Doctor James Hanson jumps the shark

Doctor James Hanson is lending his voice to promote this group: Capitol Climate Action Slight problem -- in so doing, he is in direct violation of the Hatch Act of 1939 which prohibits Federal Employees from engaging in partisan political activity. Anthony Watts has the goods:

Jim Hansen supports civil disobedience
Some have said in the past that Jim Hansen of NASA GISS is no longer a scientist, but an advocate. Today, by his own hand, I believe that description rings true.

Here is what Greenpeace is using Dr. Hansen for:

It�s time to take a stand on global warming. Dr. James Hansen, an internationally-recognized climate scientist, calls for Americans to take part in the Capitol Climate Action on March 2 at the Capitol power plant in Washington DC � expected to be the largest display of civil disobedience against global warming in US history. Dr. Hansen warns that unless we stop burning coal, the country�s largest source of global warming pollution, young people will inherit a dramatically different world than the one we know. For more info visit capitolclimateaction.org.

Let us hope that nobody is injured or killed at this demonstration. Hansen may run afoul of the Hatch Act, see below.

What follows is a list of email addresses for people to use to protest this protest. This is getting downright ludicrous folks -- the science is sub-prime, the last ten years indicate cooling and the focus on CO2 is about making money and not on anything that could function as a greenhouse gas. They should be looking at water vapor if they were serious...