The Coming Obama Stock Market Crash

Just when you thought that it couldn't get worse, we now have The Coming Obama Stock Market Crash!

Brace yourselves...

-Bob

Weather Channel founder: Al Gore to blame for gas prices

From Grassfire.org:

John Coleman, the Founder of the Weather Channel, recently made a case linking Al Gore’s Climate Alarmism with the rising gas prices.

Go here to access that article:

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=8295&CID=106&RID=16196735

It is clear that radical environmentalism must take much of the blame for our current gas crisis. Consider this:

• No nuclear plants in the past 20 years. Why? Environmentalists will not allow it.
• Our domestic oil production has dropped by 22 percent since the last energy crisis. Again, radical environmentalism is working against any new drilling.
• Did you know that Rocky Mountain shale oil holds more than six times as much potential oil reserves as Saudi Arabia -- enough to fuel America well into the next century? Environmentalists don't want this resource to be touched.

And the bogus threat that CO2 is destroying the planet will make it virtually impossible for America to expand our own capacity.

Robert, that's why I want you to have a powerful DVD that exposes the fallacy of man-made global warming.

Go here to request your copy in appreciation of a gift of any amount to Grassfire:

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=8296&CID=106&RID=16196735

Unless we expose the fallacy of Climate Alarmism, we will never break free from the tyranny of foreign oil and gas prices will never recover. The environmentalists simply will not allow it!

I hope you will take advantage of this resource -- again, in appreciation of your gift of any amount to Grassfire.

Thank you so much for standing against the radical agenda of the Climate Alarmists.


Steve Elliott

-Bob

Petition to stop the North American Union

Momentum is building in our government to create the "framework" for a North American Union that would undermine our nation's sovereignty and open our borders.

I just signed an important citizen petition opposing these latest efforts. Please go here to sign:

http://www.grassfire.org/89/petition.asp?PID=14158802&NID=1

Thanks!

-Bob

Flooding at Hononegah Forest Preserve

Today, quite a storm came through the area. In honor of Carbon Belch Day we decided to take a drive and look around.

Here is pictures of what we found at the local Forest Preserve (Hononegah Forest Preserve):






Looks fine so far...

As we enter the picnic area, things change.

Getting a little damp...

 

Where did the road go?

 

It's starting to look more like a swamp...

 

 

In another part of the picnic area:




Looking more like a boot launch than a road. Notice the road is just barely visible through the water?

 

The view further to the left. Notice the outhouses and the picnic tables under water?

 

Update: 6/13/2008 - My pictures have made the Weather page at WIFR.com. Check it out!

-Bob

Obama's a 'Post Turtle'

This one came from one of the mailing lists that my wife subscribes to. It's so funny, I couldn't help but to post it here:

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his bid to be our President.

The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Obama is a 'post turtle'."

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a 'post turtle' was. The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a 'post turtle'."

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. "You know he didn't get up there by himself, he doesn't belong up there, he doesn't know what to do while he is up there, and you just wonder what kind of a dumb ass put him up there to begin with."

-Bob

Stop the Green Pig: Defeat the Boxer-Warner-Lieberman Green Pork Bill Capping American Jobs and Trading America's Future

A must read: Stop the Green Pig: Defeat the Boxer-Warner-Lieberman Green Pork Bill Capping American Jobs and Trading America's Future:

Instead of acting to lower gas prices, your representatives in the Senate began debate yesterday on a measure that will increase gas prices.

Instead of heeding your voice, Congress is acting in defiance of it.

Instead of giving you relief from high gas prices, your elected representatives are debating how to give even more handouts to lobbyists and special interests.

To top this off, here is the response I received from B. Hussein Obama today:

Dear Robert:

Thank you for contacting me about the effect of greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate and your views regarding the Lieberman-Warner proposal to address this issue.

I agree that the issue of climate change requires decisive and urgent Congressional action. I am a cosponsor of the Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act (S. 309) introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders in January. This proposal outlines a long-term plan which would cap greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide beginning in 2010, with a goal of reducing emissions by 80 percent of 1990 levels by the year 2050.

