Durango Bill’s
Debunking the Deniers of Global Warming
Global Warming Denial
Liars
The “Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine”
(It’s actually a farm in very rural Oregon)
The “Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine” (OISM) advertises itself
as “a non-profit research institute”. Global Warming Deniers
frequently promote the “Oregon Petition” which is one of the OISM’s
products. In reality, the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine is a
farm in very rural Oregon some 6 linear miles southeast of Cave
Junction, Oregon. (Population ~1,425 http://www.city-data.com/city/Cave-Junction-Oregon.html)
Its founder/owner, Arthur B Robinson, promotes the “Robinson
Curriculum” - a “Jesus-Plus-Nothing-Else” home-school system. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RobinsonUsers4Christ/.
Isn’t it amazing how the Internet can be used to transform a farm into the “Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine”.
“The
prestigious sounding institution with which they were affiliated—the
Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine—was elsewhere revealed to be a
one-room operation located on a farm on a rural road in the forested
foothills of the Siskiyou Mountains. It consisted only of Arthur B.
Robinson, a chemist with a Ph.D. in chemistry from the California
Institute of Technology, and his 21-year-old son, who has no advanced
degree (Hill 1998).”http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/admin/publication_files/resource-1892-2005.50.pdf
The following pictures show where the farm (Oops: the “Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine”) is located.
The first picture (via Google Earth) shows the Pacific coastline. All
of Oregon is included as well as pieces of neighboring states. The pin
marks the location of the “Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine”
(OISM)
In this next picture, we zoom in on rural southwestern Oregon. The town
of Cave Junction (population ~1,425) is now visible. The pin marking
the location of the OISM is about 6 linear miles to the southeast of
the small town.
Zooming in still further shows the OISM pin on the right side of
picture in the middle of what looks deceptively like a farm. Dick
George Road is near the left edge of the picture, and somebody has
applied the name “Science and Medicine Rd” to the access road to the
farm. Closer inspection via Google Earth shows that “Science and
Medicine Rd” is a dirt road, and you can even make out weeds and grass
growing in the center of the road between the usual tire paths.
If you check the address of the “Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine”, it is usually given as:
2251 Dick George Road
Cave Junction, OR
Presumably there is a mailbox next to Dick George Road somewhere near
the left end of “Science and Medicine Rd.”. The public/free version of
Google Earth doesn’t have the necessary resolution to see it, but it’s
interesting to speculate what you could see if you had access to
whatever the NSA, CIA, FBI, etc. have.
This final Google Earth picture zooms in on the farm (oops: “Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine” ) itself.
There’s the usual home and a few satellite buildings/storage sheds.
Also of note is the large building that can be seen above the center of
the picture. Google Earth has a ruler tool which can be used to measure
the distance between any two points. If you zoom in closely, you can
measure the size of any object. For example: a building.
The size of this particular building is about 100 x 58 feet (+/-).
Farms have lots of farm equipment (tractors, harvesters, etc.) and
frequently have large buildings to store the equipment out of the rain.
(Cuts down on rust, etc.) We also note that the shadow from this
building is longer than the shadows from other buildings. Thus this
building is taller than the other buildings.
With a little imagination you could give your
storage building a fancy name. You could even hang a sign on the side
of your building to make it look impressive. With a little more imagination,
you might even come up with something that looks like:
Note the lack of windows. Buildings that have space for ordinary people
usually have windows, but then again, farm equipment doesn’t need
windows. However, to drive farm equipment in and out would require
oversized doors, and it looks like there are a couple of two-story
doors as well as two other doors for human use.
The Robinson Curriculum
If you go to the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine’s home page at http://www.oism.org/ , one of the links that shows up on the left side of the page is “Robinson Curriculum”. Clicking on this link leads to: http://www.oism.org/s32p28.htm
The
“Dr. Robinson” link on this page confirms that the OISM is a 350-acre
farm in southern Oregon. There is also another link at the top of the
page that continues to: http://www.robinsoncurriculum.com/
There is another route to get to: http://www.robinsoncurriculum.com/
Start at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RobinsonUsers4Christ/, and part way down the page you will find a link to the same http://www.robinsoncurriculum.com/.
The
“RobinsonUsers4Christ • Discipling Our Children for God's Glory”
Yahoo Group states:
“This
group is for Bible and Trinity-believing, God-fearing,
"Jesus-Plus-Nothing-Else" Christian families using or investigating the
Robinson Curriculum. All homeschooling families using or investigating
the Robinson Curriculum are welcome to join, with notice that the group
is first and foremost a Christian group.”
Thus, the main field of study for the Oregon Institute of Science
and Medicine is “Jesus-Plus-Nothing-Else” home schooling. At one time
this home schooling even extended to Islamic/Muslim home schooling.
http://web.archive.org/web/20061117221744/http://www.muslimhomeschool.com/mhsnr/DOCS/models.htm
For more information about the “Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine” (alias “The Farm”) please see:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oregon_Institute_of_Science_and_Medicine
The “Oregon Petition” Song
(Use the melody from “Old MacDonald had a Farm”)
Arthur Rob’son had a farm, Old MacDonald had a farm,
in
rural
Oregon.
E I E I O.
And from this farm he made a list, And on this farm he had a cow,
in
rural
Oregon.
E I E I O.
With
a name name
here
With a moo moo here
and
a name name there
and a moo moo there
Here a name, there a name, Here a moo, there a moo,
everywhere
name name
everywhere moo
moo
Arthur Rob’son had a farm, Old MacDonald had a farm,
in
rural
Oregon.
E I E I O.
Arthur Rob’son had a farm, Old MacDonald had a farm,
O
I S and
M.
E I
E I O.
And from this farm he made a list, And on this farm he had a pig,
O
I S and
M.
E I E I O.
With
a name name
here
With an oink oink here
and
a name name there
and an oink oink there
Here
a name, there a name
Here
an oink, there a oink
everywhere
name name
everywhere oink
oink
Arthur Rob’son had a farm, Old MacDonald had a farm,
O
I S and
M.
E I E I O.
The “Oregon Petition”
While the “Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine” appears to be a
farm and has been active in “Jesus-Plus-Nothing-Else” home schooling,
they have still had left over time to push a political agenda on Global
Warming. The “Oregon Petition” has been thoroughly debunked by others
at:
1) http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oregon_Institute_of_Science_and_Medicine
2) http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/10/oregon-institute-of-science-and-malarkey/
3) http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/admin/publication_files/resource-1892-2005.50.pdf
4) http://rabett.blogspot.com/2006/12/gift-for-john-h.html
Readers are encouraged to check out these other web sites, but a quote from the last source pretty much sums it up:
“We may agree with Robinson and Robinson on one point. There may be
more serious issues than global warming that threaten continued
advances in the quality of life for humankind. One of these is the
attempt by Robinson and Robinson to misinform the general public about
the scientific process and what is known and unknown in the frontiers
of science.”
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