FrankRep
12-09-2010, 03:39 PM
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Climate dignitaries, “experts,” and activists in Cancun for the United Nations COP16 global-warming conference were caught on film over the weekend signing a petition to ban water and another to cripple the U.S. economy if the American government refused to cooperate with the “international community.”
COP16 Attendees Sign Petition to Ban Water, Harm US (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/5463-cop16-attendees-sign-petition-to-ban-water-harm-us)
Alex Newman | The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/)
09 December 2010
Climate dignitaries, “experts,” and activists in Cancun for the United Nations COP16 global-warming conference were caught on film (http://bit.ly/e6g3av) over the weekend signing a petition to ban water and another to cripple the U.S. economy if the American government refused to cooperate with the “international community.”
Carried out by the student arm of a market-oriented non-profit environmental group known as the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (http://cfact.org/) (CFACT), the water-ban prank was meant to illustrate the gullibility of COP16 attendees. And according to the organization, it succeeded.
“It was designed to show that if official U.N. delegates could be duped by college students into banning water, that they could essentially fall for anything, including pseudo-scientific studies which claim to show that global warming is man-caused,” the collegians reported (http://www.cfact.tv/2010/12/08/un-climate-kooks-want-to-cripple-us-economy-and-ban-h2o/) on the CFACT website.
“I was wondering if you might want to sign our petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide,” the CFACT signature collector asked an attendee pouring himself a cup of water. “DHMO contributes to the greenhouse effect, it’s a major substance in acid rain, it’s fatal if inhaled, it contributes to the erosion of natural landscapes … Basically, they want to use it in nuclear power plants, the production of Styrofoam, fire retardants, pesticides, and cruel animal research.”
The unidentified man finished off his water and promptly signed the petition. And according to CFACT, almost every other delegate the students approached signed on as well.
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Full Story:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/5463-cop16-attendees-sign-petition-to-ban-water-harm-us
UN Climate Kooks: Cripple US economy & Ban H2O!
YouTube - UN Climate Kooks: Cripple US economy & ban H2O! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzZ_Zcp4PwY)
Flashback:
Penn And Teller Get Hippies To Sign Water Banning Petition
YouTube - Penn And Teller Get Hippies To Sign Water Banning Petition (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3erdgVVTw)
Climate dignitaries, “experts,” and activists in Cancun for the United Nations COP16 global-warming conference were caught on film over the weekend signing a petition to ban water and another to cripple the U.S. economy if the American government refused to cooperate with the “international community.”
COP16 Attendees Sign Petition to Ban Water, Harm US (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/5463-cop16-attendees-sign-petition-to-ban-water-harm-us)
Alex Newman | The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/)
09 December 2010
Climate dignitaries, “experts,” and activists in Cancun for the United Nations COP16 global-warming conference were caught on film (http://bit.ly/e6g3av) over the weekend signing a petition to ban water and another to cripple the U.S. economy if the American government refused to cooperate with the “international community.”
Carried out by the student arm of a market-oriented non-profit environmental group known as the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (http://cfact.org/) (CFACT), the water-ban prank was meant to illustrate the gullibility of COP16 attendees. And according to the organization, it succeeded.
“It was designed to show that if official U.N. delegates could be duped by college students into banning water, that they could essentially fall for anything, including pseudo-scientific studies which claim to show that global warming is man-caused,” the collegians reported (http://www.cfact.tv/2010/12/08/un-climate-kooks-want-to-cripple-us-economy-and-ban-h2o/) on the CFACT website.
“I was wondering if you might want to sign our petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide,” the CFACT signature collector asked an attendee pouring himself a cup of water. “DHMO contributes to the greenhouse effect, it’s a major substance in acid rain, it’s fatal if inhaled, it contributes to the erosion of natural landscapes … Basically, they want to use it in nuclear power plants, the production of Styrofoam, fire retardants, pesticides, and cruel animal research.”
The unidentified man finished off his water and promptly signed the petition. And according to CFACT, almost every other delegate the students approached signed on as well.
...
Full Story:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/5463-cop16-attendees-sign-petition-to-ban-water-harm-us
UN Climate Kooks: Cripple US economy & Ban H2O!
YouTube - UN Climate Kooks: Cripple US economy & ban H2O! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzZ_Zcp4PwY)
Flashback:
Penn And Teller Get Hippies To Sign Water Banning Petition
YouTube - Penn And Teller Get Hippies To Sign Water Banning Petition (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3erdgVVTw)