tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post5894246823781422585..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: U.S. News Goes GreenAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-83496818085471858402009-03-24T09:44:00.000-07:002009-03-24T09:44:00.000-07:00Welcome, Ayrdale, all the way from New Zealand!Sin...Welcome, Ayrdale, all the way from New Zealand!<BR/><BR/>Since clobbering Green idiots is one of my favorite pasttimes, you will want to visit often.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-10559816612411026432009-03-24T09:41:00.000-07:002009-03-24T09:41:00.000-07:00Alan, greetings from New Zealand.I came to you via...Alan, greetings from New Zealand.<BR/>I came to you via Climate Debate Daily, and will be referencing you frequently.<BR/>I think the green tide is abating...and your wonderful cartoon (which I've shamelessly lifted) pretty much voices popular opinion.<BR/>Here in NZ, we have a so-called Climate Change Minister, who like his government is very adept at greenwash,ie, making soothing noises to appease the fearful, but obviously happy to sit on his hands and let the global warming crisis deflate like the hot air balloon.<BR/>Please keep me posted of breaking news and worthy news sources which my blog may not yet have listed.<BR/>And re the word "progressive", when I hear it used in a political sense I always ask "progressive towards what?" Like "social justice" and other leftie terms it is code, and needs to be questioned and reclaimed...Ayrdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12277759681727009183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-5990028512792038122009-03-23T19:16:00.000-07:002009-03-23T19:16:00.000-07:00I read "carbon neutral" papers. I call them "the i...I read "carbon neutral" papers. I call them "the internet". And the best subscriptions are free.<BR/> Or does carbon neutral mean the paper will end up sequestered in a landfill.<BR/> I encourage both.brothersmartmouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16169427504758392120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-47668831692733501602009-03-23T05:14:00.000-07:002009-03-23T05:14:00.000-07:00I subscribed to US News & World Report mostly ...I subscribed to US News & World Report mostly for Mort Zuckerman's commentaries, but intended to let it run out this year. I have ended a subscription to my local daily for lack of any news in the handful of pages that pass for a newspaper these days.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-64891614322600552352009-03-22T23:51:00.000-07:002009-03-22T23:51:00.000-07:00Alan:I'm surprised you still subscribe to that rag...Alan:<BR/><BR/>I'm surprised you still subscribe to that rag. I'd package all your back issues up, and send them back, with a request for a refund ....Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903448394061019454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-39645624111843580392009-03-22T18:29:00.000-07:002009-03-22T18:29:00.000-07:00These "undoers" are indeed misnaming everything th...These "undoers" are indeed misnaming everything they can.<BR/>To be the "champion of the underdog", one must sound as if you are on the underdogs side, even when you secretly despise them!<BR/>These Alpha dogs are masters at this!<BR/>The Employee Free Choice Act(card check) would be one of their latest examples. You're for free choice, are you not? (Sarc)<BR/>They also seem to have an inverse Midas touch. Instead of gold, all the liberals touch begins an irreversible corrosion- like rust.<BR/>Many a Foundation or other one-time reputable institution has been spoiled by the taint they bring to it.<BR/>I remember reading Time,Newsweek, and Us News and World Report for good solid information that went beyond the sound bites of TV, now I just scan the covers to see how blatantly they present their outright bias or lies!<BR/>The two prong attack to destroy the fossil fuel industry, and tax energy in the name of the SCAM will wreck our economy, are they ever going to see this? I don't think they care.libertyforusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584974436761909593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-55756409409279317742009-03-22T18:02:00.000-07:002009-03-22T18:02:00.000-07:00If you just watch all these Green rascals long eno...If you just watch all these Green rascals long enough, you're bound to discover a truth or two about them.<BR/><BR/>Any time you read that something was written by an "Environmental reporter", you know it's time to line the bottom of bird cage with it.<BR/><BR/>While advertising is leaving newspapers and news magazines increasingly unable to survive, a growing dissatisfaction with the journalistic quality of their content has got to be a factor as well.<BR/><BR/>Any time they stray into complex issues of any kind, they are just in over their head. Or simply writing the Green party line.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-86716981607405249892009-03-22T17:56:00.000-07:002009-03-22T17:56:00.000-07:00Environmental reporting and the media has a proble...Environmental reporting and the media has a problem. A very large percentage (I have that figure, but I can’t find it right off) of them belong to the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ). <BR/><BR/>They have never seen a environmental scare they couldn’t embrace. Here is one writer’s comments about the SEJ. <BR/><BR/>“However, it need also be said that its members have been responsible for widespread, baseless fears over the years by serving as conduits for the major environmental organizations and their endless scare campaigns directed against fossil-fuel use for energy, the use of automobiles and other vehicles, the use of pesticides to protect people against insect and rodent infestations, the use of herbicides to protect food crops, the bogus Alar scare, the bogus "acid rain" claims, the unsubstantiated claims of "urban sprawl," and, of course, global warming, even though not one scintilla of climatological fact supports it.<BR/><BR/>For the record, the earth's average climate has not warmed since the 1940s. sej is not an organization any serious, self-respecting journalist would want to join. They have discredited science writing with their Green agenda. The sooner it disbands, the better.”<BR/><BR/>Alan said that in September 1999. It still fits today.Rich Kozlovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-35700001960147320412009-03-22T17:50:00.000-07:002009-03-22T17:50:00.000-07:00Let's hope the Constitution continues to be an imp...Let's hope the Constitution continues to be an impediment!<BR/><BR/>Even Obama acknowleged that the 90%punitive tax on AIG personnel receiving bonuses was unconstitutional. Let's watch to see if he vetoes the bill!Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-70041868969145088392009-03-22T17:47:00.000-07:002009-03-22T17:47:00.000-07:00jae,We have to understand how the term originated....jae,<BR/><BR/>We have to understand how the term originated. The Progressive movement was America's answer to European Socialism, which was atheistic, and that didn't play well here. <BR/>The binding force for the Progressives was religion and they were held together in the last part of the 19th century and first part of the 20th century by something called the Social Gospel. However, they were still socialists in practice and philosophy, so the progress they were talking about was the overthrow of the Constitution and "progress" toward to statism. Both Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson believe that the Constitution was an impediment to that goal.Rich Kozlovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-90120587915209307132009-03-22T17:06:00.000-07:002009-03-22T17:06:00.000-07:00I have been wondering for years how the libs can c...I have been wondering for years how the libs can call themselves "progressive," when they are against almost everything that is, well, progressive. They are actually "regressives."jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368446236963574119noreply@blogger.com