Friday, May 29, 2009

UPDATE: Burger King Corp says Global Warming is Only Baloney in Memphis

Posted by Chris Davis on Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:34 PM

0a03/1243651161-img_0153.jpgBad news for Memphis fast food junkies: Locally appearing Burger King signs reading “Global Warming is Baloney” aren't a tone-deaf marketing campaign for some delicious new Whopper-loni sandwich. Darn it.

On the other hand ecologically-minded consumers can breathe a little easier knowing that Burger King Corp. (BKC), the company that licenses BK franchises, isn't going on the warpath against global warming science.

On Friday, May 29 Susan Robison, Vice President, Corporate Communications for the Burger King Corporation, dropped The Flyer an email containing BKC's official — if not fully informed — statement regarding the signs.

This statement [“Global Warming is baloney”] does not reflect a Burger King Corp. (BKC) opinion or view. The two restaurants where these signs appeared are independently owned and operated and were not authorized to display this statement. The signs have since been removed.

BKC believes in operating as a socially responsible company and is committed to making a positive impact in the communities where it lives and works.

When asked if the message had been removed from the other Burger Kings in the region, Robison said she would look into the situation but was only aware of the two locations mentioned at the Memphis Flyer's SING ALL KINDS blog.

Since the original posting, readers have noticed other area BKs that are comparing global warming to the popular lunch meat commonly made from organs, trimmings, and scraps from other meat processing. The stores in question are all operated by a Memphis-based fast-food management company called MIC, which operates over 40 BKs as well as three Popeye's and five All-in-One's. Bob Cook, MIC's president of retail operations, was contacted for comment but hasn't called back.

Long story short: Burger King Corp. has no official point of view regarding global warming and climate science, but somebody connected to MIC, a large local franchisee, thinks it's all baloney and wants to say so in a very public way. That same somebody has most likely received a tersely worded message all about franchise agreements and contentious brand associations. But BKC still may not have grasped the full scope of the messaging.

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i saw this sign still up at a bk at summer and stanford just a couple of hours ago.

Posted by Clara Shark on May 30, 2009 at 12:28 AM | Report this comment

Still up at Poplar & Colonial too I just heard.

Posted by Chris Davis on May 30, 2009 at 1:19 AM | Report this comment

So that's why it takes so long for them to poop out an order - Memphis management is a bunch of dittoheads with half their brains tied behind their hair plugs and other other half swimming in oxycontin from Palm Beach cabanas.

Posted by Ozonator on May 30, 2009 at 4:09 AM | Report this comment

AGW is more then baloney, it is BS. How about 300,000 deaths because of GW when it hasen't warmed in ten years and actually cooled over the last six.
If that is not Baloney what is?

Posted by Bewildered on May 30, 2009 at 9:45 AM | Report this comment


Golly gosh “Bewildered”;

Is it basic chemistry that ice water and solid ice can be the same temperature in a phase change? Is it basic bait and switch for Memphis Burger King coupons to walk in expecting 1 thing and getting another for twice the price?

Posted by Ozonator on May 30, 2009 at 12:12 PM | Report this comment

I trust NASA and other peer reviewed scientific study results. I don't trust Burger King or other ditto heads. It's a science, not a debate.

Posted by JimCa on May 30, 2009 at 12:35 PM | Report this comment

Not sure if this is an improvement, but the sign at the BK on Union near Cooper now reads: "$1 FR CH TOATS $1"

Posted by olemiss on May 30, 2009 at 12:46 PM | Report this comment

Just one more reason to eat at Danver's. If you haven't tried their breakfast sandwiches, you're really missing out. And don't forget the salad bar!

Posted by autoegocrat on May 30, 2009 at 12:52 PM | Report this comment

My son and I disagreed as to whether the sign was advertising fried cheese tots or French toast -- either way, an obvious sign of Global Dumbing.

Posted by olemiss on May 30, 2009 at 1:32 PM | Report this comment

BK in Memphis does not know what edible food is, so why would they know what global warming is. My visits were limited to the rare times they were convenient, and now that will stop for the MIC stores. I feel they need no more publicity from this foolishness.

Posted by dpnewsome on May 30, 2009 at 2:57 PM | Report this comment

This sign has also been spotted at the Batesville, MS restaurant--I guess they are "having it their way--politically incorrect"--way to hold onto to customers in this recession--I will have to take my business to Wendy's

Posted by vlwatson on May 30, 2009 at 4:57 PM | Report this comment

Big deal. This planet has been warming up since the last ice age. Whether it continues to warm up or cool down depends more on the output of the star at the center of our solar system than anything else.

Posted by cranky_barstard on May 30, 2009 at 5:18 PM | Report this comment

One of the three in West Memphis is down. Now says something about something new coming soon? XT, maybe? Don't remember.

Posted by MissLola on May 30, 2009 at 8:12 PM | Report this comment

I will have to defend the workers here--the workers aren't any more responsible for those signs than BK international is. We actually talked to some workers at our local one and it seems that they have some serious right-wing rules at their establishment...I feel bad for them being forced to listen to FOX all day long.

Posted by MissLola on May 30, 2009 at 8:14 PM | Report this comment

Is the U.S. already a communist country where only the lies of the dictator are accepted and no one can contradict him?! No patriotic and informed American can support Obama's CRIMINAL global warming/cap and trade scam, more fraudulent than any Nigerian scam.

Cap and trade represents huge taxes and cost increases, which will hurt mostly the poor and the middle class. Cap and trade will give dictatorial powers to Obama and will further enrich his billionaire friends (Gore, Soros, Goldman Sachs, Obama’s Chicago Climate Exchange friends, GE, etc.) -- all at our expense and at the expense of our children and grandchildren.

Posted by AntonioSosa on May 31, 2009 at 1:43 PM | Report this comment

People in the U.S. have lost their right to free expression! No wonder the Russians are gloating that the U.S. populations has been “dumbed down” (to the point that many voted for Obama) and we are already a collapsed Marxist country... From Pravda -- "The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.” Read the article in Pravda: http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnist…

Posted by AntonioSosa on May 31, 2009 at 1:48 PM | Report this comment

Cap and trade is a scam based on the man-made global warming myth. More and more scientists and thinking people all over the world are realizing that man-made global warming is a hoax that threatens our future and the future of our children. More than 700 international scientists dissent over man-made global warming claims. They are now more than 13 times the number of UN scientists (52) who authored the media-hyped IPCC 2007 Summary for Policymakers. http://www.climatechangefraud.com/content/…

Additionally, more than 30,000 American scientists have signed onto a petition that states, "There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate." http://www.petitionproject.org

Posted by AntonioSosa on May 31, 2009 at 1:50 PM | Report this comment

Sure the earth warms and cools, has for millions of years, before man, and after we're gone. I guess the politicos who are in line for the payoff (Like the pathetic Al Gore) when legislation is finally imposed on everyone in the name of manmade "Global Warming" have "science" that all of the factories back in 2000 BC are responsible for the demise of the Roman Empire..or maybe it was all of the CO2 emissions from farting pterydactyls that did in the Turks back during the Ottoman Empire...

