buckee Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Global warming, yeah right, it’s cold! Well “Juneuary” is long over up here and we finally had a bit of sun in July. Never had I seen a colder spring. Last year was bad enough. Two springs in a row that “frosted the pumpkin” so to speak. Utility bills not a whole lot different than winter even! And thanks to Gordo Campbell’s “Save the Earth by sticking it to the taxpayer” philosophy which has brought down not one, but two separate energy taxes complete with wasteful bureaucracy gobbling it all up, the provincial government is even more pocket-emptying than before. Enough of that. I even burnt all of my firewood the last two years for the very first time. Global warming my arse – more like a fulfillment of the old “Nuclear Winter” theory I’d say. That without the bombs even going off! So I finally got around to getting the firewood and am left wondering how soon the government is gonna get us there? Sooner rather than later I’d guess. Anyhow, here the Newfie neighbour gal is walking by and says as I’m splitting the timber, “Once you get yer summer firewood in, you can start on your winter wood!” Newfies tell it like it is! This spring was just a horrific extension of winter says me. And as if I need further proof I goes down to the Marble River in mid-July for a swim. Well, the toes were tingling and the hairs on my legs were standing up – even under the water! And then I hit waist deep. By golly the family jewels shot up so high I looked like I had two Adam’s apples for a while, eh? Couple of icebergs could have floated by and it probably would have warmed her up a bit! Yes sir, Newfie Bob said it best, “Ever since they started babbling about this global warming theory I haven’t been warm since!” But my kid and others tell us different, “That’s all part of global warming too Dad,” he says. I say that’s a pretty indestructible theory to be sure. No doubt we are all gonna freeze to death from global warming. That’s what they’ll write down in history they will. I just hope that ol’ Suzuki and Gore start prophesying about global cooling sometime soon cause then sure as heck, we’ll have a heat wave that will warm us up real fine like we both want and need. Suzuki and Gore should have lived in Old Testament times I figures. When you prophesied back then in Hebrew Land, you had to deliver or you would get a free ticket to a very painful sort of rock concert where you were both the star and would also soon be seeing stars! ........................................ By Bruce Lloyd - North Island MidWeek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 yeaaaa, bruce lloyd. finally someone with enough gumption to say what's happening. i hope more of this comes out before the elections down here. we really need a rude awakening... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 It's been a very mild summer here in Ohio. Yet people don't mention it. Sarah's nephew was assigned to write a paper on "how I can make my carbon footprint smaller." He's nine. It's sad. You watch- we get a very cold winter in the near future, you'll have Gore and all his honks claiming it's their efforts that made it happen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 20 years from now, mark my words, the whole "green" movement will be the source of a lot of these -----> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted July 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 20 years from now, mark my words, the whole "green" movement will be the source of a lot of these -----> Yeah, and a lot of these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 It's been a very mild summer here in Ohio. Yet people don't mention it. Sarah's nephew was assigned to write a paper on "how I can make my carbon footprint smaller." He's nine. It's sad. You watch- we get a very cold winter in the near future, you'll have Gore and all his honks claiming it's their efforts that made it happen... i'll watch, but i do think you're wrong. no one will be claiming anything in a cold winter.... fuel prices will never be cheaper than they are now. i see hugh fuel oil increases next fall. look for near double fuel bills this fall. no one will be taking "credit" for more cold. in fact, they'll be demanding global warming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
py_archer Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 So it turned cold in your little part of the world. So what? Global warming is a scientific fact people, the debate is whether or not it's manmade or if man is accellerating the process. Personally, I'm undecided, but if you don't think man can change the enviroment, please explain the dust bowl era. Possibly, you subscribe to the theory that the end is near so there is no need to even worry about it and we should just rape the earth for all we can get. If we have a God given right to the natural resources people, then doesn't future generations also have that right? How's that going to happen if we ruin it for them? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Yeah, and a lot of these I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Yeah, and a lot of these Have to agree with you there pal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubie Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 They can't tell me what the temperature is going to be tommorow with any accuracy, and they expect me to believe they can predict the global climate decades down the road.... So it got a few degrees warmer in the last few centuries. Nature at work, and politicians grabbing taxes to give to environmental lobbiests. I already pay about half of everything I make in taxes. It could be a tropical paradise up here and I wouldn't care as long as they stopped taxing me so bloody much....Soon you won't be able to fart without paying a carbon tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Been pretty warm here the past couple summers, not as bad this year so far as last year, but pretty warm and dry. Cyclic changes have been occurring for a very long time, and there is proof to that, there was also an ice age prior to any man made pollutants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted August 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 It felt like February here yesterday. Rainy, windy and cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubie Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Cyclic changes have been occurring for a very long time, and there is proof to that, there was also an ice age prior to any man made pollutants. My thoughts exactly. Now stop taxing my farts...er, I mean gas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
py_archer Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Are you talking about the Provincial Carbon Tax ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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