A Plug for a Fellow Citizen Journalist - Pheisty Blog

A quick plug for a fellow Blogger …

Pheisty Blog is just as the name suggests – run by a Pheisty conservative mother who supported her son working as a poultry butcher for $6.25 an hour and worked her way to the administration office, as well as an advocate of Reaganism and general public nuisance in the school elections. Although passionate, this citizen journalist is self taught with years of experience without the degree – which doesn’t matter because she writes and publishes along with the best of them. She believes that “feelings” don’t belong in political science, an endeavor that most politicians seem to ignore. It might be because most of them never sat in a political science class – this includes the “experienced” senators that everyone feels is so experienced to the presidential candidate who has not spent much time in federal politics, never held a real job (lawyer right from law school), and couldn’t possibly know how life is in the ranks because he spent much of his education in prime higher educational institutions, usually set aside for the socially elite.

Pheisty Blog is –

My labor of love and my commitment to keeping America free. I don’t spare any feelings, because I don’t believe that ‘feelings’ are something that make good public policy. My main goal is to remind America – not just tell them – how precious freedom is, and that we should never cheapen the deaths of so many men by becoming indifferent to that freedom.

You can see photos here. You can read her posts here. You can read the details about the author here, however she does not reveal her name on the ‘About’ page.

The Blog primarily discusses Wisconsin “News and Views“.

The Second Amendment - Some Folks Just Don’t Get It

In most states, registered concealed carry permit holders are not allowed to enter a facility or establishment armed that serves alcoholic beverages. It is not because they are anti-Second Amendment; it is something that could prevent problems occurring with intoxicated armed patrons.

However, in Virginia recently it is reported that that state sees things differently, especially after the shooting at Virginia Tech, where 32 people died at the hands of a madman with a gun – and no person present was armed to stop it or prevent the killings.

Exit Polls in West Virginia - One Sided "Analysis"

ABC reports concerning the Exit Polls – The Race Factor in West Virginia, an “analysis” by Gary Langer, May 13^th 2008 …

Racially motivated voting ran somewhat higher than elsewhere: Two in 10 whites said the race of the candidate was a factor in their vote, second only to Mississippi. Just 31 percent of those voters said they’d support Obama against presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, fewer than in other primaries where the question’s been asked.

However, nothing was “analyzed” or reported as to how many voters would vote for Obama because of his race. Apparently someone forgot that important factor – especially in recent revelations of Senator Obama’s hidden views concerning America, Americans in general, those he associates with, their racist attitudes, ideology and rhetoric, as well as the fact that racism works from both ends of the color spectrum.

Deroy Murdock says: "Chill Out on Climate Hysteria

Deroy Murdock states: Chill Out on Climate Hysteria [May 2^nd 2008] …

Australia, the land where sinks drain the other way, has alerted Americans that we see Earth’s climate upside down: We’re not warming. We’re cooling.
“Disconcerting as it may be to true believers in global warming, the average temperature on Earth has remained steady or slowly declined during the past decade, despite the continued increase in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, and now the global temperature is falling precipitously.” Dr. Phil Chapman wrote in The Australian on April 23. “All those urging action to curb global warming need to take off the blinkers and give some thought to what we should do if we are facing global cooling instead.”
Chapman neither can be caricatured as a greedy oil-company lobbyist nor dismissed as a flat-Earther. He was a Massachusetts Institute of Technology staff physicist, NASA’s first Australian-born astronaut, and Apollo 14s Mission Scientist.
Chapman believes reduced sunspot activity is curbing temperatures. As he points out: “The reason this matters is that there is a close correlation between variations on the sunspot cycles and Earth’s climate.”
Anecdotally, last winter brought record cold to Florida, Mexico, and Greece, and rare snow to Jerusalem, Damascus, and Baghdad. China endured a brutal ice and snow. Dr. Oleg Sorochtin of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Oceanology advised: “Stock up on fur coats and felt boots!”
NASA satellites found that last winter’s Arctic Sea ice covered 2 million square kilometers (772,204 square miles) more than the last three years’ average. It was also 10 to 20 centimeters (4 to 8 inches) thicker than in 2007. The ice between Canada and southwest Greenland also spread dramatically. “We have to go back 15 years to find ice expansion so far south,” Denmark’s Meteorological Institute stated.
“Snows Return to Mount Kilimanjaro,” cheered a January 21 International Herald Tribune headline, burying one of the climate alarmists’ favorite warming anecdotes.
While neither these isolated facts nor one year’s statistics confirm global cooling, a decade of date contradict the “melting planet” rhetoric that heats Capitol Hill and America’s newsrooms.

