Comments on: Finland Gives national honor to disgraced climate chief

By: Mikko

Mikko — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:30:39 +0000

Some Finnish writer wrote already decades ago about our nation: “This is a land of benevolent fools.” Proven right again!

By: kyrpe paske

kyrpe paske — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:04:34 +0000

Please, forget your political parties they all follow money, if your bad science brings control that can increase amount of money…

there you go.

This joke show, goes also in economy&politics obama’s advisors with CV of being highest regulators while economy goes poof, and they get promoted…

Capitalism/socialism it’s all the same, capitalism/free market is just fancy theory, in practice the elite talks about derivates etc. bs and hoaxes the peoples money and call it capitalism&free market /read free propaganda&fraud just like climate science, in order to gain even more money.

By: Antti

Antti — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:37:15 +0000

Two fingered salute for common sense is the Finnish way. We are in a complete media blackout on most news, because it has been very uncommon for Finns to follow foreign news. Without anything to compare our local news to, most Finns trust the news they are given by our consensus-press.

I call it consensus-press, because Finnish investigative journalism is dead. Reporters and editors belong to the same clubs and go to the same parties as the people they are supposed to watch over. The writers of our most influential newspaper’s political columns are the same politicians that those columns are supposed to criticize. During elections, the parties agree on which subjects are not to be discussed. We are exceptionally corrupt nation that has managed for decades to make its citizens believe we are the least corrupt.

There was a poll few days ago. Only about 5% of Finns don’t believe in climate change. I hoped that it would have been at least 15%. But then again – why wouldn’t they believe? Nobody has told them anything else but the usual propaganda. There is a consensus. Everyone keeps saying there is a consensus, so there must be one.

Prime Minister Vanhanen is one of the insiders. Bilderbergers. One-worlders. Whatever you’d like to call them. More Finns have participated on the Bilderberg-meetings than any other nationality except Americans – and there is only 5 million of us. That tells you something, doesn’t it.

Our foreign minister Alexander Stubb has even written a long speech that is on his web-page about the need to get one-world-government. It’s there for anyone to read. Still no news outlet raports on it. None.

I’m depressed. I’d move somewhere else, but where is the situation any better?

By: froggy

froggy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:37:58 +0000

Well, this a two fingered salute for common sense, perhaps a wheelbarrow full of bullsh*t would have been more appropriate for this charleton,
im shocked they they werent a bit suspicious due to the fact that his face resembles a skunks backside as well as the stench that comes from it to match.

By: Antti

Antti — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:12:29 +0000

To be fair, most likely the nomination was decided months ago. Finnish bureaucracy isn’t known for maneuverability. If it’s decided, then it is done – no matter what happens in between. Otherwise people in high places might be forced to admit they made a mistake – something practically unheard of in Finnish leadership culture.

By: Antti

Antti — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:25:05 +0000

Actually this isn’t as bad as it sounds. That medal is only 11th highest medal in Finland… …out of 83! Ok, this is as bad as it sounds.

I wonder why Finnish media has not reported this in any way? What is wrong with out country? “Media consensus”, that’s what.

And even the conditions on giving the medal state (sorry about the poor translation): “The decorated personally has to have been made deeds of significant benefit for the entire country of Finland. The recipient has to be reputable.”

How does that involve Pachauri? He has not done nothing to benefit Finland, much less personally, and he is anything but reputable!

By: John O'Sullivan

John O'Sullivan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:32:28 +0000

Geir, no need to apologise for prompting me to make an important correction. I’m pleased to hear your comments that the people of Norway have more sense than the Nobel Society.

By: John O'Sullivan

John O'Sullivan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:29:04 +0000

Matti, duly noted and corrected, many thanks for pointing that out.

By: Woodsy42

Woodsy42 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:23:19 +0000

The situation has always been a politiical one. The science and the hoards of shrieking econuts have all been maneuvrered into doing what was needed to prime the pump of opinion so that the politicians could put in place their own agenda. Proving the science wrong is valuable as it reduces their legitimacy, but they will simply use excuses, like energy security, peak oil, terrorist threats, green jobs, sustainability etc to continue. This award simply underlines the way governments now ignore even the pretense of serving the public.

By: Geir Hasnes

Geir Hasnes — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:19:06 +0000

By the way, in my emails I am now using “climate friend” as title, as opposed to the “climate enemies”, those who cannot accept the climate, but have to manipulate it.
Yours, the Norwegian climate friend.