WE ARE NO LONGER USING THE TERM: GLOBAL WARMING!
The New York Times reports that a global warmists PR firm is trying to stamp out the term "global warming" because it "turns people off, fostering images of shaggy-haired liberals, economic sacrifice and complex scientific disputes." We were aware of this--cold weather having rendered "climate change" the politically correct term--but we didn't realize how nutty this had become:
Instead of grim warnings about global warming, the firm advises, talk about "our deteriorating atmosphere." Drop discussions of carbon dioxide and bring up "moving away from the dirty fuels of the past." Don't confuse people with cap and trade; use terms like "cap and cash back" or "pollution reduction refund."
Because unfamiliar jargon is so much less confusing than familiar jargon.
(Folks, you can't make up stories like this! Jack LeCerveau)
Here's a bio on just one of their leaders, most of whom appear to be connected with the Sierra Club and are lawyers:
Bob Perkowitz is an entrepreneur, environmentalist, writer, investor and distance cyclist. Over the past 25 years Bob has been President of direct marketing and manufacturing organizations with revenues ranging to $600 million, including Cornerstone Brands, Smith+Noble and Joanna Western Mills. He currently is Managing Partner of VivaTerra LLC, Chairman of Potenco, Inc., President of Paradigm Management, Inc., a Director of SRAM, Inc., and a partner in Firebrand Partners, LLC and Arqua Equity Partners, LLC. In the non-profit sector, in addition to his work with ecoAmerica, Bob is also on the board of the Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Defense Fund of North Carolina and the Queens University Learning Society. He also serves on the Sierra Club?s National Advisory Council and served a Trustee of the Sierra Club Foundation from 2001-2007. Bob received a B.S. in Social Thought from Lake Forest College and an M.B.A. from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He resides in San Francisco and Charlotte, NC with his wife Lisa Renstrom. Bob has ridden his bike across North and South America, Australia and Europe and is currently trying to figure out how to ride across Africa and Asia.
It is now possible to get a college degree in "Social Thought" apparently.
Yup, you don't have to make this stuff up.
Posted by: Bill Cruchon on May 6, 2009 09:50 AM