What do you call a philosophy that cares more about “fairness” than the truth? That believes it’s the poor’s right to expect help from the rich, and the rich’s obligation to support the poor? That presupposes government is the only institution that can properly deal with any aspect of life? That praises living like animals, and condemns technological accomplishments?

I’m not sure either, but if there’s a word for it, I bet you can’t say it here.

Freelancer on May 31, 2007 at 8:43 PM

You must be looking for this word: [see word here]

And you’re right, inexplicably you can not say that word at HotAir.

How much is this polar bear’s life worth to you?

Nothing.

Cute pic, but tough crap. That polar bear will grow up to hunt humans. I know it’s politically incorrect of me to say so, but polar bears serve no ecological purpose that nature won’t sort out without them. Hell, their demise may even INCREASE the populations of some edangered species.

Polar bears are at the top of ‘their‘ food chain much like humans. They actually hunt humans if anecdotal info is to be believed. A few more seals for the Eskimoes/Inuit/whateverthehellyoucallthem (humans) to club strenghthens their native culture. So what’s the issue?

The demise of the polar bear is not going to be the end of the world. Nature has always proved that a predator will always step up to take the place of a predator. I posit that Orca (the killer whale) will take the place as the premier seal hunter despite the best efforts of native humans.

Should we kill off all Orcas or all Inuits/Eskimoes to preserve the balance once the mighty polar bear is slain forever?

This may seem an off-topic comment, but is it?

Government/court-thinking-it-is-the-government interference with nature is going to be the downfall of us all.

Who will be left alive to protest against the polar bears after the “humainty is a disease” crowd have all perished thanks to their own initiatives?

I’m not sure either, but if there’s a word for it, I bet you can’t say it here.

Are you starting to see how ugly and dangerous the Global Warming fraud is ?? And all of the anger and disharmony will be fomented because of the lie that is Global Warming.

Boy are they going to feel stupid when the man-induced climate change hoax is finally revealed.

Valiant on May 30, 2007 at 9:24 PM

I can’t wait until this whole global warming fad gets the ax. Please, please, please can the global temperature go down this year. I would just love for Al Gore to explain that away. In 10 years I imagine many of us are going to have a good laugh about all this.

Seixon on May 30, 2007 at 9:27 PM

Unfortunately, there is never going to be an “I told you so” moment.

Yes, our children and theirs will watch VH-1’s “I Love the Zeros” and laugh themselves silly about the global warming fad.

But by then, we’ll be on to about the third next global hysteria down the line. All of the liberals now bleating about global warming will either be long dead – or swear they were on the side of ACTUAL science the whole time.

That’s how it always works. Nobody will take responsibility for this debacle in 30 years, when it becomes demonstrably false.

Nobody will even admit they believed in it.

Don’t believe me? Look at Reagan’s approval ratings. They were at 70+ % when he died. How does that happen? What about him being the anti-Christ and all? What about the millions marching against his anti-Soviet policies?

Well, somehow all those folks just dissappeared … as soon as they finally realized they were on the wrong side of history.

Or, for fun, try to find somebody who was in a panic about the “population explosion” theory. Back in the early 80s, when it was a rock-solid guarantee that we’d have 9 billion people on the planet by 2000, mass starvation in the US, etc.

Where ARE all those people?

I’ll tell you where they are – they’re in the same place Al Gore’s minions will wind up. The place cowards go when their hysteria is finally unveiled.

We really need to set some rules on how much damage, to the environment, these vegetarians can do. THEY’RE KILLING US ALL!!!!!1!

Valiant on May 30, 2007 at 9:24 PM

ditto

I’m going to assume that local products would have a smaller carbon footprint, imported products a larger one. Is this just another way to protect European goods, without an official tarriff scheme?

MayBee on May 31, 2007 at 12:01 AM

I think you’re on to something there.

- The Cat

Don’t let it get under your skin RighWinged, you got to remember that some people would call you a “conspiracy theorist” if you said “The sun comes up in the morning.” For those types of people, that’s all the ammunition they have.

Maxx on May 31, 2007 at 12:23 AM

I know, I just want to open the eyes of folks on our side… I don’t think most understand exactly how serious this is, even those that know that global warming is crap. Most just dismiss it and go on with their day, while this is all happening around us.

