Explosive New Revelations on Energy

Over the past couple of months or so it has been a welcome relief to go to the gas pump and face prices that are entirely reasonable for working families in the middle of a recession.

That is about to change...if Barack Obama and his new energy 'brain trust' have their way.

Already plans are in the works not only for Obama to break a campaign promise to support offshore oil drilling in order to promote American energy independence, but to approve new regulations that will drive up prices.

This is precisely what they want.

They want gasoline prices so high that most of us are forced to stop driving most of the time. True, it's not realistic in today's society, but the hardliners of the environmentalist Leftwing that helped put Obama in office have never been known for their realism.

The first report is here, and the following is an example:

Beyond restoring the ban on offshore drilling, the Obama transition team is also considering adding to the restrictions facing onshore drilling, something [incoming Secretary of the Interior] Salazar has pushed for in the Senate. He has also been instrumental in placing regulatory roadblocks in front of oil shale in Colorado and other states where it exists.—Ben Lieberman, senior policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation.

And not only that, but new information has surfaced concerning the news report a couple of weeks ago that environmentalist groups, trade Unions, the United Nations, and Obama team members are working overtime to rob the pensions of hard-working Americans to fund so-called 'green' initiatives, whether the workers want to support it or not.

In an article entitled, 'Green Deception and Future Betrayal,' Isaac MacMillan examines the movements of the pension-robbing environmentalist Leftwing and their co-conspirators in the Unions and the U.N.

Unions, Environmentalists Scheme to Rob Pensions!

Earlier today, Americans for Limited Government announced that it had formally asked Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to launch an immediate investigation into a well-orchestrated plan by top union officials, environmentalists, and political interest groups to raid worker pension funds in order to push the green agenda.

Americans for Limited Government has the full report.

This is an outrage that is being conducted against American citizens without their knowledge. But now that the cat is out of the bag, we can only hope somebody will stop these despicable thieves.

'The Hidden Costs of Capping Emissions'

From Americans for Limited Government:

It’s simple, really. If financial capital was the lifeblood of the economy, energy is its food. And without it, or if it costs too much, nations the world over would be unable to sustain their peoples. The American people were given a powerful lesson on what energy price shocks can feel like this past summer, and they will not be eager to pay that price again.

But if environmentalist nutcases have their way, carbon taxes on energy will send prices through the roof once again in order to force citizens to cut way back on energy consumption.

Read the whole thing here.

A Perfect Example of Environmentalist Stupidity

THIS is one of the reasons Americans are quickly losing patience with the environmentalist movement and the Democrats who are bankrolled by them.

At every single turn, at every juncture along the way of attempting to address this nation's energy needs and the present crisis resulting from dependence on foreign oil, we are hit with roadblocks, stalling, excuses, and obstruction from the environmentalist wackos who got us in this mess in the first place.

With their utterly irrational restrictions on everything from building new oil refineries and expanding refining capacity, to nuclear power, coal, and a host of other ways to solve the problem, the U.S. is lagging woefully behind in its capability to provide for its own energy needs.

Americans are sick of it in increasing numbers, and we will remember when we go to the polls in November who is listening to the whining bleeding heart enviro-extremists who seem to value the bark of a tree more than a human life.

Nancy Pelosi's Democrats in the House, and Harry Reid's Democrats in the Senate are the very ones responsible for putting into place policies that led to today's outrageous oil prices...and hamstringing our ability to develop other sources of energy, such as nuclear power.

Duke Energy Corporation of Charlotte, North Carolina plans to build a brand new nuclear power plant in Cherokee County, South Carolina as part of the solution to our energy needs. But environmentalist extremists are blocking the plan.

'Friends of the Earth' and 'NC Warn' filed petitions to block the building of the nuclear reactor, claiming that the design has not been approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

This is nothing more than a stalling technique. Environmental groups are notorious for blocking ANY nuclear reactor whether it is an approved design or not.

Here is a message to the enviro-wackos: this country is through listening to your stupidity. Get over it, already. We have an energy problem to solve.

So, go have yourselves a party. Go jump in a hole in the woods, cover yourselves in bear-dung, and be happy. Let the rest of us solve the problems of the day.