You tree hugging poot monkeys! Get a life!

john barlett

Posted by John Barlett on May 31, 2009 at 1:51 PM | Report this comment

What does this have to do with freedom of expression? If BKC doesn't want the Whopper associated with hot-button politics they are within their rights to say, "take it down." They own the brand.

Otherwise this has been a textbook example of how free expression works: Somebody says something, somebody responds, etc.

Posted by Chris Davis on May 31, 2009 at 2:27 PM | Report this comment

I agree with the sign.

Posted by BWM on May 31, 2009 at 5:45 PM | Report this comment

Global cooling? ha ha ha I have yet to see any of the scum bucket dittoheads at Memphisian Burger Kings hawking woolen clothes and chicken feather- filled bullet proof vests instead of male enhancement pills, gold coins, and computer porn site protection kits. But, if they really want to increase their foot traffic of the AntonioSosa’s, all they have to do is set up an internet cafe’ and a copy machine for Tony to leave the FEMA trailer and turn the other cheek with the same propaganda posted on other extremist media outlets under different dates (prolife safe sex). BK of M could also sell some Monkey Chow and NASA diapers for the John Barletts.

Posted by Ozonator on May 31, 2009 at 6:19 PM | Report this comment

The owner of these Burger Kings name is Joe Mirabile. He is a die hard republican that hates Obama. He owns all of the Burger kings in question and some Popeye's Fried Chicken establishments as well as some convenience stores called all in one.

Posted by BK Sux on May 31, 2009 at 8:07 PM | Report this comment

Thanks for staying on top of this story, Chris -- the global warming beat can always use the infusion of pop culture madness to lighten things up.

Posted by Stop Global Warming on May 31, 2009 at 9:41 PM | Report this comment

There are about 20 ways spinning monster freight trains - each of water, wind, and ~10 atomic bombs of energy - to tear through the US in 2009. About 4 (20%) have an Ozonator chance of making for real bad days in Memphis and turning each BK into a Superdome of waste disposal aka Rush-room's for GM SUVs and Bobby Jindal's career.

I have a very good and publicly verifiable track record of correctly predicting giant spinning chunks of global warming and other related catastrophes from extremist Republicans and Christians (those on the wrong side of the tracks, history, morality, and Senator Larry Craig’s privacy doors). I predicted the first hurricane ecosystem of 2009, current wave of sunspots after predictions worldwide hurricane ecosystem. (If you can predict 1, you can predict them all unless you are the cyborg “Gray Landsea”.) Based on my numbers, the chances of BK of Memphis having to apply for FEMA funds from hurricane damage to their speed of operation and missing employees (home office, PO box, in the Caymans) aka there is a 20% chance that the good neighbors will storm the BKs and use the grease to build a giant, more rancid statue of BKofM’s ideological owner Joe Mirabile. While even “retarded” ecologists noticed the 1st hurricane of 2009 in the Atlantic, not 1 extremist media outlet could barely say “tropical depression” prior to the official 6/1/09 season start - even with a mouthful of minor copied NOAA material: littering news.google.com with predominately white trash and setting back science to the Dark Ages in addition to Entergy after a hurricane - examiner.com (21 whole sentences from 2 authors and a “borrowed” AP story based on NOAA’s public record), americanthinker.com (nuttin), and dakotavoice.com (nuttin) and the usual cited material that is heavily into plagiarism and lies and somehow missing a whole hurricane ecosystem: junkscience.com, icecap.us, worldclimatereport.com, climatedepot.com, scienceandpublicpolicy.org, heartland.org, rushlimbaugh.com, marklevinshow.com, hannity.com, and the merry-go-round or pantomime horse they rode in on or in in.

“IV. Hurricane (Tropical Cyclone) Ecosystem Predictions for the World in 2009. ... A. Total predicted Tropical Cyclones for the Western Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans Western Pacific and Indian Oceans 2009. The maine routes of catastrophic devastation in the Western Pacific will be: a. Marianas - Philippines - Hong Kong; b. Marianas -Taiwan - mainland China; c. Marianas - Japan - Korean Peninsula/Kamchatka. The maine route of catastrophic devastation in the North Atlantic will be Dominican Republic - Miami - Louisiana/North Carolina. ... B. Total predicted monster hurricane ecosystem hits and projected routes for the ... Atlantic ... Monster hurricane ecosystems notably reaching category 3+ or the equivalent at some time from cradle to grave but can include regional flooding with lessor winds and/or greater durations. ... 2. North Atlantic Hurricanes monsters for 2009 ... Total hits (landfalls and brushes) from hurricane ecosystem (category 3+) will be: a. 3 - 10 hits to Louisiana (with Arkansas), b. 4 - 16 hits to Florida (with Mississippi and Alabama) ... g. 0 - 1 Laurentian Great Lakes ... 3. Category 3+ hurricane ecosystems - chance of occurrence: area of formation and route(s) of devastation ... f. Atlantic Ocean ... 1.2. Bay of Campeche - Houston/Lake Charles - Upstate New York. ... 4.2. well off the Windward Islands - Bahamas - “Miami - Louisiana - Oklahoma” ... 6.2. St. Lucia - Dominican Republic - Bahamas - extremist section of Palm Beach - Ohio - Toronto ... 7.3. off South America - Dominican Republic - Bahamas - Miami - New Orleans - Arkansas - Kentucky” (“11th Annual 2009 North Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season Predictions with Related, Planetary Models”; Robert Rhodes, Supplemental; GBRWE 2/18 - 14/09; 2/13/09).

“A. Our Ozonator’s Preamble for Survival ... 1. ... and the 5th Annual SIDDES Viscous Model would be the main killer of Americans (new wave of hurricane ecosystems within ... 2 weeks). ... 2. 5th, Annual SIDDES++ Viscous Model ... Using the “Viscous” model for 2009, we can expect 4 -14 category 3+ hurricane ecosystems in the areas and same “hit” numbers predicted on 2/13/09 with more devastation from Miami to Baton Rouge to Evil Inhofe Oklahoma. ... b. The 2 hurricanes that almost occurred in the Gulf of Mexico and the one that occurred off the Carolinas for the week of 5/17 - 23/09 ... “A. Our Ozonator’s preamble for Survival ... 1. Global warming has generated much ... Within 2 weeks, we will see the 1st hurricane(s) somewhere from the entire Atlantic to the Eastern Pacific” (“GBRWE 5/17 - 23/09's Extreme Planetary Warnings for Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Solar/Terrestrial Flares from Human Activities”; Robert Rhodes, Supplemental; GBRWE 5/17 - 23/09, 5/16/09). ... (“Season's first tropical depression forms in Atlantic”; AFP; news.yahoo.com, 5/28/09)” (“GBRWE 5/31 - 6/6/09's Extreme Planetary Warnings for Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Solar/Terrestrial Flares from Human Activities”; Robert Rhodes, Supplemental; GBRWE 5/31 - 6/6/09, 5/30/09).

Posted by Ozonator on May 31, 2009 at 10:00 PM | Report this comment

Oooooookaaaaaayyyyy......I'm sure that made sense to someone.

Posted by B on June 1, 2009 at 9:17 AM | Report this comment

The one in Whitehaven now reads:
"EARTH HAS 4 CORNER
SIMULTANEOUS 4-DAY
TIME CUBE"

Still, better than that Baloney thing.

Posted by fancycwabs on June 1, 2009 at 9:32 AM | Report this comment

Now it's getting bizarre.

Posted by Jeff on June 1, 2009 at 11:14 AM | Report this comment

Jeffy,

If they can figure it out in #50 Louisiana, you can figure it out with the bright lights of Memphis at the old or new Commodore Hotel.

Posted by Ozonator on June 1, 2009 at 1:18 PM | Report this comment

saying global warming isn't real because the last couple of years are cooler is just plain uninformed. It's called a "cycle" because things go up and down, but the overall trend over the last 150 years is warmer, warmer, warmer. Ice caps don't melt because it's cooler, idiots.

These are the same people who believe Bush kept us "safe" since 9/11. just because something hasn't happened, doesn't mean the person taking credit for it deserves the credit. Do you give Clinton credit for keeping us safe from the 1993 bombing until he left office? Will you give Obama credit if he keeps us safe for 6 years?

Even if you believe global warming is a hoax (which it isn't, if you believe SCIENCE), shouldn't you err on the side of caution? People who say that you're not going to kill the planet are correct. Earth is here to stay. Volcanos, meteors, ice ages... earth has survived. What hasn't survived are the things that live here. Be selfish. Don't save "the earth". Save yourself.

Posted by jimmyismyname on June 1, 2009 at 1:50 PM | Report this comment

The update is off by a smidge. BKC is actually claiming there were 5 total signs which doesn't match the minimum of 10 that have been reported. I'll have a followup this evening or tomorrow morning.

Posted by Chris Davis on June 1, 2009 at 4:49 PM | Report this comment

I love it! Antonio Sosa quoting Pravda! That's how desperate Republicans have become quoting Pravda to back up their arguments! LOL! Poor Ronald Reagan must be spinning in his grave!!!

Posted by Rush Limbaugh's pharmacist on June 2, 2009 at 8:57 AM | Report this comment

Your local BKs are right on the money. Too bad that corporate didn't have the cajones to proclaim that the global warming gravy train (and that's exactly what it is--follow Algore's money) doesn't have any clothes.

Posted by Psycmeistr on June 2, 2009 at 10:44 AM | Report this comment

"Ice caps don't melt because it's cooler, idiots."Agreed. That's why the ice caps are NOT melting, they've actually increased as of the last couple of years. You are correct that the earth warms and cools in CYCLES. We are now in a cool cycle. In a number of years we will be in another warm cycle.

The earth tends to do that, as it has long before the advent of the steam engine, the SUVs, or even dinosaurs.

This "global warming" is a scam from day one, not because it doesn't happen occasionally, but because some people are so self-centered and shallow to buy into the absurd notion that human activity can actually have an impact on global climate.

You're being sold a bill of goods, people. And we're all being led down a primrose path by the merry piper, Algore, and his minions of "scientists" at NASA and elsewhere who are crying, "The sky is falling!" so as to give them a raison d'etre as they stick their palms out for their next politically-correct governemnt grant.

Tools. All of them, and shame on anyone who falls for the scam.

Posted by Psycmeistr on June 2, 2009 at 10:50 AM | Report this comment

What is BK going to do when the Obama administration either forces them to shut down their flame broilers or tax the crap out of them in some cap and trade scheme ?

Posted by SDJay on June 2, 2009 at 11:21 AM | Report this comment

SDJay - they'll just have to turn off the smoke and flames. That flame broiled taste comes from chemicals, anyway.

Posted by Jeff on June 2, 2009 at 11:34 AM | Report this comment

Love the left. When they have a pet issue there's no debate - just name calling. Nice way to impress.

Posted by SDBatboy on June 2, 2009 at 11:40 AM | Report this comment

Attaboy, SDBatboy. And exactly what did you bring to the debate besides name calling?

Perhaps you and the other "scientists" who know so much about global warming would like to educate the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was studying the issue long before Al Gore climbed on the soapbox and involves scientists from across the political spectrum and across the globe.

Posted by Batboystomper on June 2, 2009 at 12:33 PM | Report this comment

neocon rightwing agenda:

SCIENTIFIC METHOD=BAD

RELIGIOUS MYTHS=GOOD (only if they're OUR religious myths, though)

Posted by Packrat on June 2, 2009 at 1:04 PM | Report this comment

Packrat Packrat Packrat;

How can you say Roy “d-rage” Spencer doesn't follow the scientific method after you read a story from his family reunion at the Burger King in the expatriate Sault Ste. Marie ghetto section of Memphis?

Needin’ no stinkin’ facts, “Dr. Roy Spencer, a meteorologist at the University of Alabama and someone who works frequently with NASA’s science team, is the keynote speaker ... “A Layman’s Explanation of Why Global Warming Predictions by Climate Models are Wrong” ... During the question and answer session, a climatologist said his paper was flawless but was rejected by peer reviewers. Roy Spencer echoed those comments ... A physicist who studies greenhouse gas effects at our lunch table admitted the same thing happened to him” (“Global Warming Conference: A Warning on Warming Predictions”; Author: Nick Loris; slave market of corporate harlots with major funding by LABI Limbaugh for virgin sacrifices, ear wax, and placentas; blog.heritage.org, 6/2/09).

Posted by Ozonator on June 3, 2009 at 5:02 AM | Report this comment

You guys are classic. Climate change deniers are the same crowd that back in the 1700-1800s denied that extinction was possible: Humans couldn't possibly affect things that much, God made everything so we couldn't possibly wipe it out, et al. As we went out and killed entire species of wallabies, bandicoots, rats, bats, ostriches, emus, herons, parrots, woodpeckers, etc.

It seems to me that you all should be much more mad at the banking and investment industries that we just gave billions upon billions upon billions of dollars when reducing emission through cap-and-trade and other policies would cost a fraction of that.

Or perhaps you could turn your attention (hate? fear?) toward a person with a different tint to his/her skin ... maybe someone who has been nominated for a Supreme Court position. That should really get you all up in arms. They might be getting something they don't deserve!

Cheers, M.