Maxx on May 30, 2007 at 11:44 PM

You’re right all the way around on that one… My main point of posting was to point out what I feel is my duty in any related thread… that it’s not just a type of conspiracy theory to say that “global warming” is about a New World Order, when you’ve got the global warmists themselves calling for it.

How would this affect fair trade, free trade, and trade with impoverished countries?
I’m going to assume that local products would have a smaller carbon footprint, imported products a larger one. Is this just another way to protect European goods, without an official tarriff scheme?

More importantly, at what point does Al Gore officially become a super-villain?

He’s gotten bigger and uglier. He’s making more and more money off of the global warming scare. He’s attracting tons of zealous henchman. All we need is Tipper in a Poison Ivy costume before our Batman flies through the window to do battle.

The Global Warming and Environmental movements are of course different arms of the same beast, with the same goals, and those goals have nothing to do with the planet’s temperature or the little furry creatures. The fundamental goals are 1) destruction of private property rights, 2) Implementation of a global tax system, and 3) The eventual merging of all sovereign nations into a One World Government … not necessarily in that order.

We use different phraseology, you say “New World Order” where I say “One World Government” and the terms are probably interchangeable, but I think the term “New World Order” is just a little to nebulous, and people don’t necessarily know what you are talking about. Thus… some of the “Truther” accusations might arise from that lack of knowledge.

But when I argue against Global Warming I’ve found that just saying on that ONE topic is most effective. Heaven knows there is plenty of ammunition to shoot global warming down without bringing the world political agenda into it. Sometimes its just a little to much to comprehend and far too much to try and explain within a HotAir comment block. And sometimes its just a little to scary for people to deal with, so the defense mechanisms kick in and the name calling begins.

But of course, I agree with you.

- The Cat

Maxx on May 30, 2007 at 10:38 PM

You’re absolutely right. Don’t anyone be fooled, there’s just a bit of a lull. But they’ve convinced enough people, poll after poll shows it, and more importantly they’ve gotten to the younger generations. They’re cunning if nothing else, and you have to be when your intention is a New World Order. SARS, Bird Flu, etc. didn’t quite do it, but they found a winner in global warming… especially when they can claim what used to be called “the weather” on it, no matter what the forecast.

Please, anyone who thinks I’m being a Truther when I say this is about a New World Order, read my previous comment… it ain’t me saying it, it’s the global warmists.

Anyway, does anyone else find it funny that they can predict “climates”, yet if you check the weather online in the morning they can’t even get it right in the afternoon (bastards spoiled my chance to use my kayak today). They literally change the forecast by the hour… at some point it stops being a forecast, and starts being observation. It’s like last year when we had the boring and below average hurricane season. About half way in to the season they revised their prediction for an above average season, down to a less active, but still above average season (too lazy to dig up the numbers, but if you libs want to try me, I will). What was funny is they “adjusted” their forecast for the hurricane season, HALF WAY THROUGH! That wasn’t an adjustment, it was attempting to take a guess after certain possibilities for the original guess fell flat. I think they may have even made another “revised” forecast. All I know is that when it was all said and done, the season was below average, we never saw a single ‘cane hit our shores, and just the remnants of 2 weak tropical storms touched us. There wasn’t a whole lot of hammering the forecasters for being WAAAAAAY off. They simply issued statements that amounted to “El Nino did it”. I won’t even ask the next obvious question… why couldn’t they predict El Nino? It’s a 50/50 shot El Nino or no El Nino… They’d have had a better chance at it than they did with their ridiculous predictions. They’ve tried to pump up predictions again this year, without being mocked for last year’s failures (shocker! thanks big media!), we’ll see how it goes.

I’m seeing more and more articles like this one… “Climate Momentum Shifting: Prominent Scientists Reverse Belief in Man-made Global Warming – and are Now Skeptics.” And I’m seeing fewer global warming scare tactic articles. But we dare not relax, these green-socia-list-commies don’t give up that easy, and they got lots of money invested in this hoax and they are going to want their money back !! So its just a matter of time before the new and improved barrage of lies hit the air waves… you can count on it !

obvious goal of a New World Order

yep

*extends hand*