WEATHER CHANNEL ABSURDITY

Perhaps the most bizarre story of the week comes from Weather Channel Meteobabe Heidi Cullen.  Apparently she hosts a show called "The Climate Code."  

Let's all bask for a moment in the extremely clever play on "The DaVinci Code" popularity. 

OK .. That's enough.  Back to Hysterical Heidi.  Cullen wants the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the group that certifies TV weathermen, to decertify any weatherman who dares to question the "fact" that man is causing catastrophic global climate change.  

Note, please, that the phrase "Global warming" is no longer really in vogue.  After all ... ice just destroyed much of California's citrus crop.  So the word now is "climate change."  

Here's what Cullen had to say on her blog:

"If a meteorologist can't speak to the fundamental science of climate change, then maybe the AMS shouldn't give them a Seal of Approval. Clearly, the AMS doesn't agree that global warming can be blamed on cyclical weather patterns. It's like allowing a meteorologist to go on-air and say that hurricanes rotate clockwise and tsunamis are caused by the weather. It's not a political statement...it's just an incorrect statement."

To Cullen the "fundamental science of climate change" is that global warming is being caused by man.  She completely discounts cyclical weather patterns which have been proven by science.  The earth has been this warm in the past .. warmer .. many times.  Cullen doesn't explain why.  By the way ... it has been pointed out that hurricanes do rotate clockwise in the southern hemisphere -- but why be picky.

Here's another blog you might be interested in.  The Weather Blog. This is from AMC certified Meteorologist James Spann.  He says that he does not know of a single TV Meteorologist who buys into the man-made global warming hype.  There are some excellent comments posted to Spann's blog.  A good read.

Don't you just love a good juicy controversy?

HOW STUPID IS THIS?

OK ... Who among us doesn't know that you can't carry a bottle of water through an airport security check?  OK .. maybe if you've never flown on a commercial airliner, and you have no plans to do so in the future .. you might not know.  That is if you don't read newspapers and don't have a radio or a TV.  In other words ... If you were raised in a shack in the Everglades without electricity and no contact with the outside world you might not know you can't carry a bottle of water through an airport security check?

But what if you are a highly-paid, college "educated" nationally known NFL quarterback who is constantly jet-setting around the country?  Then --- you know.

So, tell me then.  Why would the aforesaid highly-paid, college "educated", nationally known NFL quarterback obtain a water bottle with a clever little compartment behind the label where one can hide stuff -- marijuana, for instance -- and then try to get it through an airport security check?  Further --- why would you throw a fit when they tell you you have to throw the water away?  The security screeners know that you can buy another bottle of water on the concourse ... so you don't think they're going to get suspicious when you act like they're trying to castrate you when they take your precious water?

So --- why  would someone do this?  Simple.  Because they're a dumb ass, that's why.

PELOSI WON'T STOP THE SURGE

As predicted, Nancy Pelosi is not going to stop funding for President Bush's troop surge.  Why not?  If you're so opposed to it, Madame Speaker...why not put your money where your mouth is?  The answer is because no one is buying her alternative to the war in Iraq.

The Democrats that have taken power in Washington D.C. this month largely due to the war in Iraq.  They got there by criticizing the Bush Administration and capitalizing on the public's frustration with the lack of progress over the course of the last 4 years.  They did not get there by offering any sort of alternative plan.  They don't have one.  All they have is the surrender option, which nobody wants.  So what else is Nancy Pelosi going to do?

George W. Bush called her bluff...and she folded.  We have just witnessed a rarity in American politics.  A president with a 30-some-odd percent approval rating staring down a brand new, popularly elected Congress.  Bush and his team correctly calculated that the American people will not tolerate any shorting of our troops when it comes to spending money, so the Democrats can't stop his surge.

Is Iraq a mess?  No doubt, it is.  The consequences of cutting and running at this time might be worse.

MUSLIMS MAD AT JACK BAUER AGAIN

Should we round up and deport all Muslims? Yes No

Muslims are again upset at their portrayal on Fox's hit TV show '24.'  And just why do they have their turbans in a wad?  They're upset that Muslims are being portrayed as suicide bombers. Oh my!  Can you believe that?  And Muslims object to this?  Aren't all suicide bombers Islamic?  Seems like a realistic portrayal to me.  But don't tell that to CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations.  They're quite upset.

Whined a spokesperson for CAIR:  "The overwhelming impression you get is fear and hatred for Muslims.  After watching that show, I was afraid to go to the grocery store because I wasn't sure the person next to me would be able to differentiate between fiction and reality."  For somebody that seems to be so outraged, she sure sat all the way through the four-hour season premiere.  But we've seen and heard all this before.

Now remember ... the founders of CAIR have openly expressed their desire to see the U.S. under Islamic Law.  You won't hear that from CBS or CNN.

