‘A landscape of death in the humanities’ - Camille Paglia - The Globe and Mail

...But instead of that, the kids get ideology. They're taught that global warming has been caused by factories. They have no idea there’s been climate change throughout history. And they're scared into thinking that tsunamis are coming to drown New York.

This whole thing about global warming – I am absolutely incredulous at the gullibility of people. What is this hysteria over drowning polar bears? And finally I realized, people don’t know polar bears can swim! For me, the answer is always more facts, more basic information, presented without sentimentality and without drama. To inflict this kind of anxiety on young people is an outrage.

scienceofdoom.com « Climate Audit

I would like to refer CA readers to an excellent and relatively new blog scienceofdoom.com. Its policies commit it to a couple of things that are important departures from realclimate, climateprogress and similar sites, which spend much of their energy persecuting infidels, agnostics and perceived heretics on even minor creeds, the latter attracting particular venom.

Spiegel Secret Recording Of Copenhagen – Obama: “…much more important business to take care of” « P Gosselin – NoTricksZone

Later in the audio recording, after the developing countries had dropped the European targets from the agreement and Obama had put some distance beween himself and Europe, Obama was itching to salvage something. Obama called for an agrement later ”…outside of this multilateral framework” and that they had to show some progress, and that besides

“…everybody here has other much more important business to take care of.”

Like healthcare and umeployment? He’s right.

Global warming: Broward County Commission to vote on plan to fight global warming - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

...among the general public there are many skeptics.

County Commissioner Kristin Jacobs, chairwoman of the task force that produced the report, said she's aware that many of her constituents will not be enthusiastic about a major initiative to fight a problem they don't think exists. However, she said, the problem is real and it's the government's job to plan and prepare for the future.

"Sea level is rising," she said. "It's there and you can't deny it. Planning for the future needs to start now."