Moratorium will hurt Searsport
Passage of the moratorium blocking DCP Mainstream from building the $40 million terminal in an industrial area will send a message to other businesses thinking of locating in Searsport. That message is, “Take your jobs and go someplace else. While you’re at it, take the families that are trying to survive on low-paying jobs produced by the tourist industry.”
The designers of the moratorium, mostly business owners who make a living from tourism, have put their own interests ahead of the families of Searsport. They are concerned a fragile tourism industry might be hurt by one more tank going into an established industrial area. As long as Route 1 goes through the center of Searsport, the tourists will come. Tourism is the biggest part of the town’s economy, but does that mean we shouldn’t diversify with some well-paying, year-round jobs?
Another concern was increased traffic on Route 1. These are the same people that don’t seem to mind the road being overrun with groups of motorcycles and miles of RVs every summer. It’s fine if the road is crowed with vehicles as long as it improves their bottom line. I live on Route 1 about two miles from the proposed tank site and I don’t think a few more trucks will matter, especially if having to wait a little longer to get out of my driveway means there is more tax revenue coming in and more people are making a living.
Denise Winslow
Searsport
Catholic inconsistency
The BDN’s Feb. 1 editorial, “Insuring contraception is preventive care,” makes the case well but fails to rebut Bishop Richard Malone’s and Marc Mutty’s objection to being obliged to provide coverage for what they judge immoral conduct.
If the coverage were for abortion, Malone and Mutty would have a case since abortion violates the natural law prohibition of killing human beings. But that is not the case with contraception.
Malone and Mutty represent their consciences as “our” — the Church’s — “conscience,” an unjustifiable presumption. Paul VI did not represent his 1968 encyclical, Humanae Vitae, as infallible teaching; its contraception prohibition is not ironclad; many bishops advised their flocks to follow their consciences, and Paul observed that he expected people to do so.
While John Paul II and Benedict XVI have declared the prohibition obligatory, nothing popes say can trump the refusal of the people of God to accept that teaching: the Doctrine of Reception requires that a teaching be accepted to be valid and 95 percent of U.S. Catholics use contraception. Consequently, bishops and priests have been largely silent about the prohibition.
The Vatican and Malone would apparently end run that nullification by applying John Paul II’s and Benedict XVI’s anti-council redefinition of primacy of conscience as not what your heart tells you is right but what they say you should judge right.
Finally, as obedient papal spear-carriers, today’s bishops will not let good policy, church-state separation, religious liberty, freedom of conscience, even church doctrine inhibit their claims of authority.
William Slavick
Portland
Speaking of Searsport and the effects
of industry: Since CO2 and global warming are no longer issues, it’s
time to turn our focus on the corruption and ruination that comes
with the wind industry. We can begin right with the Portland
Development Committee granting Iberdrola well over a Million dollars
to stick around in Maine for 10 years. And of course there’s Augusta
and the efforts of Angus King and Baldacci’s the fast track fast ball
(LD2283) at the end of his term, the Kurt Adams fiasco, the
newspapers refusing to tell the truth, the fabricated poll numbers
advanced by the wind energy. On and on it goes all the way to Italy
where an official was murdered mafia style because he opposed wind
development. I haven’t time right now to elaborate further or begin
to address the ruination brought by the wind industry. laters
Since when, except in the minds of shills for the petrochemical industries, are CO2 and global warming not an issue?
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Global Warming HoaxIt
is not the responsibility of ‘climate realist’ scientists to prove that
dangerous human-caused climate change is not happening. Rather, it is
those who propose that it is, and promote the allocation of massive
investments to solve the supposed ‘problem’, who have the obligation to
convincingly demonstrate that recent climate change is not of mostly
natural origin and, if we do nothing, catastrophic change will ensue. To
date, this they have utterly failed to do so.Signed by:
Habibullo I. Abdussamatov, Dr. Sci.,
mathematician and astrophysicist, Head of the Russian-Ukrainian
Astrometria project on the board of the Russian segment of the ISS, Head
of Space Research Laboratory at the Pulkovo Observatory of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
Göran Ahlgren, docent organisk kemi,
general secretary of the Stockholm Initiative, Professor of Organic
Chemistry, Stockholm, Sweden
Syun-Ichi Akasofu, PhD,
Professor of Physics, Emeritus and Founding Director, International
Arctic Research Center of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska,
U.S.A.
J.R. Alexander, Professor Emeritus,
Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa;
Member, UN Scientific and Technical Committee on Natural Disasters,
1994-2000, Pretoria, South Africa.
Jock Allison, PhD, ONZM, formerly Ministry of Agriculture Regional Research Director, Dunedin, New Zealand
Bjarne Andresen, PhD, dr. scient,
physicist, published and presents on the impossibility of a “global
temperature”, Professor, The Niels Bohr Institute, University of
Copenhagen, Denmark
Timothy F. Ball, PhD, environmental consultant
and former climatology professor, University of Winnipeg, Member,
Science Advisory Board, ICSC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Douglas W. Barr, BS (Meteorology,
University of Chicago), BS and MS (Civil Engineering, University of
Minnesota), Barr Engineering Co. (environmental issues and water
resources), Minnesota, U.S.A.
Romuald Bartnik, PhD (Organic
Chemistry), Professor Emeritus, Former chairman of the Department of
Organic and Applied Chemistry, climate work in cooperation with Department of Hydrology and Geological Museum, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Colin Barton, B.Sc., PhD, Earth
Science, Principal research scientist (retd), Commonwealth Scientific
and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia
Joe Bastardi, BSc, (Meteorology, Pennsylvania State), meteorologist, State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Ernst-Georg Beck, Dipl. Biol. (University of Freiburg), Biologist, Freiburg, Germany
David Bellamy, OBE, English botanist,
author, broadcaster, environmental campaigner, Hon. Professor of Botany
(Geography), University of Nottingham, Hon. Prof. Faculty of
Engineering and Physical Systems, Central Queensland University, Hon.
