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Well, not exactly. However, they are reporting (to their credit) results of a recent study refuting global warming:
For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures.
And our climate models did not forecast it, even though man-made carbon dioxide, the gas thought to be responsible for warming our planet, has continued to rise.
The BBC has been all over the global warming story for years. Opponents have vociferously accused them of bias on the issue and of trying to shut down any further debate on the topic. However, the BBC now posits the following:
One thing is for sure. It seems the debate about what is causing global warming is far from over. Indeed some would say it is hotting up.
Personally, I don't know the answers as it pertains to global warming or how much mankind is influencing our environment. I try to follow the science as much as a layman can, but it's hard to sift through the heated rhetoric on both sides and separate facts from hyperbole. However, this study shows that the issue of global warming is at least more complex and unsettled than many folks make it out to be.
From CNN:
The Congressional Budget Office is now estimating that limits on medical malpractice lawsuits — reforms favored by many Republicans — could save the government as much as $54 billion over the next ten years.
In a recent CNN discussion, Dr. Sanjay Gupta stated that as much as 15% of health care costs come from lawsuits and the subsequent practice of defensive medicine by physicians. It seems to be a no-brainer that you can reduce costs by placing some limits on malpractice lawsuits. Surely, this is included as a provision in the Democrats' health care bills, right?
Wrong.
Why isn't it included? The American Trial Lawyers Association is one of the biggest financial supporters of the Democratic Party. As you can imagine, trial lawyers are adamantly against any limits on malpractice awards. The Democrats wouldn't even consider crossing these wealthy and generous contributors. The result? No limits on malpractice claims.
Until the Democrats are willing to do the right thing and stand up to their own self-serving campaign contributors, we should take their attempts to control health care costs with a grain of salt.
Seriously? Barack Obama got a Nobel Peace Prize? The nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize were due twelve days after Obama was inaugurated. TWELVE DAYS. What did he do in those twelve days to merit a nomination? And who submitted the nomination? Can we get some answers here? It's a joke that he was nominated so early in his presidency. What's even more hilarious, though, is that he WON the award nine months into his presidency. What has he accomplished? There were 205 nominees. Are you telling me that none of the others accomplished more to advance world peace than Obama? If they accomplished anything at ALL, they accomplished more than Obama. He has done nothing but talk. If the award was based on just his words, then his teleprompter should've received the award. It supplied the words that have apparently healed the world.
As I thought further about this, however, it dawned on me. I figured out what Obama accomplished and why he won. He was very skilled at not being named George Bush. The selection committee so despised George Bush that they'd bestow their weightiest honor on any liberal in charge of America who doesn't have that name. That's what Obama accomplished. Had Hillary Clinton won the presidency, she would have snared the "honor". And this is not the first time the committee's loathing of Bush influenced their choice. Jimmy Carter won a few years ago. At the time, it was largely viewed as a slap at Dubya and his foreign policy. And don't forget Al Gore. He was the anti-Bush in terms of environmental issues. So there have been three Nobel Peace Prizes awarded in the last eight years that were directly attributable to Dubya. Had he not been president, it's likely that none of the three would've won.
The Nobel Peace Prize selection committee has turned itself into a laughingstock. My suggestion? Change the name of the award from the Nobel Peace Prize to the Ultra-Liberal, Anti-Bush Prize. At least that would be an honest representation of what the award is about.
Rio de Janeiro has been awarded the 2016 Summer Olympics -- which means that Chicago lost in its long and arduous bid to host the games. Not only did Chicago not get it, but the Windy City was the first of the four finalists to be eliminated. In other words, it wasn't even close.
What happened? President Obama went down there personally to make an impassioned plea. I thought he was King of the Universe. Were they not swayed by the lofty words of "He Who Is The One"? I thought he was wildly popular around the world. Heck, we even sent "She Who Married He Who Is The One". Two Obamas on one stage and Chicago still didn't win it? What happened to that Midas Touch
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This surprises me:
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% would vote to replace the entire Congress and start all over again.
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After recently facing an especially contentious group of her constituents at a town hall meeting, Claire McCaskill (D-MO) reached the following conclusion:
McCaskill said she was "proud of the people that showed up and I don't take that personally."
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Ouch:
In a chilling forecast, the White House is predicting a 10-year federal deficit of $9 trillion - more than the sum of all previous deficits since America's founding. And it says by the next decade's end the national debt will equal three-quarters of the entire U.S. economy.
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The House bill for universal health care estimates the cost to be around $1 trillion over the next 10 years. That sounds insanely expensive, right? Well, I was watching a panel discussion on CNN the other night about health care and it was revealed that the actual cost of Medicare for this year was about 6 1/2 times more than the original projected cost. The truth is that most government programs cost much more than the original projections. So, it's highly likely that the cost of the new entitlement program that would be created by the universal health care bill could wind up costing $5 trillion or even $10 trillion. And don't think for one second that the American people don't already realize this. They've seen what happens with government programs.
To quote that crafty wordsmith, George W. Bush: "Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
Despite the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, Barack Obama chose to move full speed ahead with his political agenda upon taking over in January. Seven months later, the economy continues to languish, the national debt is growing to unprecedented levels, and Obama's approval numbers are tumbling lower each day. If I could offer the president some advice, this is what I would tell him to focus on:
Jobs, jobs, jobs
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