Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Global warming too hot for World Vision #2 | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog
Tim Costello yesterday assured me “not one cent” of donations by me and others to World Vision’s child sponsorships was diverted to its ludicrous campaign against “global warming”.
OMB Memo: Serious Economic Impact Likely From EPA CO2 Rules
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--U.S. regulation of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide "is likely to have serious economic consequences" for businesses small and large across the economy, a White House memo warned the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year.

The nine-page document also undermines the EPA's reasoning for a proposed finding that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare, a trigger for new rules.

The memo, an amalgamation of government agencies' comments sent from the Office of Management and Budget to the EPA, is in stark contrast to the official position presented by President Barack Obama and his Cabinet officials. It is likely to give critics of greenhouse-gas regulation ammunition in their political salvos against the administration.
[Anti-capitalist propaganda video] Is a Hit in Schools - NYTimes.com
The thick-lined drawings of the Earth, a factory and a house, meant to convey the cycle of human consumption, are straightforward and child-friendly. So are the pictures of dark puffs of factory smoke and an outlined skull and crossbones, representing polluting chemicals floating in the air.

Which is one reason “The Story of Stuff,” a 20-minute video about the effects of human consumption, has become a sleeper hit in classrooms across the nation.

The video is a cheerful but brutal assessment of how much Americans waste, and it has its detractors. But it has been embraced by teachers eager to supplement textbooks that lag behind scientific findings on climate change and pollution. And many children who watch it take it to heart: riding in the car one day with his parents in Tacoma, Wash., Rafael de la Torre Batker, 9, was worried about whether it would be bad for the planet if he got a new set of Legos.
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Corporations, for example, are portrayed as a bloated person sporting a top hat and with a dollar sign etched on its front.
Waxman to push global warming [fraud] bill without allowing subcommittee vote
House leaders struggling to pass a major energy bill appear ready to bypass the subcommittee system because powerful carbon state Democrats aren’t willing to go along with the proposal for hundreds of billions in new global warming fees.

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