The admitted attempts to hide evidence contrary to the man-made global warming theory has stirred up a huge controversy across the internet, despite a near total lack of coverage from the United States media. Across the pond however, the UK Telegraph has been relentless in its coverage, and has dug deep into the true ramifications of this scandal. They have also simultaneously demonstrated the ineptitude and bias of the American media, in reporting anything that doesn’t fit their pre-conceived notions of reality.
Today, the telegraph has another article on the “climategate” scandal. It demonstrates just how significant this cover-up really is, by focusing on the people involved in: the destruction of data, misrepresentation of climate models, and efforts to discredit dissenting scientists. The article is pasted below. Enjoy……
Climate change: this is the worst scientific scandal of our generation
by Christopher Booker
A week after my colleague James Delingpole , on his Telegraph blog, coined the term "Climategate" to describe the scandal revealed by the leaked emails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, Google was showing that the word now appears across the internet more than nine million times. But in all these acres of electronic coverage, one hugely relevant point about these thousands of documents has largely been missed.
November 30, 2009
Climate scandal shakes up the debate
One of the world's leading promoters of the anthropogenic global warming myth claimed Monday he is convinced the e-mail messages involved in the growing international scandal ClimateGate "are genuine," and he's "dismayed and deeply shaken by them."
So said George Monbiot, a writer and environmental activist many consider to be Great Britain's Al Gore.
Contrary to what newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post are telling their readers, Monbiot accurately said there's "no use pretending that this isn’t a major blow. The emails extracted by a hacker from the climatic research unit at the University of East Anglia could scarcely be more damaging" (h/t Andrew Bolt via Marc Morano):
There appears to be evidence here of attempts to prevent scientific data from being released, and even to destroy material that was subject to a freedom of information request.
Worse still, some of the emails suggest efforts to prevent the publication of work by climate skeptics, or to keep it out of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I believe that the head of the unit, Phil Jones, should now resign. Some of the data discussed in the emails should be re-analyzed.
In fairness, this has not changed Monbiot's view of the bogeyman: "The hacked emails are a hard knock, but the science of global warming withstands much more than that."
If this is how he believes science works, you can certainly understand his continued belief in it.
Fortunately, the more alarmists who admit the seriousness of this scandal, the more likely global warming-obsessed media will have to more aggressively investigate the truth of the matter.
If this eventually happens, we'll see what this so-called science can withstand.
from newsbusters.com
So said George Monbiot, a writer and environmental activist many consider to be Great Britain's Al Gore.
Contrary to what newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post are telling their readers, Monbiot accurately said there's "no use pretending that this isn’t a major blow. The emails extracted by a hacker from the climatic research unit at the University of East Anglia could scarcely be more damaging" (h/t Andrew Bolt via Marc Morano):
There appears to be evidence here of attempts to prevent scientific data from being released, and even to destroy material that was subject to a freedom of information request.
Worse still, some of the emails suggest efforts to prevent the publication of work by climate skeptics, or to keep it out of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I believe that the head of the unit, Phil Jones, should now resign. Some of the data discussed in the emails should be re-analyzed.
In fairness, this has not changed Monbiot's view of the bogeyman: "The hacked emails are a hard knock, but the science of global warming withstands much more than that."
If this is how he believes science works, you can certainly understand his continued belief in it.
Fortunately, the more alarmists who admit the seriousness of this scandal, the more likely global warming-obsessed media will have to more aggressively investigate the truth of the matter.
If this eventually happens, we'll see what this so-called science can withstand.
from newsbusters.com
November 28, 2009
Saturday Night Quote..........
There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life.
-- Eric Hoffer
America Needs New Jobs, Not more Debt
by Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
Last week, as the national debt topped $12 trillion for the first time in U.S. history, one influential policymaker said, “I think it is important, though, to recognize if we keep on adding to the debt … that at some point, people could lose confidence in the U.S. economy in a way that could actually lead to a double-dip recession.”
This analysis was delivered by President Barack Obama, on whose watch “red ink as far as the eye can see” has become the status quo.
While mostly accurate, President Obama’s comments actually miss the fact that our rapidly decaying fiscal situation has already undermined confidence in the U.S. economy. Washington Democrats saw to that with a trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ that was supposed to be about creating jobs, but has instead produced countless examples of wasteful government spending while more than three million more Americans have lost their jobs.