I also authored the National Low Carbon Fuels Act, which requires a net 10 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in our transportation fuels by the year 2020. That bill, coupled with my Fuel Economy Reform Act, which requires vehicles to achieve 40 miles per gallon by 2020, would together result in the greenhouse-gas-equivalent of removing more than 50 million cars off the road in twelve years.

On October 18, 2007, Senators Lieberman and Warner introduced America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191). In the following weeks, the Senate Environmental and Public Works panel held both subcommittee and full committee hearings on the bill. On December 5, the panel favorably reported S. 2191 by a vote of 11-8. First and foremost, the Lieberman-Warner proposal contains a cap-and-trade framework for addressing greenhouse gas reduction, an approach that I have consistently endorsed. Next, the bill sets targets for a phased reduction in emissions to 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 70 percent below 2005 levels by 2050. S. 2191 also includes some important provisions such as energy assitance for low-income households, new efficiency standards for appliances and buildings, and incentives for the development and deployment of renewable energy technologies.

The evidence is compelling that even if carbon dioxide emissions are restricted to today’s levels, the earth’s climate could be several degrees warmer in the next 50 years. My two daughters were born in the late 1990s, and if this problem is largely unaddressed, they will likely experience the effects of global climate change in their lifespan. I agree with your views that carbon control legislation must have targets that achieve bold and real reductions in greenhouse gases, both in the near term and mid-century, to prevent irreversible damage to the climate, and I will communicate these concerns with my Senate colleagues.

Again, thank you for contacting me. You may rest assured that I will continue to be an advocate for strong and timely action on the global climate change problem.

Sincerely,

Barack Obama
United States Senator


P.S. Our system does not allow direct response to this email. However, if you would like to contact me again, please use the form on the website: http://obama.senate.gov/contact/

What did I write to B. Hussein Obama, you ask? Here it is:

Senator Obama,

As you know, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (S. 2191/3036) AKA the Boxer-Warner-Lieberman Gas Tax Hike bill is currently being debated in the Senate. This bill if passed, could cause gas prices to increase by more than $3.00 per gallon. Gas prices are already way too high due to current policies. This bill would only serve to drive prices higher.

We need real solutions to this problem. There are plenty of domestic sources of oil (and other resources) available. Instead, we have surrendered control to the Middle East and other hostile countries. Please explain exactly how higher taxes, and the resulting higher gas prices will prevent this situation from getting even worse? This problem can be solved and higher taxes are not the answer.

Please do the right thing and strongly oppose S. 2191/3036. The People of Illinois already have a hard enough time affording enough fuel in their cars just to get to work. Taxes on fuel are already way too high. Please don't make it worse. Oppose S. 2191/3036.

Any idea, why he thinks that I agree with him at all? I didn't even mention "climate change" or "Global Warming". I told him to oppose the bill on the basis of gas prices...

As Newt puts it so well:

I've long maintained that there are two ways to protect the environment: There is the old-style, command and control, government regulation and litigation approach. Or there is the new way which uses technology, innovation and incentives to protect our environment.

Of these two approaches, the Boxer-Warner-Lieberman bill is definitely of the old school. The Wall Street Journal calls it "the most extensive government reorganization of the American economy since the 1930s."

Which way do you think will actually work? I'm all for option #2!

-Bob

Dick Durbin wants lower fuel prices and higher fuel taxes

Leave it to a Democrat to try to play both sides. Tonight I watched two videos from Dick Durbin's senate web site:

1. http://durbin.senate.gov/watchClip.cfm?clipId=d805af5c-1682-4acb-aa4a-a7a5df930ce1 - 5/28/2008 - Durbin talks about high gas prices, how it's hurting our state, and what he'd like to do about it (put the screws to "big business"). Of course, he doesn't admit that he's partially to blame for this situation.
2. http://durbin.senate.gov/watchClip.cfm?clipId=674b41e3-2664-4d0c-9e69-cc768bcde421 - 5/30/2008 - Durbin talks about Al Gore style Global Warming and what he'd like to do about it. He's clearly buying into Al Gore's Carbon Credit scheme (swindle would be a better word for it). What he didn't mention is the 1.2 Trillion Dollar Carbon tax and how much high it's going to drive gas prices.
   

