Well blow me down

Three excellent columns at Powerline...

John Kerry disgraced himself yet again...when he launched a salvo against the Bush administration at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

...Kerry's latest folly.

...“When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don’t advance and live up to our own rhetoric and standards, we set a terrible message of duplicity and hypocrisy,” Kerry said.

Speaking of duplicity and hypocrisy...Kerry himself has actually had the opportunity to vote on the Kyoto carbon emissions treaty.

...this says it all…

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 105th Congress - 1st Session

Vote Date: July 25, 1997, 11:37 AM

Question: On the Resolution (s.res.98 )

Declares that the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol to, or other agreement regarding, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992, at negotiations in Kyoto in December 1997 or thereafter which would: (1) mandate new commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the Annex 1 Parties, unless the protocol or other agreement also mandates new specific scheduled commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for Developing Country Parties within the same compliance period; or (2) result in serious harm to the U.S. economy.

YEAs 95
NAYs 0
Not Voting 5

Kerry (D-MA), Yea

Duplicitous and hypocritical: that pretty well sums up John Kerry.

What Makes A Protest Newsworthy?

This point is closely related to the "Grim Milestones" post immediately below. Earlier today, "tens of thousands" of demonstrators gathered on the Mall in Washington, D.C. to protest the Iraq war. The cast of speakers was less than impressive: Dennis Kucinich, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Jane Fonda.

...Organizers said the biggest challenge facing the anti-war movement today is how to hold together a loose coalition of groups with divergent agendas using celebrities who peaked in popularity 10 to 30 years ago.

“The speaker roster reminds me of the old Hollywood Squares game show,” said one unnamed staffer of Vegan Lesbians for Racial and Nuclear Justice, whose dozens of members will cross the continent to join the rally today. “I mean Fonda, Sarandon, Glover and Jackson might as well be Charo, Joan Rivers, George Gobel and Paul Lynde. How am I going get my group excited about geopolitical and military strategy with these has beens leading the way?”

It's hard to say how many people attended the demonstration; the Washington police no longer issue estimates of crowd sizes. Organizers said they were hoping for 100,000, and news accounts say there were "tens of thousands." I haven't seen a photo that shows the entire crowd; this one comes closest:

You can't judge from a single picture, but I haven't seen anything that makes me think the demonstration was anything special in terms of turnout.

Contrast this with a demonstration that occurred in the same place, just a few days ago, when"tens of thousands" of demonstrators gathered to protest the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade:

I don't know which protest was bigger, but I'm pretty sure I can predict which one will get more press coverage. My home-town paper, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, didn't cover the abortion protest at all. Again, whether and how a demonstration is covered has a lot more to do with the political agenda of reporters and editors than with the number or enthusiasm of the demonstrators. And I think we all know what narrative the liberal media are now pushing. It's the "will to lose" that John O'Sullivan identified at the National Review summit last night.

Grim Milestones

...people are talking about a statistic that has been kicking around for a while: illegal aliens murder approximately 12 Americans a day. Is this accurate? I'm not sure; this isn't a statistic that is officially kept, so estimates are based on more informal surveys. The number seems to have been popularized by Congressman Steve King.

While I'm not sure that it's right, the 12 per day figure is plausible. There are 16,000+ murders a year in the U.S., so, if my math is correct, that number implies that, if there are around ten million illegal aliens, they commit about ten times their pro rata share of murders.

Twelve per day works out to 4,380 a year, or around 16,600 during the time that has elapsed since we have been engaged in Iraq. This is more than five times the number of military deaths in Iraq.

My point here is not to argue for the accuracy of Representative King's numbers, but rather to note how discretionary the concept of a "grim milestone" is. If the mainstream media kept a "grim milestone" count on murders of Americans by illegal aliens, imagine how it would re-frame the debate over illegal immigration. But the media have no interest in that particular set of "milestones." What constitutes a "milestone" depends not on the actual magnitude of the issue, but rather on the political agenda of the mainstream media.

The World According to Gore

Al Gore and his ilk of environmental wackos have gone off the deep end, again! Gore jetted from France to England and in a speech warned about the impending "planetary emergency". Gore went as far as saying the world is now facing a "danger which could bring the end of civilization". Sounds like he has R.E.M. on his Ipod, "It's the end of the world as we know it and Al feels fine". Gore also stated that he believed scientists who said that there may be 10 years remaining to avoid "crossing the point of no return". Gore defended his use of fossil fuels by saying he is "carbon neutral" and tried to offset any plane flight or car journey by "purchasing verifiable reductions in CO2 elsewhere". That's RICH, Literally!! This coming from the man who helped negotiate the Kyoto Protocol that has cost more than $150 billion so far and has reduced the average global temperature .00015 degrees Centigrade. Gore earlier this year admitted, “Did we think Kyoto would work when we signed it [in 1997]?... Hell no!” Gore also explained that the actual point of Kyoto was to demonstrate that international support could be mustered for action on the environment. To put it simply, he's scaremongering! One of the rules of advertising is to state something and just keep repeating it, whether it's true or not, enough people will eventually believe it!

