Jim wrote an excellent guest post at Shrinkwrapped.
He included several good links, and there is another excellent link by A Jacksonian
in the comments that’s well worth the read.Click the title and check it out or cut n’ paste: http://shrinkwrapped.blogs.com/blog/2007/03/global_warming_.html
I tried to post a comment at SW’s but it’s not cooperating, so I’ll post it here.
Excellent post, Jim!
Thanks for the links.
I concur with pretty much all the commenters as well.
As Jim, SW and many commenters have said, there is so much we don’t know about global warming. We certainly don’t know enough to make the draconian changes (and restrictions on our liberty) that the Smogfather (Algore) and his minions want to make.
I do know that the taxes and sky-high prices the Algorians want to impose will hurt the poor and probably the middle class, not to mention limiting our liberties (as Jim mentioned) and demanding “protection” money from a hypothetical “crisis” (what is it, 11-22 inches or 23 feet? Or much ado about nothing?).
I believe capitalism will drive the eventual switch from fossil fuels to ‘cleaner’ or clean energy sources much more efficiently and far less painfully than the Smogfather of smug and his smuggly politicians can ever hope to.
Plus, we may actually manage to hold on to our hard fought liberties!
UPDATE SPECIAL!!!
If you are a JimmyJ. fan (and who isn’t?), check out his excellent book!
http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?pid=0759668914&ad=FGLBKS
It’s a good read!
6 comments:
- juliec said…
- Thanks for the link here, Ben – I clearly haven’t been reading Shrinkwrapped enough lately.”I believe capitalism will drive the eventual switch from fossil fuels to ‘cleaner’ or clean energy sources much more efficiently and far less painfully than the Smogfather of smug and his smuggly politicians can ever hope to.”
Indeed.
- robinstarfish said…
- Jimmy J rocks. Great links too.An anagram for ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING is ABNORMAL PATHOGENIC GROWLING.
Algore is barking mad and now John Kerry has joined the rabid pack (late like he always does) with his own AGW book.
So predictable.
- walt said…
- The current issue of Insight Magazine says Algore is seriously considering a run as a third party candidate. Sounds far-fetched, but they claim he actually does believe he is a prophet, and “destined.”Ben, if you can stand a fairly long, but very interesting speech, titled “Aliens Cause Global Warming,” then Google Michael Crichton, and click on the speech title. It’s a good one.
- cosanostradamus said…
- Yeah, I second Walt’s recommendation. All his speeches are well worth reading.I’d love to see Gore run. He has no chance of winning, but he’d be enough of a spoiler to keep Hellary out of the White House. But her machine won’t let that happen.
- Clandestine said…
- Man, I’ll tell you guys. I am so tired of hearing about this global warming crap. The government just wants to get into our business and tell us what we can and can’t do. If I want to drive a big Humvee around that only gets 9mpg so be it. Who should be able to stop me? And who really cares about global warming anyway??? Really. I personally don’t care if we never see snow again, or polar bears for that matter. I don’t care if Manhattan or LA or Seattle is over run with water, because I don’t live there. And for those that do, they could always move somewhere else. This is about the strong surviving. We are a big rich country and we will survive and if there are droughts or what ever in other countries, that’s just their problem.
- uss ben said…
- juliec-
Shrinkwrapped and JimmyJ are always worth a gander! I was reading Shrinkwrapped before Bob started his blog.
Bob used to comment over at Shrinkwrapped often, and I thought he was a Pastor or retired Preacher, lol!Robinstarfish-
Thanks for the cool amalgram! It is steeped in truth.
Speaking of JimmyJ., gives me an idea for an update. :^)Walt-
I love reading Michael Chricton’s speeches, and his books are good too!
Dr. Chrichton is so…logical.
I’m sure glad he’s on our team now.
We need sharp minds like his.Cosanostradamus-
I too would like to see Gore run.
It would be all too easy to expose his insanity.Clandestine-
Sarcasm works better when it’s subtle.
Here’s a news scoop for you, and please, feel free to check it out for yourself.
There were less than 10,000 polar bears in the ’70’s, and today there are more than 25,000.
However, some leftist scientists say that polar bear gonads are getting smaller (how do you suppose they determined that little factoid?).As for water rising-
Do you believe the UN’s IPCC report of 11-22 inches in 100 years or Algores 23 feet anytime now?
Speaking of the smogfather of smug, where were all those massive global warming powered hurricanes last year that Algore predicted?
Maybe Algore can draw on his liberal art’s knowledge and explain these inconvenient truths away.
