How about that global warming?
December 15th, 2008
It’s flippin’ freezing here in ‘Sconnie.
I woke up this morning and discovered that it was -10. This is unseasonably cold–even in Wisconsin–for December. I even broke out my Elmer Fudd fur hat, which usually doesn’t see the outside of my winter storage Rubbermaid container until mid to late January.
Thankfully, my diesel VW decided to fire up, anyway. Hopefully the exhaust that it emits will contribute to some sort of greenhouse warming effect.
I may just leave it running tonight.
Speaking of hot air, have you read the latest Chicken Little global warming article (h/t WizBang)? Oh boy, it’s a doozy. Here’s an excerpt:
When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore. Now it is a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can’t avoid.
Since Clinton’s inauguration, summer Arctic sea ice has lost the equivalent of Alaska, California and Texas. The 10 hottest years on record have occurred since Clinton’s second inauguration. Global warming is accelerating. Time is close to running out, and Obama knows it.
These people are out of their ever-loving minds if they think this charade is going to go on much longer. Their thirst for power and belonging to this new cult of environmentalism has clouded their judgement to the point where they actually believe that the average Joe is taking them seriously.
This would be entertaining if it weren’t so creepy. Who needs circuses when we have the global warming cultists? You can witness a freak show every time you open the newspaper, if you’re into that sort of thing. (Yes, I’m into that sort of thing.)
Entertainment value aside, I’ve been proclaiming global warming heresy everywhere I go. When I enter the gas station and am shivering from the cold, I say to the clerk, “That Al Gore is full of crap.” When I go to my favorite cafe on my lunch break and leave my car running on the street to keep it warm, I walk in and happily exclaim to anyone will listen, “How about that global warming, folks?” Nearly everyone laughs or says, “Wow! So you’re a denier, too?” I’ve actually had quite a few great conversations with people. Most of them seem relieved that there’s actually someone else out there who thinks global warming science is about as reliable as Barney Frank on a housing sub-committee.
If you live in the cold north (or in New Orleans, which just experienced a snowstorm), I would encourage you to use the cold as a ‘global-warming-is-B.S.’ conversation starter. Don’t be shy, and don’t be afraid. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find out that most folks agree with you…unless you live in Madison, or Minneapolis, or [insert commie city name here].
Speak up, folks! Atheists are proud of being atheists and denounce a higher power on a constant basis. Why should we heathens of the environmental movement be any different? Are you afraid of being ’shunned’? I’ll remind you once again, via the University of You Tube, what happens when you ‘go along to get along’:
Stupid Charlie.
I know I just posted that a few days ago. I don’t care. It’s pertinent. And I’ll be honest with you…I don’t think there’s ever a bad time for a life-lesson from cartoon unicorns.
You’re welcome.
December 16th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Weather does not equal climate, right? What does a cold winter day have to do with the validity of climate research?
December 16th, 2008 at 8:45 am
John,
You’ve obviously mistaken me for a climatologist, which alone should bring into question your own ability to reason.
All I know is that it’s flippin’ cold, that there are tons of articles out there saying that we’re actually headed for a period of global cooling, and that I’m a smartass from the word ‘go’. If you want to argue with people who are learned and established climate researchers, this is not the site for you (which should go without saying).
My beef is with the religion of environmentalism, which is quickly reaching Jim Jones status.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Joey, good comeback!!! Your Blog is on Our Global Warming Hoax Web Site! I missed you…its been awhile
Loved your story and we need to hear from you more.
Regards,
Denny
December 16th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Ha! I couldn’t help it…I had to watch Charlie again! Thanks for re-posting.
Re: global warming. They are now saying that the cooling is a sign of the warming. What next??
December 18th, 2008 at 5:51 am
“What does a cold winter day have to do with the validity of climate research?”
Dear John,
Wrong question, the answer is irrelevant to the larger issue at hand. I would suggest that the proper question is this: What does government funding and an undeniable anti-capitalist world view have to with what passes for climate research, and why would any rational person accept such research as settled when it clearly does not properly and fully account for such innocuous drivers of climate as, say, the sun?
In fact, a fair amount of the ACGW conclusions go to great lengths to either ignore the role of the sun or attempt to criticize those whose research suggests the sun as the fundamental driver of climate. Moreover, there are embarrasing accounts of ACGW research ignoring such basic science as the relative weighting of effects by carbon dioxide increases or decreases in the atmosphere (it’s a trace gas and will forever be a trace gas).
Such conclusions by the ACGW crowd are simply tantamount to concluding that if one sails too far west one will undoubtedly encounter monsters (since we know from computer models that sailing west correlates tightly with the appearance of large gangly creatures), and if you get through the monsters that we all now are required to agree are out there, you’ll then sail right off the edge of the flat earth…and die.
After all, it goes without saying (or proving) that the earth is flat.
The global warming hegemony appears to be simply another pathetic run at socialism using a cloak of pseudo science, which given the intellectually challenged lefty soon to occupy the White House has become a far more probable outcome…
Double barreled conclusions that the earth is both warming AND the warming is primarily or fundamentally caused by human activity are simply not intellectually honest while ignoring the role of other far more powerful (dare I say cosmic) drivers of climate here on earth and around the galaxy.
June 30th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Gotta love liberals who fall for the global warming scam because their smarter than bushites. They probably roll their eyes at wrestling fans while they think Al Gore is the good guy. Hey I know cause I was one of them a couple of years ago even though something didn’t quite feel right about Democrats saving the world.