March 12, 2007, was a lousy day for soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore and his not so merry band of global warming alarmists.
Shortly before the publishing of a New York Times article discrediting some of the junk science on display in his schlockumentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” a poll was released by the Gallup Organization with the damning headline:
To Americans, The Risks of Global Warming Are Not Imminent
Daniel Powter better get ready, for this certainly wasn't a fine beginning of the week for the man who would be global warming king (emphasis mine throughout):
[O]nly a small fraction of the public names global warming in unaided measures of perceived problems facing the nation or as a top government priority. Although a majority of Americans say they are at least fairly worried about global warming, the issue ranks near the bottom of other environmental issues rated.
Awwwww. And Al and his buddies spent so much time and money on this issue. What a shame. Yet, that wasn’t the end to Gallup’s findings:
Generally speaking, not much more than one-third of Americans are "very worried" about any of the seven effects of global warming measured in the survey… All in all, Americans don't seem to consider global warming an imminent threat to the welfare of the planet -- thus supporting the idea that while Americans may sincerely worry about the problem, it is not a burning or top-of-mind issue for them.”
It appears that regardless of the desk-pounding by the media, the left, and Dr. Gore about a consensus on this issue, America isn’t buying it.
Methinks Al needs a little Daniel Powter to cheer him up. All together now:
Where is the moment we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to gray
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' onYou stand in the line just to hit a new lowYou're faking a smile with the coffee you go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces every timeAnd I don't need no carryin' onBecause you had a bad day
You're taking one downYou sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lieYou work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day
Will you need a blue sky holiday?
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carryin' onYou had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lieYou work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
Hehehehe </sardonic laugh>.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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Algore
March 13, 2007 - 09:53 ET by iveseenitallMove to Hollywood,Algore. At least they love ya'.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
I'm more worried about Manbea
March 13, 2007 - 10:00 ET by ApacheI'm more worried about Manbearpig. I'm super serial.
No Friends
March 13, 2007 - 10:12 ET by Paul DetrickStop making fun of Al Gore, he has no friends.
Gore & Friends
March 13, 2007 - 17:55 ET by heldmywThe Goracle certainly has friends! Powerful ones! Why, the legendary John Kerry (did you know he was in Viet Nam?) announced a multi-city global warming book tour! Wowee!
If the two of them ever got into, like, you know, the same tour? It would be awesome and probably save the world in a weekend!
We could call it "Loserpalooza"!
heldmyw,Excellent.How about &
March 13, 2007 - 18:05 ET by Blondeheldmyw,
Excellent.
How about "Loserpalooza 2008"? Maybe we could arrange it so they'd win something in that one....wouldn't it be great if we could arrange for HRC and Obama to join them?
Loserpalooza
March 13, 2007 - 19:35 ET by pbthinkerThat was too cute.
poll
March 13, 2007 - 10:02 ET by the mad poleYes Noel, but I will bet that if you poll public school students, the majority have been psyched out and that is what scares me.The libs are hell bent on brainwashing future poll takers and they have had success in dumbing down the kids. Communist Manifesto.
tmp,That is why it is imperat
March 13, 2007 - 10:14 ET by Mean Gene Dr. Lovetmp,
That is why it is imperative that we as parents review the information being taught to our children and correct the deficiencies and inaccuracies. We need to help our children to investigate information taught to them so they can get to the bottom of things on their own and to recognize when it is appropriate to raise the B.S. flag and how to do it properly. I will not stand idly by and allow my children to be indoctrinated by the Liberal Collective.
Gun Safety Tip #8: No matter how responsible he seems, never give your gun to a monkey. (www.imao.us)
you are correct, Pole
March 13, 2007 - 10:20 ET by RJIn my off time, I work with young people, grades 5-12, and I can attest that you are correct. Our youth are being brainwashed and dumbed down on many social and political issues, especially "AGW." And, yes, they are taught to fear "Climate Change"...fear being an important tool of the left.
Global Warming
March 13, 2007 - 10:05 ET by PeterDI'll believe in global warming on the day I believe in an unbiased mainstream media.
