Environmnental wackos from the 30's!

The guy has to wear a space suit but the gal only needs a two piece. I always said women are tougher than men!

That's the cover of Fantastic Quarterly  from Summer of 1950, one of the 4000 or so scifi and fantasy pulps I share my office with.

The story concerns a scientist, much loved at one time, who, when the world won't give into his demands to do what he needs for it to do in order to save it, attacks it and almost wins. But he loses.

As punishment he is exiled into space in a rocket ship that has material in that will always be repelled by Earth... ..... Of course he picks up a girl friend, a side kick and returns to save the world from evil that is destroying the environment.

Did I mention that Al Gore has started a new TV channel and has been joined with Keith Olbermann late of MSNBC? And yeah.... Arianna H has joined AOL.....

Maybe global warming will yet be overcome.

Meanwhile back in the world...

Another Repub Congressman has resigned after being caught doing the really stupid thing of sending his pic to some female who asked on Craigslist for a nan who is financially secure and doesn't look like a toad.

Well, the guy doesn't look like a toad but I am sure he will feel like one by the time his wife finishes with him.

But resign? Doesn't he understand that sex is private.... Oh, wait. He's a Repub and not a Demo.......

And yeah. Believe it or not AOL has given Ms Huffington and Mr. Lerer more than $300 million for "Huffington Post." Good ole AOL. Getting hosed over Time Warner wasn't enough.

Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer, co-founders of the Huffington Post, are said to be walking away with a combined $80 million to $100 million from an original $2 million per person investment -- but so far AOL stockholders aren't seeing that kind of return.

Since Feb. 1, the price of AOL shares has dropped from $23.85 to $20.89 at yesterday's close.

With 106.7 million shares outstanding, that means AOL has shed $315 million in value over the last five trading days -- which happens to be exactly the same price AOL agreed to pay to acquire HuffPo.

Ny Post

Your friends won't always tell you but the market always will.

And I gotta wonder if the super intelligent executives who did this will actually get their bonuses???

Yes. Yes they will. And that is one of the things wrong with our current management system. The guys who make the big bucks never pay the price. Just the worker bees and the stock holders.

Later. Time to throw some more wood on the fire.

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

It's cold

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

O'Reilly and the President and dumb educators.

We don't do snow very well. And if I had wanted a snow every week I would have stayed in Denver.

If Mostly Cajun tried to drive into northern MS or western TN yesterday he had a miserable trip.

When it snows here people like to get in the left lane and drive at 15 mph when conditions would allow a safe 30-40 MPH. They think that even if the outside temp is 33 and there is only slush on the highway that the snow people will run out and push them into a ditch.

My fav yesterday was a lady driving a Chevy Impala that had snow covering both passenger side windows, the rear window and the driver side rear window. She was merrily driving down the center lane, changing lanes whenever she felt the need. Of course she couldn't see and was depending entirely upon the other drivers anticipating her every move and getting out of her way.

I tried to watch O'Reilly last night but became sick with all the bowing and scraping by his "guests" over his interview with Obama. If I hear him saying he is "looking out for the folks" one more time I may puke. What he is doing is making money for Fox and O'Reilly.

And I have no problem with that and enjoy him when he can keep his super sized ego under control. But when he starts calling people who write nasty emails "koolaid drinkers" I flip the dial.

Hey Bill! They are your fans! Live with it! And sometimes their advice is good!

This was sent by Grant M and others.

Speed limit enforcement

And under the heading of educators and other foolish thiungs.

Why the Department of Education should be eliminated.

MANSFIELD (CBSDFW.COM) – Some Students at Mansfield ISD schools could soon be learning Arabic as a required language. The school district wants students at select schools to take Arabic language and culture classes as part of a federally funded grant.

The Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) grant was awarded to Mansfield ISD last summer by the U.S. Department of Education.

As part of the five-year $1.3 million grant, Arabic classes would be mandatory at Cross Timbers Intermediate School and Kenneth Davis Elementary School. The program would also be optional for students at T. A. Howard Middle School and Summit High School.

Well, if they can tell you you must buy something they can tell you that Arabic is the language of the future. And that your child must learn it. And what kind of a nessage does that send to our enenuies and those moderate Muslims who don't know who to support?

The DOE has identified Arabic as a ‘language of the future.’ But parent Joseph Balson was frustrated by the past. “Why are we just now finding out about it?” asked Balson. “It’s them (Mansfield ISD) applying for the grant, getting it approved and them now saying they’ll go back and change it only when they were caught trying to implement this plan without parents knowing about it.”

Why are people who take up education as a career so often shown to be in favor of things the tax payers do not want??????

