I was looking out my window this morning and was stunned to see two baby squirrels frolicking and a pair of starlings, a pair of cardinals and two pair of blue jays gathering food for their nestlings! That was just in my front yard and the two houses across the street!
Filed under Climate
Sorry. My mind went straight into the gutter with this one. That happens a lot where Billary is concerned.
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Filed under Climate, Hillary Clinton, Polls
What do you think should be the top priority for President Obama and Congress in 2014?
(Note: This was an open-ended question, not a multiple choice question.)
The SINGLE BIGGEST RESPONSE: 18% responded “Healthcare”
Here are the responses as grouped and ranked by CtH:
48% = Economy worries and stuff the Feds are supposed to do (combined)
- 16% Jobs/Unemployment
- 15% Economy(General)
- 12% Budget and Taxes (combined)
- 4% Budget(General)
- 3% Budget deficit
- 2% Budget(Gov spending)
- 1% Budget (Other)
- 1% Taxes(General)
- 1% Military Issues/Benefits
- 2% Foreign Policy
- 2% Immigration Issues
- 1% Obama resign
36% = Social engineering stuff the Feds are NOT supposed to do (combined)
- 18% Healthcare
- 2% Education (General)
- 1% Wages/Minimum Wage
- 1% Income inequality
- 1% Class inequality
- 1% Social Issues/Social Services
- 1% Gun Issues/Policy/Control
- 1% Environment
24% = People who don’t pay enough attention to answer intelligently (combined)
- 10% Other (less than 1% each)
- 9% Don’t Know / No Answer
- 4% Bipartisan/Cross party lines/ Coop to get things done
- 1% Candidate cares about people
Which of the following should Congress and the President make a top priority?
Note: This was NOT an open-ended question. Percents given were for those who says YES to top priority.
The SINGLE BIGGEST RESPONSE: 80% Strengthening the Economy
Issues more or less evenly split Republican vs. Democrat:
- 80% Strengthening nation’s economy
- 74% Improving job situation
- 73% Defending against terrorism
- 69% Improving education
- 66% Securing Social Security
- 63% Reducing budget deficit
- 61% Securing Medicare
- 59% Reducing health care costs
- 55% Reducing crime
- 55% Reforming the nation’s tax system
- 45% Dealing with nation’s energy problem
- 42% Reducing the influence of lobbyists
- 41% Dealing with illegal immigration
- 39% Improving infrastructure
- 28% Dealing with global trade
Issues predominantly Democrat:
- 49% Helping poor and needy
- 49% Protecting environment
- 29% Dealing with global warming
Issues predominantly Republican:
- 43% Strengthening the military
- 39% Dealing with moral breakdown
Sources:
Filed under Budget, Climate, Democrats, Economy, Immigration, Medicare/Medicaid, Minimum Wage, Obamacare, Polls, Republicans, Taxes, Unemployment
Here’s a screenshot to whet your appetite.
Delivered at Hillsdale College’s Free Market Forum, San Diego, California
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Filed under Climate, Energy, Environmentalism, Fracking
1 Timothy 4:1-3 “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.”
Filed under Charles Krauthammer, Christianity, Climate
When Congress refused to pass cap-and-trade legislation, the Obama administration directed his agencies to find ways to curb the country’s carbon dioxide output and commit to reducing GHG emissions without legislative approval.
For example, the Environmental Protection Agency is issuing new regulations on power plants that amount to cap-and-trade, just without that pesky “of the people, by the people, for the people” thing.
These rules won’t make a damn bit of difference to global temperatures, which don’t need our help anyway, because we aren’t hurting them.
What these rules will do is precisely what they are actually intended to do, which is drive up energy prices and make Americans poorer.
Why would they want that? Simple. Prosperous people won’t bow to Communism.
Source:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/368717/climate-change-busyness-nicolas-loris
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Filed under Barack Obama, Climate, Constitution, EPA, U.S. Congress
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Hottest Temperatures on Record for Each of 50 States
1875 – 1900: 4 State Records
1901 – 1925: 6 State Records
1926 – 1950: 26 State Records
1951 – 1975: 6 State Records
1976 – 2000: 8 State Records
Sources:
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Coldest Temperatures on Record for Each of 50 States
1875 – 1900: 5 State Records
1901 – 1925: 9 State Records
1926 – 1950: 15 State Records
1951 – 1975: 7 State Records
1976 – 2000: 14 State Records
Sources:
http://onlyzerocarbon.org/carbon_dioxide.html
http://ggweather.com/climate/extremes_us.htm
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My favorite tweet: “I thought the Polar Vortex was the chilling effect of Liberals sucking the life out of everything good.”
Source:
My mom used to say, “I don’t care if a dress is marked down from $100 to $10. If I don’t like it, it’s a waste of $10.” Wise words from a very savvy financial manager. And based on this maxim, I must say … this book is a waste of a dollar. I am, however, totally enjoying the schadenfreude. ::snort::
Source:
http://twitchy.com/2014/01/05/1-too-much-al-gores-an-inconvenient-truth-sold-at-steep-discount-pic/
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