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On Mar 21, 8:49*pm, "Keith (Southend)"
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http://www.ageofstupid.net/

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Youv'e gotta be havin' a laugh Keith, it's just more sensationlist
tripe.

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On Mar 21, 8:49*pm, "Keith (Southend)"
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http://www.ageofstupid.net/

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I have not seen it yet, but the little reviews on the the web page you
linked make it sound interesting and realistic.

Anything that Alastair Campbell "can take issue with" can't be bad.
(I havn't forgotten the Massacre of Glencoe :-(

Cheers, Alastair.
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"Alastair" wrote in message
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On Mar 21, 8:49 pm, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:
http://www.ageofstupid.net/

Interesting ?
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I have not seen it yet, but the little reviews on the the web page you
linked make it sound interesting and realistic.

Anything that Alastair Campbell "can take issue with" can't be bad.
(I havn't forgotten the Massacre of Glencoe :-(

Cheers, Alastair.

Alastair and Keith
earlier I dowmloaded the Guardian produced making of the documentary and
I've seen more objective reporting and science on the Jerry Springer show.
It really is pathetic, the producer and director fit all my and any sceptics
stereotypical prejudices, it was as if they were almost as green cartoon
characters.Every greeny tick box was well and truly ticked.

I haven't seen it all yet but will tonight, but don't hold out much hope of
an impartial look at climate change.

By the way Alastair I still haven't forgiven the Norman's, what they did to
England, it should be seen as an international war crime of subjugation and
occupancy. Every true Englishman should be compensated by the EEC.



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On Mar 22, 4:21*pm, "Lawrence Jenkins" wrote:
"Alastair" wrote in message

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On Mar 21, 8:49 pm, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:

http://www.ageofstupid.net/


Interesting ?
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Keith (Southend)http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net


I have not seen it yet, but the little reviews on the the web page you
linked make it sound interesting and realistic.

Anything that Alastair Campbell "can take issue with" can't be bad.
(I havn't forgotten the Massacre of Glencoe :-(

Cheers, Alastair.

Alastair and Keith
earlier I dowmloaded the Guardian produced making of the documentary and
I've seen more objective reporting and science on the Jerry Springer show..
It really is pathetic, the producer and director fit all my and any sceptics
stereotypical prejudices, it was as if they were almost as green cartoon
characters.Every greeny tick box was well and truly ticked.

I haven't seen it all yet but will tonight, but don't hold out much hope of
an impartial look at climate change.

By the way Alastair I still haven't forgiven the Norman's, what they did to
England, it should be seen as an international war crime of subjugation and
occupancy. Every true Englishman should be compensated by the EEC.


The Normans were not so bad. They resumed the wine industry with over
40 vineyards planted by the time of the Domesday Book
http://www.englishvinetours.co.uk/pa...f-english-wine

Cheers, Alastair.



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"Alastair" wrote in message
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On Mar 22, 4:21 pm, "Lawrence Jenkins" wrote:
"Alastair" wrote in message

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On Mar 21, 8:49 pm, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:

http://www.ageofstupid.net/


Interesting ?
--
Keith (Southend)http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net


I have not seen it yet, but the little reviews on the the web page you
linked make it sound interesting and realistic.

Anything that Alastair Campbell "can take issue with" can't be bad.
(I havn't forgotten the Massacre of Glencoe :-(

Cheers, Alastair.

Alastair and Keith
earlier I dowmloaded the Guardian produced making of the documentary and
I've seen more objective reporting and science on the Jerry Springer show.
It really is pathetic, the producer and director fit all my and any
sceptics
stereotypical prejudices, it was as if they were almost as green cartoon
characters.Every greeny tick box was well and truly ticked.

I haven't seen it all yet but will tonight, but don't hold out much hope
of
an impartial look at climate change.

By the way Alastair I still haven't forgiven the Norman's, what they did
to
England, it should be seen as an international war crime of subjugation
and
occupancy. Every true Englishman should be compensated by the EEC.


The Normans were not so bad. They resumed the wine industry with over
40 vineyards planted by the time of the Domesday Book
http://www.englishvinetours.co.uk/pa...f-english-wine


What the MW never........

Alastair when you sit with your Tammy Shanter on watching Brave Heart please
remember it was the Norman's that crushed Britain. In fact my instincts are
pretty good the first Norman invasion of Scotland was in 1072
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans#In_Scotland.


Now back to the Age Of Stupid. I've just finished watching the making of the
film.

Now don't get me wrong Franny Armstrong the director and Lizzie Gillett the
producers are well meaning enough but only in the lefty middle class 'oh I
hate the western world 'way.

The documentary is a whistle stop tour around the world, and fair do's
Franny acknowledges their carbon footprint , but it all seems oh so naive.
The main points they got completely wrong were

Traveling top New Orleans and blaming AGW on Hurricane Katrina and never
mentioning that inconvenient truth that Hurricanes are at a 30 year low.

