Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
The alarmists are lickin’ their chops. They can’t wait.
A top United Nations climate official says the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to declare greenhouse gases a danger to public health will give Barack Obama more room to negotiate here.
“It’s a very good signal indeed,” said Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the Convention on Climate Change. “It makes it easier for the president of the United States to commit to something.”
Hey waitaminnit…can He do that?
Yes! He! Can!
Report: President Obama Has the Clear Legal Authority to Make a Binding Commitment for Greenhouse Gas Reductions in Copenhagen Without Waiting for Congress
COPENHAGEN— The Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute released a report today demonstrating that President Obama has clear legal authority to commit the United States to reducing greenhouse gas pollution…
“President Obama’s hands are not tied by Congress’s lack of action or the grossly inadequate cap-and-trade bills currently under debate. President Obama can lead, rather than follow, by using his power under the Clean Air Act and other laws to achieve deep and rapid greenhouse emissions reductions from major polluters,” said Center attorney Kevin Bundy, the report’s lead author. “Obama can use his authority to make a binding agreement in Copenhagen without additional action from Congress. The Constitution and existing domestic environmental laws give President Obama all the power he needs to join with other nations in making a real commitment to solve the climate crisis.”
I still want to hear how far the CO2 saturation in the atmosphere, currently 0.038%, has to get before we can consider the crisis solved.
Why do I obsess over this? Because nobody else is…and consider the ramifications of that. We sign on to something. Public doesn’t know what the CO2 saturation is, and doesn’t care what it is — even though that’s precisely what the crisis is supposed to be.
So it ends up being a bottomless cookie jar for the policy makers. “Whoopsie, we aren’t taxing enough to solve the climate crisis!” Why wouldn’t that be the rallying cry each and every week? Seriously, what mechanism have we put in place to stop it? If the public isn’t tuned into this number, the legislators and cabinet members and other bureaucrats at the tippy-top of the food chain…they can do whatever they like with it. It’ll just be measureless. Yet another “Come A Long Way, We’re Not There Yet” thing.
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What a terrifying idea. That Chairman Zero can simply dictate what American policy will be on any subject, without having to consult the rest of us first.
Sounds downright despotic to me.
- cylarz | 12/09/2009 @ 09:38I’m sure everything will be held in check by…uh…His innate goodness along with His desire for the unemployment rate will go down. And He’ll wait a good long time before arriving at any final decision while He studies the data and thinks on it a good long time…to make sure His final decision is absolutely the correct one.
Yeah, I have faith.
- mkfreeberg | 12/09/2009 @ 10:00This might throw a monkey wrench into it.
Hopefully.
But if Captain Obamica is determined to sign our futures away on a scam … maybe not. Still, doesn’t Congress have to approve any treaties?
- philmon | 12/09/2009 @ 14:30Well, after the EPA ruled it a toxic, regulatable substance, the only logical answer is “0”. To follow the same logic as the anti-salt, anti-fat, anti-crucifix, and especially anti-alcohol crowd(s).
Damn lot of “anti-‘s” aren’t there?
- philmon | 12/09/2009 @ 14:34Would sure like to see them try and plug every active volcano around the world.
- KG | 12/09/2009 @ 17:13But of course, the point is not to go after the volcanoes.
The point is to go after us CO2 breathers & carbon fuel burners. It’s alllll about power.
- philmon | 12/10/2009 @ 06:42