Friends, prepare yourselves for this stunning collection of logic, green thinking, and simple unvarnished, outright hatred. Should we be thinking about getting ourselves off to secure locations in light of this? /sarc
Simon from Australian Climate Madness makes note of this from the Herald Sun, which is complicit (and editorially bankrupt) in printing this article from Jill Singer.
First, some stunning logic rationalization about the shame merits of lying to get to office:
Prime Minister Julia Gillard, as has been widely noted, misled our nation by declaring she wouldn’t introduce such a tax. The worst that can be said is that she lied. The best that can be said is that she lied because we can’t deal with the truth.
O-kaaaayyy……but this really takes the cake.
I’m prepared to keep an open mind and propose another stunt for climate sceptics – put your strong views to the test by exposing yourselves to high concentrations of either carbon dioxide or some other colourless, odourless gas – say, carbon monoxide.
You wouldn’t see or smell anything. Nor would your anti-science nonsense be heard of again. How very refreshing.
That’s some seriously ugly thinking lady.
I suppose Ms. Singer is justifying these thoughts as many do on the grounds of that favorite of noble cause corruption: save the planet. I’ll bet she thinks she’s being clever, even if harsh and naziesque.
Sorry, another angry green beat you to it years ago and I have dibs on it. It all started simply, when she called me a “WMD” for discussing my doubts about AGW:
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Take some responsibility
Chico Enterprise-Record
Article Launched: 05/22/2007 12:00:00 AM PDT
Anthony Watts seems to be a poster boy for right-wing ideology. This isn’t a distinction that one should be proud of considering the so-called “right” seem to be wrong on almost every issue. Even after hundreds of the world’s top scientists have documented that global warming has in fact been caused by the actions of man, he states that this is not true, that it is a natural occurrence. Just looking at Chico’s polluted skies tells me otherwise.
It seems that Republicans in general have a hard time taking responsibility for anything. The war in Iraq, brought to you by the lies of this illegitimate administration has been a horrendous mistake costing the lives of over 4,000 Americans if you include private contractors and over 650,000 Iraqi civilians. Most Republicans still believe there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. I’ve come to believe that Republicans, especially people like Anthony Watts, are the WMDs.
— Sherri Quammen, Chico
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My response on my blog: (since I didn’t think it merited a letter to the editor response)
Fine Me
My friends at coffee this morning got a huge laugh out of Chico Peace and Justice Center member Sherri Quammen’s claim in a vitriol filled letter to the editor that I’m the “real WMD”.
For somebody who professes “peace and justice”, she sure seems to have a lot of anger to vent. She’s sent letters to all three newspapers, the ER, Chico Beat, and you’ll see the same letter come Thursday at the Chico News and Review I’m sure. Lately, the message of “peace on earth” seems to have lost the accessory clause of “goodwill towards men”. Though its hard to tell through her rant just what she dislikes about me most, it appears that my views and research into climate change must be the main factor.
I sent her a nice note last week, offering to meet and get acquainted over coffee or tea someday, (since we’ve never met) after the letter appeared in the Chico Beat, so far no response.
But that’s OK, being a public person, criticism comes with the territory. It’s an occupational hazard. I guess I should be honored that my threat level has been elevated. Poor Al Gore takes all sorts of flak daily.
Sooo….since I’ve been labeled a WMD, I think that I’ll have to look over my shoulder a lot to make sure I’m not being followed by police officers intent on giving me a ticket in case I go off in the Chico city limits. That’s a $500 fine you know.
To make it easier for people to spot me, I think I’ll get a T-shirt that says simply “BOOM”.
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And to that blog post, this is how she responded (emphasis mine):
Chico Enterprise-Record (Chico, CA)
July 1, 2007 Don’t deny the obvious
Author: Chico Enterprise-Record Section: Letters To The Editor
On his blog site, Anthony Watts states that my remarks in a letter to the editor did not seem that “peaceful” and since I am involved with the Peace and Justice Center I should display a “goodwill to man.” He’s right about the fact that I am upset about the current state of our nation under the corporate crooks in the White House and how it’s affecting our planet, because unlike him, I am paying attention.
