Two for Tuesday

I must admit to feeling vindicated by the response to the publication of email conforming that global warming data has long been manipulated and is fraudulent.

The response from the mainstream media has been virtually nonexistent which makes me happy. Don't get me wrong, it's frustrating that they won't report this story to all audiences but we should know better than that at this point. The silence is telling though. Usually when some data comes out to debunk global warming the media spin machine goes on full attack to slander whatever group or person found the contrarian data, calling them deniers and comparing them to Holocaust deniers.

This time? Silence. That's because even the MSM knows that they've been had this time. The emails from one of the worlds, supposed, premier global warming data centers debunk the entire theory that the Global Warming Hoax has been built on. There is no defending it so the media isn't even going to try. They hope that by ignoring it, it will simply pass on by where they can resume their agenda at some later date. They plan Copenhagen as if it is still a legitimate endeavor.

I suspect they won't be so lucky this time. Cap and Tax legislation is coming up in the Senate and there is an election year coming up. Suppose this will play a role in the debate?

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Now that the health care bill is open for debate, we get to see just who has the stones in Democrat caucus. There seems to be two differing camps of thought with no middle ground.

You've got the Lieberman camp which is adamantly against a government plan. Supposedly Ben Nelson is in this camp as well but he's a flake so who knows. Lieberman is even against the trigger option that might at one time have gotten Olympia Snow on board although she seems against even that now (must have seen some polling). Mark Prior, Blanche Lincoln, Evan Bayh might also be in this camp but they are weak and can be bought off (see Landrieu Mary). Lieberman is the leader, if he holds some of others might follow.

The other camp is the very leftist pro-government plan and has just about every other Senator in it. We'll call it the Franken camp. The only question is how committed are they? If they mean it when they say government plan or nothing, does that mean they will let this thing die, wait for 2010 elections hoping that some of the Liebermans and Lincolns of the world get voted out? Seems like a risky proposition.

All of this ignores the House and Nancy Pelosi. She isn't going to approve a bill that isn't pro-abortion or has a government run health plan. If the senate liberals crumble to Lieberman, you can bet Nancy won't. If the Senate liberals win and the final bill is a government run health care plan without the Stupak amendment, it might lose the support it needs in the House.

All of the competing interest seem to opposed to ever really hash this thing out. I never put it past liberals to bribe each other off but this would take Louisiana Purchase, 300 mil+ buyoffs all over the Congress. Not impossible but you would think that there are enough people who are depending on economic issues to get reelected that would have to squash all those bribes just to survive.

I hope they fight like caged Wolverines over this. I've said it before but lb on lib crime is one of life's most hysterical displays. Add that to it being an election years and political infighting in the Dem party is only good for the GOP and it should be quite the show.