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A Habitable World?
http://www.nysun.com/article/58455 ^ | Mark Steyn

Posted on 07/16/2007 5:30:16 AM PDT by ventanax5

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it, is it because Al Gore and a bunch of elderly rockers organized an all-star stadium gala on its behalf? The colossal flopperoo of Live Earth is a heartening reminder that there are some things too ridiculous even for global pop culture, and one of them is the Reverend Almer Gortry speaking truth to power ballads.

Why did so few people feel the urge to rock against climate change? Touchingly enough, the organizers put it down to the weather. Dismal TV ratings? "The BBC blamed the poor figures on Saturday's good weather." Sluggish ticket sales for the live events? "Organisers of Live Earth Johannesburg are convinced climate change is to blame for the paltry turn-out at the Coca Cola Dome today. Promoter John Langford claims it snowed last week for the first time in a quarter of a century, and the freezing conditions are keeping people away." Too hot to stay in and watch it on TV, too freezing to go out and watch it in person: clearly, climate change is rampaging out of control

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: algore; autogenocide; depopulation; ecochrondriacs; environment; environwackos; globalwarming; islam; islamofascism; liberalism; liveearth; marksteyn; newyorksun; revalmergortry; west

1 posted on 07/16/2007 5:30:17 AM PDT by ventanax5
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To: ventanax5

Gorebal Warning!


2 posted on 07/16/2007 5:32:05 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
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To: Pokey78

Steyn ping!


3 posted on 07/16/2007 5:33:35 AM PDT by Smile-n-Win (Everything that breathes emits CO2. Anti-carbon is anti-life.)
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To: ventanax5

Excellent read from Steyn — thanks.


4 posted on 07/16/2007 6:15:09 AM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: ventanax5

I don’t want to say it, but we know whose fault it really is. He and the magnificent Rove with his weather control machine.


5 posted on 07/16/2007 6:20:19 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: ventanax5
Isn't it ironic, dontcha think?

(Alanis Morrisette tune)

6 posted on 07/16/2007 6:21:58 AM PDT by shekkian
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To: ventanax5

Maybe the organisers of Live Earth Johannesburg thought it was summer there.


7 posted on 07/16/2007 6:24:10 AM PDT by CPOSharky (An organization that kills those who do not believe it's dogma is NOT a religion.)
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To: ventanax5

The civilized world is committing suicide by birth control. The barbarians aren’t.


8 posted on 07/16/2007 6:25:20 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: ventanax5

Professor John Guillebaud. . . . . . . . . . As the professor sees it, having fewer children is “the simplest, quickest and most significant thing any of us could do to leave a sustainable and habitable planet for our children and grandchildren.” The best thing we can do for our children is not to have them.


If we don’t have children then we don’t have to worry about the climate change effect on them or grandchildren. What a stupid idea that is.


9 posted on 07/16/2007 6:38:04 AM PDT by TDA2
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To: ventanax5

Latest Weather Channel Headline:
IF GORE’S GLOBAL FLATULENCE IS PRODUCED IN THE FOREST. WILL ANYBODY HEAR IT?
(point for Eggheads to ponder)


10 posted on 07/16/2007 7:31:44 AM PDT by rusureitflies? (OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD! There, I said it. Prove me wrong.)
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To: Paladin2

“Gorebal Warning!”

More like Gorebbels Warming...


11 posted on 07/16/2007 7:46:48 AM PDT by bolobaby
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To: ventanax5

Bump for later!!!


12 posted on 07/16/2007 9:49:08 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: ventanax5; Pokey78
Maybe the world that comes after western civilization will be more "sustainable" but I doubt it will be more "habitable."

Steyn ping!

13 posted on 07/18/2007 5:26:22 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: ventanax5

I can’t take any anti-population growth types seriously until they prove their commitment to their cause by killing themselves.


14 posted on 07/23/2007 4:29:41 PM PDT by etcetera (“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud)
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