Obama administration attempts to suppress EPA report debunking global warming propaganda

A top Republican senator has ordered an investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency's alleged suppression of a report that questioned the science behind global warming.

The 98-page report, co-authored by EPA analyst Alan Carlin, pushed back on the prospect of regulating gases like carbon dioxide as a way to reduce global warming. Carlin's report argued that the information the EPA was using was out of date, and that even as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased, global temperatures have declined.

"He came out with the truth. They don't want the truth at the EPA," Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla, a global warming skeptic, told FOX News, saying he's ordered an investigation. "We're going to expose it."

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Ed Markey, Massachusetts Democrat, Obama pawn and co-author of largest tax-hike in U.S. history

Waxman-Markey Is Hilarious, but the Joke Is on Us
by Myron Ebell

Of all the proposals in President Barack Obama's breathtakingly ambitious agenda to foster long-term economic decline, by far the biggest is the Waxman-Markey energy-rationing bill, which the House of Representatives passed with the narrowest of majorities late Friday evening. This bill by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Beverly Hills) and Representative Edward Markey (D-Mass.) is more damaging than the $787 billion stimulus, the proposed huge increases in federal spending and corresponding increases in the national debt, the takeover of GM and Chrysler, and the proposed tax hikes on the wealthy - combined.

Enacting Waxman-Markey (H. R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act) would almost certainly make America a second-rate economic power. However, the bill is full of ironies and amusing touches. Were it not a looming disaster, the whole situation would be hilarious.

The bill is supposed to be about saving us from global warming. Yet its supporters have stopped talking about global warming. This might be because global temperatures stopped rising a decade ago. More likely it's because the pollsters have told Democrats to shut up about global warming and green jobs. The new slogan: get America running on “clean energy.”

The bill’s advocates view it as merely a first step, as former Vice President Al Gore told “super-activists” (all 11,500 of “us”) on a conference call Tuesday night. It’s the biggest tax increase in the history of the world, the largest government intrusion in people's lives since the Second World War (which was the last time gasoline was rationed) and, at 1,201 pages, a whopper of a bill. Requiring that greenhouse gas emissions be reduced by 83 percent below 2005 levels by 2050 is just the beginning.

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Democrats plow forward with largest tax increase in American history

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats narrowly won a key test vote Friday on sweeping legislation to combat global warming and usher in a new era of cleaner energy. Republicans said the bill included "the largest tax increase in American history."

The vote was 217-205 to advance the White House-backed legislation to the floor, and 30 Democrats defected, a reflection of the controversy the bill sparked.

This "amounts to the largest tax increase in American history under the guise of climate change," said Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind.

"Democratic leaders are poised to march many moderate Democrats over a cliff ... by forcing them to vote for a national energy tax that is unpopular throughout the heartland," Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio said.

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John Kerry, latest Democrat afflicted by Palin-Derangement-Syndrome

Democrats are all for women's and minorities' rights, as long as you are a Democrat. Just ask Clarence Thomas, Alberto Gonzales, Elizabeth Hassleback, and Sarah Palin.

Massachusetts Sen. Kerry has joined the fraternity of jokesters using Sarah Palin as a punch line.

Kerry was meeting a group of business and civic leaders in the nation's capital when he decided to play comedian, according to The Boston Herald. He was talking about the disappearance of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, the Alaska governor's Republican peer.

"Too bad," he said, "if a governor had to go missing it couldn't have been the governor of Alaska. You know, Sarah Palin."

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John Murtha:"Expand welfare, cut defense"

That old Democrat saw....


Costs Could Force Troop Cuts
June 25, 2009

The powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel said Wednesday that the services are likely to have to shed personnel starting in 2013, given the increasing costs of equipment and other programs the Pentagon needs to win future fights.

Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., told reporters at a wide-ranging breakfast meeting in Washington that the Army’s chief of staff, Gen. George Casey, and Pentagon chief Robert Gates wanted to increase end strength for two years to stabilize a force stretched by frequent deployments with little time home for training and family life.

He said the two-year reprieve would be needed to eliminate the practice of “stop-loss,” in which service members are kept n the military beyond their contracted enlistment.

“Personnel costs are so high we have to cut back on personnel. You can’t cut the budget anyplace else,” Murtha said. “We’ve got to cut back on personnel, and at some point we will.”

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Medford - Residents of South Medford are sick of the noise and traffic tie-ups on Harvard Street and have rallied for a ban on heavy trucking. More than 500 heavy trucks traverse the street each day, according to estimates.

Citing safety concerns, noise and traffic, members of the South Medford Residents Together (SMRTO) took their message to the City Council last week.

“It’s been an ongoing problem since we first discussed it about a year ago,” said Jim Silva of SMRTO. “We had a couple of folks in wheel chairs. Because of the traffic cars had been parking on the sidewalk and they had to go out into traffic.”

Silva said a few newer families had moved to the area and could not believe the dangers created by the level of trucking on the fairly narrow street.

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Democrats lay groundwork to tax internet

Democrats will now control the tobacco, automobile, and internet markets. By Dick Morris' calculations, the government now controls 40% of the American economy(up from 30% in January), and after the healthcare hijack, will own 47%. The German government only controls 46% of their economy by contrast. Obamunism is spreading, and economic stimulus is not it's goal.

From Congress.org;

Freshman Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) filed the bill after some providers tested plans to charge customers more if they download video or otherwise use a lot of bandwidth. The companies argue that the increasing popularity of online video is taxing their ability to provide Internet service and that increased regulation could lead to higher prices for other customers.