Posted by mcd on June 3, 2009 at 10:29 AM | Report this comment

Thank extremist Jesus for Roy’d’s “flawless” Intelligent Design (using none of those pesky sciency numbers!) fueled with Joe Mirabile’s holy hamburgers with alternating imagines of Coulter without an Adam’s apple, Limbaugh’s p-implant, and RReagan tossing veterans into the street -

“Yesterday I discussed a recent article ... about the number of scientists who fabricate and falsify research. ... (1.97% admit to doing it themselves) ... nowhere is fact-twisting and deception seen more prevalently than in the evolution debate and the anthropogenic global warming debate. ... Temperatures are also not cooperating with the apostles of global warming religion ... Isn’t that terrible when facts ruin a good theory? ... There is a host of contradictory evidence ... These range from the climate data ... to the correlations with solar activity, to warming occurring on Mars and Jupiter and other planets in the solar system. ... outrageous trend of deception from the scientific community is flushing what remaining credibility they have down the toilet. ... promoting illusions to support their ideological biases, most of them are oblivious to the fact that more and more people are recognizing that their global warming emperor has no clothes” (“Arctic Scientist: IPCC Ignores Natural Causes of Global Warming”; 6/3/09) (Bob “potato in pants” Ellis, the South Dakota web titan who obtains penis-extending power by filtering reality for extremist Republicans and Christians claiming a “biblical, Christian worldview” while violating at least 4 of 10 Commandments and at least a good part of Islam - “The 10 Commandments - God's Revelation in the Old Testament ... SIX: 'You shall not murder.' ... EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.' ... NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.' ... TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant” in allabouttruth.org; dakotavoice.com).

Posted by Ozonator on June 3, 2009 at 9:32 PM | Report this comment

Republicans are so unpatriotic. yuck.

Posted by jimmyjimjimbo on June 4, 2009 at 6:26 PM | Report this comment

Like a volcano for San Francisco, Burger King’s Joey Mirabile (still no royal gender nor recessive gene testing) must fulfill the promise of volcanoes with geothermal powered fryer units because the Antonio Sosa of old, ugly, and white limbaughette “Bob Carter warned ... New Zealand and San Francisco run high risks of earthquakes and volcanic eruption, other regions face a greater chance of suffering the effects of wildfires and hurricanes”. But Carter didn’t mention anything in this universe like Memphis, Hawaii, Montserrat, or British Columbia (aka B.C.). In addition to hurricane threats, “The usually quiet New Madrid Fault saw a little bit of notable activity on Monday morning when an earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter magnitude scale occurred ... Memphians are reminded of how vulnerable we are. Memphis sits in the New Madrid Fault Zone and experts assert that the city could sustain a great deal of damage if an earthquake of any great magnitude were to occur. Most of us are familiar with the 1812 earthquake that ... had an estimated magnitude of 8.0 or higher. ... the 4.8 in 1990 ... the 5.0 that occurred in 1976” (“Earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone Teresa's Memphis Blog”; By Teresa R. Simpson, About.com Guide to Memphis; memphis.about.com, 1/26/09). (“Comments (0)”, all’s it needs is another plagiarized or rubber-stamp post from Mr. Ant Sosa.) From the 3rd international unholy union for legal domestic and intentional terrorists just lacking a Sosa-gram, “A mere twelve weeks had passed since he gaveled the close of the second International Conference on Climate Change in NYC. ... this time ... in DC’s Washington Court Hotel ... Joe introduced MIT’s Richard Lindzen ... S. Fred Singer ... Above the laughter ... expert Willie Soon ... Dr. Roy Spencer’s lunchtime ... John Theon ... Craig Idso ... Anthony Watts, editor of the fabulous ... Cato’s Patrick Michaels ... Bob Carter warned ... Nobody lives in a world climate. For instance, while New Zealand and San Francisco run high risks of earthquakes and volcanic eruption, other regions face a greater chance of suffering the effects of wildfires and hurricanes. ... Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis) ... Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) took the podium, he opened with one of the event’s funniest lines: “I know a little bit about science.  I know there are protons, electrons, neutrons … and MORONS.” ... Senator James Inhofe (R-Ok) all but assured us ... Lord Christopher Monckton ... asserted that “There is no climate crisis. There was no climate crisis. There will be no climate crisis ... have the courage to do nothing”” (“ICCC Three Brings Climate Reality To Washington DC; By Marc “mother nature flocker” Sheppard aka Larrey Anderson or Jeff Gannon/Johnny Gosch or burger queen ; corporate “ho’ farm team of American Stinkers; americanthinker.com, 6/7/09). Before the catastrophic volcano at Soufrière Hills, “Devastated by Hurricane, Montserrat Starts to Rebuild” (By JOHN KIFNER, Special to The New York Times; nytimes.com, 9/22/89). Ooops. you can’t be an extremist Republican and Christian with facts. “As the Category 3 Hurricane Flossie closed in on the Big Island of Hawai Monday night, a moderate earthquake struck ... 5.4 magnitude quake ... no tsunami was generated. The epicenter of the earthquake was located on the flanks of Kilauea, an active volcano erupting non-stop for over 20 years. ... U.S. Geological Survey reports receiving over 600 responses from all Big Island zip codes with some in Puna reporting “very strong” shaking and “moderate” damage” (“5.4 Earthquake Rocks the Big Island of Hawaii (Update)”; By Andrew Walden; Special from Hawaii Free Press; hawaiireporter.com, 8/13/07). Not mentioned by the extremist Republicans and Christian sheltered workshop of ExxonMobil lies - One of the few regions in the world to succumb to significant quakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, and “B.C. wildfire blackens 25,000 acres” (upi.com, 6/4/09).

Posted by Ozonator on June 7, 2009 at 4:17 PM | Report this comment

You can steal just about anything (global warming) you want through Joey Mirabile Burger King and examiner.com

Earlier, I had “ Posted by Ozonator on June 7, 2009 at 4:17 PM”: “Like a volcano for San Francisco, Burger King’s Joey Mirabile ... From the 3rd international ... “A mere twelve weeks had passed since ... the close of the second International Conference ... Joe introduced ... the fabulous ... Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) ... “ ... I know there are protons, electrons, neutrons … and MORONS.” ... Senator James Inhofe (R-Ok) ... Ooops. you can’t be an extremist Republican and Christian with facts. “ ... Big Island of Hawai Monday night, a moderate earthquake struck ... no tsunami ... Kilauea, an active volcano erupting ...” ... quakes, volcanoes, tornadoes”.

A few hours later, somewhere in the Land of village idiot Tony “da fake” Hake Colorado, examiner.com ((trojan horse for ExxonMobil server farms and village idiots) is still screwing news.google.com. “Tornado sirens went off today a little after 1pm...no reports of tornadoes in Longmont ... (luckily we've got a retired meteorologist who lives in town ... ) ... We just returned from vacationing on the Big Island of Hawaii and have experienced both a volcanic related earthquake ... and now the tornado sirens today...in just this week. Luckily we missed the routine tsunami siren testing” (“Tornadoes, volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis...oh my!”; Author: Brigette Rodriguez; Brigette Rodriguez is an Examiner from Denver, Longmont Examiner; examiner.com, June 7, 7:24 PM).

Posted by Ozonator on June 7, 2009 at 9:29 PM | Report this comment

Trying to make nasty burger shots look palatable, you can steal just about anything (global warming) you want through Joey Mirabile Burger King and examiner.com even more fresh from the feedlots in Colorado to that creepy BK clown college in Memphis.

