Video: Global-warming skeptic, like, totally pwn3d by true believers
posted at 10:03 pm on December 15, 2009 by Allahpundit
A late-evening palate cleanser via Breitbart. At first it annoyed me, then I laughed at the sheer self-satisfied stupidity of the prank, and then I admired it as emblematic of the flame-war level of discourse between the two sides. Monckton himself broke Godwin’s law the other day when confronting a few disciples of Gaia, and of course we’ve seen scientists from East Anglia call skeptics A-holes on British national television, so why not take it in the direction of “kick me” signs on people’s backs? Exit question: How should Monckton retaliate? With water balloons, or the old “order 50 pizzas to their house” gag?
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MB4 on December 15, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Do I think some are in it for money? Sure. But some are simply true believers. Did you see disgust on the female interviewers’ face when she was interviewing Monckton? I think that is all real. She’s a true believer. I don’t think she’s motivated by money. That is my point.
terryannonline on December 15, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Or politicians and world leaders more than willing to use the GREEN movement to gain more power and weaken/destroy the sovereignty of nations such as the US… the list goes on and on but some would just like to clarify that the crazy lady with an Obama sticker on her car isn’t a GREEN-believer just for the money and power…
MeatHeadinCA on December 15, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Circular logic and Internet intelligence at their very finest…
Dark-Star on December 15, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Order the 50 pizzas.
unclesmrgol on December 15, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Yeah… see my last comment. I don’t know of anyone that actually believes that every sucker of the GREEN movement actually is in it for the money and power. If they were, they probably wouldn’t be called suckers.
Does anyone believe that ALL Obama voters want to destroy the Constitution?
MeatHeadinCA on December 15, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Well Glenn Beck is always lumping Republicans with Democrats and most (not all) of the commenters don’t seem to mind. I guess since I don’t have a show on Fox News I can’t do that :(
terryannonline on December 15, 2009 at 11:48 PM
In a year or so, that kid will discover girls and he won’t give a shit then what the climate’s doing.
Bruce in NH on December 15, 2009 at 11:49 PM
If these kind of “scientists” were involved in drug testing even arsenic would probably be approved as a health drug.
MB4 on December 15, 2009 at 11:49 PM
I personally don’t care about either side. It’s clear to me that we need solutions. I like Palin because she acknowledged that in Alaska.
I don’t care about the political spit-spat stuff.
I don’t support Cap-and-Trade. I agree that it’s ridiculous.
I support solutions and real actions.
Not political BS
AnninCA on December 15, 2009 at 11:49 PM
I don’t know even know what are “debating.” I’m not see where we are disagreeing anymore.
terryannonline on December 15, 2009 at 11:50 PM
And I sure don’t support those who want to be “right” about the science to the detriment of the environment.
*blech*
That’s just the same junk that goes on with the lefties.
AnninCA on December 15, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Sigh. Here we go round the mulberry bush…
Dark-Star on December 15, 2009 at 11:51 PM
You’re no Glenn Beck, OlympiaAnn. I don’t believe your elevator goes up to the top floor.
HornetSting on December 15, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Yeah, we don’t mind because Beck (our Savior and religious leader – cult leader, if you will), actually gives evidence as to why Republicans have become the same nasty beast as their Democrat colleagues.
I guess since you don’t have a show on Fox, you must come here and talk about all of your less than well-founded theories – Sober version of AnninCA.
MeatHeadinCA on December 15, 2009 at 11:52 PM
That’s because they’re rapidly becoming different shades of the same paint. Instead of even a 2-party system, we now have a 1 & 1/2 party system where the differences are largely cosmetic.
Dark-Star on December 15, 2009 at 11:53 PM
My point… page(s) back, was, No one says what you seem to be implying they say about ALL GREENIES.
MeatHeadinCA on December 15, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Do any of you actually watch the programs on TV about the melting that’s happening?
I’m curious. I’m a big watcher. It’s clear.
But Cap-and-Trade? Oh please, that’s a taxation program. That’s disingenuous as a solution.
But people on the right who are so wedded to false ideas also lose my respect.
AnninCA on December 15, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Please, tell us more Goracle.
HornetSting on December 15, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Glen Beck?
Yeah, I think he’s a complete flake. He is the right-wing version of KO.
Maybe even worse.
I can’t imagine really watching him and giving him credibility.
AnninCA on December 15, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Uh… name a scientist that is “right” about the science to the detriment of the environment… Otherwise, your comment seems void of meaning.
