I question the timing. I was in Costco today, buying food for the Monsterlings and my latest installment of Christmas loot for which the fat guy will get credit, when I came across the DVD of An Inconvenient Truth, at, I seem to recall, something like $18.50, which made my left eyelid twitch, just thinking about how a) I could get 3 DVDs of classic movies that I actually like there for that and b) with what bewildered derision any of my children would greet such a special gift. I might have some interest if they could get the Mystery Science Theater guys to do commentary, I suppose.
Well, I get to a computer on my way home, and lo! From the Telegraph comes the story that some UN science commission’s going to downgrade its emphasis of how much impact people’s activities have on global warming, some time next year. Which, you know, made me laugh, just thinking about Olympia Snowe and Jay Rockefeller and Al Gore getting this big lump of anthracite coal in their unspecified multicultural holiday gift repositories.
Strangely, the http://www.telegraph.co.uk site seems to be down (and I’m not jumping to conclusions, because I’m not reality-based), but you can see what people have been saying about the article on Tailrank.
So don’t say I never gave you anything.
I would never…
You’re posts alone are priceless.
Well, 40% of them anyway.
As far as the UN revising global warming to less hysterical levels, I’ll believe it when I see it.
The article gives away the game in citing the cooling effect aerosols have had. If these ecofreaks were truly concerned with global warming as opposed to indicting capitalism, there would be MUCH more talk about proactive solutions to contrive a cooler planet and much less emphasis on the more passive approach of regulating CO2 emissions.
By mistake I got shipped Al’s mockumentary in a Superman Returns sleeve, from an online rental place. Needless to say the movie was not playable by the time I put it back into the SR sleeve.
The character of Clark Kent was based on Al Gore. Duh.
Found the Article on telegraph.com.
Dan: The reason the UN is downgrading their environmental assessment is because we’re going to fuck up the human race on our own. Who needs radiation? They can read the beads.
(Actually, I think many people who vote liberal can already be considered chimeras. Face it, you have to be a big ass to vote Democratic. Look at Paul Krugman. There’s a reason for that beard.)
Heh.
So much goes down the toilet that is contemporary liberal philosophy that a backup must occur eventually. The problem may be that the excuses proffered for taking over everyone’s lives with government-regulation eventually fail to be true, so new ones must be created.
My favorite liberal current contradiction is globalization: if it’s economic, it’s bad. If it’s governmental, it’s good.
Hey! Hey! What about the workers paradise in the Soviet Union! Huh, smart guy? What?
Really? Wow! Never mind.
Remember the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s when Eugenics and the survival of thre species was all the rage. Beautiful California led the nation in the sterilization of mentally retarded and developmentally challenged young adults, the vast majority of whom were women. Liberals’ visions seem to be steeped in short term effects with very little consideration given to potential long term consequences.
Geezer, good to see you back at it!
Being short-sighted is certainly the standard (I just barely shy away from saying that it is the point) of being a progressive. Now is bad, just around the corner will be better; see, see, it’s right there! If those damn conservatives would stop holding us back, we’d be there already.
“As enunciated today, ‘progress’ is simply a comparative of which we have not settled the superlative.”
Related:
“He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative.”
Both by G.K. Chesterson.
“So don’t say I never gave you anything.”
– Well you haven’t really, unless your count all those exceptionally “non-reality” based posts that tend to eschew the utopian for the sensible, or your unqualified friendship (we’ll overlook the ass snapping towels thing – I think we all know who started that little pecadillo (ryhmes with)…, or your constant references to current heart throbes, or you love of good Irish ale, or your obvious humanistic side you consimate potato eater…..and….and…..what was the question again?….Oh…yeh… No I’m generally not cynical, unless its in response to the question; “Will Secular Progressives ever achieve adulthood”…. Only thought on global hot air, is someone should buy Al an air conditioner and shut him up…..other than that I’m jiggy wit dit….
TW: “cut81…annnnd reframe for lighting…Ok Al, now in this next shot hold the glowing earth ball closer to the side of your face so everyone can see the red make up as if you’re getting an instant sunburn, and don’t move you head or they’ll see the feed tube for your smoking hair in the camera field….Ok….QUIET ON THE SET! DIRECTORS PACE…ROLL ‘EM…and take 137…ACTION!
You might try e-mailing Mike Nelson about a commentary track for the Gore flick.
Brilliant. But contact Joel Hodgson instead.
Karl: Holy shit, they’ve created MST3K: The Podcast. Thanks for the link – I haven’t seen that before.
TW: It seems they’ve taken the concept one step further32.