. . . work!

[addendum: Welcome Watcher readers. Considering the posts this week by The Glittering Eye and Callimachus I feel the need to paraphrase the Lloyd Bridges character in the movie Airplane. "I sure picked a hell of a week to indulge myself in snark!"]

Hang onto your undergarments folks so they don’t get all wadded up into a tight little snit, cause ol’ Big Al Gore is puttin’ on a show, ’cause — the lives of each and every one of us is in dire peril!!! No, really, if we don’t do what Big Al says — we’re all gonna die!

Wait a minute — we ARE all gonna die. Damn Al, you almost had me for a sec. there — NOT! But give the big guy credit, after “inventing the Internet” a second act is hard to put together, so world catastrophe and planetary devastation sure plays the part for an “act two”. Act three must be where he ascends from the heavens and takes all the Greenies & Warmies back to the mothership. Maybe they should just drink their little transport-cocktails now and put themselves out of all the rest of our misery — then we could get back to something relevant and important like, oh say, conquering Islamic radicalism, curing cancer, feeding the world and migrating into space. Just sayin’ . . . Here’s Al gettin’ all wound up and all in the NYT on Sunday:

But there’s something even more precious to be gained if we do the right thing. The climate crisis offers us the chance to experience what few generations in history have had the privilege of experiencing: a generational mission; a compelling moral purpose; a shared cause; and the thrill of being forced by circumstances to put aside the pettiness and conflict of politics and to embrace a genuine moral and spiritual challenge.

“[F]ew generations in history have had the privilege of experiencing[.]“ Is that a pompous load of horseshit or what? My grandparents’ generation saved Europe from the Kaiser’s Germany and pioneered the industrial revolution. My parents’ generation saved the world from Hitler’s, Benito’s and Hirohito’s fascism, stopped the mass killing of Jews and brought their murderers to trial, and then persevered on into their dotage and brought down the Soviet Union. The current generation is fighting against radical Islam on multiple fronts — with the outcome of that struggle decades away and not clear at this time, mostly because of ol’ Big Al’s and my generation, the Boomers. We, the golden children of “The Greatest Generation” have raised narcissism to an art form. Our focus is so naval oriented that even when we look up and away from ourselves our vision is clouded by the lint in our eyes.

So Boomers, and sons and daughters of Boomers, go ahead an’ take ol’ Big Al’s pledge. Ya know ya wanna.

1. Demand that my country join an international treaty within the next two years that cuts global warming pollution by 90 percent in developed countries and by more than half worldwide in time for the next generation to inherit a healthy earth.
2. Take personal action to help solve the climate crises by reducing my own C02 pollution as much as I can and offsetting the rest to become “carbon neutral”.
3. Fight for a moratorium on the construction of any new generating facility that burns coal without the capacity to safely trap and store the C02.
4. Work for a dramatic increase in the energy efficiency of my home, workplace, school, place of worship, and means of transportation.
5. Fight for laws and policies that expand the use of renewable energy sources and reduce dependence on oil and coal.
6. Plant new trees and to join with others in preserving and protecting forests.
7. Buy from businesses and support leaders who share my commitment to solving the climate crises and building a sustainable, just and prosperous world for the 21st century.

Become part of a movement that is intent upon the destruction of everything that your parents, grandparents and great-grandparents sweat their butts off for, spilled their blood for, died for — all over the globe.

Preventing our planet Earth’s worsening spiral into environmental destruction, including Global Warming, is dependent on the replacement of the global capitalist economic system.

Buy into the media blitz coming from the MSM that marches in lockstep with ultra-Liberal thought and ideals.

Al Gore’s message of global-warming alarmism will flood televisions, radios and the Internet in more than 100 countries this weekend. His “Live Earth” concerts will receive 75 hours of coverage across seven NBC Universal networks.

The concerts, which will originate from every continent and aim to draw attention to global-warming alarmism, will feature more than 100 music groups, including Bon Jovi, Madonna, the Beastie Boys, James Blunt, Kelly Clarkson and John Mayer, among others.

“This isn’t just a big wet kiss to Al Gore and his left-wing agenda, it’s a shameless acknowledgement of NBC’s bias,” Media Research Center President Brent Bozell said in a statement. ” ‘Live Earth’ is nothing more than a photo opportunity, but this concert’s ‘historic’ status is wholly exaggerated by all the hours and hours of free publicity.

But wait! There’s a whole lot more . . . Before you pony up your Visa or MasterCard numbers to the “Live Earth” call-bank-dude or dudette, better check out how these things have gone in the past.

HIstorically,(sic) musical events such as this have been total failures at their stated goals. They probably wouldn’t even happen except that they make a lot of money for record companies. The list of noble causes seems to be endless. Here are a few of the bigger ones:

George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh in 1971 was the first such event. It raised a whopping $243,000 which was given to UNICEF, and you know how good the UN is at getting money to where it’s really needed. Bangladesh is still as squalid as it was in 1971.

Then there was LIve Aid in 1985, a series of concerts that were billed as helping famine relief in Ethiopia. Most critics agree that the bulk of money raised ended up in the hands of corrupt governments.

Also in 1985, Harry Belafonte, Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson, and Lionel Richie recorded the song “We Are The World” to benefit USA for Africa. Once again, critics say, most of the money went directly to the governments (often dictators) of the countries, and not the starving masses.

And who could forget Musicians for Free-Range Chickens

What makes Mr. Gore think this event will be any different? Despite what the Global Warmers say, there is no scientific consensus (and the list of skeptics grows daily) that a problem even exists. This is just another event for self-loathing liberals, opportunistic politicians, and narcissistic musicians to feel good about themselves without actually doing anything substantive.

Even OkieWife #1 and I went to see the Concert for Bangladesh movie way back in the day. But, I think I’ll pass on this “Live Earth” deal. Think I’ll look for a nice, smoky fireworks show to watch on the ol’ HD tomorrow night. I honestly don’t feel the need to “feel good about [myself] without actually doing anything substantive”. I do however, feel the need to be even more patriotic, I feel the need to continue crying out against the pure claptrap of anthropogenic climate change, I feel the need to work even harder to keep a Warmie out of the White House in ‘08!

“Hey Okie, you’re startin’ to sound more and more like your Dad’s generation.”

Hmmm, why — Thanks! Nice to know I’m finally talkin’-the-talk, now it’s time to put on the ol’ boots and walk-the-walk.

‘Kickers that is — now, where is that pompous piece o’ . . . work?

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