We attended the “Kill the Bill” rally in St. Paul sponsored by the Minnesota Majority. Estimates on turn out range from 2,000 (state police) to 4,000. As always, it was a cold but not too rainy day for citizens to petition their government. Here are some photos from the event.
World War II Vets Reject Socialized Medicine
Thousands Rally at Capitol
Patriot at Kill the Bill Rally
Winning Sign at Rally
Editor’s Update 3-15-10: House File 2700 (the Capital Investment Bill totalling nearly $1 billion ) was sent to the governor last week despite clear warnings to keep it around $725 million and focused on priorities such as veterans, military, and public safety. Over the weekend, Pawlenty did what the DFL apparently could not do and trimmed it down to about $680 million. A majority of House Republicans, lead by House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers, had asked the governor in a letter to cut spending to $200-250 million (down to only “critical” construction projects) to bring the DFL to the negotiating table later in the session. The letter said such a move would show the DFL that ”it is NOT OKAY to whip out the credit card for a sculpture garden, for civic centers, for shade trees and for the rest of their out-of-touch spending.” The DFL conceded last week that it expected significant cuts, sending it to the governor’s desk after failing to negotiate a compromise last week. The tone of the governor’s letter is similar to a letter one might find from an exasperated parent to an out of control college student: he basically says, I told you what I expected and you ignored me (again). He noted that the bill exceeded the budgeted capital investment by about $275 million. “The DFL-controlled legislature seems incapable of prioritizing projects or simply sayng no. So I have done it for you.” You can read the governor’s letter detailing the cuts at MinnPost : http://www.minnpost.com/client_files/pdfs/BondingLineItemVetoLetter.pdf The Governor noted early in the process that a bonding bill ought to be one of the least difficult items to agree on. Not this year. While we commend the governor for doing his job, we note that the DFL -controlled legislature may have conceded too much of its authority to authorize spending. Not only did the DFL fail to do its job, but it added language to the bill that the governor said “makes it impossible…to exercise line-item veto authority other than in an overly blunt manner.” Well, we’ll take “blunt” over too much debt at this point, if those are our only choices.
Review by Don Bongaards
I found the book “Climatism!!” by Steve Goreham to be so fascinating that I could hardly stop reading. It should become a best seller since it exposes the greatest fraud in recent history.
From what Steve documents in the book, it appears that many of the world’s nations are committing economic suicide in the name of reduced carbon dioxide levels, while China and India continue to build coal fired power plants that will overwhelm any of their efforts. And, since it is provably clear that increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are only a bit player in affecting the current natural cycle of global warming, it seems like the world has gone crazy. Furthermore, with energy being the driving force for economic growth and free enterprise, it boggles my mind to see the Waxman-Markey Energy Bill being given serious consideration in the face of current high unemployment in the United States.
I was particularly intrigued by the fact that the science of manmade global warming is primarily based upon inaccurate and misleading computer models. Since water vapor is the primary greenhouse gas in the earth’s atmosphere – not carbon dioxide – these models currently cannot, and do not, accurately predict relative humidity and cloud cover. As a result, the analytical predictions are “force fitted” to match historical data. If we know the result that we are trying to achieve, and we have numerous independent variables to manipulate, we can get the computer analysis to predict almost any result we want!!
Although almost every page of the book contains documented facts to dispute global warming alarmists, I found that manipulation of the famous “hockey stick” graph to be the most disturbing. The graph completely ignores the indisputable fact of global warming that occurred in the middle ages; and illustrates, beyond any doubt, that the manmade global warming scare is politically motivated.
Furthermore, the deceptions resulting from the manipulated data from East Anglia University, plus other facts presented in Steve’s book, should put an end to this political charade. My concern now is for honest people who must now reject the false claims that they so fervently believe.
After reading the book, I have concluded that if the sponsoring organizations – especially the IPCC — supporting man caused global warming were to be tried in a court of law, they would unquestionably be found guilty of fraud and deception to the highest degree.
Don Bongaards www.hydrogenplan.net
Retired Westinghouse Engineering Manager and Author of the Book “A Sense of Urgency.”
