Gore: Polar ice may vanish in 5-7 years

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This may or may not be true, but my question is what does the computer models say if you change the amount of C02 released into the atmosphere. Does cutting off all man-made emissions change anything or does the ice melt anyway? If the ice melting can be stop at well level to we need to reduce emissions to?

The problem with these models is that they don't reflect reality. Just like a mutual fund manager that got lucky one year, doesn't mean he will be accurate the next. What we need is predictions that can be tested for accuracy. After Katrina, they were all predicting more and bigger hurricanes, guess what, that didn't happen.

If Gore, G.E., Goldman Sachs, et al. are all trying to make money off of trading carbon emissions, does that reduce emissions or just make in more expensive for the consumer?

Obama Defends War

I wonder how many liberals are regretting their vote now. Probably none, but it must be driving a few crazy.

Nobel-winning Obama defends war in call for peace

"I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people," Obama told his audience in Oslo's soaring City Hall. "For make no mistake: Evil does exist in the world."

"A nonviolent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al-Qaida's leaders to lay down their arms."

"To say that force is sometimes necessary is not a call to cynicism, it is a recognition of history."

Groupthink and the global warming industry

A good read.

Groupthink and the global warming industry

"... The New York Times' leading climate reporter, Andrew Revkin (whose name appears in some of the e-mails), won't publish the contents of the e-mail on the grounds it would violate the scientists' privacy. Can anyone imagine the Times being so prissy if such damning e-mails were from ExxonMobil, never mind Dick Cheney?"

"For instance, it was pretty impossible for reporters to independently investigate whether Saddam Hussein had WMDs, and since the most established authorities agreed he had to have them, the news media reported the consensus, which turned out to be wrong."

The left views the military as the "Enemy Camp"

MSNBC's Chris Matthews Refers To West Point As The 'Enemy Camp' For Obama

"The president of the United States -- also known as the commander in chief -- goes to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to deliver an address to the nation and MSNBC's Chris Matthews refers to it as visting the "enemy camp."

The Story of Stuff: Update

Huckabee's Presidential Chances Diminish

Does this move Palin to the top of the list?


Wash. shooting re-opens Huckabee's clemency record

Obama and Lobbyists

Was it just me, or was Obama supposed to limit access of lobbyists?

Health Care Industry Officials, Lobbyists Met With Obama During Debate On Reform

"Top health care officials met with Barack Obama and other administration officials just as the president pushed Congress to pass legislation to overhaul the health insurance industry, newly released White House visitor logs show."