So, what must be going through Dick's mind? Here's my take:

1. Oil Companies ("big business") are evil and have conspired together to raise gas prices to record highs. They have no concern for the economy. They just are out to "make a buck".
2. The government can pressure the Oil Companies into operating at a loss (or at least without profit) by telling them "it's the right thing to do". This will correct their "evil ways" and bring gas price back down to more palatable levels.
3. Al Gore knows more about Global Warming than any real scientist.
4. Al Gore's Carbon Credit scheme is the solution to all of our problems.
5. Because he'll be able to make the Oil Companies correct their "evil ways", we won't notice the 1.2 Trillion Dollar Carbon Tax that drove the fuel prices even higher.

Back to reality. What's really going on?

1. Oil Companies are like any other business. They expect to bring in more money than what they spend (that's called "profit"). They have to get the oil that becomes gasoline somewhere. Today, that means buying it from other countries (including those that are hostile to the US) that have worked together to drive prices higher. In true capitalism price gouging is quickly corrected by market forces. The Oil business has historically been a business of higher than average prices. Hence the phrase "strike it rich" in reference to discovering oil.
2. The Democrats have worked very hard to prevent the Oil Companies from obtaining their oil from domestic sources. Examples of untapped domestic sources blocked by Democrats include: ANWR.org, ANWR Democrats, oil shale in Colorado, etc. The Democrats have also worked hard to keep gas prices high. As Newt Gingrich Posted on 05/20/2008: Saudi Arabia Did More Last Week to Lower Gas Prices Than Congress Did.
3. Al Gore appears to have have no idea what he is talking about. As I have written about before, http://blog.justbob.us/2008/05/unstoppable-solar-cycles.html and http://blog.justbob.us/2008/04/happy-earth-day-al-gore.html Al is frequently putting the "cart before the horse". As seen in Unstoppable Solar Cycles, An inconvenient Truth, and The Global Warming Swindle. It appears that any real scientist that looks at our climate over a significant span of time (much, much more than 100 years) find that our climate changes over time, and this change has little to do with humans.
   
4. The Democrats believe that we can be "taxed into prosperity". With this in mind, a 1.2 Trillion Dollar tax should make us all rich (exactly how does that work anyway?). In reality, we will all be poorer (except a few politicians...).
5. Exactly how does a Carbon Credit "fix" "Global Warming". Does that mean that if you have enough money, you can just "fix" the "problem"? Why hasn't someone like Bill Gates bought enough Carbon Credits to solve it once and for all? Answer - if the problem is real (a real question), money won't fix it. If anything, it's an engineering issue, not a money issue (as in buying Carbon Credits, see: http://newsbusters.org/node/10989). Again, the reality: A Carbon Credit is a license to pollute, nothing more.

That's enough venting for now from me. What do you have to add?

-Bob

Fox News Highlights the Kings of Pork and More

From Grassfire.org:

5/30/2008

Dear Robert,

Because you have taken such a strong stand with us against pork-barrel spending, I wanted to alert you to a FOX News investigative special, hosted by Chris Wallace.

I was told FOX reporters expose more than a colossal waste of your tax dollars from pork-spending lawmakers, but also a fattening of their bank accounts!

This is a FOX exclusive not to be missed!

WHAT: Porked: Earmarks for Profit
WHEN: Saturday, May 31 at 8pm ET
WHERE: FOX News Channel

You can sign the national petition opposing earmark spending (I did!) by clicking here:

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=7852&PID=15588536

-Bob

Untied Against Homeskooled Kidz

What idiot thinks that excluding home schooled children is a good idea? See:

Both California and Tennessee have done their best to shut down the home school movement in the past year. First California made it illegal to home school children unless the person teaching the child could show grade level certification. Then Tennessee’s Board of Education ruled that diplomas from home school affiliated organizations were invalid to show proof of high school graduation.

