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1. #1
   On July 7th, 2007 at 1:40 am, Mr_Conservative_Cat said:

   Weirdisms, weirdness and monoweirdaphobia-not take many forms, Michelle. This is just another.

   You were terrific subbing for O’Reilly yesterday and today. Particularly, you stopped that skeezy porno-meister dead in his tacky footsteps. Great stuff!

2. #2
   On July 7th, 2007 at 2:21 am, feralcat said:

   Able to guzzle more energy than dozens of normal men! Producing more hot air than a locomotive! Able to pile up carbon credits higher than a tall building in a single bound!!!

   Look UP in the sky! It’s ChickenLittle! It’s FlyingSnakeOilSalesman! It the Sultan of [hanging]Chad[s]! It’s the Ayatollah of Heat! No, it’s CarbonMan in a private jet painted green!

   CarbonMan, strange visitor from an alternate reality who came to Earth with claims and scary predictions far beyond those of mortal men, disguised as fat Albert, and now joined by other members of the Royal Green League such as HummerMan and EcoCleaningWoman, they all fight a never ending battle for science-fiction, hypocrisy and the Hollywood way!

3. #3
   On July 7th, 2007 at 2:23 am, BluegrassHindu said:

   No steak for you, eco-celebs! I hear eucalyptus fronds are edible, though…

   

   Please don`t mock all vegetarians some of us aren`t food facists. However there is a small bit of truth to what Peta and the UN say in regards to factory farms ( you could never know how much it hurts me to admit that I agree with the UN and Peta on some points )

   I also have to credit Peta for speaking out against their fellow lefties and their hypocritical ways. Is it getting cold downstairs

4. #4
   On July 7th, 2007 at 2:54 am, 29Victor said:

   All men complain: princes, subjects, nobles, commoners, old, young, strong, weak, learned, ignorant, healthy, sick, in every country, at every time, of all ages, and all conditions.

   A test which has gone on so long, without pause or change, really ought to convince us that we are incapable of attaining the good by our own efforts. But example teaches us very little. No two examples are so exactly alike that there is not some subtle difference, and that is what makes us expect that our expectations will not be disappointed this time as they were last time. So, while the present never satisfies us, experience deceives us, and leads us on from one misfortune to another until death comes as the ultimate and eternal climax.

   What else does this craving, and this helplessness, proclaim but that there was once in man a true happiness, of which all that now remains is the empty print and trace? This he tries in vain to fill with everything around him, seeking in things that are not there the help he cannot find in those that are, though none can help, since this infinite abyss can be filled only with an infinite and immutable object; in other words by God himself.

   God alone is man’s true good, and since man abandoned him it is a strange fact that nothing in nature has been found to take his place: stars, sky, earth, elements, plants, cabbages, leeks, animals, insects, calves, serpents, fever, plague, war, famine, vice, adultery, incest. Since losing his true good, man is capable of seeing it in anything, even his own destruction, although it is so contrary at once to God, to reason and to nature.

   Some seek their good in authority, some in intellectual inquiry and knowledge, some in pleasure.

   –Blaise Pascal

   I thought it was fitting.

5. #5
   On July 7th, 2007 at 3:03 am, puhiawa said:

   So many of these morons are fat. Coincidence? I think not.

6. #6
   On July 7th, 2007 at 3:36 am, Kowboy said:

   Al Gore almost makes me ashamed to admit I’m from Tennessee. Never once voting for him makes me feel better about it though.

   I love PETA getting their collective panties in a wad over the selling of meat at the event. No environmentalist should eat meat? I hope they realize that rules out the majority of “environmentalists”.

7. #7
   On July 7th, 2007 at 5:23 am, blogagog said:

   Retired five-time Olympic champion swimmer Ian Thorpe was among the high-profile supporters of the event, though he told an interviewer on Saturday his efforts to help the environment stopped short of becoming a vegetarian.

   “I’ve thought about it,” Thorpe said. “But I like steak.

   I’ve thought about it too, but I like fossil fuels, air conditioning, driving, and flying. (Hey, I’m a global warming supporter like Ian now!)

8. #8
   On July 7th, 2007 at 8:33 am, derel3433 said:

   I think conservation is a pretty good thing, but we can’t leave it to the left to set the agenda. We need to move beyond just mocking them and denying the validity of science, otherwise we’ll look as stupid as the PETA/VEGAN/PAGANS

9. #9
   On July 7th, 2007 at 8:55 am, ammonrae said:

   I do agree that the earth’s climate is always at flux. CO2 is basically a gas for plants and increase food supply for plants. But I have no problem with this concert. If the Left desire a concert, they should have one.

10. #10
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:09 am, Boomer said:

    I don’t trust the left or their allies to manage everything. After all their interference in how forests are managed out West (not allowing the clearing of dead tress and under brush) continue to leave us at the mercy of a stray lightening strike destroying millions of acres of wildlife and recreational preserves every summer. Ask the poor folks that lost everything in South Lake Tahoe this summer. They demand we live in tents and graze off of plants, walk, or use non-existent Public Transportation Systems instead of enjoy the fruits of modern technology and advantages our individual labor has gained for us. All I learned so far from the Goracle and his army of enlightened ones, “is there are rules for thee and rules for me.” No thanks I will continue to live as I please not as you dictate.