Prof. of Adult and Continuing Education, University of Durham, United
Nations Environment Program Global 500 Award Winner, Dutch Order of The Golden Ark, Bishop Auckland County, Durham, U.K.
M. I. Bhat, Professor & Head,
Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Kashmir,
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Ian R. Bock, BSc, PhD, DSc, Biological sciences (retired), Ringkobing, Denmark
Sonja A. Boehmer-Christiansen, PhD,
Reader Emeritus, Dept. of Geography, Hull University, Editor –
Energy&Environment, Multi-Science (www.multi-science.co.uk), Hull, United Kingdom
Atholl Sutherland Brown, PhD
(Geology, Princeton University), Regional Geology, Tectonics and Mineral
Deposits, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Stephen C. Brown, PhD (Environmental
Science, State University of New York), District Agriculture Agent,
Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Ground Penetrating
Radar Glacier research, Palmer, Alaska, U.S.A.
James Buckee, D.Phil. (Oxon), focus on stellar atmospheres, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dan Carruthers, M.Sc., Arctic Animal
Behavioural Ecologist, wildlife biology consultant specializing in
animal ecology in Arctic and Subarctic regions, Alberta, Canada
Robert M. Carter, PhD, Professor, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Dr. Arthur V. Chadwick, PhD,
Geologist, dendrochronology (analyzing tree rings to determine past
climate) lecturing, Southwestern Adventist University, Keene, Texas,
U.S.A.
George V. Chilingar, PhD, Member,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow President, Russian Academy of
Natural Sciences, U.S.A. Section, Emeritus Professor of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Ian D. Clark, PhD, Professor (isotope
hydrogeology and paleoclimatology), Dept. of Earth Sciences, University
of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Charles A. Clough, BS (Mathematics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology), MS (Atmospheric Science, Texas
Tech University), former (to 2006) Chief of the US Army Atmospheric
Effects Team at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; now residing in Bel
Air, Maryland, U.S.A.
Paul Copper, BSc, MSc, PhD, DIC,
FRSC, Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian
University Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Piers Corbyn, MSc (Physics (Imperial
College London)), ARCS, FRAS, FRMetS, astrophysicist (Queen Mary
College, London), consultant, founder WeatherAction long range
forecasters, London, United Kingdom
Allan Cortese, meteorological
researcher and spotter for the National Weather Service, retired
computer professional, Billerica, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Richard S. Courtney, PhD, energy and environmental consultant, IPCC expert reviewer, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Susan Crockford, PhD
(Zoology/Evolutionary Biology/Archaeozoology), Adjunct Professor
(Anthropology/Faculty of Graduate Studies), University of Victoria,
Victoria, British Colombia, Canada
(Claude Culross, PhD (Organic Chemistry), retired, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Joseph D’Aleo, BS, MS (Meteorology,
University of Wisconsin), Doctoral Studies (NYU), Executive Director –
ICECAP (International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment
Project), Fellow of the AMS, College Professor Climatology/Meteorology,
First Director of Meteorology The Weather Channel, Hudson, New
Hampshire, U.S.A.
Chris R. de Freitas, PhD, Climate Scientist, School of Environment, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Willem de Lange, MSc (Hons), DPhil
(Computer and Earth Sciences), Senior Lecturer in Earth and Ocean
Sciences, Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand
James DeMeo, PhD (University of Kansas 1986, Earth/Climate Science), now in Private Research, Ashland, Oregon, U.S.A.
David Deming, PhD (Geophysics),
Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, University of
Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
James E Dent; B.Sc., FCIWEM, C.Met,
FRMetS, C.Env., Independent Consultant, Member of WMO OPACHE Group on
Flood Warning, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England
Robert W. Durrenberger, PhD, former
Arizona State Climatologist and President of the American Association of
State Climatologists, Professor Emeritus of Geography, Arizona State
University; Sun City, Arizona, U.S.A.
Don J. Easterbrook, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Geology, Western Washington, University, Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.
Per Engene, MSc, Biologist, Bø i Telemark, Norway, Co-author The Climate. Science and Politics (2009)
Robert H. Essenhigh, PhD, E.G. Bailey
Professor of Energy Conversion, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, The
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
David Evans, PhD (EE), MSc (Stat),
MSc (EE), MA (Math), BE (EE), BSc, mathematician, carbon accountant and
modeler, computer and electrical engineer and head of ‘Science Speak’,
Scientific Advisory Panel member – Australian Climate Science Coalition,
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Sören Floderus, PhD (Physical Geography (Uppsala University)), coastal-environment specialization, Copenhagen, Denmark
Louis Fowler, BS (Mathematics), MA
(Physics), 33 years in environmental measurements (Ambient Air Quality
Measurements), Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Stewart Franks, PhD, Professor, Hydroclimatologist, University of Newcastle, Australia
Gordon Fulks, PhD (Physics,
University of Chicago), cosmic radiation, solar wind, electromagnetic
and geophysical phenomena, Corbett, Oregon, U.S.A.
R. W. Gauldie, PhD, Research
Professor, Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of
Ocean Earth Sciences and Technology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
(Retired), U.S.A.
David G. Gee, Professor of Geology (Emeritus), Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavagen 16, Uppsala, Sweden
Lee C. Gerhard, PhD, Senior Scientist
Emeritus, University of Kansas, past director and state geologist,
Kansas Geological Survey, U.S.A.
Gerhard Gerlich, Dr.rer.nat.
(Mathematical Physics: Magnetohydrodynamics) habil. (Real Measure
Manifolds), Professor, Institut für Mathematische Physik, Technische
Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany,
Co-author of “Falsification Of The Atmospheric CO2 Greenhouse Effects
Within The Frame Of Physics”, Int.J.Mod.Phys.,2009
Albrecht Glatzle, PhD, ScAgr,
Agro-Biologist and Gerente ejecutivo, Tropical pasture research and land
use management, Director científico de INTTAS, Loma Plata, Paraguay
Fred Goldberg, PhD, Adj Professor,
Royal Institute of Technology (Mech, Eng.), Secretary General KTH
International Climate Seminar 2006 and Climate analyst and member of
NIPCC, Lidingö, Sweden
Wayne Goodfellow, PhD (Earth
Science), Ocean Evolution, Paleoenvironments, Adjunct Professor, Senior
Research Scientist, University of Ottawa, Geological Survey of Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Thomas B. Gray, MS, Meteorology, Retired, USAF, Yachats, Oregon, U.S.A.
