Posted on 03/02/2009 4:59:52 PM PST by tobyhill
Global warming activists stormed Washington Monday for what was billed as the nation's largest act of civil disobedience to fight climate change -- only to see the nation's capital virtually shut down by a major winter storm.
Schools and businesses were shuttered, lawmakers cancelled numerous appearances and the city came to a virtual standstill as Washington was blasted with its heaviest snowfall of the winter.
It spelled about six inches of trouble for global warming activists who had hoped to swarm the Capitol by the thousands in an effort to force the government to close the Capitol Power Plant, which heats and cools a number of government buildings, including the Supreme Court and the Capitol.
The snowy scene, with temperatures in the mid-20s, was reminiscent of a day in January 2004, when Al Gore made a major address on global warming in New York -- on one of the coldest days in the city's history.
Protest organizers said about 2,500 people braved the blizzard to oppose greenhouse gas emissions, but the shroud of snow wasn't the only wet blanket in the nation's capital Monday.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
You would think these geniuses would have these demonstrations when it’s real hot out. But what do I know....
Living in the dark, with no heat and no A/C is fun, boys and girls!
BWAHAHAHA!
Irony is so ironic ping.
Nine Cent Nan wouldn't go for that.
L O L O L O L O L O
that’s all I can say....dumba$$e$
DEAR LORD,
strand the Clintons and the Obama’s in a snow drift 500 feet deep till hell freezes over. Amen.
Don’t mess with MOTHER NATURE....
Morons. Wanna do a “global warming protest do it in Memphis is July.
Worst place east of Senegal
My guess is these jerkwads didn’t even notice the cold and snow, given the natural warmth of the orifice in which their heads are generally found.
Dang! I’m black and blue from falling out of my chair at these guys and their ridiculous antics. (Well, they say laughter is the best medicine, and I have been feeling kind of puny lately, anyway...)
The other two thirds comes from within the legistlaive branch's facility.
What beautiful irony - but surely lost on the “true believers”.
God has an interesting way of making his presence known!
The plant has been seized as a symbol of the government's energy excess, and the 99-year-old facility accounts for a third of the legislative branch's greenhouse gas emissions.
The other two/thirds come from the members of the legislative branches.
(brilliant minds think alike)
The economy is in an impossible tailspin. The markets have spoken. 20% unemployment is around the corner.
Putting through a massive energy tax now would be suicide. All the while, the majority of the public suspects warming is due to natural causes and that taxes won’t fix things anyway.
As it is, we are likely headed for massive CO2 reductions anyway due to a collapse in economic output, just like the old Soviet Union.
The cold snap just brings home the absurdity for the whole country.
GW policy doesn’t have a snowball’s chance.
You really need to go to the link and read the whole article.
The last line is a killer.
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GORE HEARING ON WARMING MAY BE PUT ON ICE
Mon Jan 26 2009 17:59:26 ET
Al Gore is scheduled before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday morning to once again testify on the 'urgent need' to combat global warming.
But Mother Nature seems ready to freeze the proceedings.
A 'Winter Storm Watch' has been posted for the nation's capitol and there is a potential for significant snow... sleet... or ice accumulations.
"I can't imagine the Democrats would want to showcase Mr. Gore and his new findings on global warming as a winter storm rages outside," a Republican lawmaker emailed the DRUDGE REPORT. "And if the ice really piles up, it will not be safe to travel."
A spokesman for Sen. John Kerry, who chairs the committee, was not immediately available to comment on contingency plans.
Global warming advocates have suggested this year's wild winter spells are proof of climate change.
Developing...
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February 13, 2007 --- HEARING ON 'WARMING OF THE PLANET' CANCELED AFTER ICE STORM (Drudge Report )
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March 1, 2007 --- Minnesota Public Radio's "Global Warming: The Home Front" scheduled for March 1 was cancelled due to insufficient global warming ("based on current travel advisories ").
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March 7, 2007 --- A Congressional subcommittee meeting on Energy and Air Quality Hearing on "Climate Change: Are Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Human Activities Contributing to a Warming of the Planet?" was cancelled due to a snow advisory. "A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING."
Recall that greenhouse hypothesis maintains that warming due to increases in the greenhouse effect is anticipated to be greatest in the winter.
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Frostbite, equipment damage end latest Bancroft-Arnesen trek
PATRICK CONDON
Associated Press
March 12, 2007
MINNEAPOLIS - A North Pole expedition meant to bring attention to global warming was called off after one of the explorers got frostbite.
What follows is a sampling of how Mother Nature enjoys ridiculing promoters of the global warming scam.