I'll believe in global warmin
March 13, 2007 - 10:17 ET by winston smithI'll believe in global warming when the day comes that Al Gore sells his mansions, private jet and drives a Honda Civic. Until that day, I'm lovin' my SUV. Oh, and I'm not buying any "carbon offsets", either.
You global warming denier, yo
March 13, 2007 - 19:54 ET by saw the lightYou global warming denier, you!
"People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news." - A.J. Liebling
Well, Al, I wonder why they d
March 13, 2007 - 10:12 ET by dscottWell, Al, I wonder why they don't take you seriously? Could that be because you don't practice what you preach? How can you proclaim imminent disaster when you consume energy at over 20 times the rate of the average American? You and your friends (15 million rich people) consume more energy than all of us (285 million) put together!!! At a conservative estimate, the same amount, however, we know it more than that, somewhere on the order of two times all the rest of us based on your financial ability!!!
Hey, Al, it's hard to take you seriously when you call for increasing our fuel taxes when you think $3/gal gas is chump change and want to make it more like Europe at $6/gal. Do you even consider what that would do to the poor?????
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” – Marcus Aurelius
Noel, you seem entirely to gi
March 13, 2007 - 10:13 ET by bassndudeNoel, you seem entirely to giddy about poor ole Al's misfortune....:-))
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Algore is a politician. Po
March 13, 2007 - 10:19 ET by Tim the EnchanterAlgore is a politician. Politicians exist for self-aggrandizement, and to draw more power and authority to themselves. "Global Warming" is merely Algore's mechanism to accomplish his personal aim of "more power to Algore" (and less to everyone else). It's his stock in trade. When this myth is demolished, he'll find another. Remember- acquisition of power and wealth are a form of eating to politicians (to paraphrase the great Wm. F. Buckley).
Clinton War room checklist fo
March 13, 2007 - 10:50 ET by MassConservativeClinton War room checklist for 2007:
Obama: questionable investments making him look like any other politician....check
Edwards: pressure from left wing nut bags to convince him Fox news is the devil making him look weak.....check
Gore: Global Warming is a crock making him look like a blowhard with no credibility...check
MassCon
March 13, 2007 - 11:42 ET by Noel SheppardMC,
You may be on to something here. Conceivably the person Billary and Hillary fear the most is Gore. If they and their media minions can kill this global warming issue now, he'll be definitely relegated to the sidelines in the upcoming elections. ns
But if the MSM kills the Glo
March 13, 2007 - 14:20 ET by Wilbur747But if the MSM kills the Global Warming...sorry Climate Change issue, won't that undermine what Dems/Libs have been doing in reference to the elimination of Big Oil, SUVs, air conditioning, et.al?
It looks to me like they're in a big fix. Kill GW/CC and eliminate Gore, but then also eliminate those Enviro votes they so crave.
They will let it drop into ob
March 13, 2007 - 14:49 ET by dscottThey will let it drop into obscurity like any other non performing issue, you know like the savings rate. They seem to be fully invested in the Iraq war deal for now. Don't worry, they're Dems, they will find other issue to hype like stem cell research, they'll never lack for an issue, they're creative.
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” – Marcus Aurelius
I don't think they'll drop th
March 13, 2007 - 15:32 ET by Wilbur747I don't think they'll drop the GW/CC issue as most of their so called 'scientists' have some tie to either the Dem party, a university that is under the Dem/Lib 'mind control' doctrine or some other organization who will fund their 'research'.
The issue may be put on the back burner for now, but since man-made GW/CC is one of their fear tactics to gettng elected thus furthering their agenda, I don't see them dropping it. Once Algore has been trounced completely, and Bush has been 'removed/impeached/whatever they want', look for GW/CC becoming a national issue.
Dems Drop the Issue
March 13, 2007 - 19:45 ET by pbthinkerThe Dems will never drop the issue as long as there's money to spread around. Let's face it, some of these scientists are afraid that Gore will turn off so many people that he'll kill the goose laying them golden eggs. There's money to be made if people don't feel they're being fleeced, rhetoric like Gores, makes you feel like the snake oil salesman just came in the door.
