Trend News: 175 people killed in South America cold spell

At least 175 people have died in the coldest winter in South America in recent years, officials in six affected countries said, dpa reported.

The cold was worst in southern Peru, where temperatures in higher altitudes of the Andes dropped to minus 23 degrees Celsius. Officials said Monday that since the beginning of last week 112 people died of hypothermia and flu.

Argentina measured the coldest temperatures in 10 years.

When will liberals stop falsely claiming to be battling Big Business? | Washington Examiner

Change.org is telling its supporters, “Stalling climate and energy legislation would be a big win for oil companies like BP, but a huge loss for the rest of us.” The problem, as Iain Murray points out at our Opinion Zone blog, and as I’ve written about repeatedly, BP supports the pending climate and energy legislation, and stands to profit from it.

But Change.org’s false claim is an easy one to make if you believe that Big Business always hates regulation. It’s the sort of claim Democrats — including our President — have been making falsely for the entirety of the Obama administration. It also looks like it will be the Democrats’ message for 2010 and beyond.

It's Really About Controlling Our Lives « Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy

..Either Mr. Reid's cadre doesn't understand these basic facts – or they are so blinded by power, ambition, ideology and desire to control that they willfully ignore them.

Climate change truly is a huge moral issue. What the Political-Activist-Industrial Complex is doing in the name of preventing climate change and creating a green economy is un-American and immoral. Applied to poor countries, to restrict their access to abundant, reliable energy, it becomes lethal and inhumane. It can no longer be tolerated.

Be alert. Speak out. And beware of energy and climate dictators and charlatans, and any lame duck session that may come after citizens vote to replace many of the control freaks on Capitol Hill.