Poll Results

HOW LOW WILL THE DOW GO?
6001-6500 60%, 5501-6000 40% (3-2)

WILL OBAMA'S POLICIES TURN THE ECONOMY AROUND?
Yes - 85%, No - But the economy will recover (15%)(6-1)

Poll Question

Which is worse (a) killing 3 pirates to save one person or (b) water-boarding 3 terrorists to save thousands from attacks?

Murtha Watch: John Murtha Airport

ABC news gets on the bandwagon with a report on the John Murtha Airport. $7 million traffic control center, $14 million hanger, $18 million dollar runway. Pretty good. However only 3 flights per day, all to Washington, D.C. The federal government subsidy, $100 per passenger. An average of 20 people per day last year. And what's more, it is getting $800,000 in stimulus money to pave an alternative runway.

Make you proud to be a Democrat.

Meda Bias: NBC Immelt

No More Obama Bashing at CNBC?

GE execs questioned about MSNBC slant

"First up was a woman asking about a reported meeting in which [chief executive Jeffrey] Immelt and NBC Uni CEO Jeff Zucker supposedly told top CNBC executives and talent to be less critical of President Obama and his policies.

Immelt acknowledged a meeting took place but said no one at CNBC was told what to say or not to say about politics."

The law of unintended consequences II.

The Obama administration is intending to get use off oil and move to solar and wind power. Should this be accomplish and the U.S. no longer needs to import oil what could happen? The U.S. would no longer need to friendly to Islamic nations. It could then attack Iran with impunity. It could invade Venezuela and overthrow annoying dictators. It could shut down the border with Mexico.

The law of unintended consequences.

The Obama administration has now made the calculation that is better to kill a terrorist with a bomb (with possible civilian causalities) than to water-board. Since it is now unlikely to gain critical information from capture combatants, soldiers will be less likely to try to capture the enemy (and the danger it entails) and more likely to kill them even it results in collateral damage.

Cost of Carbon Tax

A TWO-TRILLION DOLLAR MISTAKE?

"In a briefing to U.S. Senate staffers recently, an Obama administration representative put the figure at a whopping $1.9 trillion."

"The Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C. tax policy think tank, recently completed an analysis of the potential impact of “cap and trade” legislation. Its findings are eye-opening:"

“In total, households would face an annual burden of roughly $144.8 billion per year with costs disproportionately borne by low-income households, those under 25 and over 75 years, those in southern states, and single parents with dependent children…. Depending on how the system is structured, cap and trade could reduce U.S. employment by 965,000 jobs, household earnings by $37.8 billion, and economic output by $136 billion per year or roughly $1,145 per household."

Global Warming Update: Antarctic Ice

Warming Is Blamed for Antarctica's Weight Gain

"The eastern half of Antarctica is gaining weight, more than 45 billion tons a year, according to a new scientific study. "

"the surface of eastern Antarctica appears to be slowly growing higher, by about 1.8 centimeters a year, as snow and ice pile up."

"The gain in eastern Antarctica snow partly offsets the rise in sea level caused by the melting of ice and snow in other parts of the world."

"the level of the world's oceans has been rising about three millimeters a year in recent years" 3 millimeter = 0.118 inch

A darker future.

The future is looking darker. I have always had faith in America, partly because we have elections every 2 years. The question is how much damage can be done before the people can recognize a need for change. Unfortunately the damage to economy and our defense may not be easily repaired has damaged. The lessons of the past seem to be have forgotten. But even CBS evening news seems to recognize that prosecuting Bush administration lawyers for giving their legal opinions seems to be a bad idea. He has undermined the CIA and the defense of the country. 9/11 was caused by not "connecting the dots." We are going back to pre-9/11 mentality were terrorists are criminals.

Hugo Chavez believes Obama is brining his brand of socialism to America. The energy tax will wipe out any tax savings the poor will get from Obama's tax cuts. If the EPA is allowed to regulate CO2 emissions, you will see companies leaving the U.S. for China and India, higher energy prices for those who stay. The massive proposed debt may weaken the dollar, cause a return of high inflation and/or high interest rates.

Watch: Murtha

CBS News: FBI is looking into the connection between campaign contributions to Murtha and Murtha's earmarks.

Suggested Reading: Survival of the sickest

Survival of the sickest [a medical maverick discovers why we need disease]
Moalem, Sharon.