Tim Lambert shows that you can't even eat at your daughter's wedding rehearsal dinner without being accused of raping the planet. Although it turns out that the meal was from sustainable stocks, and the loudest complainers are always the ones who are busiest doing the boom-boom-chicka-wow-wow with the planet already.
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I have one word for these assholes- Vitter. Now there's REAL hypocrisy for you (on his part, and also that of wingnuts like Hugh Hewitt for excusing him.)
I'm still hoping against hope that Gore will run.
The media aren't allowed to like Democratic candidates, because there's a tiny percent chance that they aren't yet completely bought by the media and their multinational owner corporations, and may be able to squeeze through legislation and executive orders and stuff that would regulate businesses and spending for the benefit of the American people rather than shareholders.
I'm still hoping against hope that Gore will run.
no, he won't.
he has been successfully blackmailed into not running, based on threats to expose his personal family problems (and things like what this thread brings to light).
I don't know if it's online, but if you haven't seen it, I would recommend checking out his interview with Larry King a couple of weeks back.
He made it pretty clear he no longer has any intention to run in the next election.
his cover is that "all politics is nothing but spin, anymore." and he felt that he would be more effective out of it.
If he even meant half of what he said in that interview, there is no hope left for American politics.
"boom-boom-chicka-wow-wow"? What's the Anglo-Saxon for that?
Steve L., check out Tim Lambert's linked post:
"ABC politics columnist Jake Tapper, smelling the kind of vapid, gimmicky story upon which his profession thrives, asks, 'could this be seen as the environmentalist version of Sen. David Vitter's public sanctimony/private enjoyment of love with a red-lit glow?'
Blogger Digby points out, 'Unless somebody at the wedding was schtupping the fish wearing a diaper, I'm not sure I see the analogy.'" heh heh heh
And, if I may cross-post:
Somebody needs to do the calculations to see if the amount of CO2 produced by Gore while digesting his toothfish is actually more CO2 than the toothfish would have produced if allowed to live out its natural life. He just has to be hypocritical somehow!!!
As someone who quite enjoys the boom-boom-chicka-wow-wow, I take offense at equating it with rape!
Yeah, really, #6. The wocka chicka is a beautiful thing. PZ, you'll have to rewrite that last sentence with a rape soundtrack. Like whatever that classical music was in A Clockwork Orange.
Once, the Fact-Checking Reporter was common. Now, sadly, this noble species looks like it's on it's way to extinction.
And people wonder why he doesn't want to run for president. Who would want to be the president of such a dysfunctional country? At least he has hope on a worldly scale. Not all humans can be like us...
Ms Sheril Kirshenbaum, the famed framing flack, is associated with the Nichols School of the Environment at Dook U. Moreover, Sheril is supposed to be a marine biologist with a specialty focus on ecosystem management. ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT!
She recently flew to South Africa for a get together of the Society of Conservation Biologists. CONSERVATION BIOLOGISTS!
Computing two pounds per passenger mile, Sheril's carbon tab for her 15,000 mile flight is FIFTEEN TONS.
Sheril reframed her carbon tab by claiming a twenty dollar carbon offset, and posted about her yuppie delights in Africa.
Who does Sheril work for?
Serving an endangered species as a wedding dinner course remains pretty bloody daft, regardless of perspective. But I doubt AG himself can be held responsible for a blooper by his daughter's wedding planners.
Oh, go stuff it, forsen. It's from sustainable stock.
oops... my bad. that, ofc, is a different can of worms.
My "right bite" card from Shedd Aquarium (Chicago) sez:
"Limit consumption due to concerns about mercury or other contaminants. Visit www.oceansalive.org/eat.cfm" for the Toothfish, which is in the "AVOID" category.
BTW, It is often hard to find the types of fishies that are recommended.
Sustainability is a tough problem, and sustainable seafood is a tough, wet, and salty problem. Too challenging for the Gore-bashers, and they've now tripped all over themselves with foolishness.
