Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
It’s hard to believe it’s been 23 years since Ghostbusters came out. I’ve always liked that movie, particularly the seen where Bill Murray’s character is trying to convince New York’s mayor that he’s got a problem on his hands: Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical
Continue readingHave you noticed that, of late, whenever something anomalous occurs, it’s blamed on climate change? This has slowly been seeping into my subconscious, and suddenly burst to the forefront of my mind when I saw today’s SF Chronicle, with a story about shorebird die-offs. Not to speak disrespectfully of these
Continue readingNo comment: Paper or plastic? Not anymore in San Francisco. The city’s Board of Supervisors approved groundbreaking legislation Tuesday to outlaw plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets in about six months and large chain pharmacies in about a year. The ordinance, sponsored by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, is the first such
Continue readingJonah Goldberg’s analysis of Gore’s approach to climate change sounds entirely accurate given the way in which Gore is presenting the problem and the changes he’s demanding: Indeed, he wants to change attitudes about government as much as he wants to preach environmentalism. Global warming is what William James called
Continue readingThe title of this post describes how I felt when I read this fawning article in the SF Chronicle about Bore’s appearance on Capitol Hill, especially since its ultimate paragraphs have Babs Boxer practically eulogizing Bore without his having to go through the bother of dying first. This is not
Continue readingA Best of the Web reader makes mincemeat of Bore’s fever analogy (“the earth has a fever” and it’s going to die unless everyone but Al gives up fuel consumption): Reader Scott Jacobson questions Gore’s premise: Some great news for Daddy Gore: Little baby Earth does not have a fever.
Continue readingCommon sense from a man who has seen Marxism’s ugly hand: Czech President Vaclav Klaus said on Wednesday that fighting global warming has turned into a a ‘religion’ that replaced the ideology of communism and threatens to clip basic freedoms. The right-wing president, a free-market champion, wrote to the U.S.
Continue readingOne of the things that irritates and amuses me in equal parts is the Left’s habit of crying “censorship” whenever someone disagrees with them. They deliberately (I think) confuse the distinction between government acts shutting down debate and mere disapprobation. Nothing shows the difference more clearly than this story about
Continue readingEveryone one in my liberal, environmentally conscious community wants a Prius. The only reason Mr. Bookworm didn’t buy one when his last car gave up the ghost was because it was too small for him to sit comfortably. The first of our neighbors to get the Prius was congratulated by
Continue readingIt’s getting so that, every day, every where, more and more people are beginning to challenge the “debate is over” pronouncement regarding global warming. My two favorite from today are an interview with Christopher Horner, an environmental lawyer and (former?) liberal who wrote the The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global
Continue readingOver the months, I’ve denigrated Western global hysteria on the ground that whatever we do is irrelevant. China (and possibly India) will make the difference. To pat myself on the back, I was right: Far more than previously acknowledged, the battle against global warming will be won or lost in
Continue readingThis time, I’m going to be brief (dinner to prepare, slumber party to calm, dog to walk, yadda, yadda, yadda). Just go to Media Lies and see a good article about the real scandal behind Gore’s posturing — and it’s not those $30,000 annual energy bills.
Continue readingAl Gore might be thinking right now that he’s fallen into the “Be careful what you wish for, you might get it” trap. After all, his film, having won an Academy Award, is now coming under more intense scrutiny than ever. Wait, that’s wrong. The film isn’t, but Al is.
Continue readingCoincidentally, a day after An Inconvenient Truth won its Oscar, Netflix delivered the same film to us. We watched it last night. Or rather, I should say, I attempted to watch it. After ten minutes of listening to Al Bore’s disconcertingly slow and rhythmic voice (disconcerting, because the speed and
Continue readingI recently blogged here, here and here about my increasingly strong belief that we’re engaged in weather warfare. Noel Sheppard gives lucid life to my incoherent attempt to grasp at a core truth in the increasingly hysterical global warming debate: Don’t you love it when these sanctimonious socialists claim to
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