American Glob

It was certainly the Superbowl equivalent of a Cheap Trick.

The Green Police, they live inside of my head. The Green Police, they come to me in my bed…

This couldn’t have been an easy decision, there was so much to choose from this year.

This should tell you everything you need to know about the climate change alarmists who want to tell you how to live. The delegates in Copenhagen for the big climate pow-wow will get there using 1,200 limos and 140 private planes.

“On a normal day, Majken Friss Jorgensen, managing director of Copenhagen’s biggest limousine company, says her firm has twelve vehicles on the road. During the “summit to save the world”, which opens here tomorrow, she will have 200.”

“We thought they were not going to have many cars, due to it being a climate convention,” she says. “But it seems that somebody last week looked at the weather report.”

“Ms Jorgensen reckons that between her and her rivals the total number of limos in Copenhagen next week has already broken the 1,200 barrier. The French alone rang up on Thursday and ordered another 42. “We haven’t got enough limos in the country to fulfil the demand,” she says. “We’re having to drive them in hundreds of miles from Germany and Sweden.”

“And the total number of electric cars or hybrids among that number? “Five,” says Ms Jorgensen. “The government has some alternative fuel cars but the rest will be petrol or diesel. We don’t have any hybrids in Denmark, unfortunately, due to the extreme taxes on those cars. It makes no sense at all, but it’s very Danish.”

“The airport says it is expecting up to 140 extra private jets during the peak period alone, so far over its capacity that the planes will have to fly off to regional airports – or to Sweden – to park, returning to Copenhagen to pick up their VIP passengers.”

What sort of carbon footprint does this create? You’d be surprised:

“But this crowd gathering here is far worse than just a bunch of hand-wringing Hamlets dithering in Denmark.”

“Some 40,000 tons of carbon will be spewed getting this crowd together and keeping them in comfort.”

“That is the amount of carbon dioxide produced by more than 60 of the world’s smaller countries in an entire year — combined.”

This is just like ObamaCare. They drape an agenda item in humanitarianism but at the end of the day their actions speak much louder than words. It’s about control. They will live one way and everyone else will live another.

Do you need any further proof that Dede Scozzafava is a weak, nanny state RINO?

Here you go!

“Tonight, Dede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate for the November 3 special election in the 23rd congressional district, spoke to about 100 Republicans at the Lewis County GOP dinner at the Elks Lodge 1605. After a dinner of turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing, Scozzafava fended off criticism that she wasn’t as conservative as third-party candidate Doug Hoffman and urged her supporters to vote for her in order to keep her Democratic opponent Bill Owens from serving as a rubber stamp for Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama’s agenda in Washington. It was a fairly typical evening–until the speech ended and someone with Scozzafava’s campaign called the police. On me.”

“Earlier today Lindsay Beyerstein reported that Scozzafava responded to an AFL-CIO questionnaire by saying she would support card-check legislation that eliminates the secret ballot requirement for organizing unions. As Beyerstein notes, this contradict statements made by a Scozzafava spokesman in September.”

“So after the dinner, I asked Assemblywoman Scozzafava if she supports card check. “Yes, yes I do,” she replied.”

“At that point someone from her campaign placed himself between Scozzafava and me and told me I should direct all my inquires to the campaign’s spokesman. I nonetheless asked Scozzafava if her signing of the Americans for Tax Reform pledge not to vote to raise taxes means she would oppose any health care bill that raises taxes. “What kind of taxes?” she replied. Then another couple of gentlemen interposed themselves between Scozzafava and me as Scozzafava headed for the door.”

“I spotted Scozzafava later as she was walking to the parking lot, and asked her: ” Assemblywoman, do you believe that the health-care bill should exclude coverage for abortion?” She didn’t reply. I asked her twice more. Silence.”

“After she got into her car, I went to my car and fired up my laptop to report the evening’s events.”

“Minutes later a police car drove into the parking lot with its lights flashing.”