The Gore chilean seabass dinner is a good example of using purchasing power to support sustainable fishing.
BTW, squid are in the middle "good alternatives" section. ;^)
Nothing about Kraken, however.
From what I just read on some blog (sorry, don't have the source at hand) the Chilean Sea Bass was served at the reherasal dinner hosted by the groom's family. Gore had nothing to do with it.
Listen, you don't want me. I'm old and stringy, but in just a minute Daddy Billy Goat Gruff will be along, and he'll be much tastier...
Oh, hell, take me.
Or at least, I got to wondering, sitting here in this airport, what the carbon footprint of my flight home really was. From Boeing's website, I learn, for a 757 (a relatively efficient plane):
Maximum range: 3900 miles
Maximum fuel capacity: 43,490 liters
Maximum capacity (2-class): 200 passengers
Taking a conservative estimate of 150 passengers (of the last 12 domestic segments I've flown, none has had that few passengers), using a room-temperature density for Jet-A of 0.82, and assuming the entire weight of Jet-A is carbon, we get
0.82 [kg/liter] * 43490 [l] / ( 3900 [miles] * 150 [passengers] )
= 0.061 kg / passenger-mile
So troll-boy is right if he replaces "pounds" with "ounces"
Apologies for the feeding.
The other thing is that these fish are not an "endangered species" in the sense that that term is usually used--it's not listed under CITES, for example. It's really the fishery, not so much the species, that is threatened with extinction, due mostly to illegal overfishing (the kind of real piracy that's not camp or funny).
But here's the Pharyngula connection (from 'kipedia):
"Patagonian toothfish feed largely on squid, fish, and prawns and, in turn, constitute a large part of the diets of sperm whales, Southern Elephant Seals, and colossal squid."
forsen, it was sustainable stock. Chilean sea bass isn't listed as endangered, partly due to the Herculean efforts of conservationists (oh, yeah, like Al Gore) who blew the whistles early and got attention paid to keeping the stocks up. Here, you can check out the press release at Whole Foods, and listen to their podcast -- you'll be smarter for it, forsen:
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/seafood/chileanseabass.html
Ah, for crying out loud! I didn't need the image of Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin scissoring one another with the earth in the middle.
Ed: yeah, I just noticed... I wonder where my mind was while reading the post. Hopefully not envisioning the scenario Shawn just painted up...
In the Daily Telegraph, Australian Humane Society Rebecca Keeble writes that "only one week after Live Earth, Al Gore's green credentials slipped."
Since when does the Humane society carry water for dominionist assholes? I mean, if you care about the welfare of animals, writing a hitpiece on Gore seems like a pretty obvious own-goal to me.
Um, that should have been:
Since when does the Humane society carry water for dominionist assholes? I mean, if you care about the welfare of animals, writing a hitpiece on Gore seems like a pretty obvious own-goal to me.
Gore's Assault on Reason is a terrific book. Deserves a Pulitzer or The National Book Award.
Gore's Assault on Chilean Sea Bass is another lousy right-wing con.
Is this the best they can do?
The attacks on Gore follow the script originally written by publicists working for the tobacco industry. Indeed, almost everything that comes out of the right-wing attack machine recycles old Tobacco Institute crap, including the artificially controversies, the personal attacks, and the sheer nastiness. These people are cynical and despicable, and the journalists who carry water for them are mere tools. We should express contempt for both the rightists and their enablers loudly and publicly at every available opportunity.
Did you know that Kraken have a list of safe foods and because of our diets we have too much poison? We are no longer on their "safe" list. Happy sailin'!
Warning, there are certain Overlords not so concerned about their health.
This wouldn't be news if Gore weren't famous, and the additional information provided in the above link makes it clear that it isn't even news given that Gore's famous.
So all the kerfluffle being stirred up can only be for the purpose of harming public perception of Gore. I'm no fan of the man, but that's just disgusting.
I'm way greener than Gore. Can I still criticize him, then?
Shawn (#21):
Thank you VERY much. I think I will skip breakfast now...
ewww
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