Readers are advised to make peace with the Maker soon. If we are to believe the recent utterings of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (pictured at right), humanity -- or at least humanity living life as we know it -- is not long for this earth.
The Sec-Gen's August 11 speech at the Global Economic Forum in Incheon, South Korea, was so over the top that it's likely the world's media kept its coverage of the event relatively muted to spare the poor man from worldwide embarrassment. There is nothing about the speech that I could find in searches on "Ban Ki-Moon United Nations" (not typed in quotes) at the New York Times or the Washington Post. A search on the same string at AP.org at 3:30 p.m. came up empty. An identical Google News search came back with a very light total of 42 results.
Here are key paragraphs from the Sec-Gen's hysterical speech, where he also (surprise, surprise) demands large sums of money "from public and private sources":
If we fail to act, climate change will intensify droughts, floods and other natural disasters.
Water shortages will affect hundreds of millions of people. Malnutrition will engulf large parts of the developing world. Tensions will worsen. Social unrest – even violence – could follow.
The damage to national economies will be enormous. The human suffering will be incalculable.
We have the power to change course. But we must do it now.
As we move toward Copenhagen in December, we must “Seal a Deal” on climate change that secures our common future. I'm glad that the Chairman of the forum and many other speakers have used my campaign slogan “Seal the Deal” in Copenhagen. I won't charge them loyalty. Please use this “Seal the Deal” as widely as possible, as much as you can. We must seal the deal in Copenhagen for the future of humanity.
We have just four months. Four months to secure the future of our planet.
Any agreement must be fair, effective, equitable and comprehensive, and based on science. And it must help vulnerable nations adapt to climate change.
Ladies and gentlemen, the science is clear. We know what to do and we know how to do it. ....
What is needed is the political will. We have the capacity. We have finance. We have the technology. The largest lacking is political will. That is why I will convey some meetings focused on climate change. I have invited all the leaders of the world including President Lee.
.....developed countries must provide sufficient, measurable, reportable and verifiable financial and technological support to developing countries.
This will allow developing countries to pursue their mitigation efforts as part of their sustainable green growth strategies and to adapt to accelerating climate impacts.
Significant resources will be needed from both public and private sources.
Developing countries, especially the most vulnerable, will collectively need billions of dollars in public financing for adaptation.
I am talking here about new money – not re-packaged Official Development Assistance. This is one of the most important issues which we are going to discuss on September 22nd in New York, and this year again at the G20 Summit Meeting in Pittsburgh on September 24th.
Most sober worldwide observers are already severely dampening expectations that the Copenhagen conference to which the Sec-Gen refers will produce anything definitive (my personal opinion if that is indeed the outcome is, "Thank goodness.")
What over-the-top rhetorical depths will Ban Ki-moon sink to if that is what indeed happens?
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
—Tom Blumer is president of a training and development company in Mason, Ohio, and is a contributing editor to NewsBusters
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It's not that he wants to
August 15, 2009 - 15:22 ET by EdhenryIt's not that he wants to save the planet, as much as confiscating $$$. Any similarity to the hoaxters in general, hmmmm?
That's the whole purpose of cap-and-trade schemes
August 15, 2009 - 15:46 ET by GalvanicAnd since he knows that China and India -- the world's two most populous countries -- will never sign up to a Kyoto-clone agreement, what he's really aiming his diatribe at is the United States.
The U.N.
August 16, 2009 - 06:40 ET by adamsmithLike Neal Boortz was saying a while back, send the U.N. to Haiti, and quit paying for it...
Maybe newsbusters can set up a poll on here to see what the results of such polling might turn up. I predict a landslide..
And the sad thing about it
August 15, 2009 - 18:02 ET by motherbeltAnd the sad thing about it is that our government will probably swallow it all, hook, line, and sinker.
They will pledge money, and keep making laws requiring us to reduce our emissions even further, to compensate for the fact that India and China have no intention of reducing anything.
Developing countries, especially the most vulnerable, will collectively
need billions of dollars in public financing for adaptation.
WHAT???????
<sound of duct tape ripping off roll>
If it's one thing I always
August 15, 2009 - 15:23 ET by nolotrippenIf it's one thing I always believe it's someone with the last name of Moon, especially if he's with the UN or has his own religion.
Why
August 15, 2009 - 15:29 ET by Joe Camel.....developed countries must provide sufficient, measurable,
reportable and verifiable financial and technological support to
developing countries.
So...it is all about soaking us again, same mind set as the Messiah here. Guess stupidity is rampant everywhere. One day, when we all have nothing, and no reason to live...well they can be happy. Guess I only have one question? If everyone else is dead, who do you have to rule over? Humm...
August 15, 2009 - 15:32 ET by jessieHWasn't this guy's brother a preacher, in the 70s?
Not sure. I thought he
August 15, 2009 - 19:41 ET by ThisnThatNot sure. I thought he played quarterback for the Houston Oilers.
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"Tax the rich" is a basically unstable way of governing - The NYT
Maybe the moon bat can view the SUN
August 15, 2009 - 15:39 ET by upcountrywaterHow many sunspots are there....?
The sun is blank--no sunspots. That makes it a perfect backdrop
for passing spaceships.
Just stick to marrying 4,000 people at once will ya, or was that your moon bat brother!
Hawaii just suffered the worstest non-hurricane in this 2009 season
that made land fall in America wow winds 30 MPH...
If present trends continue it will be cooler next year..
Sounds like he LATE to buying up carbon companies, ha ha to late sucker.
Reagan VS Liberalism
Yet another manufactured "emergency"
August 15, 2009 - 15:40 ET by c5thenWe are 10,000 years out from the end of the last great ice age, 400 years from the much warmer "Climate Optimum" and just over 200 years from the end of the "little ice age" and these twits want us to believe that the climate is supposed to be static??!!
Anytime a politician tells us that it is an "emergency" and we have to spend billions or trillions immediately, they are almost always trying to scam the public.
Throw 'da bums out!
no incumbent re-elected, with very few exceptions!
www.loyaltoliberty.com
Here We Have "Statists"
August 15, 2009 - 16:39 ET by Wildcatter1980With the UN they are "internationalists" or "transnationalists".
No matter what the name is, the goal is the same. Garner as much power and control over as many people and as much money as they can!
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We need to stop calling them "Progressives" when in reality they are big government "Socialists" who no longer value the individual's rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
And next in the crisis
August 16, 2009 - 08:50 ET by Seabeach4348And next in the crisis series will be something like the earth is running out of atmospheric Oxygen because of deforestation or because internal combustion engines are using up all of the O2 to make more CO2 or something equally ridiculous.
Of course, we'll only have 12 weeks to "do something now" and throwing US $$$ will fix all of it.
What ever happened to the hole in the ozone layer that was supposed to lead to the extinction of humans? Wasn't that just another myth created by these very same lunatics?
UN Global Climate TAX, TAX,.but you must act now...
August 15, 2009 - 15:50 ET by acaiguanaThis offer is limited.
Come on down...
Get out your wallets. Jump right on in...
"Ladies and gentlemen, the science is clear. We know what to do and we know how to do it. ...."
Drat that science. I hate it when it is clear. Einstein was reported to have said words to the effect that when people reach a consensus, they can stop thinking.
But I disgrace such brilliance as shown over and over and over by the denizens at the UN.
People forget that the UN is made up primarily of bureacrats; then diplomats; then 'contractors' and finally...
people?
NOT.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
You have it exactly right.
August 15, 2009 - 18:18 ET by celatorYou have it exactly right. Cap & Trade, Global Warming tax, it is ALL about money going to governments.
And when the normal cooling cycle of the atmosphere begins (it has already, actually) there will be another brand new panic. This one will also be "man-made", and the tax will be called the Global Cooling Tax.
