Where do you think he gets the heat for all that hot air?

wokka wokka wokka.

Anyone know if Al Gore was anywhere near central Indiana recently? We are having our first taste of blizzard conditions since 1999.

I get a chill up my spine every time I see his self-serving smile.

I think Best of the Web at the WSJ has been on tis phenomena for quite some time.

The biggist amount of HOT AIR around comes from AL GORE and the rest of the eco-wacko big mouths producing all that HOT AIR by keeping their pieholes flapping

Just one of the things Bush will be remembered for.

Some of Britain's best loved beaches and coastline, from Golden Cap in Dorset to Formby Sands in Lancashire, are under threat from erosion and flooding, the National Trust said on Tuesday.

Rising sea levels could damage hundreds of miles of the English and Welsh coast over the next 100 years, according to a study commissioned by the conservation group.

Houses, farmland, lighthouses and sand dunes will be submerged as climate change and rising seas fuel the erosion, the "Shifting Shores" report says.

"The coast is a canary for climate change," the report said.

Yeah, funny.

They're laughing it up in New Orleans also.

A powerful storm and likely a tornado hit the New Orleans area early Tuesday, killing an elderly woman, injuring at least 15 other people, and damaging dozens of business and homes in a region still trying to recover from Hurricane Katrina.

An 86-year-old woman died in the city's Gentilly neighborhood, one of the areas hit hardest by Katrina 18 months earlier.

Another powerful storm cell hit south-central Louisiana, damaging buildings in New Iberia and on the outskirts of Breaux Bridge in St. Martin Parish, but there were no reports of injuries.

In the New Orleans area, FEMA trailers were tossed around, homes collapsed, and the wind tore the roof off a hotel across the river in Westwego. At least 10 structures were destroyed in New Orleans, said James Ross, a spokesman for Mayor Ray Nagin. Dozens of other homes and businesses were damaged in Westwego, Mayor Robert Billiot said.

Hey, only one person died -- so it's not as funny as the tragedies that lie ahead -- and there's no rush. There's still plenty of time to make global coldening jokes...

Lee, how in the hell could you blame that on Bush? As if the six years Bush has been in office are solely responsible for the rising sea levels and that industry and people in the U.S. are the only ones contributing to greenhouse gases. Funny indeed.

And that is leaving alone the whole idea that greenhouse gases are even the cause of the warming.

Lee you're the first person I've seen try to connect tornadoes to global warming.

Hey, only one person died -- so it's not as funny as the tragedies that lie ahead

Like the intense catastrophic hurricanes that we experienced as predicted for 2006? Oh wait...I can't seem to remember those.

The insurance industry is taking the matter seriously - what's wrong with those folks??? LOL! Don't they realize it's all Gore's fault?? Just get rid of him and the problem will go away...

LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Willis Group Holdings Ltd , the world's third-largest insurance broker, is teaming up with leading climate scientists to use one of the world's largest supercomputers to help insurers predict how climate change may lead to more and costlier natural catastrophes.
Over the next three years Willis will work with teams of researchers in Japan and the UK to use the Earth Simulator supercomputer to help insurers get a better understanding of a range of disasters, it said on Monday.

"It will allow us to model ... regional weather events that climate change may bring about, which is a huge step forward," said Rowan Douglas, chairman of the Willis Research Network.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the most authoritative group on global warming comprising 2,500 scientists from 130 nations, issued a report this month that predicted severe rains, melting glaciers, droughts, heat waves and rising sea levels as a result of rising world temperatures.

The insurance industry is among those at the forefront of research into climate change as around one third of its overall claims are from weather-related natural disasters.

It had a bill of over $83 billion from damages from U.S. hurricanes in 2005 and could pay out up to 8 billion euros ($10.39 billion) on the Kyrill windstorm that struck northern Europe last month.

What is Bush's (and the right's) "fault" is the denial that is still taking place on our country. Making jokes about Gore, while denying the severity of the problem, is emblematic of the disease that has overcome conservative America.

Gee, if only Pres Bush had directed everyone to switch over to florescent light bulbs that tornado in New Orleans wouldnt have happened. Its called WEATHER - you eco-idiots!

gc

"Lee you're the first person I've seen try to connect tornadoes to global warming."

I didn't connect global warming to tornadoes -- the fun part of the tornado story is the way in which the FEMA trailers were tossed about like shoe boxers. HEY! Didn't Gore visit New Orleans some months ago -- it mnust be Gore's fault -- HaHaHaHa....

And three years ago you'd be saying I was the first person you'd seen trying to make a connection between global warming and hurricanes.

