Madonna, Accused of Blatant "Global Warming" Hypocrisy...Among Other Things

Campaigners say Madonna and other "stars" are among the least "green" individuals on planet Earth.

Last year, for example, they report how Madonna flew as many as 100 technicians, dancers, backing singers, managers and family members on a 56-date world tour in private jets and commercial airliners. Madonna herself also has a collection of fuel-guzzling cars, including a Mercedes Maybach, two Range Rovers, Audi A8s and a Mini Cooper S, with multiple mansions on multiple continents. Yet she will headline the London concert to "combat the climate crisis".

"Madonna's Confessions tour alone produced 440 tonnes of CO2 in four months last year... "The average British person produces 10 tonnes a year." In short, Madonna is a walking, talking monument to Co2 production, probably personally exceeding the Co2 generation of some entire African countries. Is their no limit to the hypocrisy?


More "Global Warming" News: New York Temperatures Rival Record for Coldest month of April in since records kept

Paglia on the "global warming"
Snow closes schools, grounds airlines in the Middle of Spring

Pelosi may be interested in "diplomatic" trip to Iran

If this report is true, it would certainly be time to think about enforcing the Logan Act and sending this woman off to jail. She has no constitutional authority to conduct foreign policy.

Blankley: Iran's Nuke Program Advances
Italian TV shows beheading

Britain Was Once Great Britain

John Stuart Mill:
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing that is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept free by the exertions of other men better than himself."


Killer graphic by Freedom Dogs drives the point home.
An Encore Link to Mark Steyn's Killer Op-ed: Iran's bluff humbles Britain

Gaffney: Pelosi's Proclivities
"Zionist Lobby" reason for bad Saudi image (Couldn't have anyting to do with Saudi citizens hijacking planes and crashing them into buildings, so it must be the Jews, right?)

'Islam Vs. Islamists' a Publicly Funded Documentary Nixed by PBS

Jeff Bieber of WETA, PBS' apparent chief censor had a problem with the fact that Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy is involved in the project, because he is... are you ready for this... A NEOCON!!!!

WETA pressed to eliminate a key perspective of the film: The claim that Muslim radicals are pushing to establish "parallel societies" in America and Europe governed by Shariah law rather than sectarian courts.
Silencing Muslim moderates

Roller-coaster developments leave the British feeling low
Getting Past Me, Myself and I

SARKOZY CLOSES IN ON HIS GOAL

"Anyone who believes that women have no rights, who believes that slaughtering sheep in the bathtub is part of his culture, is unwelcome in our country...What do you call people who set a bus full of people going to work on fire? I say they are riff-raff, and I stand by my words."

Britain Was Once Great Britain
The Neocon Candidate: SARKOZY CLOSES IN ON HIS GOAL
We Shouldn't Be Alone in Fighting Terrorists

Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Run TV Ad on Pelosi Visit to Syria

April 9, 2007, Washington, DC... The RJC will launch a television advertising campaign on national cable networks criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her trip to Syria and her remarks after meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
The 30-second spot, entitled "Dangerous," notes that while the Democrats promised a tough foreign policy, Speaker Pelosi's visit to Damascus weakened America's security. The visit encouraged a regime that is a sponsor of terrorist organizations responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent men, women, and children, and of American soldiers.

Cooperation between Islamists and the left is growing
Iran Prepared to Start 'Industrial Scale' Uranium Enrichment
Bolton: Iran Probed, Found Weakness and Won



Hmmmm.....

Steyn: Iran's bluff humbles Britain
U.K. SCHOOLS' SICKENING SILENCE
We showed weakness and will pay the price
Chicago Tribune: When Nancy met Bashar

Professor Richard S. Lindzen of MIT: "Global Warming" Over Hyped

In this powerful article in Newsweek Magazine by Dr. Richard Lindzen of MIT, the hysteria of the religion of "global Warming" is ridiculed. It's interesting that below the article, Newsweek felt compelled to write the following description of this highly respected Meteorologist:

Lindzen is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research has always been funded exclusively by the U.S. government. He receives no funding from any energy companies.

