I still feel like crap! And now it turns out that just like my buddy Dan S. suspected, I am a binge drinker. According to sumpin' I read over at Daily Pundit, if you drink half a bottle of wine, you're a binge drinker. Let's see, I had a half a bottle of wine and a Stoly in te rocks tonight so I'm beyond binge drinking, I guess.
Oh God! Here comes another one of GOC's alcoholic rants!
I am so sick of this cold! I decided to make myself a nice meal tonight. I had baked chicken the way my mother used to make it. It was dark meat and I left the skin on. I also made mashed potatoes and gravy and not that wimpy brown gravy. I made the nice thick, artery choking white gravy that was so thick you could eat it with a fork. I take Zocor and anyway, the way I've felt the past week, this cold is gonna kill me before a heart attack will.
The barking moonbats of the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation, led by Cynthia Tucker, have written another editorial about how we should destroy our economy to save the world.
There's one in every neighborhood: the petulant, uncooperative homeowner who refuses to cut the grass in his front yard, drives faster than the speed limit and is content letting others pick up trash he thoughtlessly dumped at the curb. You know the type.
Yep! Obviously Republicans. They're the ones with the ugly yards and rundown houses.
As the larger community of developed countries has banded together to combat global warming, the intransigence of our government has cast the United States in that unflattering role. In this case, however, the consequences of our irresponsible behavior are far graver than those of your typically boorish neighbor.
It's the end of the world! And it's all the fault of the Bush administration!
After almost eight years of negotiation and delay, the Kyoto Protocol officially goes into effect Wednesday. The international treaty binds 131 industrialized nations to gradually lower their output of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" produced by human activities such as burning coal to produce electricity.
Hey! I got an idea. Let's replace all of our coal fired plants with nuclear power. Nope. Can't do that. The enviro-wackos are against that too.
A lengthening list of scientific studies conducted by our own government as well as independent researchers has confirmed that the proliferation of these gases is melting ancient glaciers, raising sea levels, endangering low-lying areas and threatening the survival of plant and animal species around the world.
I propose the Cobb County solution. Why don't we put stickers on those reports that state that global warming is just a theory that hasn't been proven. Remember, thirty years ago these same idiots were saying that we were headed for an ice age.
There's a great irony here: One of the reasons negotiations dragged on so long was the initial insistence of U.S. officials that the final Kyoto document contain a "cap-and-trade" system. As envisioned, participants that reduce their own greenhouse gas emissions more than required by the treaty would be allowed to sell their excess pollution "credits" to companies that exceed their mandated limits.Other delegates begrudgingly went along with the trading scheme, only to watch America walk away from the table when the Senate voted it down and President Bush reneged on a campaign pledge to sign the accords if elected.
What the liberal moonbats at the AJC fail to put in this editorial is that the Senate voted it down in 1998 by a vote of 98 to 0. Flipper was probably out windsurfing and Strom Thurmond was probably comatose so that meant that liberal icons like Ted "The Swimmer" Kennedy, Patty "Osama Mama" Murray, Tom "Obstructionist" Daschle, and Robert "Kleagle" Byrd voted against it. If you can't even get anti-American liberals to vote for Kyoto it must really be a piece of shit.
The problem isn't only that many of our elected officials have spurned the Kyoto Protocol,
Senate vote: 98-0.
it's that they've refused even to admit that global warming is occurring.
See science, junk.
Since the United States, with 4 percent of the world's population, is responsible for 25 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, it's incumbent that we show leadership befitting world's last remaining superpower.
In other words, we should destroy our economy so Cynthia Tucker, Jay Bookman, and the other barking moonbats at the AJC can feel good. Signing on to Kyoto would do just that. It would devastate our economy. If Jay, Cynthia, and all the other enviro-wackos want to turn off their electricity and live like a Third World country, go ahead. Let them move into shacks. I happen to enjpy my standard of living.
