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We saw some of the same ugliness in the AIG Rich Hunt last March. That plutophobia (fear of wealth) is a constant in Populism, which thrives on class warfare and envy. It’s the basis of soak-the-rich tax schemes that pay for someone else’s services and goods. That streak is not only present in the health-care reform debate, but also in cap-and-trade, although in that case the animus is directed at the US as a whole because of its wealth and economic success, which global-warming activists see as a dire exploitation to be punished, not a goal to achieve or exceed.

House ag chair tells growers to lobby Senate on climate bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said July 21 that farmers should try to convince the Senate Agriculture Committee to fix any remaining problems with the climate bill.

Peterson told the American Soybean Association that he saw "a great big white sign" at a recent event in Olivia, Minn., that read "Global warming is baloney." Peterson said that sign sums up the feeling in his district, but that farmers need to be aware that 65 percent of Americans support action on global warming.

"Like many things, we've lost the war," Peterson said.

Letter: The climate issue isn't political, it's scientific : Letters : TCPalm

The record of climate change since the end of the 1990s clearly demonstrates the utter fraud of claims that CO2 is a significant contributor to climate change. Moreover, an examination of global temperature vs. atmospheric CO2 over any time frame going back 600 million years clearly demonstrates that CO2 is irrelevant to significant climate change.

Apparently, Desmond isn’t fazed by such climate realities any more than he seems the least bit concerned about enormous increases in fuel and electric charges that cap and trade will produce.

Bob Webster

El Nino trends for summer to winter forecast

Long-range tendency for the winter suggests a more harsh winter in the NE states and Mid-Atlantic region.