Our local weekly has a few words to say in the column Green Man
Too funny!
UPDATE: It appears “Green Man” doesn’t write his own material. See this. Either that or it was “borrowed” later, or “Green Man” is also “blueness”. Either way, with the additional feature of “Green Man’s” ability to publish attacks on people in a weekly newspaper anonymously, it’s “journalism” at it’s very very finest.
UPDATE 2: Surfacestations.org volunteer Gary Boden took the Chico Beat Green Man’s concept and turned it into an emblem patch. Enjoy.
Note that Green Man’s “screeching mercury monkeys” concept isnt far off the Chico Beat’s original angry monkey logo, seen below, which they don’t use anymore because it apparently scared away advertisers. Imagine that.
Interesting how, either out of ignorance or, out of a overt desire to smear, the Killer AGW Orthodoxy try to equate loyal skepticism with neocon theoconism. How would they account for someone like me, who is a “The Origins of Totalitarianism” (Arendt) thumping, reformed Deep Ecologist, former Gaia worshipping, crunchy con? I’m sooooooo incovenient to the stereotype.
Re: M. Simon’s “the whole screed is a parody of itself … If it was intentional it is a masterpiece.”
I must admit that it occurred to me this could be an intentional satire. A deep left green satirizing the loony, over the top rhetoric of deep left greens. Having a modest familiarity with the character and culture some Chico greens leads me to believe it is the usual, completely oblivious, unintentional self satire these folks are so adept at. Moreover, I am certain Tom Gascoyne and anyone who works on a publication of his take themselves very seriously. I doubt they have the sense of humor subtle enough intentionally satirize themselves, their readership, or their social and political allies.
Re: “…former Gaia worshipping…”
Gaia, wasn’t that a small, sporty, high mileage car produced by Volkswagen in the 60’s and 70’s?
“How would they account for someone like me, who is a “The Origins of Totalitarianism” (Arendt) thumping, reformed Deep Ecologist, former Gaia worshipping, crunchy con?”
Converted.
Mark
This is a copy of a post from the DailyKos. Which explains the ridiculous left-wing non-logical rambling.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/11/7168/98926
“Prior to the Enlightenment, that quintessentially liberal phenomenon…”
I see so much of this nowadays: equating 18th-Century Liberalism with what passes for “liberal philosophy” today. These people have no sense or understanding of history.
(And that comes from an unreconstructed 60’s burnout who still thinks “Smash the State” is a viable political alternative)
Well congratulations Reverend and may it be long time before they try to canonise you as a saint.
I admit. When I read the Greenman’s article, I lolied too.
“Well congratulations Reverend and may it be long time before they try to canonise you as a saint.”
Well, we already have St. Mac.
It’s a good “trio of four”, though:
Our Right Rev. Dubya, St. Mac, and, of course, the Drs. P.
So we’ll maybe an eye peeled for a climatologist-skeptic named “King”, or “Prince”, or “Bishop” or “Pope” to round out the set.
(Or at least a “Baron”, or “Knight”, or “Duke”, or “Marquis” or somethng?)
Anthony.
It might be interesting to post a list of.
You have the USCHN list posted But it might be nice to post 3 separate lists
A. The master list.
B. The visited List
C. The list to visit.
Mosh pit
Gary Boden’s Screeching Mercury Monkeys emblem patch is outstanding! I want one.
It is time to open a Surface Stations online store. Allow me to pre-order 4 patches, please.
I couldn’t help but notice there are no air conditioner heat exchangers, asphalt parking lots, brick buildings, or barbecues near the Stevenson Screen in Gary Boden’s emblem.
Setting a good example is a good idea.
Patches? I want some!
And a window sticker!
Patches, yes!
T-shirts?
David and Steve, you can save the image and print it or generate one of your own here http://www.says-it.com/seal/.
Gary,
Thank You!
I’ll probably be getting some quotes this week.
I have removed a couple of comments that were brought to my attention today as being a bit OTT and tasteless.
Lets keep the dialog more civil please.
That guy is totally giving me a bad name!!
Greenman must have been in the same writing class as Hansen the day they taught invective.
I visited the chico beat site only with caution, not wanting to give them a unique “hit.” ;-]
Keep it up Rev. Anthony, you must be getting to them.
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