Good news: President Bush is studying global warming. Bad news: He’s getting his info from a Michael Crichton novel.
The president reportedly met last year in the White House with sci-fi author Crichton (in photo), whose novel “State of Fear” dismisses global warming as an elaborate hoax perpetrated by evil scientists.
Never mind that Crichton’s “science” in the book has been thoroughly demolished by real scientists — the president “avidly read” the novel and spoke enthusiastically about it to the author.
To be fair, Crichton recently received one journalism award for his novel — from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists!
“It is fiction,” an AAPG spokesman said. “But it has the absolute ring of truth.”
You can’t make this stuff up. What’s next? Bush naming disgraced author James Frey as his drug policy adviser?
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Or, Ian Santiago as ambassador to Mexico.
Too much.
Or John Bolton as UN ambassador…No wait, that really happened.
Or jerry falwell as his AIDS advisor? Or pat robertson as his ambassador to venezuela? Good one DD.
“It is fiction,” an AAPG spokesman said. “But it has the absolute ring of truth.”
Where is Steven Colbert when you need him?
How about ksfarmgrrl as ambassador to the Vatican or Ed Friedemann as ambassador to the zionist parasite?ROTFLMOSRFAO
V.L.R.B!!
ROFLMAO too Ian. I decline :)
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists gives journalism awards? Wow, and does money come with that?
Seriously, people should read the book. It is, typical for Crichton, well written. It is a fun, reasonably fast paced work of fiction based on a few sparse facts stretched to the breaking point of believability.
People who use this book as their bible on global warming could believe anything. They might even believe fairy tales like Iraq has weapons of mass destruction or that offshoring and illegal immigration is good for the economy!
All too typical of the Bush administration and its flacks.
The National Security Agency needs to get on another part of this gigantic hoax. We have been sneaking out at night with giant hair dryers to dry the brush in KS and OK and then igniting it to set these wildfires. Obviously the drought is not really happening; it’s just another part of the hoax.
RF,It is an entertaining book. One of the good guys (the sister of main good guy) had been mugged and because of that, she was allowed to do whatever she wanted. I recall thinking, is that a 9/11 metaphor, or what?
That GW and Karl liked it was no big surprise.
Crichton referenced throughout the book scientific sources and his appendix make me think that he has in fact consumed the kool-aide.
I wonder if I can enjoy ER as much as before.
So Bush met with the famous author last year. I don’t see anythng about Michael Crichton being an offical advisor.
Lot of people like his books, including Hollywood. A lot of his books are made to movies and didn’t he create the TV series “ER”, where the famous liberal George Clooney made his fame?
It’s way off point. I know! But just beause a President admires an author and his stories, doesn’t make an offical whitehouse science advisor.
Sometimes people go way between the lines and invent something.
Face it folks, we still have the dumbest president ever.
Not just dumb, he’s lickin the bottom of his boots dumb!
non carus!
I apologize for the repeat posts, my comp is running slow for some reason.
The problem is that Bush&Co. has done some many things in the past that make such an idea almost a possiblity. Going against the prevailing logic and excepted facts to come to a policy that makes most just scratch their heads and say WTF!
I never knew he could read english. Who is reading him the sci fi?
Uncle Sam
Good grief. The logic used by Fred Barnes in coupling Bush with Crichton’s sci-fi book is beyond belief. True, Bush doesn’t believe in global warming, but using such inflammatory phrases as “He says Mr. Bush and his guest “talked for an hour and were in near-total agreement.”In total agreement of what? That they liked the book? That they like sushi? That they both shave their legs?
Randy, you can assume all you want about what was said in their meeting, but unless you, or Fred Barnes was there, you got nada. You got inuendos and extremmely poor journalism.
Disliking Bush is one thing (I can’t wait till the moron is gone), but this crap? Maybe you should quit your day job. I would expect something this blatantly antagonistic on a tin hat site, not here.
I guess I am surprised that bush reads at all!
That he reads and agrees with fiction writer Crighton speaks yet again to his disconnect with reality. More telling yet is that he “reads” (Im still not buying it) Crighton’s fictional take on global warming while ignoring and even suppressing reports form NASA and climate scientists on the same subject.
Bush doesn’t read books or talk to authors, he’s criticized.He reads books and talks to authors, he’s criticized. Anyone see a trend?Oh, maybe he has to talk to the RIGHT authors and read the RIGHT books.George Orwell, call your office.
Why shouldn’t a sci-fi writer be a Bush advisor? After all, aren’t we planning a Star Wars defense?