Tuesday, February 10, 2015

BloggeRhythms

Viewing commentary from the administration, up to and including the president and sidekick, United States National Security Advisor, Susan Rice regarding the nation’s present status in conflicts in the Middle-East brought back memories of a gentleman I’ve referenced before:  Iraqi Information Minister, Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf, also known as “Baghdad Bob.”
 
Currently, the administration presents a profile of ISIS advances in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and now Yemen, as a “Junior Varsity” effort. Continually downplaying the growth of the terror group as one that is overrated as a potential threat, and no real threat whatsoever to the US.   
 
In that regard, Baghdad Bob did very much the same thing when he was known for his daily press briefings in Baghdad during the 2003 Iraq War.
 
Nearing the end of the conflict, according to Wikipedia, “His pronouncements included claims that American soldiers were committing suicide "by the hundreds" outside the city, and denial that there were any American tanks in Baghdad, when in fact they were only several hundred meters away from the press conference where he was speaking and the combat sounds of the nearing American troops could already be heard in the background of the broadcast.
 
“When asked where he had got his information he replied, "authentic sources—many authentic sources." He pointed out that he "was a professional, doing his job.
 
“His last public appearance as information minister was on April 8, 2003, the day before the fall of Baghdad, when he said that the Americans “are going to surrender or be burned in their tanks. They will surrender, it is they who will surrender.”
 
And, if I recall correctly, the last time he was seen on the air was when US troops entered his studio during his broadcast and carried him out by the shoulders and heels while he was still spouting his victory spiel.
 
Along the same lines of facts that don’t always seem to jibe with the administration's canned rhetoric, wcvb.com/weather reports that “Snow sets historic records in Boston.”
 
The station notes that, “The seemingly never-ending snowfall gave Boston more than 73 inches for the winter, passing the 72.9 inches that fell during the winter of 1903-1904. 
 
“Boston also set a record with the most snow in 30 days with 60.8 inches.

“The previous record was 58.8 inches that fell before, during and after the Blizzard of 1978. However, this time, that record was set in 17 days, not 30.

"No city administration has ever dealt with this much snow in as short a period a time in history," Boston Mayor [Marty] Walsh said.” 

A reader, SerfCityHereWeCome porchhound commented: “Lessee...17 Fahrenheit equals 265 Kelvin, add them together and divide by 2 to average them out to 141 degrees in Boston today, then divide yards of snowfall by Boston's population to get per-capita snowfall, then...”
 
What’s just as interesting, however, is that in visiting almanac.com today, The Old Farmer's Almanac's long-range weather predictions for 2014–2015 were found, originally posted at the end of 2013.

The forecast was, “and another teeth-chatteringly cold winter is on its way across the United States! 

"Colder is just almost too familiar a term," Editor Janice Stillman said. "Think of it as a refriger-nation."

Additionally, way back then they wrote, “With its traditionally 80 percent–accurate weather forecasts, The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts that this winter will be another arctic blast with above-normal snowfall throughout much of the nation. The extreme weather will continue into Summer 2015, which is expected to be predominantly hot and dry.”

So, perhaps we might be better off if we all chipped in and paid for a subscription to the almanac for the president, Kerry and Gore. Because, although I didn’t look up the subscription price, it’s got to be substantially lower than the two or three trillion tax-payer dollars they're planning to spend on global-warming that, obviously, real experts say is never going to happen.
 
That's it for today folks.

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