400,000 march for "climate change" in NYC

[Anti Federalist]

And a million turned out to march against the wars.

Can't do that anymore, or at least until another Red Teamer is in the White House.

Fucking hypocrites.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

they probably gave everybody free t-shirts or some shit to attract people who don't give a shit

The annual Columbus Ave Festival was held the same day as this rally. That festival is organized by the city's chamber of commerce. The festival is a fairly big deal. It covers about 20 blocks.

Columbus Ave is one block from Central Park, which is probably where people assembled for the rally.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

I would probably put the 400,000 attendance number in quotes. It's also much more strategic to hold something like this in New York than DC. How hard can it be to get eco libs out of their apartments and onto the street? The trip is really a hop-skip-&-jump when you descend your street view apartment stairs that lead directly to the street. Come down at noon, watch the circus, and grab a jumbo pretzel. Then, it's right back up to your apartment for 1 o'clock football kickoff.

Holding the rally the same day as their huge fall festival was also a shrewd move.

 

[devil21]

It's the same as eugenics. Who goes first?

Not me! You go first.

He did recover and spit a political answer but he's still full of shit because he won't go first. As Ghandi said, "Be the change you want to see."

I would probably put the 400,000 attendance number in quotes. It's also much more strategic to hold something like this in New York than DC.

No doubt about that. Remember when this was a "couple hundred" supporters at a UCLA RP speech according to msm articles? The numbers are manipulated both ways as long as the numbers benefit statists.



and this was 1200 Romney supporters:

 

[Ronin Truth]

Get the names of all of those marchers and then quadruple their taxes in order to save the planet from "climate change". Come on folks, prove your dedication to the cause. No sacrifice is too great.

 

[devil21]

Get the names of all of those marchers and then quadruple their taxes in order to save the planet from "climate change". Come on folks, prove your dedication to the cause. No sacrifice is too great.

We can all say that about our causes. Mine doesn't involve giving up my means of communication or transportation though. I think there's other places we can trim the fat.

 

[Ronin Truth]

We can all say that about our causes. Mine doesn't involve giving up my means of communication or transportation though. I think there's other places we can trim the fat.

Do you think maybe a QUADRILLION $ in new FRNs from the Fed, just might solve the problem? We're never paying off the trillions, so what the hell?

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

what does wasting smartphones have to do with climate? are you suggesting people who hate oil companies and want carbon emissions have to hate capitalism?

I don't think it's actually about emissions or waste. It's about the hypocrisy of these activists. They are against a lot of things they actually 'can't' live without.

 

[PRB]

I don't think it's actually about emissions or waste. It's about the hypocrisy of these activists. They are against a lot of things they actually 'can't' live without.

what's the hypocrisy? they love smartphones, but they hate carbon emissions, what's the contradiction?

 

[orenbus]

In NYC? you can get a few thousand for just about anything.

Yea a few thousand, but not 300 to 400 thousand, the last march that had those numbers was the Iraq War Protest back in Feb 15, 2003.

That being said, I'll wait for the official estimates to come out. Organizers and supporters usually pump the estimates, still if they are saying 400 thousand there is a chance the crowd was as large as 300.

 

[AuH20]

Climate change advocates are a cult.

 

[AuH20]

Sad panda time.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise...-phones-uses-as-much-energy-as-a-refrigerator

 

[orenbus]

And a million turned out to march against the wars.

Can't do that anymore, or at least until another Red Teamer is in the White House.

Fucking hypocrites.

Yea this bothers me a bit.

I was there on Feb 15, 2003 and I didn't hear anything going on protesting current military actions. Although there are still some of those groups like code pink and others that will do their protests but nothing like what was going on back then. A huge part of this is probably because of the political party divide, but probably also because of how things are being sold now vs back then.

It's not about 'shock and awe' and massive armies it's presented as smaller scale and in slow build ups. I would imagine if an announcement came out, even if it was Obama, that we were going to send in 300k+ Soldiers back into Iraq or some other country that isn't a immediate threat there would be massive protests again, for some reason or other people don't equate "air-strikes" with "boots on the ground", they consider air-strikes as more surgical or less likely to cause as much damage both to troops and civilians, even though the impact could be the same or worse.

 

[devil21]

what's the hypocrisy? they love smartphones, but they hate carbon emissions, what's the contradiction?

The power to charge their phones and power the cell network come from coal plants or nuclear plants. The plastic to build the phone case comes from petroleum. The chips are full of rare earth metals that are strip mined. Their cars are full of the same materials on an even larger scale. These products do not materialize out of thin air but rather are mined, formed, assembled and operated through means that contribute to the carbon emissions they are seeking to eliminate.

 

[libertyjam]

The power to charge their phones and power the cell network come from coal plants or nuclear plants. The plastic to build the phone case comes from petroleum. The chips are full of rare earth metals that are strip mined. Their cars are full of the same materials on an even larger scale. These products do not materialize out of thin air but rather are mined, formed, assembled and operated through means that contribute to the carbon emissions they are seeking to eliminate.

Maybe the only truly intelligent response to the question.

 

[devil21]

Maybe the only truly intelligent response to the question.

Thanks. Then there's the part where the cell phones are made in the heaviest polluting country on the planet that cares not one bit about their carbon emissions.

It would be like my vegan gf protesting against meat eaters before having a burger for lunch. At least she walks the walk.

 

[PRB]

The power to charge their phones and power the cell network come from coal plants or nuclear plants. The plastic to build the phone case comes from petroleum. The chips are full of rare earth metals that are strip mined. Their cars are full of the same materials on an even larger scale. These products do not materialize out of thin air but rather are mined, formed, assembled and operated through means that contribute to the carbon emissions they are seeking to eliminate.

nucular plants have almost no carbon emissions.

 

[Dr.3D]

nucular plants have almost no carbon emissions.

Yeah, but the spent fuel is pretty nasty and it seems nobody knows what to do with it.

 

[BlackTerrel]

With all the changes in the climate over hundreds of thousands of years the idea what we humans are changing it in such a short amount of time is the height of arrogance.

 

[BlackTerrel]

Controversial Dicaprio led the march... that says something about the credibility of this march's concern for humanity's welfare.






Palestinian officials: Israel's shelling of Gaza equivalent to six nuclear bombs
Friday, 22 August 2014 12:03

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/n...helling-of-gaza-equivalent-to-6-nuclear-bombs




http://www.unep.org/disastersandconflicts/UNEPsActivities/GazaStrip/tabid/55025/Default.aspx

http://www.unep.org/pdf/dmb/unep_gaza_ea.pdf

With all the time I've been gone I still marvel at your ability to take any topic and move to discuss Israel/Palestine.

One day we'll play a game where I post an article about some obscure topic and you change the topic to Israel in 250 characters or less.