So the EPA wants to declare Green House Gas Emissions as "dangerous" and begin to exert regulatory controls over them.  Many "greenies" see this as a wonderful development and an opportunity to finally do something about "Climate Change," which they no longer call "Global Warming" because, let’s face it, the Globe isn’t.

My take on this is - sue.  Sue the EPA into the ground.  But not the way most people who know me might expect.  I’m not saying we sue the EPA to PREVENT these regulations.  Oh no, I’m saying we go the complete opposite direction.  We force the EPA to regulate - and I mean REALLY regulate - all sources of "Greenhouse Gasses."  We sue every time they announce a regulation that only affects one source - we force their hand.  If cars are a significant source of GHGs, we make them regulate wood stoves, HVAC systems, coal and oil burning power plants, manufacturers - EVERYONE.

"Madness!" you might say? The only way to get the American people to reject this absurd idea that somehow Carbon Dioxide is destroying the Climate is to show them how painful it will be for everyone if we all have to stop using it - and what it’s going to cost us to do so!  Better the short-term pain that such actions will cause than the long term, slow creep of regulation and "tax-and-steal" carbon trading programs.

"No H8" Campaign Shows Gagged Beauty Queens

I think this is so appropriate!   If you have anything "bad" to say, Duct Tape your mouth shut, because the Liberals don’t want to hear it!  It doesn’t matter what you truly believe, or whether you express it in a respectful and thoughtful manner.  To utter any word against the Liberal Agenda is "H8!"

If they understood how intolerant this campaign makes them look - how ignorant this behavior is - they’d probably be appalled that they let themselves be used this way.

In light of the recent Miss California / Miss USA debacle, it is very appropriate that these girls have taped their mouths shut.  Perhaps they can keep from giving equally uninformed opinions on other subjects!

Miss California, Carrie Prajean, is involved in a sex scandal, but this is one her parents can feel proud about!  When asked about her personal feelings on "Gay Marriage" at the Miss USA 2009 competition, Carrie gave an honest answer!  Her answer ignited a firestorm of rebuke and ultimately cost her the Miss USA crown.

Apparently, it’s not all right to voice opinions that the judges in such a contest don’t agree with.  It wouldn’t have mattered if she had spoken with the "tongues of angels" on the subject, because the judge who asked the question didn’t get the answer he wanted.  He was supposed to be judging the manner, demeanor, and thoughtfulness of her response.  Instead, he judged the content - giving her a score of zero.

And now the Left is in full-throated frenzy, behaving as if Miss Prejean had advocated rounding up gays and shoving them into the ovens at Auschwitz.  Strike that.  They are behaving as if she were actually doing the rounding up and the shoving in herself!  Case in point is Alan Duncan, MP in the UK, who made the outrageous statement "If you read that Miss California has been murdered, you will know it was me, won’t you?"

Now, it has come down to death threats!  For voicing a simple opinion shared by over half of the residents of California.  It is the popular opinion, if  not the politically correct one.  And for her outspoken statement of her own personal belief, the "tolerant" left has decided she not only deserves to be called names, not only to be re-educated, but to be killed!

Mr. and Mrs. Prejean, I hope you are as proud of your daughter as I am.  She is a brave, savvy lady who knew her answer was probably going to cost her, but she gave it anyway.  She truly won this particular test of character, even if the actual crown went to somebody else.

"No Fail" Grading Systems

I guess it had to happen.  Banks are "too big to fail."  GM is "too big to fail."  And now, in an era of Government bailing everyone else, student egos are simply "too big to fail."

Apparently the school systems are prepping the next batch of "bailout babies" who will need to be coddled through their entire lives - and doing it on our dime.  They’re telling kids that there’s no such thing as a "failing" grade - they can "make up" homework, demonstrate some "partial" mastery of a subject, basically can get through life without worrying about failure.

Unfortunately, this means when they get jobs, they’ll expect the same coddling.  Don’t show up for work on time?  No problem - we’ll "hold" your work for you, so that you can still get it done.  Don’t pay your bills?  The Government is going to put a hold on your credit score, no doubt, so that it doesn’t suffer.  I mean, these are the only "fair" things to do once you’ve spent 16 years of schooling telling the kids they "can’t" fail - we won’t LET them fail!

This is, of course, complete and utter bull manure.  How long do you think society can afford to subsidize, bail out, or prop-up those who refuse to get the message that the only true rode to success is hard-work and nurturing the talents you have?  We’re already nursing trillion dollar deficits and tens of trillions in debt over the next 8 years.  The whole system will collapse, and these kids will have to face the real world.  Who’s fault is it if they can’t handle "failure?"

Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, recently testified before a Congressional subcommittee that a proposed Cap and Trade bill would punish Americans with higher Energy Costs.  Which, of course, is the point of Cap and Trade - to make Carbon Based Energy less "cost effective" by pricing it in such a way that people prefer "alternative" energy sources.  These "alternatives" are always much more expensive than Carbon based energy, and that’s the point of increasing the cost of carbon!

"Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman of California accused Gingrich of trying to scare people into opposing action on climate change. Waxman argued the bill is designed to contain energy cost increases."

First, I find it hypocritical that Rep. Waxman would try to paint Gingrich as a fear-monger.  The entire Cap and Trade Industry is based on fear mongering.  We have only a few short moments to save the planet, and this is one way of doing it! 

 But wait, now there’s more!  We can do it in a way that doesn’t cost anyone anything!  Yes, prices will go up, but these Cap and Trade schemes are revenue neutral - that is, the Government will collect higher taxes and fees on polluters - the EVIL polluters will  pass that cost onto their customers (the American Citizens) - and the beneficent Government will then hand out rebate checks to the citizenry to help offset what the Evil Polluters are charging them!

There’s just one catch….if Energy Costs don’t change - why should I pay more for solar or wind than I do for my subsidized Carbon Based energy?

In the spirit of Earth Day, I’ve copied these predictions from renowned speakers on Earth Day - Take Head, World, we are DOOMED!

“We have about five more years at the outside to do something.”
• Kenneth Watt, ecologist

“Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.”
• George Wald, Harvard Biologist

“We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation.”
• Barry Commoner, Washington University biologist
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"As Mr Brown looked on during a press conference, Mr Lula da Silva said that action was urgent since it would be intolerable for the poor — who were blameless for the collapse of financial markets — to suffer the most from its effects." [source]

 Remind anywone else of the Joke from "Fiddler on the Roof?"

Tevye: And Reb Nahum, the beggar . . .
Nahum: Alms for the poor, alms for the poor.
Lazar: Here, Reb Nahum, is one kopek.
Nahum: One kopek? Last week you gave me two kopeks.
Lazar: I had a bad week.
Nahum: So if you had a bad week, why should I suffer?