tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13402942.post2918350713278748717..comments2023-10-25T01:37:45.184-06:00Comments on Moving On: Link dumpKunoichihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08548985882557242941noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13402942.post-6528792070754563412008-06-19T02:34:00.000-06:002008-06-19T02:34:00.000-06:00"...refers to Grant's quote as coming from a publi...<I>"...refers to Grant's quote as coming from a publication called The Resister." </I><BR/><BR/>I can't find any publication by that name. Perhaps it's a typo?<BR/><BR/><I>"True, but Gorbachev also proposed holding elections... so does that mean elections are a communist plot too?<BR/>"</I><BR/><BR/>Uhm... no, it just means that Gorbachev was the founder. Simply verification.<BR/><BR/><I>"I didn't know the word "skeptic" in "global warming skeptic" refers to mindless regurgitation."</I><BR/><BR/>Perhaps you don't understand the concept of a link dump. I simply posted links to stories, sans personal commentary, that caught my attention. People are free to read them and come to their own conclusions. Or ignore them. Each to their own. I didn't think that was such a novel concept.Kunoichihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08548985882557242941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13402942.post-4621547423928483372008-06-18T20:59:00.000-06:002008-06-18T20:59:00.000-06:00"I would guess Vernon has access to a hard copy of..."I would guess Vernon has access to a hard copy of an earlier edition."<BR/><BR/>Turns out he didn't, because I just found a <A HREF="http://www.webcitation.org/5YftgeBBH" REL="nofollow">letter</A> on the <I>Washington Post</I> which refers to Grant's quote as coming from a publication called <I>The Re<B>s</B>ister</I>.<BR/><BR/>* * *<BR/><BR/>"Vernon writes that Grant identified GCI as an NGO founded by Gorbachev"<BR/><BR/>True, but Gorbachev also proposed holding elections... so does that mean elections are a communist plot too?<BR/><BR/>* * *<BR/><BR/>"there's no shortage of similar claims."<BR/><BR/>Well, people "claim" all sorts of things.<BR/><BR/>Whatever happened to skepticism and fact-checking? I didn't know the word "skeptic" in "global warming skeptic" refers to mindless regurgitation.<BR/><BR/>-- bi, <A HREF="http://frankbi.wordpress.com/" REL="nofollow"><I>International Journal of Inactivism</I></A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13402942.post-35386890324242570212008-06-18T12:25:00.000-06:002008-06-18T12:25:00.000-06:00The Register's online archive only goes back to Au...The Register's online archive only goes back to August 1998. I would guess Vernon has access to a hard copy of an earlier edition.<BR/><BR/>http://www.theregister.co.uk/1998/<BR/><BR/>In The Register Article, Vernon writes that Grant identified GCI as an NGO founded by Gorbachev, which is verified here.<BR/><BR/>http://www.globalgreen.org/about/gci.html<BR/><BR/>As for the Marxism/Communist connection with today's environmentalism, there's no shortage of similar claims. A search brought up 20,100 results, including these at the top:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.freedomszone.com/archives/2008/06/leftist_environmentalism_the_o.php" REL="nofollow"> One </A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2008/ss_politics0228_06_10.asp" REL="nofollow">Two </A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54784" REL="nofollow"> Three </A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://newsbusters.org/node/11538" REL="nofollow"> Four </A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/englund5.html" REL="nofollow"> Five </A><BR/><BR/>Just for a start.<BR/><BR/>HTHKunoichihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08548985882557242941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13402942.post-27984630143074799402008-06-18T11:53:00.000-06:002008-06-18T11:53:00.000-06:00"The Marxist Roots of the Global Warming Scare"? I..."The Marxist Roots of the Global Warming Scare"? I could find no trace of the <I>Register</I> article supposedly by Natalie Grant which Vernon's piece refers to. Googling <I>"Natalie Grant" "The Register" Gorbachev</I> turns up nothing but regurgitations of Vernon's article. What's going on?<BR/><BR/>-- bi, <A HREF="http://frankbi.wordpress.com/" REL="nofollow"><I>International Journal of Inactivism</I></A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com