No News Means Bad News for Inconvenient Truthers

Starting now, expect to read or hear very little from the major news outlets about the international UN Copenhagen Conference on climate change.  Major news networks will now give the story the official ignore status.  Why?  Because it was a disaster.  President Obama, risking his personal cred made an 11^th hour journey to Copenhagen to exert influence on China to accept the agreement that was hammered out over the previous week.  You don’t have to be a professional at reading body language to see how that went.  It is sad that the picture below was taken.  It is even sadder that it is the Administration’s official picture of Obama’s frank discussion with Wen Jaibao. 

 

Suzanne Goldenberger of the Observer remarked over the meeting:

When Obama said China's stand on accountability would consign any deal to "empty words on a page", Wen walked out of the conference centre and went back to his hotel.
He later delivered an additional snub by sending a protocol officer to talk to Obama.

That is how you say in Chinese, "Cred?  You don't have any cred!"  What they were looking for was an agreement that the industrialized countries would pledge $100 billion annually to the rest of the world for their use while trimming their own productivity.  They didn’t quite get there.  The official agreement that the countries approved is the mutual feeling that someone should do something someday.  And, the agreement was nonbinding.  China’s President Wen Jiabao called the conference a success.  For those global warmers who wanted each leader to give a positive spin, then there you go.  To those who know the whole event, much less the cause is a total waste of time, then his remark works too. 

So that is why it will have only the briefest of mention from the American Pravda from here on out.  What also won’t be mentioned by them?  Russia has just uncovered evidence that the geniuses who compiled the temperature data to prove global warming forgot to use all the data available from Russia (Siberia).  Since they know the data, they know what should have been in the calculations.  Ok, so Russia stole the British scientist’s hard drive.  Someone should have been able to see their work to verify its accuracy years ago.

The Climategate scandal is another thing that American Pravda is avoiding.  Google the word Climategate and you will see that while the issue is growing, the main news outlets haven’t uttered the word in two full weeks.  The evidence is getting worse for the Inconvenient Truthers.   It is getting to be that there is more news that the mainstream media is told to ignore than there is that they are allowed to report on. 

But will he play the piano again?

About 10 days ago, the littlest member of our family came up lame.  The vet told us that Charlie tore an ACL in his right rear leg.  We hoped that it wasn't a comlete tear and that he would heal.  But last Sunday, his left rear leg suddenly completely failed him.  It was too much for it as he tried to make it do all the work. He was now virtually immobile and obviously in pain.  The vet said Charlie couldn't go on without surgery and the nearest doggie surgeon was in Spokane.    

Our son called long distance to make sure I was in agreement to take Charlie up there for the surgery.  (Having been raised on a farm I guess I have a reputation of taking a more traditional and economic approach).  But I also knew not to force a Charlie or me vote in the family.  

So, yesterday Jill and Helen took Charlie up to Spokane.  We prayed for a break in the weather and the snow and freezing rain subsided for their trip.  Today, Charlie got his operation on his left rear leg, the worst one.  The surgeon said ligaments on both sides were gone.  He attached a tendon and said the operation was successful.

His football playing days are over, but we have hope he will still be able to play the piano.