Buffalo Bloviator

Pope Benedict XVI Condemns The Climate Change Prophets.

In a story published in the Daily Mail, Simon Caldwell wrote:

Attack: Pope Benedict criticised climate change prophets of doom.

Pope Benedict XVI has launched a surprise attack on climate change prophets of doom, warning them that any solutions to global warming must be based on firm evidence and not on dubious ideology.

The German-born Pontiff said that while some concerns may be valid it was vital that the international community based its policies on science rather than the dogma of the environmentalist movement.

>>>Upon which I bloviate:

It appears clear that the issue of global warming, the notion that the earth is trending toward gradual warming and that its further extension, that man’s technology is contributing to that trend, has been thoroughly hijacked by politics.

I see red flags when two opposing sides to a science debate also happen to be split perfectly and consistently by opposing ideology. The global warming debate looks like it has been hijacked and appended to the respective qualifications of today’s two main rival political groups; the Secular-Darwinist faithed-Socialist-Progressive-Democrat-Self Loathing Ashamed of America-No Such Thing As Good Or Bad Just Cultural Relativity-Global Warmest political group versus the Religion Tolerant-Capitalist-Conservative-Republican-Happy that America is top dog-Freedom Is A Natural Right Of All People And America Is The Best Vehicle For Delivering That Freedom Whether They Like It Or Not-Man Made Global Warming Agnostics.  (I invite you to help me further refine these two nomenclatures.)

If there is any science behind the global warming theory, good luck sifting it out of the politics. Earth temperature may or may not be affected by man, but a safe scientific certainty is that this debate is heating up.

BuffaloPundit wrote the following post about our new ethanol plant: http://buffalopundit.wnymedia.net/blogs/archives/6057#comments

To which I bloviate:

Nobody ever claimed that ethanol is cheaper than gas. (Except in Brazil where they can make it from cane sugar.) Our national mandate to pursue ethanol is motivated by the goal of increased independence from fuel sources that are controlled by enemy nations.

Modern technology has greatly reduced the odor from ethanol plants. The older plants that had community complaints did not have the benefit of the modern scrubbers that our plant is installing.

I expect that a great many of us, First Ward residents especially, will be happy with the renewed importance of our old grain elevators, the inner harbor, and their significant contribution once again not only to our city but our nation.

Kevin Townsell and Rick Smith are two Buffalo boys who’s beer drinking (and beer serving) was literally the total extent of their familiarity with grain. It is very exciting to see that two local regular guys, by having the faith to follow their own vision, have brought good old Buffalo style private enterprise back to the Buffalo Harbor. The stuff that made Buffalo great in the first place, is the same stuff that these two gentlemen are made of.

My hat is off to the man in the cowboy hat.

http://www.buffalorising.com/story/new_era_celebrates_one_year_do

New Era Celebrates One Year Downtown

New Era is a great neighbor and I am not picking on them. The last thing I would normally want to do is rain on their parade. They have nice employees and great attitudes. It is a great pleasure having many of them as my personal friends. Glamorizing graffiti is not good public relations. Glamorizing any attitude or behavior that inhibits the forward movement of Buffalo is not good public relations during our New Era of high hope and expectations for our city. However, I think inviting graffiti vandals is a good opportunity for the Buffalo Police graffiti task force to collect intel. I am also planning on attending so that I can drag their sorry asses over to my place to help me remove their art from my building.

I appeal to our good neighbors at New Era to reconsider promoting graffiti at their December 15th event -for the city’s sake as well as for their own public relations ramifications. Can you imagine the news stories that would result from this decision? All of the good that New Era Cap has done will be overlooked and the stories will all focus on the stupid graffiti promotion. They did the right thing when they cancelled their production of custom gang hats. Remember? I have to believe that New Era Cap will reconsider and wind up dropping the graffiti promotion from their event.