Global Warming and Cooling Explained with Intelligence

It's almost narcissistic the way that people attribute everything to themselves, both good and bad. Not to themselves personally, but to the group as a whole. It is concerning that some of the 'global warming' environmental crowd actually say that the answer is 'limiting the population'.

Are you serious?

These people are nuts!

If you want some real science and to see some direct cause and effect relationships for earth's warming and cooling trends, you need to look UP.

2008: The Year Global Warming was Disproved

This is a great article and a must read.

As President Obama begins his first term I do hope that he takes a second look at his stance on global warming, particularly at the cap and trade system that is sure to come up in congress in the near future. Our economy just can't afford it and the new 'consensus' is that we don't need it any way.

That's the convenient truth.

This is just sad

It really is ridiculous that trial lawyers prey on the hurt and loss of tragic victims in order to open up outrageous law suits against people were are trying to do the right thing.

This is a great example.

Jacob's getting older

Well, okay he's seven. Check out his birthday post here.

Classic... Why should they have to suffer?

Just got out of our meeting where we found out about the "adjustments" for the next two quarters. Ouch.

In the meantime, Congress just got their automatic pay increases. AZ Democratic Representative Harry Mitchell actually proposed a bill a while back to stop the automatic increase, but it never got out of committee.

Must be nice.

Don't get me wrong, I love Burger King

I have to admit I love whoppers. Back when I could afford the calories I could pound down two of them along with some fries and call that lunch (how did I ever get fat?)

But really? Do I actually want to smell like a Whopper?

Maybe it is just the Christmas movie kick that I get on this time of year, but I can't read about this without thinking about one of my favorite scenes from Elf. "You smell like beef and cheese, you don't smell like Santa."

Classic.

Words you never ever want to hear over the intercom on your flight...

"I'm not qualified to land this plane."

Ouch, that has to hurt.

What if there had been fog at the airport of origin as well?

The Global Warming Evidence is Piling Up...

In Vegas.

Don't worry, this is all due to global warming because... like... hmmm... that's why there are these freak winter storms... the weather is just like... hmmm.... so unpredictable now.

Before global warming, the weather men were always right!

Right?

All of the craziness

While I have been out of the blogosphere for a while, I have not dropped off the map entirely. I have been busy. Crazy busy. Work, home, church… busy. Good busy, but busy none the less. Considering the current economic state of my company, I have recently taken to several job boards and joined linkedin, a career networking site.

With so many things to occupy my mind I have chosen not to listen to too much political commentary, although I have been following the news. I have paid vague attention to Obama’s cabinet selections so far and I have to say that for the most part they are a) not much of a change from past administrations or leadership positions, b) they aren’t quite as representative of the far left as I would have expected in fact some are even pretty moderate, and finally c) many of the positions seem to have been selected because of their prominence in the (Dem) party or for their faithfulness as supporters, rather than for their acumen for the position. Interesting move on Obama’s part. I’m not sure if this is an attempt to solidify his position as the head of the Dem Party and so shore up his influence in the rest of the Dem led government or if this is an attempt at a throw back to what Lincoln did in selecting his cabinet positions. Either way, it is pretty interesting.

The thing that concerns me most about the actions of the current, as well as the incoming administration is the handling of the financial mess. You would think that in any ‘crisis’ of this sort, the first thing that you would do is identify the real source of the problem and address it appropriately. Unfortunately that is not the course of action that Pres. Bush has selected and certainly not the one that the incoming Obama administration will continue. Instead of addressing the problem of political meddling in the mortgage industry and negligence by the SEC, the Bush administration pulled out a trillion dollar box of band aids and started applying as needed. The Obama administration, combined with the Dem congress has indicated that they will super size that box and add in a few rolls of gauze and maybe even some duct tape if things don’t improve (which they are already warning us that they won’t). In the process they are going to show the country that although the Bush administration and their compassionate conservatism (read NON-conservatism) spent money like drunken sailors and increased spending to unrealistically manageable levels in almost every area, the Democrats are the REAL money wasters and government interventionists.

Right now the solution to every financial problem that we have faced is to throw money at it. And if that doesn’t work, artificially lower interest rates and try and get the private sector to throw money at it. At best this will create a temporary and false bubble. The answer is that companies that are not operating in a solvent and efficient manner need to be shaken up. GM needs to go into bankruptcy. The UAW needs to be dismantled or at least completely reformed. If the TARP program is really going to be used it needs to be used in the manner that was intended. If it is just going to turn into a goodie bag for bad companies it needs to be stopped entirely. After the ‘TARP Junk Real Estate Gov. Coorporation’ buys up all of the ‘toxic debt’ that the government originally guaranteed through Fannie and Freddie, then it needs to transition and facilitate the break up and elimination of Fannie and Freddie.

Government needs to get out of the mortgage business. The shares of different industries that we have acquired during this ‘bailout fiasco’ need to be sold off as quickly as possible. Government should maintain the fair practice of business. They should prevent companies from behaving in a way that limits or endangers the free market, but they should have no vested interest in any part of the market. That is not the job of the government.

What we are looking at his a huge deficit that has no hope of turning around. Revenue to the government is going to plummet while the government just increases in size and cost. The answer is to DRASTICALLY cut spending while simultaneously making huge cuts in the tax rates. Yes, this will run a short term deficit, but it will light a fire in the private sector that will be the fuel for a sustained and healthy rebound.

As things turn around continue to cut government spending. Nancy Pelosi recently said that the congress is where businesses come to get a ‘hair cut’. I think congress needs to pull out the Bic and adopt my style of haircut on the federal government.