Cruising the blogs, again
Bensblurb # 501....10/28/09
We’re cruising the blogs, again....
The Washington Post, which features the motto "An independent newspaper" at the top of its editorial page, endorsed Democratic candidates in 25 of 29 races for the November 3 elections in Virginia, in addition to supporting the Democrats running for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, [all three of whom will most likely fail]--News Busters
Today, Dana Milbank’s article in the Post “covered” a senate committee hearing featuring arguments favoring the global warming bill. Noting that Oklahoma’s Sen. James Inhofe argued in vain against a 28 minute pro-control rant by Sen. John Kerry, Milbank concluded by writing, “Nobody doubted that Inhofe had a response. The doubt was whether the response would make any sense.” -- As they say, fair and balanced.
Yet, believe it or not, “Global warming has ended, conclusively....The Earth’s average temperature has begun its steep decline ....the Sun has entered a state of ‘hibernation’... [bringing] long cold climates to the Earth. ...” --John Casey, Space and Science Research Center.
& Speaking of the press, here’s George Will last Sunday on a talk show: “No president in the history of the Republic has less reason to complain about his treatment in the press than Barack Obama. Liberals have Academia, they have the mainstream media, they have Hollywood. They’re all for diversity in everything but thought.”
On a more important subject, the economy’s blues today are highlighted in a Hot Air piece by Ed Morrissey: “The best and brightest find better-paying jobs elsewhere because they are the best and brightest. What does that leave behind? Usually, either people who can’t afford to check out because of their age, or people who simply can’t compete in the open job market because of a lack of marketable skills, accomplishment, or experience. Of course, this describes exactly what has happened to the firms in which American taxpayers have invested hundreds of billions of dollars.”
& One of many other problems today:
“Former Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham , writing in the Weekly Standard, decries the Obama administration's unwillingness to embrace nuclear power to meet his energy goals. President Obama says he's committed to reducing the use of fossil fuels. But Abraham shows that, without using nuclear power, reliance on fossil fuels will almost certainly increase...nuclear power accounts for about 20 percent of our nation's power supply, (compared to 80 percent in France). But if no new nuclear plants are built, the percentage of our power supplied by nukes will decline to about 14 percent in the next ten years, as older reactors go off-line....renewable sources -- wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass -- account for three percent of total net electrical generation. Thus, even if renewable sources quadruple over the next ten years, the combined production from emission-free sources (nuclear plus renewable) will be only slightly higher than it is today. ” --Paul Miringoff, in Power Line blog.
Here’s a fresh report from longtime friend Dennis Avery, author and world food economist:
“Environmentalists are standing in the way of feeding humanity through their opposition to biotechnology, farm chemicals and nitrogen fertilizer,” said billionaire Bill Gates in a talk at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines Oct. 15.
“Gates could have said with equal truth that the same environmentalists, by demanding organic-only farming, are risking the future of the planet’s wildlife. The world will need more than twice as much food by 2050 to feed a peak population of 8 billion affluent humans and their pets. Gates believes we should get that additional food from higher yields on the 37 percent of the earth’s land area we already farm, not by threatening massive numbers of wildlife species by clearing more land for low-yield crops.
“Ironically, another speaker at the symposium—economist Jeffrey Sachs who directs the Earth Institute at Columbia University—criticized agriculture as the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Sachs, of course, was implying that either the world’s people must somehow sharply cut back on food and manufacturing, or cut human numbers by some enormous percentage.”
News Busters: A columnist for the UK Guardian wants to save the earth by thinning the ranks of humans that are a cruel blight upon it. By his account, population control is the only viable solution to the destruction of the planet."The worst thing you or I can do for the planet is to have children," writes the Guardian's Alex Renton.
Meanwhile, back to Virginia’s election, here’s Curt Anderson, in Politico: “Memo to the White House political smart guys...There will be plenty of time after the election for you to explain that Creigh Deeds’s loss in Virginia had nothing to do with the president’s 25-point drop in job approval.
It had nothing to do with the fact that a majority of Americans in every survey disapprove of the policies the president is advocating.
Nothing to do with the 4.2 million jobs lost since Inauguration Day.
Nothing to do with the 36 percent rise in unemployment over the first six months of this presidency.
Nothing to do with the skyrocketing debt and deficit or the federal government takeover of the auto industry and the banking sector.
Nothing to do with the fact that Deeds is openly advocating tax increases for the state, just as your administration is preparing to do at the federal level.
And certainly nothing to do with the president’s continual push to create a government-run health care system.
My comment: And wasn't it such a short time ago that the sophisticates were laughing out loud over the antics of those of us attending Tea Parties. They won't be laughing after Nov. 3. Rather, some will be packing their bags in defeat.
