A Letter From the Left
Today I received an email from a blogger (whose identity I'll conceal, because I'm such a nice guy) and self-described "environmentalist," which said (among other things), "you are now a spokesperson for the factions within this dark political process that place profit over human life, and propaganda over truth."
Now, what did I do to earn this concerned citizen's ire? Well, the BUCC decided to host Dr. Richard Lindzen on campus. Dr. Lindzen is one of the leading scientists in America on this issue. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences panel on climate change, has served as a lead author on one of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Reports, has worked as a consultant to NASA, and is currently a professor at MIT.
Unfortunately, Dr. Lindzen, isn't on board with Al Gore's views on climate change, and consequently has been slandered as a shill and a crook. One might ask these people exactly who is doing the propagandizing.
The following is the entire email I received:
To whom it may concern:I read yesterday that Dr. Richard Lindzen was appearing at your university on September 5 in regards to global warming. Now, I have nothing against him appearing at your university to discuss global warming, and even to dispute it. That is his right. However, I take offense to the fact that this appearance seems to be a deliberate political attempt to specifically target and discredit a good man in former Vice President of the United States Al Gore, whose movie An Inconvenient Truth is now the third highest grossing documentary ever, and whose companion book of the same name hit number one on the NY Times bestseller list.
Mr. Lindzen already wasted no time in trashing Mr. Gore in the Wall Street Journal in an attempt to stifle support of his movie, in my view because he is a paid operative for the oil industry. And now your club/university is once again giving him the chance to shill for EXXON and all other oil companies that are willfully killing this planet for profit. Is that really the impression you wish to give to young people in whose hands this Earth will be placed?
It is one thing to have a sincere conviction about an issue one way or the other and express that conviction with the intent of addressing it to the entire scientific community. However, if your club/university thinks for one moment that the purpose behind booking him simply to attack Al Gore specifically for political and economic reasons for his benefactors is not obvious based on the title of his address, you are mistaken.
I personally find it to be beneath any academic standards for any university to condone such a blatant tactic, especially against a man who has done nothing but relay a message that has been corroborated by scientists from the NSA, the IPCC, NASA, and hundreds of scientists from across the world: That climate change is also human induced and that we must join together to reduce our impact upon this world, which is clearly seen if you are an impartial witness to what is occurring on our planet right now. So exactly what is it that Al Gore speaking in tandem with hundreds of climate scientists and organizations from the NSA, IPCC, NASA, and the IPCC specifically not telling us that Mr. Lindzen, a paid shill for oil companies is going to tell us?
I am sure he will not tell anyone this:
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archi...-hol-testimony/
http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/personfactsheet.php?id=17
http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=36
http://abyss.davidmlawrence.com
It surely to me is a shame that this issue is so polarized because of Conservatives who even when evidence is brought before them regarding the responsibility we all have to this planet’s future and what we are doing in contributing to this crisis, still feel the need to politicize this crisis and attack people rather than work together to solve it because it is what is buying policy in Washington DC over what is morally and ethically the right course for our planet. Even Evangelical ministers are standing with the science in this movie and in general and breaking away from the political chokehold this issue has had on progress, and working to bring the truth about our moral responsibility to this planet forward.
Therefore, I felt as an environmentalist, as someone who does not believe this issue should be politicized, and as someone who has actually seen the movie, read the book, and can attest to the accuracy of the information in it as many other scientists already have including those whose opinions are located in 928 peer reviewed articles printed in Science magazine, that your club should know that you are now a spokesperson for the factions within this dark political process that place profit over human life, and propaganda over truth. I sincerely hope you understand the gravity and responsibility of this action.
Bayonne, NJ
Now, what did I do to earn this concerned citizen's ire? Well, the BUCC decided to host Dr. Richard Lindzen on campus. Dr. Lindzen is one of the leading scientists in America on this issue. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences panel on climate change, has served as a lead author on one of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Reports, has worked as a consultant to NASA, and is currently a professor at MIT.
Unfortunately, Dr. Lindzen, isn't on board with Al Gore's views on climate change, and consequently has been slandered as a shill and a crook. One might ask these people exactly who is doing the propagandizing.
The following is the entire email I received:
To whom it may concern:I read yesterday that Dr. Richard Lindzen was appearing at your university on September 5 in regards to global warming. Now, I have nothing against him appearing at your university to discuss global warming, and even to dispute it. That is his right. However, I take offense to the fact that this appearance seems to be a deliberate political attempt to specifically target and discredit a good man in former Vice President of the United States Al Gore, whose movie An Inconvenient Truth is now the third highest grossing documentary ever, and whose companion book of the same name hit number one on the NY Times bestseller list.
Mr. Lindzen already wasted no time in trashing Mr. Gore in the Wall Street Journal in an attempt to stifle support of his movie, in my view because he is a paid operative for the oil industry. And now your club/university is once again giving him the chance to shill for EXXON and all other oil companies that are willfully killing this planet for profit. Is that really the impression you wish to give to young people in whose hands this Earth will be placed?
It is one thing to have a sincere conviction about an issue one way or the other and express that conviction with the intent of addressing it to the entire scientific community. However, if your club/university thinks for one moment that the purpose behind booking him simply to attack Al Gore specifically for political and economic reasons for his benefactors is not obvious based on the title of his address, you are mistaken.
I personally find it to be beneath any academic standards for any university to condone such a blatant tactic, especially against a man who has done nothing but relay a message that has been corroborated by scientists from the NSA, the IPCC, NASA, and hundreds of scientists from across the world: That climate change is also human induced and that we must join together to reduce our impact upon this world, which is clearly seen if you are an impartial witness to what is occurring on our planet right now. So exactly what is it that Al Gore speaking in tandem with hundreds of climate scientists and organizations from the NSA, IPCC, NASA, and the IPCC specifically not telling us that Mr. Lindzen, a paid shill for oil companies is going to tell us?
I am sure he will not tell anyone this:
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archi...-hol-testimony/
http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/personfactsheet.php?id=17
http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=36
http://abyss.davidmlawrence.com
It surely to me is a shame that this issue is so polarized because of Conservatives who even when evidence is brought before them regarding the responsibility we all have to this planet’s future and what we are doing in contributing to this crisis, still feel the need to politicize this crisis and attack people rather than work together to solve it because it is what is buying policy in Washington DC over what is morally and ethically the right course for our planet. Even Evangelical ministers are standing with the science in this movie and in general and breaking away from the political chokehold this issue has had on progress, and working to bring the truth about our moral responsibility to this planet forward.
Therefore, I felt as an environmentalist, as someone who does not believe this issue should be politicized, and as someone who has actually seen the movie, read the book, and can attest to the accuracy of the information in it as many other scientists already have including those whose opinions are located in 928 peer reviewed articles printed in Science magazine, that your club should know that you are now a spokesperson for the factions within this dark political process that place profit over human life, and propaganda over truth. I sincerely hope you understand the gravity and responsibility of this action.
Bayonne, NJ
posted by BUCC at 2:43 AM
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