Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Had to look against my better judgment Date:   12/28/2015 4:30:36 PM

You never fail to disappoint with your abject stupidity. First of all, I am a scientist and have been since I got my BSc in geology and MSc in geophysics 30 years ago and spent those three decades working in the field.  Secondly, the study I referred to was done by climate scientists and they rightly pointed out NOAA's embarrassing attempt to hide the truth about the pause in warming. No one was talking about weather here.  It's only the alarmists that rush to the cameras every time we have a warm spell or a hurricane. Finally, I note you had zero of value to add to the discussion about whether the satellite data is more reliable than ground stations in urban areas when it comes to global climates. I recall all the fanfare from proponents of ACC about how wonderful the new satellite data was going to be in finally accurately measuring global climates.....until the data showed otherwise.  

What it really comes down to is you are a true believer and are OK with their silly attempt to discredit the best data we have available.  I don't discount the possibility that man-made CO2 can influence the climate but given all we know today only a fool or someone with an intense desire to keep the money train flowing would be willing to accept the issue as settled.  Since I doubt you are in the latter category it must be the former.  NOAA scientists are no more credible to me than any other, and less so because if they were really good scientists they would be working in the private sector. We work with them all the time and most are mediocre at best.  But hey, believe away.  You are in the minority in this country despite decades of indoctrination in this scam.