tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post3711249138057349869..comments2024-03-28T00:54:34.206-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: Hansen Strikes Back: More On John S. Theonbigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-70444361614915999462009-03-02T16:54:00.000-05:002009-03-02T16:54:00.000-05:00Marc Morano posts numerous fallacies in his commen...Marc Morano posts numerous fallacies in his comments. I will simply point out one. He comments:<BR/><BR/>"<I>Would you be so quick to slam Theon if he came out and praised Hansen?</I>"<BR/><BR/>Seriously... is this the best you can do? Trying to discredit somebody's clarifications of Dr. Theon by posing a hypothetical?<BR/><BR/>That is incredibly sophomoric. <BR/><BR/>Just one (of potentially many) reply to that ignorance is that if Dr. Theon "<I>came out and praised Hansen</I>" then the implies Dr. Theon would have a level of agreement with James Hansen, thereby eliminating your argument.<BR/><BR/>One thing I will say and this is after reading item after item after item of Sen. Inhofe's blather. The Senator and his staff rely on Straw Man, ad hominem, appeal to authority, and numerous other fallicies.<BR/><BR/>These attacks do not stand reasonable scrutiny and simply reflect an apparent loyalty to the petroleum money in his state. This last statement IS my opinion as I am not offering up direct evidence to support it... I am simply anticipating a relationship between Inhofe's prejudicial and libelous statements about climate change and the oil money of Oklahoma.<BR/><BR/>In my humble opinion, this Marc Morano is a stooge.SunManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16806106824514064991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-37012760569667656972009-02-05T17:26:00.000-05:002009-02-05T17:26:00.000-05:00Retired NASA Atmospheric Scientist Dr. John S. The...Retired NASA Atmospheric Scientist Dr. John S. Theon’s Response to James Hansen’s Reported Comments – February 5, 2009 <BR/><BR/>Via Email: <BR/><BR/>-----Original Message-----<BR/>From: Jtheon [mailto:jtheon@XXXXXX] <BR/>Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:01 PM<BR/>To: Morano, Marc (EPW)<BR/>Subject: Response to Jim Hansen's e-mail<BR/><BR/>Marc, <BR/><BR/>It is absurd that Hansen denies ever meeting me. We have met on numerous occasions. This just demonstrates that Hansen has a poor memory. <BR/><BR/>I worked with Hansen from about 1983 to 1994 during which time he was at GISS in NYC and I was at NASA HQ in Washington DC. I retired from NASA in 1995. I had completed 37 and 1/2 years of federal service (civilian Navy, USAF, and including 33 years with NASA.)<BR/><BR/>The money came through me. We were in the Earth Observations Program which later became the Mission to Planet Earth Program. I visited GISS at least once a year to review and evaluate the GISS work. When I visited NYC, to review the research that GISS was funded to do out of the program for which I was responsible, Hansen was most cordial. When I asked him to give a lecture in Japan, he complied. <BR/><BR/>It was what it was, and no amount of denial will change that. <BR/><BR/>I repeat what I wrote to you in January: “I was, in effect, Hansen's supervisor because I had to justify his funding, allocate his resources, and evaluate his results. I did not have the authority to give him his annual performance evaluation.” <BR/><BR/>Regarding some of the other attacks that have been aimed at me: I am truly appalled at the backbiting, vitriol that is sent by people who have nothing better to do than try to smear other people's reputations because they do not agree with their own thinking. To them, I recommend that they get a life.<BR/><BR/>John<BR/><BR/># <BR/><BR/>End Correspondence from Dr. Theon. <BR/><BR/># <BR/><BR/>(See: James Hansen’s Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a Skeptic: Says Hansen ‘Embarrassed NASA’ & ‘Was Never Muzzled’ – January 27, 2009 - http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=1a5e6e32-802a-23ad-40ed-ecd53cd3d320&Issue_id= ) <BR/><BR/>Marc Morano Note: <BR/><BR/>Retired NASA Atmospheric Scientist Dr. Roy Spencer weighed in on Hansen and Theon on January 29, 2009: <BR/><BR/>“And now my old boss when I was at NASA (as well as James Hansen’s old boss), John Theon, has stated very clearly that he doesn’t believe global warming is man-made…and adding ‘climate models are useless’ for good measure.” See: http://www.drroyspencer.com/2009/01/another-nasa-defection-to-the-skeptics-camp/ <BR/><BR/>Even websites devoted to smearing and attacking scientists skeptical of anthropogenic climate fears are finding the Theon attacks way over the line. At the Deltoid blog -- no friend of climate skeptics -- several readers are lamenting the disparaging remarks against Theon. Some of its readers are now screaming “Enough” in response to the attacks on Theon.<BR/><BR/>January 31 comment on Deltoid blog: “Theon did some serious work (about 30 papers, some edited books, plus lots of monographs), including a couple of Science papers in the 60’s, so he wasn’t puffing up his accomplishments like some, and an h-index of 6. He seems to be from the meteorology (clouds and tropical rainfall) rather than the climate side of things.” <BR/><BR/>February 1 comment on Detloid: “This attempt to smear Theon is terribly, terribly thin.” <BR/><BR/>Here is a google scholar search on Theon: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q="author:JS+author:Theon" <BR/><BR/>Again, these comments are coming from a website devoted to vilifying global warming skeptics. <BR/><BR/>The question for those who attack Theon have to ask is: Would you be so quick to slam Theon if he came out and praised Hansen? All of the voices seeking to discredit Theon’s career and reputation would have remained completely silent if Theon had instead praised Hansen and asserted that mankind faced a “climate crisis.” <BR/> <BR/>For more information on how scientists skeptical of man-made global warming fears are treated see: 1) A July 2007 Senate report details how skeptics have faced threats and intimidation - http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=04373015-802A-23AD-4BF9-C3F02278F4CF - 2) Climate Skeptics Reveal ‘Horror Stories’ of Scientific Suppression – March 6, 2008 - http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=865DBE39-802A-23AD-4949-EE9098538277 <BR/><BR/># # <BR/><BR/><BR/>Marc Morano<BR/>Communications Director<BR/>Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) Inhofe Staff<BR/>202-224-5762<BR/>202-224-5167 (fax)<BR/>marc_morano@epw.senate.gov<BR/>www.epw.senate.govMarc Moranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18024123000613852912noreply@blogger.com