A few more hours later, somewhere in the Land of village idiot Tony “da fake” Hake Colorado, examiner.com ((trojan horse for ExxonMobil server farms and village idiots) is still screwing news.google.com. From the 2nd shoe dropping, “A native of Denver, author Raoul Vehill has spent a long time in Hawaii” (“Hotwiring e-publishing”; Author: Zack Kopp, an Examiner from Denver. ; examiner.com, June 7, 8:38 PM ).

Posted by Ozonator on June 7, 2009 at 11:08 PM | Report this comment

The Guardian reporter talked with ("grilled") MIC's media rep in this separate article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog…

Neat! Your story's getting around, Chris!

Posted by BHa on June 8, 2009 at 7:48 AM | Report this comment

Unfortunately for all those idiots who believe in global warming and slavery to the environment, there is no real science backing the baloney of global warming. Global warming is a nothing but a farce and a power grab to destroy the middle income folks of the USA. Nothing more. The sooner people wake up and realize that the sooner we can all get back to growing the economy. Again, Global warming is nothing more than a govt. power grab you idiots.

Posted by ason44 on June 8, 2009 at 9:36 AM | Report this comment

Thank you, thank you, thank you. It's about time someone had the balls to say global warming is boloney. It's just a money grabbing scam.

Posted by jake2591 on June 8, 2009 at 9:48 AM | Report this comment

"Global Warming" is a money making scheme...A ploy to destroy more of our freedoms. The largest regulator of global temperature is that huge fireball in the sky called the SUN, not man.

Posted by TruthSayer on June 8, 2009 at 10:09 AM | Report this comment

Ozonator is a pompous fool. Probably an English major who hasn't taken the time to look at this issue from the systematic standpoint. What your language has in style it lacks in substance. I see only talking points. Let's work on the real issue of America losing it global status by allowing America to be free and develop all forms of energy. We need to do do everything from drill oil to develop plasma gasification technologies and even fusion. Quit tying the hands of liberty and giving power to other countries that have a political philosophy that lowers our quality of life.

Posted by TruthSayer on June 8, 2009 at 10:21 AM | Report this comment


Dear TruthSayer;

In the 70’s, people were actually worried about a nuclear winter - now only the 20-Watt Limbaughettes are saying the 70’s science was all about an “ice age”. In the 80’s and 90’s, people were actually worried about extremist Republicans and Christians dumping all their pollutants, toxic industries, and other NIMBY industries in predominately poor black and white areas and called it environmental racism. Except for Joey Mirabile’s Burger Kings, many of these industries and jobs were shipped overseas like China. Since then, all dust storms have originated in China and the Africa and suddenly, extremist media outlets discovered pollutants in the dust brought to the US (never Canada or Mexico) and never exported from the US to anywhere else. Burger King Joey is still serving environmental racism, the rest of the extremist Republicans and Christians are still making money off of their legal, domestic and international terrorism, and tiny Tony Sosa is still posting the same old crappies.

Thank you for the good feedback - “Ozonator is a pompous fool. Probably an English major ... language has in style it lacks in substance”. I write only to bring the numbers to life and anything else is lagniappe and worker comp therapy. You have confused “pompous fool” with deadly boring unless you become 1 out of 0.75 - 2 million that were killed from global warming catastrophes that were directly or indirectly predicted by moi’. If tiny Tony Sosa can find some of my naturally correct predictions on the web, you can too! Reading my stuff while operating dangerous machinery is gender linked to cause deep sleep for non-Ann Coulter females and generates, for me, absolutely no grants. However, many countries around the world have been taught that the most simple of warnings from my global warming predictions has saved hundreds of millions of people from death, destruction and other forms of extremist Republicans and Christians.

Posted by Ozonator on June 8, 2009 at 11:09 PM | Report this comment

The link below is of reports (New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, etc.) of global warming / ice age cycles.

http://www.almanac.com/timeline/

Posted by almanacjunkie on June 10, 2009 at 3:17 PM | Report this comment

Sad day when the obvious truth becomes a source of controversy.

Posted by reallife on June 10, 2009 at 5:34 PM | Report this comment

Hooray for the Memphis Burger Kings! I wish a Pennsylvania Burger Kings would follow suit. "eco-friendly" programs that it has inspired to suck more tax dollars out of us. Memphis is King!! I'll have a Whooper tomorrow in your honor!

Posted by SlyAuthor on June 10, 2009 at 6:36 PM | Report this comment

who the hell cares!!!! there is no global warming fools!!!!!its all a bunch of libral gov crap

Posted by wildhare on June 10, 2009 at 8:12 PM | Report this comment
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Hehehe. Just mailed BK Germany. Certainly won't hurt to remind BK that customers in the rest of the world aren't amused, too. In these times of instantaneous global communication, no corporation with worldwide franchises can ignore the consequences of such a scandal. Even if they don't like it, the bastards will have to react and take up decisive measures against that rogue franchise partner. I guess Mirabile and his tool McNely will regret their ignorance of their contractual obligations soon.

Posted by Gray, Germany on June 11, 2009 at 12:14 AM | Report this comment

In spite of Burger King Joey Mirabile, the leaders of Memphis appeared to have connected the global warming dots of catastrophic weather paving the way for hurricane ecosystems.


Dots A. “City officials have worked diligently in restoration efforts to repair damage from Friday’s torrential storm that resulted in over 100,000 power outages throughout Memphis and Shelby County. ... “I have received damage assessments and have been kept abreast of the progress we are making to restore services to the citizens of Memphis, says Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton” (“City Efforts Combat Storm Damage in Memphis”; Contributor: Shane Myers; myeyewitnessnews.com, 6/15/09).

“Record amounts of rain continued to fall on Central Florida throughout Wednesday. Volusia County has seen more than 14 inches of rain, causing flooding in many areas. ...“ (“Record Rain Wreaks Havoc On Region”; wesh.com, 5/20/09).

“Floods in Haiti kill 11 people, destroy homes”; By JONATHAN M. KATZ, Associated Press Writer; news.yahoo.com, 5/22/09).

“A levee that had been slated for destruction has been breached by the swelling Ouachita River, flooding part of a national wildlife refuge in north Louisiana-and easing concerns of possible flooding farther south. ... ” (“Levee breaches at refuge ease flood threats”; The Associated Press; nola.com, 5/25/09).


Dots B. Another barrage of storms hit the Southeast on Thursday, spawning possible tornadoes, causing a passenger train to hit a fallen tree and sending at least one person to the hospital after lightning struck a home. ... Waves of storms pelted west Alabama with hail and rain, and a suspected tornado damaged a north Alabama trailer park. ... violent winds Thursday evening, damaging 20 to 30 trailers. ... a line of violent thunderstorms moved through the western Florida Panhandle leaving about foot of water on some low-lying streets ... near downtown Nashville, water was over the wheel wells of cars. ... Heavy rain ...  closing of part of Interstate 75 in south Georgia” (“New storm barrage causes train to hit fallen tree”; By HOLBROOK MOHR, Associated Press Writer; news.yahoo.com, 4/2/09). 

