Climate weirding at the UN:
Here’s the whole weird story. I suppose neither the UN nor the Guardian remembers the “green helmet guy” fiasco from 2006, or they wouldn’t be using the term.
Here’s a refresher:
First the questions that frame the story. And the proof, busted.
Let’s nominate Salam Daher (nickname “GHG”) for the job, he’s a perfect fit for climate and the UN. Why I’ll bet he and Pachy could become friends. I suggest the UN’s IPCC send him to the pole as a bear emissary, I’m sure he’ll be well received.
And with the photo faking, and all that, I’m sure Tom Karl and “GHG” could share Photoshop tips.
NCDC: Photoshopping the climate change report for better impact
h/t to DB Stealey
Note: Some folks in comments objected to the satirical image (widely circulated on the Internet for years) I originally had linked as being too strong. In retrospect, perhaps it was. My intent was only to draw attention to the absurdity of the present choice of “green helmets” as it related to the controversy over the “green helmet guy” and how that phrase “green helmet” is a bad iconic choice for the UN’s already laughably bad idea. Any other conclusions about my intent are erroneous. – Anthony
this thread may go down well in rightwing america
Exactly. The bigoted right wing hate fest is why I could no longer tolerate Goddard’s site.
Picking on the UN is one thing, but the fake movie poster is offensive. Very.
I love your blog Anthony but please try to be more careful.
I was scared last night. I saw the Green Helmet piece pop up on Drudge Report, then WUWT stopped loading. Period. I couldn’t bring it up at all. I wondered if it was a temporary glitch, but wordpress-dot-com and anything but WUWT loaded just fine. It made me wonder if the attack of the “UN Greenpeace Keepers” had started.
This morning, still wasn’t loading. But it did for my one other browser. So I went back to the first, purged cookies and cache, then WUWT was loading again.
Makes me wonder what sort of “purge” it would take to get the UN functioning, or at least stop it from being such a problem. Maybe a purging of the cash, and no cookies for them, ever.
Thanks for digging that up, chris mb. I knew that sea level rise of a foot a year didn’t pass the smell test. Definitely climate FAIL folder fodder.
The UN is an agglomeration of low grade political hacks who have been living off OPM (other people’s money) for all too many years. The organization is worse than a failure, it is a menace and we should withdraw from it. We can deal with everyone bilaterally.Wilson and Roosevelt’s dreams have turned into a nightmare. Let’s end it and send them packing. These ignoramuses have finally found a path to power through the scam of global warming and the largest extortion threat of all time, “Obey us or you’ll all be roasted by global warming gone wild!” Without this threat all their politics is nothing but a house of cards.
Peter Hodges- it’s easy to start making accusations and throwing around names when you are completely ignorant. This thread will attract attention because of the unprecedented nature of the UN’s power grab! A bunch of low grade hacks and enemies of the US, with an outpost on the East River in New York. We should send them packing and withdraw from any association with them. We can deal bilaterally with everyone. Wilson’s fever dream of a league should be terminated, it is now a nightmare.
From peterhodges on July 21, 2011 at 10:07 am:
In can be found in a 2006 Little Green Footballs post here. It includes the following:
I find the posing of dead children for PR purposes to be offensive. I found the movie poster to be a poignant criticism of that and the hypocrisy of the MSM. Have such expressions of outrage against insults to “basic human dignity” now become right-wing only?
“there has been talk, meanwhile, of a new environmental peacekeeping force – green helmets – which could step into conflicts caused by shrinking resources.”
So, Greenie troops for the Greenie Malthusian myth of “shrinking resources” and the resultant mythical conflicts. Sounds like they’ve been watching “Waterworld” again.
I love how the all moralising UN doesn’t get involved in resolving actual genuine issues like genocide, but can plan for something that will never happen. Here’s a logical thought for the UN, if in the faintest, most remote of chances some of these tiny little islands ever do have issues, evacuate their probably very small population.
Judged on the past of the UN, they would land too few troops to do any good because nobody will want to supply the resources, on what dirt was left only to find that said population had long built new boats and sailed off to pastures new. Nobody at UN Plaza will have even bothered to check intel reports before giving it the green light, leaving the underfunded personnel in the middle of nowhere. But the UN will feel all warm inside because they are addressing the ‘real’ problems of a new world.
kadaka (KD Knoebel) says:
July 21, 2011 at 9:26 am
The truth is a new low? Surely Mr. Watts can go further than that.
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Thanks, man you stated it much nicer than I would have.
What kind of sick SOB thinks it is ok to pose a dead child several times for PR purposes and then feigns offense when someone calls attention to the deception???
They weren’t worth the spittle it caused on my keyboard. Utter filth and trash.
James Sexton
davidg says:
July 21, 2011 at 11:12 am
Well you may call me ignorant, but I agree with you about the UN!
UPDATE at 8/25/06 11:48:54 am:
A note from the illustrator:
Whatever the apology applied by the illustrator, the content of the poster is not aimed at the MSM… I had no idea what the message even was until I read all the text. And the text is entirely political, of the neocon variety.
Ah, Green Helmet Guy. Hadn’t thought about him in a long time. LGF was referenced above, that was back before Charles Johnson lost his bloomin mind. A site that did the heavy lifting on that whole timeframe was EUreferendum, Great site for news about the EU, the UK, and the UN.
From peterhodges on July 22, 2011 at 11:12 am:
First off, that you choose to interpret the illustrator’s explanation as some sort of “apology” says a lot right there. What did you find in that movie poster that you think deserved an apology?
As to the content of the poster, to make it more noticeable I’ve copied the easily-readable bottom of the poster with appropriate highlighting:
Can you see now how the content is aimed at the MSM?
Criticism of “faked imagery” (fauxtography) and the MSM is “entirely political”? It is political to want the unadulterated truth?
BTW, can you elucidate as to what “neocon” is? I would have thought “Tea Partier” was a sufficiently-sized shoe box to file away and ignore anyone with non-liberal non-“moderate” leanings. “Neocon” has been used for quite a while, I once heard it described as “Reagan Republicans,” former Democrats who “awakened” and became conservative Republicans, noted for the fervor of their beliefs. What do you consider to be “neocon”?
perhaps the guys might want to rethink the moniker “green hat guys”.
several years ago during the last series of “semi wars” in lebanon and environs there was a gentleman who was an undertaker. this man had a refrigerator truck and he would collect various dead bodies and take them to various sites where he would arrange the bodies in strategic ways and his “friends” would then corral various reporters and photoghraphers and encourage them to take pictures for “news purposes”. he would then collect up the bodies and take them to another site for reuse.
there was a british website (i lost the link several years ago) that chronicled his various activities through at least 4 actions between the israeli armed forces and their opponents.
because most of his work was in active war zones he wore a U.S. army WWII helmet painted a dark green while he went about his buisiness, thus the nick name Green Hat Guy.
i would certainly hope that any self respecting group would avoid this name like the plague in the future.
C
i see on further examination of the thread that a real number of the gang has beat me to the “green helmet guy”
c