Obsessed With Dope

Here’s a screenshot from our local online “newspaper”.
Listed are the top 4 most discussed articles.
The top three all deal with Marijuana.
A distant fourth place went to this article.

Click the image, examine the current stats.
Odds are, a dope discussion will top the list:

Does this say something about our community/nation?
You bet it does -- and nothing good!
SIGH…

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Climate Ignorance From FreeRider

Quoting FreeRider commenting at SP&T:

“Now ski corp. needs to adapt to the climate change since winter has been coming later in the season”

Click the image to read the comment:

FreeRider is a typical victim of brazenly dishonest climate propaganda such as we find at this web site.

Meantime, NOAA reports the following for October, 2009:

“The unusually cold and wet conditions experienced across the middle of the country led to several locations setting snowfall records. Cheyenne, Wyoming experienced 28 inches (71 cm) of snow for the month, making October 2009 the city’s snowiest October on record. North Platte, Nebraska observed 30.3 inches (77 cm) of snowfall, making October 2009 the snowiest month of all months on record for the city. The previous record was 27.8 inches (71 cm) recorded in March 1912.”

NOAA further reports that -- in the continental USA -- October, 2009 was the third coldest October since 1895.

And, despite all the alarmist propaganda, NOAA also documents a 17 year winter cooling trend in the continental USA as well as a particularly dramatic domestic winter cooling trend over the last 11 years.

Click here for -- among other things -- instructions on how to replicate the previous two charts from the NOAA web site.

And, bear in mind that this cooling trend is demonstrated from data which peer reviewed science has found to have a demonstrable warming bias.

Click here for some basic climate change science.

Local Cult Members Worship Reusable Bags

Cross posted on my primary blog.
Quoting our local “newspaper”:

“It shows the mountain towns are championing and pioneering reusing the reusables and keeping the plastic out of our rivers and out of our snow”

The article goes on to cite a laundry list of the purported evils of plastic.

Click the image & read the rest
of the anti-plastic moronic propaganda:

To believe that any good is coming from this cultist anti-plastic fad requires us to assume that all of these purported do-gooders who are now reusing canvas bags were previously disposing of their plastic bags in hideously irresponsible ways.

This is exactly analogous to the false argument that guns (as opposed to criminal behavior) are the cause gun violence.

The fact is that recycling plastic bags is -- by FAR -- the most sensible and environmentally friendly option. For those willing to risk their health and the health of their family, reusing the plastic bags is a slightly more environmentally friendly option. In fact, as the plastic will not absorb the moisture required to pose a food poisoning risk, reusing the plastic bags is almost certainly a FAR healthier option than the reusable canvas bags.

But, attempting to educate members of the single most dangerous religious cult in the entire history of the human race is an exercise in futility. You might as well attempt to educate your kitchen table. Those who have already embraced this cult are already too far gone. They have been WAY too thoroughly indoctrinated in their religious beliefs.

The best we can hope for is to prevent the very young from becoming indoctrinated into the cult. And, home schooling is the ONLY way to do that.

Click here & link reusable bags to food poisoning.
Click here for some facts on plastic.

SPT Loaded Question on Health Care

Quoting the current poll question from our local Leftist propaganda rag:

“Are you dissatisfied with the state of health care in America today?”

Of course I am dissatisfied. But, if I respond in the affirmative, the implication will be that I want government to “fix” it. Government, as usual, created this problem. And, yet another government “solution” -- no matter WHAT that “solution” is -- will ONLY make matters WORSE -- as always!

Wage and price controls from FDR first created this problem. That FDR “solution” (to an inflation problem) literally made it illegal for employers to offer competitive wages. So, as always, employers found a loophole. The loophole was “benefits” (like employer provided health insurance). From that moment on, the consumer of health care was divorced from the payer of health care. And, at that very moment, we lost all hope of EVER containing health care costs.

Those FDR created spiraling costs are my beef with the current system. Okay, predatory scumbag trial lawyers who have the Dims in their bulging pockets (and vice versa) also contribute to the current mess -- as have additional government regulations which serve only to limit competition in the insurance business.

But, despite all this government “assistance”, we have -- demonstrably, objectively and quantitatively -- the BEST health care system in the entire world (partly because the governments of other nations -- such as Canada -- have made an even BIGGER mess of their health care systems).

I have ZERO expectation that MORE government intervention of ANY sort will make things any better. More government intervention will -- as ALWAYS -- only make matters WORSE!

Click the image & read about the issue:

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This post is cross posted on my primary blog.

The Colorado Energy Boom - Updated on 3/29/09

Click here to view the latest updates to the post titled “Welcome to The Colorado Energy Boom”.

Blair R. Picard - Shockingly Ignorant

Quoting Blair R. Picard:

“add up the deficits accumulated by our beloved Republican president during the past eight years, and Mr. Obama’s proposals look rather tame.”

Sorry Blair - The Washington Post begs to differ.
Bush Deficits vs. Obama Deficits in Pictures.
Click the image to view the source:

Click here for EXCELLENT commentary.
Click here for the rest of the story.
The rest of Blair’s drivel is even more ignorant than that:

1) “our Bush depression”?

A) It AIN’T a “depression”.

B) Bush didn’t cause the recession.

2) Tax policy - Click here for the objective, quantitative facts.

3) Climate Change - Start here and read the rest.

What an unmitigated MORON! Blair R. Picard is typical of the uninformed fools who voted for Obama. These idiots deserve what they voted for. Unfortunately, they will drag the rest of us down with them.

3/3/09 - Updated Housing Bubble Data

Click here to view the updated (nonexistent) housing bubble data for Colorado. This update reflects data through October 1st of 2008 (the most current data available from this source).