Funny Photo: The Blizzard & Government Regulations

Wonder what you would find if you frisked the blizzard that has been reeking havoc over on the East Coast?

Answer: The real blizzard… Government regulations.

Charlotte Hays – from The National Review – shared some of her insight today at The Corner:

The blizzard is definitely a force for conservatism, and not only because it has had the global-warming crowd scrambling for explanations. The blizzard reveals something basic:  Liberals in government want to tell us what to eat, counsel us about how and when to die, and in general attempt to engineer our lives. But when reality knocks, they can’t do the basic stuff such as clearing the streets so that newborns don’t die in bloody apartment-building lobbies. Mayor Bloomberg may be receiving an unfair amount of criticism for his lackluster performance in coping with Mother Nature, given the almost unprecedented nature of the storm, but the unplowed city streets provide a metaphor for the nanny state: It can order us to do anything, but it can’t take care of the basic obligations of government.

Well said.

Major props to Michael Ramirez – from The Investor’s Business Daily – for his creative political cartoon.

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Funny Photo: Al Gore’s New House On Capitol Hill

Wonder what you would find if you frisked Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.?

Answer: An igloo with a sign that says “Al Gore’s New Home.”

HAHA! Now that is being creative in a blizzard.

Hey Al Gore, how’s that global warming treating you buddy?

Props to Amanda Carpenter for this one:

*UPDATE* – February 10, 2010 – 2:10 PM

We finally figured out who was responsible for creating this masterpiece. It was Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-TX) and his family:

The family of Sen. Jim Inhofe, a vocal skeptic regarding man-made global warming, had some fun at climate change crusader Al Gore’s expense by building an igloo near the U.S. Capitol.

The Oklahoma Republican’s daughter Molly Rapert, along with her husband and four children, built the igloo over the weekend as Washington was hammered with a fierce blizzard.

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Sen. Inhofe, the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, told Roll Call newspaper that his family’s ironic tribute to Gore was “really humorous.”

Haha, props!

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Obama Goes To Climate Change Conference As Blizzard Hits Copenhagen

Wonder what you would find if you frisked the weather report at the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen?

Answer: A lot of snow.

Hmm… How ironic:

World leaders flying into Copenhagen today to discuss a solution to global warming will first face freezing weather as a blizzard dumped 10 centimeters (4 inches) of snow on the Danish capital overnight.

Delegates from 193 countries have been in Copenhagen since Dec. 7 to discuss how to fund global greenhouse gas emission cuts. U.S. PresidentBarack Obama will arrive before the summit is scheduled to end tomorrow.

Denmark has a maritime climate and milder winters than its Scandinavian neighbors. It hasn’t had a white Christmas for 14 years, under the DMI’s definition, and only had seven last century. Temperatures today fell as low as minus 4 Celsius (25 Fahrenheit).

DMI defines a white Christmas as 90 percent of the country being covered by at least 2 centimeters of snow on the afternoon of Dec. 24.

HAHA! So while climate change scientists are trying to scare the bejesus out of everyone that our planet will be scorched to death in a matter of years, there’s a big ol’ snow storm going on outside of the conference…  You have got to absolutely love this!

Good thing the Anointed One is scheduled to arrive in Copenhagen tomorrow and maybe he will put all these climate change buffoons in check, but I have my doubts:

Despite some rumors swirling in Copenhagen that the lack of progress at the ongoing climate change summit will cause President Obama to cancel his attendance tomorrow, the White House says no – the President is still committed to going.

There have been “no changes” to the President’s plans, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters this morning.

Mr. Obama is set to leave this evening for an overnight trip to Copenhagen. He’ll spend the day Friday on the ground in Demark in hopes to negotiate toward a politically non-binding agreement.

Personally, I think President Obama should listen to Sarah Palin and cancel his trip to Copenhagen. This trip could have the potential to blow up in his face (figuratively speaking) and he cannot afford that happening again:

The only time a President should travel to such a conference is if two essential elements are in place.  First, the agreement should be all but finished in order to make the President look effective in completing it.  Second, it should have considerable domestic support.  Bill Clinton made the mistake of ignoring the second condition with Kyoto on climate change, and it ended up making him look particularly ineffective with the Senate unanimously voted to ignore the treaty rather than even consider ratifying it.  If the same thing happens again to Obama for the third time in a year, he’s going to look not just ineffective but clueless as well.

The Climate Change Conference is turning out to be a disaster! Here’s some of things that have gone completely wrong so far:

• Climate Change conference president resigns
• U.S. pledges billions; China says climate pact is doubtful
• Copenhagen Riots Break Out
• Developing Nations Walk Out Of Climate Talks

Mr. President… Please just stay home, because you will save the United States some money and yourself from another political mishap.

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