Vincent Gray, PhD, New Zealand
Climate Coalition, expert reviewer for the IPCC, author of The
Greenhouse Delusion: A Critique of Climate Change 2001, Wellington, New
Zealand
William M. Gray, PhD, Professor
Emeritus, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Head
of the Tropical Meteorology Project, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.
Kenneth P. Green, M.Sc. (Biology,
University of San Diego) and a Doctorate in Environmental Science and
Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles, Resident
Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Charles B. Hammons, PhD (Applied
Mathematics), systems/software engineering, modeling &
simulation, design, Consultant, Coyle, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
William Happer, PhD, Cyrus Fogg
Bracket Professor of Physics (research focus is interaction of light and
matter, a key mechanism for global warming and cooling), Princeton
University; Former Director, Office of Energy Research (now Office of
Science), US Department of Energy (supervised climate change research),
Member – National Academy of Sciences of the USA, American Academy of
Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society; Princeton, NJ, USA.
Howard Hayden, PhD, Emeritus Professor (Physics), University of Connecticut, The Energy Advocate, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Ross Hays, Atmospheric Scientist, NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, U.S.A.
James A. Heimbach, Jr., BA Physics
(Franklin and Marshall College), Master’s and PhD in Meteorology
(Oklahoma University), Prof. Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences
(University of North Carolina at Asheville), Springvale, Maine, U.S.A.
Ole Humlum, PhD, Professor, Department of Physical Geography, Institute of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Craig D. Idso, PhD, Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and
Global Change, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
Sherwood B. Idso, PhD, President, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
Terri Jackson, MSc MPhil., Director,
Independent Climate Research Group, Northern Ireland and London (Founder
of the Energy Group at the Institute of Physics, London), U.K.
Albert F. Jacobs, Geol.Drs., P. Geol., Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Zbigniew Jaworowski, PhD, DSc,
professor of natural sciences, Senior Science Adviser of Central
Laboratory for Radiological Protection, researcher on ice core CO2
records, Warsaw, Poland.
Terrell Johnson, B.S. (Zoology), M.S.
(Wildlife & Range Resources, Air & Water Quality),
Principal Environmental Engineer, Certified Wildlife Biologist, Green
River, Wyoming, U.S.A.
Bill Kappel, BS (Physical
Science-Geology), BS (Meteorology), Storm Analysis, Climatology,
Operation Forecasting, Vice President/Senior Meteorologist, Applied
Weather Associates, LLC, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs,
U.S.A.
Wibjörn Karlén, MSc (quaternary
sciences), PhD (physical geography), Professor emeritus, Stockholm
University, Department of Social and Economic Geography, Geografiska
Annaler Ser. A, Uppsala, Sweden
Olavi Kärner, Ph.D., Extraordinary Research Associate; Dept. of Atmospheric Physics, Tartu Observatory, Toravere, Estonia
David Kear, PhD, FRSNZ, CMG,
geologist, former Director-General of NZ Dept. of Scientific &
Industrial Research, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Madhav L. Khandekar, PhD, consultant
meteorologist, (former) Research Scientist, Environment Canada, Editor
“Climate Research” (03-05), Editorial Board Member “Natural Hazards,
IPCC Expert Reviewer 2007, Unionville, Ontario, Canada
Leonid F. Khilyuk, PhD, Science
Secretary, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Professor of
Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California,
U.S.A.
William Kininmonth MSc, MAdmin,
former head of Australia’s National Climate Centre and a consultant to
the World Meteorological organization’s Commission for Climatology, Kew,
Victoria, Australia
Gary Kubat, BS (Atmospheric Science),
MS (Atmospheric Science), professional meteorologist last 18 years,
O’Fallon, Illinois, U.S.A.
Roar Larsen, Dr.ing.(PhD), Chief
Scientist, SINTEF (Trondheim, Norway), Adjunct Professor, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Douglas Leahey, PhD, meteorologist and air-quality consultant, President – Friends of Science, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Jay Lehr, BEng (Princeton), PhD
(environmental science and ground water hydrology), Science Director,
The Heartland Institute, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Edward Liebsch, BS (Earth Science
& Chemistry), MS (Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University),
Senior Air Quality Scientist, HDR Inc., Maple Grove, MN, U.S.A.
Dr. Richard S. Lindzen, Alfred P.
Sloan professor of meteorology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and
Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Peter Link, BS, MS, PhD (Geology,
Climatology), Geol/Paleoclimatology, retired, Active in
Geol-paleoclimatology, Tulsa University and Industry, Evergreen,
Colorado, U.S.A.
Anthony R. Lupo, Ph.D., Professor of
Atmospheric Science, Department of Soil, Environmental, and Atmospheric
Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A.
Horst Malberg, PhD, former director of Institute of Meteorology, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Björn Malmgren, PhD, Professor Emeritus in Marine Geology, Paleoclimate Science, Goteborg University, retired, Norrtälje, Sweden
Fred Michel, PhD, Director, Institute
of Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences,
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ferenc Mark Miskolczi, PhD, atmospheric physicist, formerly of NASA’s Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.A.
Asmunn Moene, PhD, MSc (Meteorology), former head of the Forecasting Centre, Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Cdr. M. R. Morgan, PhD, FRMetS,
climate consultant, former Director in marine meteorology policy and
planning in DND Canada, NATO and World Meteorological Organization and
later a research scientist in global climatology at Exeter University,
UK, now residing in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Nils-Axel Mörner, PhD (Sea Level
Changes and Climate), Emeritus Professor of Paleogeophysics &
Geodynamics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Robert Neff, M.S. (Meteorology, St
Louis University), Weather Officer, USAF; Contractor support to NASA
Meteorology Satellites, Retired, Camp Springs, Maryland, U.S.A.