MeatHeadinCA on December 15, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Damn those flat earthers in the 70s who didn’t accept that we were headed into an Ice Age in the 70s! Now these idiot flat earthers are back and are trying to prevent us from curtailing this global warming that’s going on. They’re flat out evil I tell ya.
Narutoboy on December 15, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Please, offer a sourced refutation or two instead of more useless wise@$$ery.
Dark-Star on December 15, 2009 at 11:55 PM
I don’t know who Glen Beck is, but maybe you could tell me since I read his name on lefty blogs a lot.
MeatHeadinCA on December 15, 2009 at 11:56 PM
May I help you?
HornetSting on December 15, 2009 at 11:56 PM
I watched a show just last night. Do you know what’s happening in Iceland?
Man, it’s dramatic.
Seriously, do you watch any of these shows? I think I’m a bit odd to watch them.
But I think all of you are into some headtrip about this stuff. The reality is here.
AnninCA on December 15, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Wow these crazy genius kidz with their super mad computer skills and wacky pranks on teh interwebz will totally save the planet from the evil of clear thinking, objective adultz who like probably don’t even have a Twitter account! If Che Guava was still alive he would totally think these kidz were cool and would probably kick himself that he didn’t think of slapping a “Capitalism Suckz” sticker on the back of Fulgencio Batista.
Sharke on December 15, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Speaking of @$$ery…
MeatHeadinCA on December 15, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Don’t forget Rush…the right-wing version of Moore. Fat, loud, boorish, stupid, with about (roughly) a quarter of what he says being undistorted fact. About the only real difference is the mediums they specialize in.
Dark-Star on December 15, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Well it wasn’t on
the Boop TubeTV but last week I watched the aftereffects of water melting after I thawed my frozen well water pipes out with a 1500 watt heater, something I didn’t use to have to do. Does that count?MB4 on December 15, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Hmm. Apparently asking for a sourced refutation now qualifies.
Dark-Star on December 15, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Was this on PBS or MSNBC?
The only thing I see going on in Iceland is a bunch of very unhappy people pissed off about their economy.
Try selling ice to them and see what happens.
HornetSting on December 15, 2009 at 11:59 PM
I’ve watched him. I can’t believe he has an audience, frankly.
Truly, if you’re a Beck fan, then we can conclude we have no common ground in life.
That’s OK. It takes all kinds.
I can’t imagine anyone watching him without laughing out loud.
The guy is an idiot and hyperactive at that.
AnninCA on December 15, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Well now that you mention it, CO2 is now a pollutant .
Johan Klaus on December 15, 2009 at 11:59 PM
You could always take the Terryann approach… Don’t listen if it bothers you… that’s just her approach, mind you.
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Who is Glen Beck, seriously?
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM
But your very statement is quintessentially political: vague, ill-defined, empty, tautological, much like political-speak.
Heck it could mean just about anything.
Geochelone on December 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM
If you want to believe that, sure… Whatever makes you feel right.
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:01 AM
What proof would you accept? When your locale turns into a desert?
I will readily admit that the version of AGW perpetuated in the ‘news’ is exaggerated fear-mongering nonsense, but warming in one place may actually cause cooling in another, at least in the short-to-mid-term. Weather is screwy like that.
Dark-Star on December 16, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Tis a poison. /s
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Please explain to me why it was SO DAMN HOT in the DARK AGES~you know, before the industrial age…….
See, the Earth warms and cools in cycles…like the ECONOMY that heats up and cools, in cycles, kind of like a wave.
It’s all about cycles, Ann.
HornetSting on December 16, 2009 at 12:02 AM
I actually thought this was pretty funny, because he is sort of this old guy oblivious to this horde of idiots surrounding him.
WisCon on December 16, 2009 at 12:02 AM
That’s enough of an answer. Thanks.
AnninCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Do you watch the main stream media?
What percentage of the time are they correct? Is Beck correct more often than the msm?
Johan Klaus on December 16, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Those little twits ALL got beat up in school, and rightly so. Wow, what vast, superior intellect it takes to affix stickers to someone’s jacket without them knowing. This playground mentality needs to have its scrawny ass handed to it.
Sir Loin on December 16, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Yes, I was watching a show of mine the other day… says things must’ve gotten MUCH warmer in Europe sometime in the later “Dark Ages”
I guess it all depends on what shows you watch.
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:04 AM
Should I use smaller words?
