(FoxNews) Based on the researchers’ computer modeling, forests above 20 degrees latitude in the Northern Hemisphere — that is, north of the line of latitude running through Southern Mexico, Saharan Africa, central India and the southernmost Chinese island of Hainan — will warm surface temperatures in those regions by an estimated 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the year 2100.

How can that be? Humans are responsible for global warming!

(no direct cite – this comes from a newsletter)

My four pillars of American prosperity By Rudy Giuliani

Washington needs a hefty dose of fiscal discipline. To restore accountable and effective leadership to America, government needs to run more like a business.

That is what I did in New York. My administration inherited a $2.3 billion deficit. We responded by imposing fiscal discipline. We cut programs. We cut taxes. And we got results. We turned the deficit into a multibillion-dollar surplus. We cut bureaucracy by 20,000 workers – while increasing cops on the street and teachers in the classroom. And we cut taxes 23 times, all while working with a Democrat-dominated city council. Every year – in good times or bad – I required city commissioners to propose cuts in their own budgets. I wanted to keep my managers focused on saving taxpayers’ money, while spending it more effectively. We put management back into the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Fiscally conservative governance was at the foundation of New York City’s resurgence. Now we need to do the same thing in Washington, building a more accountable government on what I call “the four pillars of prosperity” for sustained economic growth. Read more

It appears that my trusty Canon A95 finally bit the bullet. Almost every time I turn it on, the LCD displays nothing but horizontal flicker on black. So, what to do? Simple – go get another camera. Lots of nice options out there, but I decided to go for something simple and less expensive. My choice: the Nikon L11.

My first stop was at Circuit City. I walk in and go straight to the camera counter. I see the L11 on display and also see a couple locked away under the counter. Alright! We’re in business! So I stand there. I look around. I stand there some more. I drum my fingers. I stand there some more. After about five minutes, I see a sales person walking my way… who proceeds to cut a wide berth away from me while passing me on the aisle. I take a quick sniff at my underarms. Not a problem there. Another sales person comes towards me from the other direction… and does the same thing. So, after about 10 minutes, I do what any sane person would have done and left. I cruise over to Best Buy and find the same camera. For $15 less.

Apparently, Circuit City employees are scared to make a sale. I mean, they wouldn’t want to get fired for making too much money would they?

(Fox News)…the federal Bureau of Land Management is considering expanding the gun-restricted area by 41,000 acres to try to limit shootings at Idaho Army National Guard troops who report slugs bouncing off their tanks on a regular basis.

I have an easier, less expensive idea – let the Guard shoot back. With their tanks. They need practice too.

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Look over the descriptions of the following two houses and see if you can tell which belongs to an environmentalist.

HOUSE # 1:

A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern “snow belt,” either. It’s in the South.

HOUSE # 2:

Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, this house incorporates every “green” feature current home construction can provide. The house contains only 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the area blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape.

HOUSE # 1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion) is outside of Nashville, Tennessee. It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist (and filmmaker) Al Gore.

HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas. Also known as “the Texas White House,” it is the private residence of the President of the United States, George W. Bush.

So whose house is gentler on the environment? Yet another story you WON’T hear on CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC or read about in the New York Times or the Washington Post. Indeed, for Mr. Gore, it’s truly “an inconvenient truth.”

(Go ahead. Snope it.)

So, what ended the Ice Age? I wonder what the “Global Warmist” cavemen blamed it on. Mastodon Flatulence?

Anything to silence those who disagree…

Scientists threatened for climate denial
Scientists who questioned mankind’s impact on climate change have received death threats and claim to have been shunned by the scientific community.

They say the debate on global warming has been “hijacked” by a powerful alliance of politicians, scientists and environmentalists who have stifled all questioning about the true environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions.

Timothy Ball, a former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg in Canada, has received five deaths threats by email since raising concerns about the degree to which man was affecting climate change.

One of the emails warned that, if he continued to speak out, he would not live to see further global warming.

• No clip-on ties (regular ties okay?)
• No life preservers

Woman Sues Doctor for Child-Rearing Costs After Failed Abortion
Now there’s a headline that just screams “Low Esteem-Ridden Child Alert – coming to a juvenile detention center near you!”