John Nicol, PhD, Physics, (Retired) James Cook University, Chairman – Australian Climate Science Coalition, Brisbane, Australia
Ingemar Nordin, PhD, professor in
philosophy of science (including a focus on “Climate research,
philosophical and sociological aspects of a politicised research area”),
Linköpings University, Sweden.
David Nowell, M.Sc., Fellow of the
Royal Meteorological Society, former chairman of the NATO Meteorological
Group, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
James J. O’Brien, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Meteorology and Oceanography, Florida State University, Florida, U.S.A.
Peter Oliver, BSc (Geology), BSc
(Hons, Geochemistry & Geophysics), MSc (Geochemistry), PhD
(Geology), specialized in NZ quaternary glaciations, Geochemistry and
Paleomagnetism, previously research scientist for the NZ Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Cliff Ollier, D.Sc., Professor
Emeritus (School of Earth and Environment), Research Fellow, University
of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A., Australia
Garth W. Paltridge, BSc Hons (Qld),
MSc, PhD (Melb), DSc (Qld), Emeritus Professor, Honorary Research Fellow
and former Director of the Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean
Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Visiting Fellow, RSBS, ANU,
Canberra, ACT, Australia
R. Timothy Patterson, PhD, Professor,
Dept. of Earth Sciences (paleoclimatology), Carleton University, Chair –
International Climate Science Coalition, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Alfred H. Pekarek, PhD, Associate
Professor of Geology, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, St.
Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Ian Plimer, PhD, Professor of Mining
Geology, The University of Adelaide; Emeritus Professor of Earth
Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Daniel Joseph Pounder, BS
(Meteorology, University of Oklahoma), MS (Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); Weather Forecasting,
Meteorologist, WILL AM/FM/TV, the public broadcasting station of the
University of Illinois, Urbana, U.S.A.
Brian Pratt, PhD, Professor of Geology (Sedimentology), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Harry N.A. Priem, PhD, Professor
(retired) Utrecht University, isotope and planetary geology,
Past-President Royal Netherlands Society of Geology and Mining, former
President of the Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tom Quirk, MSc (Melbourne), D Phil,
MA (Oxford), SMP (Harvard), Member of the Scientific Advisory Panel of
the Australian Climate Science Coalition, Member Board Institute of
Public Affairs, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
George A. Reilly, PhD (Geology), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Robert G. Roper, PhD, DSc (University
of Adelaide, South Australia), Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric
Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Arthur Rorsch, PhD, Emeritus
Professor, Molecular Genetics, Leiden University, retired member board
Netherlands Organization Applied Research TNO, Leiden, The Netherlands
Curt Rose, BA, MA (University of
Western Ontario), MA, PhD (Clark University), Professor Emeritus,
Department of Environmental Studies and Geography, Bishop’s University,
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Rob Scagel, MSc (forest microclimate
specialist), Principal Consultant – Pacific Phytometric Consultants,
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Clive Schaupmeyer, B.Sc., M.Sc.,
Professional Agrologist (awarded an Alberta “Distinguished Agrologist”),
40 years of weather and climate studies with respect to crops,
Coaldale, Alberta, Canada
Bruce Schwoegler, BS (Meteorology and
Naval Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Chief Technology
Officer, MySky Communications Inc, meteorologist, science writer and
principal/co-founder of MySky, Lakeville, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
John Shade, BS (Physics), MS
(Atmospheric Physics), MS (Applied Statistics), Industrial Statistics
Consultant, GDP, Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom
Gary Sharp, PhD, Center for Climate/Ocean Resources Study, Salinas, California, U.S.A.
Thomas P. Sheahen, PhD (Physics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology), specialist in renewable energy,
research and publication (Applied Optics) in modeling and measurement of
absorption of infrared radiation by atmospheric CO2, Oakland, Maryland,
U.S.A.
Paavo Siitam, M.Sc., agronomist and chemist, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
L. Graham Smith, PhD, Associate
Professor of Geography, specialising in Resource Management, University
of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Roy W. Spencer, PhD, climatologist,
Principal Research Scientist, Earth System Science Center, The
University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A.
Walter Starck, PhD (Biological
Oceanography), marine biologist (specialization in coral reefs and
fisheries), author, photographer, Townsville, Australia
Peter Stilbs, TeknD, Professor of
Physical Chemistry, Research Leader, School of Chemical Science and
Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), member of American
Chemical Society and life member of American Physical Society, Chair of
“Global Warming – Scientific Controversies in Climate Variability”,
International seminar meeting at KTH, 2006, Stockholm, Sweden
Arlin Super, PhD (Meteorology),
former Professor of Meteorology at Montana State University, retired
Research Meteorologist, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Saint Cloud,
Minnesota, U.S.A.
George H. Taylor, B.A. (Mathematics,
U.C. Santa Barbara), M.S. (Meteorology, University of Utah), Certified
Consulting Meteorologist, Applied Climate Services, LLC, Former State
Climatologist (Oregon), President, American Association of State
Climatologists (1998-2000), Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.
Mitchell Taylor, PhD, Biologist
(Polar Bear Specialist), Wildlife Research Section, Department of
Environment, Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada
Hendrik Tennekes, PhD, former director of research, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Frank Tipler, PhD, Professor of Mathematical Physics, astrophysics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Edward M. Tomlinson, MS
(Meteorology), Ph.D. (Meteorology, University of Utah), President,
Applied Weather Associates, LLC (leader in extreme rainfall storm
analyses), 21 years US Air Force in meteorology (Air Weather Service),
Monument, Colorado, U.S.A.
Ralf D. Tscheuschner, Dr.rer.nat.
