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December 3, 2010

Should We Use Last Year’s Signs?

Filed under: Culture,Politics — Tags: , , , — TC @ 6:47 am

link AFP: Battle lines drawn for Cancun climate conference.

I think they mean the line to the bar.  Once again, the global warming braintrust is convening in a nice sunny clime to listen to themselves talk about the weather.  It’s as if they were a pack of baying coyotes, you only wish you could throw a shoe and yell at them to shut up.  I wonder why they didn’t gather in Copenhagen again, or in London.  Oh, that’s right, all the snow makes standing outside with global warming signs uncomfortable.  Far more convenient to don the speedos and sip margaritas decrying the decadence of the west from a more civilized place. “This is much better than Kyoto.  You couldn’t get a decent drink there.”

I’m sure there’s an activities list handed out to the official attendees.  A typical day may look like this:

9:00 am:  breakfast at the pool cabana

10:30 am:   speech by Chick Gore  –  Topic- Urgency of Calamity,  Imminent Extinction; Only 6 to 8 months left for world. 

11:30 am:  speech by Al Little – Topic- Action Plan, How to raise taxes for the next 10 years to pay for initiatives

12:30 pm:  working  lunch at the conference hall- Topic- Disappearance of animal species due to Global Warming.  Accompanying lunch will be seared rare Ahi Tuna from the Gulf Coast with a selection of rare French wines.

1:45 pm:  Pre-protest primer in the main lobby.  Instruction on chanting and fist shaking.  Final spell check on protest signs.  Fake beards handed out.

2:00 pm:  Official protest rally of the day; gather at gates of the golf course, sunscreen will be provided.

2:10 pm:  Camera crew leaves, protest over for the day. 

2:30 pm:  Free Afternoon.  Buses to Aztec ruins tour available in main lobby.

6:00 pm:  Dinner at Senor Frogs

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November 29, 2010

To Be Passed On As An Heirloom

link Spanish Woman Claims She Now Owns Sun.

I guess it rings hollow to claim that I thought of this years ago.  It took this shrewd, lucid woman to grab onto something so obvious.  Many will undoubtedly chastise themselves for not thinking of it first like the pet rock.   Of course, the really difficult part is not claiming ownership, it’s collecting the royalties.  I’m sure she’s thought out the logistics of having meters installed on top of every living thing on the planet which benefits from the sun’s rays.  No doubt she’s been planning this for years, possibly cornering the meter market.   Naturally, there will be those scofflaws who refuse to pay, but I’m sure most will be happy to at last have someone take charge of solar radiation.  At the very least, when it’s cloudy or cold, you have someone to lodge a complaint with. 

If I were her, I’d start gathering a crack team of lawyers because it’s only a matter of time before the global warming crowd are going to try to pin that on her property.  As far fetched as it seems now, the sun may have some role to play in this.

But suffice to say, the warning volley has been fired, the gold rush is on.  There are millions of obvious things that have yet to be claimed.  The atmosphere for instance.  Or water.  Fire; now there’s a good one.  As for me, I think I’ll put my claim in on the number “0”,  the color green and the expletive “oh f**k”.  Those that refuse to pay me royalties on these items can live a life of paying 9 cents plus 1, having no green on any of their  landscapes and having nothing to yell in pain when they smash their thumbs with a hammer.  I’m also thinking of claiming the most common punctuation point, the period, as well.  Without proper licensing of periods, the world would be subject to run-on sentences without conclusion.  Royalties from these few items should keep me in champagne and caviar for  a few decades, minus of course the royalties payable on these piddly items.  Capitalism and brains; just can’t beat the combo.

Next big battleground: the ownership fight for gravity.

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