tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959115471163012802024-02-21T23:36:17.186-07:00SBVOR<center><a href="#BlogList1">BlogList</a> | <a href="#sbvor_footer">Topics</a> | <a href="#Label1">Labels</a> | <a href="#BlogArchive1">Archives</a></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2058125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-58084898143149400422012-05-25T10:39:00.000-06:002012-05-25T10:39:12.566-06:00Why NOBODY Voted for Obama's 2013 BudgetLast February, Obama submitted his latest budget proposal to Congress.<BR><BR>On 3/28/2012, the House <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/29/gop-rep-introduces-obama-budget-measure-gets-0-414-drubbing-video/">unanimously rejected</a> Obama’s budget proposal.<BR><BR>On 5/16/2012, the Senate also <a href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/05/16/breaking_the_senate_rejects_obamas_horrific_budget_990">unanimously rejected</a> Obama’s budget proposal.<BR><BR>Rex Nutting, at MarketWatch, <a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2012/05/obama-spending-spree-never-happened.html">seemingly thinks</a> Obama is the most fiscally responsible President ever. So, surely Congress must have found Obama’s budget to be far too austere, eh? Not exactly.<BR><BR><a href="http://cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/03-16-APB1.pdf">Click here</a> and examine the scoring of Obama’s latest budget proposal by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. Examine the far right column of Table 1 on page 2. Divide $6,390 (billion) by $2,887 (billion) and see that Obama’s budget INCREASED deficit spending by a whopping 121% over what would be the case if Congress did NOTHING!<BR><BR>The chart below is a direct representation of the data found in Table 1 described above.<BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>Click the image to enlarge it:</B></span><BR><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEi5c9B2wFT5lZxIzCqpPk1EfxOIbpLDa-dF200Ymym7oqfJxqF5sLbJCIlSaWBwSqI69pUPLz6PqKpkpUsH_2hxs0Aq6WmKSAYlA1-B0qiX7UMQOVG4MqJJEZunqDpP3I8EyMAnjQpA/s1600/CBO_AnalysisPresidents2013Budget_Tables-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="265" alt="Click the image to enlarge it" title="Click the image to enlarge it" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEi5c9B2wFT5lZxIzCqpPk1EfxOIbpLDa-dF200Ymym7oqfJxqF5sLbJCIlSaWBwSqI69pUPLz6PqKpkpUsH_2hxs0Aq6WmKSAYlA1-B0qiX7UMQOVG4MqJJEZunqDpP3I8EyMAnjQpA/s400/CBO_AnalysisPresidents2013Budget_Tables-01.jpg" /></a></div><B><a href=" http://cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/AnalysisPresidents2013Budget.xls">Click here</a> for the source -- see Table 1.</B><BR>The same XLS spreadsheet can be downloaded from <a href="http://cbo.gov/publication/43083">this CBO page</a>.<BR>You’ll have to create the chart yourself (as I did).</center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-17301740620234123682012-05-24T14:33:00.000-06:002012-11-27T18:34:25.410-07:00The Obama Spending Spree Never Happened???<center>Updated on 11/27/12:<BR>Now reflects data through fiscal year 2012<BR>(Federal government fiscal year <a href="http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/fiscal_year.htm">ends on September 30th</a>.)</center><BR><a href="http://articles.marketwatch.com/2012-05-22/commentary/31802270_1_spending-federal-budget-drunken-sailor">Click here</a> and see that Rex Nutting is claiming that the Obama spending spree never happened and that Obama is the most fiscally responsible President ever. This has to be the most brazenly dishonest bit of purely political propaganda published in the last millennia or two.<BR><BR>There are so many layers to this dishonesty that I could spend an entire day debunking the nonsense. But, let’s keep it simple. Tell me, Mr. Nutting, which of the bars in the chart below (documenting federal spending by year) would you <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/05/24/msnbc-and-white-house-cite-bogus-report-claiming-obama-spending-binge">and Mr. Obama</a> like to take credit for? The last four bars represent fiscal years 2009 through 2012 -- pick any one you like!<BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>Click the image to enlarge the chart & view the source:</B></span>
<a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=dc1" ><img border=0 src="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fredgraph.png?g=dc0" alt="Click the image to enlarge the chart & view the source" title="Click the image to enlarge the chart & view the source"></a><BR><B><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2008/09/big-spending-dems.html">Click here</a> & examine deficit spending.<BR><a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/03-13-Coverage%20Estimates.pdf">Click here</a> & see that ObamaCare adds ANOTHER<BR>$1.1 trillion in deficit spending over the next 10 years.</B></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-4579185095830861432012-05-23T09:54:00.001-06:002012-05-23T09:54:36.204-06:00'Pro-Choice' Americans at Record Low 41%<center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;"><B>Quoting Gallup:</B></center><blockquote><I>“The 41% of Americans who now identify themselves as "pro-choice" is down from 47% last July and is one percentage point below the previous record low in Gallup trends, recorded in May 2009. Fifty percent now call themselves "pro-life," one point shy of the record high, also from May 2009.”