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SNOW DEEP; FAITH STRONG!
Via Andrew Bolt, who is assembling an impressive archive of Gore Effect examples, this inspiring story of endurance and faith:
A group of religious leaders started walking across [Massachusetts] Friday to bring attention to global warming ...
The nine-day haul from downtown Northampton to Copley Square in Boston was planned far before forecasts called for a weekend of snow and sleet just a few days before the start of spring.
“It was windy and cold. I was walking on the front of the line and I felt like I was bow of a ship with the wind just coming into my face,” said the Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas of the Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, where the group warmed up on bowls of lentil and minestrone soup after walking eight miles in deep snow from Northampton to Amherst.
Bullitt-Jonas said the walkers kept their spirits strong by singing “Keep on walking forward, never turning back,” a hymn they had chanted in prayer services before the march to Boston.
The Rev. Andrea Ayvazian of the Haydenville Congregational Church said the snow was so deep, it felt like she was breaking trail.
Yet never did her faith in global warming falter. Keep on walking forward, never turning back ...
(More on these idiots from Bloodthirsty Liberal)
Via Instapundit:
Tenn. mine enriched Gore, scarred landI guess if Jesus wanted us to worry about Global Warming, s/he’d have mentioned it in the, uh… what’s that book the old fashioned Christianists use again? The Bilbo, Bialb…
However, if you want to send money to God or Gaia, please send checks made out to “Bearer” at my address, and I will be sure to pass it along.
Never in the field of human faddishness have so many accomplished so little for so few.
They’re 21st Century Flagellants, the silly dopes.
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 03 17 at 01:27 PM • permalinkThere was an old cartoon, two missionaries in a pot in Africa, with a sudden break in the clouds illuminating a tribal idol with sunshine, and one missionary saying, ``You are not making this any easier, Lord.’‘
But possibly the Lord has sent snow to combat global warming. He’s just a little unclear about it, or has not focus-grouped it thoroughly.
OT
Hey, look at this fantastic timewaster found at Crittenden’s
And look at the neat shit, one can do with the Sloganizer
«With a name like Tim Blair, it has to be good.»
«There’s a bit of Andrea Harris in all of us.»
«Al Gore - be prepared.»
Just punch in anything, well they would like it limited to two words…BUT.We’ve known for a long time the location of the smart Andrea - now we’ve found the dumb one too.
Administrator, say hello to your idiot twin.Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 03 17 at 04:18 PM • permalinkYou’re AHA’s idiot twin, Cid?
If ever a situation called for photos, this is it!Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 03 17 at 04:33 PM • permalinkI’d be able to forget this whole hysterical fad if only the last hysterical fad, repressed memories, hadn’t been shown to be a load of crap too.
Don’t forget the “destroyed thousands of lives” part.
Ten, fifteen years in prison for a molestation that never happened? Oops. So sorry. Our bad.
Why are those prosecutors and social workers not in prison? Oh, yeah - they did it for the children.
I want to see them crawl that eight miles on their knees, whipping themselves until they bleed, just like the Penitentes. Then I’ll know they’re serious about global warming.
AAAH! That third one - they were chasing me through a bad dream last night.
Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 03 17 at 05:04 PM • permalink#18 - I think the coffee bell is about to ring again for me.
Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 03 17 at 05:35 PM • permalinkAstonishingly bad poetry from the pastor.
“if every light-skinned man in a silk tie said
to every dark-skinned man in a turban
I vow not to kill your children
and heard the same vow in return”Then the one who hid one gun would elect himself generalissimo for life and youd be screwed you silly harlot should be the next line.
Its so vapidly bad and stupid on so many levels its hard to read. I blame Bush.Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 03 17 at 05:35 PM • permalinkIs Algore consciously and deliberately wielding the Gore Effect in order to beat back interest in 300?—lest his Inconvenient Truths be dethroned as the talk across towns?
The Drudge Report is linking to an article saying “NE Snowstorm Slows ‘300’ Stampede Fri But Still No. 1…”
Not funny anymore, Al!
YJCMTSU.
“Too stupid to live” really should be a valid diagnosis.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut on 2007 03 17 at 05:55 PM • permalink#6 Acute observation, Spiny. [Monty Python] It’s a sign! It’s a sign![/Monty Python] It’s a sign that this really is a new religion. Hopefully just a passing fad but I am reminded of the Byzantine Empire.
While under attack from muslims, the youth stopped reproducing; becoming monks and nuns was all the rage. It was difficult for Byzantium to find the forces to defend itself - but gave plenty of rape targets to the muslims.
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 17 at 06:23 PM • permalink#8 Surly, if that is your name, allow me to make a simple correction to your good post:
“I’d be able to forget this whole hysterical fad if only the last hysterical fad, repressed memories, hadn’t been shown to be
a load of crap toodamaging to the health of innocent people”.Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 17 at 06:27 PM • permalink#9 I came up with
Let your Suzuki hot flow.
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 17 at 06:30 PM • permalink#10 I’m not touching that with a barge pole.
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 17 at 06:32 PM • permalink27. Wimpy Canadian Glad to see another reader of byzantine history around. Can you reccomend any new books? (Apart from Norwich?)
I see a strong parallel between reduced birth rates in the west as a “lifestyle choice” as history repeating itself on a tragic scale.Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 03 17 at 06:33 PM • permalink#31 I see we are parallel frolickers :^)
I am not aware of any recent books - do you have more on this Norwich? Can I buy his book on Amazon?
I am a used-book store frequenter and grab anything I can. I did buy the video course: “The world of Byzantium” by prof. Harl from The Teaching Company (google). Very competent but conventional; you’ll learn nothing new here; good talker though.
Unfortunately, I have found nothing that gives more than the “standard picture” if you know what I mean. Gibbons’ “Decline and Fall” is still the main source for me.
There is so much I do not know about this part of history. When I tell people at the bus stop that the Roman Empire only ended 550 years ago, they think I’m a little bit odd.
Liberate Hagia Sophia!
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 17 at 06:49 PM • permalinkI would like to apologize in the name of Andreas everywhere for the idiocy of my namesake.
Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2007 03 17 at 06:59 PM • permalinkMany members of Religious Witness for the Earth have used their position from the pulpit to make their congregations aware of climate change.
We were regular church-going Episcopalians when I was growing up. Don’t think we would have been if the priests (the kind that are allowed to marry) had used their “position from the pulpit” in this manner.
Did you read Rev. Andrea’s poem? You really must. On her behalf, I offer apologies to Rudyard Kipling.
Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2007 03 17 at 07:22 PM • permalinkOh, this is priceless. Amherst and Northampton harbor some of the looniest leftist asshats in Massachusetts - believe me, that’s saying something. It’s actually a pity that the idiot infestation is so heavy, as they’re both rather nice places, and would be lovely if stripped of the freaks that currently overrun them. This sort of goofy-ass stunt is exactly what I’d expect from the morons there.
I’ll have to keep an eye out for more news on this epic moonbat migration, as I’d hate to waste any opportunity that may arise to hurl some abuse at them. There’s no way they’re avoiding paved roads or bike paths (clowns like this tend to last about five minutes in the woods before they break out their cell phones and start yowling for help), so they should be relatively easy to find.
For your amusement, this is Northampton’s official site:
...and here’s Amherst:
For the record, our total snow accumulation was about 20 inches - it would have been much more if the crud hadn’t switched over from snow to sleet and freezing rain. Thanks, Al!
Posted by Blue State Sil on 2007 03 17 at 07:34 PM • permalinkFrom rbj1’s link:
I just came back from a Peace Rally on Hollywood Blvd in LA and a woman had a sign that said “Gore will Kill you before CO2”.
I didn’t think to get a picture. I was too busy watching the semi-naked swangirl on stilts.
Richard, your group?Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2007 03 17 at 07:54 PM • permalinkUngrateful heretics!
“before this century is over billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable.” - James Lovelock, author of The Revenge of Gaia
Religious Witness for the Earth are trudging through bitter cold, ice, and snow in order to save you! Just have faith!
Posted by Bruce Rheinstein on 2007 03 17 at 07:54 PM • permalinkThe poster on bloodthirsty liberal had a good point about this “warmest winter on record”, last I checked, Winter didn’t end until sometime in late March. Isn’t it a bit early to be handing out statistics on it? I am looking at a foot or more of Gore’s dandruff as I type this. Interesting too is that it is powder, not the heavy wet stuff that we usually get late in the season.
I am thinking that we can buy up a bunch of empty taiga/tundra real estate at low prices in northern Quebec or Labrador. We can sell them in AGW survivalist magazines. Wait a minute, let’s start an AGW survivalist magazine.
Incidently, last month I flew back from London over Labrador, and I have never seen so much pack ice there. Those reporters (this is the media, folks) should have asked me.
#40 “over the next century billions of people will die”
Do the math:
Current population of planet, 2007, is 6.5 billion.
Number of people who will alive ‘til 2100, perhaps 1 million, no, let’s be generous, 1 billion.
Therfore 5.5 billion will die this century. So, this “prediction” is not that meaningful is it?
Oh No! We are all going to die!
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 17 at 08:17 PM • permalinkYou know the older I get the hotter the summers seem (and I grew up in Southern Arizona). Since Fat Albert is older than me, maybe he’s just going through menopause. That would also explain why he’s chewing through the amperage at 20 times the US average.
Posted by Vanguard of the Commentariat on 2007 03 17 at 08:24 PM • permalink#44 The last time a Global Warmer attempted to travel to “the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable,” she lost three toes and had to turn back.
#45 It’s great exercise.
Posted by Bruce Rheinstein on 2007 03 17 at 08:31 PM • permalinkI hear that those ladies got their weather forcast from this t shirt.
Kyda == we were out there countermarching at Hollywood & Highland.
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 03 17 at 09:14 PM • permalink33. Wimpy Canadian
Cant reccomend this bloke enough. Get the full set of 3 books Byzantium: The Early Centuries, Byzantium: The Apogee and Byzantium: The Decline and Fall; absolutely the best I have read. Forget Gibbon this is the bloke to read.
His Wiki entry.
Here.Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 03 17 at 09:48 PM • permalinkI am looking at a foot or more of Gore’s dandruff as I type this
ARGGGH!
As God is my witness, I just sent Tim an e-mail with some snow pics, and referred to it as “Gore’s Dandruff”.
Dammit, will I ever come up with a cute phrase without somebody else thinking of the same damn one? Ever?
In the same e-mail, I referred to the religion of “Warmonism.” I’m going to Google “Warmonism” and “Warmons”, and do a site search here as well, and I swear to God, if one of you clever bastards beat me to it…
A link from the bottom of that article: Sydney uninhabitable within 50 years.
The journalist is a certain “Nicholas Shakespeare” who goes on to say “much as I’d like to claim these as hysterical misrepresentations, I can’t”. He has evidence you see - wallabies are encroaching on human habitations.
Well, Nicholas, when you put it that way. Wallabies, of course! How could I be so blind?
Whe are we Anglicans (i.e. Episcopals) going to realise that the ordination of women has only driven the Church further to the Left, into the hands of loopy feminist harridans.
In Australia, they’re all ‘High Chuech’ - which is a pity, because I actually love the ‘High’ services. In that stylistic sense they are ‘conservative’.
But does anyone know even a single female ‘priest’ who has anything good to say on traditional conservative values and issues. They’re all friggin’ Leftie social workers with a dog collar, and a guaranteed income from dumb sucks who sit silently through their BS enviro-femmo-homilies and then fork over the cash. When was the last time that yours preached AGAINST abortion?
Well, brothers and sisters, I’ve had enough. No more offering for Lefty crap, and confront the priestess either in the sermon (if I’ve got the guts) or afterwards.
Here endeth the lesson.
Posted by Apparatchik on 2007 03 18 at 01:23 AM • permalinkHmmm, the deluded Reverend’s “Only Sermon” is missing any call to action on
global warminginexplicable new rotating windstormspolar bear drowningsclimate change.I can’t wait for the Reverend’s updated “only” sermon, and then the update in two years when the next retarded fad permeates into her conscious.
Posted by Crispytoast on 2007 03 18 at 01:24 AM • permalinkRev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
Heehee. Should’ve used McQueen’s Mustang, twit.
Posted by Crispytoast on 2007 03 18 at 01:29 AM • permalink#59’s link to Nick Shakespeare’s drivel.
When the wallabies went, the greenies blamed man. The wallabies are back and it’s man’s fault again. As for the brown countryside in Tasmania, Nicholas, it is called drought. They have happened before. It was a drought in Africa that made Bob Geldorf famous, so other people have them too
You have to remember that weather records are just like Olympic records. They go back a little over 100 years and are prone to be broken.
#59 and 66 re Nick Shakespeare’s drivel -“Last night, coming out to watch a comet that had appeared from nowhere, I scattered ten wallabies cropping the grass”.
Anybody who believes a comet comes from nowhere, should be treated with the gravest suspicion, or at the very least humoured, then ignored.
Posted by Whale Spinor on 2007 03 18 at 02:26 AM • permalinkYou guys laugh all you like. The wallabies are here, man, and they’re getting closer. Gonna get meself a sawn-off shotty and sleep back to the wall from now on, I yells ya. Don’t come whinging to me when the wallabies takes your leg off.
Vicious buggers to begin with. Now Global Warming’s driving them insane. I, for one, am very afraid.
Best new limerick I’ve read in many years, Lyle. Bravo!
Posted by Harry Eagar on 2007 03 18 at 04:03 AM • permalink#52 Thanks. As soon as my arms stop flailing in the air, I’ll head over to Amazon.
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 03 18 at 08:09 AM • permalinkI drove home from Vermont to Connecticut in this storm - all Friday afternoon. Some of the worst of it was while passing through Northampton and the path of the storm effectively chased these morons toward Boston.
Traffic on I-91 was at a standstill for much of the trip and never above 35mph for the rest (except for the loonies, who ended up on the median or shoulder - facing traffic).
The MA and CT DOTs apparently got their weather info from the same source as these idiots. Didn’t see a single plow ALL the way home.
It was a frightening, stressful and wearisome drive (for the clutch leg) to say the least, as the effects of global warming added 2-1/2 hours and many scary moments to the trip.
And after reading the ironic tale above - which would surely demonstrate to any truly religious person the folly of this “trek” - the experience was rendered worth every unhappy minute.
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Episcopalian ministers are allowed to marry, yes?
Well, at least we’ve found another way of keeping them out of the gene pool. One gross of Darwin Awards, coming right up.