Climate Hypocrites (Mark Steyn On The Gasbags At Nopenhagen Alert)

National Review ^ | 12/19/2009 | Mark Steyn

[goldstategop]

Mark Steyn jeers at our new nobility: they can go where they want but the hoi polloi must be tied down to their stations in life like medieval serfs. The gasbags in Nopenhagen are constructing a new privileged order just for them. The "climate change" racket is about many things but saving the planet isn't one of them,

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[Fedupwithit]

I loved everything about this article, except the name he came up with for the city....it shouldn't have been Nopenhagen....it should have been Dopenhagen, to accomodate the dopes that have been working to ruin the planet.

[Thermalseeker]

“hefty aviation taxes should be introduced to deter people from flying,”

Them's fightin' words around my airstrip.....

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[goldstategop]

Don't forget to forgo sex with the missus and the hooker and don't water your lawn under penalty of death. That's the real meaning of the Green Marxist agenda. You lose your freedom to live YOUR life to the state.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[nesnah]

Nopenhagen, Dopenhagen...........excellent!!!!!

[Travis McGee]

bttt

[goldstategop]

Polar Bears Before People. That's as succinct a bumper sticker you could cite about the key to climate change. The Left is more concerned with bears and ice floes than it is with human beings. That says it all.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[NRA1995]

Anyone seen any polar bears falling out of the sky yet?

[SW6906]

“hefty aviation taxes should be introduced to deter people from flying,”

Them's fightin' words around my airstrip.....

Them's fightin' words 'round my industry (airplane manufacturer, airlines)....

Seriously, airlines are struggling with reduced loads due to the economic slowdown and now they are going to be taxed even more by having to track emissions and report them regularly? A couple airlines I work with have had to hire another engineer (read: added cost) just to measure, calculate and report emissions for the EU. That cost will get passed on to consumers.

Hey wait! I guess that's one of these "green jobs" they're talking about!

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Mark draws lots of blood with this piece...!

[Bon mots]

[Rummyfan]

So Big Sex decided they weren’t going to take it lying down.

I know the subject is deadly serious, but Steyn's thow-away lines are guffaw inspiring.

[areukiddingme1]

So the guy that some people were duped into believing would be a good President of the United States of America went to Copenhagen to try an snuggle up to the international community and buy some friends with American tax payer dollars based solely upon junk science and the myth of the Abominable Global Warming Monster — And I all I got back home in DC was 12” of fresh snow, talk about an inconvenient “fact”...Global Warming...are you kidding me!

This administration had better not spend one more tax payer dime on this myth...2010 is going to be a good year for defeating the left on myths like this.

God Bless America and God Bless our Troops!

[Savage Beast]

"our new nobility: they can go where they want but the hoi polloi must be tied down to their stations in life like medieval serfs."

Yes, tied to the land.

But who elevated these snake-oil salesmen to nobility status in the first place? That's right--millions of free men and women with a pathological longing for serfdom. People get the government they deserve and vice versa.

P.T. Barnum was right.

Oh, and BTW, if you want to know which way the wind is blowing watch the British Royal Family. They haven't been in business for over 1,000 years without keeping an eye on the horizon.

[CrazyIvan]

I'm just waiting for these nuts to celebrate the control of
Co2 into the atmosphere by opening a bottle of champagne.

[Kenny Bunk]

Lissen up, you members of the VRWC against Global Warming:

Just because you can scientifically demonstrate that
something doesn't exist doesn't mean that you don't have to pay for it.

Neither does it mean that we have to take your scientifically demonstrated facts into account when setting enviromental policy. After all, our goal is to save the planet, Our Mother Gaia. We cannot let mere data stand in the way of important goals like economic equity, diversity, wind power, and of course, gay marriage.

In case you didn't notice, we won the election. If you don't believe us, ask your neighbor whom we just moved into the foreclosed house next to yours. We'll provide a translator.

[silverleaf]

“hefty aviation taxes should be introduced to deter people from flying,”

"Hefty taxes should be instroduced to deter POOR and MIDDLE CLASS people from flying"

theref, fixed it.

and cutting back in flying should cut down on the crowds of wannabe tourists on the ski slopes and beaches and further help the environment to stay healthy for the rich to enjoy

[silverleaf]

I predict a global driven regime that will track your activities and tax you increasingly for every flight maybe eventually by the mile, by the kind of car you drive, by the number of cars you own, by the square footage and “energy features” of your house, by your monitored energy use, by the acreage of your farm...etc etc etc..maybe even by the foods (meat) you buy

the “tax” of course to go to the global carbon traders

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

“Dopenhagen”

Dopen-HOG-en?