Astroturfers and Space Cadets — Climate Resistance: Challenging Climate Orthodoxy

Monbiot’s preoccupation with astroturfers and the like sits hilariously with the fact that it is environmentalism that claims to be the grassroots movement trying to be heard above the din of the well-funded denial machine. The truth is of course that environmental orthodoxy is being driven from the top down, and comprises a range of corporate interests, policy-makers, media types, academics, NGO’s and private-school activists. The group it has most spectacularly failed to win over is the electorate. There’s a whole lot of people out there who disagree vehemently with Monbiot - too many for any denial machine to be able to afford to pay.

This failure is explained by the Monbiots of this world as the result of the influence of ‘deniers’, of course. Deniers have accordingly become the key antagonists in environmental mythology. But rather than taking on the arguments of the deniers, George has a fantasy battle in his own head. These fantasy deniers say so much more about George than they say about the real world.

Bloodthirsty Liberal » Stupidest, Emptiest Declaration of the Decade

They have really fallen to the level of King Canute trying to command the tides. Aggie and I are issuing a declaration that the sky should not turn green because then we’d all look sickly. We’re going to hold a conference in a Starbucks downtown and then vote on it. I predict unanimous (2-0) passage.

Mount Rushmore may adjust security

The activists intentionally damaged part of the memorial's security system and were able to delay rangers' response to the demonstration Wednesday, said Nav Singh, a spokesman for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. He would not be more specific.
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There were things they did that made it difficult and delayed our access to them, Singh said. I can't comment on how long they delayed us by. We don't want other people to get bright ideas.

Michelle Malkin » The farce of cap-and-tax revealed

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) presented the chart to both Jackson and Secretary Chu, which shows that meaningful emissions reductions cannot occur without aggressive action by China, India, and other developing countries

Video: Rep. Steve King » The Foundry

Earlier today, Representative Steve King was here at the Heritage Foundation. He took a few minutes to articulate to Foundry readers why cap and trade is a bad idea and cannot be improved to the point where it would help the economy or the environment.