Junk Science and the MSM.

Yesterday was one of the most historic days in recent memory. A new Supreme Court Justice took the bench and the court swung decidedly to the right. The President gave a forceful and well-reasoned State of the Union address. Civil Rights figurehead Coretta Scott King died in her sleep. Oh, and the mainstream media overlooked all that to promote their own far-left, environmentalist-wacko, junk science agenda. Don’t believe me? How about this headline from ABC News reporter Bill Blakemore: President Bush Forgets About Global Warming. The subhead’s even better: Bush Raised Eyebrows With His Reference to Oil Addiction, but He Failed to Break New Ground.

Pause with me for a nanosecond.

I realize that the MSM sees everything Bush does through their “Whatever he does I’m against it” glasses, but this is ridiculous. Senatorette Mary Landrieu (D-LA) complained about the paucity of mention her state received in the address. Kennedy boycotted it. Cause celeb Cindy Sheehan was arrested at the event, in the House chamber. Does no one on the left even care about what Bush actually said, and/or have anything to offer as an alternate plan?

I love these junk science reporters. They throw out phrases like “an overwhelming majority of scientists” without one whit of proof to back up their claims. When you call them on their sloppy reporting, you’re branded a Luddite. Then this idiot goes on to quote fellow idiot and “prominent Earth systems scientist” James Lovelock, author of “Gaia’s Revenge” (note: there’s your first clue. Anybody talking about planet Earth and calling it “Gaia” is bound to be a nut job of the first order). Here’s the specific passage from the ABC article:

Before the end of the century, says Lovelock, too many climate system tipping points will have passed, taking the planet into a runaway greenhouse effect that will raise temperatures so sharply that people will be “dying by the billions” with only a “few breeding pairs left” at the poles, the only places that will be at all tolerable.

Um…yeah. Right.

To hear these left-wing Chicken Littles tell it, we’re all gonna be living in caves at the poles in ten years, those of us who survive. Give me a break! Oh, and I just love their answer to all this. It goes along the lines of “we can save the planet, if we’ll all give up our cars, air conditioning, and heating, and get back to nature. Here’s my thought to those deep thinkers: “You first.” I’m perfectly happy driving my Jeep Wrangler, keeping my home between 68 and 72 degrees and consuming the same amount of resources I’ve always done. I’m really getting tired of this kind of crap being passed off as real journalism. Here’s a clue ABC: We’re at war. Keeping our country safe is Job One. And Job Two, Three, Four and Five. In fact, that is the ONLY job we’ve got right now. If we can’t survive terrorists wanting to kill us, nothing else matters – not global warming, oil, artic drilling, Social Security, or any other pet issue of the left. Oh, and one more thing. Note to ABC News: We’re all sorry that your newly-minted anchor and his cameraman got blown up. This is what can happen in a war. Your guys went voluntarily. It’s a shame. But it happens all the time. If you could all get off your soapboxes now about how tragic this is, and how these guys are heroes, it might make it easier for the REAL heroes in Iraq to do their jobs. If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the bloody kitchen.