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India Snubs Own Nobel Prize Winner
Posted by: | CommentsIndia has established its own body to monitor the effects of global warming because it cannot rely on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the group headed by its own Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr R K Pachauri.
What Interests Does a Candidate Represent?
Posted by: | CommentsIn a discussion with an acquaintance the other day, she touched on the topic of politics and the importance of the Massachusetts race for US Senate. Granted it is interesting how a special election in the heart of Democrat country could see a Republican win and thus kill any attempts to pass a socialized medicine healthcare bill. Her comments illustrated a problem facing taxpayers in the state of Wisconsin. People will spend hours talking about national politics and vote in droves for the election of federal offices, but nary will a whisper be heard about local candidates.
Local spring elections barely draw enough voters to the polling place that would fill up a good size movie theater. Yet county, city and school district taxes are a sizeable chunk of a persons over all tax burdens. I recently attended a gathering of nearly 50 people at a private residence to hear a Congressional candidate speak. Imagine how many would show up to listen to a person running for school board or city council; maybe a handful.
Even though most yawn at the mention of local elections, an organization exists that is willing to put its money and manpower into candidates for local offices. Despite the economic hardships faced by many, local governments and school districts across Wisconsin have increased the tax burden over the last year. In the area where I live, both the county and the school district raised their portion of the property tax by nearly 9%.
Such actions have left many questioning the mindset of local elected officials. How can they vote to increase taxes in time like this and offer raises to government employees while at the same individuals are losing their jobs or their homes; why government does not suffer the same fate of the recession?
The answer may be found in the contents of an envelope going out to each of the candidates for the county board. The letter came from the offices of AFSCME, the government workers union. The opening sentence should send alarm bells to taxpayers about the true nature of local elections.
Dear Candidate for St. Croix Supervisor,
The AFSCME PEOPLE committee of the 3rd CD is considering endorsements for the Spring election of the ST. Croix County Board of Supervisors.
The committee decides locally who the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees will support in the upcoming election
The letter then invites the candidate to be part of an interview process beginning with an enclosed questionnaire.
As part of the candidate interview process, we have enclosed an AFSCME questionnaire.
The second page of the letter deals with personal information including email, phone numbers, and details of the candidates campaign treasury (where they can mail the checks).
On the next couple of pages the union asks eleven support/oppose questions. No surprise the first handful of inquiries dealt with opinions on collective bargaining and living wages. The next set dealt with the idea of privatization, Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), and increasing the tax burden on wealthy individuals and businesses. One curious question dealt with the time of board meetings. Currently St. Croix County Board meetings are held during the day time when many taxpayers are at work, and therefore, find it difficult to exercise their Constitutional right to address grievances toward government. It is highly doubtful that government union employees are concerned that those who pay their wages and benefits are shut out of the process.
I find this letter from AFSCME and others like it very disturbing on several fronts (WEAC sends out similar invitations to school board candidates). The founding principles of the republic established a hierarchy of power. The Creator endowed the individual with rights. Government was a creation of the people, and thus subservient to the citizenry. In layman terms, the people are the true employers of government workers.
The very strong implication of the peoples representative having to interview with government employees flips the hierarchy and the foundations of the country on its head. By submitting to an interview with the government union, a politician puts the government on equal or superior footing with its creator. Liberty cannot exist under such a system. Read More→
Carnac – St. Croix County’s Government Worst Nightmare
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Looks who’s back.
Hey You All in St. Croix County… I’m Back
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Yes, It’s true. I’ve returned to educate the citizens of St. Croix County about the unconstitutional underbelly of their local government. The government types have found it their privy to spend and raise hard working citizens taxes unconstitutionally (YOURS), when there are record numbers in foreclosures, property devaluation, layoffs, and unemployment.
Did you see your last property tax bill? The government’s ever increasing confiscation of citizen’s personal property via taxation (which most even don’t understand how they occur) infringe upon the rights of citizens to do what they want with their own property, their liberty at the expense of their socialistic ideal of the common good, and their mandate to fund socialistic ideals they may not agree with at the point of cohesion (jail via the tax code), is shining bright. Many of the government ilk are even raising their own salaries with NO input from you. In fact, it won’t even be allowed to be debated. They will easily be exposed. Stay tuned… I will reveal all.
