James Lewis at The American Thinker recently wrote a piece about the fraudulent science Stalin was sold on, in comparison to the fraudulent science of “man-made” global warming that the usual suspects try to sell people on today, and finds some similarities (h/t: ST reader Sev):
Trofimko Lysenko is not a household name; but it should be, because he was the model for all the Politically Correct “science” in the last hundred years. Lysenko was Stalin’s favorite agricultural “scientist,” peddling the myth that crops could be just trained into growing bigger and better. You didn’t have to breed better plants over generations, as farmers have been doing for ages. It was a fantasy of the all-powerful Soviet State. Lysenko sold Stalin on that fraud in plant genetics, and Stalin told Soviet scientists to fall into line — in spite of the fact that nobody really believed it. Hundreds of thousands of peasants starved during Stalin’s famines, in good part because of fraudulent science.
There is such a thing as pathological science. Science becomes unhealthy when its only real question — “what is true?” — is sabotaged by vested interests, by ideological Commissars, or even by grant-swinging scientists. Today’s Global Warming campaign is endangering real, honest science. Global Warming superstition has become an international power grab, and good science suffers as a result.
Make sure to read it all.
On a related note, as I’ve been writing this, I’ve been watching the pre-game show for tonight’s Dallas/Eagles game on NBC, and they’ve just officially kicked off their “Green is Universal” campaign by turning off many of their studio lights and changing the NBC logo to a green color. So this makes it the second time this year that NBC has devoted itself to taking an official stand on a political issue.
Update: Bryan at Hot Air isn’t impressed with NBC’s green campaign, either. Hopefully they’ll get some video and/or screen caps of this stupid nonsense so people who missed the show can see the silliness for themselves.
Monday AM Update: Bryan at Hot Air has posted video of NBC’s absurdity.
Never occurred to NBC to just shut down their operation completely and save the planet, huh? Hypocritical Gaia raping carbon footprint stompers.
Comment by Steve Skubinna @ 11/4/2007 - 9:08 pm
NBC’s advertising campaign for “Green is Universal” is outright ridiculous. It needn’t be said that I was rather irritated to see such a waste of my time interrupting Fred Thompson’s interview on Meet the Press.
Comment by Dillon Godley @ 11/4/2007 - 9:56 pm
I’m sure it wasn’t intentional Dillon. snark mode/off
Comment by forest hunter @ 11/4/2007 - 10:20 pm
Lysenko, Skinner, Watson, a lot of impostors and frauds in the sociological mix, and now we have Costas & Olbermann to really stink it up!
And erstwhile tree-trimmer Matt Lauer at the Arctic Circle.
GE should sell this turkey network before it implodes. Jay Leno will leave and then who’s gonna remain who’s sane. This Zucker lad is a socialist & peddles crap as news. Brian Williams is an adenoidal drip. The brand is imploding and the Peacock should fly away before it dies.
Comment by daveinboca @ 11/4/2007 - 10:54 pm
What do you really think Dave?
Comment by forest hunter @ 11/5/2007 - 12:01 am
Conserving energy and recycling is a political issue? Is there someone out there advocating wasting energy and trashing the planet?
Comment by ChenZhen @ 11/5/2007 - 12:06 am
I caught part of NBC’s “green” campaign; I suppose making their peacock symbol all green helps, right?![:-\](http://sistertoldjah.com/smilies/yahoo_question.gif ":-\")
NOT!!!
Comment by camojack @ 11/5/2007 - 1:21 am
hmmm…my comment appears to have been quietly deleted. I didn’t think it was in a rude tone.
Comment by ChenZhen @ 11/5/2007 - 1:46 am
oops…that was weird
Comment by ChenZhen @ 11/5/2007 - 1:47 am
…there is a reason why I only watch Fox News, except for Meet the Press on Sunday mornings before church. At least Shepard Smith, Brit Hume, John Gibson and company don’t pull the hypocritical (and outright ridiculous) green stuff out of the figurative hat in order to appease the environmentalist wackos.
What a travesty this is becoming.
Comment by Dillon Godley @ 11/5/2007 - 2:24 am
Some quack probably told NBC it’d be cheaper to broadcast only one color, since with compression, the amount of data transmitted is less.
Comment by uncle ralph @ 11/5/2007 - 8:11 am
GE ought to have given NBC to GM after the “Exploding Pickups” fiasco.
Comment by PCD @ 11/5/2007 - 9:06 am
On 11/01/1870 the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) made it’s first official meteorological forecast, so human beings in the USA have only had the benefit of keeping temperature and wind/barometric data for 137 years, and the ocean temperatures have only been measured since the 1920’s. A thousand years is nothing in Earth time, and no matter how much jet fuel Algore burns, he and we are but dust in the wind.
Comment by Tom TB @ 11/5/2007 - 9:24 am
Fortunately, I was able to listen to the Cowboys beat the Iggles on radio. And when the game is not on radio, there is the Internet feed.
Far more enjoyable that dealing with NBC journalists and executives jetting around the world telling everyone they are using too much fossil fuels.
Comment by Mwalimu Daudi @ 11/5/2007 - 9:45 am
Lest I forget - On December 22, 2007 there will be a state of WAR between ST and myself. All frendships and loyalties will be tossed under the bus as the Cowboys invade the Panther’s home turf. Let’s get ready to rumblllllllllllllle!!!!!!
Comment by Mwalimu Daudi @ 11/5/2007 - 9:48 am
LOL MD - I just hope the Panthers show up
Comment by Sister Toldjah @ 11/5/2007 - 9:49 am
Well, I guess ST will not be happy with me when the Panthers get beat by the Pack on Nov. 18, and MD will be at war with me on Nov. 29, when the “‘Boys” get their taste of the “Favre Cannon”.
Comment by PCD @ 11/5/2007 - 11:37 am
As will I, PCD.
But first things first - next Sunday, I (and presumably MD as well) will focus my wrath on poor NC Cop as his Giants become the Cowboys’ next victim.
Comment by Great White Rat @ 11/5/2007 - 3:00 pm
A state of war will exist sooner than that, my friend. For in just six short days the Cowboys will enter the most feared arena known to mankind….Giants stadium. There will be no quarter, there will be no hiding, and there will be no mercy!!!!!
The New York football Giants will exact vengeance from the opening day embarrassment in Irving, Texas.
Prepare yourself!!!!!!
Ok so maybe it’s not the most feared arena known to mankind, but it’s kinda scary.
P.S. Do you think the Cowboys could at least not run up the score on my Giants, please! The Yankees imploded and the NY Rangers are off to a sloooooow start, so please, keep the score respectable. PLEASE!!!!
Comment by NC Cop @ 11/5/2007 - 9:53 pm