What The? Aliens Might Kill Everyone Because Of Global Warming?

So lets alter ever aspect of our lifestyle for some non-existent threat.

It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alien attack, scientists claim.

Watching from afar, extraterrestrial beings might view changes in Earth's atmosphere as symptomatic of a civilisation growing out of control – and take drastic action to keep us from becoming a more serious threat, the researchers explain.

This highly speculative scenario is one of several described by scientists at Nasa and Pennsylvania State University that, while considered unlikely, they say could play out were humans and alien life to make contact at some point in the future.

In the very best of hands.

New & Improved Tone At Work: Video Of Teamster Threatening To Violate A Body Cavity Of Someone Taping Him

Michelle has the details.


The confrontation starts at about the 7:30 mark in the video. Obvious language warning.

Anymore, the 'New Tone!' just like any other progressive idea. Repackage the old idea and slap a new name on it.

War on poverty? Redistribution of wealth with welfare and food stamps.

Cap and Trade? Redistribution of wealth with a made-believe commodity of 'Carbon Credits' that make richer countries have to buy with real money from poorer countries.

New Tone? Same old hate, hostility and projection from the left there always has been.

I'll give the progressive democrats this: The party knows how to recycle.

From Hamsterpiece Theater

Mary Katharine Ham does the job Congress doesn't but should do.

Read their actual legislation.



For those who would pay to watch Mary Katharine read a phone book, the next best thing is below the fold.




















Thanks to The Jawa Report.

Cap And Trade, Part Two

If you do not use electric light, store food in a freezer or refrigerator, or drive a car to a job, then there is nothing to worry about. Everyone else, however, will be hit in their pocket book in the back-end of this deal.

Hit hardest would be the "95% of working families" Mr. Obama keeps mentioning, usually omitting that his no-new-taxes pledge comes with the caveat "unless you use energy." Putting a price on carbon is regressive by definition because poor and middle-income households spend more of their paychecks on things like gas to drive to work, groceries or home heating.

It's a make believe tax that hits producers and manufacturers that will pass the cost down the line. It won't stop supposed global warming anymore than a property tax on Neverland will help to fix local roads.

More talk about Cap and Trade here and here.

Thank you, Stacy, for the FMJRA.

Cap and Trade

I could be wrong but I don't think that people in mainstream of America really understand the proposed Cap and Trade program and how it will affect everyone. First, let me just state that I am not an authority on Cap and Trade but I do want to attempt to share some of the basics about the program as I understand them. You can be sure that I am not going to get all mixed up with every little detail – in part because the objective of this article is to keep it as simple as possible – and because I simply don't have the back ground to.

The first part of the program is "Cap" – meaning that the new law would put a cap on the amount of carbon that a producer could emit into the atmosphere. Carbon emission producers are factories, energy plants, paper mills and many others. Many carbon emission producers currently emit more carbon than what the new cap would allow. Which brings us to the second part of the program – "Trade". With the new cap in place those companies who produce above the cap limit would not be allowed to continue to operate unless they either reduced their carbon emissions or found a partner to "trade" cap space with.

Essentially, the trade would involve one company purchasing the ability to produce carbon emission above and beyond their allowable cap for a price. Companies who don't produce as many carbon emissions as others would be in a position to sell their carbon cap space to other companies who are overproducing or above the carbon emissions cap.

Over the long run this would encourage industries to find ways to continue to make their products with less carbon emissions. In fact… The forces of the Cap and Trade system acting on the market would produce a few outcomes. First – carbon emissions would be lowered, which is theoretically a good thing. Second – there would be advances in technology brought about by industries trying to find new ways to make their products without producing as much carbon. And third – the products that these industries and companies produce would be more expensive due to absorbing the operating expenses of the Cap and Trade system.

How much more expensive? I don't know but… I do know that when my wife and I are happy that our electricity bill came back down to $640 this month as compared to $770 last month – we do not want to see anything put in motion right now that would force prices, especially energy prices to go any higher than they already are - period!

Here is an idea Mr. President – how about we get through this economic crisis first – then we can save the world with your cap and trade plan.