How many academics who write an article for a main-stream publication feel compelled to mention the source of the funding of their research as part of their credentials. It's just one more small piece of evidence of the fear that scientists who dismiss the whole "global warming" hysteria feel. Other academics have actually received death threats for failing to fall in line with the orthodoxy. We salute Professor Richard Lindzen of MIT; a few samples from his article in Newsweek:

Recently many people have said that the earth is facing a crisis requiring urgent action. This statement has nothing to do with science. There is no compelling evidence that the warming trend we've seen will amount to anything close to catastrophe.

The earth is always warming or cooling by as much as a few tenths of a degree a year; periods of constant average temperatures are rare. Looking back on the earth's climate history, it's apparent that there's no such thing as an optimal temperature-a climate at which everything is just right. The current alarm rests on the false assumption not only that we live in a perfect world, temperaturewise, but also that our warming forecasts for the year 2040 are somehow more reliable than the weatherman's forecast for next week. Many of the most alarming studies rely on long-range predictions using inherently untrustworthy climate models, similar to those that cannot accurately forecast the weather a week from now.

The conclusion of the late climate scientist Roger Revelle-Al Gore's supposed mentor-is worth pondering: the evidence for global warming thus far doesn't warrant any action unless it is justifiable on grounds that have nothing to do with climate.

Cold Snap Postpones Spring Festivities
Cold snap breaks region's record lows
It's another "global warming" day, Spring 2007.

Basic climate history 101:

Pelosi: Defending our Values at Home and Abroad

Global Warming Update

Global Warming Update: A brutally cold surge of arctic air into the eastern half of the United States will easily bring record-low temperatures on Easter morning and could cause significant losses in some of the nation's most prolific agricultural areas.

Meanwhile; One of the worlds top hurricane forecasters called Al Gore "a gross alarmist" Friday for making an Oscar-winning documentary about global warming. "He's one of these guys that preaches the end of the world type of thing. I think he's doing a great disservice and he doesn't know what he's talking about," Dr. William Gray said in an interview with The Associated Press at the National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans, where he delivered the closing speech.

Thief’s Hand Amputated in Public in Iran

Americans offered 'aggressive patrols' in Iranian airspace

The US offered to take military action on behalf of the 15 British sailors and marines held by Iran, including buzzing Iranian Revolutionary Guard positions with warplanes, the Guardian has learned. In the first few days after the captives were seized and British diplomats were getting no news from Tehran on their whereabouts, Pentagon officials asked their British counterparts: what do you want us to do? They offered a series of military options, a list which remains top secret given the mounting risk of war between the US and Iran. But one of the options was for US combat aircraft to mount aggressive patrols over Iranian Revolutionary Guard bases in Iran, to underline the seriousness of the situation.

Caroline Glick sums up this week pretty well with this single sentence:

The footage of the British hostages thanking Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his hospitality and forgiveness, like the footage of Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi covering her head in a scarf while on a visit to Damascus, was enough to make you sick.

Whatever happened to name, rank and number?
Road to Damascus not for amateurs
Iranian Diplomat Says He Was Tortured by CIA
British soldier killed in Iraq was close friend of Prince William
Indonesia's former president offers a model of Muslim tolerance
Piling into Pelosi


Note: I am thankful to Slate.com, Real Clear Politics and Michael Barone at US News and World Report, and many others for linking to Neocon Express posts over the past few days.

UK-Iran Hostage Disgrace: On the Money Analysis

"Stunning, shocking, disgraceful, pathetic...."


After having watched that video, I now give you British Admiral Band (with a straight face): "I think they acted extremely sensibly...I think they acted with considerable dignity and a lot of courage....they don't appear to have put themselves into danger...I think in the end they were a credit to us, the way they dealt with the situation when they were said goodbye to by the president." QUESTION: Is this man on drugs?


These are the UK faces of those who deserve to be honored, our sympathy and prayers for the families:

GOODY BAGFUL OF DISHONOR
The choice is this: military action or a nuclear Iran.
The Capitulation Caucus

Pelosi and the Logan Act: "There is no Division Between the President and the Congress" on Syria

With widespread talk of the Logan Act and 3 years in jail, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is suddenly backing down from her Syrian "peace" initiative... faster than you can say words "independent council": "Our message was President Bush's message," she now says with the smirk wiped off of her face, "there is no division between the president and the Congress" when it come to Syria. Wow! That was quick.

