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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (85430)	5/11/2011 1:26:21 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Thanks Governor Quinn: Illinois Loses Another Business and One More (Sears) on the Way Out May 10, 2011 \| Filed Under Budget, Business, Capitalism, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Jobs, Liberals, Pat Quinn, Peter Roskam, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston \| -By Warner Todd Huston Wisconsin is celebrating over the stupidity of the political class in Illinois, a state that is steadily destroying its business climate and mounting some pretty high tax rates. The town of Menasha, Wisconsin, though, loves Illinois because Prolamina Corp. has chosen it for a new flexible-packaging plant, one it is moving from the Land of Lincoln to Wisconsin. Prolamina Corp. will begin building its new facility in Wisconsin in August. The facility will be serving the needs of the “tobacco, cheese, pouch materials, pet food, medical, produce and snack food markets.” “The location offers lower operating costs, improved response times and lower freight costs to customers,” said Bevis, who started the company last year as Packaging Solutions Holdings Inc., Lake Forest, Ill. So, Illinois has lost yet one more business. There has been a steady stream of business fleeing from Illinois. This news comes as a prelude to reports that Sears is shopping for a new state to move to, as well. Sears has its Headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago but is now considering a move out-of-state. Illinois Governor Quinn claims he still has a “good relationship” with Sears and that his office is working with the venerable retailer to keep its facilities in Illinois. Sears employs about 6,000 people at its Illinois HQ. Still, this news is unwelcome in a state with an unemployment rate that is topping 9 percent. Representative Peter Roskam (R, ILL) says that this is yet another sign of how bad the business climate has gotten in Illinois. Sears’ considering leaving Illinois is yet another warning sign we can’t afford to ignore. We’re in a global competition for jobs and commerce – and Illinois keeps losing. How many major employers openly considering leaving will it take for Illinois to realize you can’t borrow, tax and spend your way into prosperity? Roskam recently lamented the poor business climate in Illinois with an op ed titled, “High Taxes Have Consequences.” I was reminded how other states view Illinois recently, when I moderated a panel of three current U.S. governors. When the subject of Illinois came up, the governors burst out laughing and apologized to me in advance for stealing away businesses for their own states. They each knew that the recent tax hike on employers in Illinois opened the door for them to entice employers in the Land of Lincoln to move to their own states. Illinois ranks as one of the worst business/legal climates in the country, so no one should be surprised that the state is losing businesses right and left. Thanks to Illinois Democrats and weakling Republicans the Land of Lincoln will soon be the land of no jobs at all. Maybe we should call it the Land of Slinking… Away. publiusforum.com

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (85430)	5/11/2011 3:26:02 PM
From: Broken_Clock	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Clearly, the critique of the Bush policy provided by candidate Obama proved correct; terrorism is to be defeated through skilled intelligence and surgical strikes, not colonial invasions and conventional war. Obama needs now to apply that wisdom to bringing Bush’s folly in Iraq, and his own escalation in Afghanistan, to a swift end. --- LOL! Surgical strikes? Is that what O calls mass slaughter of civilians by drone attacks? Nuking Libya with DU? Talk about pot and kettle syndrome... Seriously, the D's are defending their expansionist warmonger against the actions of the demented Bush? Too funny...or just very sad.

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (85430)	5/12/2011 10:57:30 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 89467

NASA-Funded Group Doctors Sea Level Data May. 11 2011 - 1:02 pm \| 174 views \| 0 recommendations \| 1 comment By JAMES TAYLOR Catastrophic sea level rise is one of the most valued hole cards played by alarmists in the global warming debate. In An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore showed computer generated images of what Manhattan would look like if sea level rose 20 feet. Building on this theme, elevation charts of coastal cities have become a staple in global warming presentations by Al Gore wannabes. But what happens when sea level in the real world does not rise nearly as much as alarmists predict? If you are a NASA-funded gatekeeper of sea level data, you merely doctor the data. Faced with the embarrassing fact that sea level is not rising nearly as much as has been predicted, the University of Colorado’s NASA-funded Sea Level Research Group has announced it will begin adding a nonexistent 0.3 millimeters per year to its Global Mean Sea Level Time Series. As a result, alarmists will be able to present sea level charts asserting an accelerating rise in sea level that is not occurring in the real world. Human civilization readily adapted to the seven inches of sea level rise that occurred during the twentieth century. Alarmists, however, claim global warming will cause sea level to rise much more rapidly during the present century. United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) computer models project approximately 15 inches of sea level rise during the 21st century. That’s more than double the sea level rise that occurred during the twentieth century. A more “mainstream” prediction among alarmists is 3 feet of sea level rise this century. Some alarmists have even projected 20 feet of global sea level rise this century. Satellite measurements, however, show global sea level rose merely 0.83 inches during the first decade of the 21st century (a pace of just 8 inches for the entire century), and has barely risen at all since 2006. This puts alarmists in the embarrassing position of defending predictions that are not coming true in the real world. The University of Colorado Sea Level Research Group is coming to their rescue. The NASA-funded group claims glacial melt is removing weight that had been pressing down on land masses, which in turn is causing land mass to rise. This welcome news mitigates sea-level rise from melting glacial ice, meaning sea level will rise less than previously thought. However, it is very inconvenient for alarmist sea level predictions. Therefore, instead of reporting the amount by which sea level is rising in the real world, the Sea Level Research Group has begun adding 0.3 millimeters per year of fictitious sea level rise to “compensate” for rising land mass. The extra 0.3 millimeters of fictitious sea level rise will add up to 1.2 inches over the course of the 21st century. While this is not monumental in and of itself, it will allow alarmists to paint a dramatically different picture of sea level rise than is occurring in the real world. For example, the current pace of 8 inches of sea level rise for the present century is essentially no different than the 7 inches of sea level rise that occurred last century. However, with an artificially enhanced 9.2 inches of sea level rise, alarmists can claim sea level is rising 31 percent faster than it did last century. Even under this scenario, sea level is not rising nearly as fast as IPCC and other alarmists have predicted. Nevertheless, a quick Google search of “sea level” and “global warming” shows an overwhelming number of items claiming dramatic and accelerating sea level rise, with very few items reporting that alarmist predictions and computer models are being contradicted by real-world data. The newly adjusted NASA-funded sea level data will merely add fuel to the errant fire. blogs.forbes.com