11. #11
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:28 am, Regulus said:

    That’s the thing about lefty concerts: so often they devolve into unintentionally hilarious self-parody.

    This particular event reminds me of a Jackson Browne concert I went to many years ago. The intro acts included:

    - A bunch of Indians banging on drums and chanting some ya-ya-ya-ya routine that reminded everyone of why they got stuck on reservations out in the middle of nowhere;

    - A paranoid character who harangued the audience to the effect of, “THEY are out THERE, and WE must get THEM before THEY get US!!” (We never did figure out who “they” were);

    - A couple of lesbians with accoustic guitars, who were so devoid of talent that the audience quickly grew restless - leading to the “butch” partner to repeatedly stop the performance to command us all to shut up, whereupon the audience started booing.

    Seeing the description of the “Gore-basm,” I’m almost - almost - sad I missed it. I can always use a good laugh.

12. #12
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:30 am, franksalterego said:

    Hippies with a Conflict of Interest.

    Pass the popcorn

13. #13
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:40 am, Ignorant Mensan said:

    How can anyone with a single brain cell fail to see this as the epitome of absurdity? Guess you have to be a Gore-ciple.

    Hmmm……

14. #14
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:48 am, Laree said:

    My husbands words, it is Goreicane Season after all.

15. #15
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:53 am, DaveC said:

    Please don`t mock all vegetarians some of us aren`t food facists. However there is a small bit of truth to what Peta and the UN say in regards to factory farms ( you could never know how much it hurts me to admit that I agree with the UN and Peta on some points )

    if that is true, that factory farms and herds of cattle hurt the enviroment, then shouldn’t the westward expantion of man help save the our enviroment in the late 1800s? Wholesale slaughter of the American Buffalo or Bison that was reproducing, eating grasslands bare, chewing a cud and burping methane gas..

    I think Manifest Destiny helped save the world from an earlier global crisis..

16. #16
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:55 am, DaveC said:

    Forgot to add that BluegrassHindu left that quote above..

17. #17
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:07 am, petergwynne75 said:

    here’s a link to all the pieces from IBD on what a huge crock of bullcrap the ‘man-made’-global warming movement is.

    http://ibdeditorials.com/FeaturedCategories.aspx?sid=1802&cid=

18. #18
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:15 am, MikeD said:

    Two billion people are going to tune in, listen, or watch this event? I think they got this number from Al Gore’s butt. (Only thing large enough to contain that absurd number.)

19. #19
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:18 am, Floyd R. Turbo said:

    feralcat: great write! “CarbonMan”! ROFLMAO!!!

    29victor: yes, very fitting. A heartfelt “Amen”.

    As, not just ours, but the world’s society, not-so-slowly, decompiles itself. Where will it end?

    As was also said above, I, too, “support” global warming. Don’t like the cold. But I like seasonal changes. And, I, too, like fossil fuels, driving, air conditioning and flying. And probably a bunch of other stuff Mr. Gore speaks against but he, himself, still does, too. But, of course would never admit to. Snort. The Global Warming Snow Job continues.

    God help us. God, give us a massive infusion of testicles to rise up and fight back!

20. #20
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:22 am, geminicontender said:

    I love the aborigines. Shows how low this whole tging can go. Did they have a stage set in Darfur also?

21. #21
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:31 am, nbarry said:

    I notice that all these events are taking place outdoors in warm weather. It seems that humans are not physiologically constituted to withstand the cold without heavily clothing themselves or heating their dwellings by various energy-expending means. So, doesn’t that make global warming naturally beneficial for the human species?

22. #22
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:46 am, Sisyphus said:

    We know very well what goes on when these hypocrites gather at their disgusting displays of progressive excess.

    The only thing that needs saving on this planet is the immoral moonbats who would attend such an event cloaked in their finest liberal denial.

    Al Gore: the emperor has no clothes.

23. #23
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:52 am, The Raging Republican said:

    Al Gore is a Pagan.

24. #24
    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:05 am, OneofThem said:

    Wait, I thought eucalyptus trees were endangered; why are they ripping leaves off of them to shake around in a dance, then? Stupid environmentalists… depriving the cute little koalas of their only food.

25. #25
    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:17 am, freaksloan said:

    I’m all for the Live Earth concerts. Between AlGore and the irrelevant rock stars in private jets and limos, high ticket prices, the global warmers’ intolerance of dissenting views, and the concert’s wanton energy use, mass consumerism and trash generation, I can’t think of a better stage for displaying the over-the-top absurdity of AlGore and his gross Green sheep. The worst thing that could happen to Conservatives is if Liberals stopped talking and doing stupid stuff like Live Earth

26. #26
    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:29 am, 3Steps said:

    I think that PETA should be round up and euthanized on principle.

    Being a vegetarian has zippo to do with being an environmentalist and vice versa.

    I have been a vegetarian at different parts of my life. I’m not now because I have to cook for 7 people who are NOT vegetarians and I’m too lazy to cook a separate meal. Though often I just skip the meat if that is an easy option.

    But I refuse to be lumped in with that group of sickos just because I choose not to eat meat. I don’t do it for environmental reasons. I do it because I don’t really care for it. I like vegetables. I ADORE pasta.. my food choices have nothing to do with PETA.

    I would personally take pleasure in killing one of them for each dog or cat they have adopted and destroyed as part of their misson.

    PETA is EVIL.

    Since this whole Carbon Man spectacle is about money anyway… let them have their meat. Who really cares? Those that do can choose not to eat it.

27. #27
    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:39 am, DaleC said:

    I do not know when this became a them against us mentality . Possibly Gore and company making this a political platform.
    This is about pollution which I hope we all agree is a problem . I will keep an open mind when I hear logical information that makes sense to me. Then I will research it and make an educated decision. I really could care less what these people think about our moral charactor or level of intelligence.
    Years ago our town enforced mandatory recycling . Our first reaction was who are you to tell us we have to have two seperate trash cans. Of course we got used to it and today I realize this is a good thing .
    I’m trying to say don’t let a few idiots stop us from gaining some new insight into what might be good for our planet .

28. #28
    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:41 am, josetheguerilla said:

    All the ECO-freaks,tree hugers, and PETA people all in the same place in golly old Engaland at the same time. Too bad the jihadi Doctors did’nt wait one week.

29. #29
    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:57 am, Yashmak said:

    Wait, I thought eucalyptus trees were endangered; why are they ripping leaves off of them to shake around in a dance, then?

    -OneofThem

    You’ve obviously never been to California. Eucalyptus trees, since being brought over from Aussie-land, have started encroaching on native woodland everywhere they’ve been planted. It’s like ivy. You can’t get rid of it!

    One neat thing about eucalyptus trees, they are great at leeching toxins from the soil, and are often seen here in CA planted over old toxic sites and landfills.

    petergwynne,
    I think I just posted that same article on another article about this concert on this very site hehe!

30. #30
    On July 7th, 2007 at 12:04 pm, Defector01 said:

    Now we have to fight the koalas for our food by taking their damn eucalyptus instead of going on seperate tracks of food consumption. Next we’re going to hear how eating eucalyptus is fascist because it oppresses teh pretty pretty pandas.

31. #31
    On July 7th, 2007 at 12:18 pm, EdDantes said:

    It’s fun to joke about his, but it’s something that those of us who are somewhat rational on the subject need to take very seriously. As I pointed out yesterday on another comment, an effort to needlessly curb carbon emissions and penalize carbon producing industry could severely cripple our economy and leave at extreme disadvantage to the rapidly industrializing nations of China (exempt from Kyoto accord) and India.

    Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic wrote in the June 14 issue of Financial Times:

    “As someone who lived under communism for most of his life, I feel obliged to say that I see the biggest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity now in ambitious environmentalism, not communism. This ideology wants to replace the free and spontaneous evolution of mankind by a sort of central (now global) planning.”

32. #32
    On July 7th, 2007 at 12:57 pm, Lincoln said:

    I’m scared, somebody hold me please.

33. #33
    On July 7th, 2007 at 12:58 pm, BluegrassHindu said:

    DaveC it would kind of help to read before you reply There is a huge difference between factory farms and free range so I would suggest some reading there.

    Nice to see such hate filled comments like joses’ really restores my faith in humanity ……

34. #34
    On July 7th, 2007 at 1:08 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    I saw the concert on TV today. Its like a Jerry’s Kids telethon, but these fools are trying to save polar bears. News Flash: polar bears can swim! Another interesting fact: melted ice in a glass never overflows the glass!

35. #35
    On July 7th, 2007 at 1:15 pm, puhiawa said:

    Polar Bear population has in fact dramatically increased.

36. #36
    On July 7th, 2007 at 1:34 pm, Pgrossjr said:

    Classic liberalism. Do something, it may not help, but it makes me feel good about myself.

37. #37
    On July 7th, 2007 at 1:34 pm, freaksloan said:

    Just because I don’t believe in Man Made Global Warming doesn’t make me anti-environment. I love the outdoors; I love to fish, hunt, kayak/canoeing and hiking and just being in the out of doors. I will do what ever it takes so I can be sure all the outdoor activities I love to do will still be available for my kids and grandkids. Wasting our time and resources fighting something that doesn’t even exist is not the answer.

    There are only 2 types of people who support Man Made Global Warming. The first one is people who have ulterior motives. Like making money, bigger govt. and destroying capitalism. The second are people that are just too stupid to know any better. Unfortunately, we have a lot of stupid people in this world. Just look at all the ones at Live Earth

    Liberalism is a disease, and the only cure is death.

38. #38
    On July 7th, 2007 at 1:41 pm, Yashmak said:

    Polar Bear population has in fact dramatically increased.

    I tried to explain this to my brother over the weekend (he lives in San Francisco, and as a result cannot escape a degree of infection). He simply refused to believe it.

39. #39
    On July 7th, 2007 at 2:01 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Liberalism is a disease, and the only cure is death.

    Are you suggesting that we kill off all the Liberals in America?????

    No, no, wait. Don’t answer that. Lets just fall back on ‘Don’t ask don’t tell’!