They want to speak to a top knob at Shell about the greed of the oil
industry, they then scrapped that interview because in their opinion the man
was boring. It's my guess the Shell chap run rings around them showing how
much the oil was needed and how much investment goes into exploration and
extraction.

Anyhow Franny and Lizzie then go to Jordan to find anyone who is articulate
enough and importantly has suffered at the hands of the American British
invasion of Iraq.; Now of course many disagree with the invasion and that's
a matter for conjecture but the fact all the deaths in Iraq have been at the
hands of bombing, executions and murders from the various Muslim factions.
Never mind its all Bush's fault.

There's also a scene where so Iraqi kids meet their dad who drives up in the
biggest gas guzzler you'll ever see. It also seem to be lost on our two
tofu munching angels that the whole middle east economy needs to sell oil
cos there ain't fucj& all else to earn income with.

There was also a section where major landmarks like the Taj Mahal were
flooded, well as this building is at a height of 169 meters than AGW got to
go some and more to melt all the planets ice and even then if would reach
the Taj Mahal is debatable.

There was a lovely moment on a train in Europe where St. Franny is giving a
sermon on AGW and how we are all going to die , and then a fellow passenger
tells her to give it a rest for a while.

There you a A typical spoilt lefty mantra of hate for the world that gave
them their education and money to fly around the world making films about
how all the poverty in the world is the fault of the West.

It's a whishy washy 'hmmm aren't we all bad' film.

The only part I did agree with was the acknowledgment of over-population


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Lawrence Jenkins wrote:
"Alastair" wrote in message
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On Mar 22, 4:21 pm, "Lawrence Jenkins" wrote:
"Alastair" wrote in message

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On Mar 21, 8:49 pm, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:

http://www.ageofstupid.net/
Interesting ?
--
Keith (Southend)http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

I have not seen it yet, but the little reviews on the the web page you
linked make it sound interesting and realistic.

Anything that Alastair Campbell "can take issue with" can't be bad.
(I havn't forgotten the Massacre of Glencoe :-(

Cheers, Alastair.

Alastair and Keith
earlier I dowmloaded the Guardian produced making of the documentary and
I've seen more objective reporting and science on the Jerry Springer show.
It really is pathetic, the producer and director fit all my and any
sceptics
stereotypical prejudices, it was as if they were almost as green cartoon
characters.Every greeny tick box was well and truly ticked.

I haven't seen it all yet but will tonight, but don't hold out much hope
of
an impartial look at climate change.

By the way Alastair I still haven't forgiven the Norman's, what they did
to
England, it should be seen as an international war crime of subjugation
and
occupancy. Every true Englishman should be compensated by the EEC.


The Normans were not so bad. They resumed the wine industry with over
40 vineyards planted by the time of the Domesday Book
http://www.englishvinetours.co.uk/pa...f-english-wine


What the MW never........

Alastair when you sit with your Tammy Shanter on watching Brave Heart please
remember it was the Norman's that crushed Britain. In fact my instincts are
pretty good the first Norman invasion of Scotland was in 1072
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans#In_Scotland.


Now back to the Age Of Stupid. I've just finished watching the making of the
film.

Now don't get me wrong Franny Armstrong the director and Lizzie Gillett the
producers are well meaning enough but only in the lefty middle class 'oh I
hate the western world 'way.

The documentary is a whistle stop tour around the world, and fair do's
Franny acknowledges their carbon footprint , but it all seems oh so naive.
The main points they got completely wrong were

Traveling top New Orleans and blaming AGW on Hurricane Katrina and never
mentioning that inconvenient truth that Hurricanes are at a 30 year low.

They want to speak to a top knob at Shell about the greed of the oil
industry, they then scrapped that interview because in their opinion the man
was boring. It's my guess the Shell chap run rings around them showing how
much the oil was needed and how much investment goes into exploration and
extraction.

Anyhow Franny and Lizzie then go to Jordan to find anyone who is articulate
enough and importantly has suffered at the hands of the American British
invasion of Iraq.; Now of course many disagree with the invasion and that's
a matter for conjecture but the fact all the deaths in Iraq have been at the
hands of bombing, executions and murders from the various Muslim factions.
Never mind its all Bush's fault.

There's also a scene where so Iraqi kids meet their dad who drives up in the
biggest gas guzzler you'll ever see. It also seem to be lost on our two
tofu munching angels that the whole middle east economy needs to sell oil
cos there ain't fucj& all else to earn income with.

There was also a section where major landmarks like the Taj Mahal were
flooded, well as this building is at a height of 169 meters than AGW got to
go some and more to melt all the planets ice and even then if would reach
the Taj Mahal is debatable.

There was a lovely moment on a train in Europe where St. Franny is giving a
sermon on AGW and how we are all going to die , and then a fellow passenger
tells her to give it a rest for a while.

There you a A typical spoilt lefty mantra of hate for the world that gave
them their education and money to fly around the world making films about
how all the poverty in the world is the fault of the West.

