THE SUPER BOWL, GLOBAL WARMING, CLARK COUNTY AND A DARWIN AWARD
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SAINTS. I wanted the Colts but the better team won today. And the Who were pretty good.
WELL, GLOBAL WARMING THEORY has taken a few hits lately. The claim about Himalayan glaciers melting by 2035 we now know was wrong, based on anecdotes. The IPCC claimed in a recent report that the Netherlands were more than half below sea level, when it’s more like a quarter. The whole email scandal at the University of East Anglia. Then a claim that the Amazon rain forest could be wiped out by global warming was found to be based on a single magazine article written by two extremists. The Guardian, a leftist British newspaper has discovered that a series of readings from Chinese weather stations, were, well, in their words ’seriously flawed’. British Greenpeace has called for the resignation of the head of the IPCC. India has announced plans to leave the IPCC because it is no longer a source of reliable data. The glaciers may not be melting, but the support for the theory of man-made global warming being a threat to our survival certainly is.
And, let’s not forget the weekend storm that just dumped record amounts of snowfall around Washington DC. Between 18 and 38 inches were recorded in Maryland, DC, Virginia and parts of Pennsylvania. Just over a year ago, Robert Kennedy Jr said in a speech about the threat of global warming: ” In Virginia, the weather also has changed dramatically. ..Snow is so scarce today that most Virginia children probably don’t own a sled. …Once, my father, Atty Gen Robert Kennedy brought a delegation of visiting Eskimos home for lunch at our house. They spent the afternoon building a giant igloo in the deep snow in our backyard. My brothers and sisters played in the structure for several weeks before it began to melt…Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil and its carbon cronies continue to pour money into think tanks whose purpose is to deceive the American public into believeing global warming is a fantasy.” Looking at the pictures of this weekend in RFK Jrs neighborhood, and seeing that more snow is forecast for later in the week, all I can say is, what an idiot.
AND, A DARWIN AWARD for the gentleman who attempted to rob an armored car guard this morning in the south end. He apparently came up behind the guard as he was leaving a McDonalds with a money bag and attempted to knock him down and take the bag. He was shot several times and now is at Harborview in critical condition. His family was crying on TV about how it was unnecessary for the guard to shoot him. Had he not assaulted the guard, of course, this wouldn’t have happened. The last time we know of an attempted armored car robbery locally, the guard was killed during the attempt. I suspect that has made armored car company employees a bit anxious, shall we say, and understandably so. The guard did the right thing, the robber attempted the wrong thing. That’s really all there is to say. Thank God the guard is OK, and, if the criminal survives, he should find a better way to spend Sunday mornings.
LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, thanks to the Clark County GOP and their chairman, Ryan Hart, for inviting me to MC their Lincoln Day dinner last night. We had a great time and there were nearly 400 people in attendence. Senator Don Benton announced his intention to run against Patty Murray, they rasied a lot of money and heard a great speech by my old friend, Professor Mike Allen, from UW Tacoma and co-author of A Patriot’s History of the United States, a book you all should read.
DON’T FORGET – PRECINCT CAUCUSES SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 and PUSH BACK – NO NEW TAXES RALLY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 10 AM, ON THE STATE CAPITOL STEPS.
13 Responses to “THE SUPER BOWL, GLOBAL WARMING, CLARK COUNTY AND A DARWIN AWARD”
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Ray says:
Comment about the attempted armed robbery. To the family complaining about the robber being shot, go complain elsewhere. I do not want to hear it. The guard should be awarded for his actions.
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Anne of Bellevue says:
Kirby, we need your help with a situation brewing in Texas concerning Textbooks to be used in ALL schools in All states. Please check out web page LC.org (discussed on Huckabee’s show)
It seems that California & Texas are proving grounds for NEW textbooks. California hasn’t purchased new school books for 7 yrs..being too broke. That leaves only Texas, where a panel of 15 people will decide what books are to be used. These new books remove: Christmas, God, our American history, 4th of July and much more. We would appreciate your help in investigating this issue and any additional information you can find on the subject.
Thank You.
We really miss having you on radio.
F.Y.I. If Senator Don Benton is really going for Murray’s seat, I’ll work for him!!!! -
Meishelle Haverkamp says:
What do you think of Senator Benton? He has made some enemies along the way, and doesn’t have a good attendance record. Is he the right GOP candidate?
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betty j watts says:
Here’s another point that I feel is miss-interpreted … the weather channel again pointed out that ”carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were responsible fof the rising acid levels in the ocean” … now I’m not schooled in all this stuff; but I read some …. I get real brisselley[sp] about this .. because I notice that sometimes the multiple huge [state of texas size +] masses
of plastics and garbage accumulating in the oceans killing all forms of life that depend on jelly fish and other creatures that would be associated with floating seas of plankton instead [also the seas of plankton would be converting the carbon to oxygen .... over half the oxygen on earth is made this way ... do
you know folks with ''papers'' who can verify?}.... when I was a kid I remember the big buggaboo was sulfur dioxide which came out of all our factories and lots and lots from volcanos ... hot spots [Yellowstone comes to mind] … it’s known that the sulfure dioxide when combined with H2O creates an acid [acid rain] which in turn acidified all the lakes and waterways down wind …. soooo, this person is not buying any of the carbon dioxide/acid c – - – … besides, I’d like a
very healthy garden this year … blessings,bjw -
Mike Foster says:
Kirby,
Thanks for keeping us posted on the things that matter. We need you back on the airwaves!!
Who among the gathering crowd of Murray challengers do you like so far?
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Linda says:
GLOBAL WARMING: William Happer, of Princton University, has testified twice before Congress and said we are just going through a normal “warming” period”—it is not manmade. The sun is getting hotter, and more volcanos are erupting than normal. For William Happer’s efforts, he was fired by then Vice-President Al Gore, and replaced by someone who was willing to be less than truthful.
There is also a report signed by 32,000 scientists stating that the present warming trend we are seeing is definitely not man-made, and that CO2 levels are totally safe, and not considered unsafe by any reputable scientist in the world! I have a copy of that report, and it is very technical—but it does carry a lot of weight in the Scientific community.
Have ABC, NBC, CBS and MSNBC even heard of the “scientific community”?? The socialists are using this as a scare tactic to get other countries to draft “Cap & Trade” legislation, which in turn is a play to get control of businesses.
My prayer is that some investigative journalist will expose Al Gore and his group for the liars they are.
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Jim Herman says:
My question: Is Don Benton someone who will really stand up against Patty Murray? Will he be passionate? Will he call her down when she does her typical spinning and lying?
If not, he loses. Remember Mike McGavik? He said he was going to run a civilized campaign. He “civilized” himself right out of the Senate. When you lie, you are not civil.
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John in Puyallup says:
As Regards Global Warming;
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/snowfalls-are-now-just-a-thing-of-the-past-724017.html
Pay careful note to the date of the article and the source of the information.
As to the family of the would-be robber of Armored Cars…
Perhaps they should have spent more time crying that it was unnecessary for him to go and try robing an Armord Car. Seems to me it would have been a somewhat more productive use of their tears. (Pardon my calousness, but I seem to forget any family members of the Guard in the Lakewood store getting any TV time to express their views on the criminals)
John in Puyallup
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kmortland says:
Kirby: this is Ken from Bothell, soon to be Ken from Kirkland; now that we’ve been annexed to Kirkland. This message come to you from San Jose del Cabo. We watched the Super Bowl here and enjoyed the Saints’ win. Missed all the cool ads though, as they would break away to Mexican TV ads, instead.
Attacking an armed guard of an armored car service and complaining about being shot? I’m with you, what do you expect when you do that? Cookies and milk?
Will miss the caususes! Never saw them happen on a Saturday before. Don’t get back until late that evening. Hope all goes well.
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I’m scheduling a day of vacation for it. Let’s see, Olympia – That’s south of Seattle, right? Just want to make sure – you know how dumb we Conservatives are said to be by the left…
Oh – side-ramble, off topic except for the fact it is with regard to leftist mentality – Early this morning I was listening to the night-air-bounced signal of 810AM from San Francisco, and caught Ray Taliaferro hurling venom and calling names at a caller to his talk show. Ray was taking nearly the same tone as Reverend Wright’s GD America sermon, yelling and spitting his blindered, biased comments at the caller. The caller, to his d\credit, stayed calm and I believe was reasonable and correct in his comments about our present fight in Afghanistan. Ray could only shout about how Iraq was largely for oil and money for Cheney, that Vietnam was baby-killing and a chance to use poisons, and he completely ignored any rational, logical perspective on why we go to war. Our failures IMHO when we have gone to war is that they too often are fought politically, not with the single goal, to win. If any of you ever are up late at night, try to find KGO 810AM when talk show host Dr. Bill Wattenburg is on the air. He’s brilliant, and Conservative. (10PM on weekends, I think) Find schedules at the KGO website.
Oh – lastly, I heard on 670 AM in Boise this morning that they passed a bill requiring Idaho to file suit with the USA if the USA forces healthcare on them. Read the news on that at the link I posted here. Swee-eeet! Push-back!
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Hi Kirby,
I heard Senator Benton on David Boze’s show yesterday (right after you), and was very impressed. I wasn’t aware of his record regarding fighting taxes. That is the information we need so we can stand up against the left-wing attacks on his attendance record.
See you on Monday at the Push Back Rally! Keep up the good work!
Meishelle
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Anne: Texas and California are the only two state that I know of that purchase statewide textbook adoptions. In all other states, textbooks are selected by individual school districts. That makes Texas and California a huge market. Win their textbook order and your company is assured of making a significant profit on that book.
These two states are not “proving grounds” in any other sense than that they are huge markets. Fifteen people will make the decision for Texas, but not for other states. Texas, being substantially more conservative than California (who isn’t?), I’m more comfortable with their decision. But, when it comes to Bellevue School District making a choice, that will be a committee of Bellevue teachers, administrators, and probably school district patrons. Some publishers may drop their offering, having lost either Texas or California; but most will be pushing that much harder to get replacement orders for the loss of Texas.
Now I taught social studies for most of my 37 years as a teacher. I never saw a textbook that
“removed Christmas, God, our American history, 4th of July” etc. I suspect the fear on those levels is unwarranted. However, as an experienced teacher and textbook reviewer, if Kirby wants help looking at textbooks, I’m available to help. Just send me an Email, Kirby, and we can discuss our schedules.
The local idiot only gets the Darwin Award when he assumes room temperature.