From When Evil Prospers:
US to add polar bears to "threatened" species list
–and–
Polar Bear numbers are increasing in the eastern arctic
…and I thought a "scientific consensus" would have to include scientific facts. I guess just don't have enough "blind faith" to believe in global warming.
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - In response to the eruption of Chile’s Chaitén Volcano earlier this week, environmental experts are asking the international community to step up its efforts to prevent volcanic eruptions. A group of the world's most respected climatologists have convened in Chile this week to discuss strategies to combat alarmingly high emissions of CO2 and other known greenhouse gases from the world's most irresponsible volcanoes. Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Sheryl Crow, Bono, and Rev. Jeremiah Wright were among those attending the summit.
According to climate computer models, this cloud of ash will raise the earth's temperature by 10^57 degrees Fahrenheit by 2004The problem of volcanic eruptions has vexed environmentalists for years because, while harmful to the environment, eruptions cannot be directly blamed on humans. According to Chairman Al Gore, "We always knew there must be some connection between the irresponsible actions of industrialized nations and volcanic eruptions, but we weren't able to connect the dots. However, with the research done earlier this week, all that has changed."
While Gore was traveling on his private jet from the U.S. to Chile to join the summit, he presented the findings of a study conducted by researchers at the University of California - Berkeley that shows a direct link between Big Oil and volcanic eruptions. In what Speaker Pelosi labeled "a breakthrough similar to that of the invention of the Prius," the study concluded that Big Oil companies in the Middle East have caused what they are referring to as a "sucking/spewing phenomenon." By pumping millions of gallons of oil out of one side of the planet, a pressure imbalance is created under the surface of the earth, resulting in violent volcanic eruptions on the exact opposite side of the globe. Based on the results of this "scientific consensus," Gore is calling for the immediate impeachment of George W. Bush and a 97% tax rate on the Super Rich, which includes anyone with an annual income of $37,000 or more.
Under Pelosi's plan, Chileans could either walk, bike, or utilize "natural" means of transportation.Addressing the people of Chile, Pelosi declared, "The time for discussion is over. We need to begin taking meaningful steps toward volcanic eruption reductions." When asked what those steps might be, Pelosi said that a number of options were being discussed. One such option would involve taking 75% of the world's corn supply and dumping it into the five volcanoes that are most likely to erupt in the next 5,000 years. Bono explained that "the scientists told me that dumping all that corn into the top of these volcanoes would plug them up really good. Something about the intense heat and corn syrup…. We all know how sticky corn syrup is, so I think it would really, you know, be really good. Good, and loving. And good. We need more loving, and more good."
Rev. Wright was concerned about the possible ramifications of such a plan. At the top of his list of concerns was the possibility that if the supply of corn was insufficient to plug the most dangerous volcanoes, the U.S. government would instead throw African Americans into the volcano. "We've seen-ah what they done with the H-I-Veee Virus-ah. What's next-ah? Blacks versus the Volcano-ah!"
One mask per person, please. And don't forget to recycle.Gore assured the Reverend that his concerns were unfounded, but said Wright had given him an even better idea. Gore suggested that instead of slowly starving the Earth's poorest residents to death by converting their food supplies into bio-fuels, a new policy could be adopted that would give the world's hungry another option. With funding provided by higher taxes on Big Oil and the Super Rich, the U.N. could airlift hundreds of thousands of starving people out of their deprivation and drop them directly into the mouths of volcanoes. "It's like killing two birds with one stone, " quipped the former Vice President.
While cleanup efforts continue in Chile, Sheryl Crow reminded Chileans effected by the eruption that they should consider protecting the environment by only using one dust mask each.
Fox News headline:
U.S. Border Crackdown Leads to Drop in Illegal Immigration
If only Juan McCain could grasp the significance of this this incredible story, maybe I'd feel better voting for him this fall.
Be sure to call your senator or representative to urge them to resist costly and nonsensical climate change legislation based on biased science and a former vice-president's lust for the limelight. I guarantee that the enviro-gestapo will be calling today. Hopefully their voice won't be the only one that's heard.
The Hagel Hound puts a new spin on the term "War on Poverty."
From the article:
California’s gasoline prices are 10-15% higher than the rest of the country. Why? It costs more to produce the highly regulated gasoline in California, and there is less flexibility to obtaining supply. In Nebraska today, the ordinary person fills up their tank for $3.45 a gallon. Next time you do that consider that a poor mom trying to get across Los Angeles every day to clean a motel to put food on her table, is paying $4.25 a gallon for her gas that day. And on her way home, by the way, she will pay about 20% more for each bite of food she buys for those kids, because the truckers that haul the food to market pay that 20% premium on fuel costs as well.
Plain and simple: press the environmentalist agenda, and poor kids eat less.
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In the end, the environmentalist movement implies a class war. Environmentalism at once resists job development and simultaneously encourages increase in the prices of basic human needs: food, heat, transportation. And the poorest among us are hit the hardest. Environmentalists claim to protect the most vulnerable species in nature. When are they going to account for their own attacks on the most vulnerable among us?