</I></blockquote></span><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>Click the image & read the rest:</B></span><BR><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/154838/Pro-Choice-Americans-Record-Low.aspx" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="225" width="400" alt="Click the image & read the rest" title="Click the image & read the rest" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixH6YOu7SgdkJtDhmP0WBVH4dhi9wslxHeGSJLMNYCRmg4m4M9dwUloY5oBl4Ybkl7kbS-ppHcU6YgP4z4nHkI44qyDIjQR-QRJM69E7wBK4rFJ89FW0O1cDMXxJD_t0zzSxhyUan6aC0/s400/2012_Abortion.gif" /></a></div></center> Good news!<BR><BR>Now, can we <a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2012/02/planned-parenthood-dishonesty.html">stop using tax payer money</a> to fund Planned Parenthood abortion factories?SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-35330438605963545732012-05-19T23:01:00.001-06:002012-05-19T23:46:22.859-06:00Federal Spending 101 - The Entitlement BombThis post quickly details everything you need to know about our federal spending Entitlement Bomb.<BR><BR>If we do not reduce our entitlement spending we WILL, 3 to 20 years from now, experience the very same entitlement driven fiscal collapse which Greece is now experiencing.<BR><BR>First, <a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2008/09/big-spending-dems.html">click here</a> & examine the deficit spending trends since 1970.<BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;"><B>Next, <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/ftpdocs/88xx/doc8877/12-13-ltbo.pdf">quoting</a> The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office:</B></center><blockquote><I>“under any plausible scenario, the federal budget is on an unsustainable path—that is, federal debt will grow much faster than the economy over the long run... Federal spending on programs other than Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security— including national defense and a wide variety of domestic programs—is likely to contribute far less, if anything, to the upward trend in federal outlays as a share of GDP”</I></blockquote></span>The remaining images are all taken from two CBO documents published in April of 2012 detailing federal spending for fiscal year 2011. These documents demonstrate that, as the CBO previously asserted, <B>virtually ALL of the growth (as a % of GDP) in federal spending over the last 20 years came from Medicare and Medicaid.</B><BR><BR>Click <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/BS_Mandatory_print.pdf">here</a> and <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/BS_Discretionary_print.pdf">here</a> for the two CBO documents.<BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;"><B>Mandatory Spending = All federal government entitlements.</B><BR>Mandatory Spending + Net Interest consumed 96% of all tax revenues!<BR>Click the image & examine federal spending in 2011:</span><BR><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-yJLcuMiHa18uTx-e80HB_zg3TQGbpDWnqgnNazdKNW9nUz3H3exCzkz51ahusnqhSzuxaSmPBczfUu5nns3hk4tNHWvMK0gQ4TRvgi7dsz1tQpb1cFWjg8CG07MfzRQGQu941ovrZI/s1600/Federal_Budget_Madatory-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="270" width="368" alt="Click the image & examine federal spending in 2011" title="Click the image & examine federal spending in 2011" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-yJLcuMiHa18uTx-e80HB_zg3TQGbpDWnqgnNazdKNW9nUz3H3exCzkz51ahusnqhSzuxaSmPBczfUu5nns3hk4tNHWvMK0gQ4TRvgi7dsz1tQpb1cFWjg8CG07MfzRQGQu941ovrZI/s400/Federal_Budget_Madatory-01.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/BS_Mandatory_print.pdf">Click here</a> for the source<BR>(The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.)</center><BR><BR>Between 1991 & 2011, Mandatory Spending as a % of GDP increased from 10.1% of GDP to 13.6% of GDP. Divide 13.6 by 10.1 and <B>we find a 35% increase in Mandatory Spending over the prior 20 years:</B><BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;">Click the image & glance at Mandatory Spending from 1991 to 2011:</span><BR><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-DEGvsSWCsDHNDg99VX-K4fChwKkcImbmkRtFmWFb8XJR15EDsQbv2MVV3RJPN5pESUq9at5N0l5Rz-H6LUZX_kbvbqVM5Okqob2Dh2SgrFsYLSt32X35onkMSoCXAmtVK8UFHCxe5U/s1600/Federal_Budget_Madatory_Glance-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="182" width="400" alt="Click the image & glance at Mandatory Spending from 1991 to 2011" title="Click the image & glance at Mandatory Spending from 1991 to 2011" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-DEGvsSWCsDHNDg99VX-K4fChwKkcImbmkRtFmWFb8XJR15EDsQbv2MVV3RJPN5pESUq9at5N0l5Rz-H6LUZX_kbvbqVM5Okqob2Dh2SgrFsYLSt32X35onkMSoCXAmtVK8UFHCxe5U/s400/Federal_Budget_Madatory_Glance-01.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/BS_Mandatory_print.pdf">Click here</a> for the source<BR>(The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.)</center><BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;">Click the image & examine trends in Mandatory Spending.<BR><B>Note that Medicare & Medicaid dominated the increases:</B></span><BR><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwKbAoe2FZkLt7UReDIpQLUcMQglpVEYfJi2S-vs1fM2qyjyqBOkPV5OyGsOmXoPIodD7X2cHpGt-7c1PRx1J0TbPlXbP34XW2tki-k4uu31r9iWeqlBvSckU_dDv57mJxHJVL-deU08/s1600/Federal_Budget_Madatory_Trends-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="289" width="400" alt="Click the image & examine trends in Mandatory Spending from 1991 to 2011" title="Click the image & examine trends in Mandatory Spending from 1991 to 2011" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwKbAoe2FZkLt7UReDIpQLUcMQglpVEYfJi2S-vs1fM2qyjyqBOkPV5OyGsOmXoPIodD7X2cHpGt-7c1PRx1J0TbPlXbP34XW2tki-k4uu31r9iWeqlBvSckU_dDv57mJxHJVL-deU08/s400/Federal_Budget_Madatory_Trends-01.