Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Nations Appear Headed Toward Independent Climate Goals - washingtonpost.com
The United Nations offered Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed a prime speaking spot after Obama; Nasheed sounded weary at the prospect of playing the role of climate change's poster boy for disaster for yet another year.
YouTube - [Audience reaction: Is this "resounding applause?]: Pres. Obama UN Climate Change
September 22 2009
YouTube - [At least Lisa Simpson's speech moved one kid to scream and leap out the window]
Lisa Simpson getting hysterical about global warming.
Dissecting President Obama’s Global Warming Speech » The Foundry
The Heritage Foundation hosted 6 representatives from organizations, including three government agencies, that modeled the economic impact of cap and trade, and not one projected a net increase in income or employment from cap and trade. It was all about how big the losses would be. And the economic pain, no matter how big or small, would all be for no environmental gain as the current cap and trade bill would reduce global temperatures by only a fraction of a degree.
[For the second day in a row, in front of the UN, Obama will promote the greatest scientific fraud in history]: Obama to world: Don't expect America to fix it all
"Extremists sowing terror in pockets of the world," Obama said. "Protracted conflicts that grind on and on. Genocide and mass atrocities. More and more nations with nuclear weapons. Melting ice caps and ravaged populations. Persistent poverty and pandemic disease."

The president added, "I say this not to sow fear, but to state a fact: the magnitude of our challenges has yet to be met by the measure of our action."

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