GLOBAL WARMING SCARE
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--YFGWPu-EHovq7rYTRLcpSt-25qINKLGh9UL1K5p Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: [email protected](REAL=A0NEWS) Date: Sat, Feb 13, 2010, 8:18pm (CST+1) To: [email protected] Subject: GLOBAL WARMING SCARE=20 (Common sense, politically incorrect newsletter to 14,136 subscribers)=20 THE LATE, GREAT GLOBAL WARMING SCARE=20 By Ben Lieberman, Washington Times coluimnist =A0 February 12, 2010 =A0 Global-warming skeptics were hit with numerous setbacks over the past=20 few years -- from a major 2007 U.N. report that seemingly confirmed the warming crisis, to Al Gore's popularization of this gloomy message through his book and Oscar-winning documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth."=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0And let's not forget the shifting political winds that elected a greener Congress and brought in an administration that made climate change a priority.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0But now those skeptics are facing a new challenge: overconfidence. =A0 That's because everything of late has been breaking their way. =A0 OK, overconfidence may be an exaggeration, but the wheels are really coming off the global-warming cart.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0"Climategate" -- the recent leak of e-mails showing gross misconduct among scientists with key roles in the U.N. report -- raises serious questions about how much of the global-warming science we can trust. The scientists were, after all, manipulating the temperature data to show more warming and subverting requests by independent researchers to see the underlying data.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Other scary claims in the U.N. report, such as the assertion that Himalayan glaciers are on pace to melt completely by 2035, also turned out to be false and have been retracted recently.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Climategate and other scandals only add to the reasons for doubt. At the same time, Mr. Gore's many terrifying predictions are not withstanding the test of time.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0His book and movie really played up the supposed link between global warming and Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately for the scaremongers (and fortunately for those who live on the coast) we haven't seen anything even close to Katrina since. The 2006 through 2008 hurricane seasons were at or below average, and the 2009 season went down as the weakest in more than a decade. So much for a global-warming-induced hurricane trend -- and many other such scares.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Another thing missing from the global-warming crisis? Global warming. Temperatures have been flat for more than a decade, and 2009 adds one more year to that trend.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Polling shows that the American people increasingly see Mr. Gore (and others) as the boy who cried wolf, and they are drawing their own common-sense conclusions. The number who believe global warming is real is dropping, and the number who consider it a crisis has plummeted.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Also declining is the number of those willing to accept substantially higher gasoline prices and electric bills -- the intended result of domestic global-warming bills or international treaties that raise the price of fossil fuels so we are forced to use less.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Even studies conducted by the Obama administration find reduced economic activity, higher energy prices and lost jobs from such measures. In other words, global-warming policy promises plenty of economic pain for little if any environmental gain -- a hard sell at any time, but especially now, given the lingering recession.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0For all their stated concern for the issue, President Obama and Congress have an uphill climb to turn this into law. Consider one recent poll, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, asking the American people to rank 20 issues in terms of importance.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Global warming came in 20th -- dead last -- while the economy came in at No. 1. It won't be easy to enact a law or yoke the U.S. to a global treaty that addresses America's No. 20 priority at the expense of No. 1 -- and do so in an election year.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0There is still plenty to worry skeptics. One example: the Environmental Protection Agency's attempt to impose global-warming policy through costly regulations.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Also, there's no room for complacency so long as the forces in favor of global-warming measures remain powerful and persistent. But the facts -- and the politics on this issue -- are moving away from alarm.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0We may look back on 2010 as the year when the great global-warming scare really started to fade into history. --Ben Lieberman is senior policy analyst for energy and environment at the Heritage Foundation.=20 -----------------------------------=20 PSEUDO-SCIENTISTS AND CORRUPT SCIENTISTS SCAM =A0 There is a philosophy that some people won't believe evidence when they don't like what the evidence shows, especially if it disproves what they want to believe.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0There is plenty of evidence to show that global warming is just a scam. The normal pattern of weather cycles allows one area to temporarily overheat while another area temporarily overcools, according to weather reports covering the past 150 years.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0When is the Global Warming going to happen that Al Gore has been preaching about the past 16 years since his book "Earth In The Balance" was published in 1992. Perhaps Al Gore can't believe the weather observations showing evidence of Global Cooling.