Posted on 02/05/2007 4:24:01 AM PST by theothercheek
A United Nations panel, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released what The New York Times lede characterized as "a grim and powerful assessment of the future of the planet" that concludes global warming is "unequivocal" and that humans "very likely" causing most of the rise in temperatures since 1950. The 2004 photo accompanying this article shows polar bears on chunks of ice in the Bering Sea, the caption artfully written to suggest they are stranded on melting glaciers; polar bears happen to be powerful swimmers, by the way. [Editorial Note: This is a "news" article, not an op-ed piece.]
The Christian Science Monitor notes that Dems will seize upon the report to further their environmental agenda:
[I]n Washington, the report is likely to add considerable momentum to various bills in Congress aimed at reducing US CO2 emissions using a mandatory cap-and-trade approach – something that has been anathema to the Bush White House. Although the issue earned a brief mention in his State of the Union address as a serious problem, the president made no mention of the IPCC report or of global warming in general in a radio address Saturday.
On Thursday … the House Committee on Science and Technology is set to hold Capitol Hill's first formal hearings on the report
Against this backdrop, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has decided that instead of following in the carbon-footprints of Prince Charles and taking commercial flights between Washington, D.C. and her San Francisco district, she wants a military jet at her beck-and-call.
Citing "knowledgeable" anonymous sources, The Washington Times reports that as second-in-line in presidential succession, Pelosi wants "carte blanche for an aircraft any time" - but that her request "goes beyond" what her predecessor, Dennis Hastert, received since she wants the flights "not only for herself and her staff, but also for relatives and for other members of the California delegation."
Hastert began using military planes for nearly all his trips to and from his district after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Note: In case I did not put the links in correctly, this is the fourth item in a feature called "The Daily Blade" and follows an article titled, "Iraq Was Supposed To Become Like The USA - But The Reverse Has Happened: Part II"; another one titled, "Was Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink’s Assassination Government-Sanctioned?"; and another one titled, "Why Hillary Ain’t Hilarious."
Neither Pelosi nor Hassert should have access to military aircraft except during a real emergency.
On MacNeill-Lehrer last week they reported on the release of the IPCC report and then staged a "debate" between two global warming alarmists. One of the alarmists pointed out that the current warming is more pronounced in the arctic as we see with the polar bears "and their livelihood". I was left wondering what exactly is the livelihood of polar bears.
Yup.
And is the Biotch from the Left Coast going to PAY for the military jet?
TO keep environmentaly activists employed and on TV.
Agreed. If they want to fly military, they should strap into a side facing seat on a C-17, just like the troops. This is not security, it is a perq. Hastert shouldn't have done it, and neither should Pelosi.
One trip home in a military jet will burn more fuel that at typical member of the hoi palloi will burn in a year. If the Democrat(ic)s are going to make a stand on the supposed phenomenon of man-made global warming, they should start leading by example.
I saw that photo. The first thought in my head was they were about to jump from the high dive. (polar bears can swim)
Has anyone ever heard what the "optimal" level of CO2 supposedly is?
Gee, let me think about that for a second ... nope!
I will make a litle cyber bet right now.
She will get the plane or planes as the case may be.
That's a sucker's bet. Go find a Dumbocrat, maybe (s)he'll take the bet ...
What's the problem? Has her broom broken down?
I saw something on Nat. Geographic channel the other day on polar bears. The researcher was saying that polar bears are water bears, that they can swim for a very long time, a hundred miles isn't uncommon, and even sleep in the water. The idea that a polar bear would be stranded on a chunk of ice is unlikely.
It's good to be queen.
I think that's fair as long as it's a fighter and she rides on one of the underwing hardpoints.
Tell that to the crack journalists at the NY Times ...
Bombs away!
Predictions of future Global Cooling
In 2006 Khabibullo Abdusamatov predicted that Global Cooling, similar to the Little Ice Age, will begin around 2012-2015 and reach its peak between 2055-2060. This view is based on a belief of a 200 year cycle regarding solar activity and has not gathered wide support.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling
"She will get the plane or planes as the case may be."
I'll go one better. She will get the plane and in 2008 when this global warming debate becomes a campaign issue, The Democrats will accuse the Republicans of taking military planes and contributing to global warming.
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