That isn't happening. Bush and the nation's lawmakers have refused to increase fuel efficiency for American-made cars and trucks,
Poof! PFM! (Pure Fucking Magic) I now declare that cars will get 100 miles to the gallon. While I'm at it, I declare that everyone should be paid $100,000 per year and have free health care.
an overdue move that would lower carbon emissions while reducing our dependence on foreign sources of energy. They've also been lukewarm to forward-looking legislation such as the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act that would mandate limits on greenhouse gases for polluting industries.
Shut those industries down! Move the jobs to China!
Granted, the Kyoto Protocol isn't perfect; it unwisely exempts fast-growing nations, including China and India, that are America's economic competitors and major sources of unchecked greenhouse gases.
No shit! We're supposed to destroy our economy while China is allowed unfettered growth. That is a liberal's wet dream.
Given the projected rate of global warming, some fear Kyoto may be too little, too late.
Actually, many scientific studies actually say that Kyoto will do nothing, but Kyoto does make mindless liberals feel good which is, after all, all that counts. They have done their part to "save the world". What a bunch of booger eatin' moh-rons!
But it's foolish for our nation to continue contributing to the problem while idly waiting for the perfect solution to materialize --- it won't. British Prime Minister Tony Blair recently pointed out why it's critical for the United States to remember the good-neighbor policy when it comes to global warming."If America wants the rest of the world to be part of the agenda it has set," Blair said, "it must be part of their agenda, too."
One word: Bullshit! Kyoto is not the solution. Global warming has not been proven.
It must really be nice to live in the liberal world where Poof. PFM! works. Unfortunately, in the real world, it doesn't.
re. "homeowner who refuses to cut the grass in his front yard"
Does that mean this homeowner burns no gas to run his lawnmower & thus reduces greenhouse emmissions. And by letting the grass grow, doesn't it soak up more CO2, thus further reducing greenhouse gas concentration?
Following her analogy, it sounds like the world needs MORE neighbors like that (the US).
Also, I understand methane is a far more efficient greenhouse gas than CO2, so lets modify the Kyoto treaty to ban beans.
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Posted by: MeowMix on February 16, 2005 01:34 AMI love the fried chicken gravy ,I guess Im a binge drinker too (wine) anyway the people up north should try this southern dish (gravy)
Posted by: Pharaoh on February 16, 2005 04:46 AMWhat with the binge drinking? Lets start a club then. Since when is 3 bottles, I mean 3 glasses of wine a binge?
I want Paula Dean to adopt me! I'm gravy impaired.
I know, I know, don't start-it was a child hood trauma thing.
A few months back, wizbang.com was reporting that the global warming guys had their computer model wrong. Of course that got no MSM press and you had to be a geek to read the whole thing. (So I did) Kyoto is crap policy, no matter how smooth Tony Blair whispers in our ear.
Thanks for letting me spout off here btw.
"There's one in every neighborhood: the heretic who refuses to sow his corn at the dark of the Moon, fails to sacrifice a ram to propitiate the gods during an eclipse, and won't even take part in the annual pogrom. You know the type."
Posted by: F451 on February 16, 2005 06:53 AMYou a binge drinker? HAH! My late grandfather was a binge drinker. He'd be sober months and then all of a sudden he'd be on a 6-8 week alcohol-soaked binge. 2-3 bottles of whiskey a day. Chewed tobacco all his life, too. He died at 89. My dad, who stopped smoking and drinking (he was also an alcoholic) and did what the doctor said, died 12 years younger at 77.
The bottom line: Who the heck knows how long you're gonna live. You might as well enjoy yourself.
And as for Kyoto, talk to China, not us. Back in 1985 I read some fake science book that we were all going to die in a ice age. Now it's global warming. Considering they can't even predict next week's weather accurately, I don't take their forecasts too seriously.