• The Gore Effect: Politico, November 2008
• First October snow since 1922 blankets London as global warming bill debated: Register, October 2008
• Global Warming Vote on Snowy Day in Washington - Senate committee debates expensive climate change bill as snow blankets D.C.: Business and Media, December 2007
• HOUSE HEARING ON 'WARMING OF THE PLANET' CANCELED AFTER SNOW/ICE STORM: Drudge Report, February 2007
• NOT AGAIN! DC 'Snow Advisory' Issued on Day of Congressional Global Warming Hearing: Times, March 2007
• Gore decries 'global warming' in bitterly cold NYC: WND, December 2006
• Gore delivers environmental message at Harvard ...with near 125-year record breaking low temps: MOTLS, October 2008
• Global warming activists urged to focus on Earth Day rallies and ignore snow as it 'piles up outside our windows': Alarmism, April 17, 2007
• No Joke! Cyclists 'braved freezing cold temps' to promote global warming awareness in New York: WKTV, October 22, 2008
• Global warming protest in Maryland frosted with snow: Baltimore Sun, January 2008
• Global warming rally in the snow: Alarmism, April 2007
• Snow won't dampen global-warming rallies: Live Daily, April 2007
• Brrrr - Obama to global warming demonstrators: 'This is probably not the weather to hold up those signs...it's a little chilly today', Space Daily, October 28, 2008
• Global Warming Awareness Walk Braves Snow Storm: Nashua Telegraph, March 2007
• The Gore Effect, Cont. - Gore speaks in Italy during 'rare' cold and snow: Planet Gore
• Climate protest canceled 'due to rain and cold': Telegraph (Australia), Nov. 23, 2008
Personally, I think it is darn right funny that these sorts of events keep having weather problems. God does indeed have a sense of humor.
Now, with that being said, and I mean this with all seriousness. If these protesters feel so strongly about global warming and power consumption then I think that they should do more than stand up and protest for their beliefs. I believe they should also LIVE them. Be it voluntarily or not. Remove their homes from the power and water grids. Let them figure out how to keep warm in the dark. Let them figure out how to stay cool when the temperature and humidity is at killing temperatures.
Let them go to a well if they have one and pump their own water and then carry it back home for their usage. It isn’t as much fun to live like you are camping when it is your daily way of life.
We live the way we do because our ancestors, Grand-parents, parents wanted to live a more easy kind of life than their fore-bearers did.
rant/off
Let the bastards freeze in the dark.
ROTFL! EnviroCommie fools!
You are so wrong. We will have Obama's carbon cap-and-trade policy by the end of 2010. Bank on it.
And it has nothing to do with "climate change" and everything to do with power and control.
Trust me Nancy, Harry and the Bambster will never allow their lights to go out. It is the rest of us who will be huddled in the dark and cold after the Dems pass the Cap and Trade laws. Ask anyone who lives/ed in Cuba, N Korea or the old Soviet Union/Eastern Europe how the elite live/ed compared to the great unwashed. This is where we are headed.
The Demo-Socialists don’t pay any attention to climate facts. They just spew out Goron speak. Problem is, they have millions thinking that man-made global warming is a real threat.
Just ask anyone this question: Are greenhouse gases bad? Almost everyone will say yes. But in fact, greenhouse gases are essential to keeping the earth warm enough for humans. Water vapor is a major greenhouse gas. CO2 is only present in the atmosphere in trace amounts, currently about 380 parts per million. Probably most Gorons think that CO2 is only produced by man’s evil capitalist industries. They are so ignorant of the facts, it’s almost laughable.
The earth has experienced many many cycles of warming and cooling over hundreds of thousands of years, primarily due to the sun’s activity (talk about CHANGE!) and the path of the earth orbiting the sun. What humans do on earth is of little consequence.
More than likely, we are about to enter a period of global cooling. Obama and the other socialists are clueless.
BAHAHAAAA!!! Irony is a delicious dish, ain’t it?
I don’t think that would make any difference. Cavuto had another Greenpeace nut on today and it made no difference what facts Neal threw at him he just denied them and repeated the script. This is a religion to these people and true religious zealots can’t be swayed by facts.
(looking at frozen sign for Hell, Michigan)
I’ve ridden my bicycle, and motorcycle, to Hell and back. Spent a few Saturday afternoons in the Damnsite Inn...
Yeah, I have to wonder that the two worst days of the year in DC were 1) the day Al Gore came to speak to Congress about Global warming, and 2) the day that activists were gonna shut down a power plant due to global warming.
God is lauuuuuughinnnnnngggggg..........
Nelson Muntz ,our nation turns it’s lonely eyes to you.
Who sez G*d has no sense of humor?
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Washington DC,
March 1772: The snowy winter continued with two more snowstorms in March as witnessed by an observer in Carrollton, MD (between Washington and Baltimore). Snow fell on March 11, 12, and 13 adding up to 17 inches on the ground. Additional snow on March 20th brought the snow depth on the ground up to 20 inches.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/lwx/Historic_Events/DC-Winters.htm
God does have a great sense of humor!!!
Correct. No amount of argument, debate or presentation can sway them. The best way to deal with them is just to laugh.
True believers can withstand anything but ridicule.
Better not to. I see enough snow in the winter. If they had one of their meetings in the summer, we’d see snow then, too.
No thanks.
I wonder if they really have any idea what morons they look like.....
And they know this how?
On a blustery, frigid day, it might be worth noting the government's own stark numbers: pneumonia kills twice as many each year.
Justice would be them getting sick as dogs from staying out in the weather.
I really do have to wonder where most of these anti-global warming nutjobs live. It certainly can't be in northern states that have had it with the long cold winter.
I seriously don't know anyone who doesn't laugh at the concept of global warming and wouldn't actually like to see a little.
The “Gore Effect” is becoming a scientific reality as much as Moore’s Law.
Anyone wonder who’s paying these protesters to show up in the middle of a workday?
The other two-thirds are from bloviating Congresscritters.
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