McCain could travel all the way to Alaska to see what ANWR really looks like, and after the visit he may change his mind about drilling there. Or he can save himself the trip and watch this video. Once again, if the Republicans can use this stuff to show the American people how the whack-jobs are running the Democrat Party, he may have a chance.

Then again, if he skips the trip to Alaska, he’d miss out on a field trip with the governor, Sarah Palin. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hoax (noun) Definition: an act intended to trick people into believing something is real when it is not.

She apparently believes the offshore oil rig in the picture is not real. This woman is actually in charge of something fairly important.

From Michelle Malkin.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday shut the door on expanding oil and gas drilling beyond areas that have already been approved for energy exploration, drawing a clear distinction from her counterparts in charge of the Senate. Read the rest of this entry »

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I swear to you, on my best day, I could not make this up!

Scientists are examining cow farts and burps in a novel bid to combat global warming.

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In a bid to understand the impact of the wind produced by cows on global warming, scientists collected gas from their stomachs in plastic tanks attached to their backs.

The Argentine researchers discovered methane from cows accounts for more than 30 per cent of the country’s total greenhouse emissions.

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Scientists are now carrying out trials of new diets designed to improve cows’s digestion and hopefully reduce global warming. Silvia Valtorta, of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Investigations, said that by feeding cows clover and alfalfa instead of grain “you can reduce methane emissions by 25 percent”.

Pity the poor saps funding this study…. sure hope it isn’t us!

Flopping Aces threads on global warming invariably strike the debate chord. They are a study in one-upmanship, chock full of quotes from supporting links, studies and articles. But our debate always suffers from one fatal flaw… that is the starting point of our respective opinions.

Our commonality is we all believe the climate is, and always has, changed. The disagreement begins when we discuss whether that change is significantly connected, or caused by man releasing gaseous emissions into the atmosphere.

In this respect, I felt it a worthy post to dedicate a thread to the so-called “consensus” on AWG (or Anthropogenic Global Warming)… or also oft put as “settled science”. And for this, I give a big H/T to Mike’s FA thread, Another Global Warming Lie Bites the Dust”, which has endured days of lively and, for the most part, civil debate.

Also, H/T’s to both commenters Dave Noble and Aye Chi, inspiring me while trading good-humored barbs about “consensus”. Or perhaps best summarized by Dave on that thread as:

Your closing statement is a dogmatic assertion because it is unsupported by facts. Similarly, it is now up to you to provide supporting facts, or to knowingly fail to do so. Otherwise our conversation degenerates into a meaningless (and boring) do-loop of:

“There is a scientific consensus”
“No, there isn’t”
“Yes, there is”
“No, there isn’t”

Read the rest of this entry »

Hat tip to Ed Morrissey at Hot Air

John McCain is a stubborn man and it is a character trait that has held him in good stead. As a prisoner in Vietnam his stubbornness in not giving up and giving in to the five year long ordeal of his imprisonment certainly played a large part in keeping him alive. And stubbornness can be a good quality in a politician, too. God knows Ronald Reagan was stubborn, often proudly saying that one of his political strategies was to get most of what he wanted from the Democrats in one battle, letting them save face with a partial win…and then going back and getting the rest of what he wanted later.

But stubbornness can be a character flaw, too. It can make you blind to the arguments of others. This can be especially problematic when you’re wrong and they’re right. It can make you arrogant and can alienate people who should be your allies. Which brings us to McCain and conservatives, his base without whom he can’t win this election. You see, the problem is McCain really doesn’t like us. To a large degree he’s bought into the moonbat caricature of conservatives, thinking we’re bigots and yahoos who lack hearts. But he’s figured out a way to deal with us. He’s going to throw us some red meat during the campaign; he’ll give us some lip service when he has to and once he placates us enough that we vote him into office, he’s stubbornly going to go right back to what he wants to do. You can do that sort of thing and keep a clear conscience when you’re doing it to people you don’t respect, I guess. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Cap and Trade Global Warming Legislation before the Senate needs to die a swift and ugly death. Just for openers . . .

This is the legislation that would increase the Federal gasoline tax from its current 18.2 cents a gallon to 53 cents by 2030.

So in their arrogant attempt to keep the temperature of the EARTH where it is right now, an impossibility, they start by charging you more money for your gas.

But Cap-and-Trade is also an economy-killing boondoggle. Some details from The Heritage Foundation’s analysis of the bill. Read the rest of this entry »

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I heard on the news the other day, that some Marines are pissed and that the Time Magazine editor sees nothing wrong on the evocative Joe Rosenthal image photo-shopping, hijacking the symbolic heroism that is burned in the psyche of every red-blooded American.

“It’s an absolute disgrace. Whoever did it is going to hell. That’s a mortal sin. God forbid he runs into a Marine that was an Iwo Jima survivor.”-Donald Mates, 3rd Marine Division veteran of Iwo Jima

“That global warming is the biggest joke I’ve ever known. [W]e’ll stick a dadgum tree up somebody’s rear if they want that and think that’s going to cure something.” - Lt. John Keith Wells, leader of the platoon that raised the flags on Mt. Suribachi and co-author of “Give Me Fifty Marines Not Afraid to Die: Iwo Jima”

I think a Flopping Aces photo-shop contest is in order…

Can anyone think of any other iconoclastic images that is worthy of photo-shop in the spirit of the Time Magazine cover, to point out how ridiculous and offensive the comparative symbolism is? Curt is offering the contest winner an item from the FA store.

If you are not good at photoshopping, perhaps offer image ideas for others to try out.

This morning I did surfed the web for news like we all do every day. I saw a video of the most spoiled American girl in history (a dumb blond beauty pageant queen). I saw a video of a 12 year old Taliban boy sawing off the head of a grown man. I saw a story about a woman fainting at a Barack Obama rally-overwhelmed with the message of hope and change, and I saw a story that President Clinton is back on the attack. Strangely enough, these are all related stories.

President Clinton said, (according to ABC News)

“There are two competing moods in America today, people who want something fresh and new Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s the latest Mike’s America production: