My summary of the results from Copenhagen’s Climate Change Summit are more than a week late due to the Holiday Break, but to be honest with you, it really doesn’t matter. For all the hoopla surrounding the fiasco, all the jockeying, pontificating and lugubrious debate had by global delegates for nearly two weeks, they finally agreed on one thing; we need to have more talks. This brilliant idea is being billed as, “The Copenhagen Accords.” What a joke. (more…)
Archive for December, 2009
Results from Copenhagen: The Copenhagen Accords
Posted in Al Gore, climate change, Copenhagen, economy, Energy, Environment, Foreign Affairs, global warming, Politics, tagged Cap & Trade, Carbon Emissions, climate change, Consensus, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Accords, Developing Nations, global warming, Politics on December 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Detroit Christmas Flight Terrorist Attack – Is Ethnic Profiling the Answer? (w/UPDATE)
Posted in Interrogation, Military and Defense, Radical Islam, tagged airport security, Al Qaeda, Amsterdam, Christmas terrorist attack, Detroit, Detroit terrorist attack, ethnic profiling, FiveThirtyEight, Flight 253, Huffington Post, Janet Napolitano, muslim extremism, muslim terrorist, Nate Silver, Nigeria, Obama, racial profiling, terrorist attack, terrorist attack on Christmas, TSA, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on December 28, 2009| 6 Comments »
Coming back from a week-long holiday, I had to play some catch up today to understand the events surrounding the Christmas Day attempted attack on a flight into Detroit Metro Airport. On Friday, a 23-yr old Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab made it onto a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit despite numerous warning signs including paying in cash, having no luggage, a denied visa into Britain, and a father willing to go an American embassy to warn that his son will capable of committing terrorist attacks. Much of the debate aftermath has been agreeable. For instance, Janet Napolitano must resign for continued ineptitude. After saying that our security system worked over the weekend, she later recanted amid polling saying 96% (!) of people disagreed with her. Also, most agree that making all passengers on international flights sit in there seats with nothing in their laps for the final hour of travel does not address the problem. But one thing that keeps being hinted at around many circles is a tough question to ask: Is it time we began to handle flight security with an increased measure of ethnic profiling? (more…)
Coburn Prays for Byrd to Die…in Liberal, Rhetorical Fantasy World
Posted in Democrats, Health Care, Media, Politics, tagged Dana Milbank, Dick Durbin, East Coast Snowstorm, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Pray for Death, Robert Byrd, Senate, Senate Health Bill, Snowstorm, Tom Coburn, Washington D.C. on December 21, 2009| 3 Comments »
In the pathetic world on the Senate floor, usually there is no reported nonsense that comes across too sophomoric. Neither party has the right to claim moral superiority as corruption and unmerited attacks are part of the daily grind in Washington. However this morning, one story has grown momentum that summarizes how far removed from reality the liberal think tank is willing to go in order to chastise the Republicans for dissenting to the proposed health care reform. (more…)
Scoring Health Care
Posted in Fraud, Health Care, Media, Obama, Politics, Waste, tagged CMS, Health Care, health insurance, health reform, Medicaid, medicare, Politics, Reimbursement on December 12, 2009| 5 Comments »
A recent CNN poll showed that 80% of Americans are concerned that the new Health Care Bill will impact the deficit. So, where do we stand today? The House has a public option, while the Senate Bill doesn’t. We’ve seen the Congress claim that cuts to Medicare and CMS will result in enough savings to support the bill and will be budget neutral. Obama has made strong stances on Illegals coverage, coverage for Abortions, and most importantly in my opinion the impact to our deficit. Do you remember, “I will not sign a bill that adds one penny to the deficit”? How easy we forget, YOU LIE!, sorry I couldn’t help myself. I’d like to provide a perspective on the inner workings of Health Care reimbursement, which similar to other industries, drives the market. (more…)
Quick Hits – Vol. XIX
Posted in climate change, Environment, global warming, Quick Hits, tagged Center for American Progress, Charles Krauthammer, climate change, Climate Summit, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Climate Conference, CRU, Environment, European Union, global warming, Guardian, Matthew Yglesias, New York Times, Obama, Ross Douthat, Talking Points Memo, Telegraph, Washington Post on December 11, 2009| Leave a Comment »
A few times per week, around noon time we will post a few op-ed pieces from newspapers, mainstream websites, or elsewhere from the blogosphere: (more…)