Comments on: If The Tree of Global Warming Fell In The Living Rooms of The American Press And No One Reported It Would It Make A Sound? http://sixmeatbuffet.com/archives/2010/02/14/if-the-tree-of-global-warming-fell-in-the-living-rooms-of-the-american-press-and-no-one-reported-it-would-it-make-a-sound/ This blog was filmed before a live studio audience Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://sixmeatbuffet.com/archives/2010/02/14/if-the-tree-of-global-warming-fell-in-the-living-rooms-of-the-american-press-and-no-one-reported-it-would-it-make-a-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-622604 Brian Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:02:25 +0000 http://sixmeatbuffet.com/?p=10672#comment-622604 Absolutely. As soon as you all can stop looting the food court when some mary in his frilly coloured summer britches bounces a ball off his head into a net the size of four SUVs. Absolutely. As soon as you all can stop looting the food court when some mary in his frilly coloured summer britches bounces a ball off his head into a net the size of four SUVs.

]]> By: The Honourable Lord Viscount Green http://sixmeatbuffet.com/archives/2010/02/14/if-the-tree-of-global-warming-fell-in-the-living-rooms-of-the-american-press-and-no-one-reported-it-would-it-make-a-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-622579 The Honourable Lord Viscount Green Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:17:56 +0000 http://sixmeatbuffet.com/?p=10672#comment-622579 If we in the UK do this for you, would you chaps promise to stop all that whooping and hollering you do when someone scores a downtouch or puts the big ball through that hoop with the net. It disturbs the the gardeners when they're mowing our lawns. Thanks awfully. In most esteemed regard to you in the colonies. LV Green of Bumblingham. If we in the UK do this for you, would you chaps promise to stop all that whooping and hollering you do when someone scores a downtouch or puts the big ball through that hoop with the net. It disturbs the the gardeners when they’re mowing our lawns. Thanks awfully.

In most esteemed regard to you in the colonies.

LV Green of Bumblingham.

]]> By: Brian http://sixmeatbuffet.com/archives/2010/02/14/if-the-tree-of-global-warming-fell-in-the-living-rooms-of-the-american-press-and-no-one-reported-it-would-it-make-a-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-622538 Brian Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:36:56 +0000 http://sixmeatbuffet.com/?p=10672#comment-622538 I guess that depends on who your reporters are. An even swap doesn't seem like a fair trade since most tea party folk work for a living. I guess that depends on who your reporters are. An even swap doesn’t seem like a fair trade since most tea party folk work for a living.

]]> By: Jamess http://sixmeatbuffet.com/archives/2010/02/14/if-the-tree-of-global-warming-fell-in-the-living-rooms-of-the-american-press-and-no-one-reported-it-would-it-make-a-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-622533 Jamess Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:30:14 +0000 http://sixmeatbuffet.com/?p=10672#comment-622533 If we send you our reporters, could you send us some of your tea party folk? If we send you our reporters, could you send us some of your tea party folk?

]]> By: John Blake http://sixmeatbuffet.com/archives/2010/02/14/if-the-tree-of-global-warming-fell-in-the-living-rooms-of-the-american-press-and-no-one-reported-it-would-it-make-a-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-622388 John Blake Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:18:48 +0000 http://sixmeatbuffet.com/?p=10672#comment-622388 This "tree falling in the forest" meme originated with Bishop George Berkeley, 1685 - 1753, as an epistemological proposition that "to be is to be perceived" (esse est percipi). As an Anglican Bishop, Berkeley meant that since God perceives all things, accepting the existence of Material Reality requires also that a Deity exists-- absent a Divine Eye, the material/physical world has no reality. Boswell's "Life of Johnson" relates that when Boswell asked his celebrated friend to refute Berkeley's premise, Dr. Johnson sent a stone flying with a mighty kick, proclaiming, "I refute him thus!" For many, Johnson's "kick test" has remained definitive. In the U.S., feckless and hyper-politicized mass media apparently cannot cope with much beyond celebrity gossip and puerile rants against opponents straying beyond bounds of orthodox PCBS. Over time, so-called journalists exhibiting this herd mentality may wander off the reservation, but by then the only breaking news will be their oafish attempts to reconcile and justify themselves. Meantime, anyone seeking a current, informed grasp of Climategate et al. had best rely exclusively on alternative (web-based) sources, updated by the hour. This “tree falling in the forest” meme originated with Bishop George Berkeley, 1685 – 1753, as an epistemological proposition that “to be is to be perceived” (esse est percipi). As an Anglican Bishop, Berkeley meant that since God perceives all things, accepting the existence of Material Reality requires also that a Deity exists– absent a Divine Eye, the material/physical world has no reality.

Boswell’s “Life of Johnson” relates that when Boswell asked his celebrated friend to refute Berkeley’s premise, Dr. Johnson sent a stone flying with a mighty kick, proclaiming, “I refute him thus!” For many, Johnson’s “kick test” has remained definitive.

In the U.S., feckless and hyper-politicized mass media apparently cannot cope with much beyond celebrity gossip and puerile rants against opponents straying beyond bounds of orthodox PCBS. Over time, so-called journalists exhibiting this herd mentality may wander off the reservation, but by then the only breaking news will be their oafish attempts to reconcile and justify themselves. Meantime, anyone seeking a current, informed grasp of Climategate et al. had best rely exclusively on alternative (web-based) sources, updated by the hour.

]]> By: jgreene http://sixmeatbuffet.com/archives/2010/02/14/if-the-tree-of-global-warming-fell-in-the-living-rooms-of-the-american-press-and-no-one-reported-it-would-it-make-a-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-622385 jgreene Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:59:12 +0000 http://sixmeatbuffet.com/?p=10672#comment-622385 I had completely forgotten about California's purchase of $ 300B in carbon credit bonds. Damn, we are all "screwed". But I do hope that the British Press begins to tweak the American Lame Stream Media on their refusal to acknowledge the overwhelming EVIDENCE of the AGW HOAX. I had completely forgotten about California’s purchase of $ 300B in carbon credit bonds. Damn, we are all “screwed”. But I do hope that the British Press begins to tweak the American Lame Stream Media on their refusal to acknowledge the overwhelming EVIDENCE of the AGW HOAX.

]]> By: Coming soon: Global cooling will kill us all!!!1! (Again.) — Pursuing Holiness http://sixmeatbuffet.com/archives/2010/02/14/if-the-tree-of-global-warming-fell-in-the-living-rooms-of-the-american-press-and-no-one-reported-it-would-it-make-a-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-622378 Coming soon: Global cooling will kill us all!!!1! (Again.) — Pursuing Holiness Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:20:14 +0000 http://sixmeatbuffet.com/?p=10672#comment-622378 [...] I’m thoroughly enjoying watching the wheels come off the global warming bus. Six Meat Buffet asks the critical question: If The Tree of Global Warming Fell In The Living Rooms of The American Press And No One Reported It ... [...] [...] I’m thoroughly enjoying watching the wheels come off the global warming bus. Six Meat Buffet asks the critical question: If The Tree of Global Warming Fell In The Living Rooms of The American Press And No One Reported It … [...]

]]> By: Lazarus Long http://sixmeatbuffet.com/archives/2010/02/14/if-the-tree-of-global-warming-fell-in-the-living-rooms-of-the-american-press-and-no-one-reported-it-would-it-make-a-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-622371 Lazarus Long Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:58:19 +0000 http://sixmeatbuffet.com/?p=10672#comment-622371 If AL Gore fell in a forest, and no one was aroung, would anybody care? If AL Gore fell in a forest, and no one was aroung, would anybody care?

]]> By: Al Reasin http://sixmeatbuffet.com/archives/2010/02/14/if-the-tree-of-global-warming-fell-in-the-living-rooms-of-the-american-press-and-no-one-reported-it-would-it-make-a-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-622370 Al Reasin Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:54:39 +0000 http://sixmeatbuffet.com/?p=10672#comment-622370 The US MSM are useful idiots for the Left and if the radical Left was actually to take over our great country, said journalists would be some of the first to be lined up against the wall; no one likes a traitor, even one to their profession, since they are not trustworthy. We have seen how useful idiots are treated throughtout history, but our useful idiots know nothing of history. The US MSM are useful idiots for the Left and if the radical Left was actually to take over our great country, said journalists would be some of the first to be lined up against the wall; no one likes a traitor, even one to their profession, since they are not trustworthy. We have seen how useful idiots are treated throughtout history, but our useful idiots know nothing of history.

]]> By: Preston Taylor Holmes http://sixmeatbuffet.com/archives/2010/02/14/if-the-tree-of-global-warming-fell-in-the-living-rooms-of-the-american-press-and-no-one-reported-it-would-it-make-a-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-622369 Preston Taylor Holmes Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:26:13 +0000 http://sixmeatbuffet.com/?p=10672#comment-622369 Good point, T. They're not the only ones asshole-deep in the carbon market, I would wager. It would serve them all right to lose everything as a result of this scam. Good point, T. They’re not the only ones asshole-deep in the carbon market, I would wager. It would serve them all right to lose everything as a result of this scam.

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