The Weather Channel Mess — senate.gov (Op/Ed by James Spann)

There is this war going on pitting brother against brother. See, there’s this one group — we’ll call them the Sun Dogs (I hope you appreciate my razor-sharp wit) — who think the other group — the Warmings — are full of crap when it comes to global warming being man-made. Both of these groups are certified meteorologists.

It all really started when one of the head Warmings, who happens to be a “climate expert” at The Weather Channel, suggested that any Sun Dog who professes that global warming is a natural process should have his AMS certification taken away. Oh yeah, it’s on.

Well, well. Some “climate expert” on “The Weather Channel” wants to take away AMS certification from those of us who believe the recent “global warming” is a natural process. So much for “tolerance”, huh?

I have been in operational meteorology since 1978, and I know dozens and dozens of broadcast meteorologists all over the country. Our big job: look at a large volume of raw data and come up with a public weather forecast for the next seven days. I do not know of a single TV meteorologist who buys into the man-made global warming hype. I know there must be a few out there, but I can’t find them. Here are the basic facts you need to know:

*Billions of dollars of grant money is flowing into the pockets of those on the man-made global warming bandwagon. No man-made global warming, the money dries up. This is big money, make no mistake about it. Always follow the money trail and it tells a story. Even the lady at “The Weather Channel” probably gets paid good money for a prime time show on climate change. No man-made global warming, no show, and no salary. Nothing wrong with making money at all, but when money becomes the motivation for a scientific conclusion, then we have a problem. For many, global warming is a big cash grab.

Emphasis mine

It’s really patently ridiculous that we have this climatology-war going on, but it certainly is not surprising. What is it that The Weather Channel’s political shill “climate expert” tips his hand to, anyway? Does anyone care to remember the last time punishment was threatened on a scientist for hypothesizing, researching, and concluding something that was in opposition to another group’s belief? (Remember that the Sun apparently used to revolve around the Earth and go from there.)

The author of this op-ed piece makes the case that it is the politics and money that is driving all the hype on global warming. Unfortunately for science, some political beliefs are taken on a type of faith just like the Sun revolving around the Earth. The latter was believed because it supposedly evidenced the importance God placed on Earth; the former is believed because it lines pockets and wins elections.

For more of my thoughts on global warming, go here.