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Audacity of Truth
Kruggie to Fibbs:
"Rudeness at the proper moment can serve a purpose — as I hope I’ve demonstrated over the years. But if you vent for the sake of venting; if you alienate people you’re going to need; then you’re just being stupid."
-Paul Krugman, NYT columnist & Nobel prize winner - 8/11/10
Velvet Lair- My “sinful” little cosmetics kit August 12, 2010
- Redemption July 1, 2010
- Preparing for the premiere of Eclipse June 27, 2010
Island of Misfit Bloggers
Because “man-made global warming” skeptics in Alaska rock and stuff
And I’m not just talking about Sarah Palin:
FAIRBANKS – In what might become an annual tradition, an ice sculpture of former Vice President Al Gore has taken its place in front of Thrifty Liquor along Airport Way.
The two-ton “Frozen Gore” sculpture isn’t exactly a tribute. It’s a tongue-in-cheek critique of Gore’s vocal belief in man-made climate change, complete with hot air pouring out of his mouth.
Local businessmen Craig Compeau and Rudy Gavora contracted the piece from award-winning sculptor Steve Dean and say they’ll keep erecting one each winter until Gore accepts an invitation to discuss the global warming issue in Fairbanks.
“We do want to invite debate,” Compeau said. “We don’t agree with his theories — we’re suspicious of the financial motivation behind them.”
This year’s version includes special effects, thanks to a system that pipes the exhaust from a Ford F-350 out of Gore’s open mouth. Compeau will fire up the truck periodically this winter to create the “hot air” effect.
Here’s a photo of the sculpture:
Craig Compeau unveiled an ice sculpture of Al Gore on Tuesday at the corner of Airport Way and Thrifty Liquor. The sculpture features 'smoke' coming from Gore's mouth - exhaust from a truck. Photo courtesy of Craig Compeau
Michelle Malkin’s got a short video of what this year’s sculpture looks like, complete with the truck exhaust coming out of Gore’s “mouth” as he “narrates.” 
Here’s video of the building of last year’s (similar) sculpture. It’s 8 and a half minutes, but it’s worth watching in order to fully appreciate all the hard work that went into it:
Well, I know the Goracle had to be disappointed when the TN legislature (the Senate, specifically) voted down a resolution to build a statue of him on state Capitol grounds, but something tells me he’ll be more than just disappointed once he hears about the latest Frozen Gore. Why, he might even blow another few fuses.
Hmmm. Do they sell carbon credits for blown fuses? 
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It’s stiff, it’s cold, it doesn’t move, and it blows hot air.
Are you sure it’s not the real Al Gore?
In Summer of 2008, when I was in Alaska, I saw a t-shirt that said: “Alaskan Bikers FOR Global Warming” at a Harley dealer in Anchorage.
I had to buy one for myself…
ROFL!!! LOL! HAHAHAHAHAA!
Couldn’t be, GWR – didn’t fly in on a private jet using more fuel than the average American uses in a year…
How Long Does It Take for a Global Warmist To Freeze Solid?
ok, even we are getting tired of this . . .
High today: 0
Windchill in eastern Nebraska: -22
Winds out of the North: 35 – 50 mph ALL DAY
Low tonight: -15
High on Friday: below zero
Low Friday night: -25
WANTED: Global Warmist and tree hunging types
EXPERIMENT: See how long these yahoos are willing to stand outside today on the principle that Global Warming is settled science
Here’s an article you will want to read that is in the Omaha World-Herald this morning entitled, “A Persistent Polar Pattern”.
A couple highlights:
A little-understood Arctic phenomenon may be behind the worst winter conditions in a quarter-century across much of the United States, near record lows in Omaha and misery from northern Europe to Asia.
There is more snow on the ground, 21 inches, than in any January since 1948 — the earliest date for which reliable snow records are available.
The average temperature in Omaha for the first five days of the year has been 3.1 degrees, the third-lowest on record dating to the late 1800s.
And on Friday, Omaha’s daytime high isn’t expected to climb above zero. That hasn’t happened since 1997, said Ken Dewey, an applied climatologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s School of Natural Resources.
But as bad as the Midlands weather has been, the southern United States might be faring worse because that region is less accustomed to the cold, said Eric Wilhelm, a meteorologist for AccuWeather Inc., The World-Herald’s consultant.
The Arctic Oscillation involves atmospheric circulation over the polar region, and its intensity is the strongest in decades, meteorologists say.
And then let me throw this last one at you: “Michelle L’Heureux, a meteorologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center, said the Arctic Oscillation is one of the least understood weather patterns and is difficult to predict.”
Really? In 2010, we can not predict the weather? Hmmm, could it be that Global Warming ISN’T settled science after all?
Say it ain’t so Al . . .