In a New York Times article, Greenhouse Gas Must Be Capped, McCain Asserts, May 13^th 2008 …

Senator John McCain sought to distance himself from President Bush on Monday as he called for a mandatory limit on greenhouse gas emissions in the United States to combat climate change.
Mr. McCain, in a speech at a wind power company, also pledged to work with the European Union to diplomatically engage China and India, two of the world’s biggest polluters, if they refuse to participate in an international agreement to slow global warming. …
“I will not shirk the mantle of leadership that the United States bears,” Mr. McCain said pointedly. “I will not permit eight long years to pass without serious action on serious challenges.”

Maybe President Bush’s administration chose to ignore the climate change rhetoric because it was full of data errors, political agenda, and sponsored by political and private people who would gain economically if global warming was taken seriously. Senator McCain demonstrated that he doesn’t know much about the subject as well as the implication that he does not keep up with the current news information that the global warming theory is a hoax.

The Great Lakes Compact Legislation Passes Wisconsin Assembly

In Notes from the West Wing, from my representative Gary Bies:

With overwhelming votes of approval in both the State Assembly and State Senate, Wisconsin is now primed to be the fifth state (of eight) to enact the Great Lakes Compact. All that remains in this process if for the Governor to sign the Compact legislation. …
The First Assembly District’s identity is so closely linked to the Great Lakes and so much of our economy, both tourism and manufacturing, is tied to the lakes. It was important to the First District and to me that the Compact be passed, and now that it has been, and an important step has been taken for the future of the Great Lakes. … I am looking forward to concentrating on my other environmental proposals, including the ban on phosphorus in fertilizer and my Wetland Identification Act.

Visit Rep. Gary Bies’ website at http://www.legis.state.wi.us/assembly/asm01/news/

The discussion was over Murphy Oil and its Wisconsin refinery capacity expansion.

It also concerned an EPA notification concerning the BP Whiting Refinery concerning alleged violations of major clean air problems.

The political climate became just as muddled as the allegations against BP for violations of the clean air act. The one major example was Murphy Oil which provides jobs and a boost to the Great Lakes economy. Murphy Oil has been aware and complies with the clean air and water acts legislated by the federal government.

Another concern was the release of tar sand crude which allegedly also released greenhouse gas. Oil extraction requires a large amount of water, energy and pipeline corridors in order for the processing of crude oil to the final product.

The other concerns were about Wisconsin’s wetlands, in which Murphy at Lake Superior had expected to acquire 400-500 acres of land that was designated wetlands since the adoption of the US Clean Water Act of 1972.

The Detroit Free Press wrote a story concerning Lake Superior’s decreasing level, which has had nothing to do with the operations of Murphy Oil or BP; however, the worry was that the level of the Great Lakes due to a dry spell in 2006 and 2007 would be a problem combined with the operations there.

While the compromised act does approve the Compact, it also implements an article that protects the lake and coincides with government EPA requirements. The bill was hoped to be signed and completed by April 22^nd, appropriately on Earth Day; however, it only got approved in the State Assembly of Wisconsin last week, and as reported above, waiting for Governor Doyle’s signature. We will see if Doyle makes this a partisan political issue or gives in to the extremist demands of environmental organizations that don’t seem to be able to compromise much when it comes to economic stability and the protection of our land, air and water resources.

Gary Bies has also spearheaded important safety measures with the Propane Safety Act. He represents his constituents well and personally sees that both economic impact as well as environmental issues are addressed.