40. #40
    On July 7th, 2007 at 2:48 pm, twoninerkilo said:

    I wont ask, and I sure as hell would’nt tell.

41. #41
    On July 7th, 2007 at 2:53 pm, jamesgreenidge said:

    I guess it’s way easier on the conscience and warms the cockles of our hearts more to rescue cute innocent polar bears and penguins and Bambis prancing over frozen oil fields (ours) from heat stroke then facing nasty terrorist fanatics hell-bent on turning your family and millions more into radioactive crisps.

    I just don’t understand this.

    James Greenidge
    Queens, NY
    (ex-oceanology major who celebrated the very first Earth Day back when which said we should’ve been long gone by now)

42. #42
    On July 7th, 2007 at 3:11 pm, Mindcrime said:

    I wish the media gave as much coverage to Bloodstock as they do this Live Earth pap.

    \m/

43. #43
    On July 7th, 2007 at 4:21 pm, bear1909 said:

    On July 7th, 2007 at 3:03 am, puhiawa said:

    So many of these morons are fat. Coincidence? I think not.

    You are correct. The sustainability-vegan-vegetarian crowd is fat because they are *STARVING* their bodies of digestable protein. The human body needs up to 1g of protein per pound of bodyweight to sustain its functions (especially brain function- see a connection?). When the body is not getting enough protein it stores fat….all fat that is consumed…good and bad….because it senses it is starving. Want to lose weight? Get your protein consumption up and exercise *vigorously* (as though you were running for your life) for 60 minutes a day.

    These numbskulls want to put the food suppliers of the world out of business and convert everybody to soy based protein…..soy is not an efficient source of protein…it is heavily processed….meat off the hoof is not.

    And the bs about anti-biotics and additives in “factory” farmed animals…well, if you grill it you kill it and chemically alter it beyond recognition. To listen to the Psychotic Left you would think we were pouring anti-biotics down our throats when we eat red meat. HOGWASH! Eat meat. Drink a gallon of water a day. 5 servings of fresh fruit and vegetables a day. Crap regularly. Live Long and Prosper.

    Al Gore is a dangerous fanatic who is the face of modern fascism. This Live Earth is a scam that is raising millions for his organization. He is an undisciplined slob who has not walked the walk. He is being enriched by the 100s of millions being spent on the “Carbon Credits” scam.

    This will go down as the biggest hoax in US history since War of the Worlds was broadcast by Orson Welles.

    God Bless America!

    A Patriotic Mole in Berkeley

44. #44
    On July 7th, 2007 at 5:08 pm, 29Victor said:

    Seeing Gore in the forefront of this is what is really frightening. He has been quoted as saying that he “fell out of love with politics.” Well, I can understand how he might have.

    “Politics” in America means that there are two sides to every issue, the two sides openly debate before the public inside an agreed upon framework, the citizens of America choose whom they agree with and vote accordingly, granting power to one individual or another. Al desired to gain the ultimate power in this system, the office of President of the United States. He was given every opportunity to succeed and yet was rejected by the people of America.

    Now Al has found a system which has no framework for either debate or voting. He doesn’t have to answer to anyone. He will not be rejected by this new system because he gives it a figurehead behind which to rally, all he needs to do to stay on top is to continue to spout things that please its ears. He has gained power from it and it has gained respectability through him.

    Al has discovered a way to appropriate the power that he desired while sidestepping the will of the people. He and his comrades seek to control the politics and economies of entire countries without the approval of the citizens of those countries.

    Of course Al doesn’t like politics anymore.

    Politics would only get in the way of his pursuit of power.

45. #45
    On July 7th, 2007 at 5:18 pm, Bbungle said:

    But I thought eucalyptus was poisonous…
    that’s it, they’re going to make the world starve to death. They’re good at it.

46. #46
    On July 7th, 2007 at 5:49 pm, puhiawa said:

    Convergence of Idiots

47. #47
    On July 7th, 2007 at 6:05 pm, MikeB said:

    My question for MM et al.: What is your point? So aboriginies’ traditional dances are weird to you and you took the opportunity to make snarky and snide remarks about them. And newsflash: Madonna is a jet setter, what a shock? And, technology enables us to listen to the concert live. Are you sure?

    My point: Make a reasoned argument for or against doing something about global warming, leave the personal and ethnic attacks at home.

48. #48
    On July 7th, 2007 at 7:19 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Nice to see the Foo Fighters taking time off from fighting Foo to fight global warming.

49. #49
    On July 7th, 2007 at 7:21 pm, nbarry said:

    The trouble with politicizing this issue is that the science gets lost. The earth, as far as I can tell, had long periods of warm climate in addition to ice ages. Up to now, scientists have had problems accounting for these changes. Further research is needed.

    In the meantime, I observe that if the earth really is getting warmer, we will be burning less fuel for heat, which means fewer greenhouse gases and a new atmospheric equilibrium.

50. #50
    On July 7th, 2007 at 7:52 pm, Just A Grunt said:

    Maybe NASCAR was forced into running 2 races today to offset the liberal group hug? Of course the Cup cars are running unleaded gas….