You hit the nail right on the
March 13, 2007 - 22:42 ET by Wilbur747You hit the nail right on the head, pbt. If there's no man made GW, then the federal grants that go to these so called scientists will indeed dry up.
Remember when Algore paid carbon credits...to a company he owns alot of stock in?
"Here, you can feel better about your carbon footprint if you pay money to our company! We're on the cutting edge of not yet proven technology that will, at least we think...no hope could maybe help you in the future. Pay us and you'll feel better while you drive your SUV."
And they give oil companies bad names....
MC & NS - and we will all
March 13, 2007 - 21:12 ET by Cape ConservativeMC & NS - and we will all be the winners! I don't care who is behind it, I just hope all of this information challenging Algore's ICT will at least have the effect of him NOT receiving the Nobel Peace Prize!
Poor Algore...The surge for
March 13, 2007 - 11:17 ET by bigtimerPoor Algore...
The surge for the gathering storm of people that he was expecting to gather behind him waiting to ride with the wind-storm he was trying to whip up, is turning into nothing but a gentle breeze....poor guy guess he is just going to have to weather the in-coming storm of people who are more optimistic and let the sunshine in on the real facts...I think the lightning and thunder of his message has bit the dust.
Cry me a river Al.... fill an ocean!
Leave your carbon foot-print!
LOL!
An interesting observation
March 13, 2007 - 11:17 ET by HunterProAn interesting observation I noticed was the premise of the poll was that Global Warming was a proven fact and true. This is far from the case (as many are aware from various sources, not the least of which is the recent documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle) and is criminal to place in this context. Just like the theory of evolution, global warming has ingrained itself firmly into the local, national, and international conversation as a fact due to "consensus". Firstly, there is no consensus (again, h/t TGGWS) and secondly, consensus does not make something true. Everyone in the world might think I have blue hair but the fact still remains that it is not, whether none or all believe it. These subtle inroads have a great affect on our children as mentioned by Mean Gene and RJ and critical thinking skills must be emphasized over blind acceptance of the topic de jur. This brings to mind the popular phrase, "What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right".
Hunter Pro - youtube has The Great Global Wamring Scandal
March 13, 2007 - 13:15 ET by SportPoliticsHunter Pro - youtube has The Great Global Wamring Scandal, in 8 parts. It was great I just watched it all.
Thanks.
Here it is all at once at youtube - better link.
Thanks Sport...I watched it
March 13, 2007 - 16:22 ET by HunterProThanks Sport...I watched it in its entirety yesterday and was really blown away. The one factor that I wished they would point out, however, is the role that the moon plays in climate change. It has an even greater effect than the sun due to its proximity and mass. Incredible. And to think that we really have any chance to alter our enviroment in such a way...
The Great Global Warming Swindle
March 13, 2007 - 12:56 ET by TheTruthAl Gore is NOT concerned with ‘man made’ global warming. If Al Gore was concerned with 'man made' global warming his house would not be using FOUR times the energy per square foot of the average house! He also would not be continually globe trotting burning tanker trucks of fuel; he would be using the Internet that he claims to have invented. If Al Gore truly cared about man made global warming his personal home energy usage would not have increased since starting his ‘Incontinent Truth’ charade.
The only thing green about Al Gore is all the millions that he is stuffing into his pockets with his ‘solar’ warming hysteria. Good thing that every American is NOT as environmentally unfriendly as Al Gore and crater sized carbon neutral footprint.
The truth on climate change. . .
The Great Global Warming Swindle
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2007/100307Swindle.htm
Thank you! Someone else get
March 13, 2007 - 13:07 ET by dscottThank you! Someone else gets it!!! Now multiply his consumption by his fellow citizens of economic class (15 million wealthy people), then you begin to glimpse the enormity of energy consumption by the very people who are demanding we (285 million) should cut back!!!!!
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” – Marcus Aurelius
TT... I thought I made a va
March 13, 2007 - 13:17 ET by Tim the EnchanterTT... I thought I made a vary similar point earlier on in the thread (Snif, Snif) . You guys are making me feel left out!
