An open letter supporting the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator organized by The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation has attracted some very famous signers.
U.S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced the letter into the official record of Pruitt’s confirmation hearing January 18.
Probably the highest name recognition worldwide would go to German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, but Russian President Vladimir Putin made up for his slightly lower name recognition by signing twice. Putin’s well-known humor was reflected in the email address he used when he signed: Lookinggoodwithnoshirt@…. (Domain concealed to prevent spamming the busy President.)
One of the greatest Hollywood stars of all time has signed, too—Donald Duck.
A major oil industry leader wasn’t so well known to the public until recently, but since former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson was nominated for Secretary of State, he, too, can be counted among the famous.
One famous person tried to hide behind an assumed name, but through diligent research the Cornwall Alliance identified “Ima Deniyer” as former Vice President Al Gore, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to warn the world of the grave dangers of manmade global warming and an Academy Award for his documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
Courtesy Al Gore’s Twitter Account.
“We’re honored that such prominent people have endorsed our open letter,” said Cornwall Alliance Founder and National Spokesman Dr. E. Calvin Beisner.
“We already felt honored by the 130 experts, including over a dozen climate scientists, who had signed by the time we released the letter at Pruitt’s confirmation hearing,” Beisner said. “Since then more experts have joined them, plus about 300 citizens. But to have these ultra-famous people sign on—well, that shows we’re winning the public debate over global warming.”
Asked whether the famous signatures might be fraudulent, Beisner replied, “We thought about that—especially with Hitler, since he’s dead, and Donald Duck, since he’s just a cartoon character. Ordinarily people would fake signatures to undermine our credibility. But climate alarmists are way too confident and smart. They’d use fraud only if they were afraid of us. And they know the trick would backfire. Why plant bogus signatures if you can defend your position honestly, with credible evidence and logical arguments? So doing it just undermines your own credibility.”
Asked how Hitler and Donald Duck might really have signed, Beisner said, “That’s a really tough problem. With men it’s impossible, but with black holes, wormholes, quantum physics, relativity, and an infinite number of universes, all things are possible. Why not here? Why not now?”
Cornwall Alliance Director of Communications Megan Toombs said she’d be watching closely as more people sign the open letter, so she can announce other famous endorsers.
“We’re really excited,” she said. “We’ve heard rumors that David Suzuki, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., James Hansen, Stephen Hawking, Katharine Hayhoe, and even former U.S. President Barack Obama are considering adding their signatures. We’ll welcome them when they do!”
tomwys says
“Ordinarily people would fake signatures to undermine our credibility. But climate alarmists are way too confident and smart. They’d use fraud only if they were afraid of us. And they know the trick would backfire. Why plant bogus signatures if you can defend your position honestly, with credible evidence and logical arguments? So doing it just undermines your own credibility.”
Brilliantly put! – and an argument that should have been repeatedly made regarding the Oregon Petition. There a fraction of one percent was faked, and as that served to “undermine” it, expect many more false entries on your well-crafted piece placed there by the dimmer bulbs – er, I mean wits.