Day By Day by Chris Muir February 3, 2009 – (Falling)Sky TV

Since former Vice President Al Gore took up the cause celeb of global warming, the entire science has been corrupted by political agendas. Now, there is a case of outright misleading the public.

NASA does fine work and there are fine people working for NASA. Some have even gone on record disparaging both Hansen and his publicity-seeking methods. In an article Science, Ignorance is not Bliss (Launch magazine, July/August 2008) former astronaut Walter Cunningham delivered a blistering denunciation of Hansen for fostering the “current hysteria” of climate alarmists by misusing NASA data. Cunningham states, “NASA should be at the forefront in the collection of scientific evidence and debunking the current hysteria over human-caused, or anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW).” Nor is Cunningham happy at what Hansen is doing for NASA’s reputation as a serious player in scientific research. He says of NASA, “Unfortunately, it is becoming just another agency caught up in the politics of global warming, or worse, politicized science. Advocacy is replacing objective evaluation data, while scientific data is being ignored in favor of emotions and politics.”

And, for good measure, Cunningham reminds us of yet another Hansen blunder. “After warning 2007 would be the hottest year on record,” says Cunningham, “what we experienced was the coolest since 2001.” Lamenting that the GW debate had deteriorated into a “religious war” between “true believers and non-believers” Cunningham astutely observes about those who follow Hansen’s logic, “it is impossible to reason a person out of positions they have not been reasoned into.”  Cunningham states Hansen is “a political activist who spreads fear even when NASA’s own data contradicts him.”  To drive home his point that Hansen is circumventing the real science, Cunningham highlights that, “warming in the upper atmosphere should occur before any surface warming effect, but NASA’s own data show that has not been happening.” Cunningham goes on to note how when Hansen’s boss, Michael Griffin, “a distinguished scientist in his own right, attempted to draw a distinction between Hansen’s personal and political views and the science conducted by his agency” he was “forced to back off”.

Exit Question: Why is a politically driven climate alarmist allowed to continue spewing his nonsense from a government paid postion?