Jul
23
Autism Savage’d
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Radio talk show host Michael Savage has made some people mad again.
The previous sentence could be written almost every day, but since the recent controversy hits close to home I thought I’d throw in my two cents.
On a recent broadcast, Savage said the following things about autism:
“Now you want me to tell you my opinion [...]
Jul
22
Al Gore Leading Genocide Against the Blind
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The above headline is how it would be reported if the environmental movement were run by Republicans, but Gore will get a pass for this:
Because they can be nearly silent, hybrid cars pose a serious threat of injury and death to blind and visually impaired people, says the American Council of the Blind, which is [...]
Jul
21
Monday’s Column: A New 10 Year Challenge
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Last week, Al Gore issued a “ten year challenge” that politicians and assorted megalomaniacs like to throw around ever since JFK got us to the moon with one.
In today’s column, I issue my own ten year challenge and comment a bit about Gore’s recent tactics, as well as offer up a bit of eco-poetry. Eat [...]
Jul
20
Post-Mortem Orders of the Ultimate Attention Whore
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No more phone calls please, we have a winner for the “Attention Whore of the Week” award.
The prize goes to the founder and president of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Ingrid Newkirk, who has sent out a warning that says to us all, “If you get a package in the mail from [...]
Jul
18
WWAGD?
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Have you ever been listening to Al Gore and said to yourself, “I wish I had something I could carry all this bullshit in!” Well, wish no more!
It’s the new “What Would Al Gore Do?” environmentally-friendly shopping bag:
Zombie spotted one at a natural foods store (duh) in San Francisco.
Buy one and let everybody know [...]
Jul
18
Al Gore: We’re Dead in 10 Years Unless We Make Al Gore a Billionaire
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In a speech yesterday, Al Gore called for a switch all of the nation’s electricity production to wind, solar and other carbon-free sources within 10 years. (Al happened to have all these things for sale in the lobby following the speech)
Gore called it a “man on the moon” style effort — presumably so we can [...]
Jul
17
Redford’s Global Warming Poetry Contest: What Rhymes With ‘Hoax’?
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Actor and activist (today’s redundancy is sposored by Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups — chocolate and peanut butter — two great tastes that taste great together!) Robert Redford is taking the fight to global warming in the form of poetry competitions:
[Redford] has a new venue for environmental activism: slam poetry. Sponsored by Redford’s Sundance Preserve, in [...]
Jul
13
Idiot Politician of the Day: Rep. Edward Markey
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If you’re in Massachusetts, know this; should anything happen to Ted Kennedy, there will be plenty of liberals, some of them even named Edward, to take his place and help teach children all sorts of lies.
Rep. Edward Markey (Du-Mass), take it away:
A top Democrat told high school students gathered at the U.S. Capitol Thursday that [...]
Jul
11
The ‘Gotta See it to Believe it’ Moment of the Day is Sponsored by Nancy Pelosi
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Desperation? Delusion? Demogoging? All three? You be the judge:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday shut the door on expanding oil and gas drilling beyond areas that have already been approved for energy exploration, drawing a clear distinction from her counterparts in charge of the Senate.
“This call for drilling in areas that are protected [...]
Jul
10
Eco-Geek Turf Wars
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It’s Bill Nye the Science Guy vs. Ed Begley, Jr. in an all-out Gore war to see who can leave the smallest carbon footprint just this side of killing themselves:
The good-natured competition between actor Ed Begley Jr. and Bill Nye, the host of the educational series “Bill Nye, the Science Guy” began when Nye moved [...]