51. #51
    On July 7th, 2007 at 8:33 pm, Ombre Rose said:

    Watching THE CALL in NASHVILLE pack out the entire stadium all the way to the top lip ALL DAY LONG. FABULOUS watching all those kids worshipping GOD and no DIM PC THOUGHT POLICE to stop them at all!

    It is a GREAT DAY to watch them all WORSHIPPING THE LORD GOD JEHOVAH in the name of Jesus - all day long!

    Other locations also packed out and e-mail rolling in by the thousands, too!

52. #52
    On July 7th, 2007 at 8:34 pm, freaksloan said:

    MikeB - What is the point of doing something for something that doesn’t even exist?

    Man Made Global Warming is a myth.

    So they are trying to stop people from burning fossil fuel by burning mass quantities of fossil fuels? They makes a lot sense.

    ALGORE or Al Qaeda not sure which one poses the biggest threat. Right now I think it might be ALGORE.

    The only good thing about Liberals is eventually they will DIE!

53. #53
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:18 pm, Uncle_Fester said:

    Ughh….

54. #54
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:31 pm, ctmom said:

    LIve Earth in NY was very humorous. We left early after almost losing it during Melissa Ethridges screed. Talk about “shut up and sing”. The parking lot was full of SUV’s and pickups, not a Prius in sight. And the global warmers left lots of empty beer and water bottles and cigarette butts and other assorted garbage all over the ground after their conservationists tail gate parties. What a joke!

55. #55
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:46 pm, DarkKnight said:

    On July 7th, 2007 at 1:08 pm, The Raging Republican said:
    I saw the concert on TV today. Its like a Jerry’s Kids telethon, but these fools are trying to save polar bears. News Flash: polar bears can swim! Another interesting fact: melted ice in a glass never overflows the glass!

    News Flash RagingRepub:

    They swim, then they drown.

    http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Science/story?id=1407585

    http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB113452435089621905-vnekw47PQGtDyf3iv5XEN71_o5I_20061214.html

56. #56
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:47 pm, SilverCat said:

    One sad thing about conservatives is that they never really learn how to live. Why all the rabid hate filled rhetoric about global climate change and Al Gore. Let them have their fun trying to do a small part in making the world on which we live slightly better. What are you people afraid of?

57. #57
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:49 pm, general company said:

    I am no fan of Gore, but I sure wouldn’t mind if people started treating their communities better. I travel around the country by car mostly and have noticed more and more garbage along our roadside then ever before.
    Also I think that some of the fiercest conversationalist are the hunters and fishermen, they also spend the most money protecting it, unlike these dolts.
    BTW I do not hunt or fish, just know a lot of folks that do.

    29Victor, you are absolutely right, all one had to do is watch Gore before the congressional hearings. He just spouted off at the mouth never answering a single prudent question. Just kept saying crap like “the planet has a fever”. Gore and the Dems seem bent on twisting everything that is good to suit there own means, no shame what so ever

58. #58
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:51 pm, SilverCat said:

    Bad analogy on the ice in a glass example. Try putting ice cubes in a full glass of water, then what happens? That’s a better analogy.

59. #59
    On July 7th, 2007 at 9:55 pm, general company said:

    SilverCat said:One sad thing about conservatives is that they never really learn how to live

    Meaning what? You learned how to live,,,, better? Please share your insight.

60. #60
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:00 pm, petergwynne75 said:

    OF COURSE YOU KNEW THIS WAS COMING –

    A powerful House Democrat said on Friday that he planned to propose a steep new “carbon tax”

    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/07/washington/07carbon.html?ei=5090&en=2360b6693500bdb8&ex=1341460800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

61. #61
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:16 pm, terrig said:

    Yes General Company, it would be nice if people didn’t litter and picked up after themselves instead of throwing out their McDonalds bags & such.
    As for the Silver Cat-are you an aging hippie? The sad thing is, Conservatives do live, we just don’t do it in a drug induced haze like “enlightened liberals” do. Anyway, as usual liberals have to tell us how they live and how spectacular their lives are.
    CTMOM, thanks for the update. I was wondering if the lot would be jam packed with hybrid vehicles or just the average gas guzzler. Too funny!

62. #62
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:17 pm, Mindcrime said:

    What are you people afraid of?

    We’re not afraid, we just don’t want to see the Religion of Gaia destroy our economy combating a problem that probably doesn’t exist. Global warming science is barely in its infancy. The “Climate Crisis” is a liberal religion at this point, nothing more. No, it’s not at all about fear. It’s about a lot of other stuff, just not that.

63. #63
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:45 pm, SilverCat said:

    Problem is there is no room left in the Republican party for someone with moderate common sense views. Global warming is just one example. It may not be as big an issue as Gore believes, but at least he’s got a cause he’s willing to devote his life to. Most of these comments display only sarcasm and show a total disregard for trying to do anything to keep this planet from becoming less inhabitable. The Rep party appears to have been taken over by extremist authoritarians who come across as intolerant, bigoted, and hateful. How can that be an enjoyable life for anyone?

64. #64
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:53 pm, bloodhound said:

    Anyone notice that when the former “Cat Stevens” came on stage, the banner identified him only as “Yousef” (Cat Stevens), conveniently dropping his adopted sirname, Islam. Intentional??? Hmmmm.