“Heavy storms, tornadoes hit South for a second day” (By HOLBROOK MOHR, The Associated Press; nola.com, 3/2709).  “Louisiana ... East Baton Rouge and Tensas parishes have declared local emergencies due to flooding and tornado damages from storms beginning Wednesday, March 25, and resulting in street and limited structure flooding, isolated power outages, and school closures “ (“National Situation Update: Saturday, March 28, 2009”; fema.gov).

“There are about 20 ways spinning monster freight trains - each of water, wind, and ~10 atomic bombs of energy - to tear through the US in 2009. About 4 (20%) have an Ozonator chance of making for real bad days in Memphis and turning each BK into a Superdome of waste disposal aka Rush-room's for GM SUVs and Bobby Jindal's career. ... “IV. Hurricane (Tropical Cyclone) Ecosystem Predictions for the World in 2009. ... A. ... The maine route of catastrophic devastation in the North Atlantic will be Dominican Republic - Miami - Louisiana/North Carolina. ... B. ... 2. North Atlantic Hurricanes monsters for 2009 ... 3. Category 3+ hurricane ecosystems - chance of occurrence: area of formation and route(s) of devastation ...7.3. off South America - Dominican Republic - Bahamas - Miami - New Orleans - Arkansas - Kentucky” ... “A. Our Ozonator’s Preamble for Survival ... 2. 5th, Annual SIDDES++ Viscous Model ... Using the “Viscous” model for 2009, we can expect 4 -14 category 3+ hurricane ecosystems in the areas and same “hit” numbers predicted on 2/13/09 with more devastation from Miami to Baton Rouge to Evil Inhofe Oklahoma. ... “Posted by Ozonator on May 31, 2009 at 10:00 PM”.

Posted by Ozonator on June 17, 2009 at 3:33 AM | Report this comment

“a Memphis Burger King has a 1 in 6 chance of getting hit”

“A. ...5. ...a. ... Ominously, tropical depressions have been found to be generated in the Atlantic and Pacific under 8/2 - 8/09 with predicted intensities from cat 2 - 5+ in an untapped turbulent environment of 48 tornado ecosystems with 200 - 1000 predicted. With possible overlap from the greater WPI in the Americas, “GBRWE 8/16 - 22/09 ... by Robert Rhodes, The “Ozonator” ... B3. Weeks’ Reporting Period of GBRWE 8/2 - 8/09. ... FARMER rainfall/snow to hit in any one earthly place will be from ~ 10” to ~10’+ of rain/snow or an unholy mix. ... Hurricanes are US. Using the ALDLHEM, at least 6 were reported with the Americas (both coasts and South America) facing 1 - 3+ (Category 2+ equivalent) hurricanes or other mighty winds and the greater WPI (Africa to west of Hawaii) facing 2 - 6+ (Category 5+ equivalent) typhoons and other mighty winds within 2 weeks (~8/15/09). ... At least 2 hurricane ecosystems formed in the greater WPI with 2 - 6 predicted. a. Forming west of of Hawaii in the greater WPI, Tropical Depression 01C (One-c) formed near 13.7N 170.6W to become a hurricane ecosystem from prediction week 8/2 - 8/09. b. Tropical Depression 01C (Maka) - The convection, near 13.9N 167.5E, in the Wake Island region developed to become a hurricane ecosystem from prediction week 8/2 - 8/09. If the convection, near 19.3N 113.2E, in the Manilla, Philippines region develops, it will become a hurricane ecosystem from prediction week 8/2 - 8/09. If the convection, near 12.0N 163.5E, in the Pohnpei region develops, it will become a hurricane ecosystem from prediction week 8/2 - 8/09. At least 4 hurricane ecosystems formed in the Americas - 2 in the Eastern Pacific and 2 in the Atlantic - with 1 -3 predicted. a. Tropical Depression 09E (Nine) developed near 14.8N 121.5W, between Mexico and Hawaii, to become a hurricane ecosystem from prediction week 8/2 - 8/09. b. Hurricane 10E (Guillermo) - Tropical Depression TEN-E developed near 15.3N 116.4W, between Mexico and Hawaii, to become a hurricane ecosystem from prediction week 8/2 - 8/09. “Forecasters: Guillermo strengthens to Category 3 hurricane over Pacific with 115 mph winds” (Associated Press; startribune.com, 8/15/09). c. and d. A regenerated TD 2 grew into Tropical Storm Ana well off Suriname and Tropical Depression Three formed in the mid-Atlantic on 8/15/09 (wunderground.com/tropical). Born under 8/2 - 8/09, “The second tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season formed over the far eastern Atlantic Ocean early Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said ... most of the weather models now forecast the system would head in a more northwesterly track potentially toward the Bahamas, the U.S. East Coast and possibly the Gulf of Mexico. Energy traders however noted it was still too soon to say where the system might make landfall, if at all. ... center of the depression was located about 350 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands, off the West Coast of Africa” (“Second tropical depression forms in Atlantic: NHC”; Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Reuters; news.yahoo.com, 8/11/09). Unless otherwise indicated, WPI cyclone information comes from the good people with good maps at metocph.nmci.navy.mil/cgi-bin/abpwcreate.c…. (GBRWE modeling requires that a regenerated TD is actually a brand new tropical storm.) And, for example, if Storm Ana and/or Tropical Depression 3 cranks up to a cat 3+, a Memphis Burger King has a 1 in 6 chance of getting hit. “IV. Hurricane (Tropical Cyclone) Ecosystem Predictions for the World in 2009. ... B. Total predicted monster hurricane ecosystem hits and projected routes for the Western Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans Western Pacific and Indian Oceans 2009. Monster hurricane ecosystems notably reaching category 3+ or the equivalent at some time from cradle to grave but can include regional flooding with lessor winds and/or greater durations. ... 3. Category 3+ hurricane ecosystems - chance of occurrence: area of formation and route(s) of devastation ... f. Atlantic Ocean ... 3.0. 13%: Mid - Atlantic - curving in open water toward Greenland, France, and/or Azores. 4.0. 30%: off the Windward Islands: 4.1. well off the Windward Islands - “Miami -Bahamas - Carolinas” or “Bermuda” - Massachusetts - Nova Scotia - Greenland ... 4.2. well off the Windward Islands - Bahamas - “Miami - Louisiana - Oklahoma” or “Barbuda - Jamaica - Yucatan” ... 4.3. well off the Windward Islands - off the Azores” (“11th Annual 2009 North Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season Predictions with Related, Planetary Models”; Robert Rhodes, Supplemental; GBRWE 2/18 - 14/09; 2/13/09 - but dated as 2/13/08)” (“GBRWE 8/16 - 22/09's Extreme Planetary Warnings for Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Solar/Terrestrial Flares from Human Activities”; Robert Rhodes, Supplemental; GBRWE 8/16 - 22/09, 8/15/09).

Posted by Ozonator on August 15, 2009 at 2:35 PM | Report this comment

Damn, I just finished making out my list of 1,000 things I need to worry about, and I left off global warming. Do I have to start over?? Please say no!!

Posted by MrKite on August 15, 2009 at 7:28 PM | Report this comment

Tropical Storms Ana and Bill and Tropical Depression #4 easily gives Memphis Burger Kings a 3 in 6 chances of getting hit with high wind and/or water.