(Theoretical physics: Quantum Theory), Freelance Lecturer and Researcher
in Physics and Applied Informatics, Hamburg, Germany. Co-author of
“Falsification of The Atmospheric CO2 Greenhouse Effects Within The
Frame Of Physics, Int.J.Mod.Phys. 2009
Gerrit J. van der Lingen, PhD
(Utrecht University), geologist and paleoclimatologist, climate change
consultant, Geoscience Research and Investigations, Christchurch, New
Zealand
A.J. (Tom) van Loon, PhD, Professor
of Geology (Quaternary Geology), Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan,
Poland; former President of the European Association of Science Editors
Gösta Walin, PhD in Theoretical
physics, Professor emeritus in oceanography, Earth Science Center,
Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
Neil Waterhouse, PhD (Physics,
Thermal, Precise Temperature Measurement), retired, National Research
Council, Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Anthony Watts, 25-year broadcast
meteorology veteran and currently chief meteorologist for KPAY-AM radio.
In 1987, he founded ItWorks, which supplies custom weather stations,
Internet servers, weather graphics content, and broadcast video
equipment. In 2007, Watts founded SurfaceStations.org, a Web site
devoted to photographing and documenting the quality of weather stations
across the U.S., U.S.A.
Charles L. Wax, PhD (physical
geography: climatology, LSU), State Climatologist – Mississippi, past
President of the American Association of State Climatologists,
Professor, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University,
U.S.A.
James Weeg, BS (Geology), MS
(Environmental Science), Professional Geologist/hydrologist, Advent
Environmental Inc, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S.A.
Forese-Carlo Wezel, PhD, Emeritus
Professor of Stratigraphy (global and Mediterranean geology, mass biotic
extinctions and paleoclimatology), University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy
Boris Winterhalter, PhD, senior
marine researcher (retired), Geological Survey of Finland, former
adjunct professor in marine geology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki,
Finland
David E. Wojick, PhD, PE, energy and
environmental consultant, Technical Advisory Board member – Climate
Science Coalition of America, Star Tannery, Virginia, U.S.A.
Raphael Wust, PhD, Adj Sen. Lecturer, Marine Geology/Sedimentology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
Stan Zlochen, BS (Atmospheric Science), MS (Atmospheric Science), USAF (retired), Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Dr. Bob Zybach, PhD (Oregon State University (OSU), Environmental
Sciences Program), MAIS (OSU, Forest Ecology, Cultural Anthropology,
Historical Archaeology), BS (OSU College of Forestry), President, NW
Maps Co., Program Manager, Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc.,
Cottage Grove, Oregon, U.S.A.www.globalwarminghoax.com/news.php?extend.123
I see all kinds of geologists, astrophysicists, chemists, mathematicians, biologists etc but only very few climitologists ( I noticed only one but I could have overlooked a couple and, no, I don’t consider meteorologists to be climate experts). I would expect there to be more scientists that actually study the climate on your list if Global Warming was a hoax.
Yes, they are scientists but would you go to a Ear, Nose and Throat specialist to diagnose a heart condition or a small engine mechanic to fix a diesel engine. I don’t think so but you will except any scientific specialty to debunk Climate Science. Ninety-eight percent of Climatologists argee that the climate is being affected negatively by human activity.
98%. Hmmmm I agree that the Earth is being effected negatively by human activity. But this climate thing would take decades of information gathering to determine climate change. Neither of us will be around by then, friend.
We have been collecting data on climate change for decades, friend. There has been research into climate change since the 1970’s and by my count that is 4 decades and counting.
And I hope to be around for another 4 decades.
Note that “Dr.” Tim Ball is listed as a climatologist. He in fact has a doctorate in geography, and it is a Doctor of Philosophy, not a Doctor of Science. Frank Tipler is a mathematician and cosmologist, but he is now considered by some to be a crackpot due to his writings on religion. No doubt looking up a few more of the names on that list will reveal they have accepted money from the oil industry, or worked for an organization which did so.
In the past whenever someone has listed names of “scientists” claiming global warming is a fraud, it has turned out either they were not climatologists with peer reviewed published articles, or they received money from the energy industry.
255 scientists, members of the National Academy of Scientists, recently complained to the Wall Street Journal about an article signed by 16 scientists denying global warming which appeared in that newspaper. Their principle complaint was that none of the 16 were actually climate scientists.
I didn’t bother looking into all of the “scientists” credentials because I have better things to do.
I did however go to the website and it is obviously a right wing site with “scientists” that don’t even understand the Scientific Method. They state “It is not the responsibility of ‘climate realist’ scientists to prove that dangerous human-caused climate change is not happening” but that flies directly in the face of Scientific Method.
If a scientist does not agree with a conclusion of another scientist it is up to them to disprove it, that is part of the Scientific Method. These so called scientist know that they can not disprove man-made Climate Change so they say it is not up to them to do it. Maybe their corporate masters would pay them more if they could.
DENISE,
You’ll find anything good for America is usually opposed by some group on the left, IE: unions, environmentalist, naacp, lulac, nea, and the list is endless. Do you ever wonder why it’s always the left blocking American prosperity? Most don’t want prosperity, because it would mean they may have to move off the couch and take some responsibility for their lives. It’s so much easier to sit back in the recliner, and let the government take care of things. The left is full of hate and jealousy when it comes to American prosperity, because it’s unachievable for them without government help. The leftist motto ” Destroying America At Every turn ” .
Full of hate? Certainly not you.
Spot on am. The liberal left has cultivated a welfare culture that has become the majority in the US, and especially Maine. The concept of someone working hard, gaining success and wealth is demonized by liberal left, unless their profits are pilfered by the giant welfare government.That is the secret to the success of the Obama government, creating as many people as possible dependent on government support.
The “Stupid comment of the day” award needs to be shared by two truly mind bogglingly dopey remark, those of Amcon and Bonny. (Does it take a long time to think up something so stupid or does it just roll naturally out of your head and on to the computer?)
Because you disagree with them they get the “Stupid comment of the day”, everyone is entitled to their opinion, that means everyone..
But everyone is not entitled to his own set of facts. No laws of arithmetic would allow one to find that a “majority” of Mainers are on welfare, as Bonnie fraudulently claims. Similarly, if it is the “left” that blocks prosperity, as Amconservative claims, why has the Dow risen 60 % under President Obama after tanking under President Bush and why has the average annual percentage increase in GDP been higher under Democrats than Republicans in the last 64 years? That comparison between parties isn’t even close
You want to take it point by point or just trust me that stupidity is alive and well in the shape of those two comments?
