Obama’s Intellectuals, by Gråulf

I spent New Years Eve with several intellectuals, who are devout Obama disciples. They were talking about all the brainpower Obama is assembling for his administration, and about how wonderful it will be to have intellectuals running the country, instead of the morons in charge now. Then they began commiserating about nasty anti-intellectuals, who were criticizing Obama’s choices. I told them that if I needed to split atoms I would ask an intellectual for advice, but I would not take advice about how to live from people who couldn’t change a flat tire. I was being facetious, but all the intellectuals exchanged meaningful looks (I have known these people for years, and know for a fact that none of them are capable of changing a flat). Then I got up to get myself another drink, because I have found it a waste of time to discuss politics with Liberals.

The point is that many of Obama’s choices for Cabinet Posts have impeccable academic credentials, but none of them have actual experience for the jobs they have been chosen to do. Obama’s choice for energy secretary is Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize winning experimental physicist known for his works in laser cooling. He is also deeply engaged in Al Gore’s Global Warming scheme and a leader in the world wide effort to move a leftist agenda forward that is intended to scare the public into third world lifestyles under threat of man-made climate change. Along with Steve Chu, Obama chose John Holden as one of his Science Advisors. Holden is another Manmade Global Warming enthusiast, known for his vicious attacks on those who disagree with his point of view.

One of the scientist’s who experienced the wrath of these two people is Bjørn Lomborg, a Danish scientist, and author of The Skeptical Environmentalist. While Lomborg does not deny global warming, or even that it may be manmade, he is unsparing in his critique of activists and others who promoted unfounded fears of ecological catastrophe. This was not a message the mainstream environmental activist community wanted to hear, so Steven Chu and John Holden were in the forefront of those who tried to get the Danish scientist fired and discredited for plagiarism, and for promoting unsound science.

Obama explained his choices for these high profile posts, and stated, “Promoting science isn’t just about providing resources – it’s about protecting free and open inquiry.” In his administration, he pledged, science would not be obscured by “politics or ideology.” If that is actually his intent, his choices are most peculiar. Both of these people are locked into a particular point of view, and have no interest whatsoever in discourse or discovery.

Gråulf.