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Man-made Global Warming is still touted by scientists beyond their expertise and scientists who really know better but have an entirely different agenda such as research grant money -- or the Marxists ideas of redistribution of wealth, harming capitalism, population control, and One-World Government. --REAL NEWS Editor =A0 [email protected]=20 ----------------------------------------------=20 For free Politically Incorrect news ignored by the American news media, send your friends' email addresses for REAL NEWS from [email protected] --YFGWPu-EHovq7rYTRLcpSt-25qINKLGh9UL1K5p Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/htm= l4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style=3D"background-color: #fff;"> <span style=3D"display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-mlmsg" style=3D"position:relative;"> <div id=3D"ygrp-msg" style=3D"z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-text" > =20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20 <p>From: <a href=3D"mailto:thenewsman%40ij.net">thenewsman@ij.<wbr>ne= t</a>(REAL=A0NEWS) Date: Sat, Feb 13, 2010, 8:18pm<br> (CST+1) To: <a href=3D"mailto:robert-blau%40webtv.net">robert-blau@<wbr= >webtv.net</a> Subject: GLOBAL WARMING SCARE <br> (Common sense, politically incorrect newsletter to 14,136 subscribers) <br> <br> THE LATE, GREAT GLOBAL WARMING SCARE <br> <br> By Ben Lieberman, Washington Times coluimnist =A0 February 12, 2010 =A0<br> Global-warming skeptics were hit with numerous setbacks over the past <br> few years -- from a major 2007 U.N. report that seemingly confirmed the<br> warming crisis, to Al Gore's popularization of this gloomy message<br> through his book and Oscar-winning documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth= ." <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0And let's not forget the shifting political<br> winds that elected a greener Congress and brought in an administration<br> that made climate change a priority. <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0But now those skeptics are facing a new<br> challenge: overconfidence. =A0 That's because everything of late has<br> been breaking their way. =A0 OK, overconfidence may be an exaggeration,<br> but the wheels are really coming off the global-warming cart. <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0"Climategate" -- the recent leak of e-mai= ls<br> showing gross misconduct among scientists with key roles in the U.N.<br> report -- raises serious questions about how much of the global-warming<br> science we can trust. The scientists were, after all, manipulating the<br> temperature data to show more warming and subverting requests by<br> independent researchers to see the underlying data. <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Other scary claims in the U.N. report, such as<br> the assertion that Himalayan glaciers are on pace to melt completely by<br> 2035, also turned out to be false and have been retracted recently. <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Climategate and other scandals only add to the<br> reasons for doubt. At the same time, Mr. Gore's many terrifying<br> predictions are not withstanding the test of time. <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0His book and movie really played up the supposed<br= > link between global warming and Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately for the<br= > scaremongers (and fortunately for those who live on the coast) we<br> haven't seen anything even close to Katrina since. The 2006 through 2008<br= > hurricane seasons were at or below average, and the 2009 season went<br> down as the weakest in more than a decade. So much for a<br> global-warming-<wbr>induced hurricane trend -- and many other such scares. = <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Another thing missing from the global-warming<br> crisis? Global warming. Temperatures have been flat for more than a<br> decade, and 2009 adds one more year to that trend. <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Polling shows that the American people<br> increasingly see Mr. Gore (and others) as the boy who cried wolf, and<br> they are drawing their own common-sense conclusions. The number who<br> believe global warming is real is dropping, and the number who consider<br> it a crisis has plummeted. <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Also declining is the number of those willing to<br= > accept substantially higher gasoline prices and electric bills -- the<br> intended result of domestic global-warming bills or international<br> treaties that raise the price of fossil fuels so we are forced to use<br> less. <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Even studies conducted by the Obama<br> administration find reduced economic activity, higher energy prices and<br> lost jobs from such measures. In other words, global-warming policy<br> promises plenty of economic pain for little if any environmental gain --<br= > a hard sell at any time, but especially now, given the lingering<br> recession. <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0For all their stated concern for the issue,<br> President Obama and Congress have an uphill climb to turn this into law.<br= > Consider one recent poll, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the<br> People and the Press, asking the American people to rank 20 issues in<br> terms of importance. <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Global warming came in 20th -- dead last --<br> while the economy came in at No. 1. It won't be easy to enact a law or<br> yoke the U.S. to a global treaty that addresses America's No. 20<br> priority at the expense of No. 1 -- and do so in an election year. <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0There is still plenty to worry skeptics. One<br> example: the Environmental Protection Agency's attempt to impose<br> global-warming policy through costly regulations. <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Also, there's no room for complacency so long as<br= > the forces in favor of global-warming measures remain powerful and<br> persistent. But the facts -- and the politics on this issue -- are<br> moving away from alarm. <br> <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0We may look back on 2010 as the year when the<br> great global-warming scare really started to fade into history. --Ben<br> Lieberman is senior policy analyst for energy and environment at the<br> Heritage Foundation. <br> <br> ------------<wbr>---------<wbr>---------<wbr>----- <br> PSEUDO-SCIENTISTS AND CORRUPT SCIENTISTS SCAM =A0 There is a philosophy<br> that some people won't believe evidence when they don't like what the<br> evidence shows, especially if it disproves what they want to believe. <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0There is plenty of evidence to show that global<br> warming is just a scam. The normal pattern of weather cycles allows one<br> area to temporarily overheat while another area temporarily overcools,<br> according to weather reports covering the past 150 years. <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0When is the Global Warming going to happen that<br> Al Gore has been preaching about the past 16 years since his book "Ear= th<br> In The Balance" was published in 1992. Perhaps Al Gore can't believe t= he<br> weather observations showing evidence of Global Cooling. <br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Man-made Global Warming is still touted by<br> scientists beyond their expertise and scientists who really know better<br> but have an entirely different agenda such as research grant money -- or<br= > the Marxists ideas of redistribution of wealth, harming capitalism,<br> population control, and One-World Government. --REAL NEWS Editor =A0<br> <a href=3D"mailto:thenewsman%40ij.net">thenewsman@ij.<wbr>net</a> <br> ------------<wbr>---------<wbr>---------<wbr>---------<wbr>------- <br> For free Politically Incorrect news ignored by the American news media,<br> send your friends' email addresses for REAL NEWS from <a href=3D"mailto:the= newsman%40ij.net">thenewsman@ij.<wbr>net</a>.<br> <br> </p> </div> =20=20=20=20=20 <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <div style=3D"color: #fff; height: 0;">__._,_.___</div> =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20 =20=20=20 <div id=3D"ygrp-actbar" style=3D"clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; whit= e-space: nowrap; color: #666; padding-top: 15px;"> <div> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]?subject=3DGLOBAL WARMING SC= ARE"> Reply to <span style=3D"font-weight: 700;">sender</span></a> | <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]?subject=3DGLOBAL WARM= ING SCARE"> Reply to <span style=3D"font-weight: 700;">group</span></a> </div> <a href=3D"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PNEWS-L/message/17= 515;_ylc=3DX3oDMTM3ZWR2amFvBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5NDc5MjAwBGdycHNwSWQD= MTcwNTA4MzQ0OARtc2dJZAMxNzUxNQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyNjYxNTg2MDE= EdHBjSWQDMTc1MTU-">Messages in this topic</a> (<span style=3D"font-weight: 700;">1</span>) </div>=20 <!------- Start Nav Bar ------> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <div id=3D"ygrp-vital" style=3D"background-color: #e0ecee; font-family: Ver= dana; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 10px;"> <span id=3D"vithd" style=3D"font-weight: bold; color: #333; text-tran= sform: uppercase; ">Recent Activity:</span> <ul style=3D"list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: inl= ine;"> <li style=3D"border-right: 1px solid #000; font-weight: 700; di= splay: inline; padding: 0 5px; margin-left: 0;"> <span class=3D"cat"><a href=3D"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PNEWS-L/= members;_ylc=3DX3oDMTJna2poMmEyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5NDc5MjAwBGdycHNw= SWQDMTcwNTA4MzQ0OARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMjY2MTU4NjAx?o=3D6" sty= le=3D"text-decoration: none;">New Members</a></span> <span class=3D"ct" style=3D"color: #ff7900;">2</span> </li> </ul> =20=20=20=20 <div style=3D"clear: both; padding-top: 2px; color: #1e66ae;"> <a href=3D"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PNEWS-L;_ylc=3DX3oDMTJmNGlzaXN= 2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5NDc5MjAwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4MzQ0OARzZWMDdnRsBH= NsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEyNjYxNTg2MDE-" style=3D"border-right: 1px solid #000; = padding-right: 5px; margin-right: 2px; text-decoration: none;">Visit Your G= roup</a> <a href=3D"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PNEWS-L/post;_ylc=3DX3oDMTJmNm= F1dmg0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5NDc5MjAwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4MzQ0OARzZWMDZ= nRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyNjYxNTg2MDE-" style=3D"font-weight: 700; text-de= coration: none;">Start a New Topic</a> </div> </div> <div id=3D"ygrp-grfd" style=3D"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;= padding: 15px 0;"> =20=20=20=20=20=20 <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> POINTERS - News/Views <BR> <BR> =20=20=20=20=20=20 <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> </div> =20=20 <div id=3D"ft" style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 5p= x; padding: 0 2px 0 0; clear: both;"> <a href=3D"http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=3DX3oDMTJlODdrM2EyBF9TAzk3MzU5Nz= E0BGdycElkAzE5NDc5MjAwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4MzQ0OARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3Rpb= WUDMTI2NjE1ODYwMQ--" style=3D"float: left;"><img src=3D"http://l.yimg.com/a= /i/us/yg/logo/us.gif" height=3D"15" width=3D"137" alt=3D"Yahoo! 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