To my knowledge no one can say definitively that there is or isn't a connection between global warming and tornadoes. Denying that there is anything worth studying, and denying that there aren't man-made causes contributing to increases in severe weather, is the disease that has been holding back research and study.

And that isn't Gore's fault - it's the fault of any Americans who stand behind President Bush in his denial and foot-dragging.

What is Bush's (and the right's) "fault" is the denial that is still taking place on our country.

Yeah, because denial is only taking place in the U.S.

Making jokes about Gore, while denying the severity of the problem

You mean the severity that lead to no hurricanes making U.S. landfall in 2006?

is the disease that has been holding back research and study.

Lee, you can't be that ignorant. Do you acutally think that research and study of global warming is somehow being held back? By whom? Bush. Research and study of this is the cause celeb right now. I would tend to think that the only thing being held back is the research and study of natural explanations for global warming.

Lee

Duh there are no increases in severe weather?? No Hurricanes last year remember?

Just the normal fluctuation of weather patterns.. Geez.

I am pretty confused about what the tornadoes have to do with this post. I didn't make a joke out of people losing everything or dying, nor did I try to use it to make a political point. Tornadoes and hurricanes are nothing new. Sadly, though, what is new is using such devastating weather events and the resulting human suffering as a political tool.

As for the subject of this post, the joke about cold weather following Gore, here is what I don't get. When weather is hotter than normal, record highs, etc., you see stories, or at the minimum references, at places like Good Morning America, that it is evidence of global warming. Yet when the weather is colder than normal, record lows, you don't hear anyone saying that is evidence that global warming is bunk.

Has Gore been in Chicago the past couple of weeks? Cause it's been evil cold here.

When weather is hotter than normal, record highs, etc., you see stories, or at the minimum references, at places like Good Morning America, that it is evidence of global warming. Yet when the weather is colder than normal, record lows, you don't hear anyone saying that is evidence that global warming is bunk.

That's what you get for depending on Good Morning America for scientific analysis.

You all must be aware, that in the last 6 years, Bush has personally damaged the environment more than anyone on the planet, including the the larg-ish country far to the east which happens to house a third of the entire world's population and which also happens to be industrializing very rapidly.

Unbreathable air in Tehran? Bush.

China's air pollution reaching california? Bush.

Tornados in New Orleans? Bush.

Well Lee, thanks for clearing that up. We can blame it all on one man.

I don't doubt we affect our environment unfavorably, but remember: We had WEATHER before Al Gore started his crusade...and we will continue to have weather.

There will be tornados, just like there were in 1453 in France...Hurricanes, like there were in 1906 in Nashua...and Volcanic eruptions like there were in Pompeii in 79AD.

The MSM is still referring to Hurricane Katrina as the worst hurrican to ever hit our shores. A category 3? Talk about bias. The hurricane did not damage NOLA, the dikes breaking did.

If lefties would fear and fight terrorists as much as they do global warming and Bush, we would all be safe. ww

"Well Lee, thanks for clearing that up. We can blame it all on one man."

We can blame Bush and the conservatives' repeated denial of the problem and commensurate foot-dragging that has taken place over the last decade - yes indeed we can.

The connection between air pollution in Tehran and Bush you cite is just another example of the disease. I read where the death rate in Tehran which is resulting from the horrendous air pollution there is quite high -- and certainly that would explain why Iran needs nuclear power.

Hahaha - Iranians dying - that's a good thing, right?!?!?

Hmm, now I wonder how Bush and the conservatives feel about air pollution-reducing nuclear energy in Iran -- especially in light of today's news that North Korea will now be able to proceed with its own nuclear energy program - despite the incessant whining we heard from Bush and the conservatives over that path all of last year.

NoKo had to threaten Japan and Hawaii with a nuclear holocaust in order to gain the right to develop (with assistance) their own "global warming-friendly" nuclear energy program - and we all know why they had to take those drastic steps.

Isn't that a riot? A nuke in Honolulu! Ohhhh, let me wipe the tears. I''m sure the Japanese and Hawaiians share in the laugh, too.

Yeah, there is a definite connection between Bush and the conservatives, and these issues -- only some people can't see that, and those that are smart enough to see it seem to want use it as political fodder to get after their enemies like Al Gore.

I wish you people would guit making fun of old "pucker puss" (lee lee) (RTP) (RM). He might get mad and leave us. Then who would you laugh at ? (besides me -beat you p'p')

Lee:

We can blame Bush and the conservatives' repeated denial of the problem and commensurate foot-dragging that has taken place over the last decade - yes indeed we can.

Who was in office a decade ago?

The connection between air pollution in Tehran and Bush you cite is just another example of the disease.

What BDS? Yes, it was an example of that disease, though it was only satire, sorry.

