#NOAAgate – preparing the groundwork

With Lamar Smith’s help NOAAgate is going to turn into a big scandal, if for no other reason than that the Republicans are going to enjoy dragging NOAA’s and by them Obama and the Democrat’s reputations through the dirt.
However, as they are the steam engine that’s going to pull this reluctanct scam into the glare of public scrutiny, the time table is going to be theirs to pick and choose.
What sceptics can do to help
First, we’ve got to keep up the pressure on climate to demonstrate that NOAAgate is a vote winner. That is particularly important for US sKeptics. The politicians have to be reminded as often as possible that climate & energy is a key election issue – for whilst we have great friends in the Republican party, they too are fighting their corner to ensure climate is high up on the campaign hit list.
Second, we need to “hit the floor running” with this scam. So, when the Republicans choose to go with it, then we sceptics/skeptics have to be ready to put in the time and energy to make a real buzz. That doesn’t mean going to WUWT and having a moan, instead it means going onto normal newsmedia sites and getting stuck in with people who may have no scientific qualification at all and need our help to understand the shear appalling nature of the scam.
Also, we need to do what we can to prepare for NOAAgate even though we cannot be sure exactly what form it will take. So, e.g. I’ve spent a bit of time taking the nearly 100 press articles on NOAAgate and tweeting them under the hashtag <a href=”https://twitter.com/search?q=%23noaagate&src=typd”>#NOAAgate</a>
And please do make further suggestions about what we can do to make sure this scam really does take off this time.
Mike
Addendum
Just a thought – with NASA up to the same tricks and NOAA – perhaps we ought to start tweeting under “NASAgate” also?