COP-21, the 21st Conference of the Parties (to the Global
Climate Treaty) is convening in Paris (November 30 to December 11, 2015) to try
to impose global restrictions on the emission of the greenhouse (GH) gas carbon
dioxide. The usual cast of characters will show up -- delegates from nearly 200
nations, who have made a lifetime career out of the climate business, plus some
15,000 hangers-on. We think they will fail to reach an effective international
agreement -- for a variety of reasons: Important developing countries have
other priorities; scandals are brewing and may flare up; and the climate itself
is not cooperating. But the media will portray Paris as a huge success, trying
to burnish the environmental-climate legacy of President Barack Obama. - Paris will
be a big “nothing-burger” - Do you remember Anne Gorsuch, who may have coined
this pungent term? She was the first female administrator of EPA, and rather
different from both Lisa Jackson and Gina McCarthy. Gorsuch served for a couple
of years in the Reagan administration, during which time she managed to cut the
EPA budget and slim down the agency. She proved that a determined administrator
can do something to rein in the regulatory excesses of the EPA. [Actually, one
of the most effective ways of achieving that goal might be to expand the EPA
office in Alaska, and then transfer most of the Washington activists to that
office.] More
Russ McSwain
Dennis Miller perfectly described Barack Obama as a
"debonair grifter." Donald Trump is just a grifter without the charm.
Given the performance of these two men, it is difficult to understand the
emotional (yes, emotional) attachment of their followers. A minority of us doubted Obama's promises for
many good reasons. For example, there were Obama’s own words in two
autobiographies. There were Obama’s associations with, among others, Reverend
Wright and Bill Ayers. (One has to admire former mayor Richard Daley's earnest
defense of Obama: "You have to understand, in Chicago Ayers is
mainstream.") …..It is said that you cannot con an honest person, but
Donald Trump proves that you can…… And
Tevye (Fiddler
on the Roof) had a point about gullibility: "When you're rich,
they think you really know!"
Obama and Trump share
several traits. They are both narcissistic…..More
Repeating the
Democratic mantra that President George W. Bush, barely eight months into his
presidency on September 11, 2001, was responsible for the terrorist attacks on
the World Trade Centers, Donald Trump says his immigration stance would have
prevented the atrocity. On Monday, the
mouth that roars told
“Fox and Friends that his policies would have made it more difficult for
the 9/11 hijackers to obtain visas and challenged presidential rival Jeb.
Bush’s assertion that his brother, President George W. Bush “kept us safe”…..More
My
Take – Actually everyone should
be blaming Jimmy Carter.
We are seeing an interesting phenomenon in Europe and in
the U.S. "Green" candidates and officeholders are vying to outdo one
another in boasting of their environmental credentials. In debates here and
abroad, it's not uncommon to hear those office seekers asking voters to give
them ever more power
because, they claim, the "planet" is in dire need of their help. Some of our European friends,
especially those from the formerly Captive Nations held down for half a century
by the power of the USSR, jokingly call the new Greens "watermelons."
Why so? They may be green on the outside, our newly freed friends say, but they
are red (Communist)
on the inside.…….More
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