Honestly, folks, when this first arrived in my inbox moments ago, I had to check multiple links to believe that this next example of Global Warming Derangement Syndrome was actually true. Alas, it was.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is blaming mass-murder in Darfur on – wait for it! – "global climate change."
I kid you not.
As reported Sunday by Agence France-Presse (h/t Willis Eschenbach, emphasis added):
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that the slaughter in Darfur was triggered by global climate change and that more such conflicts may be on the horizon.
"The Darfur conflict began as an ecological crisis, arising at least in part from climate change," Ban said in a Washington Post opinion column published on Saturday.
My apologies to NewsBusters readers that Ki-moon’s op-ed got by me yesterday. Anyway, here it is (emphasis added):
Two decades ago, the rains in southern Sudan began to fail. According to U.N. statistics, average precipitation has declined some 40 percent since the early 1980s. Scientists at first considered this to be an unfortunate quirk of nature. But subsequent investigation found that it coincided with a rise in temperatures of the Indian Ocean, disrupting seasonal monsoons. This suggests that the drying of sub-Saharan Africa derives, to some degree, from man-made global warming.
It is no accident that the violence in Darfur erupted during the drought. Until then, Arab nomadic herders had lived amicably with settled farmers. A recent Atlantic Monthly article by Stephan Faris describes how black farmers would welcome herders as they crisscrossed the land, grazing their camels and sharing wells. But once the rains stopped, farmers fenced their land for fear it would be ruined by the passing herds. For the first time in memory, there was no longer enough food and water for all. Fighting broke out. By 2003, it evolved into the full-fledged tragedy we witness today.
Absolutely unbelievable. Makes you almost miss Kofin Annan.
Uhhhh, maybe not.
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I'm surprised he didn't also
June 17, 2007 - 20:34 ET by zfI'm surprised he didn't also add that this is of course mainly Bush's fault because he didn't sign Kyoto.
GW
June 17, 2007 - 20:45 ET by Emma GrumpAnd even if he did sign Kyoto, it would somehow still be Bush's fault.
Sam Kinnison
June 17, 2007 - 20:46 ET by Cool ArrowAs Sam Kinnison said in his comedy routine.
YOU LIVE IN A F#%$ING DESERT. THERE'S NO FOOD IN A F#%$ING DESERT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU WHERE THERE'S SOME FOOD
They've been whacking off each other's extremities so long you'd think they were stumping for Hillary.
The hunger there has more to do with tribal greed than CO2 emissions.
More like lack of greed. If t
June 17, 2007 - 21:07 ET by zfMore like lack of greed. If they had been more concerned with growing as much food as possible instead of sitting back and being productive only when they felt like it it they wouldn't be in this mess.
You're reading my mind...
June 17, 2007 - 21:20 ET by goldenthroatzf,
I was thinking the same thing when I read this - if it is a 'global warming' problem, then it just has to be Bush's fault! That way the libs can feel satisfied that they have once again engaged in character assasination instead of dealing with reality.
Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!
why hw did not blame the other side
June 18, 2007 - 09:34 ET by James Brown LordFind below two little ditties on recent subjects and news worthy items. They are complete yet unfinished for the time. The thoughts expressed referring to liberals is taken from their own words and actions or lack there of..in wondering why they do as they do one must always remember they think differently than we do...
Item 1
Liberal Ideals defined for a time??
Everything old or odd is new again
Thanks so much to the liberal spin.
Hey, there brother come join the fun
We the dems know for sure, just how you feel
For we feel; we wrote the book
We developed the line
We for sure defined for all time the new age rave
The new age lines of political correctness
So stop so drop do not accept
All those silly old lies about sin, of being condemned
For we know for sure within our hearts there ain’t no sin.
No not one is ever condemned
For we know god he loves us all
Yes, he loves everyone all the same
All good people belong to him
Just do as you wish,
As we will too
All we ask is you let us place tax after tax on you.
For we love to spend the money you make
Besides who knows better what you kneed than we progressive liberals see
Now don’t get mad or even sad for here’s the spin
It’s the republicans fault they made us do it, yes they did!
Don’t you see it’s all an evil republican conspiracy...?
Yes, we the liberals who want to lead we love god don’t you see
For does he not reside in me, in you? And all these creatures too?
WE love god for we want the job so all the Christians will vote for us
So hear us well we wont go to.. Well let’s see
Here’s my platform here’s my plank
I‘m for life and liberty which means happiness you see
I ‘m for what ever it is you want to do
Just keep it to and between yourself
Anything goes everything’s okay
As long as you refrain from public prayer or saying that being gay is a sin,
So toss the book we’ll write our own
Leave the restrictive depressive commands alone
Why not join us
Come and see we’ll set you free
Why not be as happy and progressive as we
Forget the truth
Tell others lies,
For the ends, do they not then justify the means?