Still no need to worry about the global warming “hoax” as the shouting “medicinal leeches” aka extremist Republicans and Christians can just bully the incoming hurricane ecosystems onto their neighbors.

Posted by Ozonator on August 16, 2009 at 4:31 AM | Report this comment

i-bsog (aka Ozonator,)

re: Burger King/Mirabile, Robert Rhodes earthquack and the Ozonator earthquack institute for the enviromentally insane

Solar caluclator on the fritz or have you resorted to reading tea leaves and chicken entrails? Well, keep updating that hypothesis to help with yourine accuracy rating and you'll get the respect ($$$) you deserve. Remember, while the President was flying around the world, exponetially increasing his carbon footprint and checking out 16 year old girls*, back home his merry band of miscreants were handing out money** like beads at Mardis Gras.

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* "President Obama gets cheeky", Shelley Fralic, Vancouver Sun, July 11, 2009
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/…

** "U.S. Budget Gap Exceeds $1 Trillion for Fiscal Year", Vincent Del Giudice, Bloomberg.com, July 13, 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206…

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/index.…
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/validProds.ph…
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/Loop/NatLoo…

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The Ever Smaller CO2 Footprint,
formerly known as The Even Smaller CO2 Footprint,
formerly known as The Not-So-Big CO2 Footprint,
formerly known as The Big CO2 Footprint.

Posted by ESCO2FP on August 18, 2009 at 12:50 PM | Report this comment

About 50 miles south of Memphis’ Burger Kings with drive through raincoats and rubbers -

“THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. ... AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN” (“Flash Flood Warning”; fox10tv.com, 8/18/09).

Posted by Ozonator on August 18, 2009 at 9:16 PM | Report this comment

With condolences to our neighbors in Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas -

Flooding thanks to remnants of Tropical Storm CLAUDETTE
http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlant…
(yes, there is a line for idiots to follow most of the way.)

Posted by Ozonator on August 18, 2009 at 9:27 PM | Report this comment

i-bsog (aka Ozonator,)

Re: Burger King/Mirabile, Robert Rhodes earthquack and the Ozonator earthquack (and hurry-cane) institute for the enviromentally insane.

No mention of tropical depression #4 in your blathering from 15 Aug 2009 at 2:35 PM. Now, your attempt to take credit for "predicting" an event that developed prior to "yer pre-dik-shun" is absolutely cryable.

"A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES IS PRODUCING DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..." - NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT TUE AUG 11 2009 - ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/Outlook-A/2009081105.ABNT20

(Yes, that was the birth of the yet unamed Claudette.)

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT WED AUG 12 2009 -
ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/Outlook-A/2009081211.ABNT20

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 -
ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/Outlook-A/2009081323.ABNT20

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 -
ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/Outlook-A/2009081405.ABNT20

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2009 -
ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/Outlook-A/2009081517.ABNT20


"SATELLITE AND RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT A SMALL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...CENTERED ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA...IS BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED AND MAY BE DEVELOPING A CLOSED SURFACE CIRCULATION." - NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009
ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/Outlook-A/2009081605.ABNT20

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This is about where the i-bsog tried to fire up the solar calculator and/or broke open the tea bag & gutted the chicken. "Tropical Storms Ana and Bill and Tropical Depression #4 easily gives Memphis Burger Kings a 3 in 6 chances[sic] of getting hit with high wind and/or water." - i-bsog on 16 Aug 2009 at 4:31 AM

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NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042009 500 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2009 -
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2009/al04/…
(Tropical Depression FOUR - soon to be Claudette.)


Sorry, no points for you, keep updating that hypothesis though, it's good comedy.

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formerly known as The Even Smaller CO2 Footprint,
formerly known as The Not-So-Big CO2 Footprint,
formerly known as The Big CO2 Footprint.

Posted by ESCO2FP on August 19, 2009 at 9:51 PM | Report this comment

Not surprisingly, the God Joey Mirabile’s Burger Kings nor god ESCO2FP (toothpick richard) got their pretty little dresses wet helping their predicted victims in Memphis -

“An evening storm sparked lightning flashes across Greater Memphis while dumping more than 2 inches of rain on many suburban areas. ... rain caused flash flooding in some parts of the city, Memphis Fire Department spokesman Wayne Cooke ... left more than 5,500 people without power ... Memphis-Shelby County Emergency Management Agency reported as much as 3 feet of water at the viaduct ... East Memphis ... experienced heavy flash flooding” (“Storm dumps more than 2 inches of rainfall, flooding streets”; By Staff , Memphis Commercial Appeal; Jody Callahan; commercialappeal.com, 8/18/09). “Flash floods struck the suburbs Tuesday night as several inches of rain trapped cars along Poplar Avenue in East Memphis” (“East Memphis streets flooded”; By Lori Brown; wlbt.com, 8/19/09). “Residents say water was up to their chest and has completely ruined their cars. ... a pile of cars that landed on top of each other. ... In some apartments, there was about a foot of water. ... The property owner, GMH Capital Partners, told us on the phone this was "an act of god"” (“Flooding Leaves Mess In East Memphis Complex”; Candace McCowan; wreg.com, 8/19/09).


Someone or something has my missing 6” -

10” --- ““a Memphis Burger King has a 1 in 6 chance of getting hit” ... A. ...5. ...a. ... Ominously, tropical depressions have been found to be generated in the Atlantic and Pacific under 8/2 - 8/09 with predicted intensities from cat 2 - 5+ ... “ ... FARMER rainfall/snow to hit in any one earthly place will be from ~ 10” to ~10’+ of rain/snow or an unholy mix. ... Hurricanes are US. ...” ... Posted by Ozonator on August 15, 2009 at 2:35 PM”.

10” -- “ Brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Claudette threatened to bring heavy rain to the Florida Panhandle ... more ominously in the Atlantic were tropical storms Ana and Bill, which was quickly turning into a powerful storm over warm waters in the open Atlantic. ... Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches was expected, with isolated areas getting up to 10 inches ... Pensacola Beach is still recovering from Hurricane Ivan ... 2004. ... Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Ana ... was expected to make landfall at the Leeward Islands ... forecast to bring 2 to 4 inches of rain” (“Tropical Storm Claudette threatens Fla. Panhandle”; By MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press Write; news.yahoo.com, 8/16/09).


Missing 6” here ----------------------------------------------------------------------


4” -- “The first hurricane of this year's Atlantic season gathered force far out to sea Monday, while two weaker storm systems drenched the northeastern Caribbean and the Florida Panhandle with rain. ... What began as Tropical Storm Ana ... weakened ... dissipated ... the storm was producing rains in the eastern Dominican Republic ... Flood alerts were issued for 12 of the country's 32 provinces and about 34 families were evacuated to shelters ... Officials in neighboring Haiti ... residents were warned to continue exercising caution around rivers and coastal areas. Puerto Rico ... was expecting 2 to 4 inches of rain. ... Along the Florida Panhandle, Tropical Storm Claudette quickly weakened after it made landfall ... wasn't expected to cause significant flooding or wind damage as it moved northwest into Alabama and Mississippi” (“Hurricane Bill gathers strength out in Atlantic”; By JONATHAN M. KATZ, Associated Press Writer; news.yahoo.com, 8/17/09).

