Posted in Global Warming on Aug 31st, 2008
After all the endless moaning and wailing by environmentalists and other assorted leftist nut-jobs that humans are mucking up the environment and causing the worst warming trend in history, a new study shows that cow shit and cow farts are far more to blame. In fact, the United Nations Food & Agricultural Association claims that [...]
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Posted in Politics on Aug 31st, 2008
Politico quoted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as saying, “I’m trying to save the planet; I’m trying to save the planet.” She was responding, of course, to pressure that she and her fellow Democrats are experiencing to suspend a congressional ban on offshore oil drilling in the face of skyrocketing energy prices. It would be really [...]
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Posted in Politics on Aug 29th, 2008
John McCain needs to persuade swing voters that he’s willing to take on the Republican establishment. He needs to persuade conservatives that he isn’t squishy about social issues. And he needs to close the gender gap. When you think about it, the real surprise about Sarah Palin’s selection as his running mate is that it’s [...]
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Posted in Politics on Aug 29th, 2008
“We are all Georgians now,” John McCain said in response to Russia’s invasion of the former Soviet republic.
We are? Spare me. You couldn’t find one American in a thousand who could locate Georgia on a map, but the Republican hothead who would be president is ready to bind America’s sacred honor to the place.And more [...]
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Posted in Politics on Aug 27th, 2008
John McCain talked to Jay Leno last night.
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Posted in Politics on Aug 27th, 2008
There is no second place in American politics. There is no silver medal, no shadow prime minister, no government in exile.
There is a winner, and there is a loser. Barack Obama won and Hillary Clinton lost, and Clinton’s supporters need to get their heads, if not their hearts, around that.
At her speech to the Democratic [...]
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Posted in Global Warming on Aug 27th, 2008
The Earth’s failure to continue warming has also confounded promoters of man-made climate fear. Here is a mere sampling of inconvenient developments for climate alarmists in 2008 alone:
(1) Oceans Cooling! Scientists puzzled by “mystery of global warming’s missing heat”- LINK The Australian
(2) New Data from NASA’s Aqua satellite is showing “greatly reduced future warming projected [...]
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Posted in Global Warming on Aug 25th, 2008
LEWISTON, Maine - People worried about the high cost of keeping warm this winter will draw little comfort from the Farmers’ Almanac, which predicts below-average temperatures for most of the U.S.
“Numb’s the word,” says the 192-year-old publication, which claims an accuracy rate of 80 to 85 percent for its forecasts that are prepared two years [...]
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Posted in Politics on Aug 25th, 2008
When politicians “flip-flop,” or alter their stance on issues, charges of hypocrisy often follow. But changing one’s mind is part of being human and is not always a hallmark of dishonesty, social scientists say.
Often, it makes sense and is critical to a smoothly operating United States that leaders choose a side of an issue and [...]
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Posted in Global Warming, Hybrid Cars on Aug 24th, 2008
As reported by the British Telegraph Monday (emphasis added throughout):
Women must stop admiring men who drive sports cars if they want to join the fight against global warming, the Government’s chief scientist has urged.
Professor Sir David King said governments could only do so much to control greenhouse gas emissions and it was time for a [...]
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