Does it matter who you hurt
As Long as you get the thing, you want
Sad to say so sad too tell, this is the way the world does work
Truth does not matter, all things depend on how one feels.
The truth is blurred by shades of gray
No more is it black and white
So over once simple matters there is now a fight
For we as a people once valued Life
We fought for truth-sought justice for all
Yet like all good things based on the ten
Those have faded and now are condemned
Replaced by feel Set aside for me, Over ridden by myself because of I
Item 2
They declared their what?
The other day the new hope filled democratic party want to be leaders were vying for and seeking the nomination for the nations leadership, the high post of president .They each in turn extolled their ideals of the faith and declared their reasoning.
They in unison said god is love god loves everyone and defined the lines that since all are loved equally there is in way nothing that can be called a sin.
How sad they cannot pick up a book that dates back more than two thousand years and simply read. However, they in turn would rather be told what it says by well-trained indoctrinated ministers who pass a physiological litmus test to be as unoffending and all accepting as is possible.
We are now faced with a congress and a house that have started debate on special hate crime bills which when passed will in effect out law reading and distribution of the afore mentioned two thousand year old book. No longer will there be that carefully crafted wall separating church and state for the state will in effect have torn it down in order to placate and justify life styles and actions once called immoral and in humane. Acts that were once called abnormal.
Over these last forty years, the shift to toleration and the teachings of toleration have advanced with an odd side light that being all things are acceptable and good except the teaching of moral absolutes. We have allowed this all to take place for we believe in freedom. It is that very idea of freedom that is to be our downfall. For we have elected men and women of little or no moral character on the silly notion that all are corrupt and so what does it matter. We have forgotten that liberty is not certain and when a people are unwilling to fight or stand for that freedom, calloused selfish men will take it away.
We have stopped we no longer teach our children the founding principals of our nation we point to a yellowed paper under glass a say it gives us rights but never do we take the time in schools to read those great words the ideals expressed. For once read ones eyes are opened for one realizes the lies they have been told.
Contempt for man and idolizat
June 18, 2007 - 10:03 ET by GilContempt for man and idolization of man are close neighbors. But the good man too, no less than the wicked, succumbs to the same temptation to be a dispiser of mankind if he sees through all this and withdraws in disgust, leaving his fellow-men to their own devices, and if he prefers to mind his own business rather than to debase himself in public life. Of course his contempt for mankind is more respectable and upright, but it is also more barren and ineffectual...
But there is also an honestly intended philanthropism which amounts to the same thing as contempt for mankind. It consists in judging the man according to his latent values, according to his underlying soundness, reasonableness and goodness.. With forced indulgence evil is interpreted as good. Baseness is overlooked and the reprehensible is excused. For one reason or another one is afraid to give a clear "no" for an answer, and one ends up by acquiescing in everything."
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
United Nations Secretary Gene
June 17, 2007 - 20:43 ET by Dave RUnited Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is blaming mass-murder in Darfur on – wait for it! – "global climate change."
I guess many thought that perhaps things at the Under-funded Nations, (as they see it, anyway) particularly the mean intelligence level of the place, were somehow going to improve after the departure of Kofi and his merry band. Guess not.
Well, at least the guy's name has relevance. Sort of.
Are we - carbonators - resp
June 17, 2007 - 20:59 ET by BacchusAre we - carbonators - responsible for starting that war now, too? Sorry!
This can't be the very first time in the whole history of the Indian Ocean
that it ever warmed up and disrupted seasonal monsoons. It's just
the first time since the age of the great Goracle began, right?
I had Mexican food with my family today
June 17, 2007 - 21:03 ET by Cool ArrowI'll be a carbonator till sometime tomorrow.
His comments reconfirms my be
June 17, 2007 - 21:04 ET by RackieHis comments reconfirms my belief that sh*t floats.
Ain't diversity a wonderful thang.
Actually it is
June 17, 2007 - 21:12 ET by Cool ArrowI hate OOmpah music, but I love the Blues. Thank God my ancestors immigrated from Germany.
Oompah sounds just like Tejano to me, but I love Flamenco.
Sausage or enchiladas? Give me enchiladas.
Choices aren't a bad thing. Just be American or begone.
bloated bodies = greenhouse gases
June 17, 2007 - 22:10 ET by Pragmatic-ManThe UN chief needs to do some digging... literally. It is perfectly clear to me that the extensive genocide has produced a seemingly endless stream of bloated bodies throughout the countryside. What do they emit? Greenhouse gases!
So which came first, the slaughtered chicken or the rotten egg? Me thinks the leading indicator here is the killing fields of Africa.