Go read the rest of the article, and then come back and tell me where he's wrong. (And please give me something better than "it's the evil corporations, especially Big Oil, that are keeping the poor down.")
From what I'm told, this is an actual letter from an Iowa resident to Senator Harkin. Hopefully he sent a copy to Juan McCain as well.
The Honorable Tom Harkin
731 Hart Senate Office Building
Phone (202) 224 3254
Washington DC , 20510Dear Senator Harkin,
As a native Iowan and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to determine the process for becoming an illegal alien and they referred me to you.
My primary reason for wishing to change my status from U.S. Citizen to illegal alien stems from the bill which was recently passed by the Senate and for which you voted. If my understanding of this bill 's provisions is accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United States for five years, all I need to do to become a citizen is to pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for three of the last five years. I know a good deal when I see one and I am anxious to get the process started before everyone figures it out.
Simply put, those of us who have been here legally have had to pay taxes every year so I'm excited about the prospect of avoiding two years of taxes in return for paying a $2,000 fine. Is there any way that I can apply to be illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent result for me and my family because we paid heavy taxes in 2004 and 2005.Additionally, as an illegal alien I could begin using the local emergency room as my primary health care provider. Once I have stopped paying premiums for medical insurance, my accountant figures I could save almost $10,000 a year.
Another benefit in gaining illegal status would be that my daughter would receive preferential treatment relative to her law school applications, as well as 'in-state' tuition rates for many colleges throughout the United States for my son.
Lastly, I understand that illegal status would relieve me of the burden of renewing my driver's license and making those burdensome car insurance premiums. This is very important to me given that I still have college age children driving my car.
If you would provide me with an outline of the process to become illegal (retroactively if possible) and copies of the necessary forms, I would be most appreciative.
Thank you for your assistance.Your Loyal Constituent,
Donald Ruppert
Burlington , IA
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Barack Obama, speaking about sex education:
Look, I got two daughters — 9 years old and 6 years old," he said. "I am going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby. I don't want them punished with an STD at age 16, so it doesn't make sense to not give them information.
- Ben Smith, emphasis mine
In the same speech, Obama said that women must have the right to an abortion. From the same article:
"This is an example where good people can disagree," the Illinois senator said. "The question then is, are there areas that we can agree to that everybody can get behind? We can all agree that we want to reduce teen pregnancies. We can all agree that we want to make sure that adoption is a viable option."
Yep. We can all agree that reducing teen pregnancies is good. We can all agree that adoption should be a viable option. We can all agree that women should be able to kill babies "if they make a mistake." Wait. Maybe not that last one.
Which "values and morals" BHO is teaching his daughters? Apparently in his "belief system" it is OK to kill a child because its conception was a "mistake." Better to kill a child than for its mother to be "punished" by its existence.
Can someone please explain to me how a Christian could vote for this guy? I'm by no means a McCain supporter, but it blows me away that someone who loves God and studies his Word (Ps 127:3, for example) could vote for this guy with a clean conscience. If you are one such Christian, I really would like to hear your thoughts on this one. I just don't get it.
This article should scare you. It scares me.
What would you do if three armed Sheriff's deputies showed up at your door, demanding that you surrender your six week old child because of a court order that opposes your sincerely held religious beliefs? What if they held him in their custody for six days, and your only recourse was to compromise on your beliefs? What if some enraged judge ruled that he was to be placed in foster care, not because he was in immediate danger (as the law requires), but because she disagreed with your religious beliefs and thought that *she* knew what was best for your own child?
This nightmare scenario played out this week in Omaha for Josue and Maray Anaya and their six week old son, Joel. Their offense, which apparently warranted having their child forcefully taken from their custody by agents of the state, was to refuse to submit their newborn son to the state's mandatory Newborn Screening program. The screening program detects a variety of genetic disorders and requires blood to be drawn from the baby. The Anayas' religious beliefs include a literal interpretation of certain Old Testament passages that state that the "life" of a person is in their blood. Acting according to their beliefs, the Anayas refused to submit their son to the state mandated testing.
This was, at least according to one judge, enough of an "offense" to have their baby taken from them. Furthermore, thanks to grandstanding and agenda-driven actions by Douglas County Juvenile Court Judge Elizabeth Crnkovich, it was enough to keep him away from his family for nearly a week. Continue reading this post »
According to CNN, Condoleezza Rice says that nations must fight climate change like terrorism.
The folks over at Jihad Watch help us understand what she meant by that:
1.) Being afraid to name the activities and people who are part of the problem.
2.) Insisting that only a tiny minority of vehicles on the road are belching greenhouse gases. Make no effort to verify for fear of offending motorists and car companies.
3.) Continuing to aid parties who pay lip service to helping, but do either nothing, or as little as possible in order to keep up appearances.
I would also add that we need the President to remind us that our cars are "vehicles of peace" with a noble history of peaceful and noble transportation, deserving our respect and admiration. Oh, and prominent senators should start urging us to have negotiations with automobiles to convince them to start emitting daisies instead of CO2.
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