Some people are just beyond help.
At Canadian embassy, global warming protester nears starvation
By IAN DUNCAN — Tribune Washington Bureau
On a patch of pavement outside the Canadian Embassy, Jay McGinley is trying to starve himself to death.
After drinking nothing but water for more than 30 days, he appears close to achieving his goal. When he stands up, his dark blue sweater hangs from a wasted frame.
On the 21st day of his hunger strike, May 15, McGinley was hospitalized briefly when his kidneys almost failed. He returned to his post the next day. Wednesday would be his 36th day without food.
He demands that the United States stop using fossil fuels, particularly those harvested from tar sands deposits in Canada. He is confident that if 1,000 people were to die for his cause, the government would act.
“I need to get us from 1,000 to 999 as fast as possible,” he said. “I need to blaze that trail.”
Full story at The Bellingham Herald h/t to Marc Morano
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Apparently he’s tried this before: May 6th, 2007 from NPR:
Hunger Striker Wants to Make Difference in Darfur
Which goes back to 2005.
He apparently has changed his name to “start loving”. Like “Vermin Supreme” he seems to be a professional protestor. Here’s a blog about him. Me thinks he’ll pull out of this latest hunger strike at the last minute, after all, the man is a professional.
I leave you with this (those with weak stomachs may wish to logoff now):
After announcing her candidacy for President of the United States and Prime Minister of Israel, Roseanne Barr decides to talk to people on the street. Here is the interview that follows with peace activist “Start Loving.”
I watched the clip and was more alarmed by what Roseanne was saying than by what the man was saying. He tells Roseanne that he hasn’t worked for 10 years, so obviously he counts on other people to supply his needs. He’s crazy of course, but crazy like a fox.
He is lucky to have clean water, many do not
And this so soon after the recent report of the Swiss woman who died trying to live off of sunshine in January 2011.
Sadly though, I’m certain I could convince some Green people of a future miracle of genetic engineering, when chlorophyll is incorporated into human skin pigmentation and people will only need sunshine and water and some occasional dirt to survive. This will thrill many PETA people, provided it’s not tested on animals before we deploy it starting with human embryos.
BTW, there are living Darwin Award winners. The specification is removing oneself from the gene pool, preferably in a spectacular fashion. A more common method involves males acting like “macho” gangsta thugs, and jamming a loaded handgun under their waistband/belt in the front. With their finger on the trigger, said finger hitting the waistband/belt… Offhand I remember the moniker of what happens as “explosive self-castration”.
If only Roseanne hadn’t been pressed for time…
kadaka (KD Knoebel) says:
May 31, 2012 at 6:58 am
Offhand I remember the moniker of what happens as “explosive self-castration”.
Also known as “Nine-mil Neutering”….
You know, the climate alarmist faith has just about everything it needs to become a full blown religion. It has a god, a religious organization, a ‘good book’, apostles, a demon (CO2) and a future climate apocolypse. One of the few things it does not have is a martyr as yet.
Perhaps this is ‘start loving’ guy is hoping to be their martyr.
Snickers Bars at 3 AM. Who would know?
He does not think big enough. Why stop at just 1000 suicidal green nuts joining him?
This is what happens when you start with a bad idea and run it through to the illogical end.
If the IPCC had not started this hoax about fossil fuel / CO2 for Maurice Strong’s stated purpose of de-industrializing civilization then he wouldn’t be doing this. So if he does die then the blood is on the hands of those who misled him into believing CAGW.