The Drudge Report has posted this on Gore's ilk:

Hundreds of concerned citizens and leaders from across the nation will join Hurricane Katrina survivors Wednesday to call for the resignation of the heads of the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at the NOAA Headquarters just outside of Washington, D.C. During an 11 a.m. demonstration, advocates will demand that NOAA stop covering up the growing scientific link between severe hurricanes and global warming while insisting on real solutions to the problem of global warming.

The resignation call comes because.....leaders at NOAA and the NHC continue to claim that the recent hurricane devastation is part of a "natural cycle."

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

Drudge also has this interesting post:

Scientists have found what might have been the ideal ancient vacation spot -- smack in the middle of the Arctic!

First-of-its-kind core samples dug up from deep beneath the Arctic Ocean floor show that 55 million years ago an area near the North Pole was practically a subtropical paradise, three new studies show.

Developing...

On Her Day

I felt the tears of the Earth this morning.

She was gently weeping this special day.

Hurt by the news.

An inconvenient truth.

Her number one suitor was a sanctimonious asshole and the scientific community is united in that fact.

AL Gore gave an interview to The Sun in which he was...

...very careful not to upset any of his celebrity friends.

He wouldn’t dream of suggesting that their lavish jet-setting and gas-guzzling lifestyles could be reined in for the good of the environment.

There are exceptions to every rule, especially for the beautiful people.

Now go back to changing your light bulb to the more environmentally friendly CFL, you schlub.

When we point out that David Beckham has recently been given the dubious title of having the worst carbon footprint in history – clocking up enough air miles to fly to the moon and owning 15 gas-guzzling cars, Mr Gore shifts uncomfortably in his seat.

He knows what is coming next.

When asked what he would say to the football icon – a hero to millions – about his impact on the environment, Mr Gore refuses to be drawn.

He gives a huge belly-laugh at the notion that Posh and Becks could invest in an environmentally-friendly hybrid car such as a Toyota Prius.

He careful considers his answer before saying: “I don’t think that’s my place. I don’t want to get into personally criticising anyone.”

Except people who don't agree with the b.s. that he blows out his hole.

And he claims no one could be worse than George W Bush in actively working AGAINST the cause.

The US has failed to live up to the Kyoto Protocol to reduce carbon emissions.

It was Al Gore, in 2006, admitted...

“Did we think Kyoto would work when we signed it [in 1997]?... Hell no!”

That must be why the Clinton/Gore administration NEVER submitted it, to the Senate, for approval.

























Shaddap You Face!

Strategery Energy Fund

I caught Hellary's new TV ad that espouses her Energy plan.

At times she can be seen standing in front of her Hellary bus.

Hellary's talking about getting "serious about dealing with energy efficiency, new forms of energy".

Her $50 Billion Dollar Stategery Energy Fund will spotlight wind, solar and biofuels.

Is that a Biofuels bus Hellary?

Of course not!

If it were she'd be bragging about it and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Hellary's as bad as Joanie Phony Edwards with his "Magic Bus".

Just last week, in Iowa, Hellary was bragging about her Comprehensive Strategery to Address the Climate and Energy Challenge.

She was a bit challenged by the facts...

One of the worst messages the President sent was when he took office and rejected completely Kyoto.

Worse than the Clinton administration, led by Al Gore, that negotiated the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 and then NEVER submitted it to the Senate for ratification?

Hellary also talked about Henry Ford and the Model T...

In fact, that Model T got better gas mileage than your typical SUV does today.

Are you sure?

Ford says...the Model T had fuel economy on the order of 13 to 21 mpg.

I then found this from 2006 that was aired by ABC's Good Morning America...

This year, the average SUV gas mileage must be at least 21.6 miles per gallon, gradually increasing to 24 mpg by 2011.

Save the Planet--Shut up a Politician!

Baby It's Cold Outside

The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change is taking place in Poland, where they are working to replace the Kyoto Protocol.

Ironically, the 11,000 registered will release more than 13,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the earth's atmosphere and has the U.N. conceding that its forum will likely contribute to Gore-BULL Warming.

That fits right in with these other hypocrites.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Speaking of the scientific community, Debra J. Saunders recently wrote...

When the Warmest in History Isn't

When science reporters write about, say, hormone therapy or drinking red wine, they report on studies that find that hormones or red wine can be good for you, as well as studies that suggest otherwise. Any science involving complex organisms is rarely black and white.

...a UC San Diego science historian who reviewed 928 abstracts of peer-reviewed articles on global warming published between 1993 and 2003, and concluded, "Remarkably, none of the papers disagreed with the consensus position."