</sarc, slightly>
Just when ya think ya've hear
June 17, 2007 - 22:34 ET by SnowWhiteJust when ya think ya've heard everything for which AGW is the supposed cause, they come up with something even more insane. Maybe the General should blame the slaughter on the full MOON.
global warming conswquences
June 18, 2007 - 00:01 ET by ivymurrMy question is if global warming is a reality, when are we going to start spending our resources preparing for global warming consequences rather than on the fairy tale that man is the cause and we can somehow stop it? If drought is inevitable in some areas, plan for irrigation and develop plants that can thrive. If colder winters happens (see the history channel's program that was on today), then prepare that area for the cold. etc....
So, dry weather started being
June 18, 2007 - 06:49 ET by ThisnThatSo, dry weather started being noticed two decades ago? Well, what else happened a little more than 2 decades ago? Mt. St. Helens is what happened. Who's to say that 540 million tons of ash (equavilent to 208,000,000 m³ of solid rock) spewed into the atmosphere in May, 1980 didn't affect weather patterns for years? Is the U.N. going to completely discount that affect, as well as the other dozens of eruptions that have occured across the planet since then? I think this explanation is just as reasonable as any of the cock-eyed hypes I've heard.
OF COURSE the UN is going to
June 18, 2007 - 08:05 ET by BeowulfOF COURSE the UN is going to ignore anything that contradicts their stance on Globull Alarming. How can they cash in if their bogus "report" is refuted by those pesky facts? Does anyone doubt that any GW initiatives will somehow, someway, eventually be run through the UN? Just like oil-for-food and so many other cash cows that UN officials have cashed in on. GW will be another.
The UN has become a corrupt, power-hungry, money-grabbing clan of unelected officials. The absolute worst thing I can say is that it has turned into a stereotypical political organization, just another one where reality is to be left at the door.
The Closed Mind Erects Strong Barriers
The ultimate goals of many of
June 18, 2007 - 08:29 ET by ThisnThatThe ultimate goals of many of these folks are to:
These people aren't fooling anyone. And why do we keep acquiesing to these U.N. chiefs, their committees, the multitude of other UN bodies and committees? It certainly isn't to preserve peace throughout the world. Nor is it to use UN influence towards any world-wide goals. Whenever the UN gets a chance, they step in and screw things up. We need to get out, now.
I wonder what he blames the
June 18, 2007 - 00:12 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveI wonder what he blames the rest of history's armed conflicts on.
Lack of indoor plumbing?
Too much rain?
Bubonic plague?
Break-up of the Beatles?
Anti-climatic way Seinfeld ended?
Bad batch of kimchi?
A really bad batch of borsch?
AMC Gremlin being taken out of production?
My taxes help fund the U.N and this is what we get? An idiot spouting off like a kid in grade-school.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." --Thomas Jefferson
Well, this certainly sets the
June 18, 2007 - 06:25 ET by ThisnThatWell, this certainly sets the stage for a long-term, on-going relationship of trust, truthfullness, and honesty with that outstanding U.N. organization. Time to re-hire John Bolton, methinks.
So, Noel, the requirement of UN Secretary General is?
June 18, 2007 - 07:36 ET by acaiguanaSo, Noel, the requirement of UN Secretary General is?
First we all take stupid pills.
Must be, huh?
I weary of the thought that someday the UN will have someone leading it that is intelligent. The real question would be is there intelligent life at the UN?
Never mind.
Early in the AM for me. Need more coffee.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana Notes from the Bomb Shelter' (soon to be a movie at theaters near you)
So, the Janjaweed were victim
June 18, 2007 - 08:35 ET by dscottSo, the Janjaweed were victims just trying to water their camels??? And they were therefore justified in raping, killing and selling people into slavery? Amazing how a victim can rationalize their behavior isn't it? So being the beneficent people they are, the leaders in Khartum gave the Janjaweed guns to water the ground with blood.
Of course the Socialist response of Russia, France and China was to sell guns and ammo to the Sudan in trade for their oil so the leaders in Khartum could act with such compassion.
But all this is the result of AGW. Ok, Mr. Moon I kind of follow your logic...
Funny, my response to a drought would have been to sell equipment to drill wells, solar cookers to offset the need to use vegetation for fire and earth moving equipment to build storm water retention ponds to hold the water when the rains did come and build water pipe lines to transport water to where it was needed.
“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
dscott
June 18, 2007 - 08:41 ET by Cool ArrowStop making sense.
I was thinking of appointing you ambassador to Bora Bora.
And they were therefore justi
June 19, 2007 - 06:37 ET by dahliatraversAnd they were therefore justified in raping, killing and selling people into slavery?
Exactly, dscott. We could surely find repeated examples in history of this reaction to a drought or famine.
By the way, does Mr. Moon even know about the oil in Darfur? Not that that has anything to do with this ...
Like the ancient Greeks blami
June 18, 2007 - 10:36 ET by Chris NormanLike the ancient Greeks blaming a disaster on the notion they had angered Zeus...
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb