The Malaysia Airline Flight 370 has now reached epic conspiracy theory status.  Authorities are searching an area the size of the United States.  Some theories have this plane flown to a secret airstrip where terrorists can use it as some super weapon.  I even heard one report that Israel was practicing air defense against such an attack, just in case.  I obviously have no more information than anyone else, but this did remind me of a couple of personal experiences.

As a combat crew member I was on several aircraft that experienced fires and on two planes that suffered an explosive decompression.  Because of those experiences, some of the things described in the media were consistent with my personal experience.

The only thing we know for sure is that some electrical components, such as a transponder, started to fail prior to the last word from the pilot.  If there was an electrical fire, it is possible that some of these failures happened without the pilots being aware that it was happening.  By the time they did know there was a fire, they may have lost all ability to communicate with anyone.

If there was a fire, the pilot would almost certain program the flight computer to take the plane to the nearest emergency airfield.  There was a report on the news today that the new route took the airplane directly over a 13,000 ft. runway that would definitely serve as an appropriate alternate.   So, the turn of the plane would be entirely consistent with the pilot reversing course and seeking an emergency landing field.

If there was a fire and the location cannot be reached by fire extinguishers a pilot might very well decide to take the airplane to maximum altitude to try and starve the fire of oxygen.  There are reports that this aircraft climbed to 45,000 ft., above the service ceiling of the airplane.  That maneuver would make sense if the pilot was trying to put out a fire.  I have been on a plane when this exact maneuver was used by the pilot to put out an electrical fire.

If at the time the aircraft reached 45,000 ft. there was a failure in the pressurization system the pilot would put the plane into a steep dive to try and get back to a survivable altitude. Keep in mind that 45,000 ft.  Is above the service limit for this aircraft.   There is one report that the plane descended from 45,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. in about a minute.  I have been on aircraft that did exactly that as the result of an explosive decompression.  We were flying at 40,000 ft. in a combat zone when our plane suffered an explosive decompression.  Since this was a military aircraft we were all wearing helmets with oxygen masks attached and we were trained at pressure breathing.  That meant that the pilot had a little more time to get the plane down to a safe altitude than a civilian aircraft.  Even so, we went in a steep dive, in both cases, because the pilot wanted to get us down to a safe altitude.  If there was a decompression at 45,000 ft. it would make sense for the pilot to want to get down to a lower altitude as soon as possible.  A plane in a controlled dive can go a lot faster than a falling object.

Apparently then the plane leveled off at 23,000 ft. and flew on.  If that route had been pre-programmed into the computer this also makes sense.  That reminded me of the Paine Stewart plane.  That crew suffered a decompression and the pilot and crew all died.  But the plane flew on for hours eventually crashing after it ran out of fuel.

I hesitated to mention my theory, in view of all the expert opinions, until I read the following article in wired.com:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/

It turns out that I was not the only one who thought about this.  Obviously, Chris Goodfellow has done a lot more research and is a lot more qualified than me.  I don’t know if he is right or not.  But I do know that all of the conspiracy theories require a ton of incredible coordination and miraculous piloting skills. Sometimes, what is obviously true is obviously true.

TDM

I do not think there will be a war over the Ukraine.  Russia does not need to start a war to win.  Russia is allegedly massing troops at the Ukrainian border.  Does anyone doubt that Vladimir Putin is capable of ordering them into action?  The threat alone is probably enough to seal the deal.  The United States, on the other hand, has attacked with an arrogant speech by John Kerry.

This, of course, is the same John Kerry who gave nine reasons the United States should attack Syria:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/30/john-kerry-statement-us-intervention-syria

“So the primary question is really no longer, what we know. The question is what are we — we collectively — what are we in the world going to do about it.”

“It is directly related to our credibility and whether countries still believe the United States when it says something.  They are watching to see if Syria can get away with it, because then maybe they too can put the world at greater risk.”

“And it matters to who we are.  And it matters to leadership and to our credibility in the world.  My friends, it matters here if nothing is done.  It matters if the world speaks out in condemnation and then nothing happens.”

Kerry sounded real tough, until the part where he started dithering.  By the end of the speech Kerry was telling the world that Barack Obama was firmly committed to indecision.  .

“We also know that we have a president that does what he says that he will do.  And he has said, very clearly, that whatever decision he makes in Syria it will bear no resemblance to Afghanistan, Iraq or even Libya.  It will not involve any boots on the ground.  It will not be open ended.  And it will not assume responsibility for a civil war that is already well underway.

The president has been clear:  Any action that he might decide to take will be limited and tailored response to ensure that, a despot’s brutal and flagrant use of chemical weapons is held accountable.  And, ultimately, ultimately we are committed – – we remain committed, we believe it’s – – the primary objective is to have a diplomatic process that can resolve this though negotiation, because we know there is no ultimate military solution.

This is pure insanity.  After telling the world why action is required we then explain why action won’t work and we outline all the various actions we won’t take.

Suppose there is a bad guy posed outside your house, with a gun, who threatens to come in and shoot you if you do not give him money.  You call the police and they advise you that what the man is doing is wrong, but they don’t actually have anyone available to provide assistance.  They offer to talk to the guy to try and convince him to leave you alone.  Obviously, the only smart move is to give this guy what he wants and “hope” he moves on to another victim.  Sadly, this is probably how the people in Ukraine view the situation.  Who can blame them?  If you were in the Ukraine would you have faith in the United States under the leadership of Barack Obama?

This is beyond embarrassing, it is dangerous.  I am fairly sure that Putin does not want military action.  But, if he believes that Obama is this weak, he may make a mistake that requires even Obama to grow a spine.

TDM

The IRS scandal has the potential to be very serious for President Obama.  Although the main stream media has ignored this story, it is not going to go away.  Here is what we already know that is being ignored by the main stream media.

We know exactly who ordered the IRS to target conservatives.  They did it publicly.  This is well documented.  President Obama rebuked the Supreme Court with regard to the Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission during a State of the Union Speech.  Obama was outraged that corporations were allowed to spend money expressing a political opinion.

Then top Democrats like Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said that the IRS should target conservative groups:

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/brian-walsh/2013/05/14/senate-democrats-pushed-for-irs-tea-party-snooping-before-criticizing-it

Several other top Democratic Senators joined in the chorus.  There is no mystery as to how this happened; it is all on the public record.

When the story first broke about the IRS targeting the Tea Party top Senate Democrats professed outrage, until they realized that the IRS was doing exactly what they wanted.  Now those top Democrats are strangely silent.  The main stream media apparently thinks this story doesn’t matter unless we find an e-mail where President Obama personally ordered Lois Lerner to do the dirty deed.

The real story at the hearing in Washington was the staged event by Elijah Cummings specifically designed to distract Chairman Issa from pursuing this story.  The same clowns who consistently launch false accusations of racism against the Tea Party are now pulling the race card on Darrell Issa.  It is ridiculous.

It is important to understand that this is an act of desperation.  They are desperately trying to distract people from this story because this story really matters.  I don’t believe it will work, but Darrell Issa really needs to up his game.  Now we learned that the DOJ interviewed Lois Lerner and she willingly talked to them.

http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/03/07/former-irs-official-lerner-gave-private-interview-doj-pleaded-5th-public

Republicans now have a clear cut case for demanding a select committee and a special prosecutor.  Even in the DOJ did everything right, there is a clear conflict of interest that justifies turning over the investigation to an independent party.    But Republicans need a more skilled spokesperson than Darrell Issa.  He has been unable to shed the label of Political hack.  I would suggest Trey Gowdy, because he is a skilled prosecutor and he is far more capable of laying out a compelling legal argument that would be difficult for anyone to ignore.

This will happen, at some point.  The question is how long will Republicans ignore the obvious and continue to be dominated by a slow Lerner?

TDM

There are signs that the tonight show is not getting the ratings that NBC expected.  The show started with Michelle Obama showing up and even participating in skits.  Obviously the folks at NBC live in a dream world of their own creation where Michelle Obama is the most worshiped woman in the history of the world.  In the real world, not so much.  I am sure at least some people were disgusted by the Obama worship segments.  I, for one, am boycotting the Tonight show for exactly that reason.  My guess is that I am not alone.  (Of course in my opinion, there has been no good late night show since Johnny Carson signed off.)

Now NBC is trying to intimidate Hollywood celebrities by threatening to ban them from the Tonight show if they dare appear on CBS or ABC.

http://www.tmz.com/2014/03/06/jimmy-fallon-nbc-jimmy-kimmel-live-tonight-show/

I doubt that this will work.  Celebrities don’t like to be told what to do by anyone.  They only like lecturing everyone else.  This TMZ article raves about how the Tonight show draws more than twice the viewership of Jimmy Kummel Live.  They omit the part where Jimmy Kummel Live has increased viewership by about 23% since Fallon took over and the Tonight show ratings are definitely starting to slip.

It looks like NBC just can’t help itself.  MSNBC   stands for Mind-numbingly Stupid Nonsense Broadcast Constantly.   I am not offended by the bias on MSNBC; I have come to expect that from the main stream media.  I am just appalled by the stupidity.  There is a video clip of Rachel Maddow trying to blame the Ukraine crisis on George W. Bush invading Iraq.  That is utter nonsense.

Perhaps Jimmy Fallon will wake up and smell the roses.  He is a talented guy and he can be very funny.  But if he continues trying to be the media outreach for the Democratic Party I think we just may see Fallon on hard times.

TDM

Vladimir Putin may have already won the battle for Crimea, without firing a shot.  Unless someone attacks his troops, there will be no bloodshed.  There will also be no democracy.  The government of Crimea will do whatever Putin wants and he will call it democracy.   If it just ended there it might not be that bad.  But it won’t end there.  He will now start looking at the Ukraine.  This is a different kind of war.  It is not the bloody tank invasion mowing down protestors in Hungary.  This is the rapid movement of highly armed special forces to take over key positions.  It is conquering by the mere threat of violence.  When you combine this with the recruitment of top officials sympathetic to Russia and enormous economic pressure the result is a perfect storm.  It would be insane for Crimea to rely on the United States for support in dealing with Russia.

Ronald Reagan defeated the Soviet Union with his economic strategy, not his military strategy.  He saw that the Soviet Union’s economy was a house of cards.  When they tried to keep up with our defense spending their economy collapsed.

Vladimir Putin learned from that.  He is not making the same economic mistakes.  Russian has built real wealth by building pipelines and drilling for oil.  In addition, Putin understands the impact unfunded entitlements have on a nation’s economy:

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130614/181653890.html

While a modern state must honor its obligation “to take care of its population and ensure its social protection” or face the risk of collapse, European countries have been “living beyond their means” and are now “witnessing the rise of a dependency mentality …

 [that] endangers not only the economy but the moral foundation of society,” Putin said. “It is no secret that many citizens of less developed countries come to Europe specifically to live on social welfare.”

 In contrast, Putin praised Russia’s low unemployment and real wage growth, saying that these, plus the growth of consumer spending and bank lending, are the basic factors stimulating the country’s economy.

“We made our choice long ago. We will not renounce our social obligations,” Putin said of the Russian state.

Putin is a lot of things, most of them bad, but this sure sounds like someone who understands the value of capitalism over socialism.  He makes a lot more economic sense than President Obama.

The current strategy for the U.S. with regard to Russia is to apply economic pressure. My question is whether we threaten them or they threaten us?

The United States has done exactly what Putin warned about.  The United States has followed the European model of living beyond its means and developing a dependency mentality.  Obama has pretty much perfected the art of irresponsible economicy behavior.  It is pretty stunning when a Russian President lectures us on the moral foundation of society.  What makes this worse is that he is right.

The following article in the Wall Street Journal is sobering:

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/03/03/rubin-says-feds-qe3-will-lead-to-trouble/

Robert Rubin, Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton, gives a stark warning:

“Uncertainties could be far greater with the vast increases that have taken place in the balance sheet of the Fed,” which is now worth more than $4 trillion, up from pre-crisis levels around $800-900 billion.

The real threat from Russia may be worse than a military invasion.  Europe gets about 30% of its oil from Russia and about 25% of its natural gas.  Oil prices have already surged back over $105 per barrel and they may go higher.   Europe desperately needs Russian oil and gas.  Russian desperately needs the cash from selling it’s gas and oil.  Who is going to blink first?  My hunch is that Europe will do whatever it takes to keep warm.  Did anyone check the forecast?

In the meantime Obama has stopped deep water drilling, he has blocked drilling on public land and he is blocking the proposed pipeline.  The only reason we have significant oil supplies now is that he couldn’t stop drilling on private land.  The development of fracking technology moved too fast for him to respond.  We would have much higher domestic oil production if it wasn’t for the brilliant leadership of the first green President.

Obama took office in January 2009.  Now, a little more than five years later we have gone from the most powerful and respected nation in the history of the world to a nearly irrelevant spectator that can be safely ignored.  Liberals must be very proud!

TDM

The political situation in the Ukraine is very complicated.  For example, in 1944 Joseph Stalin deported about 200,000 Tartars from Crimea to the Ukraine.  He believed they were Nazi collaborators.  The Tartars have long memories and they have not forgotten.  The Tartars view the ethnic Russians Putin is trying to protect in the Crimea as illegal occupiers.

The following Wikipedia article provides some insight on the history of the tartars:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatars

Technically the correct name for the Tartars is the Tatars.  One will note that the Tatars, like the Chechens, are Muslim.  One will also note that they have been raising havoc since the days of Genghis Khan.  The media, as always, is oblivious about this.  The other night I had the opportunity to talk to a young Russian couple.  I asked them about the Ukraine.  The husband surprised me by saving some of the protests were saying things similar to what the Nazis believed.  This couple was very pro-American and they were no fans of Putin.  But they were genuinely concerned about some of the people leading those demonstration.  So I did a little research and up popped the Tartars.  Suddenly his comments started to make sense.

I guess this shouldn’t be a surprise.  Every revolution probably has some people who should be feared.  I wonder how many people realize that after the fall of the Tsars, Russia had a Republic.  But what happened is that the communists were not interested in sharing power, they were only interested in seizing power.  They continued fighting until ultimately they gained absolute power.

Regardless of the reason, the invasion of the Crimea by Russia is bad news.  It is clear that Putin is trying to increase power at the expense of the United States.  It is also clear that Putin does not respect Barack Obama.  Whatever happens it is unlikely to be in response to anything done by President Obama or Secretary of State Kerry.  We should keep in mind that the reasoning used by Putin to invade Crimea is nearly identical to what Hitler used to justify invading the Sudetenland.

But this is not 1938 and Vladimir Putin is not Adolph Hitler.  He may dream of reviving the old Soviet Union, but his military isn’t nearly strong enough to pull that off.  Today he may have gained control of the Crimea, but he made a lot of enemies in the process. The most likely result in the Crimea is a full-fledged-civil war.  Putin may soon discover that the cost of maintaining control in Crimea may be more than he can bear.

The only thing certain at this point is the biggest losers.  That would be Barack Obama and John Kerry.  They have been exposed as naïve, inexperienced and worthless.  The western countries, particularly those strong democracies who know full well the cost of being dominated by the Soviet Union will go to war with Putin.  This will not be a shooting war, but it will be war.  And in any war there will be casualties, lots of casualties.  They will take it on, but they won’t bother waiting for leadership from the United States.  The most powerful nation in the history of the world is now mostly irrelevant.  That may change in the future, but it won’t change until the President of the United States is someone other than Barack Hussein Obama.

The opposite of love is not hate, it is apathy.  The world did not necessarily like us, but they respected us and they feared us.  Now they just laugh at us and ignore us.  In the meantime, whatever happens in Crimea, don’t over-look the Tartars.  People have been underestimating them for centuries.

TDM

In July, 2008 Sarah Palin said the following:

“After the Russian army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama’s reaction was one of indecision and moral equivalence – the kind of response that would only encourage Russia’s Putin to invade Ukraine next,” 

The main stream media responded with horse laughs at such stupidity.  Turns out to be pretty darn accurate.  She is reminding people of that today and the main stream media has noticed:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/28/palin-on-ukraine-i-told-you-so/

It reminds me that Winston Churchill was despised by the main stream media in Great Britain when he was warning everyone about Adolph Hitler.  He was ridiculed for his warnings that the weak and indecisive response to Hitler would put the world in grave peril.  The most honored and respected man in Great Britain at the time was Neville Chamberlain.

All of a sudden, the silly and naïve hockey mom from Alaska looks pretty darn Churchillian and Barack Obama looks a lot like Neville Chamberlain.

I am also reminded that the actual trigger of World War II was a treaty that Great Britain and France signed with regard to Poland.  Keep that in mind when you read the following about the Budapest Memorandum.  Once again, we have to learn this from overseas because it doesn’t appear that anyone in the main stream media picked up on this:

The following article from the Daily Mail, UK is very scary:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2570335/Former-British-Ambassador-Moscow-warns-Russia-invaded-Ukraine-difficult-avoid-going-war.html#ixzz2ufwtOIiF

The Budapest Memorandum was signed on February 5, 1994.  Remember that the Soviet Union had disintegrated under President George H.W. Bush.  One of the big problems was that some of the former Soviet states, including the Ukraine, had nuclear weapons.  The Budapest Memorandum was an international treaty that required Ukraine to give up its nuclear weapons in exchange for certain promises:

1. Respect Ukrainian independence and sovereignty within its existing borders.
2. Refrain from the threat or use of force against Ukraine.
3. Refrain from using economic pressure on Ukraine in order to influence its politics.
4. Seek United Nations Security Council action if nuclear weapons are used against Ukraine.
5. Refrain from the use of nuclear arms against Ukraine.
6. Consult with one another if questions arise regarding these commitments.

This was signed by Bill Clinton, John Major, Boris Yeltsin and Leonid Kuchma.   There are already some people claiming that this treaty would require the west to respond militarily if Russia invades the Ukraine.  Note that it specifically states within the borders as they existed in 1994.  That would include the Crimea.

According to this article, Kiev has demanded that the international community live up to the agreement.  This agreement really matters and to the best of my knowledge, no one in the main stream media, including Fox News, is even mentioning it.   If Putin is allowed to invade the Crimea with no threat of a military response will he be encouraged to challenge even more?  He has already sent a warship to dock in Havana, Cuba.  As Sarah Palin would say:  “you betcha.”  Maybe it’s time people stopped laughing at her long enough to listen.

TDM

In October of 1956 the citizens of Hungary initiated major protests against the communist government.  To the surprise of everyone the demonstrators prevailed and the communist government was overthrown.  The people rejoiced.  But in the meantime the Soviet Union was massing troops on the border.  Ultimately the Soviet Union decided that the United States would not intervene, so the troops were sent in and the revolution was crushed.  They were right.  The U.S. did not respond and Hungary paid a very high price as a result.

Now the people in the Ukraine have overthrown their government and once again Russia is massing troops.  There are reports that some Russian troops have already been deployed.

President Obama said any military movements taken by Russia inside of Ukraine would be deeply destablizing.  He said that the United States would stand with the international community and warned Russia that there will be costs for any military intervention in Ukraine.  I am sure Putin is shaking in his boots!   It’s too bad this didn’t happen a few weeks ago so we could have boycotted the Sochi Olympics!.  That really worked for Jimmy Carter.

This is not 1956 and modern day Russia is not the Soviet Union.  This is the age of the internet and the people in the Ukraine may put up more of a fight than you can imagine.  In addition, Russian troops may have a limit to what they are willing to do.  But this is all too similar to Hungary in 1956.  It is also too similar to the tactics used by Adolph Hitler prior to World War II.

I cannot possibly predict what will happen, but it is obvious that no one anywhere in the world will look to the U.S. for leadership.  Ted Cruz recently said that he feared massive loss of life because of the failed leadership of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry.  I hope he got that wrong.  I fear he got it right.  The world is Hungary for leadership tonight.  This is not likely to end well.

TDM

President Obama is the worst President in my lifetime.  He has the potential to be the worst President in our nation’s history but he has competition.  But when he’s right he deserves credit.   This also applies to Michelle Obama when she gets something right she also deserves credit.  .

President held a meeting where he talked about growing up without a father and explained that this contributed to him experimenting with drugs and behaving irresponsibly.  It was a brave thing to do.  It was the right thing to do.

The scarcity of positive male role models in the black community is obvious.  We desperately need responsible black males to challenge other black males to act responsibly.  Nothing could have a bigger impact on the rate of poverty and drug abuse rampant in the black community.  There are a lot of things about Obama that I do not like, but he did marry Michelle and he has been a responsible parent.  Now, he is using the bully pulpit to help challenge more black males to choose to be responsible.  Good for him.  Way to go Barack!  I hope a whole lot of people stand up and applaud you for doing this.  I hope even more people follow your example.  When you’re right, you’re right.

Michelle Obama is beyond annoying, but her campaign to make food labels easier to read is just plain common sense.  She is absolutely right in pointing out that labels should make it easy to determine what matters.  I have tried to become more consistent in reading food labels and they are terrible.  The print is very small and there is tons of information that really doesn’t matter to me.  All I really want to know is the amount of Calories and the number of Carbs.  Michelle Obama is promoting an FDA regulation required food labels to display the number of calories is in bold print and in big print.  That is a brilliant idea that is long overdue.  Good for you Michelle.

I have not changed my opinion about either Barack Obama or Michele Obama.  The problems with both are all too obvious and all too real.  But we always need to be careful to give credit when credit is due.  Barack Obama is a good role model as a black male parent and he deserves credit for that.  He also is speaking out on the importance of black males being responsible parents and he deserves credit for that too.  Michele Obama has promoted some silly ideas regarding nutrition, including some idiot rules regarding school lunches.  But printing the number of calories in large print is smart, really smart.  And it is a great idea.  Good for her.

TDM

For years we have been reading dire predictions about climate change.  So I thought it would be interesting to go back a few years, read the predictions and see how things turned out.  Following is an article from the Independent.co.uk published in March of 2000:

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/snowfalls-are-now-just-a-thing-of-the-past-724017.html

“Children just aren’t going to know what snow is,” he said.

The effects of snow-free winter in Britain are already becoming apparent. This year, for the first time ever, Hamleys, Britain’s biggest toyshop, had no sledges on display in its Regent Street store. “It was a bit of a first,” a spokesperson said.

Fen skating, once a popular sport on the fields of East Anglia, now takes place on indoor artificial rinks. Malcolm Robinson, of the Fenland Indoor Speed Skating Club in Peterborough, says they have not skated outside since 1997. “As a boy, I can remember being on ice most winters. Now it’s few and far between,” he said.

Let’s see how that worked out.  Here is a link to the dailymail.co.uk article regarding today’s forecast for London:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096372/UK-weather-forecast-15cm-snow-way-Met-Office-issues-severe-weather-warning.html

Hmmmm.  Much of England under “Level 3” cold weather alert, which warns of ‘100% possibly of severe cold weather, icy conditions and heavy snow.’

This is also happening in parts of the U.S.  Check out the link to the International Business Times article about the weather this winter:

http://www.ibtimes.com/winter-weather-statistics-where-2013-2014-season-stands-so-far-snowfall-totals-temperature-records

Incredibly there are still a lot of people who actually believe the global warming alarmist crowd.  They think those of us who are skeptical are just afraid to acknowledge the science.  The reality is that the nearly all of the science is on the side of the skeptics.  Even the strongest global warming advocates have acknowledged that there has been no significant global warming for at least a decade.  The other day, Bill Nye, the science guy was televised in a mini debate with Representative Marsha Blackburn:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/bill-nye-the-science-guy-confuses-arctic-with-antarctic-at-global-warming-debate/

The Washington Post headline regarding this encounter said:  “Bill Nye Scolds GOP Congresswoman On Global Warming.”

The question is did the Washington Post write this headline because they didn’t bother to watch the show, or did they write this headline because they chose to lie about it?

Nye held up a chart of the Arctic and tried to claim that it showed how much ice is missing in the Antarctic.  There is a good reason for that.  An actual chart of Antarctic would show more ice.  Like about 25% more ice.  If we truly had global warming, wouldn’t it be “global?”

You can learn everything you need to know about the science by reading what both people had to say:

The actual statements by both were as follows:

Marsha Blackburn:

“Neither (Bill) nor I are climate scientists. He is an engineer and an actor, I am a member of Congress. And what we have to do is look at the information that we get from climate scientists,”

Bill Nye:

“We have overwhelming evidence that the climate is changing. That you cannot tie any one event to that is not the same as doubt about the whole thing,” said Nye. “There is no debate in the scientific community. I encourage the congresswoman to really look at the facts. You are our leader. We need you to change things, not deny what’s happening.”

Ms. Blackburn is more than willing to evaluate the science.  Mr. Nye is only interested in silencing critics.  My response is:   Mr. Nye, if you have so much overwhelming evidence, why did you have to use a chart from the wrong pole?

The global warming crowd is screaming at the top of their lungs in a desperate attempt to drown out the sad reality that they are holding up the wrong charts.

TDM