Dr James Lovelock, godfather of global warming, tells the truth.

Erm…

One word … wow.  If I were wearing a hat, I’d take it off and doff it to him.  Come to think of it, and based on what he said, I think I might put my baseball cap on and then doff it to him.  Wow.

The link:  http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/22/green-drivel

“ Two months ago, James Lovelock, the godfather of global warming, gave a startling interview to msnbc.com in which he acknowledged he had been unduly “alarmist” about climate change. “

All I can say is “wow.”  Unlike many in the ‘global warming is entirely man-made’ movement, Dr Lovelock doesn’t have a political science degree.  Dr Lovelock’s degree is in something directly related to the matter in question, and many of his inventions are used by NASA, among others. 

In the article, Dr Lovelock states that we really don’t know what the climate is doing.  As I wrote on 22-MAY-2008, “The simple truth is that since our climate models break down, we don't know exactly what's going to happen in the future.  “

Our climate models tend to break down in rather spectacular fashion when we get to the upper atmosphere, since we frankly don’t know what goes on up there.

But then Dr Lovelock goes “off the reservation” and says this:  ““It just so happens that the green religion is now taking over from the Christian religion,” Lovelock observed. “I don’t think people have noticed that, but it’s got all the sort of terms that religions use … The greens use guilt. That just shows how religious greens are. You can’t win people round by saying they are guilty for putting (carbon dioxide) in the air.” “

Again, all I can say is “wow.”   As I wrote on 30-OCT-2008; “I'll be the first to admit right now that any theory arrived at logically and scientifically possesses its own validity, however, there are a number of people who are now viewing global warming as a de facto religion. It most certainly is nothing of the sort. Global Warming is a theory ... at best. It predicts wild swings of temperature. Some years it will be colder and in others it will be hotter. The overall trend, however, will be warming. To be frank, it is a theory that also has a great deal of contradictory evidence. Some of this evidence in fact refutes global warming entirely. “

I have to applaud Dr Lovelock for saying these things.  In my opinion, he’s reinforced his status as a serious scientist.  But I must also be honest and say that I now fear for his reputation. 

There are many in the “green” movement that say that us skeptics need to be treated for having a mental disorder and that our homes should be burnt to the ground.  How wonderful.  Unfortunately, there are those that will note that since Dr Lovelock is saying these things, his house should also be torched.  But then, typical liberal bullsh*t.  “I’m correct and you’re wrong.” 

I at least admit that I could be wrong.

Now how about it, libs?

Obama REALLY Needs to Come Clean!

The link: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/17/The-Vetting-Barack-Obama-Literary-Agent-1991-Born-in-Kenya-Raised-Indonesia-Hawaii

" In addition, Obama and his handlers have a history of redefining his identity when expedient. In March 2008, for example, he famously declared: "I can no more disown [Jeremiah Wright] than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother."

" Several weeks later, Obama left Wright's church--and, according to Edward Klein's new biography, The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, allegedly attempted to persuade Wright not to "do any more public speaking until after the November [2008] election" (51).

" Obama has been known frequently to fictionalize aspects of his own life. During his 2008 campaign, for instance, Obama claimed that his dying mother had fought with insurance companies over coverage for her cancer treatments. 

" That turned out to be untrue,but Obama has repeated the story--which even the Washington Post called "misleading"--in a campaign video for the 2012 election. " (Bold and colour added.  Links are Breitbart.com's and are left intact.)

So which is it, Mr O Bow Ma?  If you had any honour at all, you'd beg forgiveness from the American Public and then quietly retire from public life, never to be seen in public again (a la Johnny Carson virtually disappearing from public life after leaving The Tonight Show.) 

Of course, the mainstream media won't have a thing to say about this.  I can hear the crickets lining up to chirp now ... and for my sister to say (again) that my heart is filled with hate.

Simply because I question. 

"Nike" under pressure to drop Manny Pacquiao.

You might've seen my previous posting about it.  Mr Pacquiao is being assaulted by the leftie prog mob for remarks he allegedly made when he allegedly quoted Leviticus. 

There's just one slight problem.  The writer of that article, Granville Ampong, did the honourable thing and admitted (albeit under pressure) that he added that part.  For reference, simply follow the link in my previous posting.

"The Grove" (Yes, the one in LA) banned Mr Pacquiao for life ... without bothering to do the least bit of due diligence. 

Here's my question:  Will Nike do the honourable thing and stand up to the prog mob who are lying and distorting the facts? 

Or will they follow "The Grove's" cowardly lead and kowtow to those with an agenda, those who are willing to lie and distort the facts.

Sadly, my money says that Nike will follow "The Grove's" cowardly and dishonourable lead.

If Rick Caruso of "The Grove" (Twitter: @RickCarusoLA) had any personal honour he would immediately:

1) Get his facts straight and do the basic due diligence
2) Apologize to Mr Pacquaio (via Twitter since the smear was made via Twitter)

or, failing the first two

commit seppuku(*) (Japanese ritual suicide, usually by disembowelment.)

Of course, he'll probably do nothing.  And that's sad.

(*) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku

" Part of the samurai bushido honor code, seppuku was either used voluntarily by samurai to die with honor rather than fall into the hands of their enemies (and likely suffer torture), or as a form of capital punishment for samurai who had committed serious offenses, or performed for other reasons that had brought shame to them. " (Links are Wikipedia's and are left intact.  Emphasis and colour added.)