I think this is hilarious. Sad for those reduced to enduring the situation, but hilarious. It comes from a group called Freedom Press, which is part of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. They’re the same group whose “Freedom Minute” I occasionally feature on my Friday Night Videos:
It has been reported in the London press that poor old-age pensioners are having to resort to buying books at thrift shops to burn to keep warm during the prolonged bitterly cold weather in the United Kingdom. In response to this humanitarian crisis, Freedom Action is calling on former Vice President Al Gore to join an effort to collect and airlift copies of his science fiction bestsellers to British people in dire need.
“We are collecting copies of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, Our Choice, and Earth in the Balance and will send them to Oxfam in the UK to distribute for free to vulnerable people trying to survive the cold weather,” said Myron Ebell, Director of Freedom Action. “We call on Mr. Gore to co-operate in our effort to relieve human suffering by providing copies of his books for burning in stoves and fireplaces.”
“It is appropriate that Al Gore’s books should be used to help keep poor people warm,” Ebell explained, “since the principal reason the British government is totally unprepared to deal with the brutally cold weather is because they have fallen for the global warming myths propagated by Gore himself in his bestselling books. Burning Gore’s otherwise worthless books to keep people from freezing is their highest and best use.” (Emphasis in original.)
While I’m generally not a proponent of book burning as censorship, given the current weather we are facing here on Delmarva – with much below average temperatures forecast for the next several days – those who are in such dire straits that they can’t afford wood for their stoves might be well-advised to stock up on Al Gore’s books, which are likely to be found in the bargain bin at reputable closeout stores and flea markets everywhere.
I know, there’s a larger point to be made and perhaps it’s not politically correct to use the poor to make a political statement. (The other side never does that, do they?)
Great Britain is America in 40 years (or less) if we continue on the path we are on. Like Reagan, Margaret Thatcher did her best to stem the tide of socialism in her country but all her gains were reversed by those both inside and outside her Conservative Party. While there are a few voices of sanity “across the pond” (Daniel Hannan and Lord Christopher Monckton come to mind) most British political voices rival the shrillness of our own left.
We strive to emulate their “more equitable” system of health care and green policies without realizing that they are more equitable only in their misery. Why a former industrial power has fallen on such hard times is answered easily once you consider the political path they have taken over the last half-century or so (with the exception of Thatcher’s tenure.)
There was a reason we broke away from their kingdom in the first place, so let’s not go down their path now.
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