Elizabeth
Imperial Keeper
Guys let me tell you that itīs pretty kind of funny how you try to justify selfishness, oh yeah you know, those chinese are a menace! how the hell the tsunamis didnīt happened ther and threw away the billion of economical competitors you have over there. Whatever, face it guys, the US has probably made a big mistake and you wont ever notice about it because youīre probably going to be in a coffin when your kids realize about it. Whatever, as Bush Jr. said, by then weīre all gonna be dead but our kids of course, what the hell! Fortunately thereīs the rest of the world catching on, fiuf! itīs good the russians are still around, hehe.
My five proporsals for a good US economy:
1. Dont listen the president
2. Never (ever) forget rule No. 1
3. Fck, Work! hehe
4. Put down those twin deficits.
5. Do wise things with the dollar, not more credits guys!
That would be like 1000 more useful things to keep your jobs than not signing Kyoto. Anyway guys, oh, bytheway, im not from the US, i dont live there, so come on me with the insults and blah blah blah. hehe, come on guys!!! Do you really thing is a wise thing, let Kyoto apart, to be isolating in that way from the rest of the world!!!????
Huh?
Posted by: Erik on February 16, 2005 10:23 AMYour dirty little inner man - The United States currently has the strongest economy in the world and I bet our unemployment rate is lower than the country you live in. Kyoto would only make the United States economy worse, which is probably what you want. I know it is what the rest of the world wants. They are jealous of our success and want to bring us down to their level. As for insulting you? Why should I. Your comment does a pretty good job of demonstrating your intelligence or lack thereof.
Posted by: denny on February 16, 2005 11:46 AMHeh, I just went to the little boys room and dropped my "dirty little inner man" off at the pool. Feels much better!
So when are we gonna get around to banning termites? Termites annualy produce more methane than all of the mammals put together. Plus they mess up people's houses.
And why is global warming a bad thing? If you live in Canada for some weird reason, it may actually get tolerable there. Then again, more people might want to move here to Michigan if the winters get easier, and I don't want any more neigbors.
Posted by: Chris Van Dis on February 16, 2005 12:09 PMBy all means lets make every thing more effecient. Then we can tax you for not using enough gas. Think I'm kidding? Check this out:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/14/eveningnews/main674120.shtml
"Anyway guys, oh, bytheway, im not from the US, i dont live there, so come on me with the insults..." You could have fooled me. Your spelling and grammar are on a par with the average American public high school graduate's.
(Yes, that was an insult.)
"Do you really thing is a wise thing, let Kyoto apart, to be isolating in that way from the rest of the world!!!????" So -- the question isn't "Is the science behind Kyoto sound or crap?" or "Does kowtowing to the UN promote peace and justice or not?" or "Would it be just to let Israel's 'neighbors' finish the job the Nazi's started or not?" It's "Are you going to be 'isolated' from the rest of the world, or are you going to go along / get along?"
Did you even have to ask?
Posted by: F451 on February 16, 2005 02:51 PMF451... Spelling grammar ?????????????? Do you read your own post's before posting them ? As far as Kyoto goes let the regulations be applied fairly. Not "Well you an under developed contry so we are going to over look you higher emissions " remember who is down wind
Posted by: livewire on February 16, 2005 04:00 PMlivewire - It doesn't matter if they are applied fairly or not.
1. Kyoto is based on junk science.
2. Kyoto would throw the United States in a massive recession, perhaps even a depression. That is what the rest of the world wants. They are jealous of our success and want to destroy us economically. Even liberal moonbat senators realize that. That is why the vote in the Senate was unaminous against it.
Sorry for the delay guys, mmh, well, where to start? Ok:
1. It hasnīt been proved that Kyoto protocol measures definitely will be as useful as spected, BUT, itīs likely they will work on some degree. I honestly thing you have only read the extremist part that has obviously come out as a political support (something like the mass destruction weapons evidence a couple of years ago).
2. If itīs about the economy tell me something please!: how is it that there are those two huge deficits around?? It would be so much (MUCH) wiser to sign the Kyoto protocol and to watch out the economy the proper way: Having superavits and keeping an eye on the numbers, just as intelligent Mr. Clinton did. The solution is not throwing away the protocol the solution is at the management.
