eyewall Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Ted Cruz the science denier:“If you look at satellite data for the last 18 years, there’s been zero recorded warming,” Cruz said in California’s Orange County. “The satellite says it ain’t happening.”Instead, Cruz said, government researchers are reverse engineering data sets to falsify changes in the climate. “They’re cooking the books. They’re actually adjusting the numbers,” Cruz said. “Enron used to do their books the same way.”“I’m saying that data and facts don’t support it,” Cruz said to applause from 450 donors to the political network organized by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch.Science, however, does not back up Cruz’s position. Geochemist James Lawrence Powell, an adviser to Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, reviewed peer-reviewed science journals and found that only two articles rejected climate change during 2013. His sample size: 10,885 articles.http://time.com/3981623/ted-cruz-climate-change/?xid=fbshare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nflwxman Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I have to wonder if this guy knows he's actually lying. Climate change denial is one of those few non-ambiguous issues on the table in any given election cycle. He's clearly incorrect. The question is, does he know it? I'd like to think anyone that has access to the internet and any type of adviser would know better by now. This isn't 1988. I could never vote for someone who is knowingly lying like that. Please tell me this is just ignorance and I'd feel a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 The guy is a complete kook...but this is probably a topic and title better suited for PR and not the CC forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Cruz is a very smart man. He knows exactly what he is doing. He is a deceptive man who knows how to manipulate his supporters. He knows this is a huge lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf97212 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Don't disagree with the comments about Cruz, but the tasteless topic title cheapens the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I could never vote for someone who is knowingly lying like that. Then you've probably never voted in any election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 He's the chairman of the subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Cruz is a very smart man. He knows exactly what he is doing. He is a deceptive man who knows how to manipulate his supporters. He knows this is a huge lie. Maybe. Sometimes, otherwise smart people can hold some bizarre views, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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