Expanding my Horizons
Well, I'd like to thank federal politicians in general for allowing me to expand my horizons this week, as it turns out I am able to complain about a wider variety of government officials.
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It makes me all rosy and warm inside to know that all of the opposition parties on the federal level are currently spending all of their time on running Team Canada.
Apparently, for those of you who don't know, around 2 years ago a hockey player got miffed during a game and MAY have said "F---ing Frenchman" about another player during a game. It was mumbled from a distance under the player's breath, but the guy who heard it brought it to the Lords of Hockey and there was a full investigation after which the Mouth was cleared.
Fast forward ahead two years, a Bloc Qeuebecois moron hears about his happening, and says- 'No way can this guy play as Captain on Team Canada.' And- and this is the clincher- MOST OF THE OTHER PARTIES AGREE WITH HIM.
Pardon?
That's right. The Bloc Quebecois, who don't want to be in Canada, feel they should be allowed to choose who leads our hockey teams. The NDP, Liberals and Green Party all agree. Yup, The Bloc gets veto power over hockey assignments. Riiiiight.
Is it just me, or is this political correctness thing going a little too far?
I have Scottish and English ancestors, but if somebody said 'F---ing Limey' or even 'F---ing Scotchman', despite the linguistic incorrectness, I would probably be a lot less concerned about their observations on my heritage as I would be their flagrant use of the explative. Where is this going? In a few years, are the Bloc, or for that matter any politicians, going to be vetoing who collects my garbage on the basis of their prejudices? Is the manager at McDonald's going to have to make sure he's not a 'Global Warming Denier' if he wants to keep his job?
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Speaking of both federal politics and global warming, the Green Party leader joined the real ranks of Canadian politics by calling Steven Harper a Nazi Collaberator for his new environmental policy. Yes, you read that right. This of course, is nothing new; you aren't really an Honourable member of the House of Parliament until you stand up on your chair, wave around a sheaf of irrelevant papers, and screech at someone that they are being a Nazi because they disagree with your political veiwpoints. This is being done a couple of times a year now, usually but not always by the left wing, who figure Nazis were right wing, and so are politicians who balance their checkbook, so therefore anyone on the right wing is a Nazi. Right wingers do it too, of course, arguing that Left wingers want to make all our decisions for us and therefore are evil dictators as well, but I don't recall the last time any of our politicians killed several million Jews in gas chambers, or for that matter, even shot anybody.
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The Lexiphage's Ideas on Global Warming:
Seeing as how we're on the subject, I figure I may as well rant in this direction too. I know it's a good way to annoy my Biggest Fan.
I don't believe in the currently held veiw of Global Warming. There, I said it, and now am waiting for the bullet.
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No? Whew! Okay- here's the thing. The current version of Global Warming (for shortness sake I will now refer to this as TCVGW) is grossly oversimplified, and although there is evidence on both sides of the issue, those who argue with any of the "facts" of TCVGW are regarded as kooky at least, and as Nazis (as I mentioned above) at the worst. There are a few facts to consider:
1) What about all of the other forms of pollution? These days NUCLEAR POWER is seen as a better alternative to other forms of electricity because istead of CO2 emissions we only get HORRIFYING NUCLEAR WASTE WHICH WILL NEVER GO AWAY, KILLS ON CONTACT, CAUSES CANCER, and which we 'take care of' by DUMPING INTO OUR FARMLAND or THE OCEAN and SEALING IT INTO A BLOCK OF CONCRETE!!!! I mean really, they make you put on a lead vest when you get an X-ray, but several million tons of indestructable chemicals of doom- no problem. And what are the odds contaminating our food, air and water with this stuff is going to be bad in some way? Anyone?
2) The amount of warming which actually has occurred is less than one degree over the past century. Or worded another way, The amount of warming is 0.6 degrees or so, the margin of error in these statistics is 1.2 degrees, and we haven't been keeping accurate records for most of the time. Really, when did they start keeping temperature records accurate to one tenth of a degree in Venezuela, and why wasn't I notified when it happened?
3) The Kyoto Protocol, the current Bible of TCVGW, is based on the following assumptions: a) developed countries will decide not to pollute. b) If they do decide to pollute they will send money to third world countries to help them not pollute. c) the third world, upon getting these moneys, will decide not to use it to eat, or build a bigger army, but instead replace their coal power plants with nuclear ones; and when they do this they promise to not skimp on the shielding or build any nuclear weapons, and we can really trust them. Would President Mugabe lie?
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Ultimately, pollution is bad and our first goal is not to lower levels below 1990 ones but first to stop them from going up. Once we have done that, any step is one in the right direction, right? This means we have to develop methods of doing what we do now only in an environmentally neutral way.
