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Sure looks like the government is doing its best to cover up flight 253.

Haskell, sure sounds like he has them running.

Good Job Brownie was better

This thing gets stranger as it goes along. Amsterdam has the toughest security around, they missed him. However Somolia caught one trying the same thing. So Somolia is better than Denmark.

Both kick our buts. Nepalitano says everything worked, well, except the part about the guy in a plane with a bomb over Detroit or Windsor. His Dad turned him in, but we ignored it. And, oh, by the way, seems like he should have been detained in Yemen because his visa had expired.

However, Janet and the gov had a solution, go after bloggers who might embarrass the administration.

US Apologies are needed for these

Each time the Liberal-in-chief goes out to apologize for the US to Europe, he should consider these:

66,000 graves of American Servicemen in France
$288,000,000 cost of WWII for US
$115.3 Billion (cost adjusted) for the Marshall Plan ($12.7 Billion actual)
~$20 trillion for keeping the Soviet Union out of Europe after WWII

The US spent lives and treasure in a war that an inept France and England allowed to happen. We then spent over 40 years making sure they were not part of the USSR.

What we have to apologize for is saving a bunch of European ingrates.

Let's hope hopes are fading

The best hope is that no deal is struck at Copenhagen. I'm sure as "developing nations" China and India would like to see the developed west pass out money while committing economic suicide. The rest are there to see how much free money they can get.

I never could quite understand why liberals want to commit economic suicide.

Justice

I'm on the fence concerning capital punishment. But in Muhammad's case, it was justified. I'm glad Kaine didn't follow his inclinations and apply clemency. Time to forget about this monster.

Richmond Area Murders

The Richmond Times Dispatch put up a database with area murders. 167 out of 232 were by gunshot over the past 3 years.

And you believe they are going to soak the rich

Politico says that there are 237 millionaires in the Congress. Seems that most of the wealthier ones are Democrats. Remember, the Dems are the folks who are out to get those evil millionaires. And folks believe that a bunch of millionaires are (a) going to contribute heavily to a party that is going to get into their pockets and (b) are going to vote to decrease their wealth.

A record?

It seems that Mr. Owens, NY-23 Democrat may have set a record in renegging on campaign promises. He was pretty much against the House Health Care "reform" bill when it served to get him elected. On being sworn in he was all of a sudden for it. File under lying politician, lying Democrat or who calls his dog?

Regulatory Mind, updated

The last email exchange was interesting. I've said that siloxane removal for low-medium Btu landfill gas to energy projects was not good enough to make it technically feasible for SCR because the silicon would degrade an poison the catalyst. Florida DEP is, because someone else did, requiring a cost analysis. The example sent said they wouldn't do it and, if it were a requirement for the project, they wouldn't do the project because it would be too costly. So, he made my case. I guess my definition of technically feasible is the catalyst will be poisoned quickly, therefore making it impractical to do this. I guess we just write the cost up, making it too costly.

Blogging again?

New gadget may make it simpler

The Regulatory Mind

Had a discussion with a Florida air permit writer about the type of equipment used by a landfill gas to electricity plant in Seattle. He had it wrong. When I corrected him, he didn't believe me, even when I told him that the plant was built, owned and operated by my company. He would have to "look into what I said."

Election Ploy or Just Absolutely Confident?

This story from the AP has the Dems doing a post-election session to pass legislation containing their new stimulus, additional food stamps and other give-aways. They are also having an "economic" forum next week to "help" wth the crisis. Maybe I'm a cynic, but the last "stimulus" package didn't seem to work. This is just more "government" giveaways. I find the timing just a bit suspicious, since it is being announced less than a month before the election. This sounds like nothing more that a vote grab with more bread and circuses.

I didn't see any mention that Pelosi and the other rich, Democratic fat cats in the Congress plan to divest any of their fortunes into this giveaway program.

Found on Drudge

Stealing an Election

The continued and growing reports of fraudulent voter registrations by "activist" groups clearly indicates that the Democratic Party will stop at nothing to steal the election. Obama, if elected, will be there solely by fraud.

Obama's Treason?

The Washington Times confirms earlier reports that Senator Obama elected to conduct foreign policy with Iraq, specifically to delay any agreement on status of forces. This is done only for political gain. Obviously, if the Bush administration couldn't get an agreement with Iraq, then the Democrats would benefit by saying he couldn't end the the war. Obama obviously will do anything to get elected and very cynically elected to conduct his own foreign policy. The McCain campaign should make great political hay out of this treasonous act by a presidential candidate. My bet is they won't.

Obama continues to demonstrate he is not qualified for the office he seeks. One wonders how much interference in US foreign policy has been going on by the likes of Pelosi, Reid and other Democrats. They will undercut the Bush administration for pure politics.

Planet Green

The Discovery Channel has made itself over into something called "Planet Green." It is nothing more than a continuous stream of self-congratulatory newly green getting all warm and tingly about being green and propaganda. I've watched a few minutes and found nothing but the continuous stream of propaganda.

Well, we have an actor who just wants to be as green as green can be. At least Begely's show is done with a bit of humor. Then we have Hollywood Green where rich actors seem to talk about just how wonderful and green they are. Why, I was just beside myself with pride, when they "greened" up their country club.

Ad after ad on being green. Break after break on being green. Comment after comment on just how wonderful it is to be green.

It's down right sickening drivel and propaganda. It's enough to make me to want to change my last name.

No Choice In November

Gas is $4/gallon and going up. The dollar is going in the toilet. Crazy because the US is rich in energy that we refuse to get or use. I really like the Republican attack on the Democrats over energy policy. The crazy thing is McCain is wholeheartedly in the Liberal camp. Refusal to pursue drilling for oil in the US. The "pristine" 1% of ANWAR that will NOT be destroyed. Fears over the global warming scam. I strongly believe both McCain and the Democrats are out to wreck the US economy. The public has no choice.

If McCain believes he must court the liberals and blow off the conservative base because they have no choice really, he is sadly mistaken. I will vote my conscience, which could well be libertarian. I think they are a bit stupid, but, by gosh, they really aren't out to ruin the country. Can't say that about RINO and Democratic candidates.

Going Green

Seems like every time you turn on the television, you find a channel trying to out-green another. You also can't listen to the Discovery Channel, HGTV or, lately, even Fox without getting the green message. It's either a fad or concerted propagands. It's getting a bit old. I really wonder if most folks tune out the message when the sales pitch is endlessly repeated.

Global Warming Challenge 2

The saviors of the environment want 50% reductions in CO2. I challenge anyone to do this. Cut your electrical use by 50-80%, cut your fuel consumption by 50-80%, cut the energy into products you use by 50-80%. You can handle the first two by personally doing it. Thermostat settings just to prevent your house from freezing (no AC) should allow you to keep food cold and cook. You can do without electrical lighting most of the time. If not, take your chances on food poisoning. It is darned easy to cut fuel consumption. Just don't drive. Cuts in product carbon footprint are harder. You just may have to give up getting stuff until you can be assured of its low-carbon value.

Think it's silly? The saviors of the planet are always demanding someone else do it. Don't see any of them trying that life-style themselves.

Global Warming Challenge 1

If global warming is "settled science" why are there no predictions, save AlGore's, for near-term effects. You can get all kinds of predictions for 2050 and 2100, but none for 2010. Ballistics is "settled" science. Propel an object weighing X grams with Y force at Z angle and you can predict very accurately the trajectory of that object. For us expert high school physics students it was always done in a vacuum to eliminate the complications of air resistance, wind speed and the like. For the settled science of AGW predictions are always made so far in the future that no one will remember the prediction.

AlGore is the only one who has made a short term prediction. He has predicted total meltdown of the Artic in 5 years. Year one ended up with 20% more ice than the previous year. Must be going to start next year. He didn't say if it was going to loose 20% per year or just do it all in one year.

So, here's the challenge. Predict the annual, semidecadal and decadal temperature change. If the predictions fail, they your settled science may not be all that settled.

Too Bad it Wasn't Going to Fight Global Warming

The story about a 777 flight with 5 passengers creating an "eco uproar" would have been a story about how the greedy airlines stranding people if they had done what the enviros wanted or it would have been a glowing story if it had been 5 campaigners against global warming flying to some tropical isle to further the cause.