65. #65
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:56 pm, Ombre Rose said:

    Algore and his idiot dupes can entertain themselves any way they want as long as they stay inside their own property lines and leave our tax dollars alone, and don’t try to force us to obey their feaky rules which are actually destructive of the issues they CLAIM to care for, WHICH THEY CANNOT WIN AN ELECTION ON - like when they tell us we cannot cut down a tree on our own property to build our house because of some stupid non-native bird that MIGHT want to build a nest (even when THAT bird don’t build nests, it puts its eggs in the nests of a smaller NATIVE bird - which builds its nests in a NON-NATIVE TREE) - unless we build that bird a 300 acre wild-life preserve, first.
    NO THANKS.

    But we’ll put Algore on a sacrificial altar to the god of his environmental whacko freaks. Now, his mentor’s god was THOR - and I didn’t ever hear of THOR being a vegetarian or an environmental whacko. TOO FUNNY.

    I’m pretty sure that THOR was big on large animal meat eating, liked it roasted over an open pit.

    Reckon there was much of that at this earth day baloney?

66. #66
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:58 pm, Mindcrime said:

    The Rep party appears to have been taken over by extremist authoritarians who come across as intolerant, bigoted, and hateful.

    Kinda of ironic, but that’s the impression most people I know on the right have of the left. The modern day leftists are some of the most intolerant people I’ve ever encountered. I agree that on the Internet, a lot of sarcasm comes off stronger than intended (although I’m certainly not trying to speak for anyone else posting here), but in the real world every time I’ve run into adamant Democrats, they usually display a level of vehemence and intolerance that borders on pathological. Or, rather, malignant narcissism. All the republicans in my circle of friends are very tolerant of opinions, lifestyles, and world views that differ from theirs. One thing being a conservative in America has taught a lot of us over the last 30 years (with the meteoric rise of mass media) is that there is virtue in tolerance, something which seems to have been completely lost by much of the left.

67. #67
    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:59 pm, general company said:

    Global warming is just one example. It may not be as big an issue as Gore believes, but at least he’s got a cause he’s willing to devote his life to

    And you wonder why were full of sarcasm?
    Wow

68. #68
    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:01 pm, Yashmak said:

    Why all the rabid hate filled rhetoric about global climate change and Al Gore.

    - SilverCat

    I didn’t see anything hateful, unless calling it like it is suddenly has become the latest form of ‘hate speech’.

    Problem is there is no room left in the Republican party for someone with moderate common sense views.

    I think you must have meant Democratic, not Republican. At least, if you meant to be correct. Anyone remember Lieberman? Intolerant? How about that ridiculous radio air time Fairness B.S.? That’s nothing more than an attempt to suppress opposing views on the radio. Don’t try to pull that ‘Republicans are intolerant’ junk with me, it’s more hateful than anything said in this commentary.

69. #69
    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:04 pm, Ombre Rose said:

    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:53 pm, bloodhound said:
    Anyone notice that when the former “Cat Stevens” came on stage, the banner identified him only as “Yousef” (Cat Stevens), conveniently dropping his adopted sirname, Islam. Intentional??? Hmmmm.

    OH, DON’T YOU KNOW, IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOOO ACCIDENTAL!!! hehehehehe

    Bet they didn’t tell them the YOUSEF came from his switch to WAHABI ISLAMICISM, either.

70. #70
    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:12 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    News Flash RagingRepub:

    They swim, then they drown.

    You are going to site a story from ABC News and its from December 2005? Give me a break! And the WSJ story is also from 2005.

    The prosecution rests.

71. #71
    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:17 pm, Ombre Rose said:

    On July 7th, 2007 at 10:45 pm, SilverCat said:
    Problem is there is no room left in the Republican party for someone with moderate common sense views. Global warming is just one example. It may not be as big an issue as Gore believes, but at least he’s got a cause he’s willing to devote his life to. Most of these comments display only sarcasm and show a total disregard for trying to do anything to keep this planet from becoming less inhabitable. The Rep party appears to have been taken over by extremist authoritarians who come across as intolerant, bigoted, and hateful. How can that be an enjoyable life for anyone?

    Albore shows a total disregard for trying to do anything to keep this planet from becoming less inhabitable.

    The fact that he might be totally wrong, totally lying, totally after everyone else’s TAX DOLLARS, totally into POWERGRABBING, DICTATORIAL, MICROMANAGERIAL MEGALOMANIA — INSTEAD OF into any slightest whit of concern for the enviroment — might have a tad bit to do with us being fed up after more than 40 years of Dim baloney and BS which all comes out of our pocket and cuts into our rights to decide on an educated basis of VOTER EVALUATION what WE want to do with our resources, instead of letting a pig like Albore decide for us WITHOUT BENEFIT of CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY for him to so cavalierly do so.

    So take your whininess over our intolerance and find some tolerance of your own - FOR THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION and the RULE OF LAW - lex majoris partis.

