Al Gore summons DC’s 1st real snow storm of 2008-2009 winter, follows it up with an ice storm

How does the man do that? Al Gore was expected to be in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today to tell them that this whole fiscal crisis, the “stimulus” package, the continued national security efforts, and all of that are pretty much just distractions from the real issue: global warming. He’s going to have a tough time getting there this morning, however, since DC is working its way through the 1st real snow storm of the 2008-2009 winter.

OK, so DC considers an accumulation of 2-4 inches as a “snow storm.” I know some people in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ohio that would consider that a “dusting.” Semantics aside, the way DC’s, Maryland’s, and Virginia’s snow removal handles it, 2-4 inches is a snow storm here. The real bear this morning, however, was what followed the snow storm: an ice storm. Oh, yes, we got ice and freezing rain all night. My front porch has a ½ inch of ice on it right now. I can drive in snow. No one drives on ice. Not well and not for long, in any case.

The Gore Effect is bad enough. It’s worse that he’s continuing to preach this crap in the face of conclusive evidence that the data he used to produce that stunningly bad movie of his and that he’s relied upon for his argumentation is flawed beyond belief. The science – the real science – is starting to get through to the public and more of them now believe that the climate changes we’re seeing have more to do with planetary trends than human action. Gore is starting to sound like those college professors that blatantly tell you that you need to spend way more time on their classwork than any other class you’re taking because, of course, their class is just way more important than any of those others. The trouble came when you had more than 1 prof telling you that in the same semester. Kind of like now, when we have Gore on global warming, others on the bailout money, still others worried about “America’s international image.”

Good luck with that global warming thing, Al. I’m sure the Senators won’t miss what’s happening outside the windows as you’re speaking.