3. Jealous?! Ok, I would accept that 5 years ago, but right now the dollar itīs kind of scary and disliked, I honestly wouldnīt that to be the case with my currency. Iīm not saying that, the financial markets buying euros at US$1.35 say it. And its probably continue to fall. By the way, if right now Iīm jealous of someone, thatīs the chinese 8% growth. Ask Warren Buffett, an intelligent and, yeah, american man: the guy has just admitted that he owns loads of options for getting out of the dollar if this comes to a crash. Is that, right now I mean, a economy to be jealous? Europe is the cool thing right now.
4. My english can improve, DEFINITELY, fortunately Iīm fluent on three languages so I think that gives me a point, whatever, Iīm not so worried about that right now. If someon wants to write PERFECT in another language thatīs not english I think that would make sense for having the right to be a critic.
Posted by: guess who on February 16, 2005 06:17 PMDoes your lack of belief in "greenhouse gases" (why are we quoting?) stem from the lack of faith in the scientific studies thereof?
Or, the faith in a benevolent god?
A little from column A and a little from column B?
Posted by: Jimmy on February 16, 2005 06:28 PMOk ok, tell me: there are over 50 countries signing the protocol, obviously it wonīt be good for their economies neither, do you guys really think that they are ALL stupid?!?!?!?! That they are sacryifing resources just because someone told them itīs likely to work!!!??? Arenīt you just looking the studies that you want to see???? Isnīt it something, again, like tha mass destruction thing, the weapons I mean: "Hehehe, the 5,5 billion that arenīt us are stupid, weīre right, they have the weaponsss, THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR, well, I know, the evidence that support us, the UN sucks! because weīre always right no matter who say another thing"
Posted by: inner man on February 16, 2005 06:49 PMInner Man:
Please post a link showing that any of the countries who have signed on to Kyoto have actually reduced their greenhouse gas emmissions.
Let me save you some work: there are none. They haven't. France and Germany recently released data showing that not only are they not reducing, they are increasing said emmissions. Japan just announced yesterday that they are up nearly 9% and see no hope of doing better.
Now realise that for Kyoto to "work," all countires must cut emmissions by 60% of 1990 levels. Sixty. Per. Cent. This is so hysterically impossible without global nuclear war that it's no wonder the Senate voted 98-0. And finally, if we did all this, the IPCC themselves admit that it would just delay the increase for 6 years.
So you know what? We'd better learn to live with whatever happens because there is JACK SHIT we can do about it.
Personally, I think global warming is a complete load of crap.
gues who
1. Kyoto is bullshit. Watch for the countries failing to meet targets. And If you're gonna exclude China and India, it's doomed to failure. Loved the reference to WMD's but that's not what this thread is about. Typical liberal arguing methods, throw out a few red herrings.
2. You seem to be more worried about our deficits than we do. If deficits are so bad, France and Germany better balance their budgets. Our trade deficit is not a bad thing for us. It is a bad thing for Europe which is why you're upset about it. Learn sumpin' about economics. BTW U.S unemployment 5.4%. France and Germany over 10%. I'll take the U.S. economy anyday. And, you better hope that the U.S. economy stays healthy. We are the economic engine that drives the world.
3. The dollar is down. That makes our imports more expensive and our exports cheaper. I bet the French wished the Euro wasn't so high. It's played havoc with their wine industry.
Jimmy - I do not lack belief in greenhouse gases. I just do not believe that they are having the effect that the enviro-whackos claim. As I stated before, these are the same people who thought thirty years ago that we were headed for a new ice age.
Posted by: denny on February 16, 2005 10:40 PM
The premis of global warming is that the ice caps are melting and thats bad! But would one environazi please explain to me where the water in the ice caps came from? Wasn't it once in the oceans streams lakes and atmosphere? Weren't the many arid regions of the world once productive? what about the deserts? some of them contain evidence of past civilizations that once farmed and flourished. Weren't these catastrophies caused by the water going INTO the ice packs?
