From the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Cooler Heads project comes this masterful video called, simply, "Lightbulbs":
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Followup on "A Major New Global Warming Book"
On March 27, I posted about A Major New Global Warming Book, The Deniers: The World Renowned Scientists Who Stood Up Against Global Warming Hysteria, Political Persecution, and Fraud**And those who are too fearful to do so, by Lawrence Solomon.
A week ago, Mr. Solomon wrote an article in the Canadian National Post entitled "Why I wrote Deniers". It's a must-read for anyone interested in the man-made global warming question, which should mean any reasonably intelligent person.
His article begins like this:
Regardless of your position on the question of global warming, you'll come away from reading this article with new insights, and an appreciation for the invaluable service Mr. Solomon has performed by writing this book.
A week ago, Mr. Solomon wrote an article in the Canadian National Post entitled "Why I wrote Deniers". It's a must-read for anyone interested in the man-made global warming question, which should mean any reasonably intelligent person.
His article begins like this:
Global warming has become a question for citizens, and not only scientists. Citizens must decide how serious the threat is and what to do about it, which cures make sense, and which might be worse than the disease. Alas, the answers to these questions depend on scientific issues of fierce complexity that few laymen are capable of confronting directly. So what are we to do?
Regardless of your position on the question of global warming, you'll come away from reading this article with new insights, and an appreciation for the invaluable service Mr. Solomon has performed by writing this book.
First Humor Post
I've been remiss. When I started this blog, I said that I was interested in many areas, including humor. Somehow, though, I haven't posted any yet. Been too busy with politics and global warming.
OK, here's the latest from the alt.humor.jewish Usenet newsgroup:
OK, here's the latest from the alt.humor.jewish Usenet newsgroup:
One Day at Ben-Gurion International Airport
A man arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel with two large bags. A customs agent stops him, opens one bag and finds it full with money in different currencies.
The agent asks the passenger: "How did you get this money?"
The man says: "You may find this hard to believe, but I traveled all over Europe and went into all the public restrooms that I could. Each time I saw a man pee, I grabbed his organ and said, 'Donate money to Israel or I will cut off your balls."
The customs agent is stunned and mumbles: "Well...it's a very interesting story... What do you have in the other bag?"
The man says: "You would not believe how many people in Europe do not support Israel ..."
Thursday, April 10, 2008
The slick trick behind global frauding
James Lewis has just posted a devastating critique of the method by which Al Gore and his Global Warmists are trying to sell the public on the idea of man-made global warming. You can find it here "The slick trick behind global frauding", and I heartily recommend that you read it. Here's a pull quote:
Exactly!
A healthy scientific community is extremely skeptical. It needs to see more and more evidence, over and over and over again, before it adopts some wild-eyed new idea. It takes all the time it needs; good science is very patient.
Exactly!
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Reputation vs. Honor
Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.
~~~~~ Lois McMaster Bujold (1949- ), A Civil Campaign(1999)
Monday, April 7, 2008
Where's The Outrage?
By now, the fact that Hillary Clinton has, at best, a tenuous relationship with the truth is not news to anyone. However, to those who mattered most, her superiors, it was not news 34 years ago. Why, then, has it taken so long for the truth about her service as Counsel to the House Judiciary Committee to come out? To echo Bob Dole's words, "Where's the outrage?"
For all of the intervening years, Hillary has been boasting about her role in the impeachment investigation of President Nixon. In fact, though, she has nothing to boast about. In her capacity as Counsel, she knowingly and deliberately acted in such a dishonest and unethical manner that she was fired.
How do we know this? Her superior at the time, 83-year-old retired attorney – and lifelong Democrat – Jerry Zeifman, says so. In fact, he states further that had she actually presented the fraudulent brief she had written to the judge, she would have been disbarred. The only reason why that didn't happen was the fact that President Nixon resigned, thus ending the impeachment action.
Turns out that Mr. Zeifman has been trying to get this story out before the public for over 12 years, but the mainstream media has totally ignored him. He has written about it in his book Without Honor: Crimes of Camelot and the Impeachment of Richard Nixon
, as did the late Barbara Olsen in her book Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton
, but for whatever reason, the wire services, major networks, and newspapers have refused to touch it.
Now, the story has once again been told by reporter Dan Calabrese in this March 31, 2008 column: Watergate-Era Judiciary Chief of Staff: Hillary Clinton Fired For Lies, Unethical Behavior.
Veteran syndicated radio talk show host Neal Boortz has picked up the story, discussed it at length, and even interviewed Jerry Zeifman live on the air. You can read his program notes here Nealz Nuze April 02, 2008 and here Nealz Nuze April 03, 2008.
At some point, Neal apparently intends to make the audio of that interview available on his website, Boortz.com. If you possibly can, you need to listen to it. I was lucky enough to catch it on a nighttime rebroadcast, and in my opinion, the interview is compelling and thoroughly convincing. Jerry Zeifman comes across as a gentleman with a conscience and a highly developed sense of right and wrong. Hear him out if you have the opportunity, then draw your own conclusions. Meanwhile, you can read Dan Calabrese's column, written after a lengthy interview with Mr. Zeifman.