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/BS_Mandatory_print.pdf">Click here</a> for the source<BR>(The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.)</center><BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;">Click the image & examine detailed Mandatory Spending in 2011:</span><BR><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7Qv3FpCfhdNoLoCFwcTbInDbPm-rNks0Sw54H3_dezyqxPurCpha9EOZIFz2pBQmH82oPHeWvCs8Nj-QraeAwKRG0FrkGeW3DSMhbMvLlJpL_9_EgKdNeR_5hpLWYXJfL2v3PQnhbk8/s1600/Federal_Budget_Madatory_Details-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="386" width="400" alt="Click the image & examine detailed Mandatory Spending in 2011" title="Click the image & examine detailed Mandatory Spending in 2011" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7Qv3FpCfhdNoLoCFwcTbInDbPm-rNks0Sw54H3_dezyqxPurCpha9EOZIFz2pBQmH82oPHeWvCs8Nj-QraeAwKRG0FrkGeW3DSMhbMvLlJpL_9_EgKdNeR_5hpLWYXJfL2v3PQnhbk8/s400/Federal_Budget_Madatory_Details-01.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/BS_Mandatory_print.pdf">Click here</a> for the source<BR>(The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.)</center><BR><BR>Between 1991 & 2011, Discretionary Spending as a % of GDP remained flat and defense spending DROPPED by 13%. Had Obama not wasted $800 billion on his so-called “stimulus” fiasco (which, demonstrably, <a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2010/01/2009-epic-fail-of-year-jobs-jobs-jobs.html">made matters FAR WORSE</a>), Discretionary Spending would have DECREASED by 6%.<BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;">Click the image & glance at Discretionary Spending in 2011:</span><BR><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOU9dnlJIqM9a98dOMVpT7qXem09uWigMPgCEBDPrVSSgZF1f1UdWMHUjgGwS88ERQGmVtuFeM1gzIYkasTHp8RqhT7H22K2mCGYvo7lxNDsf-yaRG9fNmhDp8OeFlZyXvvKrWDEMkAY/s1600/Federal_Budget_Discretionary_Glance-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="189" width="400" alt="Click the image & glance at Discretionary Spending in 2011" title="Click the image & glance at Discretionary Spending in 2011" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOU9dnlJIqM9a98dOMVpT7qXem09uWigMPgCEBDPrVSSgZF1f1UdWMHUjgGwS88ERQGmVtuFeM1gzIYkasTHp8RqhT7H22K2mCGYvo7lxNDsf-yaRG9fNmhDp8OeFlZyXvvKrWDEMkAY/s400/Federal_Budget_Discretionary_Glance-01.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/BS_Discretionary_print.pdf">Click here</a> for the source<BR>(The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.)</center><BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;">Click the image & examine trends in Discretionary Spending:</span><BR><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKh7M38SBM1syknkBusW2UQEnvmtcKru84zdd4naoDHXuEJfWaqq-V94Am8DlsOI8zj6vKNab2lrAJJ0BNz88P-dLsISnvLO8vyEKDAyCPXYoKcTYU3LbZE6yVju1soANsgk4QDKSL1c/s1600/Federal_Budget_Discretionary_Trends-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="184" width="400" alt="Click the image & examine trends in Discretionary Spending" title="Click the image & examine trends in Discretionary Spending" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKh7M38SBM1syknkBusW2UQEnvmtcKru84zdd4naoDHXuEJfWaqq-V94Am8DlsOI8zj6vKNab2lrAJJ0BNz88P-dLsISnvLO8vyEKDAyCPXYoKcTYU3LbZE6yVju1soANsgk4QDKSL1c/s400/Federal_Budget_Discretionary_Trends-01.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/BS_Discretionary_print.pdf">Click here</a> for the source<BR>(The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.)</center><BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;">Click the image & examine detailed Discretionary Spending in 2011:</span><BR><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWriY42_EwN-bQGihnFxv0gDhPTqZTD3TB8IV96yr15P0BRibw2NFeXTc3Yz4H4fTeZO1ZgpW3ZqB4qA9r0g8IJoSz1aYzEyH2EETEDAi1qK90S6Ayjj7Q6BJiwjzUKJN3OeTLm1Vi0wE/s1600/Federal_Budget_Discretionary_Details-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="223" width="400" alt="Click the image & examine detailed Discretionary Spending in 2011" title="Click the image & examine detailed Discretionary Spending in 2011" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWriY42_EwN-bQGihnFxv0gDhPTqZTD3TB8IV96yr15P0BRibw2NFeXTc3Yz4H4fTeZO1ZgpW3ZqB4qA9r0g8IJoSz1aYzEyH2EETEDAi1qK90S6Ayjj7Q6BJiwjzUKJN3OeTLm1Vi0wE/s400/Federal_Budget_Discretionary_Details-01.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/BS_Discretionary_print.pdf">Click here</a> for the source<BR>(The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.)</center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-66183691370869856762012-05-14T15:03:00.000-06:002012-05-14T15:03:27.478-06:00Media FINALLY discover Obama's polygamist family treeWay back in February of 2007, the <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,254362,00.html">AP eagerly reported</a> that -- <B>as recently as 1897</B> -- ancestors of Mitt Romney engaged in polygamy.<BR><BR>But, in 2008, nobody in the lame stream media was interested in vetting Obama in ANY WAY. They certainly were not interested in exploring his Kenyan roots.<BR><BR>So, I guess that explains why -- only on 4/12/12, after Obama had been President for over three years did we discover that -- going back to his great-grandfather -- <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obama-and-romney-both-come-from-a-ancestry-of-polygamy/2012/04/12/gIQA3TI8CT_story.html">Obama is</a> the FIRST male in his paternal lineage who has NOT engaged in polygamy!<BR><BR>Obviously, both reports are utterly irrelevant (other than to shine a bright white light on media bias).