The AGW Crowd and Idiots. But I repeat myself.

Appologies to Mr. Mark Twain for the title of this post, but they really are one and the same. Witness:

Well how 'bout that! Undaunted by the wrath of Gaia, approximately 2,500 protesters (estimate conveniently provided by the organizers) took part in the what was billed to be a massive civil disobedience action at the Capitol Power Plant, a coal fired facility that heats many of the government buildings in Washington, DC. (Out With A Shiver: Global Warming Protest Frozen Out by Massive Snowfall)

Protest organizers said about 2,500 people braved the blizzard to oppose greenhouse gas emissions, but the shroud of snow wasn't the only wet blanket in the nation's capital Monday.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who called on the architect of the Capitol to stop burning coal at the power plant last week, cancelled her appearance at the rally because her flight to Washington was cancelled.

The greenhouse gas "pollutant" they were aghast about is, of course, carbon dioxide, which is a requirement for photosynthesis and which is proving to trail temperature rises and not trigger them. Oh, and despite statements that CO2 has climbed to "record levels", it is still less than 400 parts per million (or 0.04%) by volume in the atmosphere. It was a great deal higher back in the Carbonaceous Period.

And House Speaker Pelosi was flying in from where? Any one? San Francisco! That's correct! Of course she flies home to SF nearly every weekend just like you commute to work. I wonder what the "carbon footprint" of all those cross country flights works out to, hmmm? The hypocrisy is really astounding!

The snowy scene, with temperatures in the mid-20s, was reminiscent of a day in January 2004, when Al Gore made a major address on global warming in New York -- on one of the coldest days in the city's history.

Yes, the Gore Effect is really much more reliable than the IPCC computer models. (By the way, if you really want to get a laugh, go to the Gore Effect link at Wiki and under "Note" look at the partial list of online articles confirming the Gore Effect.)

The article makes no mention of the presence of Mr. Gore or his pet "scientist" Dr. James Hanson.

On a final note (emphasis mine):

In a press release supporting the protest, Greenpeace wrote that "coal is the country's biggest source of global warming pollution" and that "burning coal cuts short at least 24,000 lives in the U.S. annually."

On a blustery, frigid day, it might be worth noting the government's own stark numbers: pneumonia kills twice as many each year.

Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark!