Tuesday Open Thread: Climate Change Edition
by PubliusYesterday, President Obama announced his plan to create a new federal agency tasked with climate change. Later that day, the National Weather Service announced that DC was due to receive another 10-20 inches of snow today. (On top of the 2 1/2 feet of snow over the weekend.) Now THAT is some climate change.
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THE most "disconnected" administration in our history….. Just a couple of Chicago thugs doin' their thang…. Buh Bye, Assholes…..
The Dems right along with the AGW bakers are never ones to allow the facts to get in the way of their money !!
I wish we could cap his mouth and trade the whole damn lot of them in…………………..immediately.
The Sky Is Falling! The Sky Is Falling!
Anyone who still believes Man is responsible for changing the climate and can now reverse that trend by taxing businesses and restricting economic development is a complete idiot. Turning NASA into the new climate change watchers is a disgrace and a complete waste of talent and resources. Obama is crazy! No, I really mean that – he would been better offbeing born into the royal family of some feudal system 300 years ago where he could play Prince for a day to his heart's content. He is the new anti-Superman. He fights AGAINST truth, justice and the American way.
Time for a real Revolution in this country. Obama is nothing but a lying sack. A Manchurian Candidate for sure. Impeach him, now, before he kills us all! Arm yourselfs before there is nothing left.
I am with you 100%! If I never heard another word out of his lying mouth, it would be too soon!
When is Obama going to learn to keep his mouth shut? Every time he opens his mouth something bad happens. And as bad as this may be to say…It makes me wonder if Obama called up the Murtha family and wished them good luck yesterday…??? Wouldn't surprise me one bit. Obama has the kiss of death…!!!
the ignorance is unbelievable
Get out there and start shoveling some snow President Ben Dover, and show us an honest good hard day of work for once in your life.
Nice photo, I wonder if it's a stock photo or current.
Almost daily I have to deprogram my children from the brainwashing the public school system is attempting. They start early on our kids with this climate change nonsense, just one area they are using.
Protect your children, progressives want them.
Where the hell is Al Gore? I want that SOB to come over here and shovel out the 8 to 12 inches of Global Warming we're expecting today!
Haven't we stuffed enough money down this particular rat hole? I guess they could change the name again, how about Global Scariness!
They're saying now that the doctors killed him. They cut into his intestines during gall bladder surgery, and the ensuing complications and infection killed him. Where's John Edwards? I smell a law suit.
Obama is a Marxist ideologue. Ramming down healthcare. Civilian trials for terrorists while court trials go on for CIA agents and Marines.
A new agency is not necessary. If it is formed I would hope the next administration would abolish it. While millions rot in unemployment, all Obama can think about is health care reform, cap and trade and now a new agency.
Unbelievable!
The whole Global Warming crowd should rename themselves…Flakies R Us.
Jennie… That's why the LIBS change the terms regularly.. It's now "climate change" ! And "climate change" takes place dynamically and is responsible for ANY CHANGE IN WEATHER PATTERNS ! Stupid bastards !
but it is gloabl climate change
I mean Just 6 months ago it was global warming, now look!
God has such a good sense of humor! I am lovin that DC is getting just lambasted. I am thoroughly digging it!
I've dubbed it "Sod'em and Snowmorrah."
Lorben…took the words right away from me! LOL! God must be very displeased with these jerks, claiming that the climate has anything to do with 'man'…!!
AMEN! Yes God is showing Al Gore and all the Obama lovers who is really in control.
Obama and his followers are like those goofs that think pro wrestling isn't fake..The people in charge of it admit it's all a big act,..they label it entertainment, yet, unbelievably, there are morons who think it's real…WE HAVE NO MONEY TO CREATE A NEW G.D. AGENCY!!!! WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE TAXED MORE TO PAY SIX FIGURE SALARIES TO RE-ESTABLISH A KNOWN HOAX! Does Obama listen to us?..NO…He only sees the IPCC scientist telling the press he considered suicide once the email leaked,..He only see the IPCC getting caught up in their own lies and by God, he will not stand idly by while trillions of hoax bucks disappear with the ruination of the IPCC…(he can control the u.s. media, but he can't control the U.K. media….or India's for that matter..) the IPCC is done, and Obama knows it…so he's going to pick up the hoax ball and run with it…AND IT WILL CREATE JOBS…JOBS, JOBS, JOBS,….(that do nothing but make up stories to bilk us out of our cash,…and those jobs will never disappear, ever, they will require more and more of our tax dollars every year,…unless we solve "Climate change…BWA…HA!!!) BUT THEY"RE JOBS!!!! OBAMA CREATING JOBS!!! WOOHOOO!!
