Oh golly, karma comes full circle with this one.
Cartoon by Josh, of www.cartoonsbyjosh.com
BTW, note to other bloggers: Josh encourages distribution of this cartoon, just cite it as I’ve done above – Anthony
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Edmh, ref. your comment at 9:04 am, have you any links to confirmation about Sony and C???? ?:
FergalR, ref. your comment at 8:52 am, I E-mailed O2 a couple of days ago and this is the response that I received from their PR dept. “Dear Mr Ridley Along with 100,000 members of the public, leading businesses, schools and universities, local authorities and NHS Trusts, O2 supports the aims of the 10:10 campaign. We acknowledge our responsibility to the environment and are committed to reducing our carbon emissions both as an organisation and in society as a whole. 10:10 is an independent organisation and we don’t ask for editorial control over the content of its campaigns. Kind regards Sarah”
Leo R, ref. your comment at 11:28 am, that was a nice job that grumpyoldtwat did of pulling together those bits and pieces from earlier A/Vs and making that one up. Excellent stuff.
Richard Drake, I think there is a big difference between “No Pressure” and this spoof. It is quite clearly a mix of earlier recordings and there is no suggestion of blowing people up because of there rejection of The (significant human-made global climate change) Hypothesis other than the association with “No Pressure”.
Dave ref. your comment at 11:43 am, I but I suggest that it applies also to. I see both Frannie Armstrong and Richard Curtis having concerns about their careers. Frannie has never made it to where she wanted to be – a top film producer. Richard must be getting worried about his dwindling global status. Both of them have achieved what they wanted – very low cost global advertising, under the pretext of being concerned about controlling global climates (natures job).
Huxley, I suspect that you are the same Huxley who posted on this vile film on musician Graham Land’s GreenFudge blog (http://www.greenfudge.org/2010/10/01/new-1010-film-%E2%80%93-watch-gillian-anderson-get-blown-up/#comment-10971). I’ll post here (hopefully Anthony will allow it) the comment of mine that Graham refused to post. I know that you’ll make up your own mind about what he said of it and please let me know your conclusion. I posted another to Joanna Papaj’s GreenFudge blog but she also refused to allow it. They are both blinkered parrots pushing the UN’s propaganda and the message from Gore, Greenpeace and others with their different agenda (having nothing to do with global climate change) that “the debate is over”.
Best regards, Pete Ridley
This is the comment that Graham Land (musician not scientist or anything technical) refused to allow on his blog’s “New 10:10 film – Watch Gillian Anderson get blown up” thread. When this was first rejected I made minor changes to what I thought might have upset the moderator. When it was rejected a second time I posted the above in 4 parts, all of which were rejected and since then none of my comments have been allowed on the blog. I also tried to post a comment to his staunch supporter (another musician not scientist) Joanna Papaj’s GreenFudge blog but she also refused to allow it. They are both blinkered parrots pushing the UN’s propaganda and the message from Gore, Greenpeace and others with their different agenda (having nothing to do with global climate change) that “the debate is over”. Like Gore and Greenpeace, Graham and Joanna refuse to debate, which says it all really.
Best regards, Pete Ridley
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Stephen (Wilde), first may I congratulate you on having the courage to make your comments in your own name. Many supporters of The (significant human-made global climate change) Hypothesis prefer to hide behind false names and express there opinions as though they were knowledgeable scientists when in fact they are simply parroting what others say.
I also congratulate you and the rest of the team at ClimateRealists for your excellent efforts to get the message across to the general public that “The truth is that the science of natural climate variability is nowhere near settled”.
Joanne Papaj (Note 1) may be a fantastic opera singer but she, like Graham Lande (Note 2) is simply a gullible parrot as far as the processes and drivers of global climates is concerned. Joanne’a “This way of putting statement (like is was the only truth) means either lack of knowledge or that the author is a fan of Machiavelli. Whichever it is, it is caused by laziness, selfishness and attitudinal myopia” demonstrates her complete ignorance of the subject.
She is doing her best to support Graham with his efforts to keep the UN’s propaganda going (Note 3) through his Greenfudge nonsense but they are both (along with the UN, Al Gore, Georger Soros, Tim Firth, Maurice Strong, etc. etc. etc.) doomed to disappointment. The 2010 COP16 caper in Cancun will be an even bigger fiasco than the 2009 COP15 catastrophe in Copenhagen.
The first significant crash for this bandwagon was the Climategate revelations, then came those numerous IPCC-gates. After that was the collapse of the Chicago Climate Exchange (Note 4). The entire catastrophic human-made global climate change scam is falling in ruins.
NOTES: POSTED LATER AS MAY BE CONSIDERED AS SPAM
1) see http://www.myspace.com/joannapapaj
2) see http://grahamland.blogspot.com/
3) see http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greenfudgeorg/262812262948
4) see http://21stcenturywire.com/2010/08/27/the-great-collapse-of-the-chicago-climate-exchange/
Best regards, Pete Ridley
Josh says:
October 5, 2010 at 1:37 pm
> And yes, more to come, this was a toe in the water, it being a rather sensitive topic.
The key thing 10:10 did wrong was to make a movie of what their fantasy is. I think you have to come up with comics where the reader can conclude that but without the comic saying that explicitly.
Franny’s list – “get up, get dressed, make movie” works because it implies as little work goes into making a movie as does getting dressed. “Get up, get dressed, splatter the miscreants” doesn’t work because it’s to explicit and doesn’t have the element of surprise when people figure out the meaning behind the list.
BTW, I don’t get the
Eltonbit – did Richard want to make a documentary of Elton John, but had to settle for the 10:10 job?I’ve tried twice to post my additional comment but it failed to appear. Any ideas?
REPLY: Try refreshing and using your scroll bar, they are all there – Anthony
OK, now I’ll try in parts.
This is the comment that Graham Land (musician not scientist or anything technical) refused to allow on his blog’s “New 10:10 film – Watch Gillian Anderson get blown up” thread. When this was first rejected I made minor changes to what I thought might have upset the moderator. When it was rejected a second time I posted the above in 4 parts, all of which were rejected and since then none of my comments have been allowed on the blog. I also tried to post a comment to his staunch supporter (another musician not scientist) Joanna Papaj’s GreenFudge blog but she also refused to allow it. They are both blinkered parrots pushing the UN’s propaganda and the message from Gore, Greenpeace and others with their different agenda (having nothing to do with global climate change) that “the debate is over”. Like Gore and Greenpeace, Graham and Joanna refuse to debate, which says it all really.
Best regards, Pete Ridley
Stephen (Wilde), first may I congratulate you on having the courage to make your comments in your own name. Many supporters of The (significant human-made global climate change) Hypothesis prefer to hide behind false names and express there opinions as though they were knowledgeable scientists when in fact they are simply parroting what others say.
I also congratulate you and the rest of the team at ClimateRealists for your excellent efforts to get the message across to the general public that “The truth is that the science of natural climate variability is nowhere near settled”.
Joanne Papaj (Note 1) may be a fantastic opera singer but she, like Graham Lande (Note 2) is simply a gullible parrot as far as the processes and drivers of global climates is concerned. Joanne’a “This way of putting statement (like is was the only truth) means either lack of knowledge or that the author is a fan of Machiavelli. Whichever it is, it is caused by laziness, selfishness and attitudinal myopia” demonstrates her complete ignorance of the subject.
She is doing her best to support Graham with his efforts to keep the UN’s propaganda going (Note 3) through his Greenfudge nonsense but they are both (along with the UN, Al Gore, Georger Soros, Tim Firth, Maurice Strong, etc. etc. etc.) doomed to disappointment. The 2010 COP16 caper in Cancun will be an even bigger fiasco than the 2009 COP15 catastrophe in Copenhagen.
The first significant crash for this bandwagon was the Climategate revelations, then came those numerous IPCC-gates. After that was the collapse of the Chicago Climate Exchange (Note 4). The entire catastrophic human-made global climate change scam is falling in ruins.
PART 1
Stephen (Wilde), first may I congratulate you on having the courage to make your comments in your own name. Many supporters of The (significant human-made global climate change) Hypothesis prefer to hide behind false names and express there opinions as though they were knowledgeable scientists when in fact they are simply parroting what others say.
I also congratulate you and the rest of the team at ClimateRealists for your excellent efforts to get the message across to the general public that “The truth is that the science of natural climate variability is nowhere near settled”.
Joanne Papaj (Note 1) may be a fantastic opera singer but she, like Graham Lande (Note 2) is simply a gullible parrot as far as the processes and drivers of global climates is concerned. Joanne’a “This way of putting statement (like is was the only truth) means either lack of knowledge or that the author is a fan of Machiavelli. Whichever it is, it is caused by laziness, selfishness and attitudinal myopia” demonstrates her complete ignorance of the subject.
She is doing her best to support Graham with his efforts to keep the UN’s propaganda going (Note 3) through his Greenfudge nonsense but they are both (along with the UN, Al Gore, Georger Soros, Tim Firth, Maurice Strong, etc. etc. etc.) doomed to disappointment. The 2010 COP16 caper in Cancun will be an even bigger fiasco than the 2009 COP15 catastrophe in Copenhagen.
The first significant crash for this bandwagon was the Climategate revelations, then came those numerous IPCC-gates. After that was the collapse of the Chicago Climate Exchange (Note 4). The entire catastrophic human-made global climate change scam is falling in ruins.
Joanne Papaj (Note 1) may be a fantastic opera singer but she, like Graham Lande (Note 2) is simply a gullible parrot as far as the processes and drivers of global climates is concerned. Joanne’a “This way of putting statement (like is was the only truth) means either lack of knowledge or that the author is a fan of Machiavelli. Whichever it is, it is caused by laziness, selfishness and attitudinal myopia” demonstrates her complete ignorance of the subject.
She is doing her best to support Graham with his efforts to keep the UN’s propaganda going (Note 3) through his Greenfudge nonsense but they are both (along with the UN, Al Gore, Georger Soros, Tim Firth, Maurice Strong, etc. etc. etc.) doomed to disappointment. The 2010 COP16 caper in Cancun will be an even bigger fiasco than the 2009 COP15 catastrophe in Copenhagen.
@ur momisugly David says:
October 5, 2010 at 1:51 pm
10:10 is an independent organisation and we don’t ask for editorial control over the
content of its campaigns. 10:10′s latest statement on this issue can be viewed on
its website at http://www.1010global.org/uk
Kind regards
Sarah
In other words: “Bugger off, mate” .
I think all of these “gates” are becoming overwhelming. Perhaps a better idea is to resurrect a somewhat earlier name for Watergate, to wit, Traitors Gate followed by a number. The perpetrators all arguably appear to be “traitors” to their own species, even to the extent of advocating its extinction, contrary to the usual survival at all costs imperative of nature.
Part 3
The first significant crash for this bandwagon was the Climategate revelations, then came those numerous IPCC-gates. After that was the collapse of the Chicago Climate Exchange (Note 4). The entire catastrophic human-made global climate change scam is falling in ruins.
NOTES:
NB: I have removed http : // www. from 1) & 3) and http:// from the others.
1) see myspace.com/joannapapaj
2) see grahamland.blogspot.com/
3) see facebook.com/pages/Greenfudgeorg/262812262948
4) see 21stcenturywire.com/2010/08/27/the-great-collapse-of-the-chicago-climate-exchange/
Best regards, Pete Ridley
NOTES:
NB: I have removed http : // www. from 1) & 3) and http:// from the others.
1) see myspace.com/joannapapaj
2) see grahamland.blogspot.com/
3) see facebook.com/pages/Greenfudgeorg/262812262948
4) see 21stcenturywire.com/2010/08/27/the-great-collapse-of-the-chicago-climate-exchange/
Best regards, Pete Ridley
I don’t know why Part 3 wouldn’t post so will try it again.
PART 3
The Climategate revelations were the first significant crash for this bandwagon, after which came the IPCC-gates (30 or more wasn’t it?. After that was the collapse of the Chicago Climate Exchange (Note 4). The catastrophic human-made global climate change scam is falling in ruins.
PART 3
I get the message “Duplicate comment detected; it looks as though you’ve already said that!” but Part 3 doesn’t appear with the message “Your comment is awaiting moderation. ”
Sorry about the mix-up but you shpuld get the gist.
