On Apr 17, 7:21 am, Uncle Al <Uncle...@hate.spam.net> wrote:

Roger Coppock wrote:

On Apr 16, 9:25 pm,

Where is "Green Peace" and the "IPCC" on this one:

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2007/100407beesdying.htm

I first heard of this l a few days ago.
It's way out of anything in my experience,
so I contacted a long time friend who is a
naturalist and amateur bee keeper. He
says both he and his apiarist club have
never heard of "colony collapse disorder"
or CCD. I don't know what to think, but
the possibility that it is an April fools joke
exists. Bee-ware!

No, it's apparently real, and is showing up in England, Wales,
Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece.

On Apr 17, 7:21 am, Uncle Al <Uncle...@hate.spam.net> wrote:

Roger Coppock wrote:

On Apr 16, 9:25 pm,

Where is "Green Peace" and the "IPCC" on this one:

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2007/100407beesdying.htm

I first heard of this l a few days ago.
It's way out of anything in my experience,
so I contacted a long time friend who is a
naturalist and amateur bee keeper. He
says both he and his apiarist club have
never heard of "colony collapse disorder"
or CCD. I don't know what to think, but
the possibility that it is an April fools joke
exists. Bee-ware!

No, it's apparently real, and is showing up in England, Wales,
Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece.

Predictably, some nutjobs are blaming cellphones:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976959267

The European honeybee is not native to the New World.

Gasp!<

But, but, what did all the pollinating before Evil White Mens
brought them?

;>)

Mark L. Fergerson

PS You can tell I'm not an Enviro-anything because I ask questions...

On Apr 17, 7:21 am, Uncle Al <Uncle...@hate.spam.net> wrote:

Roger Coppock wrote:

On Apr 16, 9:25 pm,

Where is "Green Peace" and the "IPCC" on this one:

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2007/100407beesdying.htm

I first heard of this l a few days ago.
It's way out of anything in my experience,
so I contacted a long time friend who is a
naturalist and amateur bee keeper. He
says both he and his apiarist club have
never heard of "colony collapse disorder"
or CCD. I don't know what to think, but
the possibility that it is an April fools joke
exists. Bee-ware!

No, it's apparently real, and is showing up in England, Wales,
Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece.

Predictably, some nutjobs are blaming cellphones:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976959267

The European honeybee is not native to the New World.

Gasp!<

But, but, what did all the pollinating before Evil White Mens
brought them?

;>)


Mark L. Fergerson

PS You can tell I'm not an Enviro-anything because I ask questions...

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 Uncle Al <UncleAl0@hate.spam.net> wrote:
=20

The European honeybee is not native to the New World. A pervasive
invasive noisome and deadly species is being expunged by Gaia. We
must abandon all carbon-based fuels. We must paint our bodies with
ketchup and mustard and send money to government or the entire planet
will fall off the Elephant in 2100. This is a Inconvenient Truth.

=20
Finally, some truth and sanity in a group full of nonsense.=20
=20
:-)

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/inhofe-vows-to-put-brakes-on-gore...

Inhofe vows to put brakes on Gore's 'Live Earth' concert at the
Capitol
By Elana Schor
March 28, 2007
Fresh from his face-to-face tussle with former Vice President Al Gore,
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) is vowing to stall Gore's hotly
anticipated Capitol concert to draw attention to global warming.

Inhofe's belief that climate change is "the greatest hoax ever
perpetrated on the American people" is common knowledge in the
capitol, and environmental groups cheered the new prospects for carbon-
capping legislation when he ceded the Environment and Public Works
Committee gavel this session. But Inhofe's parliamentary powers can
block indefinitely the resolution that would permit Gore to choose the
capitol's West Front for the U.S. leg of his seven-continent Live
Earth concert tour - a collaboration between Gore and promoter Kevin
Wall, who masterminded previous blockbuster charity concerts Live Aid
and Live 8.

"There has never been a partisan political event at the Capitol, and
this is a partisan political event," Inhofe said yesterday.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) attempted late last week to
pass the authorizing measure for Live Earth by unanimous consent. But
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) raised an objection on the
floor, seeking more time for his side to look at the resolution.

Inhofe appeared to see little room for an accommodation that could
allow the concert to go forward. "There's no compromise. Either we
change the rules or we don't."

Inhofe added that other members share his concerns, including unnamed
Democrats as well as Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), ranking member of the
Rules Committee, which has jurisdiction over the concert resolution.

Democrats "may not be willing to stand up to Al Gore, but many of them
found it just as objectionable as Republicans do," he said.

Bennett's office did not return a request for comment by press time.

Inhofe's latest challenge to Gore comes after their forceful exchange
during last week's hearing in the environment committee, when
Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) stepped in to stop Inhofe from
dictating terms of response to the 2000 presidential nominee. Gore
declined to sign a personal energy usage pact proffered by Inhofe.

The Mall is already booked during the July 7 date slated for Live
Earth, so the exigent need to secure use of the Capitol led Rules
Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to support unanimous passage,
Rules staff director Howard Gantman said.
"They have made it clear that they're opposed to it," Gantman said of
the GOP. "They're blocking passage of the bill. As far as next steps,
if Republicans wanted to discuss their opposition, we would do so."

Chad Griffin, an adviser to Live Earth, was taken aback by Inhofe's
objections to using the Capitol to promote environmental health. The
West Front was used to inaugurate Earth Day in a 1990 event, for which
Gore, a former senator, sponsored the authorizing resolution.

"This is a totally non-partisan event," Griffin said, noting that Reid
cosponsored the concert resolution with Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine).

The Capitol concert would be free of charge, incurring a $5 million
cost to Live Earth. Promoters would recoup that amount if they were
forced to choose another venue, Griffin said. Reid added language to
the resolution ensuring that the Capitol Police would be reimbursed in
advance for their estimated $1.5 million in security costs.

"It was a priority for Live Earth that the taxpayers not pay a single
dime" for the show, Griffin said. "Given that, we remain optimistic."

Snowe, a longtime supporter of carbon emissions curbs who co-chairs an
international climate-change group, said yesterday that she was
surprised the concert idea had become controversial among her
colleagues. She expressed hope that concert organizers would not be
forced to move the U.S. performance out of Washington if the Capitol
proves impossible.

"That would certainly provide an unfortunate message on behalf of the
U.S., that somehow we're languishing in our desire to combat the
problem," Snowe said. "We should be a leader in this endeavor."

Reid remains optimistic that the climate-change fight can come to the
Capitol dome, spokeswoman Liz Oxhorn said.