Rewriting Environmental Science

Aqua OS X writes to tell us CBS News is reporting that government scientist James Hansen recently spoke out against the White House in an appearance on 60 Minutes. From the article: "Hansen is arguably the world's leading researcher on global warming. He's the head of NASA's top institute studying the climate. But this imminent scientist tells correspondent Scott Pelley that the Bush administration is restricting who he can talk to and editing what he can say. Politicians, he says, are rewriting the science."

imminent scientist?

[MichaelSmith]

But this imminent scientist tells correspondent Scott Pelley that the Bush administration is restricting who he can talk to and editing what he can say. Politicians, he says, are rewriting the science.

Is that better than eminent?

Re:imminent scientist?

[sxtxixtxcxh]

i can't say if it's any better, BUT it IS a lot sooner

T Minus 5 minutes

[Rooked_One]

until this story doesn't exist

Re:Parallels with Easter Island

[hazem]

We have our rats too.

Do you think the Polynesians elected theirs too?

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

[BadAnalogyGuy]

Son, we live in a world that has myths, and those myths have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, PrinceAshitaka? The President has a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for the Big Bang Theory, and you curse the Baptists. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That the Theory's subversion, while tragic, probably saved souls. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves souls. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want us on that wall, you need us on that wall. We use words like God, Intelligent, Design. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very mythology that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a Bible, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.

Re:T Minus 5 minutes

[strider44]

Oh no it will remain, just be edited somewhat. Observe:

Editing Environmental Science
Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday March 21, @02:36AM
from the nothing-to-worry-about dept.
Aqua OS X writes to tell us CBS News is reporting that government scientist James Hansen recently spoke out against the White House in an appearance on 60 Minutes. From the article: "Hansen is a disgraced researcher on global warming. He was the head of NASA's top institute studying the climate before resigning under controvercial circumstances. But this scientist tells correspondent Scott Pelley that the Bush administration may have been restricting who he may talk to and editing what he might have wanted to say. Politicians, he says, could be editing minor insignificant sections of science."

There - that's better.

Re:Parallels with Easter Island

[aichpvee]

Of course not, they used diebold to rig their elections just like we do!

Re:Indian Wisdom: "The Earth Does Not Belong to Ma

[ozmanjusri]

There are plenty of ways to limit population growth, they're just all uncomfortable for the modern man to swallow.

If you want to cut birthrates, it's not the men who are going to have to swallow.

Bush administration censors scientific results

[Anonymous Coward]

http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/news/img/jun 05/carlson_060905_big.jpg [jsonline.com] - only a slight exaggeration, this really happened

Re:imminent scientist? typo

[commodoresloat]

He actually meant immanent scientist. This guy is everywhere!

Re:Parallels with Easter Island

[Anonymous Coward]

As long as it keeps fiscally responsible, small government republicans in office, I don't care how many votes we have to step on.

Re:Parallels with Easter Island

[ErikZ]

Hunter-gatherers work about 2-4 hours a day to meet thier needs. Why would someone give that up to work 8-12 hours a day for some payoff in another season?

Because you can't make beer out of a dead woodchuck.

On a more serious note, because farming is more dependable, and causes less wear and tear on people, than hunting and gathering.

You said it yourself, farmers have more children. Do you really think they reproduce more, or that their children have a better survival rate?

Oh my $DEITY...

[Jesus_666]

Of course! If he's everywhere that means he's omnipresent. Who else do we know who's omnipresent? Someone who goes under the stage name of "YHWH" and who we have no pictures of.

So obviously James Hansen is God! He uses His omniscience to warn us of the impeding catastrophe! You might ask why He doesn't simply make the US government let him talk. The answer is that the current US government is His doing! He got pissed because His puppy got run over by an SUV and now He wants to punish us by telling us what's going to happen while making sure that the US government will never, ever react!
Whoa.

Re:imminent scientist?

[version5]

Yes. I too hate those godless liberal terrorist lovers who undermine our way of life with their politically correct poor spelling! Obviously they are trying to avoid hurting the feelings of immigrants who refuse to learn English when they come to this country. They think there's no "right" way of spelling, its all just relative. And relativism, as we all know, is really a kind of terrorism.

Re:imminent scientist?

[whitehatlurker]

this malapropism was cribbed from the CBS article. Seems like no one gives a shit these days.
Well send them a letter, then. You have to confront these people in the language they use.

Deer See B.S.;

Eye half red yore web sight on globe all warming and wood like too way inn on the topic. If you're imminent scientist is write, the precedent must be immanently in-preached.

Than queue.

(The preceding article passed a spell chequer test.)

Re:How to quote a misspelling

[rubycodez]

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