Posted on 08/12/2007 4:33:36 AM PDT by Laverne
Something rather odd happened the other day. If you go to NASA's Web site and look at the "U.S. surface air temperature" rankings for the lower 48 states, you might notice that something has changed.
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Thanks for the link, there’s a good review at
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1879848/posts?page=76
ROFL
Classic Steyn! Thx for posting.
That's an awfully good label for the idea that criticism is superior to performance:Socialism is nothing but criticism and second guessing of those who actually do things. Theodore RooseveltThere is no more unhealthy being, no man less worthy of respect, than he who either really holds, or feigns to hold, an attitude of sneering disbelief toward all that is great and lofty, whether in achievement or in that noble effort which, even if it fails, comes to second achievement. A cynical habit of thought and speech, a readiness to criticise work which the critic himself never tries to perform, an intellectual aloofness which will not accept contact with life's realities - all these are marks, not as the possessor would fain to think, of superiority but of weakness. They mark the men unfit to bear their part painfully in the stern strife of living, who seek, in the affection of contempt for the achievements of others, to hide from others and from themselves in their own weakness. The rôle is easy; there is none easier, save only the rôle of the man who sneers alike at both criticism and performance.Why Broadcast Journalism isIt is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds . . .
Unnecessary and Illegitimate
BSB (Big Steyn Bump)
Cheeseburger Imperialists.
Here’s how it will play, if it hits the MSM:
“Global Warming Coverup: NASA Changes Climate Data Under Pressure From Bush Administration”
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Global Warming ping
Margaret Drabble sounds like a piece of trash.
Mark Steynwas there ever a more brilliant wordsmith in the history of political commentary? This article has supplied a new tagline (below).
Plenty more examples of bad data collection at surfacestations.org
Barbara Boxer said it all when she complained about the Iraq war budget and all the money we can’t spend. She sounded like she wants to shop til she drops.
In order to avoid duplicates, please use the original article headline (not the hyperlink headline).
Weird. I just looked at a cached copy. Your original post was correct. Never mind.
I hope the Soldiers from Beauchamp’s unit sue the hell out of the New Republic.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
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