It’s no wonder, then, that the Chinese government, which controls about one out of every four foreign dollars invested in our debt, has been asking detailed questions about the long-term fiscal impact of a government takeover of health care.
The Chinese have every right to be concerned. The head of the Concord Coalition, an independent fiscal watchdog, recently described the Senate’s 2,074-page government takeover of health care as “basically, a big entitlement expansion, plus tax increases.”
Much more is at stake here than the short-term status of our economy. The federal government is currently operating on a budget that doubles the national debt in the next five years and triples it in the next 10.
By the time the next decade is out, interest payments to sustain the national debt will exceed $700 billion. That is more than what our nation will spend this year on education, energy, homeland security and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – combined.
Out-of-control spending has been a problem for years in Washington, but instead of hitting the brakes on spending as they promised they would, President Obama and Washington Democrats have stepped on the accelerator. Now, instead of working with Republicans to impose real fiscal discipline, Washington Democrats believe the answer is more of the same unsustainable spending and borrowing. Our kids and grandkids should not have to foot the bill because out-of-touch Washington Democrats will not make the same tough choices required of every family struggling to make ends meet.
Our government is out of money and Washington Democrats are out of ideas. At every turn this year, Republicans have offered better, fiscally-responsible solutions to tackle the immediate challenges facing the American people, including an economic recovery plan that would have created twice the jobs at half the cost, a budget that would impose strict caps to limit federal spending on an annual basis, and the only health care bill that would cut the deficit and consistently reduce federal spending on health care over the next two decades.
Families are asking ‘where are the jobs?’ but all they are getting from out-of-touch Washington Democrats is more spending and more debt piled on our kids and grandkids. The American people deserve a government that lives within its means and fully commits itself to creating good-paying jobs, and only Republicans have proposed solutions to give them exactly what they want. Now more than ever, America needs more jobs, not more debt.
November 25, 2009
Teacher reeducation at the U of M
Last Sunday, Katherine Kersten wrote an op-ed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune regarding the Race, Culture, Class and Gender Task Group at the U of M's College of Education and Human Development. Without going into detail, this task group was created to find ways to improve the quality of new teachers going into Minnesota public schools. The recommendations of the task force were presented to the U of M this past week. The results were essentially that: minorities struggle in school because teachers are too racist, and Amero-centric. The task force believes that teacher candidates must embrace -- and be prepared to teach our state's kids -- the task force's own vision of America as an oppressive hellhole: racist, sexist and homophobic.
Katherine Kersten’s article says it all. It is a must read, and I’m pasting it below. This is liberal politically correct thinking run-amuck. They are going so far overboard with these recommendations that it is hard to even read the article. I suggest that anyone with kids reads this article before trusting their child’s education to the Fascist State of Minnesota.
At U, future teachers may be reeducated
They must denounce exclusionary biases and embrace the vision. (Or else.)
By KATHERINE KERSTEN, Star Tribune
November 22, 2009
Do you believe in the American dream -- the idea that in this country, hardworking people of every race, color and creed can get ahead on their own merits? If so, that belief may soon bar you from getting a license to teach in Minnesota public schools -- at least if you plan to get your teaching degree at the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus.
Katherine Kersten’s article says it all. It is a must read, and I’m pasting it below. This is liberal politically correct thinking run-amuck. They are going so far overboard with these recommendations that it is hard to even read the article. I suggest that anyone with kids reads this article before trusting their child’s education to the Fascist State of Minnesota.
At U, future teachers may be reeducated
They must denounce exclusionary biases and embrace the vision. (Or else.)
By KATHERINE KERSTEN, Star Tribune
November 22, 2009
Do you believe in the American dream -- the idea that in this country, hardworking people of every race, color and creed can get ahead on their own merits? If so, that belief may soon bar you from getting a license to teach in Minnesota public schools -- at least if you plan to get your teaching degree at the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus.
Congratulations Mr. President!
Under the leadership of this visionary, spending has doubled what George Bush spent in his first year (even with 9/11 to deal with), and has blown away the spending benchmarks of every single US President in history. (Finally someone’s getting things done, eh?)
In Fiscal year 2009, the Federal Government spent $3.52 trillion (record), adding $1.4 trillion to the deficit (record). Obama is also pushing two other legislative matters (healthcare and global warming) which are surely going to exceed $2 trillion in initial cost. You have to hand it to the guy, even in the face of quadrupling the deficit, Obama has refused to listen to the Nay-Sayers, relying on hope and change to work things out in the end.