Watts seems to enjoy researching this mysterious phenomenon called “global warming” that could bring not only human but all existence on this planet to extinction. So here’s a little research Watts can try at home. First, park his (most likely very large) car or SUV in his garage. Then close the door and start the engine. Sit there for a few hours and then (if he is still able) he can make an entry on his blog contemplating the effects of car exhaust on people in enclosed areas (like our atmosphere).
Why is it so important for this man and others like him to try and refute the obvious, shunning all responsibility for something that we are obviously responsible for? That is why I have labeled Watts a “WMD” which, especially in his case, could also stand for “weapon of mass deception.” — Sherri Quammen, Chico
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I didn’t bother responding to that letter.
Yeah I got the early dibs on angry irrational people suggesting I kill myself. It is such shame for eco-conscious people everywhere that this sort of ugliness continues to be represented by their brethren virtually identically today.
Andrew Bolt says that Lashing at sceptics does science no favour.
For the citizens of Australia who think that newspaper journalists should not be advocating the death of their neighbors simply because they have a different view on global warming, here is where you can complain, on her editorial page:
Jill Singer THE “debate” over a carbon tax in Australia has become high farce. It’s time for the game-playing to stop – on both sides of politics.
And also to the editor of the Herald Sun to demand an apology:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/help/contactus
I ask anyone lodging such a complaint to be respectful and don’t escalate. Stick to the issue at hand.
Al Gore was right about one thing. Climate Change/global warming, has nothing to do with politics.
It is therefore neither a right wing agenda, or indeed any political agenda to see the holes in the consensus anymore than it was not anti-papal for Galileo to point out that the sun did not revolve around the earth, as even the pontiff now accepts that Galileo was right
Bulldust, it is a lie. Now we know politiics is filled with them, but when George H. W. Bush said “Read my lips, No New Taxes” and then later raised them, he lied. It matters not that congress was solidly of the opposite party. Was either his lie or Guillard’s an impeachable offense? No. But it was politics as usual and a lie (both of them).
Bulldust, I see where you are coming from but a lie also has the definition “an inaccurate or false statement. ” A promise that is not kept is certainly an innacurate statement.
hum says:
June 22, 2011 at 6:52 am
… I then will take the second most concentrated odorless and colorless gas in the atmosphere Oxygen at 21%.
I’m fairly sure at the end of our test she won’t be making up stupid tests anymore.
And you won’t be humming any more. 100% Oxygen concentration will kill you just as quickly as, say, 1% CO.
Rick Bradford says:
June 22, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Somebody has now added a citation to the Singer page, along with the remark:
> In 2011, Singer advocated that people sceptical of the link between Carbon Dioxide and Global Warming be gassed with Carbon Monoxide, making her the most recent Socialist to advocate the use of poison gas as a means of disposing of political undesirables.
I’d concur with another poster’s comment that the latter part of that sentence should be removed. It’s unnecessary, crass, and descends to her level.
Bulldust says:
June 22, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Technically it would be impossible to say that Julia Gillard (Australian PM) actually lied. Stay with me here… much as I detest her weasel ways I could only call it a broken promise, not a lie. Six days before the last election she stated “There will be no carbon tax under any Government I lead.” Unless people can prove that she thought otherwise at the time it is not a lie. It is simply a promise that was later broken, she claims because of the minority Government the election left her with.
I understand the desire to brand her a liar on this issue, but that is not helping the cause. She has certainly lied about other things, such as not intending to dispose of the previous PM in a leadership spill, but that’s a whole other story.
The joke is on her, because her party is now polling the lowest in 40 years or more. Her days are numbered, but that makes her desperate to achieve something in her short reign. The next Australian election will be a massive swing to the right (which is not really much of a swing in Australia … both mainstream parties are very centrist politically), as we just saw in Canada. Just about anyone could front for the (notionally right wing) Liberal Party here and win against Julia.
She was telling the truth, she does not currently lead the Australian Government, she takes her marching orders from Bob Brown, leader of her coalition partner the Greens.
Derek Sorensen says:
June 23, 2011 at 3:21 pm
“I’d concur with another poster’s comment that the latter part of that sentence should be removed. It’s unnecessary, crass, and descends to her level.”
Removed!