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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/29/europe/politicus.php

From the International Herald Tribune

“But there was a difference. If judged on the standard scale of caution in dealing with cultural clashes and Muslims’ obligations to their new homes in Europe, the language of the Dutch position paper and Lilianne Ploumen, Labor’s chairperson, was  exceptional.

The paper said: “The mistake we can never repeat is stifling criticism of cultures and religions for reasons of tolerance.”

“Government and politicians had too long failed to acknowledge the feelings of “loss and estrangement” felt by Dutch society facing parallel communities that disregard its language, laws and customs.

“Newcomers, according to Ploumen, must avoid “self-designated victimization.”

About time! Mark Steyn was right. In America Alone he argued that there were many places in Europe that would not be there in 30 years; they would have disappeared into Islamdom. The Dutch are going to lead the way for other Europeans in resisting this; they have a great deal of error to recover from.

A particularly fatuous eco-message went out from the secretary of an association some of us belong to, from an institution not noted for contemporary enthusiasms.  The Dark Lord responded in kind to the offending sermon of Green religion.

The Dark Lord wrote-

Thank you for your message, Brother Secretary.

I don’t usually respond to each little piece of “Climate Change” propaganda, but this time I feel I must.

Firstly, saving energy and performing all tasks in the most efficient way possible is only common sense, and good engineering too.

Secondly, “the planet in peril” and “the IPCC knows what to do about it” and “threats to health and life” are all political bunk to extend the power of government over all our lives.  Nobody knows what the climate (actually, the weather) will be like in 100 years time: if you think that predictions made on the basis of computer models, poorly understood physical variables and algorithms dreamed up by computer whizz kids will tell you that, then examine the history of such predictions and see just how wrong they can be. Note that climate change models do not produce evidence of anything, they produce only conjecture.  Evidence is gained by scientific observation of the world around us.

Thirdly, if you examine the real scientific sites on the Web, you will find, contrary to the claims of the IPCC, that there is significant evidence to show that global cooling has in fact taken place over the past ten years, none of which was predicted by the climate change models so beloved of the IPCC.

Fourthly, the IPCC is not a scientific body, but a political one.  Its pronouncements are purely political and not scientific.

Fifthly, it is true that “all journeys start with a single step”.  I would recommend that the “single step” include looking at some real science rather than the bogus humbug that passes itself off as science.

Sixthly, the weather system is a vast non-linear mixture of variables, many of which we have no understanding of at all.  Accurate predictions of the  futures of non-linear systems, even when the variables are known, is
virtually impossible.  The presumption that a few fancy graphics, computer models, and hysterical pronouncements from the global warming religionists (a false god if ever there were one) can tell us the future, is pure fantasy.  

(As an aside, Margaret Mead is not a “world-renowned scientist”-she was a fraud.  ”Coming of Age in Samoa”, the work that brought fame to her, has been exposed years ago as an example of the shoddiest kind of pseudo-science.  She was “had” by the Somoans.  See several books by Derek Freedman exposing the whole sorry story.)

Lastly, (I could go on much longer) “scientists have concluded that most of the warming observed in that last fifty years is attributable to ‘human activities’.”  Actually, no.  When you see the word “scientists” without any qualification, who are they? How many? What are the caveats?  This is usually a cover-up for yet more political statements.

If you think that you are going to control the weather in one hundred years’ time, go ahead, carry on dreaming, but please don’t waste my taxpayers’ money on such foolish whims.

Happy New Year to Every One

Dark Lord