Global warming could be natural? Never!!!
| Besides, "warming" tends to confuse people who aren't properly informed about the actual chaotic temperature shifts we're facing in the crisis known, in my vernacular, as Global Disaster. |
The above quote comes from
Bob Cesca on the famously liberal and severely fear-driven site Huffington Post. You can read anything from '9/11 was an inside job' to 'America is to blame for all the worlds problems' on this site. They basically run the gamut of far-left ideology.
Which is why it made me so proud to read the following story on
Drudge yesterday. Which is to say (not surprisingly), it never made it to Huff Puff or the mainstream media.
| Two New Books Confirm Global Warming is Natural Two powerful new books say today's global warming is due not to human activity but primarily to a long, moderate solar-linked cycle.
Singer and Avery note that most of the earth's recent warming occurred before 1940, and thus before much human-emitted CO2. Moreover, physical evidence shows 600 moderate warmings in the earth's last million years. |
Back in August I touched on how
rare snowfall in South Africa was providing Algore with inconvenient weather forecasts just after his movie debut. In June I mentioned how the
media will naturally gravitate away from natural climate change facts because it's just not a sexy news story. And not long before that I pointed out my skepticism of
'paid-for-scientific data' coming from washed-up politicians hoping for another run at the Presidency.
And so now we have Bob Cesca at Huff Puff calling global warming - err, sorry Bob - global disaster, the most important issue of our time. What gives Bob? Surely an intellectual like yourself can appreciate the difference between a lobbyist controlled agenda like global warming and real threats like a global Islamic Revolution.
I've said many times to most of my friends that I don't deny the earth is warming. But I've long stood by basic earth science that says the earth goes through natural warming and cooling trends - as do most highly qualified non-governmental, non-industry, non-lobby group climate experts.
You have to be willing to point out the hypocrisy of folks like Algore demanding changes from us while he goes through more jet fuel than US Air promoting his own "get me elected" agendas. And you also have to ask who is funding NASA and the majority of these "scientists" who stand to get even more money from the Feds if climate change stays a hot topic. As they say, you can find a scientist anywhere if the price is right. Thankfully there are still some out there who aren't on the agenda payroll.
Labels: Al Gore, Climate, Global Warming
Nancy Pelosi joins the blog world
The last thing I thought I would blog about this morning was Nancy Pelosi. I've got a whole list of topics I'm ready to rant about; Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and DC protestors. But this topic just caught my attention because of how excited I am to read and respond to the speakers left-wing rhetoric. What is this dribble you speak of RR?
It seems as though Pelosi is
reaching out to the left side of the blogisphere by launching a blog of her own and holding Q&A's with fellow bloggers.
WASHINGTON -- Shortly after her swearing-in as the first female House speaker, Rep. Nancy Pelosi took time to field questions from a few dozen Internet bloggers on a conference call that was off limits to mainstream media.
Last week, Pelosi's aides arranged for bloggers to question two Democratic House leaders on another conference call shortly before President Bush's State of the Union speech.
Pelosi also hired a full-time staff member this month dedicated to blogger outreach, and is making plans to launch a blog of her own. The day she was sworn in, bloggers were given special accommodations at the Capitol to cover the event, and fed lunch.
It's all evidence of the newfound attention bloggers from left-leaning Web sites are commanding on Democratic-run Capitol Hill, especially from the new speaker, a San Franciscan with an appreciation for the power of the Internet and grass-roots activism. |
I wonder if folks like
Michelle Malkin and
Glenn Reynolds ever get on that list?
Then again, I doubt it considering the amount of false information that comes from a politician like Pelosi. Having someone like Malkin at the table would only derail the high-powered political machine that is the DNC. And we would never want our poor speaker to have to answer a tough question, now would we.
Take her latest post on
Huff Puff. The first thing she talks about is ethics. And yet, one of the first things she does as speaker is leave a
major tuna company in her San Francisco district exempt from the minimum-wage increase that Democrats approved. Don't expect an answer to why any time soon. But do expect this blog to keep a close eye on the Pelosi-blog the moment it goes live.
Labels: Nancy Pelosi, Politics, Washington
Soldiers facing an enemy at home
With all the talk of President Bush's State of the Union address, the War in Iraq and our politicians defeatist attitude, some news goes un-noticed. And typically with our biased media, that news is military success. But lately I've noticed some reports of military abuse that is particularly disturbing.
I can hear the anti-war kids getting fired up as we speak. Any time you use the word abuse and military in the same sentence, they practically get giddy at the chance to lash out at our troops. Sorry hippies, but that's not the case here. These are incidents that involve American citizens and companies abusing the rights of our troops and in some cases firing workers because of their military duty.
The following story appeared on the wires recently about a Milwaukee company that refused shipment to a soldier stationed in Iraq. But it wasn't the refusal of shipment that set off the nut job alarm. It was the vitriolic response from the company regarding the troops in Iraq that had the blog world abuzz.
Company's anti-war e-mail angers military supporters
By DINESH RAMDE
Associated Press Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An American soldier in Iraq who e-mailed a U.S. company to ask for a shipment of floor mats got a brusque reply: "We would NEVER ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq."
The response quickly circulated on the Internet and led to threats against the Muslim-owned business, including demands for a boycott.
Bargain Suppliers, an online retailer, shut down its Web site Monday and fired the unidentified employee who sent the e-mail, television station WTMJ reported.
Co-owner Faisal Khetani, a Muslim from Pakistan, has received threatening calls, the TV station said. An answering machine at a number listed for the business said the mailbox was full and would not accept a message Tuesday.
Bloggers spread the original e-mail exchange far and wide, along with the company's address and phone number. At least one site included a link to a photograph of Khetani's home.
"It's really getting out of control," Bargain Suppliers vice president Sajid Nasir told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "Our main concern is for the safety of the family. That's more important than the business."
In an e-mail dated Jan. 16, Sgt. Jason Hess asked if the company could ship floor mats to Iraq. He wanted the mats to cover the ruts in a concrete floor in a space now used as a conference room.
The e-mail response came the same day.
In an e-mail to the AP, Hess said Tuesday the employee's firing did not ease his anger.
"There should be standards set and upheld (by) the company on responding politely to e-mails from whoever goes to their site," wrote Hess, a 31-year-old stationed in Taji, Iraq.
Othman Atta, president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, said the employee's response was inappropriate. He said he feared a backlash against Muslims.
"This whole thing is taking on a life of its own. It's making me nervous," he said, adding that the center would increase security.
Police said they had received no immediate reports of any vandalism or threats from the Khetani family.
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Here's a copy of the original email exchange...
Below is an email exchange between a friend of mine's husband and a company that sells different types of mats. He is stationed in Iraq and was inquiring as to whether or not the company ships overseas. He wanted to get the troops better gear to sleep on. This is the companies response. I am floored. I am floored as a military wife and as an American. Please repost this so that this company will hear us loud and clear that we do not stand for this. Whatever your view is on this war — these troops are just following orders. Most are passionate about what they are doing. You can disagree with the war without disrespecting our troops.
From: SGT Jason Hess
Sent: Tue Jan 16 3:25
Do you ship to APO addresses? I'm in the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Iraq and we are trying to order some mats but we are looking for who ships to APO first.
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From: contact@discount-mats.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: Feedback: from discount-mats.com
SGT Hess,
We do not ship to APO addresses, and even if we did, we would NEVER ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.
Bargain Suppliers
Discount-Mats.com
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But the abuse isn't reserved just to troops looking for products to be shipped to the Middle East.
Michelle Malkin is following the story of Debra Muhl, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve who was recently fired by her employer, Sutter Health, because of her latest deployment to Iraq.
And
USA Today even did a story back in December about reservists having similar job woes.
All of which goes to show you how obscene and loony the far-left has gotten in regard to Iraq and the greater War on Terror. What most of these crack-pots forget is the enemy is in Iraq and will do whatever it takes to kill anyone who doesn't believe in their radical way of thinking. These troops are doing their service to protect these nut jobs right to protest this war and anything the President does. But now the nut jobs aren't just content to protest...they now feel the need to abuse our service members and even refuse them employment.
The company in Milwaukee is getting theirs from pissed off Americans.
Let Sutter Health know what you think of Mr. Richard Gray, the supervisor who fired Colonel Muhl because of her Iraq deployment.
Labels: Iraq, Moonbats, Troops, War on Terror
Slumbering senators
Next time you hear our great leaders in Washington talk about their adroit ability to listen and pay attention, remember
what you see here.
Ian Schwartz compiles for us his
great gallery of snoozing senators.
Lovely!
Labels: George Bush, Senators, State of the Union, Washington
Back at ya Hugo!
I see our favorite Latin American dictator has stolen our headlines once again this morning. Crafting an eloquent statement to U.S. officials, Castro-wannabe Hugo Chavez demonstrated Marxist racial acceptance by stating, "
Go to hell, gringos!" He also lashed out at Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, saying "You've forgotten me, missy."
As
Mike Grant from Townhall.com says, "let me assure Mr. Chavez that the feeling is mutual." And it's also worth stating, no Hugo, we won't forget about you. Just ask Saddam!
Sadly though, many Americans will forget Hugo. Most of us will go about our daily routine not understanding the threat he poses to the world or to the inherent freedoms of society. And sadly, many will see any action by Washington as "meddling" in the affairs of another nation that "
is not our problem."
What's even more sad is I doubt Bush or anyone else in Washington has - oh, how should I say it - the testicles to stand up to this guy.
This is how I see it folks... Hugo Chavez is no different than any other communist tyrant. He comes into power promising to help the poor. He takes money from hard working people to socialize his nation. He uses his power to take over private businesses, natural resources and state media. He taxes anything he deems as luxury to quell personal freedom and "self-indulgence." And mysteriously anyone opposing his rule ends up dead or in desperate need of exile.
You see, Chavez is down there in Caracas creating a modern-day USSR. He's trying to instill a failed doctrine of government that will leave his nation oppressed under government control. And what's worse is it will prop Mr. Chavey up as the supreme leader with all the control and suppress the most basic human-right of freedom. Oh, and he'll do this while controlling most of the oil we use, supporting terror organizations and giving money and support to our greatest enemies (N. Korea and Iran). And you can bet Chavez won't curb his own extravagance...using his supreme power as his own egotistical self-indulgence.
Anyone else think this isn't "our problem?"
Real quote from the idiots at Huff Puff |
I love it!!
GO HUGO!!!!
By: amanda85 on January 21, 2007 at 04:47pm |
Labels: Hugo Chavez, Moonbats, Oil, Racism, Socialism
Traffic rant, Part II
I know these latest traffic rants seem to be an aberration from my usual political dialog. But I like to think the two are closely related. You have idiots on the road, and idiots holding office.
So yesterday and today I was reminded of how stupid drivers can be. We're not talking about the stupid-because-I'm-fumbling-with-my-cell-phone types...or the stupid-because-I'm-putting-on-make-up. While those types of drives are dumb for their actions, at least they have an excuse when they screw up. No, you see, there is a whole new level of stupid on the road that doesn't have an excuse. I've been trying to find a reason for their actions for years now and still haven't the faintest clue.
Yesterday I hit a traffic jam on I-695, the Baltimore Beltway. The radio said the jam took up the entire western side of the Beltway, which is roughly 20 miles. At one point, we sat idle for 10 minutes without moving an inch. As I made my way through the mess and the traffic began to inch along, the reporters on the radio began to laugh. Turns out a guy's car was starting to stall on the interstate. He was in the left lane and tried to move to the right to get off the road. He didn't make it. He blocked 3 lanes of traffic during the morning rush hour.
This is a prime example of no excuse stupid. The guy who stalled his car isn't my problem. It's the idiots sitting behind him who refused to get out of their toasty warm vehicles and help the poor guy push his car out of the way. Even the radio announcers laughed at the fact it took so long before someone helped. Are we that spoiled in America that we can't endure 5 minutes of cold and physical activity to help another person?
Today on my commute I witnessed a massive traffic jam on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. After 15 minutes of stop and go, we passed a transportation vehicle on the side of the road. The guy was picking up trash. Some idiots saw the orange truck with flashing lights and began to slow down. The problem is, they slowed down so much they created a traffic snarl from Ft. Meade to the DC beltway. The guy wasn't in the street. He wasn't blocking a lane. He was picking up trash. Relax people, the orange truck isn't going to jump out and get you!
And lastly, I've noticed a rare and odd trend in Maryland traffic patterns that has left me speechless. To this day I have no idea why it occurs. But during every traffic jam I've witnessed to this point in Maryland, it's the left lane that completely stops. You would think because of basic congestion and endless vehicles entering and leaving the interstate, the right lane would be your slow side. Nope! Out here they stop in the left lane while the busy right lane trucks along. I don't know what causes it, but I know there's some stupidity in there.
Labels: Traffic, Transportation
Born with a rubber neck
As promised, here is your first official Real Republican traffic report. I think as time goes on I'll just call this my weekly traffic vent. But for now we can call it a report, cause boy do I have some material to discuss!
It all started when I moved from California to DC. Driving across country alone gives you plenty of time to think and ponder what you are seeing on the road. Not to mention, it allows you to come to the realization that the majority of our regional transportation departments are completely incompetent.
Take for example, Arizona. I stopped in a small town just across the border from Cali to grab some dinner. I hit the road around 7:30 p.m. with Flagstaff as my next destination with New Mexico my target for the evening. 5 hours later I'm pulling into Flagstaff in the middle of a major snow storm. I had to drive half way across Arizona at 20 mph because the transportation crews had snow trucks going west. Not one truck was going east. You'd think they would remember the other side of the highway.
Or take Texas as an example. Almost all the way across the northern tip, through Amarillo, there is construction. Half the time they push you to one lane. The other half it's a very narrow lane without a shoulder. Here are my questions...when they have three lanes, why do they always insist on closing two at a time? Why can't they close one lane at a time to lessen the traffic burden? And why...why in the world would you narrow the lanes to the point only a Mini can fit through? And lastly, when a construction barrier is put in the middle of the highway, doesn't it make sense to have the barrier high enough to block the onslaught of car lights heading your way, as you drive in the mini-lane, in the rain, with the 18-wheeler next to you? Yeah...
My other question is, if I-40 is your major highway through your state, why on earth does the road look like something from a third-world?
I was driving across with a small Uhaul trailer. I noticed several times along the way other Uhaul customers who had blowouts. I feared the entire drive that my trailer was going to suffer a similar fate. And so you can imagine how freaked I got every time I hit a pot hole the size of Kansas. And this wasn't just from one particular state. About the only state worth anything in good roads was Oklahoma. Give them a few years and I'm sure they'll join in the fun.
And lastly, what on earth is wrong with society when we see a police car? I can understand the guy who is driving 80 mph in a 50 slowing down if he sees a speed trap. But when the cop already has someone pulled over, you he's not going to get you! And you sure as hell don't need to drive 20 under the speed limit just to make up for things. Hell, I wish the police pulled over the nimrods who do slow way below the limit just for giggles. You couldn't look more guilty.
And so there it is, my traffic rant from the great cross country trek. I'll add more as I see fit...which will probably be tomorrow after I make the hour long drive from Towson. Safe travels!
Labels: Traffic, Transportation
He's Back...
No kids, it's not a figment. The Real Republican has returned to the airwaves - er, blogwaves - in full force from the belly of the political beast. That's right, I've made the move across country and now call our nations capital my home.
Actually, if we want to get technical, I'm currently living with a friend in Baltimore until I can find a temporary room to rent in DC. And even though my buddy has a killer pad right in downtown Towson, the commute is murder. Which brings me to my first subject of the day; traffic. If you have ever lived in the DC area, you'll know this region can have some of the worst traffic congestion in the country.
And what comes along with traffic? Lots and lots of frustrated people with blood pressure higher than Mount Everest. Trust me folks, it aint pretty out there. Which is why I've decided to dedicate part of my blog to venting about traffic. So as you'll see after this post, I'm firing off the first Real Republican traffic report.
And don't expect the latest info on quick routes into the city. Nope, this report will be my little spot to vent about the idiocy I see on a daily basis. It's good stuff!
And you can count on my usual political ranting as well. Now that I'm only miles from the heart of our Federal government, you can expect me to keep my ears open to the daily idiocy there as well. So if you're just returning to the RR after my moving hiatus, welcome back. If you're new to this blog, enjoy what you read and come back often. And if you don't like what I'm saying...tell me darn'it! I'm an equal opportunity blogger who isn't afraid to publish opposite views.
Labels: Random venting