Drill Here, Drill Now

South Dakota has approved the construction of the first oil refinery to be built in America in nearly 35 years. Perhaps they are onto something that the rest of the country is struggling to recognize.

The area around the Dakotas westward and southward has been identified recently by explorers as perhaps the richest untapped source of crude oil in the world. It has been estimated that enough crude sits under the ground in America's plains to sustain our petroleum needs ad infinitum.

In addition, the latest polls show that Americans overwhelmingly want U.S. oil companies to begin drilling here, now, immediately, in order to begin to wean ourselves off of foreign oil.

Perhaps South Dakota is prudently preparing itself for the coming new era in oil drilling and refining in this country--something that should have been done years ago.

This is not to say that hydrogen fuel cell technology and bio-diesel, along with a massive expansion of solar and nuclear power, should not be pursued. It is essential that these alternative sources be developed, with the exception of corn-based biofuel that uses food for fuel--a terribly ill-conceived and expensive plan.

Bio-diesel is a much better choice because it uses switch-grass as its source rather than a food substance.

But in the short term our society cannot sustain itself on these alternative sources which have not yet been fully developed with efficient delivery systems. We still need the oil, and we need it NOW.

It is the height of stupidity not to drill in our own country. We are sitting on a goldmine, but we had rather listen to imbecilic environmentalist wackos who probably need to be locked up in mental hospitals.

Their day in the sun should come to an abrupt end. Their determination to stop the U.S. from using its own resources, resulting in a continued dependence on foreign oil, has been one of the biggest failures ever perpetrated on the American public.

This, in addition to the fact that China is now drilling in the Gulf, just off of the U.S. coastline, should be ample proof that the wackos who have had our hands tied for over 30 years should be muzzled and placed on psychotropic meds. The Commies are drilling for oil right in our own backyard, yet the U.S. is prevented from doing the same thing.

It is time to bring some sanity back into U.S. energy policy. Drill here. Drill now.

Misplaced Blame

Americans are increasingly enraged about the price of gasoline, and rightly so. Skyrocketing gas prices are beginning to cut into the lifestyle choices to which most of us have become accustomed, forcing drivers to either cut back on driving or ditch their SUVs for small, fuel-efficient autos.

Oil companies and gas stations are easy targets for Americans' rage in the blame game. After all, somebody, somewhere is to blame for this mess. And it just so happens that the oil companies are making excellent profits for their stockholders, which good corporations are supposed to do.

Of course, the mainstream media never reports that the profit margin percentage for companies like Microsoft and Google is much larger than that of the oil companies. In the liberal blame-game, it is always politically correct to blame the oil companies.

But is it fair to blame the oil companies?

Consider some facts. In 1992 the price of a barrel of crude oil was about 15 bucks. By 1998, ten years ago, crude oil cost roughly $25 per barrel.

Within the last 10 years the price of crude on the open market has steadily increased as demand for the commodity has skyrocketed with China and India beginning to use oil increasingly in their growing economies.

That steady increase in the market value of crude reached an unheard-of $127 per barrel this month. That's roughly 100 bucks per barrel higher than in 1998.

Oil companies do not set the price of crude. The open market determines the price based upon investors/speculators. China and India are now using millions of barrels of oil, meaning, of course, that they are now near the top among the countries of the world in the production of 'greenhouse gases.'

Yet the United Nations granted both countries an exemption from its 'mandated' reduction in greenhouse gases.

With these two countries now using as much oil as most any other country in the world, and with our dependence on foreign oil still remaining at a fairly high level, it is no wonder that the markets have created a financial bonanza for crude.

When the oil companies are having to pay 100 bucks per barrel more for crude than they did 10 years ago, is it really a surprise that gasoline prices have skyrocketed when compared to the past?

The solution that many liberals are selling to a gullible public is to place a windfall profits tax on the oil companies. My friends, oil is already taxed at a rate that boggles the mind. For every 8 cents the oil companies make in profits, the federal government alone collects 18 cents in taxes, and that doesn't count state and local taxes.

In short, the federal government is making windfall profits off of the oil company profits.

So, why does the government need or want more?

