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We dedicate this cultural masterpiece from days of yore to the supporters of AGW everywhere… but particularly we dedicate this to Professor Turney, who may have done more to raise awareness of the veracity of the AGW thesis since someone somewhere said something about hockey sticks… (hat tip to Samizdata commenter Mr. Ed, who may or may not be a talking horse, of course) January 2nd, 2014 |
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Of course I am a horse, of course, thank you SI for the hat-tip, and surely Vanilla Ice was a prophet, the first verse lyrics almost foresee this incident and the entire movement.
Thanks for the transcription, Mr. Ed. I was only able to glean a few of the words from the actual video.
Of course, it still makes absolutely no sense. But then neither does AGW, so I suppose that’s OK.
This probably explains things:
What Laird said.
But PfP’s info tempted me to follow Mr. Ed’s link to read all the lyrics. So is the point that ice and so forth are where it’s at, baby, or is it that you can get a great, and safer, high from V.I.’s rap? Or neither?
And the shortspeak for “microphone” is “mike” — not “mic”-rhymes-with-“tic” — and has been since the bloody thing was invented.
OK, PfP, now you forced me to research this a little deeper. I think your proffered explanation is wrong.
The performing name of the soi disant artist is “Vanilla Ice”, and according to the Fount of all Knowledge he wrote this song partly based on his experience in a shooting on South Florida but mostly about himself. The chorus bears that out:
If there was a problem, yo, I’ll solve it
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it
Ice, Ice, baby
Vanilla Ice, Ice, baby
Vanilla Ice, Ice, baby
Vanilla Ice, Ice, baby
Vanilla
Nothing to do with meth in any form. Of course, nothing to do with AGW, either. And, when you get down to it, nothing to do with much of anything period. Sort of a poor man’s Allen Ginsberg; less “Howl!” than “Yawn!”.
@ Laird
Are you presuming vanilla is a flavouring?
If there was no ice, they would have issued statements to the media calling it global warming. If criticised for using “weather” to describe climate, they’d have said “Oh well, that’s the media misrepresenting the science. But, you know, they’re kinda right….”
As it is, lots of ice is either “just weather”, or somehow indirectly caused by global warming. The media are happy to play along.
What kind of scientific theory is it that you ignore all evidence to the contrary while focussing on anything that supports your hypothesis again? Oh yes, that’s right, no kind…..
BIS, “Vanilla” refers to his coloring (he was one of the first white rappers). Do you have another point?
Actually, parsing the utterances of those who are speaking in tongues is pretty much of a wasted effort. (That’s my analogy-of-choice when confronted with the palmier sort of Proglodyte logic.)
Laird at 7:12 p.m.: What you said, again.
“The first of the white rappers”? Well, at least he’s clean, well-groomed, not wife-beater-stubbled-faced, yuck, and not pierced. (IIRC). And he and the chorus don’t look as if their haberdasher gets their costumes from a guy who sleeps under a bridge.
Young men doing interpretive dance for global cooling.
If “big government” was the cause of “big business” (crony capitalism/socialism), how can this problem be stopped in the next era of Enlightenment?
Was it inherent flaws in the US Constitution (regulation of interstate commerce, welfare clause and power of eminent domain) that planted the seeds of its own destruction, permitting the growth of big government through special interests groups and reinterpretations of its meaning?
Danny, I suppose that government on the scale of Liechtenstein would be a start, where the nation on which the state subsists is so small that it may not offer the economies of scale that a continental sized nation with commensurate population affords, and there is more chance to know persnally political candidates and influence their election chances. However, the advantage of smallness may be lost rapidly of you consider Guernsey and Jersey, the larger island Jersey being cnsiderably more statist than Guernsey with only a slightly larger population.
If you chart the number of PR disasters on a timeline, the chart is shaped like a hockey stick. Undoubtedly due to global warming.
This entire cockup could only have become more ironic if the crew had been attacked and slaughtered by polar bears.
That’s a nice thought, Rob. Unfortunately, polar bears only live at the north pole, not the south pole.
Downfall – Hitler Gets Trapped in Ice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03SWGkxt72A
Meanwhile, the current drama in the ice gets funnier, er worse. There are reports that the Chinese icebreaker may now be stuck and the Australian rescue ship with the Warmists on board is now on standby for another rescue mission, rather than taking the tourists to Tasmania.
Laird, but the ice may spread so far that the bears may walk an ice bridge South in their search for food, with a nice media convoy squealing about their plight all the way.
The local top predator, Killer Whale apart, would be the Leopard Seal, which is a nasty piece of work but probably a hazard only if you are in or near the water and very unlucky.
“BIS, “Vanilla” refers to his coloring (he was one of the first white rappers). Do you have another point?
No, but with “vanilla” being a desert flavouring, an icecream of an off white colour usually containing no vanilla whatsoever & something that is ordinary or conventional- ie not “bad” meaning not good , what street talk has done with the word in the past few weeks would bring few surprises.
Danny Ireland:
Timothy Sandefur gives some historical background to the constitution and how the sections and amendments you referred to have been interpreted by the courts, in his book The Conscience of the Constitution. I found it a very interesting read.
IanH top find, the Downfall spoof, these types need to be ridiculed without mercy.
Thanks, will look into the read. Great blog, entertaining & informative commentary – will drop by this site more often.