Although I'm actually broadly supportive of action on climate change and I don't subscribe to everything Tony Blankley says, I'm a huge fan of his performances on the US talk radio show 'Left, Right & Centre' on KRCW. He also writes weekly for the Washington Times and he rather takes apart Al Gore this week. A few snippets starting with Al's recent Nobel prize:"Al Gore winning both an Academy Award and a Nobel Peace Prize. The very sentence sounds like a punch line. But I can't quite figure out who is supposed to be the butt of the joke. I rather suspect that he has one more award to come - the trifecta of absurdism. Perhaps he will be pronounced the world's greatest jockey, or the world's most graceful dancer"...on the real reasons for Al's cannonisation:
"It just goes to show how good life can be once you are officially designated a victim of George W. Bush. Once Mr. Gore lost the 2000 election (before which he was scorned and mocked by the liberal world), the world fell over itself showering him with wealth and honor. If only he could arrange to lose another election to a Republican he could be chosen pope, homecoming king and champion of the Soap Box Derby"..on how carbon offsetting works [or clearly doesn't in his view]:
"...carbon offsets are a rather strange concept. Let me use a simple metaphor to explain it. Let's suppose that Mr. Gore goes to an Italian restaurant and eats a loaf of garlic bread, a plate of lasagna, a bowl of spaghetti and meatballs, an extra large pizza with seven toppings, a couple or three bottles of chianti and a large assortment of pastries. As a result he puts on another 10 pounds. But he is deeply concerned that mankind is getting too fat. So, he pays 10 peasants in Asia 10 dollars each to eat nothing for a week. Although they are already thin, by starving themselves for a week they each lose a pound. As a result, after a week, mankind is weight neutral. Mr. Gore weighs 10 pounds more, 10 Asians weigh 10 pounds less — and Mr. Gore gets another Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in keeping mankind's waistline in check."..and finally on how controversial Danish climate expert Bjorn Lomborg thinks Al might not be taking in the full picture:
"Mr. Lomborg points out that while Mr. Gore was (amazingly) technically accurate to warn that up to 400,000 people might die by 2050 due to global warming, he carefully failed to point out that 1.8 million lives will be saved from the cold that global warming will replace. So, global warming will save a net of 1.4 million lives, rather than cost 400,000 lives"You can find more gems from Tony each week in the Washington Times or better still on the podcast of 'Left, Right & Centre'.
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It seems staggering that his film was going to be inflicted on schools , and I think still is.I`m a sceptic but not a denier myself but deeply suspicious about the hidden agenda for which climate chnage is used .
I think Cameron has go it about right ..as I usually do.
Cassie
Gore is spot on re climate change though I accept there is a sentimental tendency to favour the guy as he was so close and yet lost out to the great twerp. His film may be questionable in a couple of places but the thrust of it is unanswerable by those pathetic deniers. Back to the rugby!
Thanks guys - I'm certainly not in the denier camp and suspect Gore's film has more to commend it than it does to criticise.
Commiserations to you both of course in respect of the rugby result. Not sure if your birthplace or your current home determines your sympathies skip but happy to say I'm one of the less narrow-minded scots who was happy to cheer on England last night...
fGbaQP Very good blog! Thanks!
CLRrCd Magnific!
Magnific!
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