Now, Subway has gotten involved. The sandwich restaurant chain is holding a competition called “Every Sandwich Tells a Story.” Children can win prizes for their schools. But, the rules state, “Contest is open only to legal residents of the Untied States who are currently over the age of 18 and have children who attend elementary, private or parochial schools that serve grades PreK-6. No home schools will be accepted.” [Emphasis added]

Read the rest at HumanEvents.com

Doesn't this show just how afraid government sponsored schools (public schools, for those readers in Rio Linda) are of home schooling? Like virtually every government agency, they are deathly afraid of compitition. Only in public schools do they strive to achieve the lowest possible level of achievement (think, "outcome based education"). I guess they know that there isn't a Spelling Bee win in sight until home schooling is eliminated.

This is just my guess, but, I suspect that home schooling yields more conservatives than liberals. Of course, the liberals won't stand for that...

-Bob

You Can't Appease Everybody

From www.humanevents.com:

After decades of comparing Nixon to Hitler, Reagan to Hitler and Bush to Hitler, liberals have finally decided it is wrong to make comparisons to Hitler. But the only leader to whom they have applied their newfound rule of thumb is: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

While Ahmadinejad has not done anything as starkly evil as cut the capital gains tax, he does deny the Holocaust, call for the destruction of Israel, deny the existence of gays in Iran and refuses to abandon his nuclear program despite protests from the United Nations. That's the only world leader we're not allowed to compare to Hitler.

Read the rest...

-Bob

Kudos to Congressman Green

From www.humanevents.com:

I also want to take the time to congratulate a principled Democratic Representative who had the courage to break with his party leadership last week on the issue of domestic energy production.

Congressman Gene Green (D-TX) told CNBC, "We also need more exploration. But we really need to get more oil to the market, particularly from our own country. The best signal we can send to OPEC and anywhere else in the world is maybe not filing a lawsuit against them but actually saying 'we are going to start producing in our own country.'"

All Americans who are concerned about out-of-control prices and our vulnerability to energy blackmail by foreign dictators should appreciate and acknowledge Congressman Green's stand. The only question left is the one posed to Green by the CNBC anchor: "Can you convince the other wings of your party to think like you do?"

Good job Mr Green!

-Bob

Oppose the 1.2 Trillion Dollar "Carbon Tax"

From americansolutions.com:

Next week, the Senate is set to begin debate on a bill that will raise the price of gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil and aviation fuel. (view this Heritage Foundation state-by-state breakdown to find out how much Warner Lieberman will cost you).

It's the Warner-Lieberman global warming bill, and its supporters are as misguided and out-of-touch with the American people as the supporters of last spring's immigration amnesty bill - and we all remember how that turned out.

There are two things you can do now to fight back.

First, call or email your Senator and tell him or her to vote "no" on Warner-Lieberman - "no" on raising the cost of driving to work, heating your home, and feeding your family.

Second, visit americansolutions.com/drillnow and sign our "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less" petition. The petition is simple but powerful. It says:

We, therefore, the undersigned citizens of the United States, petition the U.S. Congress to act immediately to lower gasoline prices by authorizing the exploration of proven energy reserves to reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources from unstable countries.

And with your help, as the Senate begins to debate Warner-Lieberman, American Solutions will present the names of 100,000 of their constituents who will hold them accountable if they fail to allow America the freedom to use its own energy resources instead of relying on foreign dictators.

Americans truly have a choice - a choice between the Pay More, Send More Money to Foreign Dictators and Cripple America Left and the Produce More, Enjoy More, Pay Less, Strengthen American Center-Right Majority. Make your choice by visiting americansolutions.com/drillnow.

For more on the problems caused by this legislation, watch this video: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1452232326/bctid1556133674

Can I count on you to do your part to lower gas prices (and taxes)?

-Bob

Every adult to carry "Carbon Ration Card"

From the "Governments' going too far department" (as reported by grassfire.org):

The Daily Mail is reporting that Britain's Environmental Audit Committee is pushing the idea that "every adult should be forced to use a 'carbon ration card' when they pay for petrol, airline tickets or household energy."

Climate Alarmism in England has gotten so bad that the British face the prospects of having to punch their "carbon card" every time they fill up or fly a plane!