    “The first principle of republicanism is that the lex majoris partis is the fundamental law of every society of individuals of equal rights; to consider the will of the society enounced by the majority of a single vote as sacred as if unanimous is the first of all lessons in importance, yet the last which is thoroughly learnt. This law once disregarded, no other remains but that of force, which ends necessarily in military despotism.” –Thomas Jefferson to Alexander von Humboldt, 1817. ME 15:127

    Albore is a pig and we don’t think he is a cute one - we are not entertained.
    OINK OINK OINK!!!

72. #72
    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:32 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Madonna has invested about $2.7 million dollars in companies that are creating the destruction that Live Earth is trying to raise awareness about. She has invested in several companies named as the biggest corporate polluters in the world.

    Fox News Story

73. #73
    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:50 pm, freaksloan said:

    Live Earth organizer Al Gore, former US vice president turned green campaigner, answered criticism of Live Earth’s stars in British newspaper The Independent on Saturday.

    “We are in a transition time in history when the only way we can get to where we need to be is by starting from where we are,” he said.

    “If we simply spend our time criticizing one another for where we are, that will further delay our departure for where we need to be.”

    Does this make any damn sense? This man ALGORE is a total moron, and the sheep that are following him need to be lead to slaughter. I LOVE MUTTON.

74. #74
    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:57 pm, xblade said:

    It may not be as big an issue as Gore believes, but at least he’s got a cause he’s willing to devote his life to.

    So did Jim Jones.

75. #75
    On July 8th, 2007 at 12:49 am, puhiawa said:

    Ombre Rose
    I am a committed enviromentalist, and everyone in my community knows it. Gore is an idiot. We are going through a solar hot spell that raises both CO2 and water vapor. I believe that this will result in a significant cooling period, hopefully a bit down the road. Contrary to popular belief, humans and most flora and fauna do a bit better with a warmer world.

76. #76
    On July 8th, 2007 at 1:28 am, BluegrassHindu said:

    SilverCat there is plenty of room for moderate views but they are found in the day to day life for all of us. Most like 99.9999% of the online discussions are flashpoint issues thus the lines will always be drawn, don`t let it discourage you

    Now to your point

    Global warming is just one example. It may not be as big an issue as Gore believes, but at least he’s got a cause he’s willing to devote his life to.

    Being issue drivin is one thing but Algore has devoted nothing to this issue, Does he live green ? Does he eat green ? No he just throws fits and waves a banner proclaiming he is the one truth and he wants to impose his will on us with no effort on his part to walk the walk. That is what gets most people so heated. Want to discuss mans impact on the world well I will gladly listen and take suggestions as long as you dont consume and destroy at a rate one hundred times that of the average person.

77. #77
    On July 8th, 2007 at 5:48 am, blacktygrrrr said:

    If Al Gore’s son had driven the Prius into a tree, I wonder if Al Gore would be worried most about his son, the Prius, or the tree. I feel bad for what his son is going through, and I am very hesitant to blame a parent for a child’s misdeeds, but is it possible that Al Gore cares more about his causes than his family? His son is crying out for help, and he is basking in the glow of celebrity. Isn’t the whole point of his environmental Jihad to leave a better world for his children?

    Cindy Sheehan found out the hard way what happens when activism causes one to forget why they originally started protesting. She lost her family. I did not vote for Al Gore, and would not vote for him, but I pray that his son gets better, and that the former VP spends less time giving speeches about helping the world and more time helping his own family in their time of crisis.

    eric http://www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com

78. #78
    On July 8th, 2007 at 7:49 am, derel3433 said:

    This points up the need for someone on the right to get ahead of the curve on the issue of conservation. Right now our only program is smoke and mirrors “free market” solutions that are being exposed as efforts to maintain the status quo.

    I think just mocking Al Gore and Aborigenes will only get us so many MPG (miles per Gore).

79. #79
    On July 8th, 2007 at 8:39 am, William Teach said:

    Hey, Michelle, do any of your media contacts know how many people ended up with heatstroke in D.C. or the Meadowlands? Not the best places to hold a concert in July.

80. #80
    On July 8th, 2007 at 10:34 am, Laree said:

    Yeah I didn’t watch, did you all know that the Earth isn’t Flat and the Sun doesn’t revolve around the Earth? Huh, so Al Gore is an Expert on Climate Change, where is his degree? While I am asking for his credentials, what is his educational background for inventing the Internet? If your white and affulent and you don’t feel guilty enough for your existence, here Al Gore will help you out.

    Now I would love for alot of pollution and toxins to be taken out of OUR Enviornment, I think that would be healthier. No I am not an Expert, I don’t claim to be.

81. #81
    On July 8th, 2007 at 2:14 pm, uhangtight said:

    Fact: the mathematics used by the UN for the global warming myth has been found to be faulty. (Maybe fraudulent is a better word?)when math is corrected well Global Warming is just a faulty fact or fraud, you decide.

    Fact: the global warming is caused by solar (the sun) events that occur approximately every 150 years or so. That is why Mars is experiencing a global warming, too. and eventually by 2015-2020 a new mini ice age will begin and become the next fear of these morons.

    Fact: areas within the artic regions (not coastal areas) are actually increasing in their ice depth.

    Fact: Greenhouse gases, provide the plant life with the optimal environment for exponential growth and producing oxygen

    Fact: de-forestation of earth has been feared (by many of these same morons) to eventually present a future with less oxygen.

