Hot Air » Red flag on green-jobs numbers

Are you a financial adviser? You may not know it, but you’ve got a green job. Are you a wholesale buyer? You’ve got a green job, too. Or maybe you’re a newspaper reporter. You, too, have a green job — at least according to the Obama administration.

Lights Out: America’s Last Bulb Plant Closes - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online

Detroit – While the now infamous UAW hooch n’ weed break once again called attention to Obama’s Recovery of Auto Jobs Summer, it also overshadowed the Destruction of Bulb Jobs Summer. At midnight Friday, the last incandescent light bulb plant in America closed — a victim of government rules outlawing the traditional light bulb by 2012.

While Democrats crow over saving hundreds of auto jobs, they have been silent on sending hundreds of bulb industry jobs to China. One by one, GE light bulb plants have closed down across the country this year as the company moves to production of the more expensive compact fluorescents with cheap labor overseas.

US Republicans v EU Enviro-Nazis: this should be fun! – Telegraph Blogs

So, the battle lines are drawn.

On the one side, the US Republican party which – after years of despicable RINO-ism – appears finally to have understood that the only proper conservative position on “Man-Made Global Warming” is one of robust scepticism.

Hot Air » Rasmussen: [Climate realist] Emmer moves out to slight lead in MN gubernatorial race

While voters in Minnesota are angry at the federal government (run entirely by Democrats) 61/35, Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty has a 52/47 approval rating as he starts to exit after eight years at the helm. Those numbers suggest that the momentum Emmer has begun to see comes from harnessing the national movement to dump Democrats and go in a different direction.

Flashback: Rep. Emmer Introduces Bill to End Cap and Trade Law - Minnesotans For Global Warming

"With the economy slowly recovering and the state facing another budget shortfall, the last thing we need is an artificial tracking system that will be used to raise our energy rates," said Emmer. "We need to get Minnesota out of this cap and trade system before the federal government starts penalizing businesses and homeowners for using more energy."