Once the UN and other corrupt governments announce this impending cooling disaster, we will have only, oh, I dunno, four months to live.
Anybody remember the man-made Global Cooling emergency of the late 1960s and early 70's? I do. We were all going to be dead by the late 1970s if we didn't do something RIGHT NOW.
Hey, get yer snake oil, right here! Step right up, ladies and gentlemen. Supply is limited.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Jupiter
August 15, 2009 - 16:00 ET by slickwillie2001Great article on how Jupiter may affect our weather.
Statistical Sun: http://www.classicalvalues.com
I suspect there are many factors involved in our weather that the IPCC true believers haven't even thought of, on top of the impossibility of computer modeling a system as complex as planetary weather.
Computer Model is Remarkably Simple
August 15, 2009 - 16:18 ET by Kingfish17Increasing Tax Dollars Spent to Fight Global Climate Change = Ever Increasing Rhetoric about Global Climate Change
Government can never get enough of our money. Just how much does government want? The answer is always the same. More.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
How Much Tax You Owe
August 15, 2009 - 16:35 ET by Wildcatter1980How much do you make? Multple that by 1.1. That's how much you owe.
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We need to stop calling them "Progressives" when in reality they are big government "Socialists" who no longer value the individual's rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Incheon is in South Korea, Folks
August 15, 2009 - 16:26 ET by 800CartAlthough I would not put it past the UN to reward North Korea with a major event on their soil in light of their recent behavior... It turns out that Incheon is in South Kora, not North Korea as stated in paragraph 2.
Charlton Heston Reading
August 15, 2009 - 16:36 ET by Wildcatter1980When I first heard what "ol' Moonbat" said, I thought about this dramatic reading by the late Charlton Heston.
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We need to stop calling them "Progressives" when in reality they are big government "Socialists" who no longer value the individual's rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Poor Polar Bear
August 15, 2009 - 16:39 ET by slickwillie2001By the way, you folks may not have seen my favorite 'poor polar bear stuck on an ice floe' picture: polar bear stuck
Ki-Moon: FIRST, GET YOUR PEOPLE TO QUIT EATING DOGS!
August 15, 2009 - 16:55 ET by SickofLibsYeah, technically it's been outlawed since 1984, but dog farming still exists in the open. Google it.
PS: your "campaign slogan" sucks.
Didn't he say, "Steal the Deal"?
August 15, 2009 - 21:27 ET by TailgunnerOops...sorry.
Nationalized Healthcare is a DEATH SENTENCE.
"We have just four months.
August 15, 2009 - 17:08 ET by ckc1227"We have just four months. Four months to secure the future of our planet."
Ok, then, if we manage to resist this nonsense for 4 months, will you finally shut up about it? Because any action after that will be too late, and pointless, right?
If we are all going to die
August 15, 2009 - 19:22 ET by celatorIf we are all going to die in four months, how about they return all the money Obama and the Congress stole from us. Then we'll have the biggest, best four month party ever!
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
False Green vs Global Warming
August 15, 2009 - 17:26 ET by hwm98264.....The current political battle over global warming/climate change is a totally different subject than “air pollution” and boils down to the fundamental issue of: "Does CO2 cause global warming?" How can carbon dioxide (CO2) be a pollutant when there would be no life on Earth, as we know it, without carbon dioxide (CO2)? CO2 is an invisible, odorless and non-toxic trace gas. You would NOT exist without Carbon Dioxide. .....Carbon Dioxide (CO2) does not cause Global Warming because there is no past historical scientific factual evidence, data and/or records that link CO2 as a forcing factor or a cause of any past meaningful increasing temperature rises of climate warming periods. Any current rising temperatures is not causation. ALL other global warming arguments are irrelevant, since humans are incapable of controlling any various exogenous and endogenous natural processes of climate change. ....So, when you read or watch on TV articles/stories (such as this Ki-Moon article) on the POTENTIAL disasters resulting from Global Warming or Climate Change, ignore them, because they are purely false speculations meant to scare you and intimidate you to support a “Green” future; which has nothing to do with true energy efficiency. Efficiency is OK if that is what you desire, but “Green” is not going to give it to you because green energy cannot exist without huge taxpayer subsidies. ...The current cap-and-trade climate energy bill is one of the greatest frauds ever foisted on the American Citizens.