The bill, H.R. 2902, would allow the Federal Trade Commission to review whether the pricing plans are fair.

A look into the crystal ball for Massachusetts

The Associated Press obediently deflects attention away from the fact that legal, working class residents being supplanted by illegals, homeless, and other state dependent citizens - similar to Massachusetts - is a primary contributor to the state's collapse, as is business being driven to other states by punitive California tax codes. More money paid out by the state, less revenue taken in, the results are predictable;

California nears financial "meltdown" as revs tumble

By Jim Christie
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's government risks a financial "meltdown" within 50 days in light of its weakening May revenues unless Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers quickly plug a $24.3 billion budget gap, the state's controller said on Wednesday.

Underscoring the severity of California's cash crisis, Controller John Chiang, who has previously warned the state's government risks running out of cash without a budget deal, said revenues in May fell by $1.14 billon, or 17.7 percent, from a year earlier.

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Jennifer Nassour at Stoneham Republican Town Committee meeting, June 11th

The Stoneham Republican Town Committee will host guest speaker Jennifer Nassour, chairwoman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, at the next meeting Thursday, June 11, 7 p.m., in the Stoneham Public Library, Main Street. Members are encouraged to bring guests. The next scheduled business and recruiting meeting will be in September. The group will take a break this summer.

For information, call Don Smith at 781-279-0050.

Joe Sacco takes over Colorado Avalanche bench

Joe Sacco, 40, has worked in the Avs' organization since 2005, after a 13-year career in the NHL with five teams. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)

The newest coach of the Avalanche is a man who doesn't pronounce his R's all that well, being born and bred in the blue-collar Massachusetts town of Medford. Joe Sacco's favorite letter of the alphabet is W — as in wins — but they were not pronounced with the Avs much last season, either.

On Thursday, the Avalanche entrusted the head coaching job to the 40-year-old Sacco, hoping to turn L's into W's after the most dismal season in team history.

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Republican State Representative Karyn Polito proposes term limits in Massachusetts to end culture of Democrat corruption

State Representative Karyn Polito filed a constitutional amendment today that would place 12-year term limits on Massachusetts legislators, a proposal that comes as a direct result of recent scandals on Beacon Hill.

Karyn Polito“If we really want to change the culture on Beacon Hill, end entrenched bad practices and level the balance of power, we need a system that encourages fresh ideas and fresh perspectives,” said Polito, a Republican from Shrewsbury. “Allowing the same people to remain in power for decades is not healthy for our democracy and our state.”

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Massachusetts Democrats:Culture of Corruption

Ethics board aims small
By Jessica Van Sack and Dave Wedge
Thursday, June 4, 2009

State ethics officials have ignored Beacon Hill big fish like former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi and ex-Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, loading up instead on petty pinches of small-fry pols and public officials, a Herald review shows.

In the past 12 months alone, the feds indicted Wilkerson in an alleged bra-stuffing bribery scandal and a grand jury this week charged former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi with allegedly taking $57,000 in kickbacks in return for steering state contracts to a politically wired software firm.

During that time, the State Ethics Commission failed to sanction a single lawmaker, and instead took the following actions:

• Fined a Marlboro municipal office assistant $5,000 for signing off on a state loan document for her fiance.

• Fined a Westminster conservation official $2,000 for ruling on a deal in which her husband had a financial stake.

• Fined a Gloucester school committee member $2,000 for intervening in a dispute between her teacher son and an administrator.

• Charged an Abington board of health member with using her position to score a free tattoo. The charges were dropped after she told the commission she in fact had no tattoos.

• Fined an Agawam city councilor for suggesting a business take down a political sign.

The Ethics Commission can launch its own probes, according to its Web site, but investigations are rarely undertaken unless a complaint is filed by the public.

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Government entitlements reach highest level since 1929

By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY

The recession is driving the safety net of government benefits to a historic high, as one of every six dollars of Americans' income is now coming in the form of a federal or state check or voucher.

Benefits, such as Social Security, food stamps, unemployment insurance and health care, accounted for 16.2% of personal income in the first quarter of 2009, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports. That's the highest percentage since the government began compiling records in 1929.

In all, government spending on benefits will top $2 trillion in 2009 — an average of $17,000 provided to each U.S. household, federal data show. Benefits rose at a 19% annual rate in the first quarter compared to the last three months of 2008.

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Romney to Obama - hold apology

Obama, hold apology
World owes U.S. thanks
By Mitt Romney Tuesday, June 2, 2009 http://www.bostonherald.com Op-Ed
Just a few days from now, we will mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day. I’m sure some of you have been to Normandy. I have. I saw the acre upon acre of crosses and stars that mark the resting place of those who gave the last full measure of devotion to their country’s cause. They were sent by an awakened American nation to liberate a continent. In the shadow of World War II’s desolation, they resolutely shouldered the burden of defending freedom.

That burden did not end with that war. Because of what America did in the 20th century, there are hundreds of millions of people around the world who now live in freedom - who, but for the price paid by the United States, would have lived in despair. I know of no other such example of national selflessness. That is why America is the hope of the earth.

That is also why I take issue with President Barack Obama’s recent tour of apology. It’s not because America hasn’t made mistakes - we have - but because America’s mistakes are overwhelmed by what America has meant to the hopes and aspirations of people throughout the world.

The president claimed on Arabic TV that America has dictated to other nations. No, America has sacrificed to free other nations from dictators. With all that is transpiring in the world - in Iran, North Korea, Georgia, Somalia, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan - this is the time for strength and confidence, not for apologizing to America’s critics.

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