It's a whishy washy 'hmmm aren't we all bad' film.

The only part I did agree with was the acknowledgment of over-population



Gosh Lawrence, I wasn't taking it seriously, just interested for some
light entertainment ;-)
I it would be nice to think we may have some record breaking heat this
summer, we deserve it :-)

[Que the 18c is to hot brigade!)

--
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http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net
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"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
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Lawrence Jenkins wrote:
"Alastair" wrote in message
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On Mar 22, 4:21 pm, "Lawrence Jenkins" wrote:
"Alastair" wrote in message

...
On Mar 21, 8:49 pm, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:

http://www.ageofstupid.net/
Interesting ?
--
Keith (Southend)http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net
I have not seen it yet, but the little reviews on the the web page you
linked make it sound interesting and realistic.

Anything that Alastair Campbell "can take issue with" can't be bad.
(I havn't forgotten the Massacre of Glencoe :-(

Cheers, Alastair.

Alastair and Keith
earlier I dowmloaded the Guardian produced making of the documentary and
I've seen more objective reporting and science on the Jerry Springer
show.
It really is pathetic, the producer and director fit all my and any
sceptics
stereotypical prejudices, it was as if they were almost as green cartoon
characters.Every greeny tick box was well and truly ticked.

I haven't seen it all yet but will tonight, but don't hold out much hope
of
an impartial look at climate change.

By the way Alastair I still haven't forgiven the Norman's, what they did
to
England, it should be seen as an international war crime of subjugation
and
occupancy. Every true Englishman should be compensated by the EEC.


The Normans were not so bad. They resumed the wine industry with over
40 vineyards planted by the time of the Domesday Book
http://www.englishvinetours.co.uk/pa...f-english-wine


What the MW never........

Alastair when you sit with your Tammy Shanter on watching Brave Heart
please remember it was the Norman's that crushed Britain. In fact my
instincts are pretty good the first Norman invasion of Scotland was in
1072 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans#In_Scotland.


Now back to the Age Of Stupid. I've just finished watching the making of
the film.

Now don't get me wrong Franny Armstrong the director and Lizzie Gillett
the producers are well meaning enough but only in the lefty middle class
'oh I hate the western world 'way.

The documentary is a whistle stop tour around the world, and fair do's
Franny acknowledges their carbon footprint , but it all seems oh so
naive. The main points they got completely wrong were

Traveling top New Orleans and blaming AGW on Hurricane Katrina and never
mentioning that inconvenient truth that Hurricanes are at a 30 year low.

They want to speak to a top knob at Shell about the greed of the oil
industry, they then scrapped that interview because in their opinion the
man was boring. It's my guess the Shell chap run rings around them
showing how much the oil was needed and how much investment goes into
exploration and extraction.

Anyhow Franny and Lizzie then go to Jordan to find anyone who is
articulate enough and importantly has suffered at the hands of the
American British invasion of Iraq.; Now of course many disagree with the
invasion and that's a matter for conjecture but the fact all the deaths
in Iraq have been at the hands of bombing, executions and murders from
the various Muslim factions. Never mind its all Bush's fault.

There's also a scene where so Iraqi kids meet their dad who drives up in
the biggest gas guzzler you'll ever see. It also seem to be lost on our
two tofu munching angels that the whole middle east economy needs to sell
oil cos there ain't fucj& all else to earn income with.

There was also a section where major landmarks like the Taj Mahal were
flooded, well as this building is at a height of 169 meters than AGW got
to go some and more to melt all the planets ice and even then if would
reach the Taj Mahal is debatable.

There was a lovely moment on a train in Europe where St. Franny is giving
a sermon on AGW and how we are all going to die , and then a fellow
passenger tells her to give it a rest for a while.

There you a A typical spoilt lefty mantra of hate for the world that
gave them their education and money to fly around the world making films
about how all the poverty in the world is the fault of the West.

It's a whishy washy 'hmmm aren't we all bad' film.

The only part I did agree with was the acknowledgment of over-population


Gosh Lawrence, I wasn't taking it seriously, just interested for some
light entertainment ;-)
I it would be nice to think we may have some record breaking heat this
summer, we deserve it :-)

[Que the 18c is to hot brigade!)

--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net


Sorry Keith I didn't mean it to sound like I was having a niggle at you, not
even Alastair maybe Tudor though ;-)


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Thanks Lawrence, sounds a real stupid film to me, I don't think I'll be
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Will
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Will. Please don't take my word for it the director and producer meanwell ,
but as an old work colleague used to say 'the road to hell is paved with
good intentions'
I've only seen the making of the film, as for the main feature who know's?
By the way anyone interested in the documentary if you want a copy -just to
confirm I'm talking out of my back side-let me know?

It's an AVI (199mb) and will play happily on VLC, Winamp or Media player,
and of course will burn on a cd which I'm happy to bear the cost of.


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Thanks Lawrence, sounds a real stupid film to me, I don't think I'll be
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