Please take it point by point. It would make my day :)
I think they cut and paste from their MHPC newsletter!!!
Much as I dislike the MHPC even they have standards higher Amcon and Bonny.
I can’t believe you’d give up your award so easily. Don’t worry, though, you’ll have it back in no time. lol
……… not before it goes to you lol back at cha!
So, we do have something in common. I guess that’s why it’s so cold down here in Florida this morning. hahahaha
Umm, what exactly has the left or right have to do with Searsport? I haven’t seen anything about unions, naacp, lulac(?), nea, etc. going to any meetings regarding this tank issue. Have you forgotten your meds? You usually make more sense than this rambling post.
You are giving him way more credit than he deserves.
Somebody’s been spending too much time with with the right-wing drivel from WVOM(it) pouring into their ear. Unions! My goodness, seems to me we’ve had more than a few union people imported into Searsport recently to shill for the Big Tank liquefied propane terminal project. If you’re going to say silly things at least try to maintain consistency. It will actually make it appear that you’re smarter than you really are.
Speaking of Catholics,
Roads?
Who needs roads? Do Catholics need roads? After calling and conferring with several road
construction engineers, I learned that to build a roadway that
can carry the many tons of an industrial turbine takes quite a
process. First you have to clear the area of trees and stumps etc.
Next you must dig down until you have reached the “sub grade”
level. To that you add up to 14 inches of 4inch crushed rock and
compact it. The topping of the road is 1 to 2 inches or so of 1.5
inch crushed rock. This has to be done every foot of the way to a
site for an industrial turbine. To build a road through a swampy or
clay laden area the procedure is more complicated. The turbine site
itself is another matter. However, the roads built cannot allow most
small wildlife critters to cross the hard packed roadway cutting them
of others of their species (compartmentalization). Is this a good
thing? We’re doing it in a big way.
Dang, wouldn’t it be wonderful if all the highways in Maine were built this way? That way we wouldn’t be spending a small fortune putting bandaids on roads that were nothing more than tarred over horse and wagon trails.
I wonder how many “small wildlife critters” would be cutoff if we built more hydro dams? I’ve seen quite a few people (not necessarily you) advocating for hydro while raging against wind (which the jury is still out on in my mind) but they don’t seem to see the hypocrisy of their position.
William Slavick: I’ll trust your expertise since my detailed knowledge of Catholic Doctrine is minimal but I agree with your last three paragraphs, especially the last. And priests are harranging on this issue from the pulpit. That’s not political?
Just going over to the regular news section for the reprint of the AP item on the President’s compromise on this issue.
Don’t put any trust in Slavick’s knowledge of Catholic doctrine. He’s a fifth column “Catholic in name only” who does everything he can to undermine the truth of the Catholic faith and drive people away from the Church. He flat-out lies when he says that Humanae Vitae was not binding on Catholic conscience. That document was merely an upholding of Catholic teaching that has been held since the time of Jesus and the apostles.
The fact that 95% of Catholics use contraception does not mean that the ban on contraceptives is not authoritative. It means, rather, that 95% of Catholics are taking great chances with the eternal destinations of their souls. Jesus Christ gave his apostles, the first bishops of the Catholic Church, so much authority in that he told them that whatever they declare on earth will be accepted in heaven. Bishop Malone has been invested with the authority of Christ himself, when it comes to matters of the Catholic faith. For him to shirk that authority and go against the faith would be a matter of very grave sin for him, and it would potentially lead many of his flock to danger of serious sin.
Catholics have a very acceptable alternative to contraception, and that is Natural Family Planning (NFP). I’m sure that the internet has plenty of info on it. My wife and I used artificial contraception early in our marriage, because we were ignorant Catholics, and we wondered why an old celibate man in Rome would have the right to tell us what we could and couldn’t do in our bedroom. When we studied our faith more, we learned that the primary duty of the Pope is to uphold the teachings of the Catholic faith as left to us by Jesus and the apostles. And after we read Humanae Vitae, we knew for sure that we could no longer use artificial birth control in good conscience, and at the peril of losing our souls. We turned to using NFP, and have never been happier in our lives. And NFP has been just as effective for us over the last 21 years as artificial birth control was for us for the first 7 years of marriage.
NFP does require abstinence at certain times of the month if you want to try to avoid pregnancy. That’s where the problem lies for most people. Most people want sexual gratification NOW. But because the world has largely rejected Catholic teaching, most people do not have an appreciation for self-sacrifice as it relates to our life in Jesus Christ and the salvation of our souls. The worst folly in the history of Western society was the 16th-century revolt of Martin Luther against the Catholic Church, which is the event at the root of almost all evil and divisiveness in our society today. Luther falsely taught that the Bible, and not the Catholic Church, was the sole authority in matters of faith, and that anyone could interpret the Bible as he or she saw fit. Logically, every succeeding generation since Luther has strayed further and further from God. The end result of a society that believes in anything is a society that believes in nothing, and that is where we are today.
Denise, the tourists might come to Searsport, but they sure are a lot less likely to stop.
Let’s keep this real simple: Ask DCP to show you the tank.
Let us see if it is the pig that we think it might be.
They have not done it and for good reason. Searsport will be well on its way to becoming Bayonne, NJ. That’s a real destination and lovely place to live.
You know darn well that there will be a next step to this. DCP said last year that they would consider another tank at their second public meeting.
Once again for all you trolls, ask DCP to show you their tank from the center of Route 1, right in front of the tank. Also from Station Avenue and how about a nice aerial shot showing how it will really look!
Maybe then we all will change our mind.
I would venture that the average wage in Bayonne, NJ is a lot higher than that of Searsport.
Go there and then tell me about it.
“Searsport will be well on its way to becoming Bayonne, NJ.” Have you ever been to Bayonne as it will take a couple of 100 tanks and an oil refinery for Searsport to approach Bayonne?
