Apparently, Prince Charles recent pronouncement has created a riff in space-time, and an irony meteorite was ejected, striking the prince in the head. A photo follows.
From Raw Story: Prince Charles criticizes ‘corporate lobbyists’ and climate change skeptics for turning Earth into a ‘dying patient’
“If you think about the impact of climate change, [it should be how] a doctor would deal with the problem,” he told an audience of government ministers, from the UK and abroad, as well as businesspeople and scientists. “A scientific hypothesis is tested to absolute destruction, but medicine can’t wait. If a doctor sees a child with a fever, he can’t wait for [endless] tests. He has to act on what is there.”
He added: “The risk of delay is so enormous that we can’t wait until we are absolutely sure the patient is dying.”
Apparently, second opinions aren’t allowed by Royal medicine. The Daily Mash has the story of the irony meteorite.
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The beneficiary of the queen’s death was criticising climate change scepticism when he was struck on the forehead by a large, possibly homeopathic, chunk of irony.
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Health and safety consultant Nikki Hollis said: “Science is pretty sturdy and can generally cope with a person warning about CO2 emissions whilst being chauffeured around in a big fuck-off Bentley.
“But if you start using a doctor analogy like Charles did, when you’re convinced a £20 bottle of ghosts is the best treatment for serious illness, something’s bound to give.”
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Full story here
Marc Morano quips:
Dramatically reducing carbon emissions by increasing energy prices (and limiting economic growth) would be like performing a double mastectomy when there is a possibility of future breast cancer. Of course, other treatment options will be available in the future when the cancer risk is known more clearly, but we have to act now.
What is partiuclary annoying about this manifestaion of AGW extremism is the part about blaming those who question the AGW hype are the ones that the extremists blame for the problem.
Skeptics, according to the AGW fanatics, are a small minority. A tiny fraction of uneinlightened planet hating bigots. yet our power, according to the sort of ‘reasoning’ the good Prince demonstrates, are able to actually kill an entire planet.
There is something deeply disturbed about having to at once spread hatred towards a small minority of people who disagree with a particular claim, and then simulataneously endow that tiny group with not only evil intentions but huge dangerous power as well.
This sort of magical thinking can become more than a rhetorical bit of deception. It can empower truly disturbed people into justifying terrible actions against that small minority.I would respectfully ask Prince Charles to reconsider this inflammatory and deeply misleading action.
Well, you know, all that inbreeding can produce some bad side effects. Maybe Prince Charles hasn’t heard that the “dying patient” no longer has any symptoms.
He really is a waste of space. He should step aside for his sons – at least Diana had English blood in her veins.
The only warmista who knows less science than Chuck is Gore. You could look it up.
That Prince Chuckles, so funny. LOL. Oh, wait was he being serious?
All the blame is deservedly yours’, my british friends.
When the germans were poised to relieve you from the Windsors back in 1940, you acted like there was nothing greater than being ruled by them. Now you have it. So don’t complain and live with it.
But, maybe, next time you may care a little more about what you wish for – because you might get it…
Didn’t Chuck recently take his message on the road recently in a private train?
Patrick
I thought Prince Charles’s comment was directed at the vegetables.
He grew up in fear of the people rising up against the monarchy. In a Stockholm Syndrome related way he has overcompensated his people placating views. I feel sorry for the old coward.
“If a doctor sees a child with a fever, he can’t wait for [endless] tests. He has to act on what is there.”
Do doctors really provide specific treatment before they know WTH is wrong with a patient? The orthopedist took xrays and an MRI of my knee before making 100% sure they needed to scope it…
He seems to have caught the Al Gore syndrome,,,,do as i say, but please ignore the CO2 spewing private cars, jets and massive estates
“… let’s not pretend she’s ever been interested in “protecting” the UK.” [David in the UK, 5/10/13, at 0848]
Given that neither she (nor her wonderful father) had any power to avert the takeover of the UK by Socialism which began at least as early as the 1920’s, her lack of success on that front is no proof at all of her interest in it nor the lack thereof.
She is, however, very interested in protecting the UK’s HONOR… . Thus, I think the above comments re: her refusing to step down while C. is alive are correct.
