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Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers’ perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.

Tough sell: Global warming in 2008 & Doyle's trip to Bev. Hills

By Kyle Prast
Wednesday, Nov 12 2008, 04:56 PM

 

A picture is worth a 1,000 words. Click this National Climatic Data Center/ NOAA link to see a map United States. It shows U.S. temperature averages from January through October of this year.

The cruel joke is, now that temperatures are colder again, energy prices* are higher because of environmental protection measures! 

Another cruel joke: "State $5 billion in the red -- Governor to go to Beverly Hills"** by Rep. Jim Ott:

On the same day Governor Doyle announced that Wisconsin has a budget deficit in excess of $5 billion, the largest in state history, and talked about spending cuts, tax hikes and job cuts, he announced that he is flying to California next week for a summit on Global Warming. The summit will be held at the Beverly Hills Hilton.
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“Wisconsinites are facing the worst fiscal crisis in the state’s history and Governor Doyle is flying to Beverly Hills, CA “…to develop creative, collective actions to advance the global climate agreement….”that hasn’t even been negotiated yet???” asked Representative Jim Ott.

Rep. Ott added this point,

“Furthermore how does firing up your state plane – you don’t exactly have a history of flying commercial - reduce your carbon foot print? The least you could do is fly Midwest Express, support a Wisconsin company, and use some of the airline miles you must have accumulated on your September global warming trip to Germany.” 

Remember that Representative Jim Ott is also a Meteorologist--he knows his weather statistics!

Colder temperatures? State $5 billion in the hole? No matter, Gov. Doyle has his priorities. Too bad they aren't mine.
 

*We can't drill for new oil or natural gas sources, we can't build coal fired electricity plants, we can't build nuclear power plants, and we are forced to use expensive solar and wind, all because of environmental extremists. 

**I heard this on Mark Belling's show today. 

Please, comment content should relate to the subject of the post. Although I try to respond to many, do not interpret my lack of a response as agreement.

Links: 

 

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Brookfield7, Fairly Conservative, Vicki Mckenna, Jay Weber, The Right View Wisconsin, Mark Levin, CNS News

 

Comments

mikeyd   

HI Kyle,

Found this web review on the climate change issue today (link below) and thought you might be interested in the scientific side of the issue (as opposed to the media/Ott/Belling version).  It seems you deleted your latest post about climate change, even though there were many good responses to that particular post.

green.msn.com/.../1

Kyle's reply: Let's just say, there are scientists, and then there are scientists. I am interested, but I am in Christmas prep mode here...I will bookmark your link for later.

No, I did not delete that post: Tough sell: Global warming in 2008  

Um, you do know Jim Ott is a Meteorologist?  You do know there is record snow and cold in many parts of the world this week? Malibu had snow! Las Vegas had snow too.

Could you explain to me how the ice ages melted without the aid of automobiles and coal fired electrical plants and yet the planet did not suffer a meltdown? 

December 18, 2008 10:52 AM

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