RFK, Jr.: No more Snow in DC
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who flies around on private planes so as to tell larger numbers of people how they must live their lives in order to save the planet, wrote a column last year on the lack of winter weather in Washington, D.C.
“In Virginia, the weather also has changed dramatically. Recently arrived residents in the northern suburbs, accustomed to today’s anemic winters, might find it astonishing to learn that there were once ski runs on Ballantrae Hill in McLean, with a rope tow and local ski club. Snow is so scarce today that most Virginia children probably don’t own a sled. But neighbors came to our home at Hickory Hill nearly every winter weekend to ride saucers and Flexible Flyers.
“In those days, I recall my uncle, President Kennedy, standing erect as he rode a toboggan in his top coat, never faltering until he slid into the boxwood at the bottom of the hill. Once, my father, Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, brought a delegation of visiting Eskimos home from the Justice Department for lunch at our house. They spent the afternoon building a great igloo in the deep snow in our backyard. My brothers and sisters played in the structure for several weeks before it began to melt. On weekend afternoons, we commonly joined hundreds of Georgetown residents for ice skating on Washington’s C&O Canal, which these days rarely freezes enough to safely skate.
“Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil and its carbon cronies continue to pour money into think tanks whose purpose is to deceive the American public into believing that global warming is a fantasy.”
Read more:
Blizzard Rearreanges Climate Change Announcement
As D.C. continued to dig out from Snowmageddon and is keeping an eye on another storm system, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was busy making a climate change announcement.
NOAA, part of the Department of Commerce, is going to be providing information to individuals and decision-makers through a new NOAA Climate Service office. “More and more, Americans are witnessing the impacts of climate change in their own backyards, including sea-level rise, longer growing seasons, changes in river flows, increases in heavy downpours, earlier snowmelt and extended ice-free seasons in our waters. People are searching for relevant and timely information about these changes to inform decision-making about virtually all aspects of their lives,” the release says.
Earlier snowmelt? That would be nice.
Turns out the release was planned prepared ahead of the snowstorm, which shut federal agencies today and forced its senders to hold a press conference by telephone instead of at the National Press Club.
DC May Get Another 20 InchesWinter Storm WarningURGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 604 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010 DCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-VAZ042-053-054-WVZ053-090715- /O.CON.KLWX.WS.W.0007.100209T1700Z-100211T0000Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-LOUDOUN-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK... WESTMINSTER...GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS... LEESBURG...FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH...CHARLES TOWN 604 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES.
Another 20 inches of "global warming" on it's way to the Nation's Capitol?
Hat tip: washingtontonexaminer.com, The Wall Street Journal and National Weather Service via Drudge Report.
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I’m convinced God has a sense of humor
Absolutely convinced of it…
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Buy stock in Toro, Troy-Bilt and other snow blower manufacturers.
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Dear God, you are pretty awesome. I would say “cool” but that would just be cheesy. -JM
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ALgore and jfk,jr. Two fools.
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old RFK, Jr. was from the shallowest end of a VERY shallow gene pool. What a DOPE!
He and the rest of the true-believers refuse to even consider they could be wrong. Their one true religion is Global Warming…and alGore is their prophet.
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just saw that FoxNews’ LATE NIGHT show ‘Red Eye’ beat each of CNN’s Primetime shows…including Larry King (who used to dominate)!
This is related to the RFK, Jr. story, I believe.
People who think RFK, Jr. makes sense watch CNN.
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Little Bobby is one year younger than I am. He was 9 when his uncle died. I’m thinking that to a 9 year old, things look a lot bigger than they do as an adult. We’ve got almost 4 freaking feet of snow right now in Virginia, and it’s not the kind you can build a ‘real’ igloo from.
I visited an old Aunt recently, having not been to her house since my late teens. She still lives in the same house. But, like her, her house seems to have shrunk over the years. I could not get over how much smaller it was, because I remembered it as being so much bigger, with a childs eye.
Anyway, I guess I say all this to make this point: Robert is full of grade A number 1 poop.
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beej: “Robert is full of grade A number 1 poop”
Hey, he’s a KENNEDY! Nothing but the finest for them!
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I don’t have time for my milk, egg, bread, and tp run. Can’t get my car out of my driveway yet.
‘Splain that, Robert.
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Alfred E. Newman’s twin brother, RFK, Jr.
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There will be an effort to pass the cap and trade in some fashion soon. The silence of our media on the AGW scam scandal is not a coincidence. There are trillions riding on this. The Chicago Board of Trade is set to trade these carbon credits, Goldman Sachs stands to make tons, not to mention all the elitists that are in on the scam…..many large US corporations, especially GE, have everything riding on this legislation. It will be as hard to kill as Health Care. It will be as damaging as HC, maybe even more.
They will probably wait for summer to go forward though, hee.
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For the Weather Channel people and local channels this is their time to shine. Whenever there’s a snowstorm in Detroit, the local channels send the “bench warmers” out to cover intersections and freeway overpasses.
Good luck with the snow beej. It looks like we will be getting it too; just not as much.
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O/T but this is good news:
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/02/house-congressional-leaders-say-theyll-meet-with-white-house-on-health-care-if-they-start-over/
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Anyone see this headline on Drudge:
Blizzard Rearranges Announcement of Feds New Global Warming Office…
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#14 Brings joy and smiles to my heart.
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Since the deficit is piling up like the snow in Virginia and DC, I would offer this for your reading enjoyment. It is worth your time, and I know JudyT has the time, if not enough survival rations to weather the next storm.
Ryan’s Roadmap
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Anyone want to bet that after spring comes and the snow melts, the AGW extremists are pushing just as hard as ever?
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bc, you and bruce are on the same page, and I think you have got it just about right.
I just searched for an article on sunspot activity, and read a bit about the effect it has on the weather and climate change. It is much more realistic to believe the sun is the major influence on our climate than to listen to all the hysteria about carbon. Interestingly, the science is supported by the same tree ring analysis.
But I won’t take your bet.
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hahahahahahahahahaha!!
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/02/bush_miss_me_yet_billboard_is.html
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mullet – over the years I have heard that exact point, that there is a correlation between sun spot activity and our climate. I forget the exact relationship but the sun spot activity was at the point there was none. This is kind of unhearded of, through the tracking of sun spot activity they have never known of there being NONE. And they have records going back several centuries if I remember right.
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Yep, more supression of your liberty in Obama power “non negotiable” power grab called “HC Deform”:
“Senate Health Bill May Violate First Amendment
Posted by Michael F. Cannon
Today, the Cato Institute released “Scientific Misconduct: The Manipulation of Evidence for Political Advocacy in Health Care and Climate Policy,” by George Avery of Purdue University.
Avery points to a troubling provision of the Senate-passed health care bill that Democrats are trying to get through the House:
In a section creating a new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to conduct comparative-effectiveness research, the bill allows the withholding of funding to any institution where a researcher publishes findings not “within the bounds of and entirely consistent with the evidence,” a vague authorization that creates a tremendous tool that can be used to ensure self-censorship and conformity with bureaucratic preferences….As AcademyHealth notes, “Such language to restrict scientific freedom is unprecedented and likely unconstitutional.”
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/02/08/senate-health-bill-may-violate-first-amendment/
Of course the radical left/Obamaites will not “start over” on their power grab – the goal here was always politcal power not improving medical care or making it cheaper for anyone….
This government run/complusary insurance scam was always designed to create economic dependcy in individuals/companies to the federal government followed soon by political domination by the left as they will have everyone by the “short hairs”…..
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This government is in serious need of replacement.
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Mullet
Last year, I believe, was the third lowest sun spot activity since they’ve been keeping records of such things. They haven’t been able to correlate it with GW or cooling, really. But, it hasn’t been ruled out either.
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Should I consider it odd that the sunspot theory of climate change gets practically no press coverage?
I guess Goldman Sachs and GE couldn’t work it in to their revenue model.
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The most famous prolonged lack of sunspots is known as the ‘Maunder Minimum’ (named for Edward Maunder), and occured in the period 1645 to 1715. It triggered what become known as the “Little Ice Age”. Worldwide temperatures plummeted.
The current sunspot level is LOWER than the ‘Maunder Minimum’.
In fact, scientists now believe that the ONLY thing keeping the Earth from freezing over is the hot air eminating from alGore’s multiple orifices. Sadly, we MUST keep alGore talking…our lives depend on it!
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JR
LOL!
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Freedom NOW man!
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/02/08/no-more-talking-points-its-time-for-economic-freedom/#more-25951
“Well, unfortunately, “empirical reality” tells us a different story. According to the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, a data-driven study by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. economy has fallen from the top tier “free” category. Recent years’ economic policies have dramatically accelerated this decadency. Falling behind Canada, the United States is now a “mostly free” economy.
Indeed, our economic strength is being weakened by many “blind spots,” and our global competitiveness is losing ground. While many countries around the world continue on the path of increasing competitiveness and flexibility, the United States is, in many respects, moving in the opposite direction, simultaneously burdening its economy with increasing government spending, uncompetitive tax rates, and barriers to trade and investment that stifle entrepreneurship and dynamic growth.”
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My wife and I are going to our place in Vancouver Wednesday for 11 days. Our place is on Robson, about 2 blocks from the opening ceremonies. We just wanted to be there and enjoy the excitement. I have also been studying and networking with the local Craft Beer scene. Can’t wait.
Not much snow. Vancouver is typically mild, but the mountains immediately surrounding the city are hurting for snow. Whistler is about 45 miles north and higher in the mountains and the other venue is in the Canadian Rockies and they have snow.
2007-2008 we were up on Grouse Mountain and it looked like DC does now. Grouse is just east of Cypress.
I posted on the previous thread about Captain America. Anybody see that?
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Your socialist/interventionist government at work:
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/02/08/keynesian-doublespeak/#more-25895
“Now that the failure of the stimulus bill is becoming obvious, and public opinion has turned against it, Obama is touting a spending freeze in his 2011 budget: “As we focus our efforts on spurring job creation and jumpstarting economic growth, we also have to change business as usual in Washington and restore fiscal responsibility.”
Wait: If government spurs job creation by spending, even on digging holes and filling them up, then how can one advocate both the first part, and the second part, of that sentence? That kind of doublethink can hurt the brain.”
Gee doesnt the use of government force/intervention do such “good” things?
Just talk to one of the permenantly unemployed 20% about how “good” all this activist government is….
Freedom NOW man!
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Wow, our girl is on fire and seems to have an everyready battery to boot!
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2010/02/governor-palin-in-redding-california.html
? on suicide alert. Chris Matthews too.
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Havok -
“This government is in serious need of replacement.”
If it were a Ford or Toyota, it would have been recalled.
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Murtha’s death is a major blow to ObamaCare. The longer Obama and Congress is tied up on health care, the less time it has to screw other things up (e.g. amnesty, the environment, etc.).
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Bruce -
On the 15th she is speaking at the Daytona Area Chamber of Commerce annual dinner. Reservations are 64% ahead of last year. In fact, they moved the dinner from a hotel banquet hall to the convention center to accommodate the crowd.
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bc3b – #32, exactly. Like bleeding out a clock in a game of football.
Get them to focus on jobs (which the country really needs) and on health care get them to restart the whole mess. This slows down everything else and gets us closer to the next cycle. As we get closer to the next cycle, the less likely they will want to pass anything that will piss off the public.
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If it were a Ford or Toyota, it would have been recalled. — BC
Our luck they would convene a commission called ‘D-Pedal’ and call it a day. I see Prius is now on the recall block as well.
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I don’t see a flurry of Ford recalls.
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BCL, the saving grace is Ford can afford a recall. I don’t know if Toyota can.
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All I can say about this is “nice” – just what we need from the looters coaltion aka big public unions and big government:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/04/AR2010020404421.html
“The local teachers union in Montgomery County, Maryland, has such control over the local Democratic Party that candidates running for office give the union campaign cash, instead of the other way around.”
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This is a good step in the right direction to restore Federalism and limited/Constitutional governence:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/02/federal_overreach_and_the_new.html
“Federal Overreach and the New States’ Rights Movement
By Jon N. Hall
Ever since the election of Woodrow Wilson, America has been concentrating more and more power and control in the federal government. With the 2008 elections, the century-long creep towards statism accelerated. America is not only on the wrong track — she’s on an express train to Big Government hell.
One bright spot is that the states are standing up to federal overreach.”
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“And the states are resisting Obamacare as, in general, a 10th Amendment violation. Some states also object to the specifics of Obamacare, such as the individual mandate, which Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot addressed in this open letter. Columnist George Will weighs in on judicial review of the individual mandate:
The latter kind of conservatives are more truly conservative than the former kind because they have stronger principles for resisting the conscription of individuals, at a cost of diminished liberty, into government’s collective projects. So a constitutional challenge to the mandate serves two purposes: It defies a pernicious idea and clarifies conservatism.
Many are appalled by the sleaze of the Nebraska Compromise, which secured Sen. Ben Nelson’s key vote, and the Louisiana Purchase, which secured Sen. Mary Landrieu’s. (Could this be vote-buying?) The feds have succeeded in pitting state against state. So state AGs are getting restive, and they may sue over unequal treatment.
In a feisty article, John Boldin writes:
Regarding nullification and health care, there’s already a growing movement right now. Led by Arizona, voters in a number of states may get a chance to approve State Constitutional Amendments in 2010 that would effectively ban national health care in their states.
Indeed. On February 1, Virginia’s Senate passed a bill to outlaw the individual mandate, which seems destined to be signed by their new GOP governor. “Lawmakers in 35 states have filed or proposed amendments to their state constitutions or statutes rejecting health insurance mandates,” reports the Associated Press. The states seem to be spoiling for a showdown with the feds over the issue of state sovereignty.”
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“The states seem to be spoiling for a showdown with the feds over the issue of state sovereignty.”
~WEC
Absolutely critical if the power grab by the federal government under Obama (and his predecessors) is to be curbed. The people must speak through their state governments.
Power back to the people!