It is Time to use the N-Word
Posted by: | CommentsAfter the United States Senate passed its version of nationalized healthcare, Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky warned Democrats that they would catch an earful from constituents. Several neighbors have already sent scorching emails to Senators Feingold and Kohl and Representative Ron Kind.
The correspondences berated these Wisconsin representatives for their yes vote on several fronts ranging from the havoc government run health care will bring to medical care, the cost, and the Constitutionality of it all. These arguments were well vocalized at town hall meetings during the congressional summer recess and tea party rallies. Even recent opinion polls have reflected distaste for government-run healthcare by a vast majority of respondents. Despite all of this, the Democrats turned their backs and voted aye.
No reason exists to believe that votes will be switched before the final conference bill comes to the respective floors of Congress just because representatives receive an additional load of outraged public sentiment. It is obvious the Senators and House members who support the legislation do not care about opinions, economic logic, or the Constitution they swore to uphold and defends (to be fair, the Republicans have not shown any adherence to the Constitution either).
Some believe the wrath of 2010 elections will bring a dramatic realignment in Congress and the possibility that health care legislation in part or whole will be rescinded; unfortunately, the numbers damper such wishful thinking. Republicans plus any moderate Democrats will need to control two-thirds of the seats in both houses of Congress in order to override a certain Presidential veto. The odds of this happening are about the same as an individual hitting Powerball.
But not all is lost and the country does not need to blindly follow the path of Washington D.C. Letters need to be written and emails sent to state representatives urging one of two actions. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 states,
all Duties, Imports, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States
The special treatment exempting Nebraska from future Medicare tax increases in order to garner the vote of Senator Ben Nelson is one of the more egregious usurpations of the Constitution ever witnessed. The state of Wisconsin and the other 48 states must bear the costs of federal law for the Cornhusker state. Our elected officials in Madison should not stand idle while the citizens of Wisconsin shoulder the burden for the special exemption of another state. For me and my neighbors, emails need to bombard the in boxes of Kitty Rhoades in the State Assembly and Shelia Harsdorf in the Senate demanding that they protect the people of Wisconsin from this legislation. The state legislature needs to file suit with the US Supreme Court and ask that the healthcare bill with its Nebraska exemption be declared unconstitutional. Read More→
John Mackey – An American Hero?
Posted by: | CommentsI think so.. As much as I detest the Christian News Channel, aka FoxNews (btw, I detest CNN, MSNBC, and CNBC more) they do occasionally have some excellent guest appearances. One such appearance recently was John Mackey. Oh, the scum bags tag on this one is in reference to some of the members of the audience, and a couple of the clips of protesters, and, especially, the final segment where Stossel brings in another guy (didn’t get his name but is clearly an unapologetic socialist)..
December Meltdown
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[AP News] Apparently dePressed
Posted by: | Comments![Depressed [AP News] Apparently dePressed](http://www.ontheborderline.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Depressed.jpg "Depressed")
Below we find the words of the AP.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is raising more speculation about a possible presidential bid with a stop in Iowa during her national book-signing tour.
The Iowa caucuses have traditionally tried to launch the presidential nominating political; season .
Palin’s book – signing tour has been carefully controlled, and she has not spoken to reporters at most events .
Still, her appearance in Iowa is seen as significant.
Veteran Republican activist Tim Albrechtt says politicians don’t just happen to stop in Iowa and Palin must know that her visit is probably seen as a signal she is more than likely considering a run.
Another possible RINO Republican contender, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, also has visited the state recently.
Copyright 2009 The Associated [De]Press[ed]. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
So the AP media can copyright the previous and obvious 6 sentences?
They are also delusional.
A Fortnight of Silence (and the beat goes on)
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ClimateGate Held Hostage: Day 14
On a lighter note, James Inhofe calls Obama “dishonest.”