Over 10 years, not one study challenged the orthodoxy — does that sound right to you? If that were true, it would strongly suggest that, despite conflicting evidence in this wide and changing world, no scientist dares challenge the politically correct position on the issue.

No wonder, David Bellamy — an Australian botanist who was involved in some 400 TV productions, only to see his TV career go south after he questioned global warming orthodoxy — wrote in The Australian last week, "It's not even science anymore; it's anti-science." Bellamy notes that official data show that "in every year since 1998, world temperatures have been getting colder, and in 2002 Arctic ice actually increased." Exhibit B: Richard S. Lindzen, the MIT Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, recently wrote, "There has been no warming since 1997 and no statistically significant warming since 1995."

...The Global Warming Petition Project urges Washington to reject the Kyoto international global warming pact as there is "no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate." So far, The Politico reports, more than 31,000 scientists have signed it.

A Real Job Interview

I enjoy funny things, but I don't find Bill Richardson's job interview commercials amusing.

I think they're demeaning to the office of President and the scientific community is united in that fact.

However, it's his money to spend so let's see how his real job interview would go.

He'd be asked to explain his decision, in 1997, to offer Monica Lewinsky a job on his staff at the United Nations.

He'd be asked why, as Secretary of Energy, he failed to help implement a comprehensive energy policy.

He'd be asked why the Chinese Communists were allowed to steal nuclear secrets on his watch.

He'd be asked if he leaked to the press the name of Wen Ho Lee, suspected of stealing nuclear secrets from Los Alamos and giving them to Communist China.

He'd be asked why he criticizes President Bush for not following the Kyoto agreements, when as a member of the Clinton/Gore administration (that negotiated the protocol) he knows they never submitted it to the Dummycrat controlled Senate for ratification.

Richardson would not get the job for clearly fudging his resume.

For What Its Wirth

I found it interesting that former Dummycrat Senator Tim Wirth agrees with Republicans...

“The Republicans are right -- it’s a cap-and-tax bill.”

Wirth's comments are about the cap and trade bill that passed the House and is in the Senate.

Wirth continued.

"...what has happened is it’s gotten out of control.”

As Senator, Wirth focused on environmental issues, particularly global climate change.

Wirth also served as Clinton's lead U.S. negotiator for the Kyoto Climate Conference.

Wirth shows intelligence, while CONgressman Leonard BOZO-well showed his ignorance (and the scientific community is united in that fact) to his constituents at an August town hall.



Process that and then process this...

Official government measurements show that the world's temperature has cooled a bit since reaching its most recent peak in 1998.

Let's cap the Dummycrats in CONgress and trade them for some new Representatives!


















That cartoon could work for Spring and Summer in much of North America.

China Syndrome?

Early in the week was this headline...

China says rich nations must cut emissions by 40 pct

That's their stance in upcoming negotiations to replace the Kyoto Protocol.

Then today I came across this article...

The Geography of Carbon Emissions

China has some of the worst pollution problems in the world (Linfen in Shanxi province is pictured). Nearly two-thirds of China's 343 major cities currently fail to meet the nation's air quality standards.

Do as I say, not as I do

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

What other Socialist-Commie-Pinko group does that sound like?

Too Much Hot Air

This week Ted Turner called for urgent action to address global climate change, which he referred to as the "single greatest challenge that humanity has ever faced."

Not to be outdone, Al Gore this week said..."Never before has all of civilization been threatened."

I'm no rocket scientist (my brother-in-law Chris is) but, doesn't the body emit Carbon Dioxide (CO2) when breathing?

Therefore to my rudimentary thinking... if they'd just shut their pie holes, maybe they'd have a lot less "Gore Bull" warming to bitch about.

I love how they have to jet all over the world to condemn everyone else, too!

Where's Rube Goldberg when you need him, he could design quite the complex machine to diagram their hypocritical bs!

Hypocritical also, is this U.N. report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Per the main stream media, the report states that "Gore Bull" warming has been very likely caused by man.

Yet, according to the IPCC's own findings...man's role is so uncertain that there is a strong possibility that we have been cooling, not warming, the Earth.

Gore also criticized critics of "Gore Bull" warming..."now they're offering cash for so-called skeptics who will try to confuse people about what the science really say..."

Gore went on to call them unethical!

This coming from a man who's admitted he's overplayed the dangers of "Gore Bull" warming...

"Nobody is interested in solutions if they don't think there's a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an overrepresentation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is..."

Today Gore (who this week alone was in Madrid, Spain, London, England and San Jose, California...did he walk?), will be announcing a concert about "Gore Bull" warming.

AlGoraPaloozer?

Hoping to involve 2 1/2 million people, it is set to take place on July 7 in Washington, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Capetown and Kyoto.

One could really go Goldberg on the logistics of that with the jets, the electricity, the human waste generated, etc.

Oh the Humanity!