makes an excellent point about Republican rhetoric, and I think it partially explains why so many scientists are opposed to the Bush Administration.
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Posted in Conservatives, Creationism, Global Warming, Microbiology, Propaganda, The War on Science, Vaccination | 3 Comments

Senator Obama on Detroit

Posted on May 8, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Senator Obama earned a lot of points in my book today because he took the leadership of the U.S. auto companies to task for being such retrograde, anti-progress morons.
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Posted in Bidness, Democrats, Economics, Global Warming | 7 Comments

Willful Ignorance: the Global Warming Edition

Posted on March 28, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Blogger Mike Stark recently debated Myron Ebell about global warming. Apparently, Mike Stark did more than just hold his own, which is pretty impressive considering the debate was hosted by the ultraconservative Federalist Society. Stark had this interesting point about credibility, which is similar to a point I made about creationist credibility.
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Posted in Conservatives, Creationism, Global Warming, Propaganda | 4 Comments

A “Literature Guy’s” Response to the Anti-Cullen Fervor

Posted on January 22, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

A few days ago, I posted about the conservative dogpile over at the Weather Channel because one of their bloggers had some very scathing comments about global warming denialists. I found this post by a self-described “literature guy” which makes two very good points.
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Posted in Fucking Morons, Global Warming, Propaganda | 8 Comments

Sorry Shakes…

Posted on January 20, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

…but I saw Al Gore speak last night, and he’s not going to run for president. He did, however, have a lot of interesting things to say.
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Posted in Education, Global Warming, Internet, The War on Science | 10 Comments

Freeping the Weather Channel

Posted on January 19, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

A few weeks ago, climatologist and Weather Channel blogger Heidi Cullen suggested that…
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Posted in Conservatives, Environment, Fucking Morons, Global Warming, Propaganda | 11 Comments

Global Warming? The Trees Say Yes.

Posted on December 29, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

A recent report by the National Arbor Day Foundation vividly describes the dramatic increase in average annual winter temperature throughout the U.S.
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Posted in Global Warming, The War on Science | 7 Comments

So Why Aren’t Farming Lobbies Trying to Stop Global Warming?

Posted on December 5, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

I don’t have an answer, but the picture asks the question quite nicely:
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Posted in Agriculture, Environment, Global Warming, We're Really Fucked | 11 Comments

The Republican War on Science 2.0

Posted on September 6, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

I just received fellow Scienceblogger Chris Mooney‘s The Republican War on Science. I’ve already read the first edition. The new edition has a new forward, updates at the end of many chapters, and a revamped conclusion. Hopefully, this weekend, I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggity Blog, Creationism, Evolution, Experts, Fucking Morons, Global Warming | 2 Comments