Good point. These Progressive swines really know how to morph and twist language. Don't they.
The IPCC model predicted continued increase in temperatures from 1997 to 2010. That didn't happen. What other proof does the White House want. Thought they had complete faith in the IPCC model.
if i were a gambler i would bet money the people in d.c. are ready for this alleged global warming to kick in .
I hear you Lorben, I just wish God's Humor didn't require me to shovel another 12 to 20 inch's of snow from my 120 foot driveway !!! We just got it cleared sunday * sigh* I will do it with a smile though ( thinking of the dems stupidity ) and thank God for his humor..
The CRU unit at East Anglia is where climate gate broke
From The Independent on 20 March 2000 we got the headline: "Snowfalls are
now just a thing of the past". According to Dr David Viner, a senior
research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of
East Anglia, within a few years winter snowfall will become "a very rare and
exciting event".
When information leaders lie thru their teeth, they need to be confronted.
I was thinking when I was typing that, there were many who don't deserve it. I would help you if you were my neighbor! Last year we had all the snow in the Pacific Northwest, more snow than I had seen since the sixties. This year it has been cold, wet and only one snow fall….so I imagine the snow will swing back this way again when el nino decides to subside again you will have a reprieve and it will be my turn. It is amazing just how hard winters have been in the last three years around the world…it makes me laugh! And Copenhagen, I admit made me laugh out loud!
What a moronic idea… No new agency is needed! No additional money needs to be exntened on this!
NObama is incapable of listening to the people and their demands. NObama is no longer our representative, nor our public servant. The people DEMAND that the economy get focus, jobs increase, debt is reduced and taxes reduced! Put that health care B.S., Cap and Trade B.S. and Climate Change B.S. in the trash!
He needs to start using those big ears of his!
We're all just a bunch of AGW fantasy deniers.
The Obambi administration is simply not rooted in reality.
I spent most of the weekend plowing the climate change out of my driveway and off the sidewalks. Now what I could use is some administration change.
Fortunately, the UK is getting global colding too.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/news/newsid_8504...
Call me a zealot, but I really think this excellently-timed snow came straight from God.
AGW (or anthropogenic global warming) is this generation's tower of Babel. The only difference is that the hubris of the left is expressed through self deprecation and self hatred.
"We are SOOOOO wicked and our nasty fossil fuels are SOOOOO awful that we are ruining the Earth!"
To which God replies, "Hold on. Read the book I sent you, it outlines perfectly the end of the world. The only global warming mentioned there is when I burn up a third of the Earth."
It is dishonest self-flattery wrapped up in the ever-popular white guilt …. and now God is having a chuckle with it.
This is all about jobs, jobs, jobs Obama style. Obama must have more criminal friends that want jobs.
The AGENDA goes forward….
even with all the evidence and public opinion against it.
more taxes, health care "reform", global warming policies,………..
Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead.
love it Joan
No matter what the weather does, the Left will blame global warming for it.
In the mind of a Leftist, it's all the fault of humans and to correct that, they (the oh so smart Leftist elites) need to control every aspect of our life since the rest of us are just so stupid and ignorant.
Yes, but he has to continue to throw our money away. It is the fastest way for his Marxist ideas to work. Tear it all down and then MAKE everyone dependent on the Government, oh, and Obama.
All Obama is doing is making sure that future generations don't have more money than the other guy.
He is making evolution not revolution,thats what progressives do baby steps. He knows he is going to be a 1
term president. He is spending us deeper and deeper in dept so in his mind everyone wiil be broke and live happily ever after. Remember what he does now not only effects us but future generations and i think that is his goal. God forbid some one works really hard to have something nice while the lazy sit and cry why they don't have. One thing this a$$ hole president does not get,if no one is able to work and make no money how are the lazy going to eat!!
