Water line breaks prompt state of emergency in Jackson | mcherald.com | The Madison County Herald

Gov. Haley Barbour today declared a state of emergency in the city of Jackson because numerous water line breaks have shut down water service, forcing closing of schools and businesses.
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Jackson schools and Jackson State University are closing early today because of lack of water or heat brought on by the extreme cold weather.
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Also, there is no water at the Capitol today as lawmakers return for the second week of the 2010 Legislative session.

A water main busted overnight. Everyone at the Capitol has been asked to refrain from using water, including flushing toilets.

Al Gore is an idiot and global warming is fake | CLIMATEGATE

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» Candidates Who Invoke ‘Climate-gate’ Could Get Boost in 2010 - Big Government

With the exception of Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), and a handful of other elected officials, Republicans have been reticent to engage and debate the dubious claims of human induced global warming, laments Steve Milloy, editor and founder of JunkScience.com.

“Too many of them don’t understand the issue and the extremism that stands behind green activism,” he observes. “They are afraid of being labeled as anti-environment and are just not well-equipped or well informed enough to confront policies that could result in an unprecedented expansion of government power.”

At the very least, 2010 Republican challengers could invoke the email scandal to demonstrate how research has been falsified and distorted to advance a political agenda at odds with the economic well-being of many Americans. This in turn could open the way to a larger discussion of global warming science and the role of the United Nations.