UN Climate Chief Pretty Much Admits COP18 Going Nowhere

By William Teach November 27, 2012 – 6:12 pm

Tom Nelson finds this little gem at the end of this NY Times story, which I had read but missed

She said she was already preparing her closing remarks for the Doha talks.

“It’s in my head now,” she said. “I’m going to say, ‘This is another firm step in the right direction, but the path is still a long road ahead.”’

That comes from “Christiana Figueres, the Costa Rican diplomat who serves as executive secretary of the U.N. climate convention”, who already has her closing speech saying that this was a waste of time, money, and, oh, will put out approximately 25,000 tons of CO2 to tell other people to stop putting out CO2.

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Gov. Lincoln Chafee Refuses To Have A Tree Lighting Ceremony

By William Teach November 27, 2012 – 1:56 pm

And this guy is nominally a Republican?

(WPRI) There will be no Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Smith Hill this year.

A spokeswoman for Gov. Lincoln Chafee tells Eyewitness News the tree will be on display at the State House as usual, and is in the process of being decorated. However, the governor will not be hosting a formal lighting ceremony.

Instead, local school choruses will be invited to sing at the State House in a series of concerts leading up to Christmas.

If you remember, Chafee refused to call it a Christmas tree last year, referring to it as a “holiday tree.” One of the comments is perfect

All I want to know is since they are trying to separate church from state as to not offend people, will the Governors office be closed on Christmas Day to assist the people from Rhode Island? just saying….

Good point. If people like Chafee refuse to acknowledge the reason for the season, then they should be working on Christmas, which falls on a Tuesday this year. They should refuse all holiday pay, and not get an extra day off. Nor leave work early on Christmas Eve.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 27, 2012 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil fossil fueled pump causing the Earth to boil, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Victory Girls, with a post on Sandra Fluke being a “person of the year” nominee.

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Bummer: Gaia’s Fever Down For A Second Straight Year

By William Teach November 27, 2012 – 11:05 am

So, over the past 16 years the world’s temperature has essentially flatlined. What about the last 2?

(GWPF) The most recent global temperature record, released this week, shows the average global temperature fell last year for the second year. There is now general agreement that the rising trend has stalled. This is the background against which governments will meet in Doha to negotiate a globally binding agreement to cut carbon emissions, as agreed at last year’s meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. –Graham Lloyd, The Australian, 24 November 2012

You need a subscription to read the whole thing. Let’s look at the accompanying graphic, which comes from C3 Headlines

Weird. CO2 keeps going up yet temps aren’t. It’s almost like there’s a natural pattern in play.

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Morning Joe: Why Are These Liberals So Darned Angry?

By William Teach November 27, 2012 – 8:30 am

Simply because they’re liberals, Joe

(Daily Caller) On his Monday broadcast, MSNBC “Morning Joe” host attempted to understand a phenomenon that not only plagues his network’s primetime lineup, but apparently his Twitter account as well: Why are liberals “angry” after winning the White House again and holding on to control of the U.S. Senate?

Scarborough explained his difficulty with this question, after he was apparently exposed to it over the weekend on Twitter, where he said he was going to talk about football.

“People are crazy,” Scarborough said. “I went on the Twitter this weekend. I did. And this is what I don’t understand. John Heilemann, I’ve got the Google, too, on the Internet. I went on the Twitter just to talk football. Man that machine — can I just tell you? This is what I don’t get. Maybe you can help me because you hang out with these people while you’re in the opium dens across the greater Manhattan area. Why are liberals still so angry on the Twitter?”

Why, Joe? Because that’s who they are. Let’s make one distinction, though: these are Progressives, the far left extremists. And this goes back a long, long time, but really started to ramp up in the 1990’s with the expansion and availability of the Internet. Then along came he Clinton impeachment issue, and they went truly nuts. They were miserable people throughout the Bush years, and became more miserable when the Democrats took back the House and Senate in 2006. Things didn’t get better when Obama won in 2008, because they wanted more and more and more. Nor did it get better this past November 6.

I’ve always said that Progressives would be mad that someone gave them a cute ‘n fuzzy puppy, because such cuteness is rage inducing, and they will find a way to turn it into a negative, like point out that puppies poop and chew on things, and, oh, yeah, they are supposedly bad for “sustainability” and cause Gaia to have a fever through globull warming. These are people who get mad because something made them happy. Take one to the beach and they’d bitch about the hot sand, the consistency of sun block, the bird calls disturbing them, the water being wet and salty, will whine about the price of parking non-stop, and wonder when everyone can leave.

These are people who look at the glass as empty. And they expect Someone Else to fill out. There is no deep explanation for it, since, as Dennis Green said “they are who we thought were.” Simply miserable people.

BTW, Joe? It’s simply “Twitter”, not “the Twitter”.

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White House: Social Security Should Be Off Limits In “Fiscal Cliff” Talks, But Won’t Show Their Plan

By William Teach November 27, 2012 – 8:07 am

Other than raising taxes and gutting the military, is there anything Team Obama is willing to discuss? They’ve already shrieked that Obamacare is off limits, even though it is another in a long line of entitlement programs that can’t be paid for

(CBS News) It appears another issue of disagreement has surfaced in regard to the negotiations over the so-called “fiscal cliff”.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday that Social Security is one entitlement program that should be addressed on a “separate track.”

“We should address the drivers of the deficit and Social Security currently is not a driver of the deficit,” Carney told reporters today. The senior retirement program is solvent for another 21 years, at which time recipients could see a reduction in benefits.

Social Security accounts for one third of federal spending, and the pool of people paying in to the program shrinks every year. Back in 1950 the ration of workers to benefit recipients was 5.1-1. In 2009 it is 3-1. It’s estimated that by 2030 it will be 2-1, but it could actually be 1-1 or even more recipients than workers. And Cox and Archer point out

As of the most recent Trustees’ report in April, the net present value of the unfunded liability of Medicare was $42.8 trillion. The comparable balance sheet liability for Social Security is $20.5 trillion.

What is on the table? Who knows, because the White House refuses to release a plan

After a reporter asked how President Obama was planning to engage in the messaging war over the “fiscal cliff,” White House Press Secretary said that he didn’t want to “ruin the fun” of fiscal cliff negotiations. …

“It would ruin the fun, if I gave you all the details now,” Carney said with a smile.

Can you imagine the media response were Tony Snow or Dana Perino to give that answer during the Bush years? Apparently Team Obama thinks this is a game. But, does anyone think they actually have a plan? Remember, this is the guy who wasn’t bothering to meet with his economic panel. The guy who commissioned a big plan (Simpson-Bowles) then immediately blew it off. Who said “the private sector is doing fine.” The guy who put his big plan on a post it note.

The GOP should counter Obama’s talking points with a real plan that would include $3 in spending cuts now for ever $1 in tax increases later, put Obama on the hook.

Crossed at Right Wing News and Stop The ACLU.

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All I Want For Christmas Is A Hippopotamus. And A Walther P99

By William Teach November 26, 2012 – 6:42 pm

We saw how great one segment of the economy dis after Obama was reelected. And that’s still going gangbuster

(USA Today) — For the second consecutive year, prospective gun buyers joined Black Friday shoppers in record numbers as firearms dealers swamped the FBI with required buyer background check requests.

The FBI fielded 154,873 calls, a roughly 20% increase from last year’s previous one-day record of 129,166, according to bureau records.

The requests came in such volume throughout the day that FBI call centers experienced two brief outages — one of 18 minutes and one for 14 minutes —during the busy day, bureau spokesman Stephen Fischer said Monday.

Sure shows a lot of confidence in the direction this country is headed, eh?

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Even Pravda Mocks Americans For Re-electing Obama

By William Teach November 26, 2012 – 2:39 pm

From The Lonely Conservative

Remember the creepy tweet above from the night before the last election? It’s a shame that so many Americans didn’t see the similarities between that and something the Stalinists would have put out. Then again, it’s a shame so many Americans are clueless about Stalin’s atrocities. Quite a few Russian’s recognize it for what it is. If you can get past the “Putin is the second-coming of Reagan” aspect to this post at Pravda, you have to admit that there’s some truth to it.

Recently, Obama has been re-elected for a 2nd term by an illiterate society and he is ready to continue his lies of less taxes while he raises them. He gives speeches of peace and love in the world while he promotes wars as he did in Egypt, Libya and Syria. He plans his next war is with Iran as he fires or demotes his generals who get in the way. …

Well, any normal individual understands that as true but liberalism is a psychosis . O’bomber even keeps the war going along the Mexican border with projects like “fast and furious” and there is still no sign of ending it.  He is a Communist without question promoting the Communist Manifesto without calling it so. How shrewd he is in America. His cult of personality mesmerizes those who cannot go beyond their ignorance. They will continue to follow him like those fools who still praise Lenin and Stalin in Russia.  Obama’s fools and Stalin’s fools share the same drink of illusion.

It takes a former Communist dupe like Pravda to understand the dangers of an extreme far left disciple like Obama.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 26, 2012 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful city which everyone should be forced to move to, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Gateway Pundit, with a post on Obama’s plan for the Marines.

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Hooray! This Year’s UN IPCC Opens In Qatar Today!

By William Teach November 26, 2012 – 11:03 am

And when you’ve lost hyper-Warmist Louise Gray at the UK Telegraph…..

The United Nations is meeting for its latest round of talks on climate change in the oil and gas-rich nation Qatar.

About 17,000 people from 194 countries will attend the meeting at the Qatar National Convention Centre, making it Doha’s largest ever conference.

The aim of the two week meeting (26 November to 07 December 2012) is to cut global carbon emissions.

Here it comes

Yes, that’s right. Qataris use five times the amount of carbon than the average Briton, at 44 metric tonnes per person per year. This is largely because of energy intensive air conditioning and desalination plants for water. Because water and electricity is free, there is little incentive to cut usage.

The Project Developer Forum, a group campaigning on behalf of green energy developers, estimate the conference will generate at least 25,000 tonnes of carbon. This is the carbon generated by 10,000 people flying into Qatar from around the world and staying in hotels for 15 nights. The total is more than the small island state of Niue in the South Pacific uses in a year.

So, COP 18 will be held in one of the world’s largest “carbon footprint” countries. Their footprint is 61 tons per citizen. America’s is 19. the average around the world is 4. There are only 2 countries with a higher footprint than Qatar (US Virgin Islands and Gibraltar). And this is where the UN has decided to hold their working vacation to tell everyone else to reduce their own footprint. Of course, those who are attending have been “urged” to purchase carbon offsets, which is a bit like refusing to stop speeding and simply paying for the tickets.

Louise further goes on to point out that previous conferences have generated about 15,000 tons of “carbon”. She does follow up with some “hope” that something will be done. Good luck with that! Every year has been a further failure.

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