In addition, the environmentalist nutcases have seen to it that not only are we forbidden from drilling for oil anywhere in the country but that we are blocked from building more nuclear power facilities or new oil refineries. No new refinery has been built in the U.S. for over 30 years.

Thus, if the answer is weaning ourselves off of foreign oil, how can that be done when a few very powerful extremists have tied our hands?

It should be noted that one of the environmentalists' favorite countries, France, is powered almost exclusively by nuclear energy to the tune of at least 80% of its energy needs.

With new technology that makes nuclear energy as safe as any type of energy on the planet outside of solar, there should be no reason why the U.S. should not build more nuclear facilities and shift to that form of energy as quickly as possible. Nuclear power also ranks with solar as the cleanest form of energy available.

But the answer is not 'taking oil company profits' out of the hands of stockholders in order to fund these alternative energy sources. We were ALREADY funding alternative sources until the environmentalist nutcases put a stop to it.

Ted Kennedy will not even allow windmill-generated wind power to be developed on the shoreline of Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Thus, who IS to blame for the current crisis? Look no further than the environmentalist movement, liberals like Ted Kennedy, and countries like China and India. The oil companies and your local gasoline vendor are no more to blame for the rising prices than your grocer is to blame for rising food prices due to the environmentalist insistence that we take crops and turn them into bio-fuel instead of food.

Global Backlash Building Against Biofuels

Members of the environmentalist movement suddenly find themselves on the defensive these days as news comes of a growing global backlash against biofuels such as ethanol.

Some critics have even tagged the term 'a crime against humanity' to describe the push by environmentalists and the politicians who agree with them to switch to biofuels, due to the toll such a move takes on the world's food supply at a time when global hunger is on the rise.

Consumers all over the world are already feeling the effects of the environmentalist vision--skyrocketing food prices. In the United States food prices are rising at the fastest rate in 17 years.

The critics' view of the fiasco has some merit. How noble, honorable, or ethical is it to take land and commodities that were once used for food in order to produce fuel?

And let's not forget that food shortages resulting from the production of biofuels do nothing but raise the prices of food to unbelievable levels. The law of supply and demand is most evident here. As supplies dwindle and demand increases, prices skyrocket.

Further, let's also not forget that the blame for this crisis can be laid directly at the feet of the environmentalist movement and their puppet politicians around the world, particularly in the European Union.

By the way, for its part, the European Union, which normally can be counted on to wax eloquent in its morally and ethically superior manner about 'our responsibility to the poor of the world,' intends to dig in its heels and stay the course on developing and using biofuel technology, in spite of the food crisis it is creating.

To borrow a conversation from European royalty in the past, 'But, Sirs, the people have no bread.'

'Then let them eat ethanol.'

When the Lights Went Out...

So, did you turn off all your lights between the hours of 8 and 9 PM last evening for the sake of the environment?

I didn't.

In protest, I turned all of mine on.

I did this for two primary reasons. One, I am not one of the sheeple who do as I am told simply because Socialists, environmentalist snobs, or government elitists say so. I am an adult, thank-you, and I can make my own decisions based upon what I read and study. Two, instead of forcing people either by law or by shame and guilt to give up something, why not put all of our brain cells to work developing new and sustainable energy sources?

You see, I believe that intelligent people secure sensible solutions to problems based upon human ingenuity and creativity. Imbeciles believe that the only way to solve a problem is to limit human choice and freedom.

Thus, my lights stayed on and they will continue to stay on each year the Commie-sympathizers stage this imbecilic 'lights off' showcase.

Another Nail in Coffin of Global Warming Fanaticism

Let's cut to the chase for a moment--the most ardent supporters of the flawed theory of 'global warming' are fanatics who care little about science. Their concern is purely political.

Convince the masses that the sky is falling and that it is our fault, and perhaps they will buy into the dubious and dangerous prescriptions for the cure offered by the fanatics in the environmentalist movement.

These prescriptions, of course, mandate control of human behavior as do all totalitarian-communistic solutions to problems. We must, we are told, stop using fossil fuels, live in cramped quarters that use little energy, and stop having babies which only turn into vicious monsters whose carbon output destroys the planet.

