Posted on 05/20/2007 8:11:44 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Canadian Front Page: ‘Experts Say Many of the Claims in Al Gore’s Film Are Wrong’ Posted by Noel Sheppard on May 20, 2007 - 11:02.
Here’s something that is almost a metaphysical certitude: no major American newspaper, in the midst of all the current global warming hysteria, would dare do a front-page feature article questioning the merits of Al Gore’s schlockumentary “An Inconvenient Truth.”
Yet, there it was Saturday, covering almost two-thirds of the front page of Canada’s National Post, right smack in the middle, with a big picture of the Global Warmingist-in-Chief, surrounded by the shocking headline:
Even Climate Change Experts Say Many of the Claims in Al Gore’s Film Are Wrong.
So How Did it Become Required Classroom Viewing?
Think you’ll see that some day on the front page of the New York Times, Washington Post, or USA Today?
While you ponder, the article was just as skeptical (emphasis added throughout):
First it was his world history class. Then he saw it in his economics class. And his world issues class. And his environment class. In total, 18-year-old McKenzie, a Northern Ontario high schooler, says he has had the film An Inconvenient Truth shown to him by four different teachers this year.
"I really don't understand why they keep showing it," says McKenzie (his parents asked that his last name not be used). "I've spoken to the principal about it, and he said that teachers are instructed to present it as a debate. But every time we've seen it, well, one teacher said this is basically a two-sided debate, but this movie really gives you the best idea of what's going on."
Amazing. The article continued:
Even scientists who back Mr. Gore's message admit they're uncomfortable with liberties the politician takes with "science" in the film. But, McKenzie says most of his classmates are credulous.
His teachers are not much more discerning. "They don't know there's another side to the argument," he says. McKenzie's mother was outraged to find out that Mr. Gore's film was being presented as fact in her son's classroom. "This is just being poured into kids' brains instead of letting them know there's a debate going on," she says. "An educational system falls down when they start taking one side."
But Mr. Gore's filmed climate-change lecture is showing up in classrooms across Canada, frequently unaccompanied by critical analysis or a discussion of competing theories. "One of the teachers at my kid's school showed it and he even said ahead of time, 'There is some propaganda in this,' " says Tim Patterson, a Carleton University earth sciences professor. "I said to him, 'You even knew this was a propaganda film, and you still showed it in your classroom?' " The weirdest part: It was the gym teacher.
If you have children in junior or high school, there is a good chance they have been shown An Inconvenient Truth in school - or they will be soon.
Shocking. Regardless of the admitted – and not admitted – flaws in this film, educators in Canada are showing it to students without any balance from the other side of the debate.
How disgraceful.
When my husband and I lived up north Memorial Day was our next door neighbor's birthday. He and his wife would have a neighborhood barbecue every year which kicked off the summer season. We always had a softball game pitting the men against the women. The girls rarely lost a game, I figured it was the way too many beers and hot dogs that did in the guys. My husband swore that they let us win, they didn't, we were just damn good. 
Suitable for professional framing, it is...
Somebody ought to have it done in multiples, one or so, for keeping, some for friends and for hanging in certain strategic locations, and a few for sending to the right politicians, both Canadian and U.S.
If I had the money, I'd certainly consider it before sending political donations directly to candidates or political parties.
It'd be sort-like having some really nice, self-reloading ammunition, hehehheh...
Unlike many papers, the Post doesn't technically as a rule post its print edition front pages to its website. So, obtaining it required capturing the image from its digital edition, reformatting & resizing it & then firing it up onto PhotoBucket. The Post is also bad when it comes to failing to post illustrations & cartoons from its print edition to its website.
As example, here's a marvelous related illustration which graced its front page a few months ago which also had to be obtained in the manner already described:
As you likely know, the National Post is Canada's leading nominally 'conservative' daily and accordingly has been running an on-going series of excellent anti-enviro-nonsense articles entitled "Climate Change: The Deniers" about one per week since early February.
If you're looking for an absolute 'arsenal' of ammunition for the purposes you've mentioned - this is it!
The Series link previous will take you to further links to the initial 19 articles and, if you keep checking it, eventually the paper's goof-off webmaster will likely up-date it to include the 2 or 3 more recent ones which the slug hasn't yet got around to linking with the others.
Like infants with their dirty diapers, these ecofreaks SCREAM about the problem, real or perceived, but expect others to fix the problem for them for FREE. Until THEY come up with practical, viable solutions...just simply ignore them as liberal, something-for-nothing LOSERS.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.