<BR><BR><B>Liberal bias? WHAT Liberal bias? NAH! No such thing!</B>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-34422466249709750972012-05-14T13:28:00.000-06:002012-05-14T13:45:11.638-06:00Obama's new slogan is even worse<a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2012/05/obama-cant-even-choose-winning-slogan.html">I previously commented</a> on a President so inept that he could not even select a winning campaign slogan.<BR><BR>Well, it appears as though Mr. Obama recognized his blunder and modified his slogan (thereby making it even worse).<BR><BR>Speaking at a New York City college <a href="http://barnard.edu/admissions/apply">which prohibits men</a> from attending, Obama drew from the <a href="http://www.academia.org/the-origins-of-political-correctness/">Cultural Marxist</a> playbook and <I>“<a href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/obama-constitution-provides-for-constant-forward-movement">spoke about the example of Lily Ledbetter, the woman who sued her employer because she was consistently making less money than her male counterparts.</a>”</I><BR><BR>Leave it to a ChiTown lawyer to give props to a woman who sued over something which even CBS News admits is “<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505125_162-28246928/the-gender-pay-gap-is-a-complete-myth/">a complete myth</a>”.<BR><BR>Anyway, the upshot is that Obama’s new slogan is:<blockquote><B>“<a href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/obama-constitution-provides-for-constant-forward-movement">We look forward, not backward.</a>”</B></blockquote>Yeah, with a Presidential record AND a life record as pitiful as his, it’s no wonder this clown doesn’t want anybody looking backward (at his record).SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-30147474010430766622012-05-13T21:21:00.000-06:002012-05-13T21:26:13.434-06:00GAO admits to what I've been saying for 4 years<a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2008/07/oil-resources-in-usa.html">I’ve been saying this</a> since July of 2008. Nice to see the GAO finally caught up. So, the next time <a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2010/04/obama-repeats-massively-egregious.html">some lying Dem</a> tries to tell you <I>“we have less than two percent of the world’s oil reserves”</I>, just take a page from good old Joe Wilson and scream nice and loud -- “<a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/177243-rep-wilson-you-lie-has-been-vindicated">YOU LIE</a>”!<BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;"><B>Quoting CNS News:</B></center><blockquote><I>“The Green River Formation, a largely vacant area of mostly federal land that covers the territory where Colorado, Utah and Wyoming come together, contains about as much recoverable oil as all the rest the world’s proven reserves combined, an auditor from the Government Accountability Office told Congress on Thursday.”</I></blockquote></span><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>Click the image & read the rest:</B></span><BR><a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/gao-recoverable-oil-colorado-utah-wyoming-about-equal-entire-world-s-proven-oil"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFU3J-10wlmNcqEeMbBzrOdkh4hA9lY2mnIRbUvs_ybsrxuS83p-WKoH6bmABmbq4qtyLYeCTHjCmPyX6FmRP_rM4xe4qduIWrPa1XgEj9RffrZwmCklGX6owqA10TykClLvK6wAxaaI/s400/Oil+Resources-04.jpg" border="0" alt="Click this chart to understand the mid-term solution" title="Click this chart to understand the mid-term solution" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254974973535025842" /></a><BR><B><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqUIyBwHr4NX-xYLFsrOxTF7P5umjooxgaXkAb0UFIfaSz9BnfrIFH_li6XVry1Jf1NyOFi4BZcDCzsREALOSRVftHG3_I_BDRij-_vaEvuaD10rDmccZInCboLvujLmw8I2uP_kZvGY/s1600/Oil+Resources-04.jpg">Click here</a> to enlarge the image.<BR><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2008/07/oil-resources-in-usa.html">Click here</a> for my post from which the image was taken.</B></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-53755439869735020872012-05-12T20:43:00.000-06:002012-05-12T20:43:35.596-06:00Will Romney Win in a Landslide?Romney is opening quite a lead against Obama in the polling of likely voters (done only by Rasmussen).<BR><BR><a href="http://www.dickmorris.com/a-romney-landslide/">Dick Morris tells us</a> history predicts all the undecided voters will ultimately break for Romney and that -- if the election were held today -- Romney would win in a landslide. We can hope!<BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;"><B>This image reflects polling data as of 5/12/12.<BR>Click the image & examine the latest polling data:</B></span><BR><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjOERwAdR8n1h5FhuXimStRdRJRkFwHH_IzHoaFEf1G0PgVDWBZ4a4HgWUII5LREkK9OfETyBGOsrLrgaAvycZlrl7WLLOjBniE4iRFiHhrndhKFNHwEp2VxtlXIYsTXGzR6QRzkbvYY/s1600/Obama-Pushes-Forward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="260" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjOERwAdR8n1h5FhuXimStRdRJRkFwHH_IzHoaFEf1G0PgVDWBZ4a4HgWUII5LREkK9OfETyBGOsrLrgaAvycZlrl7WLLOjBniE4iRFiHhrndhKFNHwEp2VxtlXIYsTXGzR6QRzkbvYY/s400/Obama-Pushes-Forward.jpg" /></a></div><BR><BR>Seriously folks, does Obama really think the American people are stupid enough to give a second term to a President who cannot even competently select a campaign slogan?<BR><BR>REALLY?SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-77267491716205794302012-05-07T20:59:00.001-06:002012-05-07T21:03:36.920-06:00Did Human Activity Cause an Extreme Lack of Hurricanes?How will the climate change hysteria mongers spin this one? Will they claim that an extreme lack of hurricanes is yet another example of the alleged weather extremes alleged to have been caused by human activity?<BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;"><B>Quoting a new study published by the AMS<BR>(emphasis is mine):</B></center><blockquote><I>“The 2010 eastern North Pacific hurricane season was <B>one of the least active seasons on record</B>. Only seven named storms developed, which is the lowest number observed at least since routine satellite coverage of that basin began in 1966. Furthermore, only three of those storms reached hurricane status, which is also the lowest number of hurricanes ever observed in the satellite era season.”</I></blockquote></span><center><B><a href="http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00152.1">Click here</a> to read the abstract.<BR><BR><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2009/10/climate-change-science-overview.html">Click here</a> for some basic climate change science.<BR><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2009/03/climate-change-101.html">Click here</a> to debunk the hysteria topic by topic.</B></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-38550570818265849672012-05-06T13:27:00.000-06:002012-05-06T13:27:25.647-06:00By his own metrics, Obama is a FAILURE!<center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>By his own metrics, Obama is a FAILURE:</B></span><BR><iframe width="500" height="284" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QFIlYt3NO3Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><BR><B><a href="http://obamaisntworking.com/">Click here</a> to learn more.</B></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-55803574778909921762012-05-04T12:36:00.000-06:002012-05-04T12:36:19.917-06:00Who is Julia and why am I paying for her whole life?You know the Obama campaign has REALLY stepped in it when even the crew at MSNBC trashes the cradle to grave Socialism promoted in their latest lame attempt to woo the female vote (now that Hilary Rosen has <a href="http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45981">single-handedly exposed</a> the Dems as the real perpetrators of a “War on Women”).<BR><BR><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>Obama campaign can’t even impress MSNBC:</B></span>
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<a href="http://www.woodfortrees.org/plot/rss/from:2002/to:2012.19/trend/plot/gistemp/from:2002/to:2012.19/trend/plot/hadcrut3vgl/from:2002/to:2012.19/trend/plot/rss/from:2002/to:2012.19/plot/gistemp/from:2002/to:2012.19/plot/hadcrut3vgl/from:2002/to:2012.19" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-_PHMzyApjsyhJrasp51ZDQqnNYRtGeVKCaQsg9ETZRC7aD62O3MDhgPuMrwGyFxfiwLM5p-mKJpspK7Dehw9bobdRYbwjcdX0qACGI15yVvwOgyPJW5WBss7C2x71T7wvflQ37hnbQ/s400/RSS_GIS_HADCRUT_2002_thru_Mar_2012.jpg" /></a></div></center><blockquote><I><B>“He said human-caused carbon dioxide emissions were driving an increase in the global temperature, but added that the effect of the oceans was not well enough understood and could have a key role.”</B></I></blockquote><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2011/10/amo-driving-best-climate-change.html">Click here</a> and see that all of the temperature fluctuations of the last century can be entirely explained by two factors -- The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and the very slight, very consistent warming of 0.5C per century ever since the planet emerged from the Little Ice Age. <BR><BR><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-amo-killed-cagw-cult.html">Click here</a> for a more general explanation of the impact of the AMO.<blockquote><I><B>“As ‘an independent and a loner,’ he said he did not mind saying ‘All right, I made a mistake.’ He claimed a university or government scientist might fear an admission of a mistake would lead to the loss of funding.”</B></I></blockquote>Nice to hear a recovering alarmist finally admit the obvious (follow the money). <BR><BR>Click <a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2010/11/climate-money.html">here</a> and <a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2009/08/totalitarians-seek-to-silence-tiny.html">here</a> and see what I mean.<blockquote><I><B>“the rate of warming in recent years had been less than expected by the climate models”</B></I></blockquote>Actually, the very core of the alarmist cabal has (unwittingly) demonstrated (at a 95% confidence level) that ALL of the IPCC computer models have been (by the standards established by NOAA) invalidated.<BR><BR><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2010/02/phil-jones-proves-all-ipcc-computer.html">Click here</a> for the proof.<BR><BR>In the previous link, some quibbled over the significance of <I>“statistically significant”</I> vs. an absolutely flat (or down) trend line. Fine, we now have the most reliable dataset of all (the RSS satellite data) showing a cooling trend in excess of the NOAA standard of 15 years:<BR><BR><center><B>Click the image to enlarge it & view the source:</B>
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<a href="http://www.woodfortrees.org/plot/rss/from:1997/to:2012.19/plot/rss/from:1997/to:2012.19/trend" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFzpXhtxvgxgp-FDi3naVKXflo2noFGZ4c56NDSBPzetWnRIdKlNbyJTEO-5IvBxt4zXd2mEiy7kGsEBMBqqtq5l-ggQUo9Kur1FSKlE1_fqB1TpR1P_tovVrqxyiYQ_a3H6DhVg31Ktc/s400/RSS_1997_thru_Mar_2012.jpg" /></a></div><BR><B><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2009/10/climate-change-science-overview.html">Click here</a> for some basic climate change science.<BR><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2009/03/climate-change-101.html">Click here</a> to debunk the hysteria topic by topic.</B></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-69778456601554301932012-04-20T14:24:00.002-06:002012-04-20T14:32:01.737-06:00Cybill Shepherd Decries Fictional 'War on Women'<B>One great reason NOT to watch The Client List…</B><br /><br />Cybill Shepherd (starring in The Client List) supports the (<a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/gov/bl_roe_m.htm">fictional</a>) <I>“constitutional right”</I> for American women to murder their own children for any reason or no reason at all.<br /><br />She also:<br /><br />1) Demands that all who find the murder of innocent children abhorrent must be required by FORCE OF LAW to fund what is -- by FAR -- the largest (and <a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2012/02/planned-parenthood-dishonesty.html">most dishonest</a>) abortion provider in the country.<br /><br />2) Asserts what she believes is an entitlement to (so-called) free contraception. One must assume Cybill expects all Catholic institutions to be required -- through FORCE OF LAW and in direct contradiction of <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/first_amendment">The First Amendment</a> to The United States Constitution -- to violate one of their most sacred beliefs and provide for this nutty new entitlement.<br /><br />So…<br />The nutty Ms. Shepherd believes strongly in a purely fabricated <I>“constitutional right”</I> for American women to murder their own children. But, she has NO REGARD what-so-ever for religious liberties CLEARLY guaranteed by The First Amendment to the United States Constitution! In other words, Cybill Shepherd is a typical Leftist totalitarian <B>thug</B>.<br /><br /><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>Do NOT support this thug:</B></span><br /><embed src="http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" background="#333333" width="425" height="279" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" FlashVars="si=254&contentValue=50123455&shareUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505267_162-57417699/cybill-shepherd-fires-salvo-in-war-on-women/?tag=contentMain;contentBody" /><br /><B><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2012/03/is-sandra-fluke-bald-faced-liar.html">Click here</a> for more.</B><br /></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-28747790871287041342012-04-20T13:24:00.001-06:002012-04-20T13:31:41.174-06:00Photo Corroborates Allegation that Zimmerman was Assaulted<center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;"><B>Quoting ABC News:</B></center><blockquote><I>“ABC News exclusively obtained a photograph showing the bloodied back of Zimmerman's head, which was apparently taken three minutes after he shot and killed Martin. The photo could give credence to Zimmerman's claim that Martin had bashed his head against the concrete as Zimmerman fought for his life.”</I></blockquote></span><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>Click the image & read the rest:</B></span><br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-case-exclusive-photo-shows-bloodied-back/story?id=16177849#.T5G3JtnjvBQ"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9uHv3erN2BW_LVHq9WzYsthAVwSz9pXZkSjHJyO7HN0DbC2HhWb5MjyTwQcOM4ZYrHfsnruIGHp-U5h9sJRoOip1V6vHUW1WKSkgIMp9tom76YXvFHic903aS_eNWo0M0F8FKuTGNwM/s320/ht_george_zimmerman_head_dm_120419_wmain.jpg" border="0" alt="Click the image & read the rest" title="Click the image & read the rest" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733564596648210786" /></a><br />I hope Zimmerman gets a fair trail.<br />I worry that <a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2012/04/11/media_dishonesty_and_race_hustlers/page/full/">the race hustlers</a> have ensured he will not.</center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-27561625954867126892012-04-16T11:39:00.001-06:002012-04-16T11:42:02.858-06:00Obama adviser David Axelrod makes case for Mitt Romney<center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>David, I could not agree more:</B></span><br /><iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xFUYhN3ikxI?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-12992567105633804992012-04-12T21:17:00.003-06:002012-04-12T21:32:24.351-06:00Show Biz Kids -- Perfect Song for GSA ScandalBy now, you’ve probably heard about <a href="http://bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/20220407gsa_party_just_a_symptom_of_fed_woes">the lavish party</a> held for federal GSA employees at tax payer expense.<br /><br />And, you’ve probably heard about <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/09/former-gsa-head-rejects-push-to-blame-bush-administration-over-vegas-conference/">the infamous videos</a> shot by GSA employees while they were on the (tax payer) clock.<br /><br />Meantime, during the Obama administration, <a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2011/12/home-prices-hit-new-post-bubble-low.html">Washington D.C. is the ONLY city</a> in the entire Case Shiller Index to see an increase in home values.<br /><br />Well, seems to me that the “good” people at the GSA need a theme song. And, I’ve got just what they need.<br /><br /><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;"><B>Quoting Steely Dan:</B></center><blockquote><I>“Show business kids making movies of themselves, you know they don’t give a F*CK about anybody else. You know, you go to Lost Wages.”</I></blockquote></span><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qm-Hw_nbPx4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><B><a href="http://www.redplanetcartoons.com/index.php/2012/04/12/sin-city/">Click here</a> for the perfect cartoon & more commentary.</B><br /></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-86413610391430198542012-04-12T12:48:00.004-06:002012-04-12T19:42:11.953-06:00Warmists Hype One Warm Quarter Over 2% of the Planet<a href="http://articles.cnn.com/2012-04-09/us/us_weather-record-warm-march_1_warmest-severe-weather-outbreak-severe-thunderstorms-and-tornadoes?_s=PM:US">Click here</a> and note that CNN reports:<blockquote><I>“March 2012 will go down as the warmest March in the United States since record-keeping began in 1895, NOAA said Monday.<br /><br />In addition, the three-month period of January, February and March was the warmest first quarter ever recorded in the Lower 48 states.”</I></blockquote>Let’s put that into proper context:<br /><br />1) <a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2009/09/warm-bias-of-about-30-in-ipcc-reported.html">Peer reviewed science</a> finds a 30% warming bias in the NOAA NCDC data. This calls into question whether any records were really set.<br /><br />2) If we arbitrarily select the last 120 months (exactly 10 years) of RSS satellite data, we find:<br /><br />A) Ten years of significant global cooling.<br /><br />B) Both March and the first quarter of 2012 are substantially BELOW the 10 year trend line.<br /><br /><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>Click the image to enlarge it:</B></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zQuKKPlG5BANI3SKUE6i1xYvgS1dlFoaStnDEPcEL4wz2mRk983iJ0k0CK9ZANEuGueZVM0CmNzUVN6Akb01Yts8lVABVHhV5VtBB0JmvTmr-IihdG7DT2EmKAtD7VWxtTJQXZ775SU/s1600/RSS_Apr2002_thru_Mar_2012.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zQuKKPlG5BANI3SKUE6i1xYvgS1dlFoaStnDEPcEL4wz2mRk983iJ0k0CK9ZANEuGueZVM0CmNzUVN6Akb01Yts8lVABVHhV5VtBB0JmvTmr-IihdG7DT2EmKAtD7VWxtTJQXZ775SU/s400/RSS_Apr2002_thru_Mar_2012.jpg" border="0" alt="Click the image to enlarge it" title="Click the image to enlarge it" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730587086258180194" /></a><br /><B><a href="http://www.woodfortrees.org/plot/rss/from:2002.18/to:2012.18/plot/rss/from:2002.18/to:2012.18/trend">Click here</a> to view the source.<br /><a href="http://www.woodfortrees.org/data/rss/from:2002.18/to:2012.18/plot/rss/from:2002.18/to:2012.18/trend">Click here</a> to view the raw data.<br /><br /><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2009/10/climate-change-science-overview.html">Click here</a> for some basic climate change science.<br /><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2009/03/climate-change-101.html">Click here</a> to debunk the hysteria topic by topic.</B></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-31205107501716066122012-04-05T14:02:00.004-06:002012-04-08T11:19:57.825-06:00Federal court tosses 2010 Colorado Amazon tax lawIn 2010, Colorado Dims passed a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/amazon-reacts-to-colorado_n_490028.html">brazenly unconstitutional sales tax law</a>.<br /><br />Dims -- lacking ANY respect for the limitations imposed by the United States Constitution -- make a habit of passing brazenly unconstitutional laws. Dims also make a habit of inventing language NOT FOUND in the United States Constitution <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/gov/bl_roe_m.htm">in order to overturn</a> entirely constitutional state laws.<br /><br />We KNEW this 2010 Colorado law was unconstitutional because, in 1992, the United States Supreme Court had <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quill_Corp._v._North_Dakota">already judged</a> a virtually identical law as such (<a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html">click here</a> for the actual ruling).<br /><br />Well, folks, here’s a great big shock (NOT)…<br /><br /><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;"><B>Quoting Tim Hoover<br />at The Denver Post:</B></center><blockquote><I>“A federal court has thrown out a 2010 Colorado law meant to spur online retailers like Amazon to collect state sales tax…<br /><br />The law was passed in 2010 as part of a package of Democratic-backed bills”</I></blockquote></span><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>Click the image & read the rest:</B></span><br /><a href="http://www.denverpost.com/dnc/ci_20316979"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbq0TRknEoUOE8GxBNVX-dgA6QnUI0F05QX7aNuL-774j17X0g7CzzkU1TFfOOfPKxpYsKhnfspIPPRxQO3nBu1mE3XSY-3z0ZHhhYt-BU1U5TELas_TU3Ip51VyIN62MF3pXPjaiejwM/s320/tax-man_a.jpg" border="0" alt="Click the image & read the rest" title="Click the image & read the rest" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728027310538512290" /></a><br />Good riddance!<br />Now, about that <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/story/2012-03-29/health-care-court-vote/53873778/1">brazenly unconstitutional health care mandate</a>…<br /></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-58177344082170294692012-04-05T11:16:00.004-06:002012-04-08T11:20:29.058-06:00Healthy polar bear count confounds doomsayers<center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;"><B>Quoting Paul Waldie<br />at The Globe and Mail<br />(emphasis is mine):</B></center><blockquote><I>“The debate about climate change and its impact on polar bears has intensified with the release of a survey that shows <B>the bear population in a key part of northern Canada is far larger than many scientists thought, and might be growing</B>.<br /><br />The number of bears along the western shore of Hudson Bay, believed to be among the most threatened bear subpopulations, stands at 1,013 and could be even higher, according to the results of an aerial survey released Wednesday by the Government of Nunavut. That’s 66 per cent higher than estimates by other researchers who forecasted the numbers would fall to as low as 610 because of warming temperatures that melt ice faster and ruin bears’ ability to hunt.”</I></blockquote></span><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>Click the image & read the rest:</B></span><br /><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/healthy-polar-bear-count-confounds-doomsayers/article2392523/"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftBNOKR3GKcYbrwGjD8QHPvvjru7i0mtRJsEZF09NcfLrd6plvbDcRolpC4PMFqNaxH32JP59VMW4gA8fA00Xoj4LxVsWeWowhNmfWSW-Jt7AwL_rEixBM_Xa3iuC2r-a41KbbmT0tn8/s400/talkingbears.jpg" border="0" alt="Click the image & read the rest" title="Click the image & read the rest" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728055081844896690" /></a><br /><B><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftBNOKR3GKcYbrwGjD8QHPvvjru7i0mtRJsEZF09NcfLrd6plvbDcRolpC4PMFqNaxH32JP59VMW4gA8fA00Xoj4LxVsWeWowhNmfWSW-Jt7AwL_rEixBM_Xa3iuC2r-a41KbbmT0tn8/s1600/talkingbears.jpg">Click here</a> to enlarge the image.<br /><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2009/07/climate-alarmists-suppress-polar-bear.html">Click here</a> for a directly related post.<br /><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2009/09/arctic-sea-ice-commentary.html ">Click here</a> for more on Arctic Sea Ice & Polar Bears.<br /><br /><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2009/10/climate-change-science-overview.html">Click here</a> for some basic climate change science.<br /><a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2009/03/climate-change-101.html">Click here</a> to debunk the hysteria topic by topic.</B><br /></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-75926692840218037522012-04-03T20:45:00.000-06:002012-04-08T11:20:42.700-06:00Afterburner with Bill Whittle - Merchants of Despair<center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;"><B>Who could possibly want 4 more years of THIS?<br />ONLY those who <a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2012/04/insular-fantasy-world-of-progressives.html">live in a fantasy world</a>:</B></span><br /><iframe width="500" height="284" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Y-FGgoReyNE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-44856794156710594882012-04-03T12:22:00.001-06:002012-04-03T12:23:23.439-06:00The Insular Fantasy World of 'Progressives'All so-called “Progressives” live in an insular fantasy world -- it is a prerequisite to being a “Progressive”. Why? Because <B>the entire “Progressive” ideology is pure mythology!</B> The bubble that surrounds their fantasy world is so incredibly fragile that they must -- at all costs -- avoid any facts, data, evidence, reason or logic which might threaten to burst their bubble.<br /><br /><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:100%;"><B>Quoting Dennis Prager at National Review:</B></center><blockquote><I>“[T]he Left is a victim of its own brainwashing. How could they not be? All they hear, see, and read from childhood on, from elementary school through graduate school, on TV and in the movies, are leftist ideas.<br /><br />Yet this is not true for conservatives. One would have to grow up in a silent monastery not to be regularly exposed to liberal and leftist ideas.”</I></blockquote></span><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>Click the image & read the rest:</B></span><br /><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/295112/they-don-t-know-us-dennis-prager"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYts4J859_bySBD9AdKjV6rgExGzJTKhD7pemt8ytEmcI8JHXEUae_D5UQXSmj6-FFeu4HIyGs1T5yKSHKdhBljHRydWo9D9Yld4kLS6cSzQjTEWEWfsYLLQ87knl9krqzoTWf1r-Lrg/s320/How_The_Left_Took_Over_Your_TV.jpg" border="0" alt="Click the image & read the rest" title="Click the image & read the rest" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727241157539635426" /></a></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695911547116301280.post-19115251898056535102012-04-03T10:18:00.004-06:002012-04-03T10:26:06.606-06:00The Ultimate Censorship Weapon?Will it soon become a crime to “annoy or offend” some so-called “Progressive” with some sort of “<a href="http://sbvor.blogspot.com/p/climate-change-science-overview.html">inconvenient truth</a>”?<br /><br />In Arizona, <a href="http://www.azleg.gov//FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/50leg/2r/bills/hb2549s.htm&Session_ID=107">that legislation</a> is one signature away from becoming law.<br /><br />Hopefully, the Governor will not sign it. We’ll see.<br /><br /><center><span style="line-height:1.2em;font-size:120%;"><B>Click the image & read all about it:</B></span><br /><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/anti-troll-or-censorship-az-law-would-criminalize-harsh-words-on-the-web/"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDB6b8wPYD_HR26smQwug6u6qQ4eEhI6mv-6Tv-sQa49eQnP9MY9JKZumRKKZaccuOdhi_v6xDQ20YcBqVPdwL8mGsbPSN55LcB8SOXSuIco924WHA3T-PTPy_VchXrFSRTKs4z3Cwhk/s320/censorship.jpg" border="0" alt="Click the image & read all about it" title="Click the image & read all about it" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727208347685856530" /></a></center>SBVORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393495680438358951noreply@blogger.com3