A Long Walk

Weather.com, the online site of the Weather Channel, has devoted an article to Comrade Ed Fallon's Long March...err Great March for Climate Action.

Will A 3,000-Mile 'Great March For Climate Action' Change Minds On Climate Change?

Short answer and spoiler alert -- NO!

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

The March1 to November 1 trek about the Greenhouse Effect, err Global Warming, err Climate Change  will miss most of the winter weather, but I have no doubt there will be some sort of ironic weather event that will be good for a chuckle or two.

Something on the order of Global Warming Scientists Trapped in Antarctic Ice.

Although, if 2013 is any indicator, weather-related disasters in the US are all way down this year compared to recent years and, in some cases, down to historically low levels.


Marchers should also note, the number of 100 degree days across the country during 2013 is not only down for this year, but it is perhaps going to turn out to be the lowest in about 100 years of records.

That should be welcome relief after spending so much time on their dogs. 

Ants Marching

Looks like the Ragister, and Jennifer Jacobs, mislead readers when they reported Ed Fallon was running for public office because he said he was going to announce a campaign.

The Ed-ster announced a campaign, but he’s not running for public office.

Fallon wants to find 1,000 people to march coast-to-coast with him to demand action on climate change.

The Great March for Climate Action will set-out from the West Coast a year from Friday and arrive in Washington, D.C. the weekend before the mid-term election

Why wait, and the scientific community is united in that fact, if it is possibly the deadliest crisis humanity has ever faced?

The Ed-ster then went on to compare his over 3,000 mile March with historical Marches --

“In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi led the 240-mile Salt March to defy Britain’s imperial power. In 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr. led the five-day (54 Mile) march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery.”

The Greenhouse Effect, err Global Warming, err Climate Change  has not occurred and cannot have caused extreme weather of past few years': 'Climate changes naturally all the time, sometimes dramatically. The hypothesis that our emissions of CO2 have caused, or will cause, dangerous warming is not supported by the evidence. The incidence and severity of extreme weather has not increase.

Might as well March into a volcano as they have more impact on earth’s climate than previously thought and are a reason the planet has not heated up as much as expected.

When all the little ants are marching
Red and black antennas waving
They all do it the same
They all do it the same way

Caught In The Act

On a morning which saw Des Moines set a new record low, the “I Will Act On Climate” bus chugs into town spewing its toxicity about the Greenhouse Effect, err Global Warming, err Climate Change.

These global warm-errs always have such bad timing and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Our friend Cal (Freedom's pal), alerted us to this tidbit from earlier in the week --

Wednesday was the 100th day so far in 2013 with below normal temperature in Des Moines. That ties the total for all of 2012.

I'm sure it's now up to 103, and counting, as the last 3 days have all seen below normal temps.

These fiberals do like their buses, at least Ed Fallon will be on foot for his Great March for Climate Action.

Although, I'm sure he'll have a motorized entourage and probably sag wagons.

The cast of usual suspects will be in attendance today, with few transporting themselves environmentally friendly to the festivities, including Des Moines Mayor Frank Clownie...err Cownie.

Other Dummycrats, Brad Anderson and Sam Roecker, are included as well.

The Warmth?

Iowans worried about Greenhouse Effect, err Global Warming, err Climate Change made the Ragister and the Cedar Rapids Gazette in the last couple of days.

In the Capitol of the People's Republic, Iowa City, 100 Grannies are working to ban plastic bags, but their campaign has stalled.

If you can't get something banned in Iowa City, how bad could it be?

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

A co-founder of the group says -- “Many, many cities worldwide have banned single-use plastic bags. The entire country of Rwanda has banned plastic bags.”

It's a sad state of affairs if we're following Rwanda, should we implement genocide too?  

The other group founder says -- “Carbon dioxide levels have passed 390 parts per million in our atmosphere — this is the highest level in human history.”

It's not the highest it has ever been on the planet -- Levels were 3,000 ppm, or more, until the Paleogene period (beginning about 65 million years ago).

Contrary to what some would have us believe, increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will benefit the increasing population on the planet by increasing agricultural productivity.

Lastly, we learn that 100 Grannies don't number 100 as only 75 women have joined the Grannies.

Plus, if you look at the picture that accompanies the article, at least one man is identified as a member.

Ed Fallon and his Great March for Climate Action, reminds us of Mao's Long March, received more Ragister publicity for unveiling their route.

Fallon claims to have raised $60,000 so far to help bankroll the effort.

Will Ed be paying himself from those funds too (Here We Go Again)?

Also backing Fallon are MiniCommie CONgressman Bruce Braley and Rob "Boss" Hogg, with the Hogg saying -- In the past, you would have an occasional flood. Now we just have one flood after another.

Unless you count last year's drought.

I Can See Your Spirit

One of our favorite Notman's made the news for joining Ed Fallon in his Great March for Climate Action.

Stung by spirit, pastor will walk across country

This could be tough, in addition to his age, he's carrying a ton of baggage and the scientific community is united in that fact.

In his first big walk walk, 1989, the then Reverend Bob Notman-Cook traversed part of Iowa for what was called the Third Annual Prisoner Awareness Walk.

Notman-Cook characterized the walk as a special journey that calls us to scrutinize the use of prisons as a means of retribution and vengeance...it's time that we call for the creation of alternatives that may nourish rather than destroy the human spirit.

At least this trip he'll have one less name to carry around.