You would think that the: $74 trillion in unfunded Medicare mandates, $500 billion in interest only loan payments, or the dwindling tax revenues; would deter some of this government growth; but Obama has stayed the course. He has utilized the power of the printing press, and is now enjoying his own private game of monopoly. The determination is truly inspirational. President Obama is simply “Too Legit To Quit!” (hey hey)
November 24, 2009
There’s a consensus among the scientific community that.......
We should lie, steal and cheat our way through life to prove our points.
Remember when creating a hypothesis AND testing it, was part of the scientific method? Well, that’s all in the past (you scientific simpletons) thanks to idiots like Al Gore and Don Shelby. Nowadays, those in the scientific community prefer to create a hypothesis and focus on proving it's correct. This is a bit trickier, being that the facts and the data might not always coincide with what you think is true. It creates situations where the ALL KNOWING SCIENTISTS, may have to actually go back and form new hypotheses. This is very irritating because it forces them to do much more work, and also tends to send government grants to other scientific institutions--the ones that are proving that the end is near. So, the clever scientist decides that they are not wrong, the data is wrong. This is the sad state of our scientific community. They are no longer unbiased researchers looking for answers to the mysteries of the universe. They are a combination of political rats and idealogs, scrounging for every penny of grant money they can get their grubby little fingers on. They don't even ask the questions anymore, they just come up with solutions that inevitably benefit them and/or their political party of choice.
Global Warming for example, has now reached the point of absurdity. We are only weeks away from the Climate conference in Coopenhagen and yet, the science of global warming has never looked more assinine. Last Thursday, a story came out describing how computer hackers had obtained 160 megabytes of e-mails from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in England. These e-mails involved communication among many scientific researchers and policy advocates all across the world. In these E-mails, some of the most widley renouned climate researchers are caught red handed exagerating data, hiding conflicting data, and attacking dissent among their peers. And by the way, all of these emails should have been acvailable to the public by the freedom of information act.
The e-mails specifically points out:
1) Conspiracy and collusion in exaggerating warming data
2) illegal destruction of embarrassing information
3) organized resistance to disclosure,
4) manipulation of data
5) private admissions of flaws in their public claims and much more.
Heres a taste of some of the emails and what was discussed.
Manipulation of evidence:
I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline.
Remember when creating a hypothesis AND testing it, was part of the scientific method? Well, that’s all in the past (you scientific simpletons) thanks to idiots like Al Gore and Don Shelby. Nowadays, those in the scientific community prefer to create a hypothesis and focus on proving it's correct. This is a bit trickier, being that the facts and the data might not always coincide with what you think is true. It creates situations where the ALL KNOWING SCIENTISTS, may have to actually go back and form new hypotheses. This is very irritating because it forces them to do much more work, and also tends to send government grants to other scientific institutions--the ones that are proving that the end is near. So, the clever scientist decides that they are not wrong, the data is wrong. This is the sad state of our scientific community. They are no longer unbiased researchers looking for answers to the mysteries of the universe. They are a combination of political rats and idealogs, scrounging for every penny of grant money they can get their grubby little fingers on. They don't even ask the questions anymore, they just come up with solutions that inevitably benefit them and/or their political party of choice.
Global Warming for example, has now reached the point of absurdity. We are only weeks away from the Climate conference in Coopenhagen and yet, the science of global warming has never looked more assinine. Last Thursday, a story came out describing how computer hackers had obtained 160 megabytes of e-mails from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in England. These e-mails involved communication among many scientific researchers and policy advocates all across the world. In these E-mails, some of the most widley renouned climate researchers are caught red handed exagerating data, hiding conflicting data, and attacking dissent among their peers. And by the way, all of these emails should have been acvailable to the public by the freedom of information act.
The e-mails specifically points out:
1) Conspiracy and collusion in exaggerating warming data
2) illegal destruction of embarrassing information
3) organized resistance to disclosure,
4) manipulation of data
5) private admissions of flaws in their public claims and much more.
Heres a taste of some of the emails and what was discussed.
Manipulation of evidence:
I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline.
November 20, 2009
Friday Night Quote...........................
“It took centuries of intellectual, philosophical development to achieve political freedom. It was a long struggle, stretching from Aristotle to John Locke to the Founding Fathers. The system they established was not based on unlimited majority but on its opposite: on individual rights, which were not to be alienated by majority vote or minority plotting. The individual was not left at the mercy of his neighbors or his leaders: the Constitutional system of checks and balances was scientifically devised to protect him from both. This was the great American achievement—and if concern for the actual welfare of other nations were our present leaders' motive, this is what we should have been teaching the world. Instead, we are deluding the ignorant and the semi-savage by telling them that no political knowledge is necessary—that our system is only a matter of subjective preference—that any pre historical form of tribal tyranny, gang rule, and slaughter will do just as well, with our sanction and support. It is thus that we encourage the spectacle of Algerian workers marching through the streets [in the 1962 Civil War] and shouting the demand: "Work, not blood!"—without knowing what great knowledge and virtue are required to achieve it. In the same way, in 1917, the Russian peasants were demanding: "Land and Freedom!" But Lenin and Stalin is what they got. In 1933, the Germans were demanding: "Room to live!" But what they got was Hitler. In 1793, the French were shouting: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!" What they got was Napoleon. In 1776, the Americans were proclaiming "The Rights of Man"—and, led by political philosophers, they achieved it. No revolution, no matter how justified, and no movement, no matter how popular, has ever succeeded without a political philosophy to guide it, to set its direction and goal.”- Ayn Rand -
The Reverend
This past week, race baiter extraordinaire--The Reverend Jesse Jackson--spoke out against democrats holding up the health care bill. For Jesse Jackson, that means screaming about inequality and (of course) racism. However, instead of pointing out examples of either racism or inequality; he has once again proven his own bigoted views on race, and is clearly more a part of the problem, then the congressman he is attacking.
Representative Artur Davis is a Democrat congressmen out of Alabama, who is also running for Governor. He has opposed the healthcare bill because, in his own words:
"The House leadership's approach is not the best we can do." He said he preferred a version passed by the Senate Finance Committee because it reduces subsidization of the healthcare industry, taxes high-value health plans instead of wealthy people, and is more effective in getting employers to help with health coverage.
This is a typical response from democrats who are running for election. They don't actually oppose the bill, but they need to distance themselves from the skyrocketing spending of the past year. They are trying to convince people that they are responsible spenders. The truth is they are only worried about keeping their jobs. Jesse Jackson would have none of it. His comments immediately branched to the only area of expertise he possesses….race!!
Jackson said:
“We have blacks voting against the healthcare bill from Alabama. You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.
hmmm…. You can’t vote against this healthcare bill and call yourself a black man? I wonder then, what would you call him?
This is 100% identity politics. Think of it this way: what if a republican representative came out and said, “You can’t vote for this bill and call yourself a white man?” Do you think that would raise some eyebrows? Or better yet, “Only a black man would vote for a piece of legislation like this”. How well would those comments go over in Obama’s Post-Racial America? I can tell you right now, if a congressmen said either of those things, they would be looking for a new job.
Representative Artur Davis is a Democrat congressmen out of Alabama, who is also running for Governor. He has opposed the healthcare bill because, in his own words:
"The House leadership's approach is not the best we can do." He said he preferred a version passed by the Senate Finance Committee because it reduces subsidization of the healthcare industry, taxes high-value health plans instead of wealthy people, and is more effective in getting employers to help with health coverage.
This is a typical response from democrats who are running for election. They don't actually oppose the bill, but they need to distance themselves from the skyrocketing spending of the past year. They are trying to convince people that they are responsible spenders. The truth is they are only worried about keeping their jobs. Jesse Jackson would have none of it. His comments immediately branched to the only area of expertise he possesses….race!!
Jackson said:
“We have blacks voting against the healthcare bill from Alabama. You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.
hmmm…. You can’t vote against this healthcare bill and call yourself a black man? I wonder then, what would you call him?
This is 100% identity politics. Think of it this way: what if a republican representative came out and said, “You can’t vote for this bill and call yourself a white man?” Do you think that would raise some eyebrows? Or better yet, “Only a black man would vote for a piece of legislation like this”. How well would those comments go over in Obama’s Post-Racial America? I can tell you right now, if a congressmen said either of those things, they would be looking for a new job.
Global warming = More Postitution?
As the farce of human caused global warming was in full display this past summer, we now approach a time where we are expected to experience a mild to warm winter. This means that the time has come for Don Shelby, Al Gore, and every news reporter, to march out on the streets with “THE END IS NEAR” cardboard cut-outs: warning us all of the tainted fruit of our industrial sins. Every time it warms up at all, regardless of the reason, we are inundated with climate propaganda that aims specifically at implementing a one sided political agenda (Marxism). Never mind that the earth has cooled over the past 10 years. Forget that over the past 100 years, we have a net warming of zero degrees. And certainly, don’t bring up that Co2 patterns trail behind heat patterns by 15-30 years. None of that matters, because its gonna be warm this winter and its your fault that the polar bears are dying (which they aren’t).
The latest research has got to be one of my all time favorites. Not only because it is flat out stupid, but also because it reflects perfectly where are climate research money goes.
Suneeta Mukherjee, the Philippine representative to the United Nations, said:
That’s a whole lot of qualifying statements for a scientific study. It almost make me wonder if this study POSSIBLY COULD, MAYBE, have any relevance to anything; but PROBABLY not.
The funniest thing to me about this study is that-- if anyone were to look at how much its going to cost to implement climate controls, they would see that the prostitution hypothesis is more likely to happen, if we adopt the prescribed economic medicine it will take to control the temperature. If we destroy the economies of the world to fight global warming, the women will still be driven to prostitution through poverty. It just won’t be isolated to costal regions.
The latest research has got to be one of my all time favorites. Not only because it is flat out stupid, but also because it reflects perfectly where are climate research money goes.
Suneeta Mukherjee, the Philippine representative to the United Nations, said:
“The effects of climate change have driven women in coastal areas of poor countries like the Philippines, into dangerous work and sometimes even the flesh trade. Climate change could reduce income from farming and fishing, possibly driving some women into sex work and thereby increase HIV infection,"
That’s a whole lot of qualifying statements for a scientific study. It almost make me wonder if this study POSSIBLY COULD, MAYBE, have any relevance to anything; but PROBABLY not.
The funniest thing to me about this study is that-- if anyone were to look at how much its going to cost to implement climate controls, they would see that the prostitution hypothesis is more likely to happen, if we adopt the prescribed economic medicine it will take to control the temperature. If we destroy the economies of the world to fight global warming, the women will still be driven to prostitution through poverty. It just won’t be isolated to costal regions.
November 19, 2009
Hyperinflation Nation Part 2/3
As Promised, here is part 2 (of 3) of Hyperinlfation Nation. Part 3 will be posted at the end of the week...........
November 18, 2009
Missouri Doctors Op-Ed on Health Care Refrom
Dear Sirs:
"During my last night's shift in the ER, I had the pleasure of evaluating a patient with a shiny new gold tooth, multiple elaborate tattoos, a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and a new cellular telephone equipped with her favorite R&B tune for a ringtone. Glancing over the chart, one could not help noticing her payer status: Medicaid. She smokes more than one costly pack of cigarettes every day and, somehow, still has money to buy beer.
"During my last night's shift in the ER, I had the pleasure of evaluating a patient with a shiny new gold tooth, multiple elaborate tattoos, a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and a new cellular telephone equipped with her favorite R&B tune for a ringtone. Glancing over the chart, one could not help noticing her payer status: Medicaid. She smokes more than one costly pack of cigarettes every day and, somehow, still has money to buy beer.And our Congress expects me to pay for this woman's health care? Our nation's health care crisis is not a shortage of quality hospitals, doctors or nurses. It is a crisis of culture— a culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance. A culture that thinks "I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always take care of me". Life is really not that hard. Most of us reap what we sow. Don't you agree?
STARNER JONES, MD
Jackson , MS
(Thanks Mark)
November 17, 2009
I'm Running for Congress!
Its official.... I'm going to run for Congress in the 99th district of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Havent you heard? Recovery.gov has this listed as an actual Congressional District! I like my odds to pull off an upset win in 2010!!!
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Exclusive: Jobs 'Saved or Created' in Congressional Districts That Don't Exist
Human Error Blamed for Crediting New Stimulus Jobs to Nonexistent Places
By JONATHAN KARL
Here's a stimulus success story: In Arizona's 15th congressional district, 30 jobs have been saved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending. At least that's what the Web site set up by the Obama administration to track the $787 billion stimulus says.
There's one problem, though: There is no 15th congressional district in Arizona; the state has only eight districts.
And ABC News has found many more entries for projects like this in places that are incorrectly identified.
Late Monday, officials with the Recovery Board created to track the stimulus spending, said the mistakes in crediting nonexistent congressional districts were caused by human error.
"We report what the recipients submit to us," said Ed Pound, Communications Director for the Board.
Pound told ABC News the board receives declarations from the recipients - state governments, federal agencies and universities - of stimulus money about what program is being funded.
"Some recipients clearly don't know what congressional district they live in, so they appear to be just throwing in any number. We expected all along that recipients would make mistakes on their congressional districts, on jobs numbers, on award amounts, and so on. Human beings make mistakes," Pound said.
The issue has raised hackles on Capitol Hill.
Havent you heard? Recovery.gov has this listed as an actual Congressional District! I like my odds to pull off an upset win in 2010!!!
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Exclusive: Jobs 'Saved or Created' in Congressional Districts That Don't Exist
Human Error Blamed for Crediting New Stimulus Jobs to Nonexistent Places
By JONATHAN KARL
Here's a stimulus success story: In Arizona's 15th congressional district, 30 jobs have been saved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending. At least that's what the Web site set up by the Obama administration to track the $787 billion stimulus says.
There's one problem, though: There is no 15th congressional district in Arizona; the state has only eight districts.
And ABC News has found many more entries for projects like this in places that are incorrectly identified.
Late Monday, officials with the Recovery Board created to track the stimulus spending, said the mistakes in crediting nonexistent congressional districts were caused by human error.
"We report what the recipients submit to us," said Ed Pound, Communications Director for the Board.
Pound told ABC News the board receives declarations from the recipients - state governments, federal agencies and universities - of stimulus money about what program is being funded.
"Some recipients clearly don't know what congressional district they live in, so they appear to be just throwing in any number. We expected all along that recipients would make mistakes on their congressional districts, on jobs numbers, on award amounts, and so on. Human beings make mistakes," Pound said.
The issue has raised hackles on Capitol Hill.
Update on NY 23..............................
Reports have come in today that Conservative Party Candidate Doug Hoffman has unconceded from the house race in New York. I personally don't think this is a smart move. It is highly unlikely that Hoffman will get the votes he needs to over-take Bill Owens. But even more importantly; the term is only 1 year long. By challenging this race after conceding, he may risk over-exposure that could hurt him in next years election. With the republican endorsement he'd take the seat easily. This just seems like an un-needed drama.
But who knows? Maybe he can pull it off. Time will tell
story below
Hoffman 'unconcedes' in N.Y.-23 House race
By Jordan Fabian - 11/16/09 06:34 PM ET
Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has "unconceded" in New York's special House election after reports that the vote margin narrowed between him and Rep. Bill Owens (D). Hoffman conceded the race on Election Night after learning he trailed Owens by 5,335 votes. But the Syracuse Post-Standard reported last week that the margin had shrunk to 3,026 votes after recanvassing.
Hoffman appeared on conservative commenatator Glenn Beck's radio show this afternoon. Beck asked the him if he would "unconcede."Yes, if I knew this information at the election night, I would not have conceded," Hoffman said. Beck asked him again if he was "unconceding" and Hoffman replied, "If that’s possible, yes."Officials in the upstate New York district are still counting over 10,000 absentee ballots, which also had Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava's name on them. Scozzafava dropped out of the race three days before Election Day, citing poor fundraising and polling returns. She subsequently backed Owens. Owens was sworn into Congress on Nov. 6, just before House Democrats voted on the healthcare reform. Should Hoffman come away with more votes, a highly unlikely possibility, Owens would have to be removed from office, according to the House clerk. Hoffman would have to take over 65 percent of the absentee ballots in order to eclipse Owens. In the interview, Hoffman admitted his victory would be a "long shot."
November 14, 2009
Hyperinflation Nation 1 of 3
This is part 1 of 3 of a video series focusing on the threat of hyperinflation. Iwill post the other two videos at some point in the near future. If you watch this and would like to see the 2nd and 3rd parts, you can find them easily on youtube. I would
encourage anyone, who has not read "The Creature From Jekyl Island", to watch this.
encourage anyone, who has not read "The Creature From Jekyl Island", to watch this.
Weekend Headlines...
Click on headline to be redirected to the story
-- BOMBSHELL: 9/11 terrorists to be tried in New York!!!!!!!! -- British citizens to be given PERSONAL “Carbon allowances” ----- Individuals exceeding their share will be penalized. Allowances will be rationed out by either Squealer, Snowball, or Napoleon
-- Bush warns against federal control of private sector I wish he would have thought about that 8 years ago
(Saturday Night UPDATE---One more column worth checking out)
November 13, 2009
Friday Night Quote......
"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer."
-Benjamin Franklin-
November 12, 2009
Now hosting his 13th Summit in 10 Months
Another Summit called to dialogue about how to stop the bleeding of jobs.
I say cancel the summit and listen closely....
Stop enacting policies that destroy growth in the private sector and punish inguinity. Stay out of their way as they forge ahead to create new opportunities for themselves by opening up new markets and products. Stop using social theory as an economic model, and name me one job the labor unions have ever "created". Or wait....that may be a bit too heavy for one afternoon....you'd better call another summit to discuss those ideas.
Government......get out of our way, and keep your hands out of our pockets. We'll fix YOUR problem.
I say cancel the summit and listen closely....
Stop enacting policies that destroy growth in the private sector and punish inguinity. Stay out of their way as they forge ahead to create new opportunities for themselves by opening up new markets and products. Stop using social theory as an economic model, and name me one job the labor unions have ever "created". Or wait....that may be a bit too heavy for one afternoon....you'd better call another summit to discuss those ideas.
Government......get out of our way, and keep your hands out of our pockets. We'll fix YOUR problem.
Recanvassing NY 23 shows Hoffman may win ??????
In a strange turn of events in the NY District 23 congressional race, it appears Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman bowed out of the race too soon. The story behind this congressional race, was that the Republican Party nominated a hardcore liberal to run as their candidate. Conservatives in NY rebelled against this by nominating Hoffman, who swept the liberal RINO out of the race (but not off the ballot). The republican endorsed candidate went on to endorse the Democrat---- because she is one. In any event, a victory from Hoffman would have sent a strong message to the Republican Party about where they are going wrong. The fact that he finished so close (with the republican drop-out still on the ballot) is pretty amazing.
November 11, 2009
Penn And Teller...
For those of you who don't know who Penn and Teller are, they are a pair of ultra liberatarian magicians who really can't stand... Bullshit. They cant stand it so much they have a show called "Bullshit!". I saw a episode of Bullshit recently that I had to link on the blog.
WARNING!!!!
THIS VIDEO HAS PROFANITY AND OTHER CRASS THEMES INCLUDING PERVERSION.
http://www.bigvidpro.com/?v=5qMRvv6j4G-J_oUi_Hhk3A
WARNING!!!!
THIS VIDEO HAS PROFANITY AND OTHER CRASS THEMES INCLUDING PERVERSION.
http://www.bigvidpro.com/?v=5qMRvv6j4G-J_oUi_Hhk3A
November 10, 2009
Ron Paul explains the real problems with health care
He's a little boring to listen to, but the guy knows his stuff. Give him 7
minutes to educate you.
Anita Dunn Steps Down
Good riddance to FORMER Communications Director Anita Dunn. She was always supposed to leave by year's end, but I'll take the extra month happily.
In case you have forgotten, Dunn is the White House Staffer who has repeatedly attacked Glenn Beck, and was recorded stating that Mao Tse Tung (the mass-murdering Communist Dictator) was one of her political heros. Happy Trails, Anita Dunn.... You will not be missed.
In case you have forgotten, Dunn is the White House Staffer who has repeatedly attacked Glenn Beck, and was recorded stating that Mao Tse Tung (the mass-murdering Communist Dictator) was one of her political heros. Happy Trails, Anita Dunn.... You will not be missed.
November 9, 2009
Abortions for some, miniature american flags for others!
The title is from an episode of the Simpsons, you either remember or not
November 6, 2009
PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail
Friday, November 06, 2009
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Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail. The JCT letter makes clear that Americans who do not maintain “acceptable health insurance coverage” and who choose not to pay the bill’s new individual mandate tax (generally 2.5% of income), are subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years.
November 4, 2009
The Saudis are in the right on this one!
That may seem extreme in this case, but I don't have a lot of sympathy for child murdering rapists. The punishment doesn't fit the crime only in that it can't possibly punish him enough.
(Reuters) - A Saudi court of upheld a ruling to behead and crucify a 22-year-old man convicted of raping five children and leaving one of them to die in the desert. The child left in the desert after the rape was three years old. In Saudi Arabia, crucifixion means tying the body of the convict to wooden beams to be displayed to the public after beheading. International rights groups have accused the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, of applying draconian justice.
Of course they have…. but far as I’m concerned, anyone willing to rape and murder a 3-year old, cannot possibly be punished enough.
November 3, 2009
GOP wins big!
The GOP now has control over the Governor's office of the great state of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
A big congratulations to both Governor-elects McDonnell and Christie.
Early tallies put the margin of win at 18% in VA and 6% in NJ :)
A big congratulations to both Governor-elects McDonnell and Christie.
Early tallies put the margin of win at 18% in VA and 6% in NJ :)
Live Election Updates
Republicans take the Governors office in Virginia!
Harry Reid announces the delay of a health care bill until 2010 :)
NJ Governors Race Update : 50% Republican 44% Democrat
Al Gore thanks Lieberman for support of Global warming in a interview today.....wait... I thought it was Climate change.... Or...... does Gore no longer care now that he's netted a billion dollars in his pocket over his fear-mongering global warming scares?
MSNBC continually repeating that Barrack Obama is not on the Ballot so these results have no connection to the larger political environment.
MSNBC reporting that the more important story should be the low turnout in Virgina, and how that should be viewed favorably as "support" for the President.
Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann seem to be utterly confused by how the exit polling disagrees with, and counters their seemingly infinite "wisdom"...
Olbermann compares GOP health care bill to Salem Witch trials.
Olbermann calls a sitting US congressman a "son of a bitch"
Rachel Maddow seems to be equally confused and blown away by the "projected results". She seems to be trying to talk about anything other than live election updates.
Reporters continue to reiterate that this election is nothing more then a state GOP win...nothing more...so don't speculate that this represents any weakness to our "dear leader". This was old white men voting tonight...
MSNBC cuts McDonnell's speech after his initial thaks to the state for his election and his thanks to god and his family for their support. make me think...if Deeds had won, would they have cut away so quickly?
Harry Reid announces the delay of a health care bill until 2010 :)
NJ Governors Race Update : 50% Republican 44% Democrat
Al Gore thanks Lieberman for support of Global warming in a interview today.....wait... I thought it was Climate change.... Or...... does Gore no longer care now that he's netted a billion dollars in his pocket over his fear-mongering global warming scares?
MSNBC continually repeating that Barrack Obama is not on the Ballot so these results have no connection to the larger political environment.
MSNBC reporting that the more important story should be the low turnout in Virgina, and how that should be viewed favorably as "support" for the President.
Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann seem to be utterly confused by how the exit polling disagrees with, and counters their seemingly infinite "wisdom"...
Olbermann compares GOP health care bill to Salem Witch trials.
Olbermann calls a sitting US congressman a "son of a bitch"
Rachel Maddow seems to be equally confused and blown away by the "projected results". She seems to be trying to talk about anything other than live election updates.
Reporters continue to reiterate that this election is nothing more then a state GOP win...nothing more...so don't speculate that this represents any weakness to our "dear leader". This was old white men voting tonight...
MSNBC cuts McDonnell's speech after his initial thaks to the state for his election and his thanks to god and his family for their support. make me think...if Deeds had won, would they have cut away so quickly?
The ‘Costs’ of Medical Care
Thomas Sowell is my absolute favorite Economist. He had an article published today at NationalReview.com regarding health care reform, and it is worth a read. Thomas Sowell is a master at pointing out the neglected obvious in politically charged, emotional arguments.
He has repeatedly written on the inaccuracies that are published in highly-regarded academic studies that compare groups of people based on a single attribute (like race). The reality is, statistical measurements need to go into great depth in order to have any real meaning, or measurable significance (i.e. Correlation does not equal Causation).
He has repeatedly written on the inaccuracies that are published in highly-regarded academic studies that compare groups of people based on a single attribute (like race). The reality is, statistical measurements need to go into great depth in order to have any real meaning, or measurable significance (i.e. Correlation does not equal Causation).
November 2, 2009
If you could save 44,000 lives a year......
Alan Grayson is probably my absolute favorite liberal. That might surprise you, but the guy is honestly the biggest blockhead I've ever heard speak. He is a propagandist fraud, but is so ineffective that I have to just laugh and enjoy the show. He's recently been called out for calling Linda Robertson, an adviser to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, a “K Street whore”. He has also called out republicans for being holocaust proponents, because they oppose socialized medicine. He compares his pro-healthcare speeches to Bob Dylan Protest songs, and honestly believes that comparing the insured to uninsured is an accurate statistical measurement for death.
You gotta love a Democrat who makes even the liberal media feel uncomfortable.
He he he....
Alan Grayson is a white, mentally-handicapped Barack Obama. I wish this guy had his own reality show.