CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE DEAD?

[Of the many online projects headed by Andrew Breitbart, one is the online talk show called the B Cast Live with Scott Baker and Liz Stephans. An offshoot of this program is the Unofficial B Cast Forum. Since Nov., this Forum has featured a ClimateGate thread that has grown considerably and is perhaps one of the best compilations of ClimateGate news collected for the benefit of average person who might need a primer about the scandal that continues to erupt before our eyes.]

HughHewitt.com Blog : Hugh Hewitt : "“Reid is done; he’s going to lose”

That's Democratic Congressman Dina Titus --of Nevada-- assessing Harry Reid's chances or re-election this fall.

The same assessment holds true for many other House and Senate Democrats who have followed President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Reid over the hard left cliff. The president will certainly receive a warm welcome in the House tonight, but many of its members will be looking at him and asking themselves whether supporting even more of his agenda is worth losing their job over?

Jonathan Leake of the Sunday Times and the Jones et al Amendment « Climate Audit

Inquiries from Jonathan Leake of the Sunday Times resulted in the following statement on Jan 22, 2010 by Graham Smith, Deputy Commissioner, Information Commissioner’s Office. Smith stated that David Holland’s FOI requests were “not dealt with as they should have been under the legislation”, that it is an “offence for public authorities to act so as to prevent intentionally the disclosure of requested information”, but that the particulars of the offence only came to light after the six-month statute of limitations under the FOI Act had expired. Smith stated that the Information Commissioner’s Office would request a change in the law to enable the prosecution of such time-barred cases.

While Smith did not propose a name for the amendment to the FOI law, it seems to me that the logical name would be the Jones et al (2010) Amendment (Jones et al being Jones, Philip W., Michael Mann, Keith Briffa, Caspar Ammann and Eugene Wahl.) This might prove a more permanent contribution than any of the Team hockeysticks.

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 46%, Democrats 37%

Among voters not affiliated with either major party, the GOP leads this week by a near two-to-one margin, 46% to 24%.

UEA was Advised by ICO to Ignore FOI « the Air Vent

So it’s no wonder why the ICO is keen to avoid prosecution for FOI law. THEY ARE THE GROUP WHO RECOMMENDED IT!!