The next thing to expect is that our Democratic-controlled Congress will jump on this bandwagon and push for a "Carbon Ration Card" here in the US as well. As we well know, the Democrats would hate to miss out on a bad idea that has been forced on people in other countries (they hate to be "left behind"). Of course, there will be an additional "tax" associated with so that "well meaning" Democrats can buy additional "Carbon Rations" (think "Carbon Credits"). Given Al Gore's house, he would be the first in line to get additional "Carbon Rations"...

-Bob

Help me stop the California anti-marriage ruling

I just signed a petition supporting an emergency suspension of California's outrageous court ruling that sanctioned homosexual marriage. Same-sex marriage licenses will be issued by June 15 at the latest. We have very little time to stop this ruling. Please go here to sign:

http://www.libertyaction.org/290/petition.asp?PID=16584472&NID=1

The expansion of "Marriage" by the government is very a "slippery slope" sort of issue. At some point, all of these "special cases" will invalidate the original concepts, ruining it for everyone.

Think about it this way:

Shouldn't single people, that have no desire for a "partner" receive the same government benefits? Aren't single people being discriminated against?

We don't need bigger government. If anything, government needs to be smaller. How about we eliminate government sponsored marriage all together? Wouldn't that simplify things?

-Bob

Float in a German Parade

This one comes to us from my wife's friend Betsy:

A float in a German parade.... SO, you think the world isn't watching the fiasco in the USA?

Obviously, the rest of the world can see what Hillary and B. Hussein Obama are up to. Can you?

-Bob

Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less - Sign the petition today!

From http://www.americansolutions.com/:

A Real Change Campaign to Lower Your Gas Prices:
Sign the petition today. Urge Congress to act to lower your gasoline prices. Stop the pain at the pump!

Watch the video:

I've signed the petition. Have you?

-Bob

One Down, Two to Go

Ann Coulter puts it so well:

"Clinton's vice president, Al Gore, lost an election that should have been his in a walk. In fact, he was the first incumbent president or vice president in 100 years to lose an election in peacetime with a good economy. Mind you, that was before we even knew that Gore was a deranged conspiracy theorist who believes the Earth is in serious peril from cow flatulence." ...

Read the rest here: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26418

-Bob

Unstoppable Solar Cycles

This is a "must see" video about "climate change". It clearly shows that there are factors at play that are much, much stronger than man in effecting climate change.

The chart showing the relationship between temperature and CO2 is also very interesting. Over the span off 600,000 years, temperature change has always led CO2 change by about 600 years.

I have to wonder what Al Gore thinks of this Video. Obviously, since it flies in the face of his agenda, he would likely pass it off as being false.

The scientists put it best: "Science is about being skeptical. There is a quest to always verify what we know."

What's most important here? Keep politics out out science. I want to see real science applied to this "issue". I'm not at all interested in the false "science" of those groups that are pushing for the "science" to fit their agenda.

Obviously man has an effect on the environment. But, it appears that many appear to think that we are far more powerful than we actually are...

-Bob

Change

I just saw a piece about Obama on the Fox Report. I didn't hear the audio, so I don't know the context, but, there was a bunch of people holding banners saying "Change".

What came to mind, you ask?

All I could think was "how fitting!" The democrats are famous for taking our dollars and giving us nothing but change (if anything at all). At least Obama is up front about it. I just can't figure out why everyone appeared to be so happy about it.

As far a I am concerned, I just want to keep my dollars...

-Bob

Happy Earth Day Al Gore!

I guess I'm a little slow, tonight I figured out how Al Gore is going to save the planet! He's intends to do it by killing off all of the humans (except of course, himself and his buddies). It appears the the agenda that he is pushing to "save the environment" is doing far more harm than good.

As said on http://palousitics.blogspot.com/2008/04/happy-earth-day-al-gore.html, "the rush to replace fossil fuels threatens global famine." Further on, we find that rain forests (the haven of the "greenie") are continuing to disappear, this time to grow crops to produce more ethanol (and even more greenhouse gases).

Given that he is driven by emotion and bad "science", he can't possible understand why all his "good" is doing more harm...

Happy Earth Day Al Gore!

-Bob