That 6” must be be screwing the good people of Pakistan - “Flash floods have killed 27 people and affected 70,000 others in northwest Pakistan ... Heavy rain since Sunday has also caused massive destruction to homes, livestock and crops in Mardan and Swabi districts. ... A UN statement ... "As the water swept through villages, the roofs of mud houses collapsed ... submerged the cultivated land in these regions and much of the maize, rice, sugarcane and tobacco crops were destroyed. Livestock was washed away and drowned." ... none of the refugee camps were affected by the floods” (“Pakistan floods kill 27, affect 70,000: UN”; AFP; news.yahoo.com, 8/18/09).

Posted by Ozonator on August 19, 2009 at 10:23 PM | Report this comment

i-bsog (aka Ozonator,)

re: Burger King/Mirabile, Robert Rhodes earthquack and the Ozonator earthquack (and hurry-cane) institute for the enviromentally deranged

In you're attempts to master the complexities of "cut and paste" you've unwittingly illustrated a perfect example of ex post facto predicto. Well done mate! Listed below are a few examples of more "predictos," enjoy. (Remember, at least you're in "good" company.)

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"Earth Day predictions of 1970. The reason you shouldn’t believe Earth Day predictions of 2009." - I Hate the Media, 22 APR 2009
http://www.ihatethemedia.com/earth-day-pre…

“The world has been chilling sharply for about twenty years. If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990, but eleven degrees colder in the year 2000. This is about twice what it would take to put us into an ice age.” - Kenneth Watt, Ecologist

“Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.” - George Wald, Harvard Biologist

“It is already too late to avoid mass starvation.” - Denis Hayes, chief organizer for Earth Day

“Dr. S. Dillon Ripley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, believes that in 25 years, somewhere between 75 and 80 percent of all the species of living animals will be extinct.” - Sen. Gaylord Nelson

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"We have just four months. Four months to secure the future of our planet." - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks to the Global Environment Forum,
Incheon (Republic of Korea), 11 AUG 2009

"According to the Green New Deal Group, humanity only has 100 months to prevent dangerous global warming." - BBC News, 21 July 2008

"...[Gore] believes humans may have only 10 years left to save the planet from turning into a total frying pan." - By William Booth, Washington Post Staff Writer, 26 JAN 2006

"The Prince of Wales has warned that the world faces a series of natural disasters within 18 months unless urgent action is taken to save the rainforests." - By Andrew Pierce, Published: 15 May 2008, The Telegraph

"If the Senate doesn't pass a bill to cut global warming, Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer says, there will be dire results: droughts, floods, fires, loss of species, damage to agriculture, worsening air pollution and more." - By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers, 11 Jul 2009 -

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"Can new growth save the Amazon rainforest?" - Der Speigel, 11 AUG 2009, translated from German by Christopher Sultans

"Flying frog among 353 new Himalayan species: WWF" - By Claire Cozens, AFP, 10 AUG 2009

"Malaysian scientist finds new fly species" - UPI.com, 20 AUG 2009

"New Worm Species Discovered - 'Green Bomber'" - Red Orbit, 21 AUG 2009

"Big U.S. soy, corn crops may deflate price boom" - Reuters, 12 AUG 2009

"USDA: Second-largest corn crop projected, exports critical" - High Plains Journal, AUG 2009

"Bumper Crop Of Sweet Cherries Sours Growers" - NPR 8 AUG 2009

"Kansas soybean, corn crops forecast at record high" - High Plains Journal, AUG 2009

"Only You Can Prevent Wildfires," Smokey Bear

"High Water at Main & Mill Sts. April 1912." Photo by Coovert, Memphis, No. 1439. Memphis/Shelby County Library Collection. http://www.jccoovert.com/floods/main_mill_…

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http://worldweather.wmo.int/
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/outlook_tab.php
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/index.…
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/validProds.ph…
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/Loop/NatLoo…

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Kind regards,
The Ever Smaller CO2 Footprint,
formerly known as The Even Smaller CO2 Footprint,
formerly known as The Not-So-Big CO2 Footprint,
formerly known as The Big CO2 Footprint.

Posted by ESCO2FP on August 23, 2009 at 2:34 PM | Report this comment

Poor liittle toothpick richard;

Just how are global warming predictions of "Posted by Ozonator on May 31, 2009 at 10:00 PM" and Posted by Ozonator on August 16, 2009 at 4:31 AM" for generally correct numbers and/or warnings for rainfall and storm path under "Posted by Ozonator on August 19, 2009 at 10:23 PM" are "a perfect example of ex post facto predicto" ("Posted by ESCO2FP on August 23, 2009 at 2:34 PM") in the real world? Connect the dots not the dittoheads. Your dippy tropical waves and other endless fact chucking after the fact do count as your example for "post hole fact predictions by ExxonMobil".

Posted by Ozonator on August 30, 2009 at 3:11 PM | Report this comment

[Please Note: Dissenting views are subject to the digital equivalent of the burning of books.]

i-bsog (aka Ozonator,)

re: Burger King/Mirabile, Robert Rhodes earthquack and the Ozonator earthquack (and hurry-cane) institute for the enviromentally deforested

The vagaries of an eccentric ecochondriac coupled with obfuscated data references result in a nice try but still no points. Don't despair, with your visionary skills you have a very bright future as a soothsayer in a "Guess Your Weight" booth. At least in that venue you will garner the respect ($$$) you deserve.

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Things that go bump in the night, er day, well, both actually.
http://newsok.com/more-earthquakes-reporte…
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/au…

Don't trouble yourself with plates that have been moving for billions and billions of years, all earthquakes today are caused by globull warming. (As are hurricanes, tornadoes, snows, rains, wildfires, kidney stones, melted Reeses cups, molded rye bread and dipsy-doodle-itis.)

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More junk science to make you laugh.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews…

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What were you yanks discussing not too long ago, "drill [there], drill now?"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405…

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You know what they say about computers with big carbon footprints?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/art…

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It'll be a cold day in... Chicago?
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/near.record.c…

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"Only You Can Prevent Wildfires" - Smokey Bear
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl…

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And in the end, it really is all about saving ($$$) the planet.
"The report, Promoting Development, Saving the Planet, said that up to $1 trillion a year would be needed to deal with issues of climate change in the future."
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-01-…

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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
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http://worldweather.wmo.int/
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/index.…
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/validProds.ph…
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/Loop/NatLoo…

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The Ever Smaller CO2 Footprint,
formerly known as The Even Smaller CO2 Footprint,
formerly known as The Not-So-Big CO2 Footprint,
formerly known as The Big CO2 Footprint.


(P.S. Please bless British Petroleum, Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, CNR and ALL the oil producers of the world.)

Posted by ESCO2FP on October 10, 2009 at 11:40 AM | Report this comment

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