During Thursday’s "Good Morning America," ABC ran a promo previewing a day-long push for liberal environmental action. The event, which takes place on April 20, will encompass ‘Good Morning America,’ ‘Nightline’ and ‘World News.’ The ad’s narrator promises a "call to action," and notes that the proceedings be hosted by GMA’s Diane Sawyer and will culminate in a hour long special at 10pm:
ABC ad: "Mother nature is sending us a message and we hear it. [Video of falling glaciers, animals and pollution] In eight days, an extraordinary global event. Travel live to all seven continents with ABC News and Diane Sawyer, revealing first hand the real changes in our planet. This is a call to action."
Diane Sawyer: "On Friday, April 20th, ABC News will show you how and what you can do to help. Then, starting at 10 pm, don’t miss the landmark special: ‘Planet Earth 2007.’"
Considering that "Good Morning America’s" weatherman, Sam Champion, is an outspoken environmental activist, in early April he promoted "green weddings," one can expect he will be a big part of this activist push. (Champion can be seen above. On April 12, the same day that GMA promoted this event, he reported on the April snowstorms that have hit parts of the East Coast.)
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Interferring with Nature is always a bad thing
April 13, 2007 - 10:45 ET by c5thenThis is way way worse then the Army COE building dams and levees on the Mississippi without really understanding the dynamics and consequenses. It only moves the destruction from flooding down-stream and concentrates it into deeper waters.
Now the Enviro-activists want us to start trying to effect the climate, before we have half the knowledge that is needed to even understand how it all interacts.
All so they can feel good about "doing something". I have this suggestion to them: Go piss upstream in the Mississippi next time a flood is coming to slow the surge a little. That's about as much effect as any of this "reducing the carbon footprint" will have.
Time to tell Karl Rove to win
April 13, 2007 - 10:53 ET by Clear thinkerTime to tell Karl Rove to wind down his weather machine.
We get the joke Karl, we really do ;-)
The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA.
"Hehehehe, no, Karl keep
April 13, 2007 - 15:33 ET by dscott"Hehehehe, no, Karl keep playing with the dials, turn them all the way down, April 20th is only 7 days away. Muhuhahahaha" Dick Cheney
“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
You have got to be friggin' k
April 13, 2007 - 11:06 ET by Sick-n-TiredYou have got to be friggin' kidding me. I tell ya, these people are really starting to get under my skin with their scare tactics, junk science, media controlled, global warming hysteria! And based on all of the above, policy will be made that negatively affects all of our lives. We have got to fight to get the truth out there and debate this issue or otherwise the world will definately a be different place 'for our children' (man that one is worn out huh---but true for much different reasons than theirs). I only wish I knew how......
"Get the science to the people!"
It only seems fitting that th
April 13, 2007 - 21:41 ET by rx4musicIt only seems fitting that they choose April 20th to do this... 4-20 has become a counter-culture reference for the consumption of cannabis. April 20th is the day that NORML has used for years for rallies and demonstrations calling for the legalization of marijuana. In California it was titled proposition 420. Is there some sort of hidden agenda here?
Burn one for me Mr. Champion! (sorry, I just couldn't resist...) ;-)
{edited to add: Is this what they mean by "going green"? }
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Couldn't we stop Global War
April 13, 2007 - 11:58 ET by kerwinjrCouldn't we stop Global Warming by getting the environMENTALists to stop producing hot air?
I hope ABC News realizes th
April 13, 2007 - 12:20 ET by Dave in TexasI hope ABC News realizes that one of the things the alarmists regularly suggest to decrease our "carbon footprint" is less consumerism. And I hope they will do their part to promote less consumerism by doing the following:
No longer show advertisements that encourage people to purchase more products.
On Good Morning America, no longer have segments that encourage consumerism by promoting things like vacation destinations, new electronic gadgets, new clothing, restaurants, new movies, new cars, etc.
And I also hope that ABC News will set a good example for the rest of us by reducing their own "carbon footprint". Some suggestions:
No longer fly people to far off locations unnecessarily. Sort of like when they flew Sam Champion out to Paris (I think it was Paris) for the release of the IPCC's summary report earlier this year. I'm pretty sure he could have just downloaded off the internet.
Allocate everyone a single, environmentally friendly jumpsuit, made of unbleached hemp, that they will wear again and again and again for every newscast. No wait. They can have two jumpsuits. That way when one of them is outside on the clothesline drying, they can wear the other one.
Turn off all those computers and television monitors that we always see left on during the news broadcast behind Charles Gibson.
Keep their offices at 82 degrees F in the summer, like the Japanese do.
Very, very, very nice Dave!
April 13, 2007 - 12:53 ET by Sick-n-TiredVery, very, very nice Dave! You should forward this on to ABC corporate; seriously. Make them put up or shut up. I wonder how big GMA's carbon footprint is????
And SEVEN CONTINENTS??? For
April 13, 2007 - 13:02 ET by Sick-n-TiredAnd SEVEN CONTINENTS??? For what?! If GW is such an issue, couldn't they forgo spreading their carbon all over the world----and instead, as you said, set a precedence???? Hypicrites.
Dave, Hey, good post. You're
April 13, 2007 - 13:03 ET by Scott WhitlockDave,
Hey, good post. You're right about GMA. As someone who watches it everyday for the MRC, let me just say that they are determined to push liberal global warming policy down the throats of America. The unspoken theme is often along the lines of: "You will believe it and you will support doing something about it!"
Scott
ABC, CBS, NBC all have the sa
April 13, 2007 - 13:29 ET by MidAmericaABC, CBS, NBC all have the same basic editorial content. Two networks need to be shut down to reduce the carbon footprint.
midamerica carbon footprint??
April 13, 2007 - 13:33 ET by misterbillmidamerica carbon footprint?? Actually, these three produce the methane for which the cows are blamed. "Bovine gasprints."
I'm already taking action to
April 13, 2007 - 14:27 ET by ratso ferrariI'm already taking action to fight global warming. Sunday I am going to pop open a cold beer stretch out on my recliner and watch NASCAR.
Gimmie some more ABC! Please!!
April 15, 2007 - 02:02 ET by MilesDI'll be there, Diane, for the Planet Earth program, that's for sure, count me in, sounds great. And Sam, I hope it doesn't snow for your part in the show and make you look like a turkey, you deserve better than that. You don't need anybody to laugh at you. Get on that program and tell everybody how they can change the weather if they all do what you say. Everybody wants to change the weather to their liking, show them how to do it. Sounds like fun, I'm listening