Hi Tim,Didn’t mean to make
March 13, 2007 - 13:26 ET by TheTruthHi Tim,
Didn’t mean to make anyone feel left out, just want to make sure that people have a link to watch Video: The Great Global Warming SwindleBest Regards,
TT
Hello TT...Saw it when it w
March 13, 2007 - 14:06 ET by Tim the EnchanterHello TT...
Saw it when it was first posted up at YouTube. Nice to see some Real scientists with some Real data for a change!
You know how you get a feeling when someone's trying to dump a load of BS on you, but you can't put your finger on exactly what's wrong with what they're saying? When this whole AGW nonsense started, I got that feeling- "Whoa! Something here just doesn't pass the smell test!" People really need to trust their common sense more- just wish common sense was more common!
Surreality has a well-known liberal bias.
Saving Democracy.
March 13, 2007 - 15:46 ET by snomacheenAnd now he's going to save democracy by creating an interactive (Internet) television service. Of course he is doing this in Europe as he did his "carbon offset" company. It's all about the cash and being in the spotlight. What a maroon!
People, people, people! Wak
March 13, 2007 - 13:00 ET by Wilbur747People, people, people! Wake up! Hasn't the MSM indoctrinated you yet? It's no longer hip to say "Global Warming" since their arguments about 'warming' won't stand up. It's now called Climate Change. That way anything that happens can be blamed on GW, a hot/cold day, rain, Rosie saying something nice, Hillary telling the truth, etc.
Geez people, get with the program!
People, people, people! Wak
March 13, 2007 - 13:01 ET by Wilbur747Sorry about the double post. Fat fingers. Oops! Sorry to insult those with weight challenged fingers. I'll enter rehab immediately!
While it's good news that the
March 13, 2007 - 16:00 ET by HumanEventsWhile it's good news that the majority polled are not "very worried", it's still very scary that a majority are "at least somewhat worried" on almost every item. And this big indoctrination attempt is still only a month old or so (I know the MSM and libs have been promoting this for much longer [but not for 3 decades, for then they were warning us all about global cooling!] but I'm referring to this recent "there is no debate anymore, are we all going to die" step up of trying to dupe the masses).
But at least we have seen a lot of people fighting this (with the truth and evidence - the best weapon!) and disputing this. Although it's also a good point as discussed above that our children in public schools are no doubt being indoctrinated big time in favor of Algore and his lies and misinformation.
I agree HE. I'm envisioning
March 13, 2007 - 21:22 ET by radiofitz34I agree HE. I'm envisioning that in the near future, Al Gore won't conceed defeat (what a suprise there) but He'll say how much he admired Orson Welles' "War Of The Worlds" and how he thought he could top that. Al says "ha ha, just kidding, really had y'all goin' there didn't I?"
Oh BURN! This, combined wi
March 13, 2007 - 21:22 ET by zeoconOh BURN! This, combined with the NY Times slam? Algore must be crying right now...
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"Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will
find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the
sword the faith he preached."
He's going to demand a recoun
March 13, 2007 - 21:49 ET by danboHe's going to demand a recount.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
Global Warming Propaganda
March 14, 2007 - 08:29 ET by ahusserI think the oscar Al "the guru" gore got may have been the high water mark of the gw bs. Of course one week after receiving the oscar, a scientist from Stanford predicted global collapse and calamity from gw which many newspapers and other media picked up. GW is going to go where the Amazon rainforest, global cooling, the ozone layer and other out of fashion left wing disasters go.
Go ahead, make fun of Al Gore
March 14, 2007 - 15:00 ET by Fred911Go ahead, make fun of Al Gore. I'll have you know it was 70 degrees here in New Jersey today. I think apologies are in order.
Sorry Fred, I have ordered a
March 14, 2007 - 15:14 ET by bassndudeSorry Fred, I have ordered a nice ice and snow strom for ya all come the weekend...
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Fred
March 14, 2007 - 17:04 ET by Noel SheppardFred,
Where in New Jersey? The reason I'm asking is because yesterday's all-time high in Newark was 86 degrees set back in 1990: http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/outdoors/pastweather/USNJ0355?from=36hr_topnav_outdoors. In fact, the record high for the month of March in Newark is 89.
So, take your shirt off, and quit your complaining. :-) ns