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Posts Made By: Dave Snope

February 21, 2012 07:58 AM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Heartland Institute busted

Posted By Dave Snope
For what the warmists are calling courage, honor, and selfless public service:

FEBRUARY 20, 2012: Earlier this evening, Peter Gleick, a prominent figure in the global warming movement, confessed to stealing electronic documents from The Heartland Institute in an attempt to discredit and embarrass a group that disagrees with his views.

Gleick’s crime was a serious one. The documents he admits stealing contained personal information about Heartland staff members, donors, and allies, the release of which has violated their privacy and endangered their personal safety.

Two sources in California — longtime Democratic operative Chris Lehane and Corey Goodman, a member of the Pacific Institute board of directors — confirmed to POLITICO that Gleick authored the Huffington Post blog confessing to be the source of the leak.

Lehane, Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign press secretary, is helping Gleick pro bono with communications issues. Gleick is represented by John Keker, a prominent San Francisco-based white collar criminal defense attorney.

February 21, 2012 06:47 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Heartland Institute busted

Posted By Dave Snope
The National Center for Science Education has let Peter Gleick go.

As part of NCSE’s expansion to defend the teaching of climate science, Gleick had agreed to join NCSE’s board of directors. On the same day as he posted his statement, however, he apologized to NCSE for his behavior with regard to the Heartland Institute documents and offered to withdraw from the board, on which he was scheduled to begin serving as of February 25, 2012. His offer was accepted.

But apparently the NCSE will keep trying to teach our children the completely unverified theory that man changes climate. We were wrong, but we were right.

But, she added, “they show that NCSE was right to broaden its scope to include the teaching of climate science. There really are coordinated attempts to undermine the teaching of climate science, and NCSE is needed to help to thwart them.”

Oooooooooh, boogeymen. I guess that with almost no money, these little strawmen are a big threat to your $100 billion climate change industry. Put them down before the truth gets out and you lose your funding to scare our children for nothing.

February 23, 2012 12:07 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Surging Gas Prices

Posted By Dave Snope

(Bloomberg) President Barack Obama will try to head off the political impact of rising gasoline prices as Republicans vow to make the price at the pump an issue in the 2012 election campaign.

Obama plans events this week focusing on his administration’s efforts to expand domestic exploration and development of alternative energy sources to combat cyclical spikes in gas prices.

The White House press secretary, Jay Carney, came to his daily press briefing armed with statistics about domestic exploration and said Obama favors various forms of energy, including higher fuel-efficiency standards, nuclear reactor development and alternative energy research.

He will discuss the steps his administration has taken to increase domestic production of oil and natural gas, raise fuel efficiency standards and promote new construction of nuclear facilities, officials said.

He'll blame the speculators and big oil companies as usual. He doesn't have a clue. Nothing he's done has helped lower oil prices. Obviously.

February 23, 2012 06:10 AM Forum: Politics

Who's your shadow candidate?

Posted By Dave Snope
That Louisiana Governor Dude.

I had an affinity for Thaddeus McCotter, too. Could listen to that guy talk all day.

February 28, 2012 05:51 PM Forum: Politics

(CA Dems) We have a GREAT idea!

Posted By Dave Snope
The voters are that stupid. They keep reelecting far left socialists to give them free stuff.

This is the biggest joke in the idea
The new system's investments would be professionally managed by CalPERS...
Run away as fast as you can!

The article also points out a major joke in the current system, that no matter what the market does and how badly it is managed, the state workers are backstopped by the taxpayers (who pay their pensions in the first place). It's all Other People's Money, so screw them!

The fund would assume much lower investment returns than the 7.75 percent that the California Public Employees' Retirement System says its investments will generate, de León said.

Unlike public pension funds that can pass on their investment shortfalls to taxpayers, private underwriters would assume any losses by the private sector fund.


So we ended up with a public sector program that is underfunded by $500M according to some estimates. Sure, let's give a crappier version of that to the private workers. You know, since they are the ones paying for the public sector's Cadillac pension plans, they should be forced into a Yugo version of it.

A much better solution to all this is to phase out the current public sector boondoggle and put THEM into 401K plans like private sector companies do. Participation and investments are optional, like the private sector.

February 28, 2012 10:48 PM Forum: No Holds Barred

Hmmm...

Posted By Dave Snope
LOL.

You could say the same about the ever-expanding school breakfast and lunch programs. Now we got the mom, dad, and family showing up at school for breakfasts with their student.

March 1, 2012 09:12 AM Forum: Politics

Romney's Tax Plan: Costs How Much!

Posted By Dave Snope
Only in bizarro liberal world is a tax cut called a "cost".

By that logic, President Ladies Tees out-of-control spending can be called "savings".


March 2, 2012 03:25 AM Forum: Politics

Andrew Breitbart Dead at 43

Posted By Dave Snope
It will be very interesting to see what Breitbart has on the radicalized Obama Harvard tapes in 7-10 days. One last Breitbart coup from beyond?

March 2, 2012 06:31 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Why The Skeptics Are Wrong

Posted By Dave Snope
The guy lost me on his very first claim, that skeptics claim the planet is not warming. When he sets himself up to slay such an idiotic strawman, he loses all credibility. Another useless article full of dishonest and exaggerated claims about those he disagrees with.

March 2, 2012 06:36 PM Forum: No Holds Barred

Meet The New Talk Show Host

Posted By Dave Snope
Seems like Israel could benefit from an active death-penalty system.

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