The ‘Food for Oil” Program, And It’s Consequences

The much talked about “oil for food’ program had it’s share of problems. Corruption, mostly. Not to be wondered at, give we’re dealing with the UN there. But apparently, trying to exchange food for oil isn’t much better, as James

I note Dave Schuler over at OTB this monring, talking about  the price of rice going up.

When I read this post by one of the associate bloggers at Joe Gandelman’s The Moderate Voice, it piqued my interest. The

Mike Morris, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reports on the Mouth of the South’s Foot-in-Mouth disease:

Failure to address global warming will have us all dead or eating each other by mid-century.

So says Ted Turner, the restaurateur, environmentalist and former media

By way of John Hawkins’ Conservative Grapevine, we get news that backs something Ive been saying for weeks now. I’ve been saying that we’re about to see a massive price drop… that even exclusive of any major finds, that

Sister Toldjah:

It’s blaspheme! Pure and simple!

I don’t think he’s [John Coleman’s] serious about wanting to actually sue The Goracle and other global warming alarmists in order to resolve the global warming debate – at least I hope

The Times Online, yesterday, puts some fresh light on plastic bags and those who want them banned:

 Scientists and environmentalists have attacked a global campaign to ban plastic bags which they say is based on flawed science and exaggerated claims.

The Washington Post pumps out pure bilge:

The task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions enough to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures may be far more difficult than previous research suggested, say scientists who have just published studies indicating

Jeff Jacoby:

WHAT DO ethanol and the subprime mortgage meltdown have in common? Each is a good reminder of that most powerful of unwritten decrees, the Law of Unintended Consequences – and of the all-too-frequent tendency of solutions imposed by

It used to be ‘global warming’. Then a few dozen  enviro-nazi rallies got stopped by snowstorms. Kinda hard to claim global warming when you’re freezing your buttocks off.

Remember how it was vital we ‘save the whales’? Well, that’s out

One thing I’ve noticed about this primary season; they’re not talking very much about “Global Warming” yet. Yeah, I blasted McCain for playing that game a few weeks back, but on the whole, this has not been major topic territory

If weather is a subset of climate, and warm weather is evidence fo global warming, therefore cold weather would be evidence a lack of global warmiung, or even global cooling.   Not so says Andrew C. Bevon, New York Times. 

Let’s take a moment to look at the Democrat response to the President’s weekly radio address… where Energy is the issue.

Good morning. This is Congressman Joe Donnelly of Indiana’s Second Congressional District. Today it is my pleasure to talk

Let’s take a little trip back in time…  I recognize many of my readers were not even alive back then, but… let’s try.
Think back to the election… the general, back 1989…when Bush41 was running against Mike Dukakas. Remember the

DETROIT, Feb 22 (Reuters) – General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has defended remarks he made dismissing global warming as a “total crock of shit,” saying his views had no bearing on GM’s commitment to

It is insane to use food stuffs for motor fuel.   It causes more damage to the environment and increases the cost of food.   Stephen Leahy. Environmental Journalist:L

Feb 8 (IPS) – Biofuels are making climate change worse, not better,