John Mangun: Politics and the stock market

In the Philippines, we are probably fortunate that our legislators do not get heavily involved in trying to micro-manage business through legislation like they do in the West. Of course, we do get some attempts at expensive and silly laws that cost everyone money, based on some human global-warming fantasy. And occasionally, politicians with too much spare time and access to the Internet pass laws like the one requiring cell phones to be turned off at gas stations. At least that unwarranted hysteria did not cost us much money and did make some profit for the sign painters.

Cities Mull How to Sell ‘Green’ Agendas - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Prominent among the bits of advice being doled out to city leaders at the conference: ditch the climate-change talk and focus instead on the more concrete benefits of a green agenda.

“If you go at it as a climate change issue, you won’t get anywhere,” said Christine McEntee, an executive vice president at the American Institute of Architects. “I believe it’s a huge moral problem, but not everybody does,” she said. “But everyone wants to see their energy bills lower and see daylight in their buildings and have more walking opportunities.”

Senate Foes Agree on Dangerous Pollutant - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

Sen. Boxer, Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, said “This legislation is an important step in our strategy to address black carbon emitted by dirty diesel engines. Black carbon is the second largest cause of global warming, and this bill will ensure that we have the information we need to address this dangerous pollutant.”

“The science emphatically proves that black carbon has a larger impact on climate change than was previously understood and we can’t escape reality. Additional findings from the EPA on the effects of soot emissions are needed so we can craft the best policy response to combat the climate crisis,” said Sen. Kerry.

American Thinker: Sinking Islands or Stinking Islands?

The headline on Monday read, "Climate refugees in Pacific flee rising seas". Boy did the editors get this one wrong. A more accurate caption would have been, "Jesse Jackson-like shake-down gets tribe taken off tropical trash heap".
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So, while Mr. Gore conveniently lifted certain facts from the record when creating his film, he will no doubt champion the recent evacuations as prophetic vindication. Tuvalu is being decamped while New Zealand is being played like a cheap ukulele.

This incident has been diabolically concocted by global warming zealots, who are recruiting convenient poster children, so that when they convene in Copenhagen for the big climate change powwow this December, they'll be able to stick another sharp pin in their global warming voodoo doll.