Apaprently, Jerry Zeifman is satisfied that Calabrese did an accurate and fair job of recording his views, because he has added the column to his own website, Jerry Zeifman.
I think that this time, there is a chance that we may be seeing this story in the mainstream media. By now, it's rather obvious that they have lined up behind Barack Obama. Therefore, it is likely that one MSM outlet will decide to run the story, since it hurts Hillary, helps Obama, and may even get Rev. Jeremiah Wright off the front pages. Once that happens, the other outlets will run the story in very short order.
Could our media really be so blatantly biased? Surely not!
For all of the intervening years, Hillary has been boasting about her role in the impeachment investigation of President Nixon. In fact, though, she has nothing to boast about. In her capacity as Counsel, she knowingly and deliberately acted in such a dishonest and unethical manner that she was fired.
How do we know this? Her superior at the time, 83-year-old retired attorney – and lifelong Democrat – Jerry Zeifman, says so. In fact, he states further that had she actually presented the fraudulent brief she had written to the judge, she would have been disbarred. The only reason why that didn't happen was the fact that President Nixon resigned, thus ending the impeachment action.
Turns out that Mr. Zeifman has been trying to get this story out before the public for over 12 years, but the mainstream media has totally ignored him. He has written about it in his book Without Honor: Crimes of Camelot and the Impeachment of Richard Nixon
, as did the late Barbara Olsen in her book Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton, but for whatever reason, the wire services, major networks, and newspapers have refused to touch it.Now, the story has once again been told by reporter Dan Calabrese in this March 31, 2008 column: Watergate-Era Judiciary Chief of Staff: Hillary Clinton Fired For Lies, Unethical Behavior.
Veteran syndicated radio talk show host Neal Boortz has picked up the story, discussed it at length, and even interviewed Jerry Zeifman live on the air. You can read his program notes here Nealz Nuze April 02, 2008 and here Nealz Nuze April 03, 2008.
At some point, Neal apparently intends to make the audio of that interview available on his website, Boortz.com. If you possibly can, you need to listen to it. I was lucky enough to catch it on a nighttime rebroadcast, and in my opinion, the interview is compelling and thoroughly convincing. Jerry Zeifman comes across as a gentleman with a conscience and a highly developed sense of right and wrong. Hear him out if you have the opportunity, then draw your own conclusions. Meanwhile, you can read Dan Calabrese's column, written after a lengthy interview with Mr. Zeifman.
Apaprently, Jerry Zeifman is satisfied that Calabrese did an accurate and fair job of recording his views, because he has added the column to his own website, Jerry Zeifman.
I think that this time, there is a chance that we may be seeing this story in the mainstream media. By now, it's rather obvious that they have lined up behind Barack Obama. Therefore, it is likely that one MSM outlet will decide to run the story, since it hurts Hillary, helps Obama, and may even get Rev. Jeremiah Wright off the front pages. Once that happens, the other outlets will run the story in very short order.
Could our media really be so blatantly biased? Surely not!
What Do They Mean By "Change"?
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have often found in traveling in a stage-coach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position and be bruised in a new place.
~~~~~ Washington Irving, "Tales of a Traveler"
Burke on the 2008 Election
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
~~~~~ Edmund Burke (1/12/1729 - 7/9/1797)
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Hillary's Done It Again
To illustrate the need for her brand of government-controlled health care, Hillary has been educating audiences with a health care horror story -- an uninsured pregnant woman lost her baby and died herself after twice being denied care by an Ohio hospital because she could not come up with a $100 fee. Hillary further made her point by describing the woman as a young, uninsured minimum wage worker.
The woman was a 35-year-old manager of a Pizza Hut with medical insurance. She was admitted to the hospital and the baby was stillborn. The mother died two weeks later while under the care of a physician.
A local Ohio newspaper tracked down the supposed incident and identified the hospital and person in question. Hillary heard the story third hand and the hospital said neither she nor any of the staff bothered to check the facts with the hospital. It obviously was too good story to pass up because of truth.
Blatant!!!
To see the true results of a government controlled health system, in this case Canadian, take a look at this five-minute video,
Inoculate128 adds: That video is outstanding --- a must-see. Let's see if we can embed it here.
She has been telling campaign rallies "It hurts me that in our country, as rich and good of a country as we are, this young woman and her baby died because she couldn’t come up with $100 to see the doctor.”
The woman was a 35-year-old manager of a Pizza Hut with medical insurance. She was admitted to the hospital and the baby was stillborn. The mother died two weeks later while under the care of a physician.
A local Ohio newspaper tracked down the supposed incident and identified the hospital and person in question. Hillary heard the story third hand and the hospital said neither she nor any of the staff bothered to check the facts with the hospital. It obviously was too good story to pass up because of truth.
Blatant!!!
To see the true results of a government controlled health system, in this case Canadian, take a look at this five-minute video,
A Short Course in Brain Surgery,
Inoculate128 adds: That video is outstanding --- a must-see. Let's see if we can embed it here.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Nothing's Changed
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
~~~~~ H. L. Mencken
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