NC Media Watch

Over the e-mail transom: Dr. Seuss 2011

This was posted on facebook. Absolutely fantastic!

Dr Seuss 2011

I do not like this Uncle Sam, I do not like his health care scam.

I do not like these dirty crooks, or how they lie and cook the books.

I do not like when Congress steals, I do not like their secret deals.

I do not like ex-speaker Nan, I do not like this 'YES WE CAN'..

I do not like this spending spree, I'm smart, I know that nothing's free.

I do not like their smug replies, when I complain about their lies.

I do not like this kind of hope. I do not like it. NOPE! NOPE! NOPE!

This reminds me of some of the discussion on this blog

Over the e-mail transom: A Tale of Coyote Economics

Russ Steele

Everyday e-mail can be pain, filled with spam, but some time a jewel arrives worth sharing. Here is one of those jewels:

California:

The Governor is jogging with his dog along a nature trail.  A coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor's dog,  then bites the Governor.                   

1.  The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie "Bambi" and
then realizes he should stop because the coyote is only doing what is natural.

2.  He calls animal control.  Animal Control captures the coyote and bills the
State $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it.

3.  He calls a veterinarian.  The vet collects the dead dog and bills the State
$200 testing it for diseases.

4.  The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for diseases
from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged.

5.  The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game conducts a
$100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of dangerous animals.

6.  The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a "coyote awareness
program" for residents of the area.

7.  The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat rabies
and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the world.

8.  The Governor's security agent is fired for not stopping the attack.  The
State spends $150,000 to hire and train a new agent with additional special
training re:  the nature of coyotes.

9. PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files a $5 million suit against the
State.
 
Montana :

The Governor is jogging with his dog along a nature trail.  A Coyote
jumps out and attacks his dog.

1. The Governor shoots the coyote with his State-issued pistol and keeps
jogging. The Governor has spent $0.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point cartridge.

2. The Buzzards eat the dead coyote.

And that, my friends, is why California is broke and Montana is not.

H/T to regular reader of this blog!

The new Auburn Wal-Mart-Costco-like supercenter will save the air

Russ Steele

Both conservatives and liberals should be supporting the new Wal-Mart-Costco-like supercenter in Auburn.  Hundreds, if not thousands of Nevada County residence drive to Roseville to visit Wal-Mart or Cosco at great cost to the environment.

If a Wal-Mart-Costco-like supercenter is build in Auburn, then Nevada County citizens will save 32 miles of driving on every shopping trip.  This will reduce the threat of ozone and CO2 pollution, which according to CARB contributes to global warming.

I am sure that with a Wal-Mart-Costco-like supercenter in Auburn Senior Citizens will be demanding four times a day shopping runs by the Gold Country Stage, reducing the threat of ozone and CO2 emissions even more.

Having a Wal-Mart-Costco-like supercenter in Auburn looks like an environmental win-win for everyone.  The only losers will be City and County government due to the lost tax revenue and paying for those shopping runs on the Gold Country Stage.  Local  business have already lost customers to the Roseville Wal-Mart and Cosco stores, but with a Wal-Mart-Costco-like supercenter even closer more people will venture south to shop. 

Exit Question:  Would bringing a Wal-Mart-Costco-like supercenter to Nevada County be even more effective in saving the environment, or is it better to keep those Wal-Mart-Costco-like supercenter jobs and tax revenue in Placer County?

Carbon Credits for Mothers Day?

Russ Steele

If your mother, or mother-in-law, is an ardent environmentalist you might was to buy her some carbon credits for Mothers Day, especially if she is concerned about using the SUV go to the grocery store,  to get her hair done, or take a trip to the Saturday Farmers Market. Carbon is a real bargain right now just ten cents a metric ton.(Click for a larger image.)

An SUV emits about 1.54 lbs of CO2 per mile. If you buy your mom and your mother-in-law $10 dollars of carbon at 10 cents a ton she would have a 100 metric ton of credits. She would have 220,462 lbs, or about 130,170 miles of satisfaction knowing she can drive just about anywhere and be saving the planet.

Of course is she drives one of those little environmental friendly cars at 0.59 lbs of CO2 per mile, she can go 373,664 miles without a worry on just $10.00 in carbon credits. She will be so proud of you. 

Then again, maybe she would like some carbon futures. (Click for a larger image.)

Hummm.  Maybe you should spend another $20.00 for some flowers to go with those carbon credits.

Put down your drink, yes do it now!

Russ Steele

Thanks to Anthony Watts for the best humor of the day.  But, I warn you, put down your drink of choice before playing this video.

Thanks to WUWT for sharing.

Over the internet transom:Texas A & M contest

Russ Steele

This showed up in the e-mail this morning and It seems to pass the Snopes validity test.

There is an annual contest at Texas A&M University calling for the most appropriate definition of a contemporary term. This year's term was "Political Correctness."

The winner wrote:

"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

Congress cannot take their sense of humor

Russ Steele

I could not stop laughing, details here. See if our troops were unfunded.

UPDATE: Bad link fixed, thanks Michael for letting me know.

Global Warming Update: Two cute for words

Russ Steele

Found this on Climate Audit this afternoon, posted by  Bill F:

A government official was trying to hire a new researcher for their climate change division. He brought in a geologist, an engineer, and a paleoclimate reconstruction expert. After extensive reviews of their backgrounds and education, and numerous face to face interviews, he couldn’t decide which of the three to hire. So he brought each one in to answer a final question. He brought the geologist in and asked him “what is 2+2?” The Geologist thought very carefully, counted on his fingers a bit, scratched his beard and looked at the ceiling for a while lost in thought and finally cleared his throat and said “it is somewhere around 4.” The govt. official thanked him and told him he would call soon and then brought in the engineer and asked the same question. The engineer immediately responded that the answer was “4.000000 to infinity, assuming the 2 values of 2 were absolute and not rounded off or estimated.” Again, the govt. official thanked him and told him he would call him soon. He then brought in the paleoclimate reconstruction specialist and asked the same question. The paleoclimate reconstruction expert looked over both shoulders, reached over to close the blinds, locked the door, and then leaned across the desk and said “what do you want it to be?” The paleoclimate expert was hired on the spot.

This may be the same guy interviewed by a social scientist studying climate modelers, who declared "All modelers cheat a little bit."  Or, on Dr Phil Jones staff that calculated the global average temperature, but has refused to release his data, or explain the methods the he used to adjust the temperature data for urban island temperature effects.  There may be way to much truth in this cute story. 

I am now a true believer

Russ Steele

We had a movie night with some friends and viewed  An Inconvenient Truth. Al Gore’s global warming flick.  As I promised Anna at NCFocus, I would review the film once it was released on NetFlix. It was released on the 21st,  and friends George and Jo Ann called suggesting we have dinner and a movie date at their house.   I can honestly say I am now a true believer.  I am now firmly convinced that Al’s movie is full of insupportable junk science. In reality it is all about Al!  His junk science is just a sideshow.  What a joke. As my wife said, "Al Gore should be embarrassed."