On Thursday, Feb 8, California Congressman Dana Rohrabacker slammed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the UN for its sloppy and biased work on man-made global warming.

Listen to the excerpt from his exchange with Dr. Susan Soloman of the UN and NOAA, as he tries to get a straight answer about the percentage of CO2 in the atmosphere that is produced by man, and the percentage that is produced naturally. This is at the heart of the debate. The scientists testifying at this sham "hearing" could only refer to general changes in either temperature (and the stats on that are collected in such a way as to make as dramatic as possible the changes in global temp since the mid 19th Century, which was the end of the "Little Ice Age") or CO2, but not, at any time, any data concerning the percentage of MAN-MADE CO2, which is at the heart of the debate about MAN'S EFFECT on the climate. Washington State Rep Brian Baird (D) attempted to overlook this glaring lack of information, turning the testimony about changes in parts per million of CO2 into a parthenogenic snowball (to stick with the climate motif) that, since CO2 has risen, the percentage that MAN is inputting must be increasing. But compared to WHAT? Could there be a general increase in CO2 due to natural phenomena? One would have to have data on the percentage made by man 100 years ago or more, and the percentage made by man today, RELATIVE to the percentage made in nature. Simply citing a general trend in CO2 levels gives one no more idea of what is CAUSING it than if one were to measure ambient room noise in a house at various times, and claim it is due to the ownership of a new dog. What if the measurements were taken during times that included thunderstorms, or parties, or what if the dog were never allowed in the home? This is such sloppy science, is so politically driven it is laughable. Baird doesn't consider these important factors, despite his claim that he once taught "Scientific Method" (oooooh).

Shattered Consensus: The True State of Global Warming

As the "Washington Times" and ABC News first reported, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D. CA), has allegedly requested the equivalent of a 757 jet aircraft (we hear ya, Capt. Sensible!) to shuttle her to and from her home in San Francisco. This aircraft would cost $300,000 one way to make the trip, and -- for the environmentally conscious out there -- would expel 10,000 pounds more carbon dioxide than the plane used by former speaker Dennis "the Menace" Hastert.

Pelosi reportedly claimed that, as the first female Speaker, security demands dictated that she needed a plane that didn't have to re-fuel (as Hastert's C-20 would). Such a statement leaves many wondering what she means by that. Is it the distinction that she is the first female Speaker which makes it necessary to operate under a different security protocol? If this is the case, does this not patronize women, talk down to them, and tell them they need special treatment? Or is it a simple matter of fact, that, somehow, as the first female Speaker, Ms. Pelosi is in greater danger, is threatened by people who don't like her in her position of authority?

On "Against the Grain", EL G often talks about the empty rationale underlying bureaucrats' calls to garner tax money to support "public goods" such as parks. He has debated state representatives who want to take money from others in order to "save Temple Mountain from development", despite the fact that, when offered as a place for recreation in natural surroundings on a private basis, the mountain has consistently NOT garnered enough business to keep its owners solvent (this has happened more than once at the mountain).

Now comes this report from the Associated Press, in which the functionaries at the NH Dept. of Fish and Game are doing precisely what so many here have predicted. They are telling the politicians in Concord that they just can't keep operating by charging fees for those who use the services (plus the fees for people just to register their snowmobiles, boats, andfishing rods, even if they NEVER use them on state owned land!)

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It appears that John Edwards is not ready for prime time when it comes to national security. But is it a surprise?

A special analysis from www.libertyconspiracy.com

It appears that John Edwards is not ready for prime time when it comes to national security. But is it a surprise?

A special analysis from www.libertyconspiracy.com

It appears that John Edwards is not ready for prime time when it comes to national security. But is it a surprise?

A special analysis from www.libertyconspiracy.com

Those of us who were listening to the Sean Hannity show on Friday, February 2, know that a familiar voice took on Mr. "Great American" for not being such a great American after all.

In the middle of Hannity's program, Gard called to remind him of an errant statement made on a previous show. The subject was the Democrat non-binding resolution regarding the "war" in Iraq. Gard observed that he and Sean agreed about the towering hypocrisy of the Dems for granting the President the power to go into Iraq, and retaining the power of the purse over it, but not actually "putting their money where their mouths are" when it came to disapproval of the "war".

NH Senator Judd Gregg today pushed legislation to "bring the Iraq resolution" to a vote. But while it may seem to many that the Senator was straying from the Bush reservation, he was, in fact, making a tactical move to keep the resolution from coming to the floor for a full vote. Gregg's "cloture" move, to NOT end debate on the resolution, means that the President avoids another meaningless political measure designed to announce, but not actually enact, the Democratic (and in some cases Republican) wish to stop the military operation in Iraq.

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Two NH Representatives have jumped into the fray to regulate food servers. Praise gub-ment! They want to BAN the EEEEVIL TRANS FATS!

Paladins they may think they are. But it might seem to observers that: A. How people eat is not a matter for legislators to investigate, and B. The NH Constitution has no provision allowing them to attempt to regulate businesses in this way.

Here is the piece from the AP. What do you think?

"CONCORD, N.H. -- Two Portsmouth Democrats are on a mission to ban New Hampshire restaurants and stores from preparing and selling food made with heart-damaging trans fats.

Did you know that when Al Gore and Tipper aren't circling the globe telling governments to force people to change their personal and business behavior (which Austrian economists know are one and the same) in order to protect the world from "Global Warming, Gardner", they sleep in large homes (they own two) that are NOT environmentally friendly? Peter Schweitzer, of the Hoover Institution knows. This piece is starting to get more attention, and deservedly so. Pass it on!

Here is the opening, from "USA Today":

Al Gore has spoken: The world must embrace a "carbon-neutral lifestyle." To do otherwise, he says, will result in a cataclysmic catastrophe. "Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb," warns the website for his film, An Inconvenient Truth. "We have just 10 years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tailspin."

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Completing one chapter in the book on defending freedom, and beginning a new one.

Completing one chapter in the book on defending freedom, and beginning a new one.

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From “Against the Grain”, with Gardner Goldsmith.

From “Against the Grain”, with Gardner Goldsmith.