Read the rest…

If John McCormack of the Weekly Standard, armed with a press pass, can’t ask Dede Scozzafava a question in good faith, how do you think she would react to a tea party crowd outside her office?

Send money to the real conservative candidate, Doug Hoffman.

Right now.

Hey why not? We already know sodas are going to be taxed in the name of “progress.”

Why not ban hamburgers?

“(CNN) — Hamburgers are an American passion. And millions of Americans consume burgers, and other forms of meat, every day without consequences.”

“But ground beef contaminated with E. coli bacteria has sickened, paralyzed and even killed some people who ate it.”

“On Monday night’s “Larry King Live,” a wide range of guests joined an in-depth and spirited debate to answer this question: Should meat, and most specifically hamburgers, be a part of the American diet?”

“One person who has said “no” to burgers is Bill Marler, an expert on foodborne illness litigation. Marler has been litigating on this issue since the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak in 1993.”

“Since the Jack in the Box case, I’ve never had a hamburger,” Marler said. “I have three daughters — 17, 14 and 10 — and they’ve never had a hamburger.”

Here’s the Center for Disease Control on E. coli…

“We reviewed E. coli O157 outbreaks reported to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to better understand the epidemiology of E. col O157. E. coli O157 outbreaks reported to CDC from 1982 to 2002 were reviewed. In that period, 49 states reported 350 outbreaks, representing 8,598 cases, 1,493 (17%) hospitalizations, 354 (4%) hemolytic uremic syndrome cases, and 40 (0.5%) deaths.”

40 deaths in 20 years.

If you read CNN’s entire article, they take great pains to tell a few (truly) sad stories of people who had to deal with an illness or even a death due to E. coli but the statistics from the CDC don’t bear out a ban on hamburgers any more than a ban on crossing the street.

Of course CNN rounds out their article with the money line, pushing the theory once again, that government is the answer to the problem.

“King asked Marler how the average person was to process the conflicting advice, especially with stories such as Smith’s making news.”

“I think what the lay person needs to do is spend a little bit more time putting pressure on their congressmen and senators to pass some food safety legislation that’s been hung up in the House and the Senate,” Marler said.”

As I think about it, I am actually angry at CNN for even writing this article.

Michelle Malkin has written about this on her blog as well. I agree 100% with her closing line:

“The Big Nanny bureaucrats will have to pry the Sonic Bacon Cheeseburger from my cold, dead hands…”

Team O and our social betters in Washington know what’s best for everyone. Energy Secretary Steven Chu really let the nanny state mask slip on this one.

“When it comes to greenhouse-gas emissions, Energy Secretary Steven Chu sees Americans as unruly teenagers and the Administration as the parent that will have to teach them a few lessons.”

“The American public…just like your teenage kids, aren’t acting in a way that they should act,” Dr. Chu said. “The American public has to really understand in their core how important this issue is.”

And what’s at the center of Chu’s agenda? Cap & Trade and the stupid belief that “green jobs” are the key to our wounded economy.

“Asked if he expected a town-hall style pushback, Dr. Chu said he was optimistic the public would buy the administration’s arguments that energy efficiency and caps on greenhouse-gas emissions will spark an economic rebound.”

“I don’t think so…maybe I’m optimistic, but there’s very little debate” that a new green energy economy will bring economic prosperity, Mr. Chu told reporters.”

Steven Chu is just one more example of what’s wrong in Washington and one more example of the nanny staters who think they know what’s best for everyone. I’m reminded of Andrea Mitchell’s mask slip moment in July:

More at Memeorandum.

Science fiction is becoming reality. The British government is going to watch people on monitor screens placed in their homes. What for? To make sure they’re living the right way…

“The Children’s Secretary set out £400million plans to put 20,000 problem families under 24-hour CCTV super-vision in their own homes.”

“They will be monitored to ensure that children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals.”

