tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post2079285578129039430..comments2023-11-03T01:35:04.318-07:00Comments on Bells On: Dining Outside Without Heat Lamps; or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Global Climate Changevikkitikkitavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01501311175482530001noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-75693161910538763452007-06-29T08:47:00.000-07:002007-06-29T08:47:00.000-07:00Okay, A) you are hands-down my favorite blogger an...Okay, A) you are hands-down my favorite blogger and B) What I liked about An Inconvenient Truth was that it WASN'T terrifying. Sure, it was startling, but that was the point, along with the fact that it's not too late to DO something about global climate change. I showed it to my 10th graders and nobody ran from the room screaming. In fact, many of them pledged to make the small changes Gore suggested. Oooooh, so scary. . .Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184891790134138474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-1098961292606047522007-06-28T07:53:00.000-07:002007-06-28T07:53:00.000-07:00I love reading your pigheadedness, Vikki. This wa...I love reading your pigheadedness, Vikki. This was another excellent post and I thank you.<BR/><BR/>When idiots think that not telling children about facts, theories, or even f'ing rumors about our world because it might scare them it makes me sick, sick, sick. If something a child hears scares them it is time to teach them about dealing with fear - a reality of life. The difference between paralysis from fear (pretty much being a professional victim) vs. the fear that brings us to action, makes us fight hard to survive.<BR/><BR/>How about tapping in to the kids' natural curiosity so that they can listen to the alternate viewpoints and, um, become critical thinkers? Gee, there's a concept.<BR/><BR/>Oh, wait. I forgot. Hummers make us look cool. Yeah, that's what we want to teach the next generation. I forgot. Hummers are cool and everything will be fine. Shall we dine on the patio?<BR/><BR/>You rock, Aunt Vikki! Clearly you learned a little about critical thinking somewhere along the line and it makes you great to read. (so where are those books people keep telling you to write?)bubbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309024574089677684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-89279612963934111872007-06-27T22:41:00.000-07:002007-06-27T22:41:00.000-07:00Vikki,When I read this excellent post, my first th...Vikki,<BR/><BR/>When I read this excellent post, my first thought was that one thing I won't have to worry about was that Lake Michigan will rise and sink Chicago in my lifetime.<BR/><BR/>When my spouse was a child,her grandmother would bring home these religous Jesus stories. One of which was about boy that was in dreadful pain as a result of a car accident and wanted to die because he hurt so much. He was told that Jesus visited the room of every child each night and if he went to bed with his hand raised above his head, Jesus would come and take he to heaven. Sure enough that is what happened. <BR/><BR/>So my wife went to sleep every night with her hands straight down to her side for fear somehow her hand would wander above her head and Jesus would take her to heaven even if she didn't want to go. <BR/><BR/>Yesiree, nothin' like a good ole Jesus story to help you grow up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-48972164210451200912007-06-27T18:19:00.000-07:002007-06-27T18:19:00.000-07:00Great post.They showed "An Inconvenient Truth" at ...Great post.<BR/><BR/>They showed "An Inconvenient Truth" at my son's school. It had the effect of getting him interested in the environment and alternate energy technologies-- basically getting him as interested in them as I've been for years. <BR/><BR/><I>e 9-year-old said she worried about global warming "because I don't want to die."…</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, big bad Al Gore is scaring 9-year-olds. Someone make him stop.<BR/><BR/>When Kim and her daughter moved in, my stepdaughter, then 8, was inexplicably scared that bats would somehow get in her room. They obviously need to stop teaching about bats at her grade school.<BR/><BR/>Miss Yoffe represented the "head-up-their-asses-ignorant" soccer moms' point of view very nicely, thank you.Johnny Yenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561248220244037567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-88500671626374425962007-06-27T15:35:00.000-07:002007-06-27T15:35:00.000-07:00that closing quote is perfectthat closing quote is perfectkikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10951434843709698847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-33332172340527862042007-06-27T13:52:00.000-07:002007-06-27T13:52:00.000-07:00Upton Sinclair is so smart.Viki; thanks for the po...Upton Sinclair is so smart.<BR/><BR/>Viki; thanks for the post you are just as smart.Cheer34https://www.blogger.com/profile/14932035995477093530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-46599639718817478112007-06-27T10:35:00.000-07:002007-06-27T10:35:00.000-07:00I read the whole thing, just hoping for a good zin...I read the whole thing, just hoping for a good zinger at the end. Thanks for not disappointing me sis. Great post.GETkristiLOVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873004576844292852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-33424838741666222002007-06-27T08:25:00.000-07:002007-06-27T08:25:00.000-07:00Randy: If only you were right. And I don't know w...Randy: If only you were right. And I don't know where WaPo digs up people like Yoffe (surely there must be more intelligent people waiting to be published there?!) but as long as dinks like her ARE out there, spewing opinions that are about as informed as the global warming equivalent of "if man evolved from apes, how come there's still apes?", then Al Gore will have to continue to defend himself against them.<BR/><BR/>Larry: I wouldn't say it's "easy," but obviously their standards are ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>Chris: Thank you! Is it the company of a good woman that has made you so liberal with the compliments of late? I don't care. I approve. And by advocating a wider audience for my pigheadedness, I hereby nominate you to my fan club. You may now join the ranks of such distinguished literary figures as my mother, my dad, my boyfriend, my sister, AND my brother.vikkitikkitavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501311175482530001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-57618197829897160342007-06-27T05:23:00.000-07:002007-06-27T05:23:00.000-07:00Another beauty, Vikki. You completely dismantled ...Another beauty, Vikki. You completely dismantled poor Ms. Yoffe's argument (although I think she provided you with the wrecking ball). More people need to read the things you write.Some Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899082993897012313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-27397058759737909502007-06-26T23:57:00.000-07:002007-06-26T23:57:00.000-07:00Either she's taking money from Exxon or it's easie...Either she's taking money from Exxon or it's easier than I thought to get a job at a big-time daily newspaper.Larry Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425250800667058263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15040772.post-85710265255223850812007-06-26T16:22:00.000-07:002007-06-26T16:22:00.000-07:00Michael Moore's Sicko comes out on friday. I'll be...Michael Moore's Sicko comes out on friday. I'll bet the Right Wing water-carriers will leave Al alone for a while, and make up shit about MM for the next few weeks.RandyLuvsPaistehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14432276211943447401noreply@blogger.com