Ignoring the Truth About Global Warming

NewsMax has a piece on the recent Newsweek article about the global warming myth that tries to pass itself off as objective journalism.

One of the fallacies of the Newsweek article pointed out:

Reporter Eve Conant, who interviewed Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., the ranking member of the Environment & Public Works Committee, was given all the latest data proving conclusively that it is the proponents of man-made global warming fears that enjoy a monumental funding advantage over the skeptics. (A whopping $50 billion to a paltry $19 million for skeptics — yes, that is billion to million — see below. )

Looks like being "on the payroll of energy companies" doesn't pay very well, compared to being on the payroll of environmental socialists.

Cabela's Update: Vote on Land After All

I admit I'm confused.

Last night, KOTA reported the Black Hills VIC wouldn't be going to Cabela's and the land deal wouldn't require a vote.

But now the Rapid City Journal, while reporting the same VIC details as KOTA, says there will be a special election Sept. 18 on the land deal.

Maybe KOTA left the meeting early? Maybe one of them slipped over into a slightly alternate universe? Maybe the meeting took place in the Twilight Zone?

In any event, I'd go with the RCJ; their report is much more detailed.

Cabela's Now Won't House BH Visitor Center

KOTA is reporting that while it looks like Cabela's will keep the 30 acres of land that Rapid City gave them, the Black Hills Visitor Information Center won't be relocating inside the store.

"We listened to the citizens and read several accounts in newspapers, and we believed that it provided an opportunity to really show the citizens that we in fact do listen," said Kevin Rhodes, Cabela's Director of Real Estate. "That it's not just all one-sided. That we understand the concerns that they had voiced as far as leaving the visitor's center where it was."

Besides the fact that the city just seemed to be too much of an eager beaver in getting Cabela's to come to town, and giving away too much of the taxpayer's interest, the Visitor Information Center relocation was my main misgiving about this whole deal.

Moving a relatively new center into a place with less than half the space, and in a situation that was a gamble whether it would get more visibility, just wasn't a smart move in my opinion. I'm glad to see this change...and glad to see that Cabela's is still coming.

According to the article, a special election regarding that 30 acres will no longer be necessary.

Hanks Outspent Kooiker Over 5-1

KOTA reports the campaign finance reports for the Rapid City election are in, and Hanks outspent Kooker more than 5-1.

Alan Hanks spent $53,869 in his successful bid for mayor, $24,500 of which came from his own pocket.

His opponent in the runoff election, Sam Kooiker, spent $9,463.

Somebody wanted to be mayor BAD.

Global Warming Theory Incompatible With Science

NewsMax has a story about a report released by a couple of German scientists who examined the theory of global warming and found it to be incompatible with physics.

They've also proven that there can be no way of accurately measuring average global temperature in the way it is now done. CO2 cannot play the role attributed to it by the supporters of the global warming theory, and the very idea violates the laws of thermodynamics.

It also points out that Al Gore's chief apostles and their theorectical models don't intersect with reality.

The report quotes physicist Freeman J. Dyson about relying on computer modeling to predict climate change: "'The models ... do a very good job of describing the fluid motions of the atmosphere and the oceans. They do a very poor job of describing the clouds, the dust, the chemistry and the biology of fields and farms and forests. They do not begin to describe the real world that we live in ... It is much easier for a scientist to sit in an air-conditioned building and run computer models, than to put on winter clothes and measure what is really happening outside in the swamps and the clouds.'

The report is 114 pages long and is very technical in many places, but read it for yourself and see if there isn't more science in this report than in Al Gore's science fiction stories.