Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 03/28/2009 2:11:09 AM PDT by Scanian
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted a "finding" to the White House Office of Management and Budget that will force the Obama administration to decide whether to limit greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. If adopted, new laws and regulations will likely follow that have the potential to change our lifestyles and limit our freedoms.
None of these laws and regulations will be preceded by debate. They will be imposed on us by fundamentalist politicians and scientists who have swallowed the Kool-Aid and declared global warming as fact - end of discussion.
On the Discovery Channel last week, Tom Brokaw hosted a special called "Global Warming: The New Challenge." While promoting the piece, Mr. Brokaw declared: "There is a growing consensus that global warming is real and getting worse." Actually, there is a growing body of opinion that global warming is a fraud perpetrated by liberal politicians and their scientific acolytes who want more control over our lives.
Whenever politicians declare a crisis, or an emergency, watch out. Chances are this means they want to impose something before the public discovers the truth.
One of the definitions of consensus is "general agreement or concord; harmony." Any honest assessment of scientific opinion leads to the conclusion that there is significant disagreement on global warming within the scientific community among those with expertise in climatology and related fields.
Yet many politicians want us to believe all of science is onboard with man-made global warming and that we must act now to save the planet and ourselves from catastrophe (catastrophe is another word politicians like to use when imposing their agendas).
You know something is up when prominent apostles of global warming, especially former Vice President and Nobel laureate Al Gore, refuse to debate
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Each year big sugar sets about a third of Florida on fire to burn off the nasty part of sugarcane and ready the crop for harvest.
This polluts the air, land and waterways. Yet if I burn leaves in my yard I get visited by an e.p.a. cop?
So is the e.p.a. there to assist big agriculture of keep the planet pure?
Reminds me of the rice fields burning in the central valley of California. That was back in the 80’s. Don’t know if they still do it, but...
Burning of slash piles after cleaning up the forest floor is another on the list. I’m not agin it, but like you I’m agin an unelected bureaucracy telling individuals what they can and can’t while allowing the much larger issues to go unchallenged.
I’m of the opinion that all unelected bureaucracies should be done away with.
As a retired Military you are most aware of beauracrats.
Why retire way up north instead of Florida or Arizona like most?
I may be retired military but my wife and I still work, and at the time of retirement, I lived in the best part of South Dakota, and still do. Back then Mom lived in Ft Myers, so we knew Florida. Wife didn’t like humidity.
It just worked out that four seasons has been right for us, and hobnobbing with displaced New Yorkers, and those who perhaps by virtue of living in two places might also take advantage of voting in two places just didn’t appeal to me at all.
Western South Dakota is a conservative area offset almost completely by the liberal eastern part of the state, and the Indian Reservations which dot the state. We like the area. So, bottom line, location location location. And mom due to health reasons has moved to Utah, closer to all of her children.
I was very surprised at how much I loved South Dakota.
Seemed that there were critters all over but fewer trees to hide behind in like Oregon.
Folks were great and there was so much to see and do as a tourista.
Mount Rushmore was way nicer than I’d ever expected.
After watching Deadwood, visiting the city was very educational.
We went about 8;30 in the morning and I sat with a bloody mary and asked question of the barkeep as my wife kid and I were the only ones there.
She was born adn raised,left and came back and love the area and told its tales.
Devils Tower is about as weird as it gets but well worth seeing and the free roaming buffalo are a pleasure to see.
Man I want to go back and this time bring my Harley and stay a couple weeks.
Owning a Harley and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally are two things that go together. Lots of folks come a week before the rally starts, when the crush of humans isn’t so large, and then stay for the actual rally week. I don’t even own a Harley and I have attended almost every one since 1980.
I’ve gone to Daytona and it is a three ring circus and I’ve been told Sturgis is a 5 ring circus.
Was there in July no ralley.
Quite surprised at how little and non head turning the place is without 3 or 4 hundred thousand motorcyclists.
Quite surprised at how little and non head turning the place is without 3 or 4 hundred thousand motorcyclists.
Speaking of Sturgis, or Daytona? Just kidding.
Add the bars and vendors and the fact that every town within 75 miles at least, feeds off the rally and when the big crowds are there it is huge.
Sturgis 3-9 Aug 2009. The idea this year is to try and extend the rally to 10 days instead of the usual one week. Obviously to get more people to come.
Bar tender at a lovely saloon in Deadwood told me that it was what made most folks financial years there.
Course in Daytona they have Black week, Race weeks plural, spring break, and so many other events while that is all for Sturgis.
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