It concludes with a global average temperature of +14,4°C in the years from 1950 to 1980.

In my old encyclopedia of 1921 I read just the same figure!
Has the average temp. risen so very much the last 30 years?

Too bad. They have deep pockets, I coulda sued them.

Forecast Earth (You’ll see it at the top of the page.)
http://climate.weather.com/?from=globalnav

Maybe they used your two blogs without your permission.
And then they shut down the blog site in fear of your wrath.

Both parts 1 & 2 drew many comments. It’s a shame if you
didn’t see them.

If you sue them – your lawyers can email me. I’ll be a witness.
They used parts 1 & 2 of the Epic Blog.
Then they shut the whole blog section down.

I’m in for snark. We’ll probably be cell mates.

I never heard of Forecast Earth.

“I take that last sentence as a threat, and I’ve reported you to Op Center.” Greg Laden
—-

You take that sentence as a threat?
I certainly never meant it that way.

But OK. Tell the OP Center to arrest me and frogwalk me
away in handcuffs. I’m guilty. I have committed the crime of satire.

If you didn’t find it funny, I apologize. I just don’t have your incomparable
way with witty phrases.

“Ree-publican…Democrat IC” – in the first part of a science column?

Sheer genius, that’s what it is! That’ll grab the reader’s
attention right away!

BTW, I used to read & enjoy the blogs at Forecast Earth.
But after your blogs, they shut the whole blog site down.

Being something of a history buff, I just wonder what happened?
Your blog was the last one ever posted there.

In show-biz, that means one of two things.
You brought down the house, or else you were a total flop.

Either way, I wish you only the best in your future endeavors.
I hope you become the Billy Graham or the Henny Youngman of
the Global Warming crusade. Whichever path you choose, you’ll be brilliant!

Best Wishes,

Louparte

The response was so great to the first two parts,
that Forecast Earth shut down their blog completely.
And it remains closed to this day.

So you were literally a show-stopper.
Congratulations on that.

Weather Channel must have decided you were
too hard of an act to follow.

The public was so overwhelmed with your
brilliance that Forecast Earth may have decided
there was nothing more that could be said about
the subject.

It was an awesome performance. All it lacked was a stadium full of fans
waving their Bic’s above their heads, to an IPCC-thumping preacher reading
each of your sentences to the tearful, adoring congregation.

“Ree-pubs”, that’s brilliant! Not only are you a scientist, you’re a comedian too!
That’s such a clever parody. Who could have thought of it?

Uh oh, here comes another one – “Democrat IC”.

Genius, that’s what it is. Sheer genius!

Ha! They broke the mold when they made Greg Laden.
Such erudition and wit in a single human being,
who could’ve thought it possible?

I wish you the best of success in whichever endeavor you choose,
comedy, evangelism or science.

And I hope your next featured blog will enjoy even more success than your
tour de force performance at Forecast Earth.

You really brought down the house on that one.
In fact, you shut down the whole blog.