Pissing Off An Ecofascist

Hats Off To Anthony Watts

I am having the laugh of my life over this one. Some Global Warming Ecofascist over at HuffPo is really pissed off. It seems that one of my favorite Science sites, wattsupwiththat.com, which can be found on my sidebar listed as… Debunking Global Warming Using Brains, Science, and Common Sense ~, is up for some sort of Science award and they seem to be the heavy favorite for winning.

To a Global Warming Ecofascist this is plasphemy, and this one guy at HuffPo is acting as if ‘Black Lies From Hell’ had been uttered to the unclean. So why am I laughing? Well, two reasons actually. One, I’m glad to see the wattsupwiththat site be in the running for a Science award. I believe they deserve it. Two, I find it hilarious that one Ecofascist could get this upset over it.

Below is what he wrote on the site, and as my usual practice, I’m including some of the comments left by his fellow Ecofascists.

Enjoy!

“There once was a little known website fighting the so-called “global warming alarmism” being spread by that underground cabel of conspirators some of us call “scientists.” But the site was no longer little after the Matt Drudge, Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity right wing echo machine got through with it.

Since it’s anointment, the Watt’s Up With Thatblog run by former TV weatherman Anthony Watts has become quite the sensation amongst the climate denial blog comment trolls. And now it seems that the site is about to win the award for “Best Science Blog” in this year’s Weblog Awards.

 

 

 

Has it seriously come to this? Are there really no blogs out there more worthy than one that spends its days trumpeting the likes of Junk Science as a reason we should ignore the dire warnings of climate scientists at the top science academies in the world?

There are lots of great science sites out there and there are some really good ones nominated along with Watt’s Up With That. I would like to think that this is simply a case of voter apathy. After all, these types of Web Awards always come down to who can pull the most votes.

So I’m putting this appeal out there.

Take a few minutes today – the polls close at 5pm EST today, January 13th – and cast your vote by clicking here.

Here’s some others that are in the running:

The controversial crusader against Intelligent Design, PZ Myersis running a close second to Watts, so the strategic vote would obviously go to PZ.

Also check out Real Climate run by practicing scientists at NASA.“[end]

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If you do go to Real Climate, be sure to tell Gavin he’s a schmuck! And tell him Gio sent you. 

 

Now for the comments…

Wattsupwiththat is just some TV weather bully trying to make the Cooperative observing network look like it’s pieced together with string and paperclips.

The COOP this guy is talking about has to do with a project started at the wattsupwiththat blog whereby people go and search out official data collecting stations and take photos. If you have heard the weather station arguments, you know why.

Weblog award–totally MEANINGLESS, this is like all signs adverts for apt. rentals always say ‘luxury apartments’ or Rush saying on his website ‘excellence in television’ or something like that or the ultimate ‘Fox News, fair and balanced’. All PUFFERY!!!!!!! All MEANINGLESS!!!!!!!!

If this award is so meaningless, then why get so upset over it???

How is it possible? How can there still be people on this planet that dispute climate change, much less win an award for thier stupidity.

Nuance matters. To the guy/gal above… Deniers do NOT dispute Climate Change. We dispute man-made Climate Change.

I wouldn’t worry about this. Wingnuts know they can’t win awards from real and credible communities, so they make up their own awards.

So why get so upset over this award?

I wouldn’t get too upset about this poll. In perusing the different categories, it looks like the Neanderthal element of our country is well-represented. I’m sure there’s a wingnut groundswell aimed at pumping up the tallies for the Jesus-loving, science-denying sites which are so well represented.

Neanderthal, wingnut, Jesus-loving, science-deniers are my kind of people! One caveat… we do NOT deny science, we deny man-made Climate Change/Global Warming. Personally, I think science is pretty cool.

but that such an anti-science site is in contention only proves that the Weblog Awards are a joke. It doesn’t seem to be a measure of quality or even readership, just who has the most fans who are either unemployed or who have no internet filter at work.

Another candidate for Morons Anonymous.

This is ridiculous. Obviously the award committee knows absolutely nothing about Science. They have nominated sites that are not true science blogs. I think it would be much better served for people to email the committee and explain why they are complete idiots.

Funny how ironic this becomes. Those that bow at the alter of science, are the same ones that mock science. That’s called liberal logic!

I’ve just done my bit, but there is a big gap. The denialists, as usual, well organised, and will use this as evidence of the rightness of their cause.

Here’s some science for you lefties… if we are so damned organized, how did Obama win?

 

I do hope that Mr. Anthony Watts wins this award, and I don’t care if it’s a meaningless award. His work should be noticed, and applauded by everyone that believes in Science-without-an-agenda.

Gio-