And don’t forget that enticing smell of Bayonne.
An eclectic mix of sausage and paint factories.
Good Ole NJ, armpit of America….
I would place it lower….just below the base of the spine, right above Massachusetts.
New Jersey (for those who do not know) is a beautiful and historic State. Try getting off the turnpike before judging.
Ringwood State forest
The Pine Barons
Stokes State Forest and the Tempwick house where a revolutionary women reportedly hid her horse under her bed so the British could not steal it and use it in the war.
Hacklebarny State forest
The Delaware Water Gap where white water canoeing can be really fun in a beautiful setting.
Cape May seashore the longest piece of unspoiled sand beach on the East Coast.
I’ve never found a place in the USA where I could not settle down and be very happy living there.
You’re right of course, but I just couldn’t help taking a shot at the old (what used to be anyway) garbage state.
Now, Maine seems to be the garbage state.
We ARE doing it in a big way. And there’s just not as much information about it as there should be.
But people can still get all “up in arms” about abortion and contraception for some of the 7 BILLION of OUR species.
Mr. Slavick, the Bishops have been consistent. They have consistently refused to sleep with any woman who uses birth control.
LOL OMG LOL
Consider ex-Bishop Zavala of Los Angeles, who resigned his office with the Church over the issue of having fathered two children.
I thought that they were refusing to sleep with women. :)
This is exactly the reason that will cost President Obama Pennsylvania in the general election. Keep up your anti-religious crap. Please.
Ms. Winslow, this is not just “one more tank” being proposed. This 14-story monster liquefied propane tank looming over Main Street would promise a very tempting target to terrorists since it would be essentially unguarded and at nearly 23 million gallons capacity contain about half as much highly volatile fuel as all the other conventional tanks at Mack Point combined. The fuel it would contain would also not be conventional since it would have to be maintained at all times at no more than 44 degrees below zero to remain in its liquid state. Otherwise it would have to be flared off to prevent the tank from rupturing. The company already plans to operate its 75-foot “emergency” flare up to 500 hours a year, almost 6 percent of the time.
Also, the “few more trucks” you’re not so concerned about in fact tally up to an increase of 30 to 50 percent in the number of big tanker vehicles entering or leaving Mack Point. Those “few more trucks” could according to DCP Midstream’s own permit application amount to almost 300 more trucks a day turning onto and off our Main Street, about one additional big tanker rig every five minutes around the clock. The company tries to assures us this won’t necessarily be the case every day of the year — that’s right, the biggest volume of traffic will only take place during the icy season from November through February.
Another thing, the “designers” of the moratorium include people from all parts of town from all walks of life and degrees of financial ability, natives and non-natives alike. Many of them do indeed depend on tourism and related natural resource-based industries to earn their livings. These same people also shoulder more than twice the property tax burden of the three big corporations combined — all of them foreign — that run Mack Point. Why should these people be forced to give up their livelihoods because Denver-based DCP sees an opportunity to make big profits cornering the regional propane market?
This is an especially important question to ask yourself since after downward adjustments to revenue sharing and school funding allotments are taken into account there is little indication that the project would actually bring in significant net tax revenue. There is even less indication that anyone in Searsport — apart perhaps from selectman candidate and company sycophant A. J. Koch — would receive any special consideration for one of the relatively few permanent jobs.
Finally, it should be noted that DCP is currently paying out-of-work people $100 a day to go door-to-door with leaflets spreading divisiveness in town and circulating the lie that unfortunately you, Ms. Winslow, are also parroting, namely that the moratorium question we will vote on at the March 10 annual town meeting will block DCP from building. It will do no such thing. What it will do is slow down what has been a fast-track permitting process intended to accommodate only DCP. This will merely give us time as a town to consider all the ramifications of the project and then by democratic vote of the townspeople decide what if any ordinance change recommendations seeking safeguards against potential economic and environmental blight we want to adopt.
I’m sorry that you led with your weakest argument. Let’s say I’m a terrorist plotting my next strike on America, considering targets. New York? Been done. How about the Golden Gate Bridge? Nah — the American right would probably approve of an attack on San Francisco. OK, maybe the San Onofre nuclear plant on the Southern California coast. Or the Sears Tower in Chicago. Maybe Las Vegas, or the site of the next super bowl. Nah, those are all good targets, but what will really bring America to its knees is an attack on Searsport, Maine! That’ll show them how much we hate America and its freedom-loving flea markets.
Thanks for the morning chuckle, Hank. I always enjoy your posts. Point taken that terrorist attack might be farthest from our everyday concerns but that’s because it’s too fantastic and there are so many other and more immediate serious concerns that as you yourself have noted are arguments against Big Tank — like the net loss of jobs, destroyed small businesses, plummeting property values, more dangerous heavy trucks on our main artery through town, and a generally more grimy way of life.
On the other hand, just because the image of 23 millions gallons of liquefied propane going up in one vast fireball is fantastic doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen and that real homegrown terrorists have not actually plotted just such an attack in the U.S. — they did in one known instance but obviously were foiled. Searsport is indeed a small relatively remote town most of the U.S. is entirely unaware of and that’s what makes it, one, an easy target, and, two, a target that would have extremely unsettling implications for the rest of the country.
On the first point, remember that some of the Saudi zealots who carried out the Sept. 11th attacks drove down through Maine to to fly out of Portland. Very possibly on Sept. 10, 2001, some of them drove right through Searsport passing literally within a few hundred feet of where if DCP gets its way a 14-story steel tank would loom over Route 1 containing the potential energy of about 33 Hiroshima-type atom bombs. If you can take the pains to learn to fly a four-engine jetliner, how much simpler merely to use easily available explosives to ignite such a tank. Alternatively, I’m sure the gun crowd would love to weigh in about legally purchasable 50 caliber sniper rifles that can go through an inch of steel at 3,000 feet like so much butter in the path of a hot poker — with armor piercing incendiary rounds, also available on the open market.