God, will have the final say, nevertheless, thus, let us all cry, “GOD, SAVE THE QUEEN!”
[until the Royal Adulterer is ineligible to succeed her].
(I’m a non-royalist groupie American, FYI, who fervently hopes that there will “… Always Be an [non-socialist] England.”
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Margaret Hardman (@ur momisugly 10:36) LOL! You are right!
Vegetables are very good listeners. And they love, er, fertilizer. #[:)]
The result of generations of constant inbreeding among the so called “nobility”. So happy we did away with these bloodsuckers after WW1 in my country.
Next week his RH will be selling snake oil to anyone that is not a corporate lobbyist.
I’m afraid English humour has caught you out. The Daily Mash is strongly supportive of the AGW theory. They are mocking Charles for the irony of declaring in favour of ‘science’ whilst believing in stuff like homeopathy. Whereas I would say this is doubly ironic as AGW is not science, but politics.
I love the jibe about the Bentley. Simple, broadly applicable and to the point…as directed towards the whole stinking elite whose world view is foisted on the rest of us.
Dave says (May 10, 2013 at 7:06 am): “You can only laugh at Prince Chuck. He’s so widely known to be so stupid that his endorsement serves better as a coffin-nail than anything else.”
Leave it to Hollywood to coin a term for such exceptional stupidity:
As a Brit, I’d like to sincerely apologise to the rest of the world for this for the arse of a man that is Prince Charles (we call him Ponce Charles here). Thankfully, only the BBC (who else?) gave him air time over his recent comments. Again, sorry.
Fred from Canuckistan says:
May 10, 2013 at 8:29 am
Too bad for Chucky that IQ and ear size do not correlate.
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Maybe they do, but it is an inverse relationship, we need more data – perhaps the POTUS could volunteer to be measured?
Steve T
Patrick says:
May 10, 2013 at 9:08 am
“David, UK says:
May 10, 2013 at 8:48 am”
Its not just the UK. She is also the HoS of Australia (Canada and New Zealand too if I recall as well as many other countries), and there are people here who believe “The Queen” has some sort of all encompassing “power” over an elected “Govn’t”. The British Royal “Monarch” has had no “power” in political decisions in Australia since federation in 1901. A “constitutional monarchy” (Australia) is one thing, so too is a republic. Don’t confuse the two.
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Didn’t she sack the Governor General a few years back, leading to a General Election?
Steve T
As another Brit……. I can’t remember ever voting this idiot into power.
I would like to assure your US readers that the vast majority of us readers see him for what he is, a spoilt brat with too much money & delusions of grandeur. And as “thick as two short planks”.
If he ever does get into power his meddling in the day to day operation of the elected UK government is going to cause a constitutional crisis.
His only excuse is that he has been surrounded by “Yes” men since he was born & believes he is always right. I see great similarities with your US HoS.
“Didn’t she sack the Governor General a few years back, leading to a General Election?
Steve T”
No, the Governor General sacked the Prime Minister – and if you look back at the reports from the time (as opposed to the revisionist studies published later) you will see that it was a popular decision. The Governor General is the Queen’s representative in Australia, but does not take orders from the Monarch – they just apply the constitution in such ways as asking the largest political party to form a government etc. For the most part, the GG is appointed on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of the time, although since they are appointed for a set period, during which time there can be many elections, they are not usually too linked to any political party.
pyeatte says:
May 10, 2013 at 7:55 am
He is ready for a part in a Monty Python skit.
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Too late; they already filmed the talking chesterfield.
This is beyond being parody.
Charles is well known for his enthusiastic promotion of. . . . . .homeopathy, medical non-science nonsense and quackery in the purest sense of the word. Charles has fervently lobbied and applied back door pressure for millions of pounds to be diverted from the British health budget to fund quacks who promote homeopathic nonsense:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1252745/Prince-Charles-backed-homeopathy-secret-talks-ministers.html
Somehow, it’s quite fitting that he would lecture the world know on “global warming” — and compare it to medicine. This makes two scientific disciplines in which he demonstrates appalling ignorance.