Ms. Begley has this backwards.  She is on the side of the moon landing deniers who promote every kook story from the internet.   

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” – Marcus Aurelius

When these jackasses can explain why other planets in our solar system are also warming up, then maybe I'll explore these charges that we're in denial.

“well-coordinated, well-funded campaign by contrarian scientists,
free-market think tanks and industry [that] has created a paralyzing
fog of doubt around climate change.”

I would challenge Sharon Begley to point me to just one scientist, think tank, or industry that doubts climate change. I mean, I don't doubt climate change. The earth's climate is always changing. It's done this for millions of years and will continue to do so for millions more. Now, how much human activity can affect those changes is a whole other debate.

You know how this is eventually going to turn out don't you? If it turns out that most of the global warming is due to natural causes the libs are going to duck under the cover that they were right about warming and downplay the fact that they attributed it to man. Likewise they will claim those on the opposite side with saying that warming was not happening at all instead of the reality that the question really was about the science of of why it was happening.

Can she define what % of global warming is man-made and which percentage is natural? If it's so dang provable, then she should be able to do this with no problem.

The moon landing is a historic event, filled with fascinating photos, moon rocks brought back and eyewitness accounts from the surface of the moon.

Global warming is a theory about possible future scenarios. It's so intangible and speculative that to compare the two is just laughable.

But if you think global warming is so likely to occur, why not put your money where your mouth is? Buy some property a few miles inland from the shoreline. In roughly 100 years, with the coastline receding, you'll have some highly desirable beachfront property that you can pass down to your family and they can make some serious coin.

Y'know, if your theory is so sound. Just make sure to keep supporting Republican leadership so that the coast disappears unfettered.

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"I heart famous people."

When you cover the history of the space program...

Note the word, "history". The space program and WWII are part of history. They happened in the past. There are people alive today who can give first hand accounts of events related to them. The global warming hysteria is about what might happen in some future time point if the earth's climate reacts exactly like the computer models say it will and if humans fail to adapt to prevent the catastrophies imagined.
"Denying" one is denying history. "Denying" the other is denying man's infallibility in predicting the future. They are nothing alike.

Off topic but dosn't it look like Sharon needs a little sun? I mean she has been in the dark waaaaaay too long.

The only thing you should feel when shooting insurgents is the rifle recoil.

Global Warming Skepticism Like Denying the Existence of Zeus and Poseidon.

Newsweek and Begley are hypocritical skeptics - on issues dear to their cause.

Begley said, "It depends ...When you cover the history of the space program, you don't quote the percentage of Americans who think the moon landings took place on a stage in Arizona."

A analogous look at how hypocritical Begley's (a Newsweek "senior editor") principle is, can be understood by swapping Newsweek's view of global warming with the world's HIV/Aids crisis. Any debate that it's a crisis? We're talking the "moon" here!

 In May 15, 2006 special issue of Newsweek titled Aids at 25, 40 pages were devoted to the history of and the HIV/Aids battle. Newsweek visits a lot of old bitter history – in fact on the opening page they mutter this: “He [Reagan] didn't publicly utter the term "AIDS" until 1987. They just never miss the opportunity, do they? We were just beginning to understand Aids, during those years – quite unlike during the Clinton era, when we damn well understood that a world pandemic was underway, most notably in Africa. Back to what should be the meida’s bitter history with Bill Clinton in a bit. Newsweek did, naturally enough, afford former President Bill Clinton, not only a full-page picture of himself but his own special 1,317 word self-legacy, “My Quest to Improve Care.” To his credit, Clinton does mention the “Bush Administration,” but not until the next to last paragraph, right along with the Gates Foundation, but only after mentioning himself – the “I” word – 26 times.

