It’s good to be optimistic Jim, some of the time. The toady green infiltration into physical science, its dependency on debt finance and the usual trappings of government excess are becoming far more clear to more people. That’s part of the reform movement. As the AGW left tends to be one note, boring and totalitarian in nature is also becoming more widely understood. Ultimately it’s this issue that is the driver of real reform.at trade and professional associations.
A more honest and direct discussion of political specifics in these matters will help advance reform. On the third link from WUWT, which is a scream by the way, we get to visit FULL STUPID on display from the APS. The actual political motives of the party in question are not referenced directly but everyone (around our circles) knows. Only some idiotic decorum or convention prevents the direct discussion of APS AGW leader and the uber left-wing agenda he is shilling for and is part of. It’s this sort of make-believe that drags this topic on forever and huge wastes of time discussing of all things meaningless temp data crowd this forum. The same time is being wasted at the APS all by letting one side control a technical narrative that is nonsense and obfuscating a political narrative that is most relevant to the story. Even Dr. Lindzen is far to gracious in the RS reform article.
We see this pattern here on these boards all the time. We accept silly rhetorical standards and the pace of change remains dismal. Byers has nothing to worry about at the APS while the wimp factor of skeptics remains this high for example. How obvious are their political motives? How obvious is it they are not discussed directly and specifically as they should?
Your links illustrated it perfectly. Expect nothing if this is a general demeanor and rules of discussion going forward.