What was in the Waxman-Markey 'Manager's Amendment'? The Green Gestapo, for starters

Once again, Barack Obama reads bald-face lies to the American people from his teleprompter
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A 300-page "Manager's Amendment to the 1,000-page Energy Tax bill" was delivered Friday at 3:00 in the morning. Not a single person had read the amendment when it was voted upon later that same evening.

So much for Obama's vaunted transparency and his promise of "five days" for Americans to review each bill.

threedonia.com » Tornado Death Toll Drops Dramatically

With today marking the final day for peak tornado activity, USA Today reports that the death toll has fallen from 121 people this time last year to 21 in 2009.*

Now, tornado death tolls—like hurricane property damage—is largely a matter of chance, and depends on whether or not these storms hit populated areas or not. But the number of tornadoes is also down so far this year, with 690 tornadoes so far versus 770 on average at this point.

Is this the “good kind” of climate change?
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*Wait a second. How could there have been only 121 deaths from tornadoes last year, when 10,000 people in Kansas died in a single storm? Karl Rove must have covered those deaths up, somehow.

More Americans See Democratic Party as “Too Liberal”

PRINCETON, NJ -- A Gallup Poll finds a statistically significant increase since last year in the percentage of Americans who describe the Democratic Party's views as being "too liberal," from 39% to 46%. This is the largest percentage saying so since November 1994, after the party's losses in that year's midterm elections.