We'd really prefer to ignore the Moonbat. We know he's embarrassed British community members (and that was the subject of a lengthy roundtable in Polly's Brew last year). But he keeps leaving his droppings on our side of the pond.
Case in point, Thursday's Uprising. We heard about it. We listened to it Saturday. (Go to Uprising or the KPFK archives.)
There was the Moonbat, pushing his soft-issue, the environment, yet again. He was again decrying plane travel and insisiting that it was damaging the environment.
Insisting that with no sense of irony, apparently.
Sonali Kolhatkar, at the end of the interview, made a point to note WBAI's help with the interview.
What?
Why is WBAI assisting in a telphone interview from England? Because he wasn't in England, he was in NYC. That is correct, the Moonbat wanted to decry plane travel. Apparently he swam to the United States for his latest publicity junket.
George Monbiot wasn't satisified just to leave everyone wondering if reducing plane travel starts with others. He had a lot to 'offer.'
He offered a slime of Alexander Cockburn, the assessment that Cockburn was 'blowing it' and the left had experienced more than enough of Cockburn. What left, Moonbat? Were you speaking for England, the United States or, yet again, being the self-proclaimed voice of the globe?
If Cockburn has indeed ignored replying to Moonbat, we say, "Well done, Alex, well done."
The fact that Moonbat feels the need to travel to the United States to speak about global warming (while railing against the pollution created by planes) appears to indicate that he honestly believes that issue is under-reported in the United States and really requires a smug punk with a bad haircut to put a 'face' on the issue.
We're aware people bend over backwards to avoid criticizing him but maybe they're unfamiliar with the fact that he's promoting nuclear energy?
That's what the one-time journalist, now environmental activist wanted to share: It's needed. It's clean.
It's destructive and dangerous to the planet. Only a fool, only a Moonbat, would promote it. He made no reference to solar power or wind power, but he could hawk nuclear energy.
For those unaware, the nuclear energy and nuclear weapon industry are tied together. At a time when it appears a serious movement is on the verge of rebuilding to call for a reduction and then elimination of nuclear weapons, the last thing the world needs is the likes of Moonbat selling nuclear energy as 'safe' and 'clean.'
Along with the damage they would do to the environment, a series of nuclear plants spring up all over the United States would send a message that nuclear energy is 'normal.' That would carry over to nuclear weapons and make them more palitable.
Moonbat, fly away, fly far, far away.