Why Copenhagen is All Hot Air

By Jonah Goldberg "Here's another inconvenient truth: The United States will not agree to draconian carbon caps either -- for the simple reason it would be political suicide for all but a handful of politicians. Unless you represent hyper-wealthy liberal enclaves or the ethanol industry, it makes no sense to vote for anything like cap-and-trade. That's why the Kyoto Protocol never made it out of the crib in the United States."

Navy Seals Could Face Year in Prison Over Alleged Punching of Terrorist Suspected of Masterminding Fallujah Murders

CNS "Further, their attorneys said that the possibilty that they would not be able to cross-examine their clients' accuser would be grounds for dismissing the case. The accuser, Ahmed Hashim Abed, is the alleged architect of the murder of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004. The bodies of the four Americans were burned and hanged from a bridge for display."

A Brief History of Energy Regulations

CATO "America’s experience with oil regulations from the 1930s through the 1970s has been much studied, and an academic consensus is that those regulations had large negative effects on both oil producers and consumers.2 Congress has typically responded to petroleum-market problems with inappropriate legislation that has damaged markets and prompted further rounds of legislation and regulatory action."

"Climategate: A Willful Ignorance" By Alan Caruba

Warning Signs Blog "Imagine a child saying, “Make it stop snowing” or “make the Sun come out.” But there are more than 16,500 men and women this very day who are gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark at a “Climate Change” conference based entirely on lies that defy simple truths about how the Earth functions. "

Political Cartoons by Chuck Asay

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Lawmakers rally to sailors' aid in court martial

Yahoo News "About 20 lawmakers signed the letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, including House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. "The Navy SEALs could have been slapped on the wrist for this — unfairly then, too," Hunter said. "But they said, 'We want to let the facts be known." Prosecuting them is "baloney.""

Scientists Behaving Badly

Weekly Standard "Today the climate campaigners want to forcibly sterilize the world's energy supply, and until recently they looked to be within an ace of doing so. But even before Climategate, the campaign was beginning to resemble a Broadway musical that had run too long, with sagging box office and declining enthusiasm from a dwindling audience. Someone needs to break the bad news to the players that it's closing time for the climate horror show."

Resetting the Reset Button

Victor Davis Hanson "We want the world’s available capital to finance ever more government entitlements for our own comparatively well-off citizens. We want you to drill for oil and natural gas in terrain we would never consider here in the United States. We want to apologize for the old America, but in the bargain expect the world to listen to our new sermons. We want you to seek democratic reform, but don’t ask us to say a word on your behalf when your own thugs push back."

California Junior High Principal Apologizes For Not Warning Parents About Pro-Homosexual Program for 8th Graders

CNS News "Two exercises in the handouts are called “Act Like A Man Box” and “Act Like a Lady Box.” Students are asked to imagine what their parents or other adults say to them that make them feel they must stay inside the “man” and “lady” box.“What’s hard about being in this box all the time?” the worksheet asks. “What qualities help us resist the pressure to be ‘in the box?’”"

Random Thoughts by Thomas Sowell

Townhall "Here is a math problem for you: Assume that the legislation establishing government control of medical care is passed and that it "brings down the cost of medical care." You pay $500 a year less for your medical care, but the new costs put on employers is passed on to consumers, so that you pay $300 a year more for groceries and $200 a year more for gasoline, while the new mandates put on insurance companies raise your premiums by $300 a year, how much money have you saved? "

The Taliban's Response to Obama Afghanistan Policy

By Jane Jamison , AT "It does seem our enemies in Afghanistan understand us much better than we understand them."

NASA's Hansen urges Copenhagen 'collapse'

John McLaughlin , AT "So, it seems Hansen is still a believer. He just favors even more draconian measures than legislation like Cap and Trade. He acknowledges the recent disclosure of scientific fraud may present problems, but it doesn’t change his outlook."