THE GORE PARADOX EXPLAINED

Like me, this blog will be anti-Idiotarian in outlook. And since idiocy seems to be a booming commodity in an otherwise down market these days, it's likely I'll never lack for something to write about.

However, I suspect a good deal of my posts will be devoted to exposing the particular idiocy behind the environmental movement, which is also the subject of my screenplay Global Village Idiot.

If nothing else, it'll make my work go quickly; exposing the moral and philosophical idiocy of the "intellectuals" behind environmentalism will be like shooting sea-kittens in a barrel.

It's no surprise, then, that my first real post will harpoon the considerable blubber of former US Vice-president Al Gore, the Moby Dick of environmentalist sea-kittens and American political asterisk, who, in future generations, will enjoy the same degree of fame as the distinguished names of Horatio Seymour, Alton B. Parker and Rufus King.

Gore traveled to Washington, D.C. last week. As you might expect,the recently-discovered Gore Effect traveled with him. Our nation's capitol and much of the south was suddenly beset by plunging temperatures followed by freezing rain, inches of snow, and an Alpine glacier. I may be mistaken about the glacier, but not by much.

Every time Gore travels south of Mason-Dixon, citrus growers get out their smudge-pots and NOAA issues freeze-warnings for the surrounding counties. He's the only former Vice-President tracked by both Secret Service agents and Doppler radar.

Gore reminds me of Al Capp's sad-sack character Joe Btfsplk, who walked with a permanent dark cloud above his head, bringing disaster and misfortune wherever he went. Gore's the same, only with a permanent Arctic Air Mass dogging his steps.

Naturally, the chilling weather struck as Gore was scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill about his favorite topic, the dangers of man-made Global Warming caused by "greenhouse gas" emissions.

It's an odd proposition to champion because Thursday's icy conditions in Washington DC were not a fluke. In the last 10 years, the planet has been cooling significantly, not warming. In fact, this past January was the second-coldest January for the planet in 15 years.

All during this time, worldwide emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases have continued to rise. As one example, the United Sates emitted 16% more greenhouse gases in 2005 than it did in 1990.(1) All this increase in greenhouse gases should, in theory, make the world hotter. In fact, however, the world is getting colder.

Which raises the question: WTF?

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