    Fact: China will exceed carbon emmissions of the United States within a year. India within 5 years.

    Fact: Kyoto agreement was designed by the UN, et. al., to create a welfare system for the 3rd world countries paid for by.. you guessed it… the United States Tax Payer.. yah..

    So greenhouse gases are needed to create oxygen, last time i checked, this is what sustains most life on earth. and global warming is a bad thing because???

    The UN wants to create an entitlement program for the planet paid for by US taxpayer. And, Al Gore is leading the charge.. marxism is the politics of Al Gore.. his dream was NOT to be president but to be dictator of the globe.. he is almost there.. scary..

82. #82
    On July 8th, 2007 at 2:18 pm, fulldroolcup said:

    SilverCat, you need to get your facts and physics straight on the ice-in-water thing.

    North Polar Ice and the huge Antarctice Ross Ice Shelf are
    floating on water. The formation of new ice there, or its melting, doesn’t change the sea level one bit. Want evidence? Take some ice, put it into a glass, add water, note the level, and then measure it again when the ice melts.

    Changes in the total amount of glacial ice on land can affect sea levels, but so far the evidence is very slim that there are any unusual levels of NET melting. The land-based Antarctic ice pack has been thickening, not melting, and of the other glaciers around the world, some are melting, some adding mass.

    Since global ocean levels have been increasing for hundreds of years, it’s very hard to blame human - induced global warming on the phenomenon.

    Oh and btw: on the polar bear issue, it’s interesting that Iceland saw an invasion of the critters this year, after almost fifteen years without a sighting. Icelanders worry that they are entering a cooling phase, increasing the amount of pack ice in their area of the arctic, and enabling polar bears to reach their shores. Insensitive brutes that they are, Icelanders usually shoot the bears, as the loveable “furry friends” won’t hesitate to kill humans. Don’t they know that pre-emptive strikes are immoral?

83. #83
    On July 8th, 2007 at 5:54 pm, bear1909 said:

    OCEAN WATER IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF CO2 ON EARTH! DOH!

84. #84
    On July 8th, 2007 at 6:56 pm, ctmom said:

    Melissa Ethredge went into a seemingly endless musical rant that honored Cindy Sheehan, bashed Bush and his “unjust war”, spanked college students for not demonstrating against the “unjust war”, endorsed a woman president (wonder what Gore thought of that) and claimed she was not an “American” but a “citizen of the earth”. Does she not get that a large part of the earths population would be happy to cut off her lesbian/woman head? This “unjust war” is helping to keep her free from that end by keeping those people away from here! It was like watching your grandmother trying to relive her mini skirt days, almost felt embarrassed for her as more than half the audience sat through the screed while the other hippie half were on their feet cheering her on - in their miniskirts and midriff baring halter tops!

85. #85
    On July 8th, 2007 at 7:00 pm, ctmom said:

    She also went on and on about how poor Al Gore tried so hard while he was in Washington to get people to listen to his theory on global warming, but was constantly told to keep it quiet. So the brave man dedicated his life after politics to making the world greener. Sounds more like he finally figured out a way he could make a nice buck scamming the world with his Inconvenient (and very lucrative) Truth.

86. #86
    On July 8th, 2007 at 8:13 pm, Mr_Conservative_Cat said:

    I stayed far away exactly because of the annoyingly predictable lefty political nutcase grandstanding, but I wonder: if all these people televised had only one political viewpoint, where were the Democrats on the issue of the Fairness Doctorine?!

87. #87
    On July 8th, 2007 at 8:30 pm, greysheepdog said:

    While Dave Matthews was singing his heart out to save the Earth, I hope he reflects on the poor slobs who got 100 gallons of his s*** dumped on them in Chicago. Litterbug.

88. #88
    On July 9th, 2007 at 12:40 am, DarkKnight said:

    On July 7th, 2007 at 11:12 pm, The Raging Republican said:
    News Flash RagingRepub:

    They swim, then they drown.
    You are going to site a story from ABC News and its from December 2005? Give me a break! And the WSJ story is also from 2005.

    The prosecution rests.

    Wow. Instead of reading the actual article, you attack the date. As if artic shelf warming has changed in the past two years. The fact is it should be mattering in the first place.

    If you want to use the legal analogy, the defense has introduced a new exhibit for your consideration from THIS YEAR about the effects of global warming on animals.

    http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0621/p13s01-sten.html

    It doesn’t just affect us buddy, at least recognize that point.

89. #89
    On July 9th, 2007 at 12:41 am, DarkKnight said:

    Edit: Should not be happening in the first place.

90. #90
    On July 9th, 2007 at 3:19 am, puhiawa said:

    yawn

91. #91
    On July 9th, 2007 at 8:22 am, Teddy Kennedy said:

    You should be looking for Akon and Al to show up Speed Channel’s Unique Whips when they bling out their hummers in an eco metalic flip flop green with 27″ DUBs on an airride chassis sporting a killer audio and video system . . . . . . Gangsta sleddin holmes . . . . . . SWEET!.

    I’m thinking of having my mother’s 1967 Oldsmobile Delmont 88 slammed so I can be stylin while I’m out pimpin in G’Town on saturday night.