President Bush and his world recognized leadership is a no-show, in this Newsweek special. Well, unless you hang in there to the end of the special report, on page 64, you might notice the little note: "Only 3% of Americans know that the Bush administration has more than doubled U.S. Spending to combat HIV/Aids in Developing countries.” Only 3% know of it - by golly, I wonder why? (Of course, now we understand that Bush far more than doubled aid to Africa to combat Aids - he's significantly helped turn the corner in the battle).

Let’s talk about Bill Clinton’s quest, as president, to address the HIV/Aids Pandemic. Seeing how there was no shortage of published anger at Clinton’s lack of accomplishment here, this would seem to be fair play for Newsweek, would it not  – Reagan certainly was.

Clinton’s true legacy:

Liberal writer David Corn, Washington editor of The Nation, in a 2002 piece titled: Too little, too late - How many times is Bill Clinton going to apologize to Africa?, set the record straight: "A cynical guess at Clinton's motivations: AIDS in Africa, it doesn't poll well." And, this dandy, “The prevailing view was, these people should die quietly.”  

Imagine how often we would hear these views and the outrage which would be generated towards President Bush, if conservatives were to say such things.

Bob Geldof [Live 8] talking about Clinton: "Clinton talked the talk and did diddly squat, whereas Bush doesn't talk but does deliver," AND, "Clinton was a good guy, but he did fuck all."

About Bush?

Bob Gelolf [Live 8]think I'm off my trolley when I say this, but the Bush administration is the most radical, in a positive sense, in the approach to Africa since Kennedy..."

When Richard Gere trashed Clinton for ignoring Aids, the MSM defended Clinton, and played Gere down. Recently when Gere trashed Bush over the War, suddenly Gere is an important voice.

Bono echoed Geldof's praise for President Bush, "[Bush] has already doubled and tripled aid to Africa . I think he has done an incredible job, his administration, on AIDS. 250,000 Africans are on anti-viral drugs; they literally owe their lives to America."

When celebrities speak out for a Democrat, they are embraced by the MSM; when they speak out against Bush, they are embraced by the same MSM; but when celebrities speak out in support of Bush (even on an issue dear to their heart), they are ignored (censored, in fact). And when they speak out against a Democrat, especially Clinton, the words seldom make the light of day.

But enough about celebrities making praise on Bush for doing what Clinton would not do - how about the rest of the world?

The Institute of Medicine reported in March of 2007 (Wash Post) - An independent panel of experts said yesterday that the Bush administration's massive global AIDS program "has made a strong head start" and is "well positioned" to help AIDS-devastated countries control their epidemics.

Unicef, as reported by the International World Tribune on September 13, 2007.  "Interestingly, Unicef officials said, the new estimate comes from household surveys done in 2005 or earlier, so they barely reflect the huge influx of money that has poured into third world health in the last few years from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; the Gates Foundation; and the Bush administration's twin programs to fight AIDS and malaria. For that reason, the next five-year survey should show even greater improvement, they said."

"We feel we're at a tipping point now," said Dr. Peter Salama, Unicef's chief medical officer. "In a few years' time, it will all translate into a very exciting drop."

The World Federation of UN associations, in recent days, confirms the glowing prognosis with, "HIV/AIDS in Africa meanwhile has begun to level off and could begin to actually decrease over the next few years, although it continues to spread rapidly in Eastern Europe and in Central and South Asia, the study said." AFP, Sep't 11, 2007

President Bush and his world recognized leadership in the battle to was a no-show in Newsweek's mammoth effort. He answered the call as president and walked on the moon. Instead, they celebrated the man, who thought the issue didn't poll well and certainly did not walk on the moon.

Sorry about that.

It depends …When you cover the history of the space program, you don't quote the percentage of Americans who think the moon landings took place on a stage in Arizona.

Oooh, skeptics got under her skin, huh? Excellent! 

While we were hearing all about the sea ice in the NH this summer. With senators even flying to Greenland to see "Global Warming", no one's been watching the southern hemisphere. Seems sea ice also set a new record there. Only this time a new maximum.

"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT