"Why have cartoons become so sinister looking these days?"

A good question from 'Hagar', a commentator at this post-

Now here’s a conundrum: why is it certain childrens’ characters have indeed been softened up and ‘P.C’d’ whilst others have been created to look like mass murderers and prostitutes? There’s no happy medium. Take a look in a modern toyshop and see the grotesque contortionist faces of boys’ space/futuristic toys (or any modern aggressive cartoon or computer game with rotten English dialogue to accompany it) and the fashionable Pratz (Bratz) doll range.
Horrid. And sordid.

What was wrong with Deputy Dawg, Top Cat, Huckleberry Hound, the Hair Bear Bunch? Why have carttons(sic) become so sinister looking these days?

Are greens human?

Fact -
Fossil fuels power our modern civilization-the reason why we are not shivering half-naked in a jungle(not that I have anything against going half-naked in a jungle) or the reason we can step out of a cosy home into a cosy car and go to work instead of toiling long hours in a field(no fossil-fueled machinery to help relieve the drudgery) or the reason your loved one's life can be saved by the timely arrival of a fossil-fuel powered ambulance and by doctors who make use of the latest advances in modern medicine. Remember rabies,small-pox,plague,millions dying in epidemics?You could die of a mere scratch if unlucky and many were.All that wasn't too long ago.But those were very low-emission times.CO2 "pollution" was negligible.There was misery,endless toil,thankless drudgerey,and humans falling dead like flies -but no pollution.The planet was safe.

Then came the industrial revolution that led to a fossil fuel powered civilization that saved millions from a painful death.As Ayn Rand put it(in The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
p278) -

"If it were true that a heavy concentration of industry is destructive to human life, one would find life expectancy declining in the more advanced countries. But it has been rising steadily. . . Anyone over 30 years of age today, give a silent 'Thank you' to the nearest, grimiest, sootiest smokestacks you can find."

Another fact -
Environmentalists want to ban fossil fuels. They want to ban them despite having no workable alternative.

Question-
Are they humans?

Jerz has some interesting observations-

It's been interesting watching the way journalists (some of them committed environmental activists) have constructed the public understanding of the scientific debate. Politicians, business executives, and leaders of environmental groups can all be excused for their rhetorical excesses, but not the reporters.

Does the emotionally loaded term "global warming" mean "Humanity is recklessly endangering the environment by releasing excessive greenhouses gases into the air," or does it mean "The earth is now warmer than it was when glaciers covered most of Europe and North America"?

Good question.

Naughty boys don't do homework or carbon offset

You have to give it to Pachauri -he makes excuses with a straight face and authority:


(direct link)
No wonder he won the 1st LNC Green Hypocrite award.

(via Tom Nelson)

Good question-why is Al Gore not a vegetarian?

LEWIS E. BOLLARD-

...Mr. Gore’s credibility hangs on embodying his political beliefs in his own lifestyle. Dr Rajendra Pachauri, who as Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Mr. Gore, is a vegetarian. Citing studies showing that producing 2.2 pounds of meat causes the emissions equivalent of 80 pounds of carbon dioxide, Dr Pachauri has publicly stated that the two best things an individual can do to fight global warming are to drive less and adopt a vegetarian diet.

But even if Mr. Gore finds it uniquely hard to go vegetarian, why does it matter? “An Inconvenient Truth” stresses that individuals must make bold changes to combat global warming. And on Wednesday, Mr. Gore spoke movingly of the need to approach the environment with “questions of fact, not questions of power.” Today, the powers of custom and convenience support eating meat. The facts suggest that adopting a vegetarian diet is the single most powerful step an individual can take to combat climate change.

So-

why is Al Gore not a vegetarian?

Read the whole thing.