Ahh, Springtime

My fruit trees are fully in bloom and the birds are soloing their mating calls, a joyeous time to be out doing yardwork. I have had several new visitors to the Barnyard this winter including a black-capped night heron that loves my olive trees for a daytime roost. The Goat has been an avid bird watcher and habitat provider his entire life, good habitat means ample good game for hunting as well. The Barnyard is pushing fifty identified bird visitors of different species and the list grows as the very hard to identify tiny bushtits, gnat catchers and warblers are slowly identified. What is good habitat, a feeding and watering station, ample scratching grounds, under and over brush, trees and shrubs. I wonder how a loft dweller in San Fran or New York is providing a clean living environment for our feathered friends while trying to tell me how to live out here in the country? Maybe I should just move to a city and feed rock dove (pidgeons) instead, naaaaa.
Some further background on Mr Gore and his lunatic ravings courtesy of James Taranto at the OPJ:

The Color of Money
Tennessee blogger Bill Hobbs picks up the story of Al Gore's voracious household energy use, which we noted Tuesday:

The Tennessean reported that Gore buys "carbon offsets" to compensate for his home's use of energy from carbon-based fuels. As Wikipedia explains, a carbon offset "is a service that tries to reduce the net carbon emissions of individuals or organizations indirectly, through proxies who reduce their emissions and/or increase their absorption of greenhouse gases." . . .

But how Gore buys his "carbon offsets," as revealed by The Tennessean raises serious questions. According to the newspaper's report, Gore buys his carbon offsets through Generation Investment Management:

Gore helped found Generation Investment Management, through which he and others pay for offsets. The firm invests the money in solar, wind and other projects that reduce energy consumption around the globe . . .

Gore is chairman of the firm and, presumably, draws an income or will make money as its investments prosper. In other words, he "buys" his "carbon offsets" from himself, through a transaction designed to boost his own investments and return a profit to himself. To be blunt, Gore doesn't buy "carbon offsets" through Generation Investment Management--he buys stocks. . . .

Meanwhile, Gore runs around the country and the world trumpeting "climate crisis" and blaming man's use of carbon-based energy--burning thousands of gallons of jet fuel as he goes. His efforts have served to put climate change at the top of the national and even global agenda, driving up the value of the stocks and companies viewed as "green" or environmentally friendly. Companies like those his investment management firm invest his own and other peoples' [sic] money in. (You can see a list of Generation Investment Management's holdings here, courtesy of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.)

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Not only has his hypocrisy been exposed but also his blatant 'do as I say not as I do 'socialism of the elite. Maybe he should follow former California Governor Jerry Brown and get a small apartment and sleep on a mattress on the floor to gain some credibility on the street. Somehow , I bet Tipper would leave if he did, after all being a glam celebrity is the end all be all of American life to the moonbats.