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FDXLAG
What do you know the memo you quote is a fake and a fraud. Probably written by your fake and fraud gleick...
I haven't quoted any memos other than what was reported by Fox Noise but there is some controversy about one of several documents that have surfaced. The controversy is that the Heartland Institute is asserting it's fake but doesn't dispute the authenticity of the rest.
So regardless of your best efforts to make this about forgery, the real story here is a lobbying firm, masquerading as a think tank, trying to set a school curriculum and where their money comes from:
James M. Taylor, a senior fellow at the Heartland Institute, told ThinkProgress Green in an e-mail why the group is developing its denier curriculum:
We are concerned that schools are teaching climate change issues in a manner that is not consistent with sound science and that is designed to lead students to the erroneous belief that humans are causing a global warming crisis. We hope that our efforts will restore sound science to climate change education and discourage the political propaganda that too often passes as “education”.
In Heartland’s statement, it is acknowledged that that budget and donor information are genuine, and apologizes for the security breach.
Apologies: The Heartland Institute apologizes to the donors whose identities were revealed by this theft. We promise anonymity to many of our donors, and we realize that the major reason these documents were stolen and faked was to make it more difficult for donors to support our work. We also apologize to Heartland staff, directors, and our allies in the fight to bring sound science to the global warming debate, who have had their privacy violated and their integrity impugned.
Ironically, Heartland’s position seems to be that stealing electronic documents from right wing think tanks are viewed as a serious crime, while stealing emails from climate scientists and University labs are considered behavior to be lauded and encouraged...
http://climatecrocks.com/2012/02/15/...g-to-find-out/