MORE @ Phil Jones “temporarily” fired: ClimateGate lags behind Velvet Revolution by 4 days
Obama Preparing for Perpetual War
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CO2 – Please corner your Senator or Congressman!
Posted by: | CommentsAs an avid lover of the outdoors (skier, biker, hiker, lawn mower, etc..), I am generally interested in not trashing either my or my neighbors environment. I like clean air, water and normal temperatures just as much as the next guy. However, when people raise the specter of my activities in engaging in what should be a totally free market that I am partially the cause of predicted catastrophic global warming I not only take notice, but take issue
Whether it is CO2 or methane, or some other gaseous boogie-man, the whole house of catastrophic man-made global warming cards is premised upon one singular concept: man is increasing the concentration of gases (particularly CO2) into the atmosphere that in turn increase the global temperature, which ostensibly increases the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere this implies a theoretical multiplier effect from the production of additional water vapor.
The reason an increase in water vapor is critical in the analysis is that water vapor (including cloud formations) is almost exclusively the most important aspect of the atmosphere responsible for keeping us warm enough to live on the earth. There is no disagreement in any quarter of science in this matter, it is utterly self-evident. The sun shines, it warms the ground and the air, and the higher the water vapor content the faster and warmer the air becomes. You can see this on any muggy August day when the humidity is high as not only does the ambient temperature warm dramatically during the daytime, it remains hot even after dark.
So, the theory of catastrophic man-made global warming is premised upon the idea that by increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere you get not just an effect from a higher concentration of CO2, but you get a positive feedback above and beyond, and this then becomes a vicious circle of doomsday proportions. In fact, this positive feedback loop has been quantified by the IPCC to be +60%. This is how they have been able to calculate predictions of global warming with a doubling of pre-industrial CO2 to over 5 degrees Fahrenheit.
If the science is clear and irrefutable and there is a consensus by scientists that this is the case how can it be that there are skeptics? How could any rational human not rally to the cause and do whatever is necessary to save mankind from himself? Well, this is where the story gets interesting. There is an inconvenient truth, and it is a profound inconvenience for the whole theory stated (albeit in abbreviated terms) above. And it is based not on a theoretical model of positive feedback, but rather on direct observations of what has actually happened relative to reasonably accurate measurements of the increase in CO2.
The evidence shows that, just as Al Gore misrepresented the cause and effect relation of temperature and CO2 in his now totally debunked movie, the IPCC has misrepresented the positive feedback. Oh, they got the number approximately correct, 60, but they got the sign wrong! The real relationship is actually NEGATIVE. There is no positive feedback loop, in fact it is actually a negative feedback and this is why we now have many more scientists around the world scratching their heads and jumping off the consensus bandwagon and becoming skeptics.
Is the climate changing? Yes. Are we responsible for it? Good question. The fact is we have an impact, we are real, and we are here. The direction and extent of what our activities here on earth contribute to climate change is not known. What we now do know is that the IPCCs model is seriously flawed, as was Gores movie.
For a great primer on this, please see:
How do they get a lot of warming from a little gas?
Yet, all the contortions in Congress, the presumptuous news articles all about, and all of the climate legislation that has been proffered to date and, most likely, to be resurrected again, is premised on this positive feedback notion. So, if and when you get a chance to corner your Senator or Congressman, please ask them to explain the fundamental rational behind whatever flavor of climate legislation is de jour. Pin them on this, and force them to explain the premise. Then, when they utter the positive feedback idea (if they even have that under their hat) let them have it with both barrels on the above reality
We need cap and trade like we need a hole in the head, and your elected representative needs to know the folly of pushing it further..
The Post Turtle
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While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, who’s hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his bid to be our president.
The old rancher said, ‘Well, ya know, Obama is a ‘Post Turtle”.
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a ‘post turtle’ was.
The old rancher said, ‘When youre driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a ‘post turtle’.
The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the doctor’s face so he continued to explain. ‘You know he didn’t get up there by himself, he doesn’t belong up there, and he doesn’t know what to do while he’s up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put him up there to begin with’