Artic Ice
August 15, 2009 - 19:48 ET by ThisnThatHere's the yearly tracking of Arctic Ice. On 15 August, you can see that the amount of ice is 500,000 sq km more than last year. You can ignore the tracking against "normal" because "normal" is defined as "the mean from 1979-2000", an artificial and non-scientific sample of time.
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"Tax the rich" is a basically unstable way of governing - The NYT
TnT Here is a chart that shows 2009 with other years..
August 15, 2009 - 19:55 ET by upcountrywater2002-2009
Lots of ice, this year. More ice next year.
Very Odd
August 15, 2009 - 20:46 ET by Kingfish17After extensive study of your Northern Hemisphere sea ice chart, I noticed some unusual activity. Starting in the month of October, the sea ice levels began to rise. This trend remained unabated until March, after which the ice levels began to fall at a drastic pace. If this decline in ice levels continues at my projected levels we could face dire consequences.
I propose a government study to get to the bottom of this. How is man causing the Northern Hemisphere ice levels to rise, and what, if any are our contributions to the subsequent fall in ice levels.
A few billion dollars should solve this mistery.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
Yup sign me up for a grant, Fall,Winter,Spring and ta da Summer
August 15, 2009 - 21:16 ET by upcountrywaterOver the last two decades, US taxpayers have subsidized the American climate change industry to the tune of $79 billion.
Reagan VS Liberalism
Doesn't it start around
August 16, 2009 - 14:38 ET by danboDoesn't it start around september 22nd? It's more drastic than you thought! LOL.
Limited Disclosure: I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.
Arctic ice extent
August 16, 2009 - 00:01 ET by metaphorsbwithuBy the way ... a Arctic research team flew up to the North Pole a few months ago and discovered the ice thickness was twice what the experts "expected".
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/04/28/inconvenient-eisdicken/
Unfortunately, the MSM apparantly didn't get the news. ;-)
That really must have upset the experts who had explained away the record Arctic ice extent build-up over the last two winters by saying it wasn't as dense as in previous decades.
It's also funny how all that "first year ice" that was supposed to melt so easily the last two years hasn't disappeared as predicted.
metaphorsbwithu
Give it a few more years
August 16, 2009 - 00:06 ET by Free StinkerGive it a few more years and the proposals coming from the Libs will be to control Energy so we can combat "The Next Ice Age"
Free Stinker ...
August 16, 2009 - 00:15 ET by metaphorsbwithuMy question would be, should they actually be successful in implementing their cap and tax, etc. and the climate actually gets colder, and people suffer, even die, will we be able to then sue them for damage to the environment?
metaphorsbwithu
If only . . .
August 16, 2009 - 00:21 ET by Free StinkerIf only . . . these clowns pass legislation and never held to account for what happens.
Do you seriously believe
August 16, 2009 - 01:29 ET by NL207Do you seriously believe that these clowns will have any real effect on the climate?
It's called sarcasm, NL207 ...
August 16, 2009 - 11:05 ET by metaphorsbwithuOf course not. Do you not know what sarcasm is? Tongue-in-cheek?
;-)
I've written scores of posts over the last 2 1/2 years ridiculing MMGW.
My point was, should the cold trend continue, or should we enter another "little ice age," can we point the finger at man's activity (like the environmentalists, the UN, Al Gore and his minions) and blame them like they have blamed us for altering the climate and causing havoc on the planet?
metaphorsbwithu
That's more like what I
August 16, 2009 - 11:39 ET by NL207That's more like what I expected.
It's also the truth.
The Waxman-Markey climate bill will have no impact on the climate. I do not even think it will have any effect on atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Let us pray the Semate will not pass it.
Unfortunately, NL207, those
August 16, 2009 - 13:27 ET by metaphorsbwithuUnfortunately, NL207, those that will not vote for it will do so not because they realize this is all just a bunch of "hot air" but because of the detrimental effect on their state economies ... like Mary Landrieu here in Louisiana who's bought into the whole climate change scam but doesn't want to harm the oil industry. Should she get some protection for the industries here, I wouldn't put it pass her to vote aye. The bad thing is she was re-elected in 2008 so she has no fear of a voter revolt.
If they are to come to their senses, it will be because We the People will lead the way. As for now, they're ignorant of the facts and afraid to confront them because they will be ridiculed in the press.
metaphorsbwithu
Then came the group
August 16, 2009 - 14:28 ET by danboThen came the group hysteria over 2nd year ice that was so fragile and ready to melt.
I'm sure thiis winter and next spring we'll be hearing about the dreaded 3rd year ice.
Limited Disclosure: I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.
Of course. Last year's
August 17, 2009 - 01:33 ET by metaphorsbwithuOf course. Last year's first year ice is this year's second year ice, this year's second year ice is next year's third ... and on and on and on.
I have a feeling we'll see another record-breaking winter and Arctic ice extent in a few months and the media will not say a word.
metaphorsbwithu
Remember when they talk
August 16, 2009 - 14:23 ET by danboRemember when they talk about the record of ice. The records only go back to 1979.
There are many ways to lie.
One is saying ever. When the records are only 30 years old. Two is to compare it to a known cool period. Three is to use data as based on only 15% ice coverage, to imply something that isn't there. Is there more ice in a area with 15% ice or half the area with 50% ice?
Limited Disclosure: I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.
How do I deceive thee? Let me count the ways
August 16, 2009 - 19:32 ET by dboFour is to only talk about Arctic ice and conveniently ignore how Antarctic ice has been steadily growing.
More on Antarctica ..
August 17, 2009 - 01:42 ET by metaphorsbwithuNot to mention that the Antarctic (if my memory serves me well) contains 93% of the ice in the world.
metaphorsbwithu
Don't forget the styrofoam glaciers!
August 17, 2009 - 01:39 ET by metaphorsbwithuAnd the fifth way to lie is to use special effects borrowed from from a disaster movie showing disintegrating 'styrofoam' glaciers, as Al Gore did in An Inconvenient Truth.
metaphorsbwithu
4 months?
August 15, 2009 - 20:15 ET by LorraineWow, we have just 4 months left? Why the heck did I just register my kids for school then? Or go to work every day? I wish I had known sooner, I could have saved all that money and just partied for the next 4 months.
All this clown needs is a white robe and one of those signs that say "The End Is Near". People like that used to be considered crazy.
Ki-moony Bailout
August 15, 2009 - 21:52 ET by m1xramWe need a comprehensive bi-partisan global warming Ki-moony initiative. The plan was written last night, consists of 200,000 pages and will need to be signed by Congress in the next 200 seconds OR complete disaster will ensue. $12 trillion dollars will be made available for request by any country for any reason. The Ki-moony initiative will make us all so cool.
He has already failed... his country.
Helter skelter in a summer swelter ...
August 15, 2009 - 22:45 ET by metaphorsbwithuWhat a wacko!
Seriously, if this guy wants to reach the stature of someone like Al Gore and join him as co-leader of the 'global whining' cult, Ban should change his name to something a little more catchy ... like Charles Monsoon maybe? :-)
metaphorsbwithu
They call me bruce
August 15, 2009 - 23:04 ET by cwnelson79Edited for content by management. Please accept our apologies.
Smells Like a Plant
August 15, 2009 - 23:07 ET by Free StinkerHmmmn. User account only in place 6 weeks, and all these bigoted remarks.
Smells Like a Plant
Do you care to revise you stupid remarks?
Racially sensitive much?
August 15, 2009 - 23:10 ET by cwnelson79Ditto.
ding ding ding, we have a plant
August 15, 2009 - 23:12 ET by candanceGo back to DKos and get over yourself.
Don't be blonde forever
August 15, 2009 - 23:15 ET by cwnelson79I can't go to dkos, they block you if you disagree with them. Hope that isn't true here.
Here they block you for
August 15, 2009 - 23:18 ET by Free StinkerHere they block you for sexism, bigotry, or foul language.
So . . . buh bye !
Really?
August 15, 2009 - 23:22 ET by cwnelson79UMmmmmmmmmm, i have seen all three of those here from people. But then again, you sound like a liberal with that list.
reading your own posts?
August 15, 2009 - 23:30 ET by BKeyserreading your own posts?
nope
August 15, 2009 - 23:34 ET by cwnelson79Other posts, sport.
And they also block....
August 16, 2009 - 07:44 ET by Tailgunner...arrogant snot-nosed little punks like you whose only real accomplishment in life was hacking your way around the parental controls on your mama's PC.
Oh, and picking the lock on your basement door...sorry.
Punk.
Nationalized Healthcare is a DEATH SENTENCE.
cwnelson79
August 15, 2009 - 23:12 ET by Free StinkerThe Newsbusters staff bans people who makes bigotted remarks.
And rightly so.
Based on your comments on the Maddow thread, I suspect you'll be banned very soon.
i get bored easily
August 15, 2009 - 23:14 ET by cwnelson79If i get banned, then so be it. I prefer to say Non PC things.
cw79... The type of
August 15, 2009 - 23:29 ET by bigtimercw79...
The type of things you have said here won't be tolerated, so change you tune, or you'll be gone soon, as I'm quite sure you already know.
Hint: Troll elsewhere.
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
old timer
August 15, 2009 - 23:33 ET by cwnelson79I don't care. Just like the joker himself, i don't give a rat's ass about my account. So all the words you wasting with your typing could be better spent writing yourself a note and telling yourself how great you are.
Smells Like a Plant
August 15, 2009 - 23:14 ET by BarkerAnd it smells really bad.
You've been called out "cwnelson".
Answer for yourself.
Smells like teen spirit
August 15, 2009 - 23:16 ET by cwnelson79You can go into your bed and answer yourself if you know i mean, buddy.
Wrong answer.
August 15, 2009 - 23:21 ET by BarkerWrong answer.
You lose.
I lose?
August 15, 2009 - 23:23 ET by cwnelson79Are we on a game show? What is go F yourself. Was that the right answer, alex?
please ban soon
August 15, 2009 - 23:28 ET by candanceseriously
ditto
August 15, 2009 - 23:31 ET by BKeyserditto
cd, he's gone!!
August 16, 2009 - 15:52 ET by upcountrywateryippie!
Reagan VS Liberalism
Yes...you lose.
August 17, 2009 - 00:36 ET by Army BratPunk was punk'd.
islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.
Didn't take long for that
August 16, 2009 - 03:48 ET by RR GOPDidn't take long for that pendulum to swing back the other way.
Anybody else out there tired of the hysterical disaster du jour being foisted upon us by these knuckleheads with friggin' journalism and law degrees...or is it just me?
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Fine with me if humanity is
August 16, 2009 - 12:02 ET by Kat Outta the BagFine with me if humanity is not long for this earth because I'm kind of tired of dealing with the freaky libs here anyway.
The consensu?...600 scientists. That's 1%.
August 17, 2009 - 00:33 ET by Army BratThose scientists that say it's a bunch of crap? Last count....31,000. Still only 5% but...a few more than 600.
http://www.aim.org/b...
Excellent point about the sunspots...or lack thereof. I look here daily for some sign of activity. Nada...
http://sohowww.nasco...
islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.