http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/watermelons/ en-us Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:01:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280753/posts What is Man Made Global Warming (MMGW)? Why nothing more than the latest manufactured crisis by the Watermelons (Green on the outside, Marxist Red on the inside) to control humanity and not just in a few Western nations but world wide. With little or no real science but with a world class fear mongering PR machine, the Watermelons have scared the average sheeple (citizen) of most major nations, into willingly sticking his and or her neck into the noose of totalitarian control, all in the name of saving the world from a crisis that does not exist. Outside the fact... Mat Rodina blogspot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280753/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:01:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269413/posts Scratch a global warming fanatic these days and you may find a wannabe executioner. The way I figure it, wish death upon your political opponents once and it can be ignored as just a warped jest. Do it twice and it looks like evidence of mounting frustration with your neighbors’ inability to see your cause’s crystalline righteousness. Do it three times and folks around you should start reaching for their hog legs (Don’t know the meaning of that firearms industry technical term? Google it, then read the entry in the Urban Dictionary). San Francisco Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269413/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:03:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253218/posts Much has been written about the Insight, Honda’s new low-priced hybrid. We’ve been told how much carbon dioxide it produces, how its dashboard encourages frugal driving by glowing green when you’re easy on the throttle and how it is the dawn of all things. The beginning of days. So far, though, you have not been told what it’s like as a car; as a tool for moving you, your friends and your things from place to place. So here goes. It’s terrible. Biblically terrible. Possibly the worst new car money can buy. It’s the first car I’ve ever considered crashing... Times Online UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253218/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 15:22:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2236485/posts As we all now, the infamous Earth Day Was yesterday April 22, at 9:00 PM. Apparently we were all supposed to turn of all of our lights for 1 minute, or that is what I heard. If you actually did this, All I can say is wow… Because If you participated in this useless “symbolic” minute of darkness, you probably did it so wouldn’t have to feel bad about all of the “bad” things you are doing to send this world into the apocalypse, because you know that just because you drive your car to work everyday, like 99% of... Clapter.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2236485/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:03:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232138/posts In 1955, then Soviet Premier, Nikita Krushchev ordered April 22nd be designated a day to celebrate Communism. In 1970, it was chosen to be Earth Day by Gaylord Nelson, one of the founders of the event. Those founders had 365 days from which to choose. They chose Lenin's birthday. When Communism was imposed on Russia in 1917, the first thing it did was to outlaw the ownership of private property. Under Communism, the State owns all property and all natural resources. In recent years in the United States, the Clinton-Gore Administration has declared millions of acres of mineral and oil-rich... Ether Zone http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232138/posts#comment Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:05:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230116/posts Recession: The administration tells the country it can revive the economy with a "green" stimulus. But, like government-provided universal health care, where it's been tried in another nation, it hasn't worked.Washington has been in a lather about restoring the economy by greening it through an ambitious renewable energy program since before Barack Obama took office. The fever has only become hotter since his inauguration. Obama's 2010 budget includes roughly $20 billion in tax incentives to stimulate clean-energy programs. He has promised to create 5 million green-collar jobs over the next decade. Four days before taking office, while conditioning the country... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230116/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:52:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2217303/posts Environmental nuts in California want to ban your big screen TVEnvironmental nuts in California want to ban your big screen TV and they are in control of the California Energy Commission. The CEC plan proposes to ban about 200 television models. The plan was outline in a a dry-sounding reported entitled, “December 2008 Draft Efficiency Standards for Televisions”. I wonder if they will ban Obama's teleprompter on his next visit to California? Bluegrass Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2217303/posts#comment Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:24:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204024/posts This is the winter of environmentalists’ discontent. They desperately want the earth to be warming to prove Al Gore’s truth inviolate and they are going to make you pay thousands of dollars for it no matter whether it’s true or not. But the weather has been inconveniently cold. Thirty-two states have experienced record or near-record lows this winter –- poking holes in the predictions of imminent fiery doom. Just ask the die-hard global warming activists who showed up in Washington last week to protest the nation’s use of coal. Their event was hampered by nearly a foot of snow in... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204024/posts#comment Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:53:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196050/posts LOS ALAMITOS - Some say the decision by the city's mayor to step down after the widely publicized uproar over an e-mail he sent depicting a watermelon patch in front of the White House shows he is taking the impact of his action seriously. Others say the resignation was the only option for someone who offended so many. "It was a flagrant disregard for basic civility and a demonstrated lack of knowledge about how painful the issue of race has been for our nation," said Fred Smoller, associate professor of Political Science at Chapman University. Orange County Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196050/posts#comment Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:02:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176440/posts London Couples who have more than two children are being irresponsible by creating an unbearable burden on the environment, the Government’s green adviser has said. The Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176440/posts#comment Mon, 2 Feb 2009 01:16:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176303/posts Couples who have more than two children are putting an 'irresponsible' burden on the environment, the Government's leading green advisor has warned. Jonathon Porritt called on ministers to divert money away from curing illnesses towards contraception and abortion services to limit the country's population and help in the fight against global warming. And he criticised fellow green campaigners for dodging the issue of population growth and its effect on the environment because it is too 'controversial'. It came as Catholic bishops in England and Wales lambasted environmentalism as an ideology every bit as dangerous as communism. In a booklet, they... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176303/posts#comment Sun, 1 Feb 2009 19:32:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176217/posts Having More Than 2 Kids Will Destroy Planet, Environmentalist Says Sunday , February 01, 2009 Couples who have more than two children are being “irresponsible” by creating an unbearable burden on the environment, the British government’s green adviser warned. Jonathon Porritt, who chairs the government’s Sustainable Development Commission, says curbing population growth through contraception and abortion must be at the heart of policies to fight global warming. He says political leaders and green campaigners should stop dodging the issue of environmental harm caused by an expanding population. A report by the commission, to be published next month, will say that... FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176217/posts#comment Sun, 1 Feb 2009 16:29:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176125/posts COUPLES who have more than two children are being “irresponsible” by creating an unbearable burden on the environment, the government’s green adviser has warned. Jonathon Porritt, who chairs the government’s Sustainable Development Commission, says curbing population growth through contraception and abortion must be at the heart of policies to fight global warming. He says political leaders and green campaigners should stop dodging the issue of environmental harm caused by an expanding population. A report by the commission, to be published next month, will say that governments must reduce population growth through better family planning. The Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176125/posts#comment Sun, 1 Feb 2009 11:52:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175668/posts In preparation for Sunday's Super Bowl showdown between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals, many football fans this weekend will buy or rent the biggest-screen TV they can get their paws on. Most of them, however, will be focusing on the picture quality rather than the impact on their electric bills of having an energy-guzzling mega-screen in their living rooms. But they might have no choice come this time next year: The California Energy Commission this summer is expected to adopt rules that would require retailers by 2011 to sell only TVs that meet federal Energy Star program standards, according... Scientific American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175668/posts#comment Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:14:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173487/posts For the fashion conscious, the latest wardrobe colors to gain momentary popularity are oftentimes referred to as being “the new black.” In light of the absurd new regulations proposed by the Obama administration to curry favor with the hardcore environmental leftists, I am prepared to announce that “green is the new red.” Under the guise of healing the planet, our new chief executive has pledged to limit greenhouse gas emissions and substitute new alternative energy sources for carbon fuels. President Barack H. Obama has condemned the use of coal and opposes increased exploration and drilling for American oil. According to... The Chicago Daily Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173487/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:37:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165058/posts Incoming White House energy-environment czar Carol Browner was recently discovered to be a commissioner in Socialist International. While that revelation has been ignored by the mainstream media and blithely dismissed by her supporters, you may soon be paying the cost of Browner’s political beliefs in your electricity bill. So what does all this have to do with your electricity bill? In late-December, Carbon Control News reported that Browner was a “strong backer” of utility “decoupling,” which had emerged as a “key climate policy priority for Obama.” How would decoupling actually function in practice? There are several different schemes for decoupling,... FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165058/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:03:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163522/posts Politics: Is anyone surprised that the would-be czarina of federal climate and energy policy has ties to a socialist group? The environmental movement's goal is to afflict the economy, not comfort the ecology.Carol Browner, who'll run the new White House office of climate and energy policies, isn't new to Washington. The public will recognize her name from the years she served as Environmental Protection Agency administrator under Bill Clinton. The public, however, knows little or nothing about her work with Socialist International, a group that describes itself as a worldwide organization of social democratic, socialist and labor parties that envisions... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163522/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:22:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163326/posts The Washington Times is reporting that president-elect Obama's climate czar has ties to an international organization that promotes "global governance." According to the report, as recently as last week Carol M. Browner was listed as one of "14 leaders of a socialist group's Commission for a Sustainable World Society." The group, one of many under the umbrella group Socialist International, calls for rich countries to shrink their economies in order to combat climate change. Browner's name and biography has since been removed from the Socialist International's web page. Ms. Browner's appointment as Obama's climate czar does not need Senate confirmation.... onenewsnow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163326/posts#comment Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:28:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157266/posts Climate realists around the world have contended for years that the real goal of alarmists such as Nobel Laureate Al Gore and his followers is to use the fear of man-made global warming to redistribute wealth. On Monday, one of Gore's leading scientific resources, Goddard Institute for Space Studies chief James Hansen, sent a letter to Barack and Michelle Obama specifically urging the president-elect to enact a tax on carbon emissions that would take money from higher-income Americans and distribute the proceeds to the less fortunate. The eco-socialism cat was let out of the bag on page five of a... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157266/posts#comment Thu, 1 Jan 2009 19:15:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146687/posts Abstract: Partisan Environmental Groups: Beware of Wolves Dressed in Sheep’s Clothing. These wolves should be seen for what they really are: massive democratic political machines, disguised as environmental causes. These wolves disguised in sheep's clothing are deceiving the America people. When an individual gives their hard-earned money to one of these organizations, most expect it to be used for the environmental cause they support, not political campaigning. It seems that it is more important to these groups to turn their once laudable movement into a political machine misleading the American public regarding their purely politically partisan agenda under the guise... U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146687/posts#comment Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:55:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138878/posts WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Malia and Sasha Obama learned a few tricks from Barbara and Jenna Bush on their recent visit to the White House — like how to slide down the solarium ramp, bottom first. The daughters of President George W. Bush showed the girls their bedrooms, helped them jump on a bed and taught them a few ways to have fun, Laura Bush told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Wednesday. "It was fun for the girls to get to show them not only (their rooms), but the way the big cross hall can be an obstacle course for little... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138878/posts#comment Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:13:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137169/posts When is $25 billion in taxpayer cash insufficient to bail out Detroit's auto makers? Answer: When the money is a tool of Congressional industrial policy to turn GM, Ford and Chrysler into agents of the Sierra Club and other green lobbies. AP Ford CEO Alan Mulally, Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli, and GM CEO Rick Wagoner at a Senate hearing on the state of the auto industry That's the little-understood subplot of the Washington melodrama over a taxpayer rescue for Detroit. In their public statements, proponents describe the bailout as an attempt to save jobs, American manufacturing and the middle-class way... wsj.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137169/posts#comment Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:48:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136118/posts New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman let his power lust just flow throughout the studio of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central on Thursday night. Promoting his book Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Friedman discussed his concept of America becoming "China for a day," so that his dream of a green revolution -- all those allegedly planet-saving taxes and regulations and product bans -- can be permanently enacted. When Colbert lived up to his conservative character enough to insert that China has a totalitarian regime, Friedman simply replied "It is a measure of the frustration a lot of people in the... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136118/posts#comment Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:21:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129781/posts November 10, 2008 Michael Crichton, who died at 66 on November 4, election day, may not have been an outstanding stylist but he sure sold a few books in his time, mostly in the techno-thriller genre, such as Jurassic Park. He was a writer of ideas and also a medical doctor (Harvard Medical School), television producer, and film director. Crichton’s enormous success did not prevent him from speaking out on politicized science, a raging issue of our time and too often overlooked. He took up the theme in State of Fear (2004), a footnoted novel about environmental intrigue on a... FrontPage mag http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129781/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:52:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107417/posts HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania has begun a major effort to cut electricity use, requiring the state's 11 utilities to not only stop power usage from rising, but to cut it starting in 2011. Legislation that Gov. Ed Rendell signed Wednesday requires the utilities to cut annual electricity usage by at least 1 percent by May 31, 2011, based on usage estimates made by state regulators, who can take into account a major anomaly, such as an unusually hot summer or a substantial surge in demand from a new user, such as a factory. To ensure that utilities take the task... crAP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107417/posts#comment Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:54:37 GMT