--Ben Blankenship
We’re cruising the blogs, again....
The Washington Post, which features the motto "An independent newspaper" at the top of its editorial page, endorsed Democratic candidates in 25 of 29 races for the November 3 elections in Virginia, in addition to supporting the Democrats running for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, [all three of whom will most likely fail]--News Busters
Today, Dana Milbank’s article in the Post “covered” a senate committee hearing featuring arguments favoring the global warming bill. Noting that Oklahoma’s Sen. James Inhofe argued in vain against a 28 minute pro-control rant by Sen. John Kerry, Milbank concluded by writing, “Nobody doubted that Inhofe had a response. The doubt was whether the response would make any sense.” -- As they say, fair and balanced.
Yet, believe it or not, “Global warming has ended, conclusively....The Earth’s average temperature has begun its steep decline ....the Sun has entered a state of ‘hibernation’... [bringing] long cold climates to the Earth. ...” --John Casey, Space and Science Research Center.
& Speaking of the press, here’s George Will last Sunday on a talk show: “No president in the history of the Republic has less reason to complain about his treatment in the press than Barack Obama. Liberals have Academia, they have the mainstream media, they have Hollywood. They’re all for diversity in everything but thought.”
On a more important subject, the economy’s blues today are highlighted in a Hot Air piece by Ed Morrissey: “The best and brightest find better-paying jobs elsewhere because they are the best and brightest. What does that leave behind? Usually, either people who can’t afford to check out because of their age, or people who simply can’t compete in the open job market because of a lack of marketable skills, accomplishment, or experience. Of course, this describes exactly what has happened to the firms in which American taxpayers have invested hundreds of billions of dollars.”
& One of many other problems today:
“Former Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham , writing in the Weekly Standard, decries the Obama administration's unwillingness to embrace nuclear power to meet his energy goals. President Obama says he's committed to reducing the use of fossil fuels. But Abraham shows that, without using nuclear power, reliance on fossil fuels will almost certainly increase...nuclear power accounts for about 20 percent of our nation's power supply, (compared to 80 percent in France). But if no new nuclear plants are built, the percentage of our power supplied by nukes will decline to about 14 percent in the next ten years, as older reactors go off-line....renewable sources -- wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass -- account for three percent of total net electrical generation. Thus, even if renewable sources quadruple over the next ten years, the combined production from emission-free sources (nuclear plus renewable) will be only slightly higher than it is today. ” --Paul Miringoff, in Power Line blog.
Here’s a fresh report from longtime friend Dennis Avery, author and world food economist:
“Environmentalists are standing in the way of feeding humanity through their opposition to biotechnology, farm chemicals and nitrogen fertilizer,” said billionaire Bill Gates in a talk at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines Oct. 15.
“Gates could have said with equal truth that the same environmentalists, by demanding organic-only farming, are risking the future of the planet’s wildlife. The world will need more than twice as much food by 2050 to feed a peak population of 8 billion affluent humans and their pets. Gates believes we should get that additional food from higher yields on the 37 percent of the earth’s land area we already farm, not by threatening massive numbers of wildlife species by clearing more land for low-yield crops.
“Ironically, another speaker at the symposium—economist Jeffrey Sachs who directs the Earth Institute at Columbia University—criticized agriculture as the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Sachs, of course, was implying that either the world’s people must somehow sharply cut back on food and manufacturing, or cut human numbers by some enormous percentage.”
News Busters: A columnist for the UK Guardian wants to save the earth by thinning the ranks of humans that are a cruel blight upon it. By his account, population control is the only viable solution to the destruction of the planet."The worst thing you or I can do for the planet is to have children," writes the Guardian's Alex Renton.
Meanwhile, back to Virginia’s election, here’s Curt Anderson, in Politico: “Memo to the White House political smart guys...There will be plenty of time after the election for you to explain that Creigh Deeds’s loss in Virginia had nothing to do with the president’s 25-point drop in job approval.
It had nothing to do with the fact that a majority of Americans in every survey disapprove of the policies the president is advocating.
Nothing to do with the 4.2 million jobs lost since Inauguration Day.
Nothing to do with the 36 percent rise in unemployment over the first six months of this presidency.
Nothing to do with the skyrocketing debt and deficit or the federal government takeover of the auto industry and the banking sector.
Nothing to do with the fact that Deeds is openly advocating tax increases for the state, just as your administration is preparing to do at the federal level.
And certainly nothing to do with the president’s continual push to create a government-run health care system.
My comment: And wasn't it such a short time ago that the sophisticates were laughing out loud over the antics of those of us attending Tea Parties. They won't be laughing after Nov. 3. Rather, some will be packing their bags in defeat.
--Ben Blankenship
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