All Politics Wasn't Local on Climate Vote -- Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

CQ Politics notes White House adviser David Axelrod said he believed "will probably be dealt with in the fall" after work is completed on health care overhaul.

A Very, Very Bad Bill, Passed Without Understanding. « American Elephants

...With all due respect, this is absolute nonsense. The Waxman-Markey Climate bill attempts to switch our need for electricity from (evil) coal to “clean” wind and solar power. This has nothing whatsoever to do with our dependence on “foreign oil” which powers our transportation, not our electric power. We are completely energy independent in our use of electric power. Electricity generation accounts to a scant 1.5 percent of our petroleum use.

Our reliance on fossil fuels has not jeopardized our national security. Oil from our own country, Canada and Mexico accounts for around 60 percent of our needs. We buy 10 percent from Saudi Arabia and 7 percent from Venezuela, who could be considered somewhat unfriendly, but need the cash. The rest is scattered around the world market, but jeopardizing our security? Let’s not exaggerate.

“War on science” in the Obama admin? « Sister Toldjah

Remember all the wild-eyed accusations against the Bush administration about their alleged “war on science”? CBS reports about a potential scandal involving Obama administration EPA officials allegedly suppressing a report “that was skeptical of claims about global warming, including whether carbon dioxide must be strictly regulated by the federal government, according to a series of newly disclosed e-mail messages.” Make sure to read the links at the CNET to get the gist of the report’s claims, and to read the EPA’s response.

The 198-page government report on climate change, summarized in five literary styles.

Genre: Haiku

Climate change prediction: Three to four foot sea level rise

The ocean creeps up
And floods the New York subway.
Three to four foot rise.
South Florida floods!
Don’t retire to West Palm.
You’ll need gills to golf.