Best regards, Pete Ridley
BLOOD and GORE: Business as usual
http://pathstoknowledge.net/2009/12/16/blood-and-gore-maximize-green-profits-at-all-costs-including-goring-science-integrity-and-extracting-blood-and-taxes-from-the-developed-and-developing-world
Environ-Mental-Cases Eco-SNUFF and Terrorism Films
http://pathstoknowledge.net/2010/10/05/environ-mental-cases-eco-snuff-and-terrorism-films
Ric Werme says:
October 5, 2010 at 2:47 pm
“I don’t get the Elton bit”
Richard Curtis and Ben Elton wrote the Blackadder series. Might have worked out a whole lot better for 10:10 if they’d asked Ben Elton to help…
Gore? Haven’t we seen enough gore in that film?
/Carl
It isn’t – IMHO – the inner workings of madness, but mere groupthink. That’s why you need people who don’t always agree with you around – it keeps you honest.
I think it was Patton who said “If everyone thinks the same, then no one is thinking.” and I think that’s what went wrong here.
Mind you, if “No Pressure” goes viral in a smiliar manner to “The Downfall”, then that is going to be the hurt that keeps on giving…
Pete Ridley: Yes, I am that huxley. I’ve managed to get all but two of my comments posted at Greenfudge http://www.greenfudge.org/2010/10/01/new-1010-film-–-watch-gillian-anderson-get-blown-up/ .
Your comment called Graham and Joanna out personally and I suspect that was the problem.
In browsing around the web and following the news, I’m struck how the climate change movement is flailing about. They can’t win decisively in open debate and all too often they lose. It looks bad if they censor and control the debates and it looks bad if they retreat from debates.
So their preferred strategy is to proceed as if they had already won the debate — as outlined in that “Warm Words” climate change PR document (http://www.ippr.org.uk/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=561 ) a few years ago. But climate skepticism has reached critical mass and that’s not working either.
Climate change advocates are stuck with no good way to proceed. Unfortunately, a huge wave of general skepticism towards our elite betters has arrived, so more appeals to authority will be in vain, and may even work against them.
I haven’t talked to anyone on either side of the debate that thinks this video was a good idea. My pals who oppose AGW do however find the entire episode very funny and are having the time of their lives — I think it fair to say they are promoting the heck out of it. My pals who support AGW would just like it to disappear. So for those who believe people are no longer capable of shame — proof positive it still exist.
I found this interesting bit of trivia. It may be true!
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/10/analyze_this_sigmund_your_grea.html
“… Emma Freud is the creative and marital partner of Richard Curtis, who wrote the blood-crazed terror video everyone’s talking about…”
” Emma is the great-granddaughter of Dr. Sigmund Freud, who knew a thing or two about bloody primal urges. Freud described people as driven by thanatos, a death drive that yearns for destruction and violence, which is repressed by civilization. But even good old Siggy might have marveled at his descendant’s unbound zest for human sacrifice — all done in the name of social responsibility, of course.”
Dang! You could write the truth about these people and market it as a horror novel.
Regards,
Steamboat Jack (Jon Jewett’s evil twin)
Why are you doing this?
Because you are not listening.
What makes you think that i am not listening.
Because you don’t agree with me.
Well, i don’t agree with what i heard you say.
Thats because you were not listening.
I must have listened in order to disagree.
Okay, but you didn’t listen properly.
How should i listen properly.
By listening and then agreeing.
But what if i don’t agree with you.
There you go again, you are not listening properly
But.. Boom…. too late
Josh and any parody producers
One of the best half hours ever (IMHO) of British TV was the final episode of Blackadder, set in the madness of the WW1 trenches, (the War to end all Wars) and yes this was written by Richard Curtis.
The episode finished with the pointless death of our heroes, and the screen blurred/merged into the pinky red of the poppy fields as opposed to bloody gore dripping down our screens.
Someone please….?
Since there wasn’t any apparent conspiracy or underhandedness (just crassness and stupidity by the boatload) might I suggest a name change to:
Gorefest 1010
The first part suggestive of the celebration of mayhem and the second part representing the medieval mindset not only of the event but of its supporters?