And let slip the Dawg of Bore.
h/t

Thanks to the efforts of left-wing Western elites, Third World economies are avoiding transformation through the economic miracle known as “sustainable development”;

A leaflet from the charity Practical Action recently solicited donations for some “real cutting-edge technology” to give to African farmers: namely, a plough.
Ploughs might cut the earth, but they haven’t been “cutting-edge technology” for more than 400 years. Nor have water pumps, operated by pulling on a rope or laboriously treading on a wooden platform, which are being pushed onto communities from Ghana to India by carbon-offsetting charities like Climate Care, as replacements for diesel-powered machinery. Some of the treadle pumps are even disguised as roundabouts to exploit child labour.
[…]
Eco-activists managed to slash €4bn worth of EU aid to Third World industries in 2007 alone. They have sabotaged World Bank funding for infrastructure projects, like a hydro-electric dam in Gujarat province, India, which would have provided power for 5,000 villages, industries and sewage-treatment works, irrigation for crops and clean water for 35m people – all because, as one activist said, it would “change the path of the river, kill little creatures along its banks and uproot tribal people”

A written statement released to the White House press corps said, “The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature President Bush’s Left-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree.”

This Is Your Petroleum Reserve on “Democrat Envirofascism”.

Any questions?

The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter.”
He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest of those present including Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock.

Heh.
h/t Tim Blair

Is there anything that Obama can’t do?

Special thanks to Richard Evans for putting this together. The original, full length version is here.

THAT would have been bravery.
Not to mention, appropriate.

to find that racist, fiery rhetoric was being spewed in the church he attended for twenty years. But he quits the church now that it has been brought to his attention. Move along now.

The former president said Sunday;

… that the media had unfairly attacked his wife since the Iowa caucuses, repeating an often-used charge that press coverage had made him feel as though he were living in a “fun house.”
“If you notice, there hasn’t been a lot of publicity on these polls I just told you about,” he said. “It is the first time you’ve heard it? Why do you think that is? Why do you think? Don’t you think if the polls were the reverse and he was winning the Electoral College against Senator McCain and Hillary was losing it, it would be blasted on every television station?”

Just noticed this fine piece of blasphemy debunking organic food myths via the corner:

They’re not healthier or better for the environment – and they’re packed with pesticides. In an age of climate change and shortages, these foods are an indugence the world can’t afford, argues environmental expert Rob Johnston

I disagree, actually. They’re faddish hypocritical nonsense that we can easily afford. If farmers want to supply hippies with their organic nonsense so that hippies can feel better about themselves I’m fine with that. But it’s still nice to see these myths being busted in the Independent of all places.

There’s an interesting article by Daniel Pipes in the National Post’s series on Israel’s 60th anniversary that includes this observation:

The enemies of Israel divide into two main camps: the left and the Muslims, with the far right a minor third element. The left includes a rabid edge (International ANSWER, Noam Chomsky) and a more polite centre (United Nations General Assembly, Canada’s Liberal party, the mainstream media, mainline churches, school textbooks).

I’m sure many Liberals would angrily dispute being labeled an enemy of Israel, but I think the observation is spot on.
The rest of his article is full of interesting insights, as well.

A reader emails;

Foreign Policy is having a poll of the top 100 intellectuals. The vast majority of the names that I recognized in their top 100 list are lefties. However there is a provision for writing in a candidate. The criteria is: “Although the men and women on this list are some of the world’s most sophisticated thinkers, the criteria to make the list could not be more simple. Candidates must be living and still active in public life. They must have shown distinction in their particular field as well as an ability to influence wider debate, often far beyond the borders of their own country.”
Under this criteria, I chose to write-in Mark Steyn, Canada, Author.