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

The birth of modern day Islamic terrorism and how Obama lost the Middle East

I remember November 4, 1979 and the birth of modern day Islamic terrorism.

I had made a sales call at a company in central Kentucky and had then driven 150 miles or so to Lexington. It had been a cold day with some rain making driving a real chore. I was meeting another customer for dinner and arrived at the Hyatt about 5:00.

Now I would like to impress you by noting that I had been studying the situation for over a year and was deeply concerned that Carter, who I had voted for in 1976, would fold like a cheap suit and we would suffer the consequences for the next 35 plus years. But I can't.

My wife and I was busy making a living, raising a family, redoing a house and, in general, doing what working middle class folks do.

Oh, I had kept up, more or less, with what was happening and had formed the opinion that Carter was an idiot and was doing the wrong thing by opposing the Shah, but I figured we'd muddle through and maybe I was wrong and maybe the people of Iran would have democracy.

Well, I wasn't wrong and we didn't muddle through.

So I had drinks and dinner with the customer, a nice guy even if he was a UK grad and an insufferable UK basketball fan, and we both agreed that although this was bad, the upside was that Carter would be forced to show some backbone and take whatever actions necessary to retake our embassy.

I was wrong and it was the beginning of the end of the Carter administration. It was also the birth of modern day Islamic terrorism that was, and is, state sponsored.

Think what could have happened if Carter had acted and prevented the establishment of the Islamic Theocracy that Iran became.

Iraq would have never invaded Iran and we would not supported Iraq.

How many millions would not have been killed??

Hamas and Hezbollah would have been suppressed and the destruction of Lebanon would not have happened.

Palestine would have most likely accept the peace accords brokered between Palestine and Israel by Clinton, if Arafatt was even a player.

The Soviets would not have invaded Afghanistan in 1979 because Iran would not have been seen by the Soviets as a possible partner for the establishment of a oil pipeline from the USSR to a war water port and the military consequences of a warm water port for them.

So we would not have supported the Afghanistan rebels. bin Ladin would never have went to there, the Taliban would not have existed, al Qaeda would not have existed and 9/11 would have been just another workday.

But Carter did nothing and the deadly history happened.

You would think that anyone in our State Department or educated in an Ivy League elitist coven would know that and not do it again.

You would be wrong.

The American Embassy in Cairo helped a young dissident attend a US-sponsored summit for activists in New York, while working to keep his identity secret from Egyptian state police.

On his return to Cairo in December 2008, the activist told US diplomats that an alliance of opposition groups had drawn up a plan to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak and install a democratic government in 2011.

Telegraph Link

This morning we have reports of the Muslim Brotherhood being invited into the negotiations. The MB is a terrorist organization and only fools, or worse, such as those in our own government, could have thought that supporting overthrow of the Egyptian government would do anything except open the door to the Muslim Brotherhood and the ultimate installation of an Islamic Theocracy that will foster hatred of the US and Israel and work with Iran to harm both.

Again we find that it is the Left, the leftovers from the 60's and 70's that we have allowed to again gain power, that is losing a whole region of the world and placing us and our allies in extreme danger.


OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Left wants Clarence Thomas lynched

Next time any Leftie starts opining about the viscious Right and how Sarah Palin is causing people to do terrible things, fling this despicable video example of the Left in action upon them.

But better do it quick. Someone will get it hid in a hurry.

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Picked this up over at Velociworld

and Munch has a point.

But given that we were a British colony and given our current actions his position is in serious dispute.

The sad truth is, about 2/3 of the world's Countries would be better places if they were British Colonies. Yeah, yeah, the Brits exploited the locals. They also gave them rule of law and fair courts, private property (and there was no rule preventing a colonial from owning property), good practial education (look at how many Indians speak good English), a civil and safe society and a whole heap of freedom.

Most of the good Countries on Earth are former British colonies.

Posted by Munch at February 2, 2011 5:13 PM

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Global warming causes magnetic pole shift

Don't be confused by the claims that this happens all by itself. We have tipped the poles on their head by introducing too much carbon into the atmosphere.

Now "it" is here: an unstoppable magnetic pole shift that has sped up and is causing life-threatening havoc with the world's weather.

Forget about global warming—man-made or natural—what drives planetary weather patterns is the climate and what drives the climate is the sun's magnetosphere and its electromagnetic interaction with a planet's own magnetic field.

When the field shifts, when it fluctuates, when it goes into flux and begins to become unstable anything can happen. And what normally happens is that all hell breaks loose.

I expect the Obama Administration to demand that all compasses be issued with North shown as South and for Congres to pass a bill with an individual mandate everyone purchases hats designed to protect our precious bodily fluids.

Link

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson