On the Poor

A continuation of a discussion started in http://commonsensejoe.blogspot.com/2008/12/global-warming-cap-and-trade.html

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Native American's have a saying " Do not judge a man until walked a mile in his moccasins." So until you have worked two jobs just to barely eat, keep a roof over your child's head, and shoes (NOT $100 sneakers but corrective shoes for a birth defect) on their feet then don't tell me about what the poor should do.

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There are many types of poor. Some are temporary due to unfortunate circumstance. Some because they do not plan ahead. How many people live on credit cards and pay-check to pay-check, yet still take an expensive vacation every year? Or bought houses bigger than their needs?

I applaud than man who has two jobs to take care of his needs. That is the type of person who should be benefiting from government programs as food-stamps He may be benefiting from medicaid. But if he earns too much, his medicaid is withdrawn, making it impossible to improve his and his family condition.. If they government allowed him to earn more with a gradual reductions of benefits, both him and society would be better.

There was a case of a New England state, where women would take home work to earn extra income. They were paid on a piece basis. They could work on their own time, between watching the children and doing chores. But the government calculated that the were being paid less than the minimum wage. So they prevented the women from doing this work, thus depriving women of extra income with no option to replace that income.

Global Warming Update: More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims

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Without a Doubt

Despite last year's United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change declaration that climate change was "unequivocal, is already happening, and is caused by human activity," not all experts are convinced.

More than 650 international scientists are disputing those claims in a newly updated U.S. Senate Minority Report. It adds about 250 scientists to the 400 who spoke out last year — and includes current and former U.N. climate panel members.

Atmospheric Scientist Joanne Simpson writes, "Since I am no longer affiliated with any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly….As a scientist I remain skeptical."

U.S. Government Atmospheric Scientist Stanley Goldenberg says, "It is a blatant lie put forth in the media that makes it seem there is only a fringe of scientists who don't buy into anthropogenic,” that is man-made ‘global warming."

And from Nobel Prize Winner in physics Ivan Giaever — "global warming has become a new religion.""

Rangel Watch:

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"Last week, a report by the New York Times charged that Rangel had helped bury a Senate proposal that would have raised taxes on a businessman who had pledged a $1 million donation to the City College center." The building would be named after Rangel.

" The Times piece described a Feb. 12, 2007, meeting at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City. It said Nabors Industries Ltd. (NBR) Chief Executive Eugene Isenberg, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau and Rangel discussed Isenberg's financial support for the City College center.

According to the Times, Rangel and Isenberg then moved across the room where they discussed with Kenneth J. Kies, a lobbyist for Nabors, Rangel's opposition to a Senate proposal that would raise taxes on Nabors. "

Global Warming: Cap and Trade

To me this seems like a bad idea. It either rewards past bad polluters or punishes industries that depend on coal. Why should the relatively poor pay higher electricity rates because someone believes C02 is bad? So here is your chance to propose a fair system for cap and trade.

Global Warming Update: Animal Pollution to be Taxed by EPA

EPA to Tax Farts and Belches of Cows and Pigs!

"The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) in it's infinite wisdom are protecting you from my cows' fart and belch sessions. Yes, its true. In an effort to keep the natural animal gas, via fart and belch, called methane in check, the EPA is going to tax me. The Supreme Court has declared that a fart and/or belch from a dairy cow or beef cow or pig contributes to air pollution. Naturally the EPA finds this a "taxing" situation!

The proposed EPA fees (taxes) on a dairy cow will be $175.00. Taxes on a beef cow will be $87.50 and taxes on a pig will be $20.00. These taxes are per head. If you have 20 pigs you will be paying a fart and/or belch tax of $400.00. How many livestock farmers do think can last with this proposed EPA tax? Not many, if any, is the answer."

Blagojevich Watch

Ill. Gov Blagojevich arrested on corruption charges

"Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday, including trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by fellow Democrat President-elect Barack Obama, federal prosecutors said."

Saudi Oil: 60 Minutes

60 Minutes had a nice two-piece on the Saudis effort to extract oil from the desert. It will allow them to produce an extra two million barrels of oil a day for the next 50 years. They will be using sea-water to push the oil to the surface.

Fleeting thought: Will this offset the amount of sea-rise due to global warming? Will the water and salt/oil separate over time, eventually providing a massive oasis in the desert?

Jefferson Watch: Ousted by Voters

Voters Oust Indicted Congressman in Louisiana

"Representative William J. Jefferson was defeated by a little-known Republican lawyer here Saturday in a late-running Congressional election, underscoring the sharp demographic shifts in this city since Hurricane Katrina and handing Republicans an unexpected victory in a district that had been solidly Democratic."