On his blog, former state senate leader Mark Hillman lays out the illogical and harmful energy policy coming from the Democrat Congress in Washington, including this hard-hitting morsel:
Congress is so sanctimonious that they would rather we pay billions more to Hugo Chavez and the Saudis than to sensibly and strategically drill in a frozen swamp less than one-tenth the size of Denver International Airport.
Washington also struck out on promoting the most practical, reliable source of clean energy – nuclear power.
So when it comes to nuclear power, what are we waiting for?
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The New York Times endorsed John McCain for the Republican nomination:
In 2006, however, Mr. McCain stood up for the humane treatment of prisoners and for a ban on torture. We said then that he was being conned by Mr. Bush, who had no intention of following the rules. But Mr. McCain took a stand, just as he did in recognizing the threat of global warming early. He has been a staunch advocate of campaign finance reform, working with Senator Russ Feingold, among the most liberal of Democrats, on groundbreaking legislation, just as he worked with Senator Edward Kennedy on immigration reform.
Why not just hang a lead weight around the McCain campaign?
Well, say no more. The Old Gray Lady is for the “maverick” Arizona Senator, which gives rank-and-file Republicans all the reason to support Mitt Romney for President.
On Monday I wrote about Gov. Ritter’s plan to impose Greenhouse Global Warming hysteria on Colorado’s public school classrooms. David Harsanyi’s Denver Post column today explores the issue with more skilled and entertaining prose:
Not long ago, Ritter assembled the P-20 Education Coordinating Council to foster a “seamless education system from pre-school to grad- school.” Nowhere in the literature of the P-20 Education Coordinating Council - and I’ve looked far and wide - does it mention anything about the educational system being used to politically indoctrinate children.
Yet, the Climate Action Plan says that “the state will work through the Governor’s P-20 Education Council and others to make sustainability curricula become standard fare in K-12 classrooms throughout the state.”
Standard fare? I’m a weird person. I don’t want social conservatives teaching my kids about creationism. I don’t want Republicans teaching my kids about balanced budgets. And I don’t want Democrats teaching my children global-warming hysteria.
Harsanyi brings a certain logical consistency to his argument that others do not. Environmentalists on the secular Left don’t want taxpayer dollars to fund Creationism in the classroom but have no problem spending your dollars indoctrinating kids into the shaky pseudo-science of Greenhouse Global Warming.
Harsanyi and I agree on the simple policy remedy, a pro-freedom solution:
Give parents a choice. Let them take their hard- earned tax dollars and pick a school that conforms to their value system. For instance, schools that avoid political indoctrination and teach kids subjects of value.
Some would suggest that to truly prepare kids for Ritter’s “New Energy Economy,” a level of proficiency in English, math and hard science would serve them best.
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Mere days after stepping into a major political mess, Gov. Ritter announced an ambitious plan to tackle the problem of global warming. Perhaps he aspires to win the Nobel Prize. More studied individuals than myself can break down the economic costs of his proposals, and I look forward to seeing those analyses.
For now, though, I wanted to focus on one aspect of Ritter’s 33-page “Climate Change Action Plan”:
Climate curricula. The state will work through the Governor’s P-20 Education Council and others to make sustainability curricula become standard fare in K-12 classrooms throughout the state. Today’s students will be living in a warmer climate resulting from the activities of previous generations. They need to understand the science of climate change, what its impacts will be on their lives, and how to critically evaluate the steps needed to reach our 2020 and 2050 emission reduction goals. Students will also need academic and technical skills to be ready for jobs in the New Energy Economy.
Unlikely to be included in the curriculum for all Colorado public school students are the well-accredited scientists featured on this 8-minute YouTube video, as John Stossel says “Give me a break.” Or the information included in “Snowjob”. Can we expect the curriculum to be balanced by the Heartland Institute’s Global Warming education site as a resource - including their 10-question quiz? Maybe the problem is that Ritter himself has yet to take the quiz.
Al Gore hath spoken: The Global Warming Debate is over…despite an abundance of evidence to the contrary. But Ritter has swallowed it hook, line, and sinker. And he thinks every public school student in Colorado should be force-fed it, too. “Local control” is a convenient mantra for the state’s liberal elites to squelch choice and competition or standards for accountability. But foisting statewide sex education standards or fearmongering climate propaganda on our kids is no problem.
Apparently, the agenda of union bag man Gov. “Algore” Ritter won’t be slowed down by either facts or concerns about your freedom. Remember, Colorado, what you get when you put the Democrats in charge.
