It seems that climate advocate Bill McKibben has jumped the shark. As evident on the 350.org website, it is no longer about climate in any way shape or form, of course, based on past behavior, it probably never was. Just have a look at some of the recent pronouncements from the 350.org website:
and from two days ago…
Listen to what McKibben and some of his fellow protestors have to say:
But even our own Willis Eschenbach thinks the XL pipeline issue is ridiculous, because there is really only one question: Where will the oil be burned?
I think this image sums up this farce pretty well:
I wonder what corporate airline Bill McKibben uses to jet around the world to speak of the evils of CO2 and corporations?
The only thing missing from the picture (though it is likely in there somewhere) is Apple Corporation, purveyor of (in my opinion, highly overpriced) computers which have an almost fanatical following in some circles.Now before you launch into an automatic Mac-vs-PC war, please read why I’m pointing this out.
Apple is company number one (according to Bloomberg) in growth and revenue, and #1 in tech (according to NYT) but the same people who complain about Wall Street, think nothing of getting fleeced by Apple for a computer you can buy for about a third of the price elsewhere.
While everyone is free to choose what computer works best for them, I find that lack of labeling of Apple as a “greedy corporation” very ironic, particularly in light of the worker abuse, child labor problems and environmental problems left in the wake of the manufacturing of Apple’s products in China. It is doubly ironic that some of the loudest and most acidic voices about climate and greed, are Apple product users, and raise not a peep about such problems. Apple gets a pass, probably because the Goreacle endorses the company and sits on its board.
But that’s a side issue, especially when one of the most intelligent and reasonable persons I know, WUWT author Willis Eschenbach, is a Mac user. I only point out Apple Corporation in this context because the occupy protesters and climate activists don’t see the very profitable and ethically/ecologically questionable Apple Corporation as being in the same class of evil corporations they protest for the very same reasons.
The real issue with “occupy” is the lack of rational thought and direction by this “movement”. Even the MSM and some university newspapers are noticing this. For example, watch this video from “occupyAtlanta”. They are actually proud of making a civil rights leader leave.
And in case you were wondering about the political angle, be sure to recite the Marxist chant:
The mindless droning has spread to Seattle:
They may as well be chanting Imhotep Imhotep! Imhotep!!
There’s a name for people like this: useful idiots.
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More Soylent Green! says:
October 10, 2011 at 11:49 am
R. Gates says:
October 10, 2011 at 11:28 am
… So yes Blade, the basic notions of the TEA Party are wonderful, but until they recognize that Big Government and Big Business are now one and the same, the TEA Party ideals are simply empty platitudes.
What part of limited government do you not understand? You can’t have corporatism with limited government. Only government can force mandates upon the public, require you to buy something or limit competition through regulation.
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As long as we have the fox watching the hen house (because the fox bought and paid for those hens), the it doesn’t matter the size of that hen house, it won’t be of the people, by the people, and for the people. A small government in many ways will simply make it easier for corporations to have even greater influence as it will take them less resources to influence laws, etc. We must find a way to sever the ties between big money and our government. Campaign finance reform and term limits are a good start.
Alright then, start naming names. Who has been corrupted – specifically? Who is doing the corrupting – specifically? Who changed their vote for money?
We have campaign finance reform. How’s it working for you so far? Did it end the corruption and influence peddling, or was it just another way to limit free speech?
And tell me, if government can’t sell favors to anybody – how is that going to empower corporations?
BTW: Why do you care so much about corporations but so little about the influence of unions?
About my last post, some numbers:
http://pajamasmedia.com/spengler/2011/10/06/wall-street-protesters-have-met-the-enemy-and-it-is-they/?singlepage=true
Household real astate assets rose two and a half times from 1998 to the peak of the bubble in 2006, meanwhile, those evil bankers stocks rose only a bit less than 50%. After the bubble burst, household asset value is still worth 70% more than it was worth in 1998, evil big banker stock declined to half of what they were worth in 1998.
Clearly, the reason these protesters are protesting the banks, and calling for a boycott of them, has nothing to do with how evil these big banks are and how they took our money. Clearly, via the mechanism of loans, plus the government and quasi-government aganecies we used to “allow everyone to own a home”, we took THEIR money. They are protesting the banks for the same reason Bonny and Clyde robbed them, “because that’s where the money is”. In other words, they want that money.
Has anyone started a pool on how long this nonsense will be permitted to continue? I’m picking Nov 2, 2011.
Whatever happened to anti-trust enforcement?
Think execs are diluting your stock…sell the stock.
Think companies are robbing you…..don’t purchase their product.
Think politicians are crooked…..show them the door on election day.
Hollering on the street corner is for kids.
Mark Wilson says:
October 10, 2011 at 8:07 am
Like most everything else that you believe, this too is a lie.
Thanks for your insulting words. Insults always help foster constructive communications.
Don’t you agree?
1) I believe nothing – a trick of semantics that everyone should learn for the sake of clarity and precision::
http://nobeliefs.com/problemswithbeliefs.htm
2) the rising price of fresh food in Australia is well documented:
http://www.news.com.au/money/money-matters/australia-has-fastest-rising-food-prices-of-any-major-developed-nation/story-e6frfmd9-1225795572738
Fat and sugar mixed with wood pulp has not risen 41 percent in real terms over the last decade, unlike fresh food. This makes fat and sugar mixed with wood pulp a more affordable “choice” for the increasing numbers of poor we have in our country.
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Australia becomes fast food nation …
All are contributing to our weighty problem through a combination of the growing number of outlets, increased marketing budgets and affordability for cash-strapped families, Ms Martin said.
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“The price of fresh food is going up faster than processed food,” she said. “Meal deals where you can feed four people for $20 make feeding a family relatively cheap, and people are very price sensitive.
http://www.news.com.au/national/obesity-levels-show-australia-is-the-chubby-country/story-e6frfkvr-1226064083008
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Thus I was right, while you were wrong, Mark.
I referenced evidence in support of my claims too,m unlike the ipse dixit opinionated believer that is you.
If everybody spent half as much time creating wealth instead of whining about how much the other guy has we would have a lot more wealth and twice as much time.
Furthermore I believe that these left/liberal folk are indulging in displacement behavior. Their choice of administration has totally failed them but that can’t be true so the blame instead, corporate America.
It’s a disgrace really.
“Furthermore I believe that these left/liberal folk are indulging in displacement behavior. Their choice of administration has totally failed them but that can’t be true so the blame instead, corporate America.”
The ever whining “intelligencia” will never admit they were wrong. They just move on to another location for their drive-by attacks. I expect that they will pick some large company to use as an example. Hope it’s one in my portfolio and that the whiners get what’s coming to them. I expect a market recovery soon, now that the linens are being aired.
I love how the left calls the TEA party, teabaggers…..if they only knew what teabagging meant. Are they really “useful idiots”? or are they useless idiots? HMMMM…that’s something to ponder.
These people don’t understand wealth creation. Like Marx, they only believe in redistribution. It’s the ghost of Malthus — there is only so much wealth to go around, so if somebody has more than their ‘fair share,’ it means somebody else must have less.
These people also don’t understand that they are asking to make things worse. Nothing they are asking for will create jobs. Sucking billions out of the economy won’t create job. Raising the cost of doing business will accelerate the loss of jobs (just look at the Obama record) and accelerate the loss of capital from the USA. It’s a downward spiral.