Funding Dries Up in ‘Cash for Incumbents’ Program

The so-called ‘Cash for Incumbents’ program provided up to $4,500,000 for each politician who voters replaced with a modern public servant that burns less IRS revenue, and emits fewer vitriolic toxins into the atmosphere. The measure contained a provision requiring voters to ‘junk’ the old politician, to ensure he doesn’t return to Capitol Hill as a lobbyist.

Don't repeat mistakes on energy, health care

Several European countries have had policies similar to the Democrats' cap and trade proposal. What's the result? Spain admits that energy costs have risen rather than fallen. In addition, the number of jobs lost as a consequence exceed the number of green energy jobs created.

Obama continues to claim that cap and trade will reduce energy costs, create net job growth and ensure energy independence. Where's the evidence?
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Emulating policies that are proven failures is stupid at best and disastrous at worst.

Apparently politics trump the facts.

S. Korea: Weird Weather Keeps Holiday Crowds off Beaches (Global Warming AWOL)

Korea is experiencing atypical cool weather in the middle of summer, which coupled with the summer rainy season has translated into fewer vacationers visiting the country's beaches.
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In Busan, where Korea's most popular beaches are located, temperatures did not rise above 30 degrees for a single day in July, as against seven days in July last year. From July 1 until Wednesday, 4.38 million people visited the seven beaches in downtown Busan, less than half the numbers seen during the same period last year. Vendors at the beaches have been hit with an unprecedented slump in sales during peak season. Haeundae Beach, which opened on July 1, saw 1.72 million visitors this month, just 48 percent of the number seen during the same period last year. A total of 1.24 million people visited Gwangalli Beach, just 47 percent of last July's visitors.