-Dave

  Several factors are coming together to cool the passions of global warming enthusiasts.  First, and the biggest reason, everyone realizes it's getting colder!  Second, Gore no longer needs to be promoted as the 'Not-Bush' leader (and victim of a stolen election) of the US.  Thirdly with obama's radical leftist push, the socialists don't need a 'back door' approach to transforming America.  Obama is at the front door holding it open for them to just walk in.

Why is global warming caused by man, but global cooling isn't?

Either way, the idea that climate "changes" can be controlled, and the climate can be maintained in some sort of "ideal" parameters, is hubristic in the extreme.

Enthusiasm for global warming may cool with the weather but this issue is not going to go away … ever. It plays into to many left wing beliefs – anti-industrial, anti-consumerism, anti-globalization, anti-big oil and of course anti-Americanism. For the statist regulating carbon dioxide is a wet dream, so no this will not go away.

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me. - Hunter S. Thompson

Let's give some credit to those who, in the face of total ostracism from academia, the media, the socialist left, and the trendy politically correct, wouldn't let this issue die.  There were people who were brave enough to risk a lot to oppose the bunk of "the science is settled" crowd. 

Not only that, but when the opposition's premier spokesperson is Al Gore . . . .

The Battle is Far from Over. There is too much for Governments that want more power to let this go. Watch out in less than a year someone will have proof that Man is responsible for the"Unprecidented Cooling". This is just Human Nature Really. Why are we as a people always attracted to stories of Disasters both Natural and Man Made? Why do News Medias always tell you about the Latest Health Scare, usually not worth the ink or paper used? They do it because they know it sells. We as a species are fasinated by Disaster. If there isn't any real ones around we will make one up.

The left uses this fascination for political purpose. The right is guilty as well. We always couch any debate in the disaterous outcome if something is done or not done.

President Obama, and the Democrats at large, want to pass very restrictive energy and Carbon legislation. Too much power, they are unwilling to concede, will prevent them from abandoning this agenda. They will trot out thier pet Climate Scientists and then try and force this on us.

Science is supposed to be above such things, but science is done by scientists who are people. Too many Scientists are addicted to celebrity. They like being in the Lime Light and will do anything to remain there. People who want power praise these scientists feeding their egos. The scientists in order to have his or her ego stroked some more will repeat and predict an even larger looming disaster in order to have that ego stroked again.

The Scientific Method, largely ignored in what passes for Climate Science these days, moderates these human tendencies by demandng that in order for any theory to be accepted that any other scientist should be able to get the same results if the experiments or research is repeated. Flawed data, unrepeatable research, unshared data are the hallmarks of a charlaten and that is what we have with a lot of what passes as science today.

Happy 943rd anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, one of the most important battles in world histroy.

When NASA scientists are acknowledging the possibility that we may be entering a Maunder Minimum in sunspot activity, the inevitable inference is to look at the effect on the planet at the time.  It is common knowledge the Little Ice Age occured during this time period.  As the GAT continues to fall, all the prattle about AGW will fall to the wayside like in the 1970's gave way to the 80's.  It's all a natural cycle and mankind must adapt.  

BTW- the ocean level Al Gore claimed would rise 20 ft and the IPCC estimated 3 ft has stopped rising.   Oophs, an inconvenient truth.

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.

 
Food prices will be going up up UP..

When will they stop with the food in the fuel tanks?

State controlled health care is Tort Reform.

Quinnipiac University is taking steps to shut down the flow of interns from their school into Dave Letterboy's CBS lovenest operation:

http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com

Did you guys see that supposed noted reporter on all things regarding the military, Sy Hersh has opined that the US military is inherently racist because it does not support the current administrations policies?

http://www.heraldsun.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Hersh-+Military+waging+war+with+White+House%20&id=3974209-Hersh-+Military+waging+war+with+White+House&instance=homethirdleft

Gee, after thirty years of reporting on us, you might think he would have a clue.... but apparently not.

Go to Drudge and click on this..

Obama to allow Russian visits at U.S. nuclear sites...

Gone. And I didn't save it earlier because it was FOX.

S.O.B.

Kossacks hate me. And yes, it does feel good.

I'm gonna hijack this thread because it is listed as an "Open" one.  For lip services purposes to the originating topic, I don't think we've reached a tipping point.  Warmers are still too visible.  But now on to my attempt to hijack this thread for the sake of input from NBers that might be reading it...

I am a long time reader, a short time member, and even shorter time commenter.  I like to think that I'm pretty damn conservative.  I'm faced with a conundrum, moral hazard, bitter choice, and would like to hear the opinions of fellow NBers on this matter.

I am an executive at a manufacturing firm in the USA.  We do not accept inprofitability.  If the top line goes down, we will address it with layoffs; white collar or blue, it doesn't matter.  We've reached the point where further cuts will jeopardize future productivity and profitability.  Simply put, we need to keep the staff we have to resume any kind of growth curve.

However, we can't afford the salaries, so we have instituted mandatory furloughs.  Everyone must take one week without pay each quarter, indefinitely.

My question is this...  When I take mine, do I file for unemployment?  I've paid heavily into this program.  But, I don't "need" it.  What do the thinkers on this site have to opine about this situation?  I'd be grateful for any input.