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To: miraje who wrote (250273)	5/16/2008 6:14:06 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793743

Totally agree, James! For that same reason, I could care less about Peggy Noonans' latest screech about GWB, and I see that Rep Davis (VA) calls Bush radioactive....(Davis isn't running again)... These people have been drinking the Dem/Soros/moveon.org/Kos koolaide, and I just am giving up on them. If they want to see ANOTHER really terrible President, just wait until either Obama or Hillary are elected. Then it will be interesting to observe their tears......

To: miraje who wrote (250273)	5/16/2008 6:22:02 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 793743

On October 3, NewsBusters highlighted a spectacular Human Events exposé by Deborah Corey Barnes concerning Gore's financial connections to so-called global warming solutions including carbon credits (emphasis added throughout): [Gore's] GIM appears to have considerable influence over the major carbon-credit trading firms that currently exist: the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) in the U.S. and the Carbon Neutral Company (CNC) in Great Britain. CCX is the only firm in the U.S. that claims to trade carbon credits. [...] Clearly, GIM is poised to cash in on carbon trading. The membership of CCX is currently voluntary. But if the day ever comes when federal government regulations require greenhouse-gas emitters -- and that's almost everyone -- to participate in cap-and-trade, then those who have created a market for the exchange of carbon credits are in a position to control the outcomes. And that moves Al Gore front and center. Please recall before going further that Gore's partner at GIM used to be a fund manager at Goldman Sachs: We do know that Goldman Sachs has commissioned the World Resources Institute (affiliated with CCX), Resources for the Future, and the Woods Hole Research Center to research policy options for U.S. regulation of greenhouse gases. In 2006, Goldman Sachs provided research grants in this area totaling $2.3 million. The firm also has committed $1 billion to carbon-assets projects, a fancy term for projects that generate energy from sources other than oil and gas. So, add this all up, and Al Gore's investment group is not only connected with one of the world's leading brokerage firms that just so happens to be the preeminent player in carbon trading, but he is also now working for the top venture capital company in Silicon Valley whose partner has reciprocally been placed on the board of Gore's organization. As such, soon-to-be-billionaire Al Gore has brilliantly structured himself as a virtual financial hub of international investments associated with so-called global warming solutions whereby he'll benefit financially from any hysterical climate claim uttered by a media member, Hollywood sycophant, United Nations climate panelist, or, deliciously, himself. Yet, virtually no journalist is willing to either see it or report it. newsbusters.org * * *

To: miraje who wrote (250273)	5/17/2008 12:42:28 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793743

What is it going to take to overcome this?? How much economic pain will we have to endure before the public wakes up?? The brainwashing on this "global warming disaster" nonsense has become ubiquitous... energytechstocks.com New Survey Shows Global Warming Will be Crucial Campaign Issue as Younger Republicans Grow Concerned After nearly eight years of bashing other nations’ attempts to regulate a slowdown in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), President Bush reportedly now wants Congress to pass legislation to combat global warming, and a new survey shows why the sudden change. A survey of 611 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and independents found that a large number of young Republicans now view global warming as a serious issue requiring immediate government attention. To make matters worse for GOP leaders, the survey found that viewing TV advertisements from the Alliance for Climate Protection, an organization founded by Republicans’ arch nemesis Al Gore, made younger Republicans even more anxious for their government to do something right away. The survey, which was conducted April 3-4 by HCD Research and the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion, found that before viewing the Gore ad, 42% of Republicans ages 18-39 wanted immediate government action on global warming. After the ad the percentage jumped to 51%. Among all respondents, 62% wanted immediate government action before viewing the ad, with 68% wanting it after seeing the ad...