The Logan Act:

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply, himself or his agent, to any foreign government or the agents thereof for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.

Prosecute Pelosi's crime
'Damascus Nancy' And Unlawful Diplomacy
Pelosie in Syria: Are We Experiencing a Constitutional Crisis?
When a dilettante takes on Hizbullah

WSJ: Nancy Pelosi Commited a Felony When She Went to Syria

I did not think of this angle but it seems to have a serious foundation:

The Logan Act makes it a felony and provides for a prison sentence of up to three years for any American, "without authority of the United States," to communicate with a foreign government in an effort to influence that government's behavior on any "disputes or controversies with the United States." Some background on this statute helps to understand why Ms. Pelosi may be in serious trouble.

Ms. Pelosi's trip was not authorized, and Syria is one of the world's leading sponsors of international terrorism. It has almost certainly been involved in numerous attacks that have claimed the lives of American military personnel from Beirut to Baghdad. The U.S. is in the midst of two wars authorized by Congress. For Ms. Pelosi to flaunt the Constitution in these circumstances is not only shortsighted; it may well be a felony, as the Logan Act has been part of our criminal law for more than two centuries. Perhaps it is time to enforce the law.

UP to 3 years in Prison!

The Case of the British Sailors Vs. the Case of John McCain

I'm not alwasy a big fan of John McCain's politics, but no one can ever question his conduct when the moment of truth arrived:

On October 26, 1967, McCain's A-4 Skyhawk was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile, landing in Truc Bach Lake. He broke both arms and a leg after ejecting from his plane. After he regained consciousness, a mob gathered around him, spat on him, kicked him and stripped him of his clothing. He was then tortured by Vietnamese soldiers, who bayoneted him in his left foot and groin. His shoulder was crushed by a rifle butt. He was then transported to the Hoa Lo Prison, also known as the Hanoi Hilton. Once McCain arrived at the Hanoi Hilton, he was placed in a cell and interrogated daily. When McCain refused to provide any information to his captors, he was beaten until he lost consciousness.

When the North Vietnamese discovered his father was the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command, (CINCPAC), commander of all U.S. forces in Vietnam, he was offered a chance to return home. McCain turned down the offer of repatriation. McCain signed an anti-American propaganda message which was written in Vietnamese, but only as a result of rigorous and brutal torture methods, which to this day have left him incapable of raising his arms above his head. According to McCain, signing the propaganda message is something he most regrets during his time as a POW. After McCain signed the statement, the Vietnamese decided they could not use it. They tried to force him to sign a second statement, and this time he refused. He received two to three beatings per week because of his continued refusal.

McCain was held as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five-and-a-half years, mostly in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, and was finally released from captivity in 1973, having been a POW for almost an extra five years due to his earlier refusal to accept an out of turn repatriation offer.

Now let us fast forward to the conduct of the British sailors captured by Iran. They surrendered with no resistance...without a shot being fired. Were not tortured, abused or beaten. The Iranians apparently played a few mind games with them and in just about 24 hours, a few of them had already broken down, calling for the withdrawal of British forces from Iraq, "confessing" to violating Iranian territorial waters. Issuing televised public apologies, and trashing their own country. Ultimately, they were "pardoned" given new suits and goodies bags, and sent on their way after having served out their usefulness as propaganda tools for the rouge Iranian regime.

Of course, not everyone can be John McCain, and I grant that it can be unseemly to criticize others in a difficult situation, or to be kicking others when they are down. But honesty is the best road to recovery: would it be too much to expect some kind of middle ground between abject humiliation and surrender, and McCain-type heroism in these types of situations?

Rue Britania: Britons never, never, never shall be slaves

Pelosi Views the Head of John the Baptist and Fails to Recognize the Symbolism

Sultan Knish Makes a powerful and true point that I failed to observe in an earlier posting. And I am absolutely certain that Speaker Pelosi also failed to recognize as she was led on her Damascus "useful idiot" sightseeing tour. Truly, a remarkable symbol of western naivete; Sultan Knish explains it best:

The double irony of this photo is not merely Nancy Pelosi, who had billed herself as the most powerful woman in America, subjugating herself for entry into the Umayyad Mosque. What Nancy Pelosi is doing is looking at the supposed head of John the Baptist, a looted Christian artifact, displayed in a Muslim mosque. That isn't a notion that would ever enter Pelosi's head, but it's certainly one that's apparent to any Muslim who views the spectacle of one of the political leaders of a Christian country smiling and nodding along at the theft of one of her religion's holiest relics.