You got it. Don't listen to what they say…watch what they do.
The thing I am most disappointed with regarding the farce that is "global warming" is that I was soooo looking forward to planting palm trees in my yard, here in Indy. Damn!
If this administration was interested in proof of any kind they would have scrapped "climate change" and health care "reform" already. They also would have quit attempting to appease Muslim states and stopped ramming Socialist-Marxist "czars" down the throats of the American people. The fact that they have continued with these policies is in itself proof that this administration is pursuing its own agenda quite apart from regard for truth or the will of the American voter.
THEY'RE AFTER THE SCHOOL CHILDREN AGAIN!
http://usataxpayer.org/?0040951310
More here…
http://usataxpayer.org/?0039156365
Six months from now, it will be referred to as "Global Porning". If we are not careful, somewhere down the road, when they have taken us back to the stone age, it might be referred to as "Primate Change"
Amen. This is one poor shlub who's seen enough of the white stuff for one year.
"I am thoroughly digging it!" Methinks, so are they. LOL. Good one Lorben
Why does he persist in doing these things when we all know it's is a hoax? I guess Obama and Al Whore can then figure out yet another plot against Americans, to pay taxes to their beloved One World Order that they are running after. They just have to throw America under the bus a few more times.
You are confusing weather with climate. You should have stayed in high school.
You forgot his secondary plot. He's a freaking Muslim! If he destroys America then in his sick mind he is a Champion of Islam. Remember his law degree was paid for by a Muslim.
Got to try them before we can kill them. It's what makes us (well, most of us) different from N. Korea and Iran.
No, I'm looking at overall trends culminating in lower temperatures due to (wait for it…) lower solar activity over the last several years. The sun has been almost completely discounted as an influence on weather and climate. You should have paid attention in Astronomy 101…
Scientists have always called it climate change… the term can be found in the IPCC AR1 in 1990. The media picked up on global warming because it is more descriptive, even if it is a bit misleading. A better name is anthropogenic global warming (AGM).
That's because you don't understand the difference between weather and climate.
I prefer "Snowzambique".
Well then god is an idiot. Anthropogenic global warming is real and could lead to devastating consequences for nature and human society…. whether you believe in it or not.
If you are such an authority, then do tell!
You can come on here and sat anything you want about ME, but how dare you call God an idiot!! I pity where you will end up when all is said and done!!
It is incumbent on all of us to educate ourselves. The summary for policy makers in IPCC AR4 is a good place to start. If you are still interested you can read the synthesis of report.
http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/...
Hey in all fairness the Ouija board is most accurate under a harvest moon and we're a long way from October.
Hey in all fairness the Ouija board is most accurate under a harvest moon and we're a long way from October.
Actually, that is exactly what happened. El Nino created spikes in global temperatures (also predicted by climate scientists) in 1997-1998, but all ten of the hottest years on record have occurred since 1997.
Faulty predictions are going to happen. There are too many people working on this to ever have total agreement on the message. But that doesn't mean AGW is not occurring. We continue to pump more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year and the cumulative effect is going to change human society.
There is nothing man can do to stop climate change, nothing! It is merely a means to control every person on this planet, to take us back to a agrarian society…I am not willing. If that is what you want then I would suggest Africa.
"…for once in your useless life."
Sorry for the edit…but you forgot a word…
You are indeed climate change deniers. Stupidity is not a virtue and nothing to be proud of…
mikatollah is a lost cause.
What you need is an education on the difference between climate change and weather.
What you are experiencing is called winter. It was predicted to occur by the theory of climate change.
Just like the regressive swine mikatollah.
"Bizzaro Superman number zero…"
LOVE IT…!
Someone needs to get that picture with him and the statue and Photoshop it…
That's because we are both in the northern hemisphere and both experiencing winter. Totally predicted by climate change theory.
BTW, they are having their summer down under.
