davidl on February 23rd, 2007

Are enviromental panic mongers, a.k.a. watermelons, impacting our children’s health?  At least one watermelon, Pete Williams,  seems to suggest it:

Half of young children are anxious about the effects of global warming, often losing sleep because of their concern,

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Eric Florack on February 12th, 2007

For years, ‘Dr’ Gillian McKeith has used her title to sell TV shows, diet books and herbal sex pills. Now the Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in. Yet the real problem is not what she calls herself, but the mumbo-jumbo

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Eric Florack on February 8th, 2007

And the Oregon state climatologist may lose his title because he does not accept the theory that humans are the main cause of global climate change. A Portland TV station is reporting that Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski wants the title

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Eric Florack on February 7th, 2007

By way of Boortz, I notice the Global Warming Petition project.

The petition has thus far been signed by around 15,000 scientists. And they are listed on the site. As is the text of the petition which reads thus;

We

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davidl on February 5th, 2007

What do watermelons hate above all else? Modern sanitation. So this story goes long way to explain the eviromental wakco’s hatred of us. We wipe.

Every Briton flushes 17.6 kilos (39lb) of toilet paper down the lavatory every year,

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davidl on February 5th, 2007

Ralph Nader

There nothing wrong with being a loser per se.  Loser’s only become a problem when attempt spread their personal misery.  There is no bigger loser than Ralph Nader, a man berift of ideas, vision, tolerance and compasion.

In fact, Nader 

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davidl on February 1st, 2007

Doug Mellgren, use a cheap trick to push his watermelon agenda:

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Former Vice President Al Gore was nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his wide-reaching efforts to draw the world’s attention to

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Eric Florack on January 26th, 2007

The reading outside is 4°.

We’ve got 10in. of fresh snow on the ground.

Doubtless, we’ll hear all about global warming this morning.

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Eric Florack on January 15th, 2007

FEDERAL WAY -The Olympian- The school board in this suburb south of Seattle has restricted showings of Al Gore’s movie on global warming, including requiring that it be balanced with an adequate opposing viewpoint.

The board also required Superintendent Tom

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Eric Florack on January 7th, 2007

Speaking of oil…. all this ‘conservation’ nonsense  is

…. is a subset of the post-modern craziness known as “environmentalism”, right? This is a strain of sentiment which actively ignores — deplores — the ability and necessity of human beings

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davidl on January 3rd, 2007

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Today’s Snark of the Day comes from Don Surber:

When I read the post-Christmas story in the Washington Post, “U.S. Wants Polar Bears Listed as Threatened,” my first thought was: What about the baby seals?

Polar bears

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Eric Florack on December 29th, 2006

Steven Milloy, this monring:

This week the Bush administration proposed to list the polar bear as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. It’s a futile gesture that only signals a weakening in the Bush administration’s heretofore strong stance against

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Eric Florack on December 29th, 2006

We caught a little snow here in Rochester… a dusting.

Denver, meanwhile is trying for the title of “The New Buffalo”…

DENVER —AP- A second storm in a week pounded Colorado, dumping more than 2 feet of snow in the

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Eric Florack on December 28th, 2006

I see by way of OTB, an article in the WaPo reporting that John Edwards has decided to enter the race for the Democratic nominatinon for President.

 Edwards has no chance whatever of playing any role of greater import

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davidl on December 28th, 2006

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( H/T photos  Heart Attack Grill )

In RealClearPolitics, John Stossel asks, “Is Nothing Too Trivial For the Busybodies?

The motto at the popular Heart Attack Grill in Tempe, Ariz., is: “Taste … worth dying for!” That’s

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