 

See also:

Murphy Oil Expansion at Lake Superior

Propane Safety Act - Green Bay Gazette

The Applicant - HM, Illinois

HM, Illinois submitted an email that describes a teacher’s application …

After being interviewed by the school administration, the teaching prospect said, “Let me see if I’ve got this right …
You want me to go into that room with all those kids, correct their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse, monitor their dress habits, censor their T-shirt messages, and instill in them a love for learning. You want me to check their backpacks for weapons, wage war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, and raise their sense of self esteem and personal pride!
You want me to teach them patriotism and good citizenship, sportsmanship and fair play, and how to register to vote, balance a checkbook, and apply for a job. You want me to check their heads for lice, recognize signs of antisocial behavior, and make sure that they all pass the state exams. You also want me to provide them with an equal education regardless of their handicaps, and communicate regularly with their parents in English and Spanish by letter, telephone, newsletter, and report ca rd. You want me to do all  this with a piece of chalk, a blackboard, a bulletin board, a few books, a big smile, and a starting salary that qualifies me for food stamps!?  You want me to do all this and then you tell me -
I CAN’T PRAY?

SITREP: American Politic - Past, Present, Future

Lately most everyone in the media has been focusing on the Obama-Hillary political contest. In the case of the GOP, it has been, in the eyes of the media, not the public, a given that Senator John McCain is the winner on the political right contest. In the LA Times blog section by Andrew Malcolm …

Not a good day for Rep. Ron Paul. Everybody was watching the overwhelming of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama by New York Sen. Hillary Clinton on the ongoing Democratic side of the partisan primary struggles in West Virginia … But over on the Republican primary battlefield with 98% of the votes counted, the 72-year-old [Ron] Paul was overwhelmed by the presumptive GOP nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Paul gathered in only 5% of the vote, a lousy 5,812 ballots. … Paul even got thumped by ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee, who isn’t running anymore. … Former Gov. Mitt Romney, another GOP also-ran, also came close to nipping Paul … Rudy Giuliani – remember him, the former New York mayor? – received 2%, or 2,777 votes. So Paul beat him again. Paul also beat Alan Keyes, who in 2004 did such an impressive job as the Republican candidate of terminating the political career of that up-and-comer named Obama in the Illinois U.S. Senate race. Keyes got 1,389 West Virginia votes, 1%. … Which, according to The Ticket’s calculations, means McCain won. But as Paul’s vocal supporters are fond of pointing out, it’s not about winning the Republican nomination. It’s about something else, …

 

Honored Polish Social Worker Dies at 98

Of the many women and men who have contributed to humanity at the endangerment of their own lives, Irena Sendler stood out in the crowd, although few know her story. Dead at the age of 98, her story is posted in the Daily Mail, May 12^th 2008 – Heroic Irena Sendler, who helped save 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazi …

SITREP: Global Warming Hoax, Senate Bill S. 2191, and Al Gore’s Get Richer Scheme

Here are my questions: In 1970, when environmentalists were making predictions of manmade global cooling and the threat of an ice age and millions of Americans starving to death, what kind of government policy should have been undertaken to prevent such a calamity? When Ehrlich predicted that England would not exist in the year 2000, what steps should the British Parliament have taken in 1970 to prevent such a dire outcome? In 1939, when the U.S. Department of the Interior warned that we only had oil supplies for another 13 years, what actions should President Roosevelt have taken? Finally, what makes us think that environmental alarmism is any more correct now that they have switched their tune to manmade global warming?
Walter Williams

As we move from one doomsday prediction to another, first global warming and now world economic depression in 2008 – we must be aware that candidates are going to speak about this issue and should let voters know what their plans, if anything is to do about it. I vote that we do nothing, watch the Kyoto Treaty signers dwindle away their much-needed capital on uselessness (other than cleaning up their air and water) and forget about the cap and trade nonsense that is presently being discussed by the candidates for President of the United States.

Newt Gingrich Plan for a Better America

Newt Gingrich writes in his newsletter bulletin …

…Shortsighted politicians have created the current energy crisis. For decades left-leaning politicians have advocated higher prices and less energy. They were going to save the environment by punishing Americans into driving less and driving smaller cars. Now their policies have succeeded with a vengeance. …
And now the same shortsighted, dishonest politicians who created the crisis are blaming everyone but themselves for the crisis. Because they refuse to be honest about the policies which led to the crisis, they can’t be honest about the policies that will lead us out of it. The politicians want scapegoats. The American people just want solutions.
Politicians with vision – working with entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers could rapidly replace the current shortages and high prices with a flood of new energy at lower prices. And America’s current vulnerability to blackmail by foreign dictators could rapidly be turned into vital independence with a North American energy strategy that includes Canada and Mexico.
America still has the world’s largest supply of fossil fuels [recently found not to have originated from “fossils” or dead dinosaurs]. We have more coal than any other country by a huge margin. WE have abundant oil and gas reserves. We have the potential for nuclear, wind, solar and biofuels in tremendous quantities. … We have the potential for enormous breakthroughs in future technologies such as hydrogen power. …
The only solutions to the current high prices and scarcity are higher energy supply and/or lower energy demand. In the long run we will almost certainly find dramatic breakthroughs including electric cars (super hybrids) and hydrogen-powered vehicles. But in the short and near term, oil is going to remain the primary source of energy for transportation.
Yet the current strategy of the left is anti-oil and anti-coal. It is a recipe for higher inflation as the cost of energy is driven through the entire economy. It is a recipe for growing vulnerability to blackmail by foreign dictatorships. [1] It is a recipe for starving poor people in the third world. The price of oil has a much bigger impact on the cost of food than the production of biofuels. …
Brazil recently discovered two very large oil fields in the Atlantic Ocean. They are so large that they will make Brazil completely independent from Middle Eastern oil.[2] …
In a sign of how out of touch the Congress is with the current realities of the average American, the Senate[3] is planning to bring up the Warner-Lieberman bill. This “tax and trade” bill will be an economic disaster. A better name for it would be “The China and India Full Employment Act” because it is going to raise the costs of doing business in America so dramatically that most future factories will be built outside of the United States. …
“Tax and trade” is a more accurate term than “cap and trade” because buried in this bill is a massive tax increase which will lead to a much bigger federal government with much more bureaucracy and a much smaller private sector operating only with the permission of federal bureaucrats. At a time when the American driver is already complaining about the cost of gasoline and the American homeowner is beginning to complain about the cost of natural gas and home heating oil, the Warner-Lieberman bill will make those costs much worse. … steps toward an energy abundant America future:
1. Change federal law to give all states with offshore oil and gas the same share of federal royalties Wyoming gets for land-based resources (48%).
2. Change federal law to allow those states that want to permit exploration with appropriate safeguards to do so.
3. Allow companies engaged in oil and gas exploration and development to write off their investments in one year.
4. Immediately renegotiate the clean coal (FutureGen) project for Illinois to get it built as rapidly as possible.
5. Congress should pass a series of tax-free prizes to accelerate innovation in developing new technologies for using coal.
6. Develop a tax credit for refitting existing coal plants.
7. Pass a streamlined regulatory regime and a favorable tax regime for building nuclear power plants.
8. Make the solar power and wind power tax credits permanent.
9. Develop long distance transmission lines to move wind power from the Dakotas to Chicago.
10. Allow the auto companies to use their tax credits for the cost of flex fuel cars, hybrids, and the development of hydrogen cars including necessary retooling for manufacturing.

And to speed all of this along – Congress requires to repeal the 16^th Amendment and pass the Fair Tax Act. Than those taxes will be null and void – providing the required capital for research and development and boost the economy on a long-term basis instead of continued short-term methods the Bush administration has been performing along with Congress in the last eight years.

LINKS:

Summary of Warner-Lieberman proposed legislation
Financial Costs of Warner-Lieberman bill
Estimated job loss due to Warner-Lieberman bill

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[1] Look at the recent deals of Iran with South American despots like Chavez.

[2] Thus the reason for Iran’s interest?

[3] Which includes all three presidential candidates wanting to be our President: Clinton, Obama and McCain.