Now, you answer MY QUESTION, ie, the Dark Ages….
HornetSting on December 16, 2009 at 12:04 AM
Things melt.
Ronnie on December 16, 2009 at 12:04 AM
A scientific theory?
Johan Klaus on December 16, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Oh, he’s hideous to me. Hannity is also often way out there. But Beck is simply wacked out.
I can’t believe the focus is on the teaparties being out there.
No comparison!
I do enjoy Rush, btw. I think he’s also out there, but he’s nuanced. He knows when he’s outrageous.
Beck is pure unadulterated crazy talk.
AnninCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:05 AM
If only we could get more 1 line answers from Ann…
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Sun melts Ice and I’m sticking with that… /s
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Not at all. I “got” it.
AnninCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:06 AM
That would be Glen Beck, right?
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:06 AM
O it was something about Beck calling Bush as facist. Remember now?
Geochelone on December 16, 2009 at 12:06 AM
I would accept that … … if it were happening but it is not happening, in fact quite the opposite. Why would I accept the opposite of the truth as the truth?
Do you feel hotter now than you did 10 years ago? Why not trust your own senses rather than the rantings of the power hungry, the money grubbers and the fools?
MB4 on December 16, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Well, you know they took a bath once a year, even the royalty. Maybe it had something to do with that….And, that damn Henry VIII was damn HOT~I saw him on that television show on HBO, you know, the channel that made that movie about the Won that left you with a box of tissues and an empty lotion bottle. Anyway, that guy that plays Henry VIII was damn HOT~he could melt glaciers~that’s gotta be the reason it was SO DAMN HOT!
HornetSting on December 16, 2009 at 12:07 AM
A very shortened and very simplified explanation, as it’s 11 PM here. Suffice it to say for the moment that what warms one area may well not warm up another or even cool it. Weather interactions are just that complex, especially when you’re talking on a global scale.
Dark-Star on December 16, 2009 at 12:08 AM
But, from the global warming crowd~Fire DOES NOT melt steel. Just sayin’
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HornetSting on December 16, 2009 at 12:08 AM
Do I hear scientific consensus in the works? Brilliant, HS!!!
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:08 AM
Again, who is corrrect most often?
Johan Klaus on December 16, 2009 at 12:08 AM
Beckies unite!
But nobody outside of a small coterie of the population will follow, of course.
AnninCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:09 AM
facistfascist *proof read, always proof read*Geochelone on December 16, 2009 at 12:10 AM
PBSer’s unite. How many of you are there now? Five?
HornetSting on December 16, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Just don’t complain when he’s made fun of like KO.
People simply aren’t into that guy, or the other guy.
They are both just on the fringes.
AnninCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Are you just pissed off because you keep referring to the mysterious Glen Beck… Who is Glen Beck? Where can I see this Glen Beck?
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:11 AM
*snort*
Too late… already passed that point.
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:12 AM
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So, do you believe that there were ice ages? Do you believe that the earth warmed after those ice ages? Do you believe that the activity of the sun was a factor?
Johan Klaus on December 16, 2009 at 12:12 AM
How many community organizers are there? That will answer your question.
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:12 AM
As I said, the version of AGW being pushed to the public at large is a hodgepodge collection of fabrications and shell games that rival all of Michael Moore’s films put together. On the other hand it is absurd to believe that mankind’s activities have no effect on the weather, but right now I have very few good sources to turn to.
As for my own senses…do remember that I can only exist in one time and at one place. Just because it’s cold where I am at the moment is precious little indicator of the larger trend.
But until I can sort out a couple reliable weather-measuring sources (the recent email hack debacle has struck more than a few from my list), I will admit to being a bit of a ‘lone wolf’ at the moment.
Dark-Star on December 16, 2009 at 12:12 AM
http://www.google.com
Some assembly required.
Dark-Star on December 16, 2009 at 12:13 AM
There has been a lot more fluctuation in Arctic and Sub-Arctic temperatures in relatively recent history than you might guess. This is a fact that is not much mentioned in a lot lf AGW material.
The warmest decade in Iceland in the 20th century was the 1930s. How do the temperatures now compare to those of the 1930s? Did the documentary address that question?
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15968699
http://www.c3headlines.com/2009/12/iceland-temperatures-higher-in-both-roman-medieval-warming-periods-than-present-temps-peerresearch-c.html
Dreadnought on December 16, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Hmmmm.
