Bishop Hill SMH - the voice of the hidden vested interest
Apr 24, 2015 The Sydney Morning Herald is giving much publicity to the anti-Lomborg rantings of someone called Professor Ray Wills.
Adjunct Professor Wills, who has been a spokesman for the university on climate change issues for the past seven years, said there was a lot of disquiet among the university ranks about the centre.
"The appointment tarnishes the reputation of the university," he told Fairfax Media.
"It's like appointing Brian Burke to look after your economics.
But take a look at Professor Wills' CV. As the article correctly notes, Wills is an adjunct professor: someone who turns up to give a course once in a while. He actually makes his living from his roles in a series of businesses, all within the subsidised green sector.
So in fact the calls to silence Lomborg are coming from a man whose livelihood depends on Lomborg's message not being heeded. The Sydney Morning Herald is essentially giving Wills a platform to protect his flow of public subsidy while pretending that he is an academic.
Very virtuous, I must say.
Reader Comments (57)
johanna, climate scientists have Mann to look up to
What would their problem be with Burke?
SMH = Shake My Head
DBD another appropriate acronym unthreading is:
SMH = Sydney Morning Hamas.
The previous Australian Government had no qualms about appointing Tim Flannery as Climate Commissioner. The same comment about Brian Burke would have been even more appropriate then.
The Minister for Education's decision is a stroke of genius, bringing out all the Lysenkoist and warmist shills out into the open at a stroke. The fascists on Facebook have really gone mad, possibly with fear the gravy train will fall and break: http://pindanpost.com/2015/04/18/the-evil-genius-of-the-hon-christopher-pyne/
The hypocrisy is just so prevalent, even to the extent they do not realize it's economics that is the course agenda.
MarkT Apr 25, 2015 at 3:16 PM
I knew I should have added a /joke tag
GC, once Bast & Morano get back from their Pilgrimage of Grace">, check out the rubber chicken at a Heartland Conference - -- it's truly the St Andrews of the counterfctual.