The Sun and John Coleman vs. Al Gore, TWC and Heidi Cullen [witness update]
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The defamation lawsuit filed on behalf of our solar system's star in the Milky Way Intergalactic District Court last year against Al Gore and reported here at Redstate asking the "burning question", Where will the Knicks play?, has been hobbled by a lack of cash flow of the Plaintiff.
The Sun's lawyer, Mike DeVine, paid the filing fee and service of process fee, and was fortunate to obtain an admission via ABC News transcript after which Bill Clinton was added as a witness in The Sun v Al Gore lawsuit.
But The Sun has been unable to generate any income given its inability to travel any closer than 93 million miles to any available place of employment on Planet Earth.
Hence, DeVine Law has had to fend off claims his client is a "public figure" and hence must prove "actual mailce" by Gore.
The gravamen of the Complaint is that the defendant, Al Gore defames the plaintiff by alleging that Man, and not The Sun, warms the Earth.
But now, pursuant to Rule 20. Permissive Joinder of Parties DeVine is adding a well-heeled party plaintiff to the lawsuit, as well as a new cause of action (see below link re carbon credit fraud) and adding two additional party defendants, one of which is a pocket deeper than Gore.
The Weather Channel has lost its way, according to John Coleman, who founded the channel in 1982.
Coleman told an audience at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change on March 3 in New York that he is highly critical of global warming alarmism.
“The Weather Channel had great promise, and that’s all gone now because they’ve made every mistake in the book on what they’ve done and how they’ve done it and it’s very sad,” Coleman said. “It’s now for sale and there’s a new owner of The Weather Channel will be announced – several billion dollars having changed hands in the near future. Let’s hope the new owners can recapture the vision and stop reporting the traffic, telling us what to think and start giving us useful weather information.”
The Weather Channel has been an outlet for global warming alarmism. In December 2006, The Weather Channel’s Heidi Cullen argued on her blog that weathercasters who had doubts about human influence on global warming should be punished with decertification by the American Meteorological Society.
Coleman also told the audience his strategy for exposing what he called “the fraud of global warming.” He advocated suing those who sell carbon credits, which would force global warming alarmists to give a more honest account of the policies they propose.
Coleman will be footing the bill for deposition and other discovery expenses for DeVine in the contingency fee civil action.
[UPDATE]
Additional witnesses:
R. Timothy Patterson on sunspots pointing to imminent global cooling
and
BECK: Why are you here in New York?
KLAUS: Well, I consider this topic absolutely crucial, and in this respect what speaks for me is the experience from the past with the communist regime. It was the same problem.
You know, an idea which looks very nice, which transcends the people, now we have to do something about it. And I`m afraid that this is the way how to block freedom, how to stop democracy in the world, and how to stop prosperity as well. You know?
BECK: It is so funny in so many ways. I did a special, a week long special all last week on fascism. And this is the kind of thing that they look for.
They look for something -- not war, but a war on something where you could unite everybody. I mean, if you could put a fake spaceship above the Earth and say there is our common enemy, we would unite. That`s what this is.
KLAUS: Well, let`s pay attention to using some words which are used for other things. Fascism I think is an over statement. I wouldn`t do that.
Nevertheless, this is a problem with our freedom. I recently wrote a book about climate change. The subtitle: "What is Endangered, Climate or Freedom?" And my answer is very clear and very resolute. It`s freedom. So this is what bothers me.
BECK: OK. So then help me with the problem with the word "fascism," because if you disagree, you are immediately scared into silence.
KLAUS: Yes.
BECK: You can`t have a conversation. I mean, I had a conversation today with some of the best scientific minds on the planet on this today. And one of them said to me, "Well, Glenn, I mean, you would be foolish not to consider the other side and really look." But on the other side, on the Al Gore side, they will shut you down and paint you as a lunatic.
KLAUS: That`s the problem. They don`t want to have a conversation. They don`t want to discuss it, because they are afraid that they don`t have enough arguments.
That`s my experience with all of them. But it seems to me that you must have courage to do something, and I know that it`s politically incorrect to have the views I have.
Nevertheless, I succeeded being reelected as president of the country two weeks ago. And everyone in the country knows about my views on global warming and climate change. And I was reelected in spite of that, which means that it`s possible and it`s, I would say, necessary to do.
BECK: Right. Because you`re an economist. I mean...
KLAUS: That`s the basis for my -- for my thinking, because I would say that a global climate change debate is not about science as I would say climatology. It`s more about social sciences because it`s the issue of the society, what to do with people, what to do with mankind. Therefore, I am very sorry that the social science are more or less silent in discussion.
BECK: How do you mean?
KLAUS: They don`t -- they don`t participate in conferences on neither side, you know, which is a problem. I am...
BECK: You know, if you -- you`re an economist, so you know what America is going through in the economy...
KLAUS: Yes.
BECK: ... and the World Wide Web that this thing is spreading all around. I am so concerned that you take a project like global warming and you spend trillions of dollars. And you give it to an organization like the U.N., what you are doing is you`re selling your sovereignty, you are collapsing the economy as we know it.
True or false?
KLAUS: This is -- this is what I see as well. So for me to send the sovereignty somewhere from the (INAUDIBLE) countries is a problem for me.
The global governance for me who lived in the communist area all kinds of governance represent the problem. So global governance, global problems.
So I am very much against it. And the problem is that it will -- that there is a danger that it will dramatically stop or block economic growth. The rise of the (INAUDIBLE), and especially the problem will be for developing countries.
BECK: When you were -- when you first started hearing this, do you remember a time -- was there a time when you thought to yourself, oh, my, I mean, this is Stalin stuff, this is -- this is the way it all started last time? Was there a moment like that?
KLAUS: I must say that for me it started in the early 70s, but it was not about global warming. It was the environmentalists activities -- about the limits to grow (ph). And it was structurally the same discussion, and it was in the dark communist days in my country. And we were really not free to come here to New York City...
BECK: Right. Yes.
KLAUS: ... and to have this conversation.
Nevertheless, I consider this as a problem, and just the topics have changed a little bit. Nevertheless, the structure of the thinking of people is the same. Some famous environmentalists, permanent participants of the debate, even the topic has changed a little bit, were early here, those very active 35 or 40 years ago. Now the topic is different, the logic is the same.
Some republicans and Alaskans have expressed hope that the case can generate support for new oil drilling as opposed to the democrat exclusive love for old oil. See link
ANWR Drilling Despisers Hezbo-Dem Dingell and Dem Party Love Old Well Oil Only?
Many in the GOP also hope to persuade John McCain to give up the defamation generated support for taxing Americans to fund futile cooling tactics, taking away Edison's light bulb and the Corvette, and forcing Americans to drive scooters next to semis on I-95.
Mike DeVine’s Charlotte Observer columns
http://thehinzsightreport.com
www.theminorityreportblog.com
www.race42008.com
"One man with courage makes a majority." - Andrew Jackson
Thanks gamecock for including Vaclav Klaus's thoughts in this diary. Living under the tyranny of the USSR he studied so much of America's Founding Fathers, and now we in America need to be reminded from him what we once knew and have recently forgotten.
If the rules are transparent and clear, and if the state has no authority to license businesses or restrict exports and imports, there will be no opportunities to pay bribes in those areas. Mart Laar
Hubby and I are active weather followers. Particularly during hay season. The weather channel drives us *nuts*!!!!
"How Weather Changed History"
"Storm Stories"
"Travel Desk"
Blah, blah, blah.
Those New Yawkers spend 50 times as much time discussing whether or not it is a great day to go for a walk in Central Park, or whether or not you should go to the mall than they do talking about drought patterns, isobars, jet streams, etc.
If you want weather, you have to catch the Farm Report on RFDTV where they discuss actual weather in the actual United States. Not just New York City.
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful 100 percent.
I should know, I worked there for a year and work within sight of their building now. It is really weird though how CNN and TWC seem to have more New York attitudes, whereas Fox News which really is based in NYC has attitudes more compatible with the South.
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Finrod's First Law of Bandwidth:
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it takes the bandwidth of ten thousand.
Claus was the Czech Republic PM a few years ago, but it's unfortunate their president is more of a figurehead, best I can tell...
Like forced modernization or "the great leap forward," and eugenics before that, this is a scheme that will end up killing the poorest worldwide. As American (and Chinese/Indian/Japanese/Korean/European) production of capital slows in the name of global warming- which may or may not be happening, but certainly CANNOT be tamed by man- so slows cheap goods and money that are the only goods that poorest in the USA, Africa, Latin America, South Asia, etc, etc, etc, etc can afford. Less capital means less jobs for Americans. Less capital means less foreign aid (not that I personally think governments should be offering foreign aid). Less capital means less charitable giving. Less capital means more death. Period.
Socialism is not funny, and neither is "anthropogenic global warming."
Adapt to Survive? Or Regulate and Kill?
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Why don't you hire The Human Torch to do some investigating for you? He has some personal experience with warming things up. I think he easily could put AlGore on the hot seat.
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