The Umayyad or Omayyad mosque is built over the ruins of a Christian Church dedicated to John the Baptist that was torn down by Muslims and replaced with a mosque. Western world smile and tour the grounds with no clue that they're nodding along to the destruction of their own heritage and humiliation of their own religion. In one visit Pelosi had managed to acquiesce not only to the degradation of her own gender and country, but also her religion. A true triple score.

Pelosi was nuts to visit with Assad
Pelosi stumbles in Syria
Pelosi steps out of bounds on ill-conceived trip to Syria
Krauthammer: Iran and the 'International Community'
Admedinejad's "Plan B" - The Circus Continues
Iran needs a taste of its own mischievous medicine
Why Iran Released the Hostages

Majority of Europeans would back Iran attack - poll

Even the notoriously squishy Europeans are getting the picture: Slow on the uptake, with no moral compass to speak of, brainwashed from birth to be passive and obedient to the multi-cultural/Socialist ideal, from cradle to grave; But still a slight majority of them get it.

A slim majority of Europeans would back attacks on Iran as a last resort to stop it acquiring a nuclear bomb, according to a poll released on Wednesday. Asked to comment on the statement "we must stop countries like Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, even if that means taking military action", 52 percent said they agreed, with 40 percent against. A majority agreed with the statement in 18 EU states including France and Britain while a majority was against it in nine others, including Germany and Spain. Support was highest in Denmark (68 percent) and fell to 37 percent in Slovakia, the poll by France's TNS-Sofres showed.

Senator Chuck Hagel to be Honored by Extremist Arab Group
Immigrant Imam tells Muslims in Holland not to pay taxes
Beslan memorial plan angers Russian Muslim leader

U.S. Helped Free Iranian Diplomat, Britons Released Soon After

As predicted, we are just beginning to learn details of the non-deals to release the UK hostages.

UK Daily Mail: Awkward questions amid the euphoria
UK Telegraph: They're free, but Britain has been humiliated
Media feasted on Iranian baloney
Tehran Likely to Pay Long-Term Price
Blair accuses Iran as four UK troops killed after Hostage Release


The UK is clearly a vipers nest of radical Islamic cells. The country also seems packed with terror apologists, sympathizers, "peace" creeps, moral relativists, "multi-culture" cultists, and the just plain clueless; all of which means that the authorities and regular sane folks in the UK have their hands full even more than we do here in the US.

Israel: Pelosi Lied

Pelosi: "We were very pleased with the reassurances we received from the president [Assad] that he was ready to resume the peace process. He was ready to engage in negotiations for peace with Israel." She announced that she was happy that the meeting with the Syrian Dictator "enabled us to communicate a message from Prime Minister Olmert that Israel was ready to engage in peace talks as well."

Olmert: I Told Pelosi that I thought her trip to Damascus was a mistake, and that when she asked - nevertheless - whether I had a message for Assad, I said Syria should first stop supporting terrorism and "act like a normal country," and only then would Israel be willing to hold discussions. It must: "cease its support of terror, cease its sponsoring of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad organizations, refrain from providing weapons to Hizbullah and bringing about the destabilizing of Lebanon, cease its support of terror in Iraq, and relinquish the strategic ties it is building with the extremist regime in Iran." I did not communicated to Pelosi any change in Israeli policy on Damascus.
Washington Post: Nancy Pelosi's foolish shuttle diplomacy
Terrorists endorse Pelosi's 'good policy of dialogue'
Pelosi's rocky road to the Middle East
"You are a very Beautiful woman madam Speaker, perhaps you would consider joining my harem of 27 wives?"

ABC: Iraq Situation Rapidly Improving

Bad news for Democrats: ABC News is reporting today on substantial improvement in the security situation in Iraq, even as the "surge" has yet to to be fully implemented. This cannot be good for a party whose entire ideology rests on the hope for American failure and retreat. How did this report get past the ABC censors?


The Hidden Army of Radical Islam in Bosnia
The Death of Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
Iran: Please Bomb Me!