Archive for Global Warming

Artificial Crisis: Confronting the Myths and Realities of Global Warming

Posted by: Jason | July 30th, 2008 · 11:35 AM

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Throughout man’s relation to the earth, we have questioned the boundaries between progress and ethics. Like every other generation in human history, we face those same challenges today. While advancements in communication and travel have made the world a smaller place, they have also increased our need for energy and technology.

The world is using more of its natural resources than ever before, but are we trading something in return? Many scientists today claim that man’s industrial creations are to blame for global warming, that our greed and contempt for the planet have compromised the future for life itself. They sight examples of common daily luxuries such as automobiles, new development for homes, and techniques in farming, as dangerous to the greater globe. But is there alarmism within this message? Are these same projectors of a future to fear not guilty of their own contemptible actions in the areas of political power and financial gain?

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Will Ferrell as Bush

Posted by: Jason | June 25th, 2007 · 10:05 PM

Regardless of party affiliation, you cannot dislike comedian Will Ferrell’s hilarious impersonations of President Bush. Here’s a favorite excerpt of mine on “global warmings”:

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Bush the Moderate

Posted by: Jason | June 4th, 2007 · 9:48 PM

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You may recall a recent post of mine entitled Learning from Arnold. Within it, I suggested that President Bush, during the final years of his crippled presidency, might be better served by saving the GOP some face and pressing moderate issues.

I’m no moderate, but I do see certain benefits in appealing to bipartisan positions such as energy independence, AIDS prevention in Africa, and solutions to the conflict in Darfur, when your poll numbers are hovering around 30%. Pressing these issues may serve useless, in that the president is doing everything he can to destroy the loyalties of his base through insanely stupid immigration policy (among other mistakes), but humor me none-the-less.

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We’re All Gonna Die!

Posted by: Jason | May 17th, 2007 · 11:30 AM

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Will this guy just go away already? As if we weren’t depressed about politics enough, Al Gore has a new article out at Time entitled The Assault on Reason. It discusses the “dumbing down” of Americans, our lack of interest in current events, and how this phenomenon is promoting the interests of evil in the world. Aside from a few points which conservatives might actually agree with, it’s yet another hodgepodge of doom and gloom from Gore, expressing a sense of demise for the entire population of the United States, and the world for that matter.

I’ll refrain from going into a long winded rebuttal of the full statement, but rather pick apart certain pieces which I found of interest.

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Global Warming Poll

Posted by: Jason | April 20th, 2007 · 4:38 PM

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A third of Americans say global warming ranks as the world’s single largest environmental problem, double the number who gave it top ranking last year, a nationwide poll shows.

So says a new story at the Post today. The poll, conducted by The Washington Post, ABC News and Stanford University, while showing that a majority of Americans agree that global warming exists, also underlines division over what the US government should do about it.

The main development in this poll is in the increase in those who say they view the issue as “extremely” or “very” important, up to 52 percent, which is about double from where it was last year.

Also, there appears to be a real NIMBY issue when it comes to global warming. According the poll, when Americans are asked about a blanket regulation such as “requiring power plants to reduce emissions”, 62 percent are for it. However, when it comes to personal sacrifices, the numbers change. Only 20 percent favor higher taxes on their electricity to encourage conservation, and only 33 percent favor higher gas taxes.

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Comments On Rush

Posted by: Jason | April 18th, 2007 · 4:16 PM

I wanted to make a few comments on Rush’s piece today on the second amendment. He tackles political opportunism, the nature of gun crimes, and the attack on first and second amendment rights on the part of liberal Democrats.

The bottom line here is that every event — regardless how bad, how large, or how small — is covered through the politics prism now. Everything is being looked at here through the prism of politics rather than looking at this for what it is.

Here here! Sadly we live in an age now where hurricanes have political sides, school shootings have political sides, diseases have political sides. George W. Bush caused Katrina through his policies on global warming. If only Virginia had tougher gun laws, this kid would have feared them, and called off a 2 month plan to kill 32 students. And if only stem cell research were legal, why… Christopher Reeves could have survived. This irrational thinking has to be eliminated from politics. It’s making a corrupt game even more intolerable to watch.

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Join the “Virtual” March

Posted by: Jason | April 12th, 2007 · 4:11 PM

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The website Stop Global Warming is organizing a virtual march for supporters of environmental measures aimed at curtailing greenhouse gas emissions.

There is no more important cause than the call to action to save our planet. This is a movement about change, as individuals, as a country, and as a global community. We are all contributors to global warming and we all need to be part of the solution. Join the 702,038 supporters of the Stop Global Warming Virtual March, and become part of the movement to demand our leaders freeze and reduce carbon dioxide emissions now.

Apparently the hippies are starting to get jobs or something. Must be that Bush economy. Usually these leftist concocted issue marches take place on a Tuesday morning at 9am, just in time for when the real people in America go to work.

I have to admit, I’m pretty impressed by the brilliance behind this marketing campaign. Rather than fudging the number of attendees at the live protest, Stop Global Warming can just fib about the sign up count on this virtual march. Looks like the liberals are embracing technology.

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It’s Live! It’s on Earth! It’s Pointless!

Posted by: Jason | April 10th, 2007 · 3:29 PM

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Shortly after failed attempts to cure A.I.D.S., help farmers, and feed the world’s poor, the global population of liberals are united once again, this time in attempt to shove the latest issue of guilt over the human race’s existence down our throats, climate change.

Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis, has announced sixteen headliners who will perform at the U.S. series, part of a 7-continent fiesta of good ol’ fun, socialist style.

Earth Founder and Executive Producer Kevin Wall says “capping Live Earth with a blockbuster show like this will ensure we meet our challenge of building a mass audience to combat global warming. Live Earth will be a monumental event both in terms of entertainment and in turning the tide against global warming.”

Bi-partisan artists include Kanye West, Melissa Etheridge, and Dave Matthews Band to name a few. And just as the euphoric feeling of the drugs fades away, don’t worry. Al Gore is expected to appear to discuss the topic of global warming and all things anti-human being to jazz up the joint again.

Interested fans can find information about Live Earth at HERE.

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On Gore and Reflection

Posted by: Jason | · 10:45 AM

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So I did it… Through agonizing resistance, and the witnessing of my principled life’s journey coming to a crashing halt, I took it upon myself to walk into Blockbuster last night, and rent Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth.

In my defense, this is part of a greater experiment on global warming, of which I will yield the results momentarily on this site. But this post is no critique of the film. Being a year old, the experts have already given us a glimpse into what to expect. I wanted to make my own statement, on flaws that concerned something greater than global climate change, the love of artistic talent, and poetry.

Poetry is the ultimate accomplishment of man’s ability to speak in artistic language. It captures our inner most feelings and passions. When done well, in the case of those complicated masters such as William Shakespeare, to the most simple of works by the great Robert Frost, it should be considered the pinnacle of expression. When done badly, it disgraces the art form in the most terrible of ways.

The introduction of Gore’s popular documentary features a few minutes of deep thought and reflection, and is a clear example of how not to do poetry. At best, it is a man failing to convey his feelings for nature around him, but more I think, the narrator showing an inability to communicate, to become the character.

I’ve linked a clip below which shows the statement in qu