Tuesday, 25 July 2006

Real Science Gets In The Way of Global Warming Theories

Once again we find evidence to refute the global warming scare. The latest has to do with the "hockey stick" effect. The hockey stick effect shows how temperatures have risen recently in comparison to temperatures over the last 1000 years. The problem is when you extend the view to more than a thousand years of data the graph looks more natural. There is no "hockey stick". Why? because the temperatures in the middle ages were a lot warmer than today's temperature.

In addition, how can we assume that global warming is man made when temperature in the middle ages were warmer? I know "industry" didn't cause temperatures to rise back then. Maybe the truth is we are in the middle of a "natural" warming cycle and not on the edge of cataclysmic catastrophe that environmentalists want us to so desperately believe.

So if we are in the middle of another natural warming cycle, why would the environmentalists want us to believe we are in a crisis? To find the answer we need to look at what these leftist's are recommending to remedy our current crisis. The first step in their plan is to "curb emissions". The results would cost the economy billions and billions of dollars that could easily implode our economy and stop the momentum of capitalism. The next step is to "fund" alternative fuels. This means government spending or government control over the economic sector. Hmmm, both of the goals sound eerily similar to the goals of socialism. No wonder the modern left has gravitated to the cause.

Posted by elendil at 6:12 PM in National Politics
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Louisville Arena Deal Still Not Done

Watching the Metro Council bicker about the union's role in the construction of a new downtown arena in Louisville is comical. First they almost sabotage the whole endeavor by giving the unions a seat at the table during contract negotiations. Now they are trying to figure out how union's are going to have an oversight role of the project. The current debate is over the use of the word "audit" in the proposal.

The council planned to present an amendment to Abramson's funding resolution granting that authority and giving the union oversight position to a member of the trades council.

Blackwell said "audit" authority would simply give the unions power to go onto the job site and ask workers if they are being paid prevailing wage and other simple questions.

But yesterday, Downard said, some of the funding partners were raising questions about the plan. He said he's confused that the issue has arisen now after Abramson and Host agreed to the changes.

Downard said that there is "nothing nefarious" about the wording but that he and Blackwell will try to avert any serious problems.

But Downard said he believes the concerns being raised are unfounded since it was never intended that the term "audit" would be used to provide proprietary information to unions.

"Rick and I are going to try to find some wording that doesn't scare anyone," he said.

Of course giving the unions any oversight is a bad idea. This will provide them with all of the leverage they need to force their way into contract negotiations and gain at least partial control over the project. But then again, the whole project is a bad idea so what does one more silly mistake matter? I am sure the tax payers won't care about wasting a few million dollars.

Posted by elendil at 4:56 PM in Kentucky Politics
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Just When You Thought It Might Be Over

Just when you thought it might be over, we get yet another puff piece about Mark Nickolas. For some reason he has become the darling of the media. Forget the fact that he is a chronic campaign loser. He is a liberal and is wired into the democratic crony-ism that is entrenched in Frankfort. The same deep seated partisans that have tried to unseat our governor and derail his initiatives. I know that makes him attractive to the media, but enough is enough.

Posted by elendil at 12:22 AM in Kentucky Politics
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