Domestic Policy: October 2008 Archives
It's appalling that we have to be told this from across the pond, rather than vice versa (via Newsmax Insider):
A British editor and politician prominent in the discussion of climate change has written an open letter to John McCain criticizing statements the Republican candidate has made about global warming.
The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, who was an adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, sought to keep Al Gore’s global warming [crock]umentary An Inconvenient Truth out of public schools in Britain, and in March 2007 challenged Gore to a debate on climate change.
Now in his letter to McCain, published on the Web site American Thinker, Monckton calls manmade global warming fears “scientifically discredited” and advises, “Not for a single moment longer must you allow yourself to be distracted by the murderous foolishness of the climate alarmists.”
Monckton quotes a McCain statement that “we need to deal with the central facts of rising temperatures.”
Monckton, saying he bases his assertions on “peer-reviewed scientific literature,” counters, “For most of the past 600 million years, the temperature that most often prevailed globally is thought to have been 12.5 degrees higher than today’s temperature . . .
“From 1700 to 1998, temperature rose at a near-uniform rate of about one degree per century. In 1998, ‘global warming’ stopped, and it has not resumed since. Indeed, in the past seven years, temperature has been falling at a rate equivalent to as much as 0.7 degrees per decade.”
Responding to McCain’s statement that greenhouse gases, chiefly carbon dioxide, “are heavily implicated as a cause of climate change,” Monckton writes, “Two-thirds of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is naturally present, and carbon dioxide occupies just one ten-thousandth more of the atmosphere today than it did two hundred fifty years ago.”
Monckton, who was an editor and writer with Britain’s Evening Standard newspaper, quotes McCain, “We need to deal with the central facts of . . . rising waters.”
He counters, “Sea level has been rising since the end of the last ice age ten thousand years ago . . . The rate of increase has averaged four feet per century. Yet in the twentieth century, when we are told that ‘global warming’ began to have a major impact on global temperature and hence on sea level, sea level rose by just eight inches.”
Then in a swipe at Al Gore, whom he does not mention by name, Monckton observes, “There is not and has never been any scientific basis for the exaggerated projections by a certain politician that sea level might imminently rise by as much as twenty feet.
“That politician, in the year in which he circulated a movie containing that projection, bought a $4 million condominium just feet from the ocean at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco.”
Monckton also seeks to refute statements McCain has made on receding glaciers, melting polar ice sheets, extreme weather events, threats to polar bears, and more.
And in reference to the candidate’s stated support for efforts to control climate change by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, Monckton tells McCain: "With every respect, there is no rational basis for your declared intention that your great nation should inflict upon her own working people and upon the starving masses of the Third World the extravagantly pointless, climatically irrelevant, strategically fatal economic wounds that the arrogant advocates of atmospheric alarmism admit they aim to achieve.”
Think of it as a twin reminder of how very far even Republicans have strayed away from Reaganism (and Thatcherism), and that even if McCain manages to pull out this election, it will be far from an unmixed blessing.
Another public service announcement from the Hard Starboard Radio Network....
Obama's campaign is trying to stop our TV ad from running!
We have struck a real nerve.
On Friday four broadcast television stations in the key battleground stations have contacted us and said the Obama camp is denying a key allegation in one of our hard-hitting TV ads.
They even demanded that the stations stop running our TV ad.
As you know, we at the Republican National Trust PAC are spearheading the effort to expose Obama as the radical he is and defeat him on Election Day.
In our TV ad we expose Obama's radical policy toward the nation's 12 million illegal aliens.
You can see the our ad "Obama Wants Social Security for Illegals" by Going Here Now.
Specifically, the Obama campaign says Obama does NOT support giving illegal aliens Social Security benefits.
It is a blatant lie — but typical of Obama.
They are clearly frightened by the National Republican Trust, our ads and the fact the the public will find out about Obama's radical agenda.
You can help us fight Obama and keep running our TV ad exposing his radicalism — Go Here Now.
In fact, Obama is not only wants to give Social Security benefits to illegals, he also backs giving them driver's licenses, free government Medicaid and health care, welfare benefits and even cheap in-state college tuition.
We have the evidence to back up our claims and are working with the stations to get our TV ad back up and running.
We are providing the station's documentation, which includes our Fact Sheet: Obama's Dismal Record on Illegal Aliens.
As our Fact Sheet reveals Obama favors granting 12 million illegals amnesty and citizenship — which makes them immediately eligible for all government benefits — including Social Security.
But Obama also voted in the Senate against an amendment which would have banned illegals getting Social Security benefits.
We have Obama nailed on this one.
Obama is doing his usual two-step: he takes one radical liberal position when voting, and now, facing a general election, pretends he is really a moderate and never held such a position.
This time he has been caught!
Please help us continue airing this ad in key battleground markets around the country.
If you needed proof we are on the right track — and we are hurting Obama and winning votes — his action to stop our ad proves that he's deeply worried about our campaign.
Send Obama a message: he can't stop us.
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The race is tightening. Every vote will count. Every dollar we raise can make a difference!
Thank you.
Scott Wheeler
Executive DirectorP.S. Remember when taxpayers hear that Obama wants to give illegals benefits, they know it directly affects them — because they have to pay for it! In this time of fiscal crisis we cannot elect a president with such a radical program. Stop Obama — Donate Here Today or call our donation hotline toll free 1-866-957-1467.
Another public service announcement from the Hard Starboard Radio Network....
Sincerely,Last week, we added up the costs of all the government bailouts and stimulus packages (over $1 trillion), and asked how you would spend that money to better America.
Hundreds of ideas were submitted, but one kept popping up - energy - and how it ties into our overall economic problems.
It's no accident that our current economic situation comes at a time when we're sending $700 billion a year overseas for energy. That money could be used to produce more American-made energy and create more American jobs.
Yes, gas prices have dropped, but the problem has not gone away. We still need a comprehensive energy policy that will spur economic growth here in America.
At Solutions Day, our General Chairman Newt Gingrich and Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams outlined solutions to our energy and economic crisis:
After you watch the presentations above, download this energy checklist with ten proposed solutions to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and grow our economy.
The time to vote is near, and knowing where your elected officials and candidates stand on these issues is very important.
Dave Ryan
President
American Solutions
Another public service announcement from the Hard Starboard Radio Network....
The Republican National Trust PAC
Scott Wheeler
Executive Director
Dear Terrified American:
We have launched a new, powerful ad exposing Obama's radical agenda and his dirty little secret.
I think it will knock your socks off.
This thirty-second ad exposes Obama's 'dirty little secret the media won't talk about' — his radical plan to give illegal aliens Social Security benefits and Medicaid, full healthcare coverage.
By Obama's own count there are twelve million illegal aliens in the U.S. and he wants them all getting government benefits.
Obama has stated he also wants to give each and every one of them amnesty and citizenship.
As for them learning English, he has stated he thinks American kids, your kids, should learn Spanish.
There is no doubt this man is the most radical leftist ever nominated by the Democratic party.
We have already exposed Obama's shocking plan to give illegals driver's licenses — even though everyone knows the 9/11 plot began with thirteen of the nineteen terrorists getting driver's licenses.
As the American people find out about Obama and his plans, they will turn on him.
McCain can still win this.
Take a moment today to donate! We need to run this ad as well as new ones we are preparing in key battleground states.
With your help we have had a huge effect in Ohio as McCain is now leading in two polls.
The latest polls also show Indiana is solidly back in McCain's fold.
Even Pennsylvania — once an Obama state — is now in contest.
McCain's Problem — You Can Help
McCain has a big problem. If he attacks Obama, the media portrays him as mean-spirited.
But, as an independent PAC, the National Republican Trust can tell the American people the absolute truth about Obama's radical record and plans.
That's one reason why Dick Morris, the famous political strategist and Fox News guru says, "The National Republican Trust is a very effective organization that can make a huge difference on election day."
We hope you agree with that view.
Dick says McCain can definitely win. That's why we have launched our air war on Obama, bypassing the major media and going directly to the American people.
Help us in this urgent campaign to expose Obama in key swing states!
You can donate now by Going Here Now.
If you are on a mobile device or want to call in your donation call 1-866-957-1467
Remember, every dollar counts. Every vote matters. You can make a difference by helping us.
Thank you.
Yours for America,
Scott Wheeler
P.S. Poll data shows that when voters find out Obama supports giving illegal aliens driver's licenses, Social Security, Medicaid, college tuition and other benefits, they turn against him. Let's get our message out. Help Us Today — Go Here Now.
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