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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.
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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.
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