The Obama Deception:
The Washington Post Op-ed and Response to Climate Change and Gravity
Today at 2:34pm
Copenhagen’s political science
The Washington Post
By Sarah Palin
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
With the publication of damaging e-mails from a climate research center in Britain, the radical environmental movement appears to face a tipping point. The revelation of appalling actions by so-called climate change experts allows the American public to finally understand the concerns so many of us have articulated on this issue.
“Climate-gate,” as the e-mails and other documents from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia have become known, exposes a highly politicized scientific circle -- the same circle whose work underlies efforts at the Copenhagen climate change conference. The agenda-driven policies being pushed in Copenhagen won’t change the weather, but they would change our economy for the worse.
The e-mails reveal that leading climate “experts” deliberately destroyed records, manipulated data to “hide the decline” in global temperatures, and tried to silence their critics by preventing them from publishing in peer-reviewed journals. What’s more, the documents show that there was no real consensus even within the CRU crowd. Some scientists had strong doubts about the accuracy of estimates of temperatures from centuries ago, estimates used to back claims that more recent temperatures are rising at an alarming rate.
This scandal obviously calls into question the proposals being pushed in Copenhagen. I’ve always believed that policy should be based on sound science, not politics. As governor of Alaska, I took a stand against politicized science when I sued the federal government over its decision to list the polar bear as an endangered species despite the fact that the polar bear population had more than doubled. I got clobbered for my actions by radical environmentalists nationwide, but I stood by my view that adding a healthy species to the endangered list under the guise of “climate change impacts” was an abuse of the Endangered Species Act. This would have irreversibly hurt both Alaska’s economy and the nation’s, while also reducing opportunities for responsible development.
Our representatives in Copenhagen should remember that good environmental policymaking is about weighing real-world costs and benefits -- not pursuing a political agenda. That’s not to say I deny the reality of some changes in climate -- far from it. I saw the impact of changing weather patterns firsthand while serving as governor of our only Arctic state. I was one of the first governors to create a subcabinet to deal specifically with the issue and to recommend common-sense policies to respond to the coastal erosion, thawing permafrost and retreating sea ice that affect Alaska’s communities and infrastructure.
But while we recognize the occurrence of these natural, cyclical environmental trends, we can’t say with assurance that man’s activities cause weather changes. We can say, however, that any potential benefits of proposed emissions reduction policies are far outweighed by their economic costs. And those costs are real. Unlike the proposals China and India offered prior to Copenhagen -- which actually allow them to increase their emissions -- President Obama’s proposal calls for serious cuts in our own long-term carbon emissions. Meeting such targets would require Congress to pass its cap-and-tax plans, which will result in job losses and higher energy costs (as Obama admitted during the campaign). That’s not exactly what most Americans are hoping for these days. And as public opposition continues to stall Congress’s cap-and-tax legislation, Environmental Protection Agency bureaucrats plan to regulate carbon emissions themselves, doing an end run around the American people.
In fact, we’re not the only nation whose people are questioning climate change schemes. In the European Union, energy prices skyrocketed after it began a cap-and-tax program. Meanwhile, Australia’s Parliament recently defeated a cap-and-tax bill. Surely other nations will follow suit, particularly as the climate e-mail scandal continues to unfold.
In his inaugural address, President Obama declared his intention to “restore science to its rightful place.” But instead of staying home from Copenhagen and sending a message that the United States will not be a party to fraudulent scientific practices, the president has upped the ante. He plans to fly in at the climax of the conference in hopes of sealing a “deal.” Whatever deal he gets, it will be no deal for the American people. What Obama really hopes to bring home from Copenhagen is more pressure to pass the Democrats’ cap-and-tax proposal. This is a political move. The last thing America needs is misguided legislation that will raise taxes and cost jobs -- particularly when the push for such legislation rests on agenda-driven science.
Without trustworthy science and with so much at stake, Americans should be wary about what comes out of this politicized conference. The president should boycott Copenhagen.
Go Sarah!
Obama paid off Hillary's debt:
I had a sneaky feeling that Obama paid off Hillary. And he did. Our stimulus money (taxpayer funded) paid Bursom Marsteller, ran by Mark Penn, Hillary's pollster, a mere $5.97million and nearly $2.8 million on the contarct went to Penn, Schoen, Berland & Associates who were the pollsters.A large portion of this money was for a marketing campaign for the television conversion from analog to digital. Of course, this money created a supposed 3 whole jobs. Change, you can believe in. And the pay-offs continue...
Daft statement of the day:
"It is morally correct to force taxpayers to pay for abortions."
Diane Feinstein, D-CA
Reid says tentative agreement reached between Dems
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
By Matthew DoBias
Posted: December 9, 2009 - 7:45 am ET
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid late Tuesday said that a “broad agreement” had been reached on a major—yet thorny—component of a legislative package aimed at overhauling the U.S. healthcare system and keeping insurance companies in check.
But the Senate's top Democrat declined to offer specifics and, in a hastily called news conference Tuesday night, left more questions than answers.
Still, Reid said that the package would be sent to the Congressional Budget Office today for a financial assessment before details would be shared with many of his Democratic colleagues.
Joined by Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), Reid said that the deal would ensure that insurance companies would have more competition in the market and Americans more choices, but declined to unveil specifics.
Earlier in the day, however, Schumer outlined an emerging package that would greatly reshape the national public health insurance option included in the Senate's bill in favor of a host of provisions that include an early buy-in for Medicare, insurance industry reforms and more.
Those options would make up a major part of the broader, $848 billion bill that lawmakers have been debating for more than a week.
One model to emerge would create a national menu of insurance options that would be administered by the Office of Personnel Management and closely mirror the Federal Employee Health Benefits program.
At one point, Reid called newspaper stories that labeled the public option as being dead as being off base, then added, “That's not true. What you've heard to this point, you could be surprised what we've sent to CBO.”
“I already know that all 60 senators in my caucus don't agree on every piece of the merged bill,” he said. “But that doesn't mean we disagree with what we said here.”
Sen. Jay Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), echoed Reid's assessment, but hinted he would support the measures. “You're going to find nobody who is happy,” he said, referring to all components of the package.
The group of 10 senators, split among the party's liberal and conservative wings, have been meeting behind closed doors for the past six days, saying little publicly about negotiations but nevertheless pressing a path for reform privately.
Sen. Thomas Carper (D-Del.), a member of the group, said that the CBO could release a score of the revised bill over the next several days.
“We have made a lot of progress,” he said.
A CP hidden camera at the opening of Copenhagen Climate Change Conference:
CODE RED Action Alert:
We need you to show up at the Capital in Washington, DC on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 1:30pm. There will be a lot of people there to protest the healthcare reform and spending in general. Reid and his sycophants are pushing this Obamination of a bill. We need to push back twice as hard. This is your opportunity to voice your disgust and opposition. Please show up and make your presence known.
Kill Bill Vol. III:
Opposition to Senate Healthcare Bill: Call your Senators!
"We the people" must stop the Obamacare Proposals: I am formally asking (pleading) with you to muster up the initiative and enthusiasm to fight the healthcare bill that will emerge in the end of the year. First, there are 2 bills (proposals) that will somehow be merged into one bill. Liberals are adamant about some form of "Public Option." (Government Run Option) I think the democrats believe they can push this bill through while we are sleeping. The democrats have blocked many bills that would allow the final bill to be posted on the internet 72 hours prior to a vote. Why? you know why. We must oppose this more than we did over the summer. Let them know, we are not against healthcare reform, just not a total makeover. Call and email your representatives. I have emailed and called mine so many times, they are referring to me by my first name. Write an old fashioned letter, it has a lot of importance. Attend your local tea parties and townhalls to voice your opinions and make a overwhelming presence. Below, is a little list how you can get involved. It is our civic duty. "It is our Country."
http://www.congress.org/
http://www.joinpatientsfirst.com/
http://www.freedomworks.org/
http://www.resistnet.com/
http://www.teapartypatriots.com/
http://www.teaparty.org/
http://www.taxpayer.org/
http://www.taxpayer.net/
info@cmpi.org
http://www.fairtax.org/
http://www.conservativeamericansunited.org/
CALL YOUR SENATORS! EMAIL YOUR SENATORS! CALL YOUR SENATORS! EMAIL YOUR SENATORS!
Polls you can live by:
29% Strongly approve of President Obama's job performance.
39% Strongly disapprove.
Presidential Approval Rating Index: -10
48% Somewhat approve of President's job performance.
52% Somewhat disapprove
41% Approve of healthcare reform.
51% Disapprove of healthcare reform
-10 difference.
76% prefer a free market economy.
Quote of the day:
"The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away. "
Ronald Reagan
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References:
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http://www.motivational-inspirationalcorner.com/
http://www.americanspectator.com/
Matthew DoBias
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/
Sarah Palin
http://www.thehill.com/
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