Posted by: Jeremy on February 16, 2005 11:10 PMYou know, Jeremy, you bring up an interesting point. I was just thinking about sumthin this morning when I was starting my gas guzzling 5.7L Chevy truck. The Earth was once covered by a very thick layer of greenhouse gases. The sun was hidden, and this thick atmosphereic layer of gas distributed the sun's rays evenly across the earth. Antarctica was once a flourishing land with wildlife and vegetation. Remember, we found a Mammoth with a buttercup in its stomach. My point? The Earth was once, a very long fucking time ago, a whole lot warmer than it is today. There were no humans during that period of time. The climatic shifts were therefore natural. So the notion that humans have such a dire impact on Mother Nature seems a bit.....foolish.
I'm also surprised that scientists are weighing so heavily upon roughly 100 years of data. The Earth has been around for millions of years and has gone through more severe climatic shifts than what we are seeing today. 100 years of data compared to millions of years of existence? Statistically, its pure bullshit. No one can conclude a hypothesis that human activity is the cause with a sample size of only 100 years. Makes me kinda mad that people are actually falling for this bullshit.
Posted by: Paul on February 17, 2005 12:44 AMSo "inner man" doesn't think that 50 countries can be stupid enough to adhere to the Kyoto Protocols without thinking through the consequences,does he?.Heh heh,he hasn't run into the Liberal Party of Canada and their tame,well trained, yes men scientists.has he?..........And calling it "snake oil" science is a insult to all the old carnie snake oil salesmen who worked hard making formulas that wouldn't actually poison the buyer or make their remaining hair actually fall out.(at least before the fair left town,anyways:)
Posted by: big al on February 17, 2005 02:07 AMDenny,
Yes I agree with you it is junk science I saw a study that showed it was much warmer in the 1000-1400 centuries I was ceeding (spelling ?)that point.. As for the fairness I think that goes hand in hand with your second point
Posted by: livewire on February 17, 2005 10:11 AMCheck out this science:
http://www.cato.org/testimony/ct-pm072998.html
Beyond this revealing reality check, it's reassuring that the US Senate voted 95 - 0 to not ratify this treaty (hoax) and Bush refused to endorse it. I bet most people don't know that the Senate unanimously voted it down, that's because NPR and the rest if the liberal media nutbags don't report that bit of information. NPR reported yesterday that Bush didn't sign it "because it would hurt the U.S. economy." They left out the senate vote and the bad science behind it.
Read this carefully when you get some time. This report indicates that Kyoto dictated that the US reduce greenhouse emissions by an enormous 43% on average by 2008 -2012 and the predicted result would produce a net reduction in global warming by .04 degrees C by 2050. NPR left that estimate out of their report yesterday a.m. too.
I have read other reports that the US has voluntarily reduced greenhouse emissions by 18% in the last 12 years. This was in the Seattle Times a couple of months ago.
Read this report:
http://www.cato.org/testimony/ct-pm072998.html
Beyond this revealing reality check, it's reassuring that the US Senate voted 95 - 0 to not ratify this treaty (hoax) and Bush refused to endorse it. I bet most people don't know that the Senate unanimously voted it down, that's because NPR and the rest of the liberal media nutbags don't report that bit of information. NPR reported yesterday that Bush didn't sign it "because it would hurt the U.S. economy." They left out the senate vote and the bad science behind it.
Read this carefully when you get some time. This report indicates that Kyoto dictated that the US reduce greenhouse emissions by an enormous 43% on average by 2008 -2012 and the predicted result would produce a net reduction in global warming by .04 degrees C by 2050. NPR left that estimate out of their report yesterday a.m.
I have read other reports that the US has voluntarily reduced greenhouse emissions by 18% in the last 12 years. This was in the Seattle Times a couple of months ago.