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2008-03-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

Weather Channel Founder Blasts Weather Channel's Endorsement of Al Gore

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Posted by Punky Threang1071 2008-03-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 is it me or does the whole liberal left movement seem to be falling apart at the seams? I'm not saying they can't win this next election because McCain is really weak and unpopular among conservatives. But it seems to me that the whole liberal agenda has been exposed as just a power-grab for selfish and sociopathic individuals and has seen its day.

Posted by Crease Poodle1618 2008-03-04 06:19|| 2008-03-04 06:19|| Front Page Top

#2 I loved the weather channel in the days when they reported the weather. I'll take John Hope over Heidi Cullen any day.

Now it's a multiculti-AGW-feelgood mishmash of mostly entertainment with a tiny amount of meteorology thrown in.

Hopefully the new owners will broom out the crap and rebuild the format into something more informative and stop trying to politic or entertain.

Heidi Cullen needs to go back to academia where she belongs.

Posted by no mo uro 2008-03-04 06:24|| 2008-03-04 06:24|| Front Page Top

#3 IIRC the WC brought in a new personnel manager from of all places CNN [which makes it all so clear] who decided to 'spice' up the channel with mini cults of personality. That's when the promos started with 'featured' names. They went from information to entertainment selling out their core. Another fine moment in the never ending de-evolution of institutions under 'you know who' management.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-03-04 08:16|| 2008-03-04 08:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Like so many people Dr. Cullen's world view is clouded (pun intended) by her academic work. Her PhD thesis posited that the collapse of the Akkadian empire (circa 4 millenia ago) was related to a severe and long lasting drought.

So she imagines herself as working to prevent a civilizational collapse due to climate change. Its touching but simpleminded.

Posted by mhw 2008-03-04 08:50|| 2008-03-04 08:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Mr Coleman, are you suggesting repossessing Big Al's shiny new Nobel medal before he's chained up and keel hauled off to the pen ?

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2907 2008-03-04 09:39|| 2008-03-04 09:39|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm all for suing these scammers. All of their "DATA" is made up facts and number padding.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-03-04 10:04|| 2008-03-04 10:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Local on the 8s and that's it.

Posted by AlanC 2008-03-04 10:17|| 2008-03-04 10:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Although he's on teh mark here, John HAS decided to take it easy in his golden years - he's a weatherman for KUSI here in San Diego. It doesn't get much easier :-)

"late night/early morning low clouds and fog, clearing inland early and by mid morning on the coast - sunny, warm, and clear afternoon" just about covers 98% of the days

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-03-04 11:22|| 2008-03-04 11:22|| Front Page Top

#9 Actually, Frank, as I understand it, John actually retired from KUSI, and they've been running the same nightly forecast over and over. Since the weather's always the same (i.e., perfect), nobody is any the wiser.
In San Diego, they put out a severe weather alert whenever the temperature drops to 68F or rises to 80F, since people there are not prepared for it.
/just kidding

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-03-04 15:03|| 2008-03-04 15:03|| Front Page Top

#10 hey Frank, don't rub the good weather in too much lol. Yeah I get the point nice easy job.
I just got another foot and a half of snow here in Colorado. The wind blew the drifts pretty high too. Must be all of this global warming, this has been another worst year for cold and snow levels. I like the change of seasons, but am really looking forward to the warmer weather.

Posted by Jan 2008-03-04 16:14|| 2008-03-04 16:14|| Front Page Top

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