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Sunday, June 03, 2007


NASA director Michael Griffin doesn't think that global warming is a big deal. Should anyone, besides The New York Times be surprised by this?
In an interview with National Public Radio, Mr. Griffin acknowledged that global warming is happening but then, remarkably, suggested that it might not be a problem — or at least one that had to be fixed. “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,” he said, adding that he wasn’t sure there was any “need to take steps to make sure that it doesn’t change.”
Holy crap, how dare anyone, must less the head NASA administrator, question the hysteria surrounding Al Gore's Oscar. If only Al would watch this. Just because I think Al Gore if full of shit doesn't mean I'm questioning global warming. I just think those behind the hysteria are supporting their own, unenlightened self-interest. But for pure overreaction, keep reading:
But the scary thing was the lens his comment provided into his innermost thoughts. The Bush administration has been justly criticized for cutting the agency’s earth sciences budget and downgrading NASA’s once-prominent goal “to understand and protect our home planet.”
What? Did I miss a memo or something? "Protect the planet?" From what? Alien replicons from beyond the moon? Geesh.



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