Yeah, that’s gonna work.
Australians, angry at Prime Minister Tony Abbot’s reluctance to adopt an alarmist attitude on climate change, think the “ostrich” is the perfect metaphor to protest their country’s inaction on what they perceive to be a grave threat. From The Guardian:
More than 400 protesters stuck their heads in the sand on Australia’s Bondi Beach on Thursday, mocking the government’s reluctance to put climate change on the agenda of a G20 summit this weekend.
Prime minister Tony Abbott’s perceived failure to address climate change is all the more galling in the wake of an agreement between the United States and China on Wednesday to limit their carbon emissions, they said.
“Obama’s on board, Xi Jinping’s on board, everyone’s on board except one man,” activist Pat Norman, 28, bellowed into a megaphone on the Sydney beach.
“Tony Abbott!” the protesters shouted back.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we have just hit peak irony. We’re going to have to resign ourselves to the fact that we may never see a spectacle quite like this one again. We’re going to have to transition to new sources of irony in the years to come.
Burying their heads, because Australia didn’t get with the program like China. Where China agrees to ramp up fossil fuel use at will over the next 15 years. Where do these people come from.
…all those empty little heads buried in the sand…
….so empty they would positively, absolutely never drown.
Had the same thought as you, Mark, when I saw this on a news crawler yesterday.
All they heard was “…China… Obama… agreement… climate change…,” if they even heard that, and they were off to the races. They depend on people like Joe Romm or Weepy Bill to tell them what to think and believe.
China: we are going to release as much CO2 as we feel like, with no restrictions whatsoever, and we are not even going to think about reduction until 2030.
Australia: China’s on board!
It’s all in how you say it, “We are going release as much CO2 as we feel like, with no restrictions whatsoever, while addressing climate change to the fullest.”
See you just put in “addressing climate change” and everybodies happy and can go back to drinking lattes in green approved paper cups.
There don’t seem to be too many interested and supportive onlookers.
Looking at the picture I thought they were having a flatulance party. Seems like a perfect position for letting go….
Lackeys of Progressivism…..
The idiots need a good kick up the ar$e.
Exactly what I was thinking. Seems like a very good time and place to apply one’s foot where one usually does not apply it.
So many butts to kick, so little time.
I just don’t understand Australia and the youth of Australia these days. I’m embarrassed. I saw it coming over 20 years ago and decided to leave.
http://youtu.be/uaglEdB7CDs
This is from a popular T.V show this side of the pond. The Fr. Ted in question lost a bet and had to pay a forfeit which was to kick the Bishop up the a*#e.
Eamon.
I can’t get over it, the picture does not look like people with their heads in the sand.
It looks like people with their asses in the air. I wonder if they consulted with a publicity expert and the theory of optics in the news before deciding to introduce themselves to the world via their asses.
“It looks like people with their asses in the air.”
Maybe they’re just re-shooting this old Baracuda music video:
At least she would not have had any problem remembering the words. Video shot in Germany – which town? Just a glimpse of a rather long tram – probably two three section trams coupled – in the background towards the end.
And did they put their arses up? No, they just stuck them out and wiggled them a bit.
Re the red panties referred to in an earlier post – possibly influenced by our former would-be media dictator who said that if people wanted a licence and he said they had to wear red underpants on their heads, they would have to do it or not get a licence.
Did these guys actually form a target out there in the sand?
They’re just presenting for the inevitable paddling that’s coming their way.
Buying into AGW? That’s a paddlin’
Despite the number of volunteers, Dr Mann was disappointed to find that rectal thermometry can’t be used as a proxy for global temperatures, not even when the results are used upside down.
I think he needed to add (induce? insert?) the hockey stick.
Even the volunteers thought that splicing the hockey stick to the bare data was unethical. Or at least they thought it would be hard to accept and leave their position exposed.
The other people on the beach seem less than impressed….
For those wondering about the dropping of pants – I believe that would be a salute to Tony Abbott who is continuously portrayed in budgie smugglers (swim pants) by those that want to caricature him.
This protest strikes a bum note…..
400 stick their heads in the sand. That must be the most useful thing these Greens have done all year. No doubt tis is the highlight of the Guardian reporting – not surprising it has a small circulation!
Well they do say “Simple Minds are Easily Amused”!
It’s all a bit confusing really, just looking at the picture with no placards, signs or other visual aids. Are they digging up sea turtle eggs? Participating in some kind of synchronized methane release performance art?
Oh wait, it’s about Tony Abbott and something he doesn’t do? No, I don’t think he sticks his head in the ground. Should he? No? Wait, what?
Their impact will last as long as the next tide.
I guess they couldn’t be bothered to travel to Brisbane where the summit is actually being held (not Sydney).
Will Ostriching become the new Planking? Hopefully it will serve to thin the herd a little.
I like this protest on so many levels – bending over and sticking your bottom in the air seems to come naturally to environmentalists.
Communal “Fart-In”.
Me thane you’re correct
Man, I would love to walk through that crowd with a pair of boots and a two x four!
Maybe if they bury their heads deep enough they can see all the way to China?
Meanwhile, up here we are having a foretaste of the coming ice age.
So which end are we supposed to argue with?
Would it matter?
Their blow holes are still operational.