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Wednesday, March 21. 2007

Weds. Morning Warming Hoax News

A Hummer is a greener car than a Prius. Truly. Not that it matters.

So many news items satirize themselves. Edwards claims his mansion is carbon neutral.

Al Gore makes his own rules. He is going to control his Senate presentation today and filibuster it - talk so much that he gets no questions.

Why Ethanol is a terrible idea.

Czech Pres. Vaclav Klaus - our hero - presented to the House Energy and Commerce Committee via letter yesterday. A quote from it:

“The so-called climate change and especially man-made climate change has become one of the most dangerous arguments aimed at distorting human efforts and public policies in the whole world.”

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 06:20 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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In Memphis, we have a city councilman, Edmund Ford (yes, he's Harold Jr's uncle) who has a situation with his power bills. He has some sweetheart deal with the utility company. Maybe that's how Edwards has such low power bills?

That's the only reason I can think of -- my 1200 sf house alone costs almost $200/month to heat and water and that's keeping it at 55.
#1 Class-factotum (Link) on 2007-03-21 08:34 (Reply)
Well here's the next thing we can all worry about;

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/10mar_stormwarning.htm

Just joking of course, but I am sure it will be used in some manner to add to the hysterics of the warmering.

h/t slashdot
#2 Luther McLeod on 2007-03-21 10:43 (Reply)
Can we get the Czech Republic into the Union? If we don't want to change the 50 stars we can drop Massachusetts maybe--it's do WONDERS for the Senate.
#3 buddy larsen on 2007-03-21 15:05 (Reply)
Yikes, Luther--

Four-point response when the Solar Storm comes:

1) bend over
2) grab ankles
3) extend head backwards
4) kiss ass goodbye.

:-\
#4 buddy larsen on 2007-03-21 15:16 (Reply)
The aurora borealis and solar storms are more interesting to me than Algores global warming and the Northern Lights are amazing to watch.
Here is one legend....
The Valkyrior are warlike virgins, mounted upon horses and armed with helmets and spears. When they ride forth on their errand, their armour sheds a strange flickering light, which flashes up over the northern skies, making what men call the "aurora borealis", or "Northern Lights".
Folk lore also has said that if you whistle and sing to the aurora it will come down and take you.
I know a few people who claim they have whistled down the Northern Lights. They did not get taken anywhere but they say the electricity crackling around them was audible.
#5 Patina on 2007-03-21 17:18 (Reply)

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