On the second point, the truly catastrophic terrorist attacks in the U.S. that are part of our powerful collective memory took place in New York and Washington. Most Americans don’t live in New York or Washington and comfortably assume that if there are any further such attacks they certainly won’t take place in Anytown, USA, their hometown. But just one exception to that assumption — Searsport — and that assumption and that comfort are gone forever.
No terrorists involved when the refinery in Galveston Texas exploded On March 23, 2005, killing 15 workers and injuring more than 170 others. This was just one of a number of deadly petrol/chemical fires in Texas, the largest being the 1947 Texas City disaster when the Grandcamp exploded. The Texas Department of Public Safety
counted 405 identified and 63 unidentified dead. Another 100 persons
were classified as “believed missing” because no trace
of their remains was ever found. Estimates of the injured are
even less precise but appear to have been on the order of 3,500
persons. Although not all casualties were residents of Texas City,
the total was equivalent to a staggering 25 percent of the towns
estimated population of 16,000. Aggregate property loss amounted
to almost $100 million, or more than $700 million in todays monetary
value. Even so, this figure may be to low, because this estimate
does not include 1.5 million barrels of petroleum products consumed
in flames, valued at approximately $500 million in 1947 terms.
Refinery infrastructure and pipelines, including about fifty oil
storage tanks, incurred extensive damage or total destruction.
The devastated Monsanto plant alone represented about $ 20 million
of the total. Even though the port’s break-bulk cargo-handling
operations never resumed, Monsanto was rebuilt in little more
than a year, and the petrochemical industry recovered quickly.
One-third of the town’s 1,519 houses were condemned, leaving 2,000
persons homeless and exacerbating an already-serious postwar housing
shortage. Over the next six months, displaced victims returned
as houses were repaired or replaced, and most of those who suffered
severe trauma appear to have recovered relatively quickly. What
could never be made good was the grief and bleak future confronting
more than 800 grieving widows, children, and dependent parents.
Wow, I was expecting another attack on the SFD somewhere in that reply. Glad to see we’ve let that horse die peacefully. And while we’re on the subject of terrorism and terrorists here Pete, I think that we can list off 4 terrorists right quick (by Merriam-Webster definition), that call good old Searsport home.
By the way, I’ve yet to see a .50cal sniper rifle that can go through 1″ steel. Must be one tough Marine throwing it…
Catholic Inconsistency – this is very simple. ObamaCare is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. End of argument.
The courts generally do not agree with you. The Supreme Court has yet to weigh in on the matter. So the argument is not at an end.
Its time will come. The case by the states and the NFIB will be the final arbiter.
The NFIB?????? Since when did the NFIB supplant the Supreme Court? Any way the NFIB sides with big business in case you hadn’t noticed
Does the NFIB Really Represent the Interests of Independent Businesses?
By Stacy Mitchell on September 3,2009
Today, in the New York Times small business
blog, Robb Mandelbaum examines the National Federation of
Independent Businesses (NFIB), a group that, as we have
pointed out before, claims to represent independent businesses,
but often lobbies for policies that benefit big business at the expense of
small.
”Mandelbaum writes:………… N.F.I.B. has never made
halting the big box expansion — or curbing the many tax policies that local
activists say give national retailers an unfair advantage over independent
small competitors — one of its battle cries. For instance, the N.F.I.B. has not
taken a position on an Internet sales tax, which would level the playing field
for stores that pay such taxes locally. “We have both types of businesses, and
we’ve gotten a mixed response from our members on the issue,” explained
N.F.I.B. spokeswoman Stephanie Cathcart.Meanwhile, some state N.F.I.B. chapters — which
act individually but consult with the national organization — have actually
lobbied against other small businesses and so-called “combined
reporting” laws. These laws would ban practices that allow
national retailers to shelter much of their local income in out-of-state,
tax-free subsidiaries. “For an independent business with only one outlet
in Maryland or any of the other 20-some states that have this loophole, the
upshot is that you end up shouldering a larger tax burden than your biggest
competitors,” contended Stacy Mitchell, senior researcher for the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.
But taxing “one sector of the economy in
favor of another” is exactly what states without combined
reporting are doing. These states are imposing a higher
tax on the income of independent businesses and families in order to allow big
national chains to escape paying state taxes on billions of dollars in
profit. While the NFIB supports this big business tax loophole, Independent Business Alliances have
been fighting for a level playing field in many of the states that have
this loophole.
CommentsYoursuspicions and opinion on this organization are accurate. I refused to renewquite a few years ago. I raised questions about why they didn’t support small
business issues more aggressively as they had promised. They tried to dance
around my pointed questions on several clear issues to no avail. I refused to
renew and I have not heard from them since. When I ask other members about
their feelings about NFIB I was glad to hear I was not alone in my
disappointment. Yes, I rarely see their logo in our city anymore. Kind of like
the health insurance companies where the individual policyholder subsidize the
employer covered rates. The greed must stop.
You are certainly long winded about something I did not say.
The only reason I mentioned the NFIB is because they are co-plaintiffs with the States and that is the case most likely to go to The Supremes.
Sorry, I got a bit carried away with the quotes. I had never heard of the NFIB and was astounded to learn how often it appeared to work against the interests of small business and for the interests of huge corporations. Isn’t there any organization that truly represents the real small business man/woman; businesses with less than 50 employees. The SBA certainly has been taken over by corporations with 500 employees. Or if you are an agricultural corporation 1000 employees is considered “small”. Note: this is completely off topic.
There are different definitions of “small business” depending on the circumstance. Congress redefines it specific to each new bill they pass. That has been the way it has been for decades.
I am not certain how the NFIB defines it but I have been a member since “hillary-care” drove me there in the 90’s.
really appreciate your sanity and humanity….
The key aspect of the Affordable Care Act, a tax or fine for those who do not purchase insurance, will be upheld by a 5-4 , 6-3, or 7-2 vote. Kennedy will easily find this an appropriate exercise of Congressional power under either its taxing authority or the necessary and proper clause. Alