Iceland Saves Earth!

Seems that volcano those Icelanders set off the other day will result in a climate change that could save the world from global warming!

A cooling trend is certain to result from the ash spewed into the air. Early estimates show that the eruption has already pumped nearly the same amount of hot, worthless material into the atmosphere as came out of Washington, D.C. during the health care reform debate.

Concern in the White House is that this could actually lead to a reversal of our planet's warming. Saying he wants to "stay ahead of the curve," President Obama announced sweeping changes that will affect millions of Americans.

Monday, he'll sign an executive order that will penalize those driving cars and light trucks rated at more than 20 miles per gallon.

"We need to take drastic measures now, before it's too late!" said Obama. "Starting tomorrow, during each work day, all government vehicles will be required to be left idling when not in use. To pay for the fuel costs, we're going to have to tax every hybrid vehicle, as they're not doing their part to increase the carbon dioxide levels necessary to maintain the planet's current temperatures. I'm calling on all my fellow world leaders to issue the same directives in their countries as well."

When asked what we'll do about vehicles with gasoline and diesel engines that get more than 20 miles per gallon?

"I'd like every American - along with the tens of millions of illegal aliens driving in our country without licenses and insurance - to follow the government's lead on this. If their car or truck gets more than an EPA estimated 20 miles per gallon, they should leave their vehicles idling during the workday. We'll require employers to pick up the tab on fuel costs for all their employees."


Al Gore's already shopping a new book, This Time For Sure! The subtitle - the true story of an even less convenient truth - indicates he'll do an about-face from his previous work.

51st State: Mexico?

A couple of nights ago, late-night radio conman George Noory, host of Coast to Coast AM, suggested that the United States could solve the problem of illegal immigration by taking over Mexico and making it the 51st state of the Union.

We're already in debt up to our ears and can't possibly make good on our entitlement promises as it is. Why in the world would we want to take on even more problems?

I'm sure he'll get a lot of flak for that statement and will retract it any day now. He'll probably say he was "joking". The problem is, just about everything his show presents is a joke. It's pretty much a radio version of The National Enquirer.

For those of you unfamiliar with Noory, he's making a great living off the gullibility of the masses. He brings on guests like The Numbers Lady to prey on ding-dongs who can't see through even the flimsiest of stories.

Noory occasionally has a legitimate guest, but most of the time his guests are flat-out liars like Richard C. Hoagland.

A while back, he called out Truther/Conman, Alex Jones. It seems Jones had concocted a big, fat fib (Charlie Sheen's "interview" of President Obama) and Noory was distancing himself from nutcase Alex just as fast as he could.

It didn't take long, however, for them to reconcile. You see, fans, it's all about money - and how best to separate listeners from theirs.



Many miss the show's original host, Art Bell. Instead of pushing annexation of Mexico, he'd probably support the nuking of it...

The Recycling Myth

An article by that title was posted back in 2008. Read it here.

The people of Sweden are thus forced to clean their trash before carefully separating different kinds of materials. This is the future, they say, and it is supposedly good for the environment. (What about the economy?)

No, this is not...

...an April Fool joke...

Big Brother is watching you. He's also watching your trash. Read more here.

You'd better be using clear trash bags:

Opaque trash bags were not collected and instead left at the curb and tagged, and if they weren't removed by the owner within a week, they were tagged with an ordinance violation.

Here's an idea: What if they just put the black bag-o-trash inside a clear trash bag?


You'd better not toss that Dr. Pepper can:

This spring, the city will take another step in enforcing the collection of recyclable materials. Starting next week, warning notices will be issued to residents who do not put out any recyclables for collection. Also, the city may issue warning notices "where it is evident that recyclable materials have been mixed in with the garbage," said Kay James, city manager.

Watch the news video, Recycling Police, here.

How long before we have neighbors ratting out neighbors? When will children begin calling in tips that their parents' who aren't recycling? How did we get to this point in our country?

I've got a couple of dumb questions. Maybe the folks in Canandaigua can provide some dumb answers.

1. How much in non-recyclable/non-renewable resources will be used to enforce this ordinance?
2. Why not have all trash and recyclables collected by the same crews/trucks and sent to a central sorting facility staffed by welfare recipients working in exchange for their benefits?