“Private security guards will also be sent round to carry out home checks, while parents will be given help to combat drug and alcohol addiction.”

“Around 2,000 families have gone through these Family Intervention Projects so far.”

Could this ever happen in America? I never used to think so but these days I’m not so sure. After all, the White House is asking people to turn in “snitches” who oppose ObamaCare.

This should go over with well with all those Gen-Y hipsters who support Obama. I’m guessing more than a few of them smoke pot.

Obama’s “Drug Czar” Gil Kerlikowske, made a statement Wednesday that makes the Obama White House stance on Marijuana as clear as a freshly scraped bong…

“Marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit,” Kerlikowske said in downtown Fresno while discussing Operation SOS — Save Our Sierra — a multiagency effort to eradicate marijuana in eastern Fresno County.”

“Legalization is not in the president’s vocabulary, and it’s not in mine,” he said.”

This is interesting enough on its own, but remember a little “town hall” meeting Obama did back in March where the White House invited supporters to submit questions online? Do you remember what quickly rose to the top of the list as the most important question of the day?

“The more than 92,000 people who responded either have a Cheech and Chong sense of humor or there is a deep concern in America — undetected by the media — about the decriminalization of marijuana, its possible use for medicinal purposes and its potential as a new source of tax revenue.”

“In this moment of national economic crisis, the top four questions under the heading of “Financial security” concerned marijuana; on the budget, people voted up questions about marijuana to positions 1-4; marijuana was in the first and third positions under “jobs”; people boosted a plug for legalizing marijuana to No. 2 under “health care reform.” And questions about decriminalizing pot occupied spots 1 and 2 under “green jobs and energy.”

In fact, many sufferers of chronic and fatal illnesses report positive effects of Marijuana use for pain relief and appetite stimulation. California allows use of medical Marijuana for these purposes. A search of “Medical Marijuana” even yields 167 results on Web MD.

Casual use is still out though and judging from the “drug czar’s” statements it doesn’t sound like legalization is coming any time soon.

Like most Libertarians, I advocate the legalization of Marijuana. The government should not be allowed to tell people what they can and can’t eat, drink or smoke.

As far as you hipster Obama supporters, I don’t know what to tell you. It was just a matter a time before you got thrown under the bus. Don’t worry though, you’ll have plenty of company under there.

You can read more on this at Reason’s Hit and Run Blog.

Or sit back and enjoy this timeless classic from Peter Tosh – Legalize it.

Apparently, many people think she’s too portly to serve and you’d be surprised to find out who they are…

“I think it is an issue, but then the president is said to still smoke cigarettes,” said Dr. Marcia Angell, former editor of The New England Journal of Medicine who is now a senior lecturer at Harvard University Medical School. “It tends to undermine her credibility.”

“I do think at a time when a lot of public health concern is about the national epidemic of obesity, having a surgeon general who is noticeably overweight raises questions in people’s minds,” she added.”

I’m willing to wager a bet that Dr. Angell of Harvard University is an Obama supporting liberal. Good luck to her, as she’s about to learn the meaning of the term “Wrath of the Obots.”

Personally, I don’t care if Dr. Benjamin is a few pounds overweight, all I care about is her level of compitence. But then again, I’m not a member of the Nanny State party that wants to tax soda and sweets…

“Senate leaders are considering new federal taxes on soda and other sugary drinks to help pay for an overhaul of the nation’s health-care system.”

“The taxes would pay for only a fraction of the cost to expand health-insurance coverage to all Americans and would face strong opposition from the beverage industry. They also could spark a backlash from consumers who would have to pay several cents more for a soft drink.”

Herein lies the problem….

If Obama’s party of “the government knows what’s best for you” wants to tax foods that can lead to obesity, how can they nominate anyone for US Surgeon General who could be perceived as anything but the picture of health?

UPDATE:

WIKIPEDIA already has her listed as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States, despite the fact that she has not been confirmed. See the screen capture below. No bias here, move along people…

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