KO has about four viewers, including his mother.
Glenn Beck has the second most watched show on cable television and the third most listened to radio show.
You, Ann, are fringe. Leather fringe, you stinky hippy.
HornetSting on December 16, 2009 at 12:14 AM
This is what I got… Nothing on this Glen Beck that I keep reading about at HuffPo and scam-facebook pages… Oh, well, I’m sure he exists.
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Honestly, I think all of you just need to go vote for whatever right-winger you love.
And be sure they dismiss all evidence about this.
Vote and be happy.
But I sure won’t be voting for any candidate who co-signs this BS.
The rest of us have moved onto solutions. Cap-and-Trade is a tax program, not a solution.
But we aren’t too interested in those who wish to bog down into the defensive stuff about having argued against the reality and been proven wrong.
Luckily, that’s not me.
You wish to stay stuck?
By all means, do so.
Not me.
AnninCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Climate Cultists are adorable when they think they’re clever.
rihar on December 16, 2009 at 12:17 AM
See? It even has spellcheck.
Dark-Star on December 16, 2009 at 12:18 AM
What would YOUR excuse be, Ann?
BTW, you didn’t answer my question about the dark ages….
HornetSting on December 16, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Don’t worry… we weren’t counting on your vote anyway…
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Yes, it (Google) can suggest corrections to one’s incorrect spelling. Yea!
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:19 AM
“The Dark Ages were great because Glen Beck wasn’t on television!!!”
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:20 AM
Do not confuse Ann with facts.
Johan Klaus on December 16, 2009 at 12:21 AM
One needs a television show before one even attempts the facts.
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:22 AM
Then we would seem to be in general agreement.
The debate is not between no global warming (ever) and some tiny bit to a dangerously high amount (which would be a an absolutely ridiculously broad range).
The debate is whether the is little to almost no man caused global warming or whether there is a dangerous to apocalyptic amount and that we can stop it by being subservient, obeying serfs to the Master’s of
the UniverseGlobal Warming.Obviously man causes some warming just by burning things, but I see no reason to think that, even collectively, that significantly raises the global temperature let alone by a dangerous amount.
MB4 on December 16, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Put a bag of flaming dog sh*t on their door step and ring the bell. They’ll see the CO2 emitting flames and start stomping before even contemplating what is in the bags.
Mallard T. Drake on December 16, 2009 at 12:24 AM
I guess we’ll just define the problems whenever we get a chance, huh. It’s about solutions, baby!
Ronnie on December 16, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Solutions to what is a little hazy, but don’t you dare suggest it has anything to do with Social Engineering!
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:27 AM
Weed is not a solution.
HornetSting on December 16, 2009 at 12:29 AM
If you don’t know where you are going any path will take you there.
Cheshire Cat on December 16, 2009 at 12:30 AM
I think they just like giving each other awards. We could probably lower the temperature of the planet 5 degrees just by turing off the food warmers at all those banquets.
Ronnie on December 16, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Ann, you didn’t leave us did you? I thought we were going to spoon to our favorite Beck episodes.
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Bong water is.
Geochelone on December 16, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Is there a stupider epithet than “climate denier”?
Jim Treacher on December 16, 2009 at 12:33 AM
And she won’t…facts confuse liberals, and she is confused by this fact.
The FACT that the earth has been several times much warmer then now…and the fact that this is an abnormal cycle since it is not as warm as most of the other occurrences, confounds liberals. The fact that Greenland was once named for what? Being green confuses them…and that ice, even ice in Norway melts with increased solar activity, absolutely confounds liberals.
Facts are really what melts liberals brains…
right2bright on December 16, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Until these global warming wingnuts give up meat and start recycling their used toilet paper, I don’t want to hear a DAMN peep out of their greenie, chaffed arses.
HornetSting on December 16, 2009 at 12:35 AM
5-finger wipe WITH the ultra-fiber diet???
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:35 AM
To me, it symbolizes the emotional level of the AGW crowd.
Somewhere between the second and fourth grade.
Vashta.Nerada on December 16, 2009 at 12:36 AM
Corn Cob Fisting is the answer. I am surprised the left hasn’t thought of that one.
Geochelone on December 16, 2009 at 12:38 AM
Like maybe, putting a catalytic converter on the Philippines volcano?
Johan Klaus on December 16, 2009 at 12:38 AM
What makes you think they haven’t?
MeatHeadinCA on December 16, 2009 at 12:38 AM
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