Monday, December 14, 2009

A dose of skepticism is healthy - The Globe and Mail
Look at Climategate, where it's alleged (based on leaked e-mails) that a key climate-change research unit at the University of East Anglia fudged data on global warming and manoeuvred to exclude dissident voices from the scholarly journals. If this is true, one can certainly question the so-called unanimity of the climatologists' community.
Copenhagen another costly UN failure?
But most of all we must avoid the fallacy that governments can predict winning technologies by providing direct subsidies to individual firms, or that having the government ration and tax carbon dioxide is a better way to achieve the greener world Canadians desire.
Letter - Climate Skeptics, Get Real - NYTimes.com
So, climate change deniers, let me get this straight: The same scientific community that has made this country prosperous and strong with innovations like the microcircuitry and telecommunications that power your blogs, the aeronautical advancements that whisk you to tea party rallies and the medical technologies that prolong your life (assuming your insurer covers the procedure) is now scheming to perpetrate an enormous hoax to ruin the American economy?
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™
Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -19.

Today is the second straight day that Obama’s Approval Index rating has fallen to a new low. Prior to the past two days, the Approval Index had never fallen below -15 during Obama’s time in office
[Americans fail to rally around Pelosi] - Rasmussen Reports™
Just 9% had a Very Favorable opinion of “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi”, down five percentage points from the number voicing a Very Favorable opinion of “Nancy Pelosi.” The number with a Very Unfavorable view of Pelosi grew from 36% to 45% when the question reminded voters of the role she plays in the government.
April '09: Pelosi vows global warming bill by 2010 - Yahoo! News
Pelosi, who refers to climate change as "the flagship issue" of her speakership, said the political dynamics in the Senate won't impact her decision to move legislation in the House

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