According to physics, every time we use energy, we convert it into heat. The more power we use, the more heat we generate. 20 years ago we didn't all have air conditioning, 4 TVs per house, several Home computers, microwaves, cellphones, and who-knows what else running all the time. Our power needs are going UP and will continue to do so until we change what we are doing.
There is only one method of generating power which does not generate extra heat. This is solar power. We're getting the sunlight anyway, people.
Lastly, there have been a lot of idiots talking about how dark forest and other dark materials reflect less light than snow and therefore cause some golbal warming. That we can fix. Make a law where everyone has to paint their roofs white, or mount a solar panel there to power their air conditioners. Make black concrete roads into white concrete roads.
And lastly, cut the B.S., because that is the real source of methane, and therefore a serious contributor to global warming anyway, and really, we have our hands full eliminating that.
Ciao for now,
The Assiduous Lexiphage.
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It makes me all rosy and warm inside to know that all of the opposition parties on the federal level are currently spending all of their time on running Team Canada.
Apparently, for those of you who don't know, around 2 years ago a hockey player got miffed during a game and MAY have said "F---ing Frenchman" about another player during a game. It was mumbled from a distance under the player's breath, but the guy who heard it brought it to the Lords of Hockey and there was a full investigation after which the Mouth was cleared.
Fast forward ahead two years, a Bloc Qeuebecois moron hears about his happening, and says- 'No way can this guy play as Captain on Team Canada.' And- and this is the clincher- MOST OF THE OTHER PARTIES AGREE WITH HIM.
Pardon?
That's right. The Bloc Quebecois, who don't want to be in Canada, feel they should be allowed to choose who leads our hockey teams. The NDP, Liberals and Green Party all agree. Yup, The Bloc gets veto power over hockey assignments. Riiiiight.
Is it just me, or is this political correctness thing going a little too far?
I have Scottish and English ancestors, but if somebody said 'F---ing Limey' or even 'F---ing Scotchman', despite the linguistic incorrectness, I would probably be a lot less concerned about their observations on my heritage as I would be their flagrant use of the explative. Where is this going? In a few years, are the Bloc, or for that matter any politicians, going to be vetoing who collects my garbage on the basis of their prejudices? Is the manager at McDonald's going to have to make sure he's not a 'Global Warming Denier' if he wants to keep his job?
...
Speaking of both federal politics and global warming, the Green Party leader joined the real ranks of Canadian politics by calling Steven Harper a Nazi Collaberator for his new environmental policy. Yes, you read that right. This of course, is nothing new; you aren't really an Honourable member of the House of Parliament until you stand up on your chair, wave around a sheaf of irrelevant papers, and screech at someone that they are being a Nazi because they disagree with your political veiwpoints. This is being done a couple of times a year now, usually but not always by the left wing, who figure Nazis were right wing, and so are politicians who balance their checkbook, so therefore anyone on the right wing is a Nazi. Right wingers do it too, of course, arguing that Left wingers want to make all our decisions for us and therefore are evil dictators as well, but I don't recall the last time any of our politicians killed several million Jews in gas chambers, or for that matter, even shot anybody.
...
The Lexiphage's Ideas on Global Warming:
Seeing as how we're on the subject, I figure I may as well rant in this direction too. I know it's a good way to annoy my Biggest Fan.
I don't believe in the currently held veiw of Global Warming. There, I said it, and now am waiting for the bullet.
...
No? Whew! Okay- here's the thing. The current version of Global Warming (for shortness sake I will now refer to this as TCVGW) is grossly oversimplified, and although there is evidence on both sides of the issue, those who argue with any of the "facts" of TCVGW are regarded as kooky at least, and as Nazis (as I mentioned above) at the worst. There are a few facts to consider:
1) What about all of the other forms of pollution? These days NUCLEAR POWER is seen as a better alternative to other forms of electricity because istead of CO2 emissions we only get HORRIFYING NUCLEAR WASTE WHICH WILL NEVER GO AWAY, KILLS ON CONTACT, CAUSES CANCER, and which we 'take care of' by DUMPING INTO OUR FARMLAND or THE OCEAN and SEALING IT INTO A BLOCK OF CONCRETE!!!! I mean really, they make you put on a lead vest when you get an X-ray, but several million tons of indestructable chemicals of doom- no problem. And what are the odds contaminating our food, air and water with this stuff is going to be bad in some way? Anyone?
2) The amount of warming which actually has occurred is less than one degree over the past century. Or worded another way, The amount of warming is 0.6 degrees or so, the margin of error in these statistics is 1.2 degrees, and we haven't been keeping accurate records for most of the time. Really, when did they start keeping temperature records accurate to one tenth of a degree in Venezuela, and why wasn't I notified when it happened?
3) The Kyoto Protocol, the current Bible of TCVGW, is based on the following assumptions: a) developed countries will decide not to pollute. b) If they do decide to pollute they will send money to third world countries to help them not pollute. c) the third world, upon getting these moneys, will decide not to use it to eat, or build a bigger army, but instead replace their coal power plants with nuclear ones; and when they do this they promise to not skimp on the shielding or build any nuclear weapons, and we can really trust them. Would President Mugabe lie?
...
Ultimately, pollution is bad and our first goal is not to lower levels below 1990 ones but first to stop them from going up. Once we have done that, any step is one in the right direction, right? This means we have to develop methods of doing what we do now only in an environmentally neutral way.
According to physics, every time we use energy, we convert it into heat. The more power we use, the more heat we generate. 20 years ago we didn't all have air conditioning, 4 TVs per house, several Home computers, microwaves, cellphones, and who-knows what else running all the time. Our power needs are going UP and will continue to do so until we change what we are doing.
There is only one method of generating power which does not generate extra heat. This is solar power. We're getting the sunlight anyway, people.
Lastly, there have been a lot of idiots talking about how dark forest and other dark materials reflect less light than snow and therefore cause some golbal warming. That we can fix. Make a law where everyone has to paint their roofs white, or mount a solar panel there to power their air conditioners. Make black concrete roads into white concrete roads.
And lastly, cut the B.S., because that is the real source of methane, and therefore a serious contributor to global warming anyway, and really, we have our hands full eliminating that.
Ciao for now,
The Assiduous Lexiphage.
Labels: environment, federal, politics
posted by The Lexiphage at 7:11 a.m.
5 Comments:
The government getting involved in something like hockey is such a ridiculous waste of time, and taxpayer dollars. The "mouth" has already been cleared of any wrongdoing and it was deemed the uttterance came from a third party. Looks like our government official got into Mr Gryper's position only up to their ankles!
On the global warming issue .. tell the polar bears, as their habitat is melting at an alarming rate, that it's not an issue. Sorry Lex, can't back you on poopooing that global warming is a problem, just on some of the band-aid solutions.
In the 70's and 80's the temperature at the poles was dropping at an alarming rate. Back then, we were doing absolutely nothing about Global Warming. If it was caused by pollution, how come it was not already rising? I'm not saying Global Warming is not a problem, I'm just saying it's difficult to get on board when the majority of arguments made are based on politics instead of science, especially with my opinion of politicians.
You have to agree that we pay these political morons good money to come up with all their stupid thoughts on none of their business. If they spent as much effort in actually doing something then we might get our moneys worth.
Next part of the problem is assuming any frenchman participates in sexual inter course then it is safe to say that he or she is a F..king frenchman, or for that matter any it could apply to any other country you can name simply by replacing the word frenchman. SO what's the big deal.
Your reference to the use of air conditioners in relation to global warming is correct. Thenty years ago A.C.s were a luxury now people, especially those of child bearing age consider them a necessity, to the extent that cars come equiped with them so that you can go from home to work or the store without feeling the heat. meanwhile the cooling units generate more heat.
To make matters worse these same people use clothes dryers,BBQ, pool heaters and drive to the store a dozen times a day, causing more heat and polution send their kids to school on buses instead of them walking etc. etc.
They then jump on snowmobiles, seadoos motorcycles and other heat/ polution toys to round out the problems.
The same people use disposable diapers which is not just excess garbage by the hundreds of tons, but is also untreated sewage dumped in the land fill sites.
The global warming problem started 20 thousand years ago however modern conveniences have speeded it up but the people who will be affected most don't care enough to deal with the above mentioned.
I agree with your views on pollution. The interesting thing about global warming is that it has caused the world to unite against a common enemy... However poorly we're actually doing that, we are doing it. I don't think anyone is denying the other sources of pollution and the increased awareness of environmental issues that global warming has awaken will be good for the planet long-term.
From now to September so long as we have sun, my house runs for free on my solar panels. My lawnmower is a good old fashion flywheel push type. BUT my fridge, BBQ and hot water heater do contribute to global warming.
I'm sitting on this cool May day with my computer on my lap heating up my legs while I read a book. (At least I'm taking advantage of the heat my computer generates.
For Gryper's sake I dry my cloths on a drying rack and my recreational transportation int he winter is dogsled and in the summer is cycling and kayaking. I only drove my car once this week. Granted I really don't count as the "child-bearing age" generation anymore.
Dear Lexiphage,
Given that the choice is between boiling the planet and generating enough radioactive waste to poison the next generation of dinosaurs, you might as well benefit by investing in nuclear power. Uranium is up about 1000% thanks to a combination of concern about greenhouse gases and twilight in the desert. (The US now imports more oil from Russia than from Saudi Arabia, by the way.) My suggestion: invest in both sides of the equation. In the oil patch, consider Pengrowth and Paramount Energy Trusts. For radioactivity, consider Aurora Energy Resources, with a huge new find of yellowcake in Labrador.
Invest in the apocalypse now - in advance of the great masses!
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