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Monday, February 22. 2010

Washington's Birthday morning links

George Washington: The man, the myth, the legend.

How to kill Cane Toads

Sol Stern: The Ramparts I Watched -Our storied radical magazine did transform the nation�for the worse.

Faux nostalgia for American manufacturing

Climategate: The World�s Biggest Story, Everywhere but Here

Related: Climate scientists withdraw journal claims of rising sea levels. Another "Woops, we goofed".

Pajamas: The glory of gridlock

Bolton: The O "not qualified" to be Pres

Beware the health care reform zombiecrats. Related, from Jules: 50 Votes In 60 Days! ROTFLMAO!

How the O has lost voters like me: Althouse. She quotes Chris Rock: "'He speaks so well' is some sh*t you say about ret**ded people that can talk." I think Ann A. was duped by her own wishes. Quite related: Was Chris Matthews born yesterday?

We have met the enemy, and it is the Anglo-Saxon media

If I had a nickel every time a conservative said "limited government" and didn't mean it, I'd be a very rich man.

Back from the dead? The John birch Society

An interesting legal challenge to the EPA

100 years of shale gas. That is plenty of time to get a lot of nuke plants up and running.

Der Spiegel takes a look at the Nazis

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There's a very entertaining cane toad documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mvV8OT-mmE

#1 rhhardin (Link) on 2010-02-22 06:56 (Reply)

Speaking of challenges to conventional wisdom, the Pajamas Media article on governmental gridlock is an interesting one. Generally, we are expected to praise an active federal or state government, for "getting things done." Trouble is, many times what gets done by this active government is not beneficial to the citizenry. Like the passage of the bloated and ill-designed Obamacare bill that Congress keeps trying to 'Rahm' down our throats.

Some pundits have recently pointed out gently that "sometimes it is better to do nothing." We in Texas have already reached this conclusion. It's one of the reasons that we only allow our state legislature to meet and consider legislation every other year. Keeps the usual political chicanery down to a more controllable level.

Hey ... it works pretty well for us. Maybe the American people should consider instituting it on a national level.

Marianne

#2 Marianne Matthews on 2010-02-22 10:09 (Reply)

Instituting such at national level would entail legitimizing the current House and Senate and firing the engines of all levels of government to amend US Constitution.

Such ill timed tinkering with it would be a nescient's jollity not unlike fools' glee at the 19th.

Get rid of the unqualified governors and government we have been saddled with first, methinks.

#2.1 Leag on 2010-02-23 16:48 (Reply)

I freely admit I know NOTHING about the John Birch Society but this article seems to imply they are evil because of something they did 45 years ago.
Does this seem a reasonable approach at a time when we need all Conservatives pulling together?
Dont flame me, this is an honest question.

#3 bruce wayne on 2010-02-22 12:41 (Reply)

No flame. They just always seemed a bit paranoid.

#3.1 Bird Dog on 2010-02-22 12:59 (Reply)

Climate scientists withdraw journal claims of rising sea levels. Another "Woops, we goofed".
But, well, the article does not say if they guessed too high - or too low.

Related: The UK Telegraph has quite a scare story, blaming warming-related Arctic ice loss (again?) for an increase in methane levels and notes (again!) that methane is a much better "greenhouse gas" than CO@ (just like water vapor!).

Unfortunately for the storyline, the article made the mistake of quoting the scientists. A two-year increase does not mean a trend. We have no idea why this is happening. IFit comtinues as a trend it MAY become worrisome.

Personally, I wonder if the increase is from the decaying of all those pigs killed in Egypt because of the "swine flu" and the rotting of all the garbage those pigs are no longer around to eat.

#4 John A on 2010-02-22 14:59 (Reply)

One thing I noticed on the correction to sea level rise is that no where does it say that sea level is not going to. Whether we're talking about 1 centimeter, or 700 centimeter sea level will rise, should conditions continue as they have.

However, any rise is not going to become obvious for a while. When you hear of streets in beach front communities becoming permanently flooded by the sea is when you'll know that the seas have risen. You only have to be patient.

BTW, admitting they were wrong is what scientists do. It isn't always done gracefully, but it is done.

#4.1 Alan Kellogg (Link) on 2010-02-24 01:42 (Reply)

Happy Birthday President Washington and thanks for the great start you gave this nation.

#5 Habu on 2010-02-22 17:13 (Reply)

John A ... The so-called 'fluctuation' could be due to the fact that they are not distinguishing between 'sea ice' which does fluctuate, and 'pack ice' which is more constant over time.

With the recent revelations of sloppy science and mistakes by the global warmenists, that wouldn't surprise me.

Marianne

#6 Marianne Matthews on 2010-02-22 17:22 (Reply)

Ahh Marianne: TEXAS--TEXAS is where I first observed truly independent women! (Outside of the gals in my family of course!)

I should've guessed you were from TX.

Lived there two years and loved the people.

#7 apple pie on 2010-02-22 17:31 (Reply)

As far as the Barnett Shale Field is concerned, it's very large, and there is another still larger field in the area of New York and Pennsylvania. If one would like to be pi$$ed at Congress for turning its back on our own energy assets in order to keep us in bondage to other countries' energy supplies, and governments, this would be a good place to get angry. If we were allowed to develop these fields, we could save our petroleum to make gasoline and other petroleum products, and we wouldn't be in bondage to anybody. Not even our Congress.

But that would never do, would it?

Marianne

#8 Marianne Matthews on 2010-02-22 17:33 (Reply)

Dear John,

Barack Hussein Obama never was or ever will be "qualified" to be President though he is an exceptional democrat, African and liar.

US Constitution, Article II, Section 1

No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President;

#9 Leag on 2010-02-23 17:07 (Reply)

Do tell, Yankee yokels, when was that yall kilt JBS?

#10 Leag on 2010-02-23 17:16 (Reply)

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