-- by Horatio Algeranon (with apologies to Kenny Loggins)
Christopher Monckton has yakked far too long
About theories made up by Will Soon
Posing his questions to Lambert and Gore
As his cred disappeared none too soon.
But he's wandered much further today than he should
And he can't seem to find his way back to the hood.
So, help him if you can he's got to get
Back to the "House of Lords Diner" by one.
You'd be surprised there's so much to be done,
Count the Bentleys in the drive
Sue all the scientists alive.
Back to the haze of Christopher Mocktman and poo.
He has no clue, doesn't know what to do
Got a money jar stuck on his nose.
He came to us offering "expert" advice
And from here no one cares where he goes.
So we sent him to ask of the Snark if he's there,
Just to leave us alone, get him out of our hair.
So, help him if you can he's got to get
Back to the "House of Lords Diner" by one.
You'd be surprised there's so much to be done,
Count the Bentleys in the drive
Sue all the scientists alive.
Back to the days of Christopher Mocktman and poo.
Back to the ways of Christopher Mocktman
Back to the maze of poo.
As proved by the card below, Christopher Monckton (or "Mocktman", as it is spelled on this side of The Pond) is an "honorary member" of the "House of Lords Diner's Club" (not to be confused with the "House of Lords Dinner Club", comprised of legitimate** members of the British House of Lords.)
**Brigham Young University Geochemistry Professor Barry Bickmore recently wrote to the British House of Lords to verify Christopher Monckton's claim that "I am a member of the House of Lords, though without the right to sit or vote..."[Does that mean he has to stand?? -- HA]
The official response Bickmore received from the House of Lords information office is that
"Christopher Monckton is not and has never been a Member of the House of Lords. There is no such thing as a 'non-voting' or 'honorary' member."( "Debate on climate heats up online: Skeptic is no member of the House of Lords, prof says", Salt Lake Tribune)
Bickmore also shows here that the graphs put together by Monckton himself, upon which Monckton bases his criticism of the IPCC, are a pure "fantasy."
Monckton is nonetheless one of the global warming "skeptics" most widely quoted by the mainstream media (see, for example, a recent NT Times article by Elizabeth Rosenthal, which simply acts as a megaphone for Monckton's unsubstantiated claims. )
The reality is that Monckton is not a scientist. Indeed, his recent reference to climate change activists as "Hitler Youth"*** and other statements (documented by Peter Sinclair here and here) indicate that he is little more than a crank, but that does not stop the media from holding him up as some sort of climate "expert." His (sometimes vile) nonsense has been debunked (and shown to be "deliberate manipulation") time and again by real climate scientists, here and here, by Real Climate, for example.
***"Viscount Monckton calls young climate activists 'Hitler Youth' "(Guardian, UK). At least one of those whom Christopher Monckton called a "Hitler Youth" is Jewish and had grandparents who had actually 'escaped the Nazis growing up in Germany'.
