Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Grin and Bear it   [Chris Horner]

I'm just coming above water from a week away and some crash testimony for Thursday's House hearing on fraud and deceit in the global-warming-advocacy industry, but I did catch the polar bear-suited crowds Greg highlights, below, packing up like so much accumulating Arctic ice right now to sway Czech president Vaclav Klaus on the issue. I caution you not to mock, dear Greg. There is precedent of public officials being swayed by far less a presence than that horde.

You may recall Sen. John McCain's explanation of how he found global warming alarmism: a kid, in a — wait for it — polar bear suit heckled him in New Hampshire during the 2000 campaign's primaries. He and the bear had a sit-down, and the senator walked away convinced.

One bear suit. One. Of course, as the saying goes, I know President Klaus. I've worked with President Klaus. Senator . . .

Still, that's all it took to launch a faintly bipartisan movement that has brought us one Senate vote short of adopting economy-killing, climatically meaningless cap-and-trade.

No that's one magical animal. Wonderful, well, not so much.

10/27 10:30 AMShare