Two years ago when the bad guys on '24' were Muslims, CAIR threw a fit then and Fox ran a PSA with Keifer Sutherland that said all Muslims are not terrorists.  We know that.  Besides, it's a TV show.  The thin-skinned bunch down at CAIR headquarters need to get over themselves.  Besides...how should they portray suicide bombers?  Make them Amish?  That wouldn't be very realistic.

THE GARGOYLE RIPS OFF THE U.N.

The stench continues to rise from Kofi Annan's tenure at the UN.  Today we learn that North Korea has been scamming the United Nations Development Program.  The $4 billion program, paid for by member nations such as the United States, was bilked by Kim Jong-Il for all sorts of money and services.  Once again, the question needs to be asked...what purpose does the United Nations serve?

So not only do we have the U.N. Oil-For-Food rip-off, which so far nobody except Saddam Hussein has answered for, but now this.  Yet another tinhorn dictator ripping off the U.N. and by extension, the American people.  And to what extent?  At least tens of millions of dollars.  And here's the worst part....the United Nations has known about it for 8 years...and done nothing about it.

And if it weren't for an exclusive Fox News report, we never would know about it.  And the news gets worse...plenty of people tried to warn the U.N. about it...but it fell on deaf ears.  So once again, we have to ask the question, just what exactly is the reason for the United Nations?  Why do we continue to throw some $3 billion a year down this rat hole?  Why do we allow them to have valuable Manhattan real estate?  Why do we let them get away without paying their parking tickets?

Nice to know the U.N. was putting your hard-earned tax dollars to work in North Korea.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

How can you tell when your redneck neighbor won the lottery? More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Guest: Fark.com's Creator Drew Curtis, creator of fark.com joined Neal on the show today. Hilarity ensued. Ceiling cat declined to comment. Miss it? Listen here.

The media is wringing its hands because of the rules established for the tribunals down at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  Never has somebody shown so much concern for Islamic terrorists.  After all, we just might execute somebody...we can't have that.

ABC was congratulating the Democrats on-air for completing their 100-hour agenda in only 42 hours.  As it turns out, ABC wasn't so complimentary 12 years ago when it was Republicans passing their agenda.  Newsbusters has more.

There may be some presidential pardons in the cards for the two Border Patrol agents who are wasting away in the slammer for doing their jobs.  President Bush said in an interview recently that he'll look at the situation, but only after the pardons work their way through the proper channels.

One Weather Channel meteorologist says the American Meteorological Society should not certify weather forecasters that are skeptical about global warming.  Because as we all know, anyone who dares to question the church of global warming has obviously lost his or her mind.

Hillary Clinton's campaign is already turning up the heat on Barack Obama, exposing new information about his background in an attempt to gain the upper hand.  They say Obama has not been forthcoming about his Muslim background.  Let the mud fly!

David Limbaugh has a message for politicians that want to re-institute the Fairness Doctrine and silence talk radio: beware of the word "fairness."  Anytime the government tries to regulate something and make it fair, look out.

John Kerry has finally had a good idea...and we here at Reading Assignments would like to make note of it.  The Poodle is calling for a probe into the sales of military surplus items to Iran.  Nice going.  Hopefully this compliment will not go to his head.

The conventional wisdom in Washington seems to be that there are only two options in Iraq.  1.) Send more troops and try to win or 2.) throw in the towel and cut and run.  Charles Krauthammer offers a plausible plan B for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

John Podhoretz calls out the Duke faculty for their disgraceful  handling of the Lacrosse player's rape case...in which three students were falsely accused of rape.  Podhoretz says their treatment was so outrageous, it should be protested.

Robert B. Reich...the former Clinton Labor Secretary and very much a liberal Democrat, is criticizing his party for their lack of action on ethics reform.  He says the new Congress' reform measures do nothing to address the real source of political corruption in Washington.  Priceless.

It's done. All the editing is over. "Somebody's Gotta Say It" will appear on your bookstore shelves on Tuesday, February 20, 2007. We're making plans to have thousands of books stacked in a dark room in Atlanta for me to sit down and sign ... not book plates, but my autograph on the title page of every one. These are for those of you who might not be able to get to one of my book signings following the release of the book. Just Click Here for your autographed first edition of Somebody's Gotta Say It! We'll ship it to you the week the book debuts.

BOORTZ BLAST NEWSLETTER
Everyone is talking about the Boortz Blast newsletter. Do you want yours? Sign up here and we'll deliver it directly to your inbox every 2 weeks. If you signed up but aren't receiving it, either your company or your spam filter could be keeping it from you. Try using a personal email address and check your spam filter's junk folder for wayward newsletters.

COMMUNITY
If you like Neal and are looking for like minded people to hang out with online or off, check out these places:

Talkmaster Yahoo Group

Belinda Skelton, Ken Rogers, Laura Nunemaker and Brian Ganey assist in the daily preparation of Nealz Nuze!