Delsa,

So why'd you vote that way? Do you want me to change it? I have that power. :-)   ns 

he opens his mouth AGAIN and leaves me with no desire to make the trip to the polls.   WHAT a disappointment. 

Conservative commentators need to stress the financial costs of any global warming regulation - whether it be cap and trade or carbon taxes. People need to know that if this regulation goes through their energy costs are going to skyrocket. They also need to make clear the debate has nothing to do with pollution. These two points are why most of the fence sitters are not involved - they are confused and think any of this has to do with pollution regulation or do not realize it will cost them ALOT of money. They need to know that air pollution is already regulated and this regulation will NOT increase air quality or reduce REAL pollution.

Cap-and-Trade Could Cost the Average Family $10,800 in Lost Income (US Newswire)

$ - Electricity prices could jump 65% by 2015
$ - Gasoline prices could jump 37% by 2020

"CO2 for different people has different attractions. After all, what is it? - it’s not a pollutant, it’s a product of every living creature’s breathing, it’s the product of all plant respiration, it is essential for plant life and photosynthesis, it’s a product of all industrial burning, it’s a product of driving – I mean, if you ever wanted a leverage point to control everything from exhalation to driving, this would be a dream. So it has a kind of fundamental attractiveness to bureaucratic mentality."
- Richard S. Lindzen Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology MIT

- Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is a natural part of Earth's Atmosphere (NASA)
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere have risen from 280 to 380 ppm over the past 100 years (IPCC)
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is not toxic until 5% (50,000ppm) concentration (Source)
- Any detrimental effects of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) including chronic exposure to 3% (30,000ppm) are reversible (Source)
- OSHA, NIOSH, and ACGIH occupational exposure standards are 0.5% (5,000 ppm) Carbon Dioxide (CO2) (Source)

The Kyoto Protocol is a treaty to regulate 'Greenhouse Gases' only:
- Carbon dioxide (CO2)
- Methane (CH4)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) (Laughing Gas, Nitrous, NOS)
- Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
- Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
- Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)

Car Exhaust consists of:
Harmless:
- Carbon dioxide (CO2)
- Nitrogen (N2)
- Water vapor (H2O)
Some Pollutants:
- Carbon monoxide (CO) *
- Hydrocarbons or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) *
- Nitric oxide (NO) *
- Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) *
- Particulate matter (PM-10) *
- Sulfur dioxide (SO2) *

* Your car's Catalytic Converter removes about 95% of these pollutants by converting them to Water and Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Smog consists of:
- Ozone (O3) * (formed from the photochemical reaction of Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) + Hydrocarbons)
- Particulate matter (PM-10) *
- Sulfur dioxide (SO2) *

* Air Pollution is already regulated in the: 1970 Clean Air Act (Amended: 1977, 1990)

People still do not understand these simple points. They are going to have to hear it over and over again until it sinks in:

- CO2 is NOT POLLUTION!

- GLOBAL WARMING REGULATION WILL CAUSE YOU ENERGY COSTS TO SKYROCKET!

The Anti 'Man-Made' Global Warming Resource

I (and my family) fall on the side of holding our collective noses and voting for McCain. We live in Arizona and are thrilled at the possiblity of sending him to Washington.

I see a vote for Bob Barr as a vote for bho and I could not stomach supporting him. I find bho and his wife beneath contempt.

I will never vote for a Democrat, but.. I will not vote for Mc Cain. 

Well, here is my logic:

I know that there are some holes in it but I believe we have to look for the future. Mc Cain shows every day that he does not worry about our votes. He believes in: “where else can they go” theory. So he concentrates on the left and middle.

I have a different idea, if Mc Cain gets in, he is the head of the party, he will want to push his agenda, the Republicans in the House and Senate will be forced to go along, (look at the last immigration bill) so any left leaning bills will never be stopped. Who is there to do it? The Republicans? They will follow Mc Cain’s lead. The Democrats? Never.

If we are the party out of power we will fight to stop legislation put up by Obama or Billary.

The problem with this is a few things, one the war. That is one spot that Mc Cain is strong on. The other is judges, that is yet to be seen. He said that he did not like Roberts as a choice.

One important point, if we cannot filibuster then all is lost.  Other then those few things I don’t see much difference. 

There are dark times ahead. Sad, hard times, but somehow we have to get to the other end.  

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

Romney / Jendil  2012 (if,we survive)

I got a kick out of this.

www.rhjunior.com Great comics with a hefty dose of Christian and anti-nutjob goodness.

"With your mind as high as Mt. Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things near to you." -Miyamoto Musashi

Jeff,

Well, you people all know where I am on AGW, and his speech yesterday really angered me. REALLY angered me. Who needs Democrats with Republicans like this?

However, I'm not a one-issue voter. He's still better than Obama...but the margin of difference is decreasing! :-) ns