The most hardened of the fanatics are even promoting having abortions to 'save the planet.'

Science, however, continues to march forward, proving that such alarmists are simply engaging in hysterics.

First, we discovered that an increase in carbon is the result of and not the cause of global warming. There have been periods during the earth's vast history during which carbon in the atmosphere rose to unusually high levels, following periods of warming.

The problem is that these epochs of time occurred long before human beings inhabited the planet. Thus, there was no burning of fossil fuels, no vehicles spewing poisonous fumes into the air, and no human babies being born to contaminate the 'pristine' conditions of earth.

So much for THAT part of the theory.

Second, we discovered that NASA's computers had made a mistake concerning the warmest years of the 20th century and that it was actually the 1930s that were the warmest on record rather than the 1990s.

And third, we are now being told by scientists that the latest figures from U.S. satellites show that surface temperatures have FALLEN since 1998, and in 2007 these temperatures declined to their 1983 levels.

Thus, 2007 has been the coolest year on record since 1983.

Hear those thumping noises? That is the sound of the nails going into the coffin of the environmentalist movement's trumped up scheme on global warming. The problem is that the fanatics don't yet know that it is dead. So, they are still spouting their extremist fear-mongering.


For complete information on this latest update on the global warming hoax, click here to go to the original article in the London Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/25/nbook125.xml

If They Can't Predict Hurricanes, How Can They Predict Climate?

For two years in a row, hurricane forecasters have totally missed the mark on predicting the number of storms and their intensity. In fact, this year is on the mark toward becoming the most inactive hurricane season in 30 years.

The last time the Atlantic basin was this quiet was in 1977.

Of course, we still have a month to go in this year's hurricane season. Things could always change, but realistically such a thing is highly unlikely this late in the year.

In addition, have you noticed that the National Hurricane Center has begun naming storms that do not become hurricanes? Time was that only hurricanes were named. Thus, using today's methodology the number of named storms is higher than normal. This is due to the number of tropical storms that did not reach hurricane strength.

According to Algore, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and others in the political movement known as 'the environmentalist movement,' the last two years should have been two of the most active hurricane seasons on record, due to the effects of 'global warming.'

The standard wisdom of the 'politically correct' environmentalists is that global warming would result in more hurricanes with higher intensity. Of course, for the past two years that prediction has totally missed the mark.

The result has been a devastating drought that has brought severe water shortages in the southeastern and southern states.

The obvious question that arises to the surface in the midst of these embarrassing erroneous predictions is, if forecasters can't accurately predict a hurricane season a couple of months prior to June, then how can they be trusted to predict the future climate of the planet years or decades from now?

One more nail in the coffin of the environmental alarmists is the latest NASA satellite imagery from space, which shows that the ozone hole over Antarctica has almost returned to normal. This means that the planet has been basically healing itself of the destructive effects of ozone over the Antarctic region.

For a full comparative analysis of hurricane predictions and the actual storms that occurred over the last few years, click here:
http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/~maue/tropical/

Chilly Neptune Experiences Global Warming

First we were alerted to the fact that global warming is occurring on Mars. Now comes the news today that the planet Neptune, one of the coldest planets in the solar system, is experiencing some global warming of its own.

According to astronomers, Neptune's southern pole is heating up to 40 degrees warmer than the rest of the planet.

Obviously greenhouse gases are to blame. After all, the leftist political movement known as 'the environmentalist movement' has blamed man-made carbon-based greenhouse gases for the climate change observed on earth.

But there are no greenhouse gases on Neptune. So what on earth...err, Neptune...could be the cause of such warming?

The sun.

You guessed it. That big yellow ball that provides the vast majority of the heat experienced in our solar system is the cause of Neptune's warming at its southern tip.

Apparently Neptune's 'antarctic summer' lasts for 40 years as the southern tip of the planet faces the sun. This produces a dramatic increase in temperatures, even that far away in the solar system.

A 40-degree hike in temps is nothing to sneeze at. For example, if Antarctica were to experience a 40-degree hike in temps during its summer season, we truly would be facing a major, worldwide catastrophic event.

Just be glad you are not on Neptune to warm up at its southern tip. With average temperatures on the planet hovering at around 350 degrees below zero, a 40-degree warm up will still not be enough to keep you from going into the deep freeze.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/21/07

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Graphics and images courtesy of A Human Right.

Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Snow Flakes in Hell announces the good news that The Bitch Girls won't be leaving the blogosphere after all. A new Bitch Girl has stepped forward to help Bitter Bitch. Her name is Legal Bitch, and she is a first year law student:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1328

Bitter Bitch explains it all here:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7295

Bitter also comments on the fact that politicians in both Parties are pro-gun in Kentucky due to the residents of the state:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7300

Legal Bitch offers her very first post on The Bitch Girls blog, and it's a good one entitled, 'Abigail Alliance--A Right to Life Denied':
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7302

Alphecca comments on the fact that the Canadian government runs an anti-gun group...not surprising in a country that started down the slippery slope with socialized medicine:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=356

Say Uncle gives us an update on the Boston Globe straw purchase:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/20/boston_globe_straw_purchase_update/

The McCarville Report has information on a study that proves the premise of Dr. John Lott's famous book, 'More Guns, Less Crime':
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/study-finds-more-guns-less-crime.html

The Buckeye Firearms Association posts this article on the Parker case which is now known as the 'Heller Case,' i.e., the D.C. gun law appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3906.html

Blonde Sagacity shows more proof that CAIR has strong ties to terrorism. As we have stated many times before, CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations) is actually a terrorist front organization:
http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/2007/08/cair-more-proof-of-terror-ties.html

Our favorite intellectual, Dr. Walter Williams, writes that the environmentalist movement has proven to be deadly for countless Americans:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/07/deadlyenvironmentalists.htm

Nicki at The Liberty Zone gave us a chuckle with this post that takes a look at a sign in the window of a business which said, 'We would rather do business with 1000 Al Qaeda terrorists than with one single American':
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/08/blog-post.html

Red's Trading Post has the final results of his poll on what to do about the BATFE:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/poll-results-abolish-atf.html

The War on Guns provides helpful info on the next step toward making the August 28 'buy some ammo' day a great success:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/next-steps-toward-aug-28.html

Blogonomicon says that he has sent a letter to the editor of his local newspaper to promote the Aug. 28 national exercise your rights day:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/20/3171003.html

A Keyboard and a .45 posts this interesting piece on the fact that school shootings have forced a change in tactics:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/school-shootings-force-change-in.html

RFK Jr. Continues Smear Tactics

Washington, DC (TLS). Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared on Neil Cavuto's afternoon program on Fox News today and didn't miss a beat in continuing his smear tactics against those who disagree with his hypothesis that human beings have caused climate change.

Carefully skirting around questions about his use of the words 'treason' and 'traitors' at Al Gore's Live Earth concert last week, Kennedy attempted to place the focus on Exxon Oil rather than politicians.

He also deftly refused to answer a remark by Cavuto that Kennedy has done business with Venezuelan Communist dictator Hugo Chavez. While castigating American oil companies for their 'evil desecration' of the environment, Kennedy not surprisingly gave a pass to his buddy Chavez, although the Venezuelan Communist's oil ventures pollute the planet more than any American enterprise.

Chavez operates under NO regulations that prevent pollution. American companies, however, must comply with endless federal regulations about such matters.

But of course, in Kennedy's world-view, polluting the planet is not evil as long as a Commie does it. American capitalism must always be vilified as the bad guy, no matter what anybody else does.

As one of Kennedy's frequent targets on various issues, ABC's John Stossel appeared briefly at the end of the JFK Jr. segment on Cavuto's program today. Kennedy repeatedly referred to Stossel as a 'liar,' and continued with his attempt to get advertisers to boycott Stossel over his refusal to accept the erroneous hypothesis that mankind caused global warming.

But perhaps the most ridiculous statement made by Kennedy on today's program was his assertion that merely visiting the Arctic Region and noting how the glaciers have receded is enough to prove evil human beings perpetrated global warming.

Ok, Junior. Here's one to put into that pimple-sized brain of yours. Suppose we all had lived at the end of the last Ice Age. I suppose that you in your almighty wisdom would assert that one only need look at North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and other states northward to see that since the ice shelf has receded to the point that one can actually plant vegetables in those states, human beings must somehow be responsible for the shrinking of the ice.

After all, all you have to do to prove human beings are evil perpetrators is to visit areas where once there was nothing but a frozen wasteland--such as Iowa.

Sorry, Junior. But once again your appearance in public has done nothing but further solidify the impression on the part of most thinking Americans that you are not in full possession of your faculties.

RFK Jr. Goes Neanderthal at 'Live Earth'

Washington, DC (TLS). Al Gore's 'Live Earth' concerts didn't exactly set the woods on fire in terms of creating a massive, world-wide groundswell of support for his erroneous hypothesis about global warming. Response to the shindig was mixed, and even green-friendly places like Great Britain referred to the event as 'dull.'

Yet there was at least one moment of excitement when Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. went neanderthal in a rampage against politicians in Washington who express doubt about Gore's spin on the cause of climate change and what to do about it.

Like a bull in a china shop, RFK Jr. referred to those who disagree with the Gore hypothesis as 'traitors.' Here are his exact words:

'Get rid of all these rotten politicians that we have in Washington, who are nothing more than corporate toadies. This is treason. And we need to start treating them as traitors.'

The environmentalist activist and son of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy grew hoarse from shouting the tirade.

Someone obviously needs to inform Junior that just because one happens to disagree with the hypothesis that mankind is responsible for global warming does not make one a 'traitor.'

As we have reported many times on The Liberty Sphere, the mass of scientific evidence indicates that Gore and his hypothesis are wrong. That makes the entire 'environmentalist movement' wrong.

One can have a healthy concern for the environment without being part of an overtly political 'environmentalist movement' which is nothing more than a front-group for a gang of Socialists who wish to destroy human liberty, freedom of choice, free markets, and American capitalism.

If the movement can convince the majority of Americans that human beings are singularly responsible for climate change, which goes against every known, verifiable scientific fact, then they can also convince gullible Americans that nothing less than a massive change in our way of life, our economic system, and even our form of government is necessary to 'stop global warming.'

The geological record contains ample proof that human beings really can't do a damn thing to stop the planet from undergoing its regular, cyclical changes in climate that fluctuate between warm and cool, and at various points in between, even at times tilting toward extreme conditions such as we found during the Ice Age.

If modern, industrialized mankind is the single biggest source of global warming, then how, pray tell, did the earth emerge from the last Ice Age? There was certainly no burning of fossil fuels at the time. There was no man-made pollution of any kind.

Yet the ice receded so dramatically that what was once an ice-covered frozen wasteland, held captive by a mega-deep freeze, gradually became a human-friendly environment with a moderate climate.

And let's not forget that the Middle Ages were significantly warmer than the present climate. What, exactly, contributed to the gradual cooling that has occurred since then?

With all of our global warming hysteria, the earth is still much cooler than the days when Greenland was exactly as the name denotes--a green land that was lush with plant life and a moderate climate.

Sorry, Junior, but you and your buddy Al Gore simply don't have your facts straight. And, it is obvious that your outburst at Live Earth was an example of the old adage, 'If you can't win a debate with the facts and logic, go ape.'

Al Gore Takes a Beating from a Scientist

Washington, DC (TLS). Conventional wisdom has maintained that Hillary Clinton will be the nominee of the Democratic Party to run in the 2008 Presidential election. Conventional wisdom has also maintained that Al Gore's stranglehold on the environmental issue is fast and secure.

So who still believes in conventional wisdom, anyway?

Certainly the Clintons believe that the Democratic nomination is rightfully hers and that the 2008 Democratic convention is nothing more than a coronation. Party loyalists and the elite old guard also believe that she will be the nominee.

And I don't really doubt them that much. In fact, this is the most likely scenario.

Yet, her securing the nomination is not yet in the bag. Hillary faces some landmines that have surfaced at a very inopportune moment in her rise to fulfill a lifelong dream. First, her negatives are actually growing in the polls, not abating. She is not perceived positively by a majority of the electorate, and a new poll suggests that at least 50% of likely voters state that they will NOT vote for her.

Such bad news is sure to create some nervousness on the part of Party operatives. They may well turn to someone else if Hillary's negatives continue to dog her campaign.

Second, Hillary faces a potential bombshell of a scandal involving illegal activity on the part of both Clintons. The centerpiece of the scandal is a videotape that shows the Clintons committing felonies with regard to receiving illegal contributions and making underhanded deals.

If she is indicted and goes to trial, she can kiss her political aspirations good-bye.

Enter Al Gore.

Gore has been waiting in the wings for an opportunity to take center stage and supposedly recapture what he has always considered his since 2000--the Presidency.

Should Hillary falter, it is a near-certainty that the Democrats will NOT turn to Barack Obama, since his polls numbers have plummeted faster than the speed of sound. Edwards has fared even worse. And none of the other Democratic candidates appear to be catching on.

Thus, Al Gore would be the Party's tenured star waiting in the wings to save the day...except the problem is that Gore is facing his own set of problems.

By making global warming the centerpiece of his public discourse over the past few years, Gore has thrown himself lock, stock, and barrel into the 'environmentalist movement'--which is actually a political movement that uses environmental issues to push an ideological agenda.

Gore has bought the propaganda of the movement without question--that mankind is to blame for global warming and that the only way to 'fix' it is to enact sweeping policy changes in society that will reflect a collectivist rather than a free market set of values.

In short, personal freedom of choice will suffer. Free market capitalism will be smashed. The only way the planet can be saved from the exceedingly wicked human beings who have trashed it and caused it to warm up is to put severe restrictions on those sinister human beings and their behavior in commerce and free enterprise.

The truth of the matter is that Al Gore is only listening to SOME of the scientists.

As we have repeatedly shown in countless articles on The Liberty Sphere, the scientific community is far from unanimous on the issue. In fact, with each passing month new evidence emerges that strongly suggests that the 'Al Gore hypothesis' which was born out of the environmentalist movement is totally wrong.

Americans are increasingly waking up to the scam. A poll just this week found that over 70% of Americans now believe that climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon and not primarily a result of human activity.

The hard science supports their belief.

One scientist in particular has some sharp words for Mr. Gore and his film, 'An Inconvenient Truth.' Many of the assertions made by Mr. Gore and the film have been shown to be false. And this could spell real trouble for the Democrats in 2008 if they turn to Gore as their nominee.

Read the entire article here:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/450392,CST-EDT-REF30b.article

ETHANOL TO SPIKE FOOD COSTS 50 - 65%

Washington, DC (TLS). The U.S. Agriculture Department reported today that Americans should brace themselves for a massive case of sticker-shock by the end of the summer...not at the new-car lot but at the grocery store.

Prices for common, everyday food staples such as meat, milk, cheese, corn and other veggies, will increase by 50 to 65 percent by September.

On balance, the average American family will pay at least 100 bucks per month more for groceries this September than they did last September.

What, exactly, is driving this numbing price hike? Ethanol production.

Corn is the main ingredient in ethanol and hundreds of other products, including the feed given to cows. Hence, the price hike in meat, milk, and cheese.

Because farmers are increasingly using farmland to grow corn for the FUEL industry as opposed to the FOOD industry, the law of supply and demand will result in a smaller supply of corn for food and an increasing demand for the food items that depend on corn, thus driving food prices through the roof.

We can thank the Einsteins in the 'environmentalist movement' for the coming train wreck at the grocery store.

For years the 'man-is-to-blame-for-global-warming' crowd and their comrades in the 'renewable bio-fuels' movement have been feeding to the public the notion that oil is evil and that ethanol is the answer to our energy needs.

We will now suffer the consequences of that notion as we pay out the wazoo for food...all because the corn is going to make fuel.

I have never had a problem with developing alternative sources of energy, weaning ourselves off of our dependence on foreign oil. But it is just as bad an idea to depend solely on ethanol and other agri-fuels as it is to depend solely on oil.

We need to begin developing and utilizing nuclear energy to the max, since we have discovered ways to make it safe. It is the cleanest fuel available. Fuel cell technology is another way to go, as are solar and wind power.

As for now, when you are shocked at how food prices suddenly skyrocket in about three months, remember that this is what we get for listening to the loons in the environmentalist movement.

Don't Miss 'Climate of Fear' on Global Warming

Washington, DC (TLS). Tonight at 7 PM and again at 9 PM, Eastern Time, Headline News Network will air a special presentation on global warming entitled, 'Climate of Fear.'

The report will feature Glenn Beck and will focus on the vast fear-mongering that has accompanied the dire warnings and predictions of those who subscribe to the 'man-is-to-blame-for-global-warming' theory.

In addition, Beck will expose the hidden political agenda of those who are intent, no matter what the hard science says, to convince us that human beings caused global warming.

Needless to say, the Left does not want you to see this program!

That is all the more reason to watch. It is time that those who are actually concerned about truth and hard science put to rest once and for all the massive hoax perpetrated by those with a vested interest in causing the collapse of capitalism, free enterprise, and free human choice.

Glenn Beck's special report tonight should be an important step in that direction.

CNN Exposes Global Warming Hoax

Washington, DC (TLS). Tomorrow evening, Wednesday, May 2, 2007, CNN Headline News will present a special report by Glenn Beck that exposes the global warming hoax.

This program will air at 7 PM and again at 9 PM, Eastern Time.

The Liberty Sphere encourages all of our readers to watch this riveting report that will expose the hidden political agendas of the Leftwing in hoodwinking the public into believing that mankind is solely responsible for climate change.

As we have reported many times before, there is no doubt that the earth is in the midst of climate change. Our point of contention with the mainstream media and so-called 'scientists' of the environmentalist movement bandwagon is the claim that human beings brought this about.

In fact, the earth has ALWAYS undergone shifts in climate throughout its entire history. We have basically been in the midst of a period of gradual warming since the last Ice Age.

Obviously, there are many forces at work beyond the control of mankind that produce these temperature fluctuations. But members of the Leftwing have an agenda in laying the blame at the feet of mankind.

Ralph Nader admitted that the ultimate goal of the environmentalist movement is the destruction of capitalism, personal choice, and free enterprise.

Thus, the apologists for the Leftwing must convince us that mankind is to blame for global warming so that major shifts in public policy can be implemented to strip individual citizens of their rights and implement a socialistic, collectivist model of government which can then force lifestyle changes.

Don't forget! Tomorrow night at 7 PM and again at 9 PM, Eastern Time, on CNN Headline News. Glenn Beck will expose the hidden political agenda of the global warming hoax.

More on the Global Warming Heresy

Washington, DC (TLS). With factual scientific information pointing to the indisputable truth that in the year 1000 A.D. the earth was much warmer than it is now (despite the noticeable lack of SUVs) and that most of the warming of the 20th century occurred before 1940, it is clear that the 'mankind-is-to-blame-for-global-warming' movement is a hoax, a heresy, a lie.

Our favorite intellectual, Dr. Walter Williams, lays it on the line concerning the blatant heresies of the global warming movement and sets the record straight.

Al Gore is completely and unequivocally discredited.

Read it all here:
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams032807.php3

RFK Jr. Blasts Bush Environmental Policy

Washington, DC (TLS). Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. blasted the Bush Administration's environmental policy in a speech delivered at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia on Monday.

As an activist of the extremist environmentalist movement, Kennedy has long advocated for a massive revamping of the U.S. from top to bottom in order to move to a 'green friendly' society. Such a society would abhor the burning of fossil fuels, which he claims is the singular biggest cause for global warming, conveniently ignoring THE SUN, which has been getting hotter.

Environmentalist wackos never mention the sun, by the way, as the singular biggest source for heat and energy on the planet.

This is because if they can convince the country that man is to blame for global warming, it will serve as a convenient excuse for ushering in a new era where individual freedoms are limited 'for the common good.' And in this case the common good means the end of free enterprise, capitalism, and personal liberty. Human beings cannot be trusted to do the right thing and protect the environment, and therefore, government must impose limitations, as the delusional argument goes.

Kennedy is one more example of the propagandists who use the issue of global warming to impose their views on the populace--views which have their basis in collectivism, which always places the 'common good' ahead of individual freedom.

Read about his speech at Virginia Tech here:
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-106349