Saturday, May 03, 2008
Mother Nature Dominatrix
Here
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353844,00.html Steven Milloy's Junk Science has this:
"Researchers belonging to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, reported in Nature (May 1) that after adjusting their climate model to reflect actual sea surface temperatures of the last 50 years, "global surface temperature may not increase over the next decade, as natural climate variations … temporarily offset the projected anthropogenic warming."
You got that? IPCC researchers project no global warming over the next decade because of Mother Nature."
Cooling is the forecast. Milloy goes on to point out that Mother Nature is the weather dominatrix and a major flaw in the global warming predictions is the assumption that "without human activity climate change would not occur."
The evidence against global warming continues to grow to glacial proportion. Not only should Gore's nobel prize be stripped from him, he should go to prison, like this lady: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354049,00.html story in which a woman who caused her lover's death by a false cry of rape is convicted of manslaughter.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353844,00.html Steven Milloy's Junk Science has this:
"Researchers belonging to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, reported in Nature (May 1) that after adjusting their climate model to reflect actual sea surface temperatures of the last 50 years, "global surface temperature may not increase over the next decade, as natural climate variations … temporarily offset the projected anthropogenic warming."
You got that? IPCC researchers project no global warming over the next decade because of Mother Nature."
Cooling is the forecast. Milloy goes on to point out that Mother Nature is the weather dominatrix and a major flaw in the global warming predictions is the assumption that "without human activity climate change would not occur."
The evidence against global warming continues to grow to glacial proportion. Not only should Gore's nobel prize be stripped from him, he should go to prison, like this lady: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354049,00.html story in which a woman who caused her lover's death by a false cry of rape is convicted of manslaughter.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Immigration and Oil
Immigration
This http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008May01/0,4670,ImmigrationProtests,00.html links to the foxnews story about the immigrants rights activists rallies. According to the story, a man identified as a legal immigrant from Mexico, carried a sign showing immigration agents handcuffing a man with a little girl crying, "Where's my family?" -- Emotional and inflammatory but hardly a meaningful statement for immigration reform. Parents go to prison for crime all the time. Their children suffer to some degree for the crimes of the parents. The illegal immigration issue is no different -- if they don't want their children to suffer the consequences, they shouldn't do the crime. Illegal immigration is a crime. The fact is, illegal immigrants are willing to take the risk for what they hope to gain. One thing that may make it worth the risk is the possibility of "immigration reform" or what is in fact "amnesty" or "shamnesty." Unfortunately, whenever the immigration issue arises, there is much hand wringing and complaints that we can't do anything about it, but maybe if we grant amnesty to all those that are already here (so we wouldn't have to worry about that whole problem) then, and only then, could we do something about our borders. But we have already been down that road (or rather, led down that primrose path). Congress gave Reagan a bill that included an amnesty provision. He signed it. Border security did not improve in any meaningful way but former illegal aliens achieved an unearned legal status.
This amnesty first idea makes about as much sense trying to take care of a flooding tub by refusing to turn off the water and instead arguing about whether the new flood level should first be declared a legitimate part of the home -- meanwhile the whole house suffers from the continuing water damage.
My idea of reform is to shut off the flow and then worry about how to drain the water we've already got. I have no doubt that we have the resources and ability to significantly improve our border security. I do doubt that we have the political will to do so. I won't rehearse Glenn Beck's arguments from his Inconvenient Book but I think it does suggest that there are influential people and organizations who have interests that are contrary to the border security of the United States of America.
Oil
I see that as oil prices go up, the money available for reconstruction in Iraq also increases. Canada and Mexico also benefit from the higher prices. We see an ever increasing flow of American dollars to these countries. Unfortunately, our enemies, the crazy leaders of Iran and Venezuela also benefit from the rising oil prices.
This http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008May01/0,4670,ImmigrationProtests,00.html links to the foxnews story about the immigrants rights activists rallies. According to the story, a man identified as a legal immigrant from Mexico, carried a sign showing immigration agents handcuffing a man with a little girl crying, "Where's my family?" -- Emotional and inflammatory but hardly a meaningful statement for immigration reform. Parents go to prison for crime all the time. Their children suffer to some degree for the crimes of the parents. The illegal immigration issue is no different -- if they don't want their children to suffer the consequences, they shouldn't do the crime. Illegal immigration is a crime. The fact is, illegal immigrants are willing to take the risk for what they hope to gain. One thing that may make it worth the risk is the possibility of "immigration reform" or what is in fact "amnesty" or "shamnesty." Unfortunately, whenever the immigration issue arises, there is much hand wringing and complaints that we can't do anything about it, but maybe if we grant amnesty to all those that are already here (so we wouldn't have to worry about that whole problem) then, and only then, could we do something about our borders. But we have already been down that road (or rather, led down that primrose path). Congress gave Reagan a bill that included an amnesty provision. He signed it. Border security did not improve in any meaningful way but former illegal aliens achieved an unearned legal status.
This amnesty first idea makes about as much sense trying to take care of a flooding tub by refusing to turn off the water and instead arguing about whether the new flood level should first be declared a legitimate part of the home -- meanwhile the whole house suffers from the continuing water damage.
My idea of reform is to shut off the flow and then worry about how to drain the water we've already got. I have no doubt that we have the resources and ability to significantly improve our border security. I do doubt that we have the political will to do so. I won't rehearse Glenn Beck's arguments from his Inconvenient Book but I think it does suggest that there are influential people and organizations who have interests that are contrary to the border security of the United States of America.
Oil
I see that as oil prices go up, the money available for reconstruction in Iraq also increases. Canada and Mexico also benefit from the higher prices. We see an ever increasing flow of American dollars to these countries. Unfortunately, our enemies, the crazy leaders of Iran and Venezuela also benefit from the rising oil prices.
