Monday, November 05, 2012

Bush vs. Obama – Disaster Edition | Matt's Meditations
In 2005 in the aftermath of Katrina, the media made it its mission to blame Bush for every hiccup in the relief efforts. Whether it was the response of the National Guard or the New Orleans Police or FEMA, it was “Bush’s Fault”. On the other side of the Mississippi though, Governor Haley Barbour and his team quietly went about rebuilding his equally damaged state and never was the breakdown in leadership in Louisiana mentioned.
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The President on the other hand left the White House this morning for stops today in New Hampshire, Florida, Ohio and Colorado. He will not be back in Washington until Tuesday night. How can he have time to deal with the crisis if he is spending all of his time campaigning?

And the response from the media? crickets……
‘Sandy’ is proof skeptics need | Inquirer Opinion
What more proof do the skeptics want? Are superstorms and unusual global weather patterns not enough?  [And since argon was in the atmosphere in the 1950s, weren't the 1950s hurricanes proof that atmospheric argon causes bad weather?]
[Planet-healing philosophy major from the U.K. takes fossil-fueled trip to the U.S. for long vacation; suggests she's doing this to save us from CO2-induced bad weather] : Kate Rawles on Riding 'The Carbon Cycle' | Biking | OutsideOnline.com
I always loved cycling
Insurance Industry…No Consensus on Sandy? | Watts Up With That?
The insurance industry does not agree that Sandy was evidence of climate change.

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