The Blackboard

Algore decided to back out because he felt too much heat.

Can we call algore the father of the greatest con in history yet… too early?

The real story on this one is how many people RSVP’d and didn’t get their money back.

What a stupid story. He hates Al Gore. The End.

bugs if you don’t like the story, you can just skip it. >.>

I think the $1200/plate was for the VIP seating.

If they all were $1200/each @ 3000 seats, that’d work out to a healthy $3.6 million—Enough to pay Gore’s monthly electric bill for sure.

this is a conspiracy theory.

anybody got an idea about the menu? perhaps it contains additional informations…

Bugs:
The format of a dinner speech generally includes fielding a limited number of questions at the end. Gore is notorious for systematically keeping the media out of the room and only accepting a few questions when his staff knows the audience to be firmly on side. Given the opportunity for embarrassing questions given expanding “Climategate” story, Gore’s team probably asked the organizers for no media and no questions at the end, and were told no, so they pulled the plug.
Better to deal with the PR fall-out of canceling due to “unforeseen circumstances”, than with potentially very nasty questions after the speech. Sort of Big Al’s motto: no control over the spin, no show.

On Delingpole’s point, we have this: http://thehill.com/blogs/congr.....olitically

It does seem that despite the MSM embargo on this subject, it is affecting opinion. The MSM is just showing their irrelevance.

I happened to be driving through the countryside today returning from the happy resolution of a big kerfuffle about a deer stand. (If you think climategate raises tempers – you ain’t seen nothing compared to a dispute about a deer stand.) Farmers are having a terrible time drying down the nation’s corn crop. This means they are emitting more CO2, burning propane to dry the crop. And, why is the crop so wet? Because the cornbelt experienced a seriously cool growing season (the sunspots did it, I think). In keeping with the tenor of today’s mainstream news I suppose the way one would write the headline would be: “Cool summers cause global warming.” Isn’t that odd.

sod (Comment#26158)
December 4th, 2009 at 5:51 pm

anybody got an idea about the menu? perhaps it contains additional informations…

I hear it was to be chilean sea bass…

Is the Chilean Sea Bass supposed to be an OHC (Ocean Heat Content) pun???

New credo:
In God we trust, all others show code and data.

David Jay (Comment#26167)
December 4th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

Is the Chilean Sea Bass supposed to be an OHC (Ocean Heat Content) pun???

No, just another “do as I say” moment for the Goremand. Had Chilean sea bass at his daughter’s wedding. Then his toadies came out of the woodwork claiming it was the “green” kind, not the “endangered” kind.

Locally grown, I’m sure.

Back to hating Al Gore already. Must be a slow news day.

Lucia, I sent an email requesting permission to copy a substantial section of one of your older posts for something I’m working on. I figure this will get through quicker.

bugs (Comment#26175)
December 4th, 2009 at 7:01 pm

Back to hating Al Gore already. Must be a slow news day.

As I said once before, “If there’s an empty net, shoot!”

Google has ensured that if you are skeptical about global warming alarmism then you DONT have a vote. On the tails of being accused of censoring online searches through restricting autosuggest on Climategate Google’s new actions now show that they are really only interested in one side of the debate – and its not your side!

more here; http://www.twawki.com

Tetris (Comment#26159) December 4th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

“Given the opportunity for embarrassing questions…”

Like “What’s that clockwise spinning hurricane off the Florida coast all about, as pictured on the cover of your new book?”

http://wattsupwiththat.files.w....._hurr1.jpg

JeffId

I figure this will get through quicker.

Both work. I was at the Lyric Opera with big sis.

I ran into one of the climate scientists I know and we discussed climategate during intermission. He didn’t know it had been discussed on the Daily show.

Geez folks,

I’m thinking that any notions regarding this topic that don’t cover narcissistic personality disorder are probably a little weak. He lost the 2K election to W. Can’t get more lame than that. How would you respond (aside from the weight gain, which he seems to have now gotten under control — recently — sort of)?

Just sayin’

OA

I think Big Al cancelled strictly for personal health reasons.

He knows if he keeps chowing at absurdly expensive dinners he is going to get Fat Again.

I do have to give him credit for losing weight though. Not always easy to do.

He must have gone to Kamp Krusty, where:

“For you fat kids, my exclusive program of diet and ridicule will
really get results!”

Andrew

Bugs: You’ll like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related

Listening to the BBC with interest right now. What is being said is that the Met Office is to release raw data, starting next week.

Well, well.

“He (Big Al) also brushed aside questions over the reliability of climate science that have followed the publication last month of leaked e-mails between climate experts. He claimed that the scientific consensus around climate change “continues to grow from strength to strength” He added: “The naysayers are in a sunset phase with a spectacular climax just before they subside from view. This is a race between common sense and unreality.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t.....943447.ece

Come back to us, Al!

Andrew

Re: Calvin Ball (Comment#26160) December 4th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
It does seem that despite the MSM embargo on this subject, it is affecting opinion. The MSM is just showing their irrelevance.
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Yes and no, which is the danger. For politicians, key metrics are probably polls and funding. This has an impact on polls, which may or may not translate into votes depending on where you live and the timing of election campaigns. Here in the UK, I help fund the competition to our current government, which buys me some access. But this doesn’t help when we’ve got an insane leader hell bent on saving the world (again) regardless of cost. His government will be the one signing, the next government is the one I can try witholding funds from or getting to see sense.

But that’s offset by the opinion polls, which the MSM help influence. Hopefully our political elite are noticing the rise in scepticism and the UN won’t get their deal. If the politicians think the polls are with them though, the scientific realities won’t matter a damn.