Carbon Tariffs = Imperialism

Take it from those who know, and have been through it before … Germany.

Reuters:

Germany called a French idea to slap “carbon tariffs” on products from countries that are not trying to cut greenhouse gases a form of “eco-imperialism” and a direct violation of WTO rules.

The issue of greenhouse tariffs has met bitter opposition from developing countries such as China and India, who count on the developed world to buy their exports as they build their economies in the face of the worst financial crisis in decades.

Matthias Machnig, Germany’s State Secretary for the Environment, told a news briefing on Friday that a French push for Europe to impose carbon tariffs on imports from countries that flout rules on carbon emissions would send the wrong signal to the international community.

Take it from those who know.

CBO Continues To Poke Holes In Obamacare

The CBO is still proving the claims by Democrats on the health care bill are false.

Politico:

For the second time this month, congressional budget analysts have dealt a blow to the Democrat’s health reform efforts, this time by saying a plan touted by the White House as crucial to paying for the bill would actually save almost no money over 10 years.

A key House chairman and moderate House Democrats on Tuesday agreed to a White House-backed proposal that would give an outside panel the power to make cuts to government-financed health care programs. White House budget director Peter Orszag declared the plan “probably the most important piece that can be added” to the House’s health care reform legislation.

But on Saturday, the Congressional Budget Office said the proposal to give an independent panel the power to keep Medicare spending in check would only save about $2 billion over 10 years- a drop in the bucket compared to the bill’s $1 trillion price tag.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25415.html#ixzz0MOIeowSd

One thing I’ve discovered is that everyone who supports this bill … hasn’t read it. So why don’t you start?

http://docs.house.gov/edlabor/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf

Obamacare Bill Uses Word “Retarded” To Describe Mental Disability

Is this a big deal to you?  Retarded is a good, and accurate word to describe someone who you deem to be slow.  That’s actually what the word means, and has been used that way for centuries before some moron decided to make it into a slur.  However, you just don’t use that word to refer to someone who is mentally challenged.

People are being too oversensitive if you use the word to refer to an average everyday person, and they get offended.  That’s just stupid.  When you use it to describe someone who has a mental illness … you are just being an ass.  To the Democrats, in all their PC sensitivity glory, are just being asses.

If a Republican were to use the word ‘retarded’ to refer to a mentally challenged person … all hell would break loose.

NY Post:

The proposed health-insurance bill from the House of Representatives refers to mentally disabled people as “retarded” — a term advocates, relatives and physicians find outdated and offensive.

The bill refers to: “A hospital or a nursing facility or intermediate-care facility for the mentally retarded . . .”

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Link List Disproving Man-Made Global Warming Updated

We have updated our Comprehensive Link List Disproving Man-Made Global Warming post.

The link list is a project that we started after several requests for proof that man was, in fact, not causing global warming. It also provides proof that Earth is in a cooling trend now anyway.

You are welcome to suggest a link to a story that would be worthy of adding to the list, and you are encouraged to spread the list around with a link back here, of course.

I have also put the link to the post on the right sidebar of this site.