Oh we believe in science, just not junk science. YEEEEEAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

He was saying the same thing last night on Maddow’s show. Made a complete fool of himself to anyone but the people to whom he panders.

I think Dean is just stating what everyone accepts as fact. Now, while it’s true the R’s do not believe in science I will give them credit for believing in science fiction. It’s also accepted among the scientific community that conservatives lack both the humor and the irony gene; this should not be held against them.

PS – Palin continues to fall in polls

Why such a negative tone against environmentalists in this post, Frances?

“it’s clear that the environmental lobby has given up on trying to understand the other side.”

Uh, because “the other side” says “OMG, a snow storm! There is no global warming! LOL!” and thinks that’s rational political discourse.

I love Howard Dean. I wish he had made it as president. It was one of Obama’s biggest mistakes to not make him Sec of HHS. Of course if he were to be president you conservatives would have really waked out. He is much more liberal than Obama.

Republicans are to busy believing the bible to believe in science. So sad!!

But look on the other side, it’s been all ‘OMG OMG GLOBAL WARMING POLAR BEARS DIEING! WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE! GIVE AL GORE MONEY SO HE CAN SAVE US!”

And then, attributing anything and everything to global warming. “Hey look, it was hot yesterday… it’s probably cause of global warming.”

And I believe in global warming. :D I just wanna tell these guys to calm down a bit ya know.

So totally understand all the skepticism toward, however, shouldn’t we be striving for a better environment, even if there is no global warming anyway? That’s what I don’t get, companies and people who don’t do anything to help the environment..

Dean’s comments remind me of his argument with Chris (wannabe) Matthews about how Scott Brown’s win in MA actually showed that the voters in MA were demanding more Obamacare, not less. This despite the fact, as Matthews vainly tried to point out, that Brown openly stated he was opposed to Obamacare and signed autographs with “41″ after his name, indicating he would break the Democratic super-majority.

If Dean keeps this up, I think leftists will demand that he run for President in 2012. They are all about
propagating the “Big Lie”, and no one does it better then Dean.

All those idiots who think that there’s a supreme being. It’s much more rational to think that everything just happened from a big bang. And if you ask me what banged and what caused it, you don’t believe in science.

I suggest Howard Dean do some reading on the scientific method. He will learn that science has nothing in common with doctoring the results, hiding the raw data, destroying the incriminating email trail, manipulating the peer review process, using tricks to “hide the decline,” taking grant money in exchange for adopting bogus advocacy positions, mixing in deliberate errors with facts to deceive the public, boosting a second-rate politician as the leader of your “scientific” movement, refusing to debate, and in general adapting everything you publish to fit a pre-determined ideology.

Science is about openness, transparency, testing results, embracing dialogue and debate, and in general avoiding the taint of political influence and corruption. In other words, the ones who hate science seem to be congregating on the Left these days.

Climate Change is called weather. Some years its hotter or cooler then other years.
Stop shoving this unproven global warming thing in our face. Yes its good not to litter and we should find new resources that are better for the environment… like wind and solar. But over time and we must evolve smart……
Stop the crazy talk from the liberals like “we will die tomorrow crap!” Stop trying to make us drink your koolaid. We react with reason and facts not emotion like Howard Dean.

Nice one felixw. The Left hates science. And the right hates tax cuts! Really. They do.

When it comes to science, Republicans are one big bag of crazy. I don’t care if the topic is stem cells, evolution or climate change.

Defeat the crazy and we will progress as a people.

When we were assaulted with a high number of hurricanes years ago Al Gore stated that was a result of global warming. The years following saw a drop off in numbers that were below annual averages. Therefore by using his rationale global warming was over, correct?

We have been lectured that the polar bears are a threatened species by the climate change yet their numbers have increased by the thousands over the past 20 years. Damned science-hating Republicans!

The thing that is amusing is that Republicans are the ones calling for MORE scientific study to be made, because there are contradictions in the scientific communities. The GW acolytes are the ones sticking fingers in their ears because they do not dare entertain that there could be opposing data on this subject – yet at the same time they declare Republicans as the one in defiance. What the stupid anti-science Republicans are asking is how can he declare the scientific debate to be over when the debate had never been allowed to take place. Science is about welcoming the evidence that contradicts in order to acheive a proper result.

Yes, but Gore pays for his carbon footprint, so he’s allowed to use a private jet and use as much electricity as New York City in his home. The left, if anything, is never hypocritical.

And is Howard actually that cross eyed, or does the camera just love him?

I’m traveling in the upper mid-west and you are not going to believe this…but its cold. So having been chilled to the bone I am convinced that global warming is a hoax…until I travel south tomorrow and then I’ll change my mind. That my friends is a very nice example of Republican science fiction. The store I went to was also out of eggs so can I assume that all the hens on Earth are dead?

Ted,

Dinosaur bones were planted by the Devil (or liberals).

Microsoft founder Bill Gates took on climate change during his TED speech Friday. He told those gathered at the conference that “What we’re going to have to do at a global scale is create a new system… So we need energy miracles.”

To cut CO2 emissions to zero and stop climate change — a problem that he said is bigger than creating new vaccines Gates urged researchers to find clean sources of energy.

So when Gore uses anecdotal evidence we should all nod solemnly at his “proof”, and when others do the same they are branded as moronic science haters. It is using Gore’s methods that you essentially ridicule. But he is the same scientician who tells us the center of the Earth is a few million degrees. We science haters have so much to learn from him.

FactCheck.org: Emails “have been misrepresented by global-warming skeptics,” “don’t change scientific consensus on global warming.” FactCheck.org has stated that while the emails “show a few scientists in a bad light, being rude or dismissive,” “there’s still plenty of evidence that the earth is getting warmer and that humans are largely responsible.” In addition, FactCheck noted that “many of the e-mails that are being held up as ‘smoking guns’ have been misrepresented by global-warming skeptics eager to find evidence of a conspiracy.”

AP: Emails “don’t support claims that the science of global warming was faked.”The Associated Press reported that after “stud[ying] all the e-mails for context, with five reporters reading and rereading them” and submitting “summaries of the e-mails that raised issues from the potential manipulation of data to intensely personal attacks … to seven experts in research ethics, climate science and science policy,” they concluded that “the exchanges don’t undercut the vast body of evidence showing the world is warming because of man-made greenhouse gas emissions.”

Nothing to see here, Republicans, especially nothing that will threaten your oil and coal campaign contributions as long you keep repeating over and over what they tell you say. Call Exxon, they’ll make it clear.

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Yes, yes – ignore all the mounting stories that have come out in recent weeks showing faked research, unattributable data, and routine manipulation of the agenda. Try to distract with contentions of fealty to oil companies because there are trillions of confiscated dollars in the balance. If all you defenders were truly leaning on the scientific side of things you would be interested in the conflicting stories and curiosity would lead to answers. Instead you offer distractions and name-calling to cling to a belief system.

Snow in Houston. Global warming. Record snowfalls in the East. Global warming. Katrina proves the warmer Gulf will be dealing out cat five storms. No significant storms for the next five years. The north pole is shrinking. The south pole ice is expanding. More moisture in the air from global warming results in more snow? Shouldn’t it be resulting in torrential rains in the summer, when it’s much warmer than in the winter? Science is supposed to answer questions that arise, not say that everything is settled so keep your mouth shut.