You're a zealot…. well, not so much a zealot as an uninformed right wing ideologue. Your post drips with ignorance and demonstrates where our education system went off track. But you do love the lord…
obvious troll…is obvious…
So NOW you are worried about future generations. GWB ran deficits every year he was in office and that was after fighting two wars "off budget". Where was your concern for the future then?
obvious troll…is still obvious…
obvious troll…continues to be obvious…
Joan, that is great.
obvious troll…cannot help but be obvious…
That is because you are ignorant about the potential devastation of anthropogenic global warming on human society and infrastructure. You would rather have a very short term political issue than take responsibility for the pollution we create to maintain our lifestyle.
The greenhouse gases we pump into the atmosphere today will still be heating up the planet for our grandchildren in 50 years. And every year it is going to get worse.
It's not the site's fault…. it is your limited vocabulary and inability to express yourself above an eight grade level. But at least you have a caps lock to show when you are really angry.
and a blasphemous idiot.
mikatollah is a believer from the Topeka Westboro Baptist Church…
Quite the contrary. The majority of Americans know that global warming is occurring and know that humans are causing it by burning fossil fuels. The latest NBC News/Washington Journal poll shows that 74 percent of us believe humans are causing it, while only 20 percent of us believe that it is natural causes.
http://www.pollingreport.com/enviro.htm
You are right about the sun, but then use that information to draw an absolutely wrong conclusion. The lack of sunspots should be causing the planet to cool, but yet we have seen eight of the ten hottest years on record in the 2000s. Only the severe El Nino of 1997 and 1998 pushed those years into the top ten.
The sun will probably begin heating up again soon exacerbating the problems created by the greenhouse gases we have added to the atmosphere over the past decade.
C'mon PEOPLE!!!
Only the real illiterates still believe the Global Warming/Climate Change Hoax/Nonsense.
The rest of the proponents, including all the Progressive Politicians know better but continue to beat this dead horse in order to steal money from YOU.
Money to spend means POWER to Progressives. And POWER means they can buy enough votes to dictate to YOU.
We can stop adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere at record rates every year.
I don't intend to let the paranoid right wing in this country set public policy. The science is there, the evidence is all around us and the technology is available. All we need now is a commitment.
One of the advantages of weening ourselves off of fossil fuels is energy independence. We will no longer be held hostage to the oil producing nations.
You have something to offer here ron or are you just here to vent your right wing hate? I mean I don't care either way, it just makes you appear angry and dull…. which I'm sure you are not.
Now let me be clear… To perpetrate such a fraud is a crime. To levy taxes base on such a fraud is a crime against the people. All criminals should go directly to jail. That includes the POTUS!
Obama please go soak your big head for 1 hour.
The jig is up on your man made global warming. I think you have only about three years before drilling will open up wide in this country and the paranoid right wing sets public policy. So my suggestion of an agrarian society for you, Africa is apropos. You'll love it there, I been there and it is what you are looking for!
You have nothing to offer here mikatollah. Just spewing talking points of your commissar George Soros.
Drilling in this country solves nothing. It replaces oil that is easy to reach with oil that is better positioned politically, but much more difficult to get out of the ground. The global warming problem will continue to worsen each year.
A shift in automobile technology could go a long way to increasing vehicle mileage and decreasing our need to burn oil.
Actually it appears I'm the only on on this thread with a contrary opinion. Without me you will all start to believe that you are right…. which of course, you're not.
Well then 74 percent of Americans are illiterates because that is how many folks told the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal pollsters that humans are causing global warming. 20 percent are deniers.
Doesn't look good for deniers.
I don't generally feed the trolls, but I'll make an exception for you.
"Drips with ignorance" And your post, sir, drips with the liberal arrogance discussed here.
You are correct to say that I demonstrate where the education system has failed. Not only do I excel at math, I am capable of thinking for myself.
By the way, when discussing God, the L in Lord is generally capitalized. In that context, it is a proper noun.
Not me… I love the ga–ys.
Related video parody: Kermit the Frog Sings It's Not Easy Being Green with Backdrop of Recent Global Warming Scandal Headlines: http://www.optoons.blogspot.com
We are right and have no need to prove anything to a troll. Be gone troll!
You're a woman aren't you…. In my experience, only right wing women say things like "I am capable of thinking for myself". Left wing women are too confident and men, well, no self respecting man would ever say anything like that.
lord, god, both mean nothing to me. But I'm glad it gets under your skin. Thanks for playing.
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