Global Warming and Developing Nations

If you know me, you know I'm skeptical of the global warming alarmists out there who insist that if we do not reduce our economic output the polar ice caps will melt and people will die. The fact that this has been one of the coolest summers in Chicago in my memory seems to me to justify my stance (to be fair, I have relatives in Nevada who are suffering through their third week of 100 degree days).

Anyway, I've been dubious to the efforts of the Democrats to pass the "Cap and Trade" bill for a number of reasons, some of which are that it transfers more power to the Government and away from private industry (you know, people who create JOBS), is a hidden HUGE Tax increase on Americans, and it's based on inconclusive science that anybody who questions it has been demonized.

Lastly, my concerns were no matter how badly we damage our economy, people lose their jobs and cannot provide for their loved ones because of this, the efforts would be in vain because few other countries are pushing this agenda as well.

Whatever production we shut down will be increased in India and China because they are emerging economies and like to have discretionary income.

Anyway, I saw George Will's column and it crystalized it for me. Please hit the Post and read (it was also printed in the Chicago Tribune as well today).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072202415_pf.html

Figured Out Why There's a Hurry...

To pass health care "reform" before the August recess. It's because the President can only delay his economic update so long and he's hoping to jam down this NEW round of spending we as a nation cannot pay for (and expand the power further of his administration) before it's released...wait for it...DURING THE AUGUST RECESS!!!!

That economic update will show how badly Team Obama "misread the economy" (those are Joe Biden's words, not mine), how the last thing the nation needs is ANOTHER round of spending, and if he truly cared about the economic health of the Nation, he'd put his vanity project on hold until later.

It's like rushing out to buy a new car you don't need before the bill is due on your mortgage you cannot afford.

It's all right here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/20/AR2009072002277_pf.html

Feel free to highlight and paste in a new browser.

See, It's SIMPLE!!!

No need to debate Free Market Healthcare, just RAHM it through!!!!

What is the Rush?

So, the Dems in the House fashioned a cap and trade bill just tonight (Wednesday), and are going to vote on Friday. So, is this bill, simple, straightforward, short, and solves the "problem"? The answer to all of this is "of course not", which is why they want to vote on it less than 48 hours later, before ANYONE has time to read it, much less figure out the pros and cons and then have a debate.

This happened before with the stimulus bill (which hasn't stimulated ANYTHING except government waste). Didn't we learn from that?

If the Republicans had tried this nonsense, the Mainstream Media would have had a field day. ABC couldn't be reached for comment because the President told them not to.

Somewhere Algore is smiling, before jetting off somewhere else to lecture the masses about pollution, while promoting his personal business interests.

Here's the link to the WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124579482359843937.html

Lakehurst

Ahhh yes....TOO MUCH TIME spent there as a youngin. Aladdin's Castle, The Gift Tree, Shaver's World, Chess King, JR's Records, The Athlete's Foot, Joker's Wild, THIS PLACE HAD IT ALL!!!

Loved it!

There are a Number of Reasons Why I Haven’t Been Blogging:

• You’re right I’ve been busy.

• I’m on Facebook probably too much right now (NEVER while at work, EVER!!!!).

• The wind is out of my sails politically right now. The Republicans have nothing. They’ve done nothing. There’s no credible opposition in the current march toward Socialism that’s going on right now in Washington, and nobody is bothering to cover it. Unemployment jumps another 345,000 and the media couches it as “a good thing”. Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.

• Local politics have beaten me down. All they talk about in Springfield is raising taxes and there’s a budget deficit of like 12 Billion dollars (or something like that, the numbers are TOO BIG to have any meaning and they’re all starting to run together for me), yet they find the money for a women’s war memorial, a new footbridge, and the zoo. Yet, if they don’t raise taxes NOW, they’ll lay off all the cops, empty out the prisons and close the schools. They accept the most toothless ethics “reforms” ever and the only people covering (and doing it well) are the Tribune. GOD BLESS THEM. Nobody else cares.

• I’m tired of how politicians and celebrities say completely contradictory things and nobody calls them on it. Just because Burris claims he didn’t try to buy that Senate seat doesn’t mean he didn’t try. When did this become an option? LIE TO THEIR FACES and there’s no concern for it coming back to bite you. I hear those transcripts and think the Burris didn’t do it because he was incapable of it, not because he didn’t want to. He offered, but was impotent when it came time to do the deed. How is it my best interest as a citizen of Illinois to have this bozo representing me? He can’t even cheat right.

• I’m tired of the Drew Peterson’s of the world. How is this guy STILL in the news? The amount of energy and money devoted to giving this creep a platform astounds me. GO AWAY!!!

• I’m tired of reality television, and yes I know I’m part of the problem because I watch it from time to time, but really, shows like “Rescue Me” are too few and too far in between. Do we need “I’m a Celebrity, Get me Outta Here.”? Who are Heidi and Spencer Pratt and should I be embarrassed because I know their names (but not what they do)?

• Why does having 8 kids either by yourself or with your wife (who you apparently hate because she’s apparently psycho) make you noteworthy? Why do people think I care?

I've apparently turned into a grumpy old man

D-Day and Obama Beach

At least he didn't apologize for that, so I guess it's a step in the right direction.