Excerpt from "Global Warming Alarmism Reaches a 'Tipping Point'"

As a former businessman, land developer, and chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, James Inhofe made a speech to pull the plug on the global warming alarm.

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  1. debunk
    expose while ridiculing
    These new developments in just the last six months are but a sample of the new information coming out that continues to debunk climate alarm.
  2. propaganda
    information that is spread to promote some cause
    But before we delve into these dramatic new scientific developments, it is important to take note of our pop culture propaganda campaign aimed at children.
  3. dire
    fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
    DiCaprio refused to interview any scientists who disagreed with his dire vision of the future of the Earth.
  4. indoctrination
    teaching someone to accept beliefs uncritically
    And this agenda of indoctrination and fear aimed at children is having an impact.
  5. recruit
    register formally as a participant or member
    But the message kids are receiving is not a scientific one, it is a political message designed to create fear, nervousness and ultimately recruit them to liberal activism.
  6. inaccuracy
    the quality of having errors
    A judge in England has ruled that schools must issue a warning before they show Gore's film to children because of scientific inaccuracies and "sentimental mush."
  7. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
    My speech today and these reports reveal that recent peer-reviewed scientific studies are totally refuting the Church of Man-made Global Warming.
  8. dismantle
    take apart into its constituent pieces
    The situation we are in now is very similar to where we were in the late 1970's when coming ice age fears began to dismantle.
  9. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
    While the scientific case grows weaker, the political and rhetorical proponents of climate fear are ramping up to offer hefty tax and regulatory "solutions" both internationally and domestically to "solve" the so-called "crisis."
  10. variable
    a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
    Imagine basing a country's energy and economic policy on an incomplete, unproven theory--a theory based entirely on computer models in which one minor variable is considered the sole driver for the entire global climate system.
Created on Wed Oct 15 16:56:02 EDT 2014 (updated Wed Oct 15 22:39:12 EDT 2014)

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