All the way from Sweden sailed young saint, Greta Thunberg. She toiled the high seas all the way to the U.S.A. to give Democrats and anyone who would listen a piece of her mind on Climate Change. I know. Oh, yay.
On Capital Hill yesterday, Senate Democrats were throwing themselves at Thunberg and her young, activist posse:
We need your leadership. Young people are the army.” Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA and author of the Green New Deal Resolution)
Thunberg will “take to the streets” with her megaphone and a bunch of others- young and old-in a massive Climate Strike on Friday. From Vox:
Thunberg has become an increasingly influential figurehead and voice for youth climate angst and activism. Since she no longer flies because of the aviation industry’s high carbon emissions, she was offered the opportunity to travel to the US on a zero-emissions sailboat.”
Actually, Greta does fly. And so does the crew that has been designated to bring the boat back, Vox. Young Miss Thunberg is not swimming across the Atlantic nor is she taking some fictional, high-speed, trans-oceanic railway. No jumping on the back of a mythical, non-farting unicorn to Sweden, either. Thunberg’s got to get back somehow. When she does, she then can flight shame all she wants.
To some, Greta Thunberg is a petulant little brat. Again, don’t blame the young woman for this, blame her parents and other enabling adults. To others, she is a saint….no…wait…she’s Jesus!
You think you will recognize Jesus when he comes back? He is this girl. And y’all don’t even see it. https://t.co/TAB5YafOQ0
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) September 14, 2019
Ummm, no, Sarah Silverman, she is NOT Jesus. This from the woman who makes fun of Jesus every moment she gets in a sick and desperate attempt at humor. Moving right along to the “star” of the show, the “superpower” (yes, that’s what Vox called her) at shaming adults, Greta Thunberg, who scolded Democrats yesterday:
Please save your praise, we don’t want it. Don’t invite us here to tell us how inspiring we are without doing anything about it. We don’t want to be invited to these kinds of meetings because, honestly, they don’t lead to anything.”-Greta Thunberg
Really, you little snot nose? Then don’t charter a multi-million dollar yacht to come here! Don’t waste jet fuel by flying out a crew to sail said yacht back across the pond. If you say you’re anti-airplane, then be anti-airplane and have this discussion with lawmakers via a damn Skype meeting. Technology is awesome, isn’t it? Use it. Save the whales.
Meanwhile, Democrats are squirming, saying their “hands are tied” on Climate policies because of…you guessed it…Trump. But they see young voters, potential voters before their eyes. So, will they kowtow to Greta and friends? Absolutely! And will liberal media outlets eat this up like a kale and quinoa salad (no offense to a good kale and quinoa salad)? You had better believe it.
If you want advice for what you should do, invite scientists, ask scientists for their expertise. We don’t want to be heard. We want the science to be heard. I know you are trying but just not hard enough. Sorry.”-Greta Thunberg
Kids will skip school on Friday in the name of science and our environment and take videos and photos on their latest phones because all of those batteries don’t do the environment any damage, do they? Nah. And Saint Greta will continue to pout and shame the adults while they cater to her every whim and hang on her every word. Does this sound like every parent’s nightmare or is it just me? En route back to Sweden, some poor, schmo airline pilots and flight attendants will make sure her trans-Atlantic flight is as comfortable and as safe as possible. You’re welcome, Greta.
Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Anders Hellberg [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]/Cropped
Mike-in-Keller says: The young person introduces many sentences with, “We”. Who made her Queen?
Evil Otto says: She’s not the Queen. She’s the Borg.
Gloria says: Amen, Mike-in-Keller! The little snot~
GWB says: a massive Climate Strike
If I were a teacher, I would have an exam that day. It would center on the scientific method, including not hiding your data, and how wisdom is imparted from elders to youngers. And you could not take it at an alternate time. Period.
And I would make it 51% of your semester grade.
youth climate angst
Wow, I’m surprised Vox got that bit right. It IS angst. And it’s brought on by the constant fear-mongering among the teaching “profession”, progressive politicians, and the media (like Vox).
Actually, Greta does fly. And so does the crew
Actually, she will be going back on a plane, the crew returning the vessel (it is possible to sail eastward) to Europe is flying over on a plane, AND the crew that brought it to the US has already gone back on a plane. Talk about a “carbon intense” journey!
We don’t want to be invited to these kinds of meetings
BWAHAHAHA! BULLSH*T! This is exactly what you want! Attention. Adulation. To feel like you’re somehow raging against the machine!
Narcissism is ugliest in the young, who have done nothing worthy of praise.
a good kale and quinoa salad
There’s no such thing. Sorry, Lisa.
(Oh, and BTW, if hipsters want us to pronounce it “keen-wa” then don’t spell it “kwin-o-a”.)
ask scientists for their expertise
Hell, little girl, we’ve been doing that for two decades now, and the progs don’t want to hear it. They’re sticking with Mann and his hockey stick, and the 97% of respondents to a poll, most of whom were not climate scientists (nor many even scientists), that back their progressive doomsday scenario.
BTW, this is an Appeal-to-Authority. Just as fallacious now as ever.
every parent’s nightmare
For certain values of ‘parenting’, yes.
Yes, little Saint Greta needs to be sat in the corner – along with her ‘activist’ classmates – with a dunce cap on her noggin, until such time as she learns to actually listen to her elders who actually do know a lot more than her.
CaptDMO says: Gosh, she looks just like the “Daisy Girl” from LBJ’s 1964 ad!
Joe in PNG says: Unless that sailboat had a pedal generator and everyone ate cold food, it’s not “carbon neutral”.
Anyway, nothing new here, just a secularized version of the old religious game. The fashionable Holy Hermit has Scolded the Aristocracy, and the Aristocrats have made the same empty confessions and the same empty vows.
Now they can pretend to be in a State of Grace, while doing the same things as before.
GWB says: Ummm, it actually sails. You know, the totally wind-powered way of moving.
(But you nail the rest of it.)
Joe in PNG says: The sail might move the boat (or the diesel motors when the wind ain’t moving that much), but you got to cook the food (and keep it refrigerated), light the lights, power the nav system, work the winches, and so on somehow.
Typically, that involves a diesel generator for the power system, and gas for the stove. Unless one is going truly old school, and that still means candles or oil lamps (and the possibility of remaining becalmed until the right winds and tides come along).
GWB says: OK, point taken!
I confess my lack of carbon catechism compliance.
I denounce myself. 😉
Joe in PNG says: I’m surprised no one has called her out on using such a symbol of Colonial Genocide and Imperialism as a sailing ship.
Sailing ships are what slavers used, and that is triggering, young lady!
Evil Otto says: They should use whale oil. It’s a renewable resource.
Lloyd says: Is this kid a cousin to that Hogg kid??
Kim Hirsch says: “Youth climate angst?” Oh, please. You want youth angst? We Cold War Kids who grew up “under the shadow of the mushroom cloud,” as Freddie Mercury sang, had a greater threat hanging over our heads than these brainwashed brats.
And yet here we are today. Funny how that works.
Ralph R Jaeger says: A new SJW childrens story book character from Sweden,Pipi Doomstocking .
GWB says: She even looks like a scold in that pic. Like she’s the one who always says “I’m gonna tell teacher!”
Like she’s the one who really, REALLY needs a swirly.
Joe in PNG says: That’s the modern face of feminism, my friend.
Yes, it’s a lot like the scow on the face of the Church Lady from the old, funny SNL.
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