Ultimate nuance: Global warming protesters forced to brave D.C. snow
posted at 7:52 pm on March 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
Alternate headline: “Blogger now believes in God.” You’ve probably seen it linked elsewhere today, but in case not, check out Greg Pollowitz’s “told you so” at NRO’s Planet Gore. So predictable has the coincidence of global-warming events with cold weather become that Pollowitz actually joked back in December when this rally was announced that we should plan for heavy snowfall in the capital circa March 2. And sure enough.
Pelosi was supposed to be there, but, well, you know.
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Look kids! “Idiots on Ice”
Sugar Land on March 2, 2009 at 7:54 PM
The current crop of believers are never going to admit this is BS. It’s going to take a new generation of scientists who have no reputations at stake.
Mark1971 on March 2, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Well, if not God, then surely Santa Clause.
AUINSC on March 2, 2009 at 7:56 PM
So aliens really do live among us.
I originally thought so after seeing a Ron Paul rally but now it has been confirmed.
Bishop on March 2, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Better than comedy gold.
Comedy platinum.
MadisonConservative on March 2, 2009 at 7:57 PM
It’s a religion………..
…….. plane and simple.
Now, if we can only get back to that “Separation of Church and State” thingy……….
Seven Percent Solution on March 2, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Nothing says “irony” like the polar morons freezing their cajones off while trying to convince cold people to stop the Earth from warming.
amerpundit on March 2, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Alternate alternate headline: “Blogger now believes in devolution.”
MB4 on March 2, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Scientists & politicians confer…
“Hmmm…we need a crisis, & the Earth clearly is not warming. Let’s revive the impending Ice Age fearfest!”
jgapinoy on March 2, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Of all the times of the year to hold a Global Warming Rally in DC…
Amateurs.
Now, if they held a rally on one of the hottest days of the year down in the Tidewater, say in late July or early August…all those protesters, all those bikini-clad and halter-topped sweaty young women drenched in sweat…might get a few more onlookers, at least. :-)
coldwarrior on March 2, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Evil Bush seeded the clouds and…errrrr…nevermind.
SouthernGent on March 2, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Just because temps are dropping doesn’t mean that global warming isn’t happening
artist on March 2, 2009 at 7:58 PM
I’m so glad you did a thread on this. It was too good to miss.
This was supposed to be the biggest global warming protest evah!
Watts Up With That? has a list of some 16 other “global warming” events in the past that were hit by the Gore effect.
INC on March 2, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Global Warming Rally – Better than salting the clouds for rain or snow
Wade on March 2, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Just because Global Warmist have a pulse does not men they are sentient.
MB4 on March 2, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Global Warming is so yesterday. The new PO is Climate Change.
Wade on March 2, 2009 at 8:00 PM
True, but the AGW people really should look at other information. This is a good start:
http://www.worldclimatereport.com/
http://icecap.us/index.php
The archives on both sites are worth reading. Pass them on to your liberal friends.
toliver on March 2, 2009 at 8:01 PM
From the comments at Watts Up?
INC on March 2, 2009 at 8:01 PM
And if what they want doesn’t happen, they’ll what, vote Republican?
Idle threats from idle minds.
Techie on March 2, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Nothing says warming like shoveling 6″ of snow and chipping the ice off the porch. Burrrrrrr, it must be the CO2, Damn you, Cheney!
Laura in Maryland on March 2, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Anyone want to join my non-violent civil-disobedience rally against the coming ice-age this summer in Florida?
GardenGnome on March 2, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Were in a Ice Age!
Even Comet Lulin is affecting our weather,
according to some experts!
————————-
Lets see,’Global Warming Scam Protest’runs amuck amid
freezing,
as we say,sometimes up north,yup,were really gonna get it,
ya ‘Snow Boned’ again!!!!!!!!!Ahem.
canopfor on March 2, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Pathetic losers.
TheBigOldDog on March 2, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Granny Pelosi was suppsoed to fly back for it, but couldn’t..becuse of the snow in DC.
I know we joke about the Gore Effect, but at some point corrlation does become causation? Maybe Arnold should schedule some global warming fests in CA or have Algore come to speak. The heavens would open and the skies rain down. Drought over.
Wethal on March 2, 2009 at 8:03 PM
And the geological record shows the Earth got a whole lot hotter than it is now or will be for the rest of the century, and there were no humans, no carbon emissions, no man-made anything… it is all a natural cycle.
What hubris these global warming folks have, to think that we can stop solar energy from warming our planet, stop solar flares and sunspot activity, stop the apogee and perigee of our path around the sun…these are the primary determinants of global temperature change.
coldwarrior on March 2, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Is a global warming rally the new PO for Indian Rain Dance?