I read where the death rate in Tehran which is resulting from the horrendous air pollution there is quite high -- and certainly that would explain why Iran needs nuclear power.

I agree, because once they get nuclear power, they will have nuclear powered cars...or not.

Furthermore, they would never weaponize it...because the whole wiping Israel off the map thing was just a joke.

And given that Iran is responsible for arming Hezbolllah, nuclear terrorism would never become a reality.

Ok. Think, Lee.

Why is it that other countries without nuclear power don't have cities with such horrible air pollution?

Hahaha - Iranians dying - that's a good thing, right?!?!?

I also must question why you felt the need to include it in your rebuttal, given the fact that my post would in no way imply that I felt it was a good thing.

especially in light of today's news that North Korea will now be able to proceed with its own nuclear energy program - despite the incessant whining we heard from Bush and the conservatives over that path all of last year.

Continuing with it's nuclear program? I guess that's what the deal saying that North Korea will shut down it's main nuclear plant and be supplied with foreign fuel until it shuts down the rest of it's program means...in your world.

NoKo had to threaten Japan and Hawaii with a nuclear holocaust in order to gain the right to develop (with assistance) their own "global warming-friendly" nuclear energy program - and we all know why they had to take those drastic steps.

Yes, Kim Il Jong wasn't blackmailing the world for aid to run his mismanaged communist hell-hole...he was fighting the good fight to produce an eco-friendly energy source because while his people are expendable worshippers that put him, a demigod, in power of North Korea; he realizes he must protect the earth because it is the noble thing to due.

Fortunately he just happened to have a few nuclear warheads that popped fully-formed from his peaceful reactors that he was able to threaten the earth-killing fascist American conservatives with.

Phew, that was a close one Lee...the good guys win again. Just like the environment won with Cherynobl.

Isn't that a riot? A nuke in Honolulu! Ohhhh, let me wipe the tears. I''m sure the Japanese and Hawaiians share in the laugh, too.

No, it's just you laughing, though I can't reason why.

Yeah, there is a definite connection between Bush and the conservatives, and these issues -- only some people can't see that, and those that are smart enough to see it seem to want use it as political fodder to get after their enemies like Al Gore.

And that's the main point of your post? You managed to blame receding coastlines in Britain specifically on Bush...and then you say conservatives want to use the issue as political fodder?

I can't wait to see your next post.

Hey--don't confuse Leee with facts. He's a leftist--they are ruled by their FEEEEELINGS, don't you know. They just KNOW Bush is behind all the things that go wrong. They just KNOW it...

It is painful to actually read and try to comprehend the contorted logic Lee uses to frame his arguments.

Who would have thought the Iran and North Korea were not actually rogue nations, but were actually leading the way to a better environment. That's right they are paving the way with with a forward-thinking eco-friendly nuclear power policy!!

J.R.

Your Timothy Ball turns out to be somewhat of a quack who is on the pay of the oil industry as well.

OTH You have, from the Great GOP GURU, Frank Luntz, an outline of what kind of tactics to use to deny the reality of Global Warming.

Luntz, who could have been the author of "no-speak" with this cynical advice presented to the Republic Party on how to keep the public in a state of confusion about global warminmg:

"The scientific debate is closing [against us] but is not yet closed."

and, therefore, the method for the members of the Republic Party to employ...

"The Scientific Debate Remains Open. Voters believe that there is no consensus about global warming within the scientific community. Should the public come to believe that the scientific issues are settled, their views about global warming will change accordingly. Therefore, you need to make the lack of scientific certainty a primary issue in the debate, and defer to scientists and other experts in the field."

Lorie:

"Tim Blair has a hilarious post noting the effect Al Gore seems to have everywhere he goes."

Tim Blair:

Mainstream media folk are slowly becoming aware of the terrible connection between Al Gore and global coldening:

Days after Al Gore went to New York City last month to deliver a speech blasting the Bush administration's environmental policy and touting the dangers of global warming, the National Weather Service reported record low temperatures across the region.

WSCH-TV:

Upstate New York Towns Buried Under Six Feet Of Snow; 20 Now Dead

20 deaths are now being blamed on cold weather and roads left slippery by passing storms. Regions stretching from the northern Plains to the Northeast are caught in the grip of bitter cold weather.

Hilarious.

So using your logic Lee, we could conclude from this that those 20 deaths are Al Gore's fault?

Now Lee needs a geography lesson. New York City and upstate New York where this snow is falling are over 290 miles apart.

repuke,

You're right the science is settled. There is no debate anymore because the "concensus" out there says there is no debate to be had. If you don't believe them, your opinions are not allowed.

From your second link (your first about Tim Ball is just propaganda), they mention this about the IPCC:

That's what is happening today, and I think it's a disgrace. On one hand, you have the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the largest and most rigorously peer-reviewed scientific consensus in history, advising that:

climate change is real;
it is caused by human activity; and
it is threatening the planet in ways we can only begin to imagine.

Of course, the actual hard scientific data behind the report hasn't been revealed. You know that right? This was just a summary for policy makers. The data is now being reviewed so that it matches the summary report.

BTW, what policy changes do you think the U.S. should make?

Heralder: "I agree, because once they get nuclear power, they will have nuclear powered cars...or not."

Hahahaha! Oh man, you conservatives are a laugh-riot!

Tehran Pollution Kills 3,600 In A Month

A general view shows a residential area in Tehran covered with a layer of think smog 09 January. Air pollution has killed 3,600 people in just a month in the Iranian capital, according to an official who described the city's environmental situation as a "collective suicide".

Tehran (AFP) Jan 09, 2007

Air pollution has killed 3,600 people in just a month in the Iranian capital Tehran, an official said Tuesday, describing the city's environmental situation as a "collective suicide". "Pollution has directly or indirectly caused the deaths of 3,600 people in the month of Aban (October 23 to November 23)," said Mohammad Hadi Heydarzadeh, director of Tehran's clean air committee, quoted by Kargozaran newspaper.

He said that the deaths were caused by heart attacks brought on by the air pollution and that the smog was responsible for 80 percent of the fatal heart problems that month in Tehran, one of the world's most polluted cities.

Now why would a country like Iran feel the need to develop nuclear power? Don't they realize what Heralder already knows -- that nuclear powered cars are still decades away? They can continue to burn oil to produce electricity -- and when electric cars hit their market they can always just burn more oil to recharge them!

There's enough oil to last for centuries more, right Heralder?

3600 deaths per month = 43,000 deaths per year. Hey Tim Blair - Was Al Gore ever in Tehran?!?!?! Hahahaha

Tsk, tsk -- Threatening to develop nuclear weapons -- don't they have a sense of humor?

J.R. was linking to Timothy Ball? Rofl

Read up on Ball's madness.

I shouldn't say anymore about him though. He might sue me!

J.R.: "Now Lee needs a geography lesson. New York City and upstate New York where this snow is falling are over 290 miles apart."

Tim Blair: (emphasis mine)

Days after Al Gore went to New York City last month to deliver a speech blasting the Bush administration's environmental policy and touting the dangers of global warming, the National Weather Service reported record low temperatures across the region.

Ohhh, J.R. - you sure showed that libby!

20 dead - hilarious.

Lee,

I was hoping for a more comprehensive follow-up post.

Now why would a country like Iran feel the need to develop nuclear power?

Not sure...oh wait:

"That cursed Israel is trying to destroy al-Aqsa mosque...Nothing will work with Israel except for a nuclear bomb that wipes it out of existence." Mohamed el-Katatny of President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) told the Egyptian Parliament.

--

"Israel is destined for destruction and will soon disappear"
Israel is "a contradiction to nature, we foresee its rapid disappearance and destruction." --Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

"The Zionist regime is an injustice and by its very nature a permanent threat. Whether you like it or not, the Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation. The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm." --Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

"Israel must be wiped off the map ... The establishment of a Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world . . . The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of the war of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land." --Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

HEY! LET'S GIVE THEM SOME NUKES!

Don't they realize what Heralder already knows -- that nuclear powered cars are still decades away? They can continue to burn oil to produce electricity -- and when electric cars hit their market they can always just burn more oil to recharge them!

Thanks for linking Lee. I think it rather obvious I knew about the situation, however, since I was the one who brought it up.

My question from the last post remains: Why is it that other countries without nuclear power don't have cities with such horrible air pollution?

3600 deaths per month = 43,000 deaths per year. Hey Tim Blair - Was Al Gore ever in Tehran?!?!?! Hahahaha

Yeaahh, all this laughing at unfunny things is beginning to make your posts look very deranged. Let's stick with the debate.

Tsk, tsk -- Threatening to develop nuclear weapons -- don't they have a sense of humor?

I know! What's more fun than a nuclear exchange between Israel and Iran?

You're right Lee, across the region. You're so right. That evil Tim Blair, to actually make a joke referencing one city when another city 290 miles away is suffering from over 12 feet of snow.

Oh the humanity. /sarcasm

More twisted logic huh? It's not funny to joke about low temps in NYC because 20 people died in another town.

BTW, NYC and towns along Lake Ontario have vastly different weather patterns. So you wouldn't talk about those two regions together, at least sensible people would not.