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| James E. Hansen Rails Against Democracy And America, Praises Chinese Dictatorship |
| 2011-01-18 |
| The nation's most prominent publicly funded climatologist is officially angry about democracy interfering with the anti-man made global warming agenda, and is citing the Chinese government as the "best hope" to save the world from global warming. He also wants an economic boycott of the U.S. sufficient to bend us to China's will. Goddard Institute of Space Studies, NASA laboratory head James E. Hansen's anti-democracy rants were published while he was on a November junket in China, but they didn't get much attention until recently. According to Mr. Hansen, compared to China, we are "the barbarians" with a "fossil-money-'democracy' that now rules the roost," making it impossible to legislate effectively on climate change. Unlike us, the Chinese are enlightened, unfettered by democracy. Here's what he blogged on Nov. 24: "I have the impression that Chinese leadership takes a long view, perhaps because of the long history of their culture, in contrast to the West with its short election cycles. At the same time, China has the capacity to implement policy decisions rapidly. The leaders seem to seek the best technical information and do not brand as a hoax that which is inconvenient." Mr. Hansen has another idea to circumvent our democracy. Because Congress is not likely to pass any legislation making carbon-based energy prohibitively expensive, he proposed, in the South China Morning Post, that China lead a boycott of our economy: "After agreement with other nations, e.g., the European Union, China and these nations could impose rising internal carbon fees. Existing rules of the World Trade Organization would allow collection of a rising border duty on products from all nations that do not have an equivalent internal carbon fee or tax. The WTO, in fact, has not "ruled" that it can impose environmental tariffs of any kind, much less those of such magnitude that they would destroy the world's largest economy. Even Obama should consider firing this embarrassment, as his arrogance has been much to blame for the collapse of the anti-global warming agenda. As long as he remains at GISS, Al Gore can pound sand. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #9 he's in a contest with Tom Friedman to see who can suck more Chinese ass |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-01-18 18:46 |
| #8 Sounds like he just LOVES the socialist system. Just as long as he doesn't have to live under it. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-01-18 18:37 |
| #7 And he can take Krugman with him, newc. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-01-18 18:28 |
| #6 Why does he not just MOVE TO CHINA? |
| Posted by: newc 2011-01-18 17:22 |
| #5 ...it appears that he has just violated his oath as a federal employee. Federal Employee Oath: I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-01-18 16:10 |
| #4 Hansen is a spoiled brat lefty politician masquerading as a scientist. Fire his ass and put him on a one-way trip to China. |
| Posted by: No I am The Other Beldar 2011-01-18 14:30 |
| #3 And the same Chinese who are polluting their soil and water so badly it is killing millions of peasants? And the same Chinese that are thumbing their noses at any CO2 efforts made within their borders? And the same Chinese who allow such shoddy and hazardous manufacturing they are poisoning and killing their customers? And the same Chinese who are opening more coal mines to produce more power? And the same Chinese that are buying large amounts of natural gas from Australia? Seriously, Mr. Hansen, stop the bullshit. You are either for the US being taken over completely by the Chinese and turned into a dictatorship, or you are a complete moron who's stupidity is a danger to yourself and others. Either way, you are in dire need of execution for treason. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-01-18 13:50 |
| #2 That's a gross exaggeration. I heard it was one every two weeks. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-01-18 13:36 |
| #1 Are these the same Chinese who are building coal-fired power plants at the rate of (if memory serves) one a week? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-01-18 13:25 |