Wade on March 2, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Sorry, I must have forgot the common line of thought among the global warming fanatics. If it gets warmer it’s caused by global warming. If it gets colder it’s caused by global warming and if nothing happens it’s caused by global warming and you’ll see the effects eventually no matter what the climate actually does therefore making it an inarguable fact. I keep forgetting how scientific this is, you’ll have to forgive me.
BakerAllie on March 2, 2009 at 8:03 PM
By the way………
………. I want one of those green hats!
Seven Percent Solution on March 2, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Thanks for the link.
It would seem that Gore’s likelihood of dying from frostbite is greater than average–blizzards just follow him around.
jgapinoy on March 2, 2009 at 8:04 PM
God is a comedian playing to an audience to afraid to laugh.
- Voltaire
MB4 on March 2, 2009 at 8:04 PM
PO = PC
Wade on March 2, 2009 at 8:04 PM
“Yes we can! Yes we can!” Oy…
AbaddonsReign on March 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Karl Rove at work again…as another poster frequently says: Rove…you are a magnificent bastard!
Dingbat63 on March 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Just because you’re convinced doesn’t mean you’re right.
freedom_nut on March 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Ewwww. Granola chicks and sleeveless tops do NOT mix; don’t make me spell it out for you. Also consider the smelly hippie factor in the summer: Double EWWWW.
Laura in Maryland on March 2, 2009 at 8:06 PM
When it comes up, I tell them that I pray for Global Warming! Things grow when it is warm, things die when they freeze – only an idiot would want another Ice Age?
rgranger on March 2, 2009 at 8:06 PM
It’s just too perfect, really. Seriously, it makes me giddy. But don’t worry, the adjustments are already being made. Because, this is PROOF of AGW after all. Remember, the talking point has been recently morphed from ‘global warming’ to ‘climate change’.
BTW, go give some props to Tim Blair…I’ll bet he was laughing so hard, he could barely see his monitor:
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/
AUINSC on March 2, 2009 at 8:06 PM
I love it when the best comment is the first comment and everyone else is playing catch-up.
thomasaur on March 2, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Really, this has never been a better time to be a conservative. The schadenfreude makes up for losing the election. Not only do we have a leftist president drowning in a mortally wounded economy, an economy fatally poisoned by socialist medicine, backtracking on half his campaign promises, and being taken for a rube by the very dictators conservatives warned about, but we also have unusually cold weather brought about by a decrease in solar activity making the greenies look like the ridiculous imbeciles they are.
And all this within 6 weeks and the schadenfreude meter is already at 7. It’s like every new day brings with it a new sweet gift for conservatives. Surviving obama won’t be easy, but just think of the immunity this will give us if we do.
keep the change on March 2, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Just because the market tanks when they hear about your bailout plan doesn’t mean it’s not a good idea.
Tzetzes on March 2, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Normally I am more profound. But this time…
AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH..Oh golly…AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
AHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh…to much……AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA…(Falls over laughing!)
GunRunner on March 2, 2009 at 8:08 PM
You’re welcome. I check in there often. Lots of good stuff–you can see NASA’s or NOAA’s faulty data highlighted and then a couple days later watch for the government retraction and revision.
INC on March 2, 2009 at 8:09 PM
In this case the audience is rolling in the aisles with laughter.
INC on March 2, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Maybe global warming lunatics can rent themselves out to ski resorts that need snow?
progressoverpeace on March 2, 2009 at 8:12 PM
I am so gonna miss living in civilization.
RalphyBoy on March 2, 2009 at 8:12 PM
There is no evidence that will change the mind of a true believer.
TheSitRep on March 2, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Was “Don Quixote” a democrat?
JoeySlippers on March 2, 2009 at 8:13 PM
They should have started a snow ball fight with them to add insult to irony.
TheSitRep on March 2, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Gateway Pundit has this list (with embedded links) at his site:
At the bottom he has this terrific update:
INC on March 2, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Probably. Have it on good authority that Sancho Panza was an accomodating RINO.
coldwarrior on March 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Did anybody see sethstorm at the rally?
I wouldn’t want him to miss out on such a balmy day.
kingsjester on March 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Much to the MSM’s chagrin, global warming is soon going to be as hard a crisis to sell to the public as “Iran/Contra – Guns for hostages!”
whitetop on March 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM
These are you people Liberals. They make you look like the tools you truly are.
kahall on March 2, 2009 at 8:17 PM
This is a Vast Left Wing Conspiracy,
with ‘the weather machine’,screwing up
the planet,and those ever treacherous
sneaky Liberals,will put the blame on
‘The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy’.
Dam(n) devious Democrats again!!haha.
canopfor on March 2, 2009 at 8:17 PM
And Dulcinea (sp?) was a Stollywood Harlot.
thomasaur on March 2, 2009 at 8:19 PM
The Gore effect verified, ha! God does have a sense of humor. I can kind of suspected so with the platypus, but this is more fun.
aikidoka on March 2, 2009 at 8:19 PM
What is this statement’s expiration date? If we end up in another ice age will we still be saying this? Although you do present a good argument. Just because the earth became warmer for a few years (it has gotten cooler the past two years) doesn’t mean it’s “global warming.” Just because the earth is cooling does not mean we are entering the ice age.
Joe Caps on March 2, 2009 at 8:19 PM
It would be nice,if somebody showed up at
the protest,in costume,dressed as,
‘Chilly Willy’!haha.
canopfor on March 2, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Global Warmists are not the most insane folks around -
OBAMA: Are you LISTENING?
Boston Fed President Rosengren:
“Rosengren suggested that governments are not the best managers of bad assets. Rather, he urged removing the assets and selling banks to new owners.
“When a bank is closed with FDIC support, this is relatively straightforward. The bad assets are removed from the bank and quickly disposed of by the FDIC, and the good assets are sold to an acquirer,” he said.
“The new acquirer does not spend time focused on the problems of the past, but rather, focuses on maximizing future profitability,” Rosengren added. “This is a reason for moving to resolve, as quickly as possible, banks that are clearly insolvent.”
DUH.
Here is what the stock market [shows chart] thinks of you NOT doing this and allowing your stooge Moe, er, Taxcheatin’Timmy, to instead continue to pour taxpayer money into a black hole to save his FRIENDS in the banking business.
SEVENTEEN PERCENT has come off the S&P since your inauguration, and we’re nowhere near done for today.
It’ll likely be 20% by the close at the current rate of deterioration with the largest falls being on your inauguration date and then from the date where it became clear that YOUR TREASURY SECRETARY was going offer “more of the same” that has FAILED.
You are certifiably insane; only an insane person does the same thing over and over, which has repeatedly failed, and expects a different result.
I hope you enjoy this Barack, because it’s all yours, and every man, woman and child in America needs to understand that it is your refusal to do the right thing that has continued the bleeding in their 401ks (now 201ks and soon 101ks or even 51ks), IRAs, and soon their pension plans will all blow up, bankrupting over 100 of our largest firms and putting 10 million more people out of work.
Congratulations Barack; we are now in a full-on economic and market meltdown over the last week and it is getting MUCH WORSE as a direct and proximate cause of your policies.
MB4 on March 2, 2009 at 8:20 PM
MB4,
Give us one thread where we can laugh. We need the comic relief.
INC on March 2, 2009 at 8:25 PM
A good batch of questions to ask the warming loons would have been around how they were going to get warmed up after a hard day protesting… Mommy’s house, a warm bath, what kind of heat… Oh yeah, and how did you get here to DC… Drive? Anyone fly? Who traveled the farthest (biggest hypocrite)?
RalphyBoy on March 2, 2009 at 8:25 PM
It is comic
Streecar on March 2, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Global cooling just in time for Pres. Obama to put extra taxes on heating your house. I have a friend who not only believes in this crap but wants me to be fair when I talk about the new administration. Why do you have to be fair when you don’t agree with a darn thing they do?
Cindy Munford on March 2, 2009 at 8:27 PM
I wanna start selling stop global warming hoodies at the rallies. I wonder how long it would take em to get the joke.
- The Cat
MirCat on March 2, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Able to guzzle more energy than dozens of normal men! Producing more hot air than a locomotive! Able to pile up carbon credits higher than a tall building in a single bound!!!
Look UP in the sky! It’s ChickenLittle! It’s FlyingSnakeOilSalesman! It’s the Sultan of Hanging Chads! It’s the Ayatollah of Heat! No, it’s CarbonMan in a private jet painted green! And now following in the tradition of other great men such as Jimmy Carter and Yasir Arafat, he is the proud recipient of a Nobel Prize!!!
CarbonMan, strange visitor from an alternate reality who came to Earth with claims and scary predictions far beyond those of mortal men, disguised as an ever and ever more so Fat Albert, and now joined by other members of the Royal GreenLeague such as BioFuelHummerMan and EcoCleaningWoman, they all fight a never ending battle for Science-fiction, hypocrisy and the Hollywood way!
MB4 on March 2, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Why don’t these people protest “global warming” when it’s warm? Stupid question, I know, I know.
jimmy2shoes on March 2, 2009 at 8:28 PM
They should have had a coal burning stove outside and see how many huddle around it.
- The Cat
MirCat on March 2, 2009 at 8:29 PM
(HT: Drudge)
Yes, I know it’s OT, but a little more silliness might help relieve the angst over Rush-Steele.
Wethal on March 2, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Yeah, when I saw y’all link to this the other day I was LMAO. Good stuff.
Achilles on March 2, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Al started a hoax. Which started the whole world thinking they were going to be a frying.
But what Al didn’t see was that the joke would be on he.
Oh, no, Al started to cry. Which started the whole world laughing.
Oh, if he’d only seen that the joke would be on he.
Al looked at the skies. Running his hands over his eyes.
And he fell from his throne. Hurting his head on ice that wasn’t suppose to be there or so he’d said.
So Al’s power finally died. Which started the whole world
laughingdrilling.Oh, if he’d only seen that the joke would be on he.
Oh, no, that the joke would be on he.
MB4 on March 2, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Is that getalife in that photo?
Keemo on March 2, 2009 at 8:32 PM
They do it now, they get to cut classes! In the summer it would cut into their fun.
Their protests and conferences and debates have spanned October to April, and they keeping running into record cold or snow.
INC on March 2, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Wethal on March 2, 2009 at 8:29 PM
The man has some elephant balls, that’s for sure. Vegas will be giving odds on his accidental death in the near future…
Keemo on March 2, 2009 at 8:33 PM
A Jason Mattera story????
RealDemocrat on March 2, 2009 at 8:40 PM
If it get colder these idiots say it,s global warming. If it get warmer they say it,s global warming. these fools want it both ways. A no loose cause for there group. You can,t win with idiots like this..If you want to live in a cave eat roots and wipe your back side with tree bark go right ahead .But leave me the hell alone.
thmcbb on March 2, 2009 at 8:40 PM
God surely does have a sense of humor!
ctmom on March 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM
See! God has a sense of humor!!
Is this not a testimony to the power of the media!?
It It doesn’t matter that they are walking through 12 inches of snow in freezing temps,,, makes no difference what the actual weather is outside,,,, Al gore said on TV the world is melting!!
JellyToast on March 2, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Looks like an Angry St. Patrick’s Day protest.
Verbal Abuse on March 2, 2009 at 8:43 PM
the Bible does say God Sovereignly controls the universe, not too far fetched to think he’s getting a laugh at the Gaia worshipers who want to stop man’s Dominion(Kingdom).
jp on March 2, 2009 at 8:43 PM
the Libs are going to give us a new plague: an Ice Age
more reason to hate them, I like warm weather
jp on March 2, 2009 at 8:45 PM
From now on: All Global Warming events to be scheduled in Summer Months ONLY!
jp on March 2, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Australia reminds you that it had the hottest summer while you are sniggering about the coldest winter.
The data in the Australian desert is very high and the wildfires in the desert have been bad.
(then move out of the desert): Problem solved.
anti-boomer on March 2, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Did anybody see sethstorm at the rally?
I wouldn’t want him to miss out on such a balmy day.
kingsjester on March 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Seth was standing outside an abandoned buggy whip factory in Detroit, muttering about “evil big business” and how it’s evil and big…and evil.
Bishop on March 2, 2009 at 8:48 PM
All I can say is, thank goodness for Global Warming…
…just imagine how cold it would be without it…
uncivilized on March 2, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Obviously.
radiofreevillage on March 2, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Mwaaaaahahahahahaaaaaaaa!
Just saying, that’s all.
Coronagold on March 2, 2009 at 8:51 PM
No thanks, besides you conservative chicks are much hotter and much smarter.
Zitboy at the end was a real tool.
OmahaConservative on March 2, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Shouldn’t these idiots at least try and hold their to-dos in the summertime, when there is a chance that the weather will be, er well … warm?
seanrobins on March 2, 2009 at 8:58 PM
No?
Well, how about the utter lack of any objective, “evidence” of global warming?
seanrobins on March 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM
“Climate change” to the liberal is like Obama’s pledge to create OR SAVE 4 million jobs — even though its been the coldest winter in decades, its still “warmer than it would have been!”
American Elephant on March 2, 2009 at 9:01 PM
parts of the South had “Thunder Snow”
Thunder and Lightening while it was snowing, it was weird
jp on March 2, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Me too! How else could we get this group together AND get them on video!
I’m going for some popcorn and another round or two…
karl9000 on March 2, 2009 at 9:04 PM
justice
BobH on March 2, 2009 at 9:14 PM
This is right up there with the WH tech staff being stymied by gov’t. regulations. Cognitive dissonance is your best entertaiment value!
Jim Treacher on March 2, 2009 at 9:20 PM
These bozos wear the hats on their off days when they visit pre-schools in the role of Mr. Yuk.
onlineanalyst on March 2, 2009 at 9:28 PM
¡Justicia Climatica!
Tzetzes on March 2, 2009 at 9:32 PM
That had reported this was suppose to be the largest Global Warming protest ever in DC and that 2,500 were suppose to show up. I saw maybe 150 people max in that video.
JeffinSac on March 2, 2009 at 9:34 PM
If the tards only knew, global warming is actually cool.
BL@KBIRD on March 2, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Notice to emphasize their idiocy, they had to chant, “Yes we can!”
ToddonCapeCod on March 2, 2009 at 9:42 PM
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