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Old 06-16-2008, 04:30 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by Archaea View Post
Now you're not being entirely honest or fair. Lindzen's ties to the oil industry were relatively minor and date back IIRC to the early 1990s. Just because a guy once had contacts doesn't make him forever tainted. You're unfairly doing what those who want to attack him, do, dismiss him out of hand without accurately describing his credentials or even accurately describing his credentials.

If I were a lawyer presenting him before a jury, he would be persuasive, and your dismissal of him would go over like a lead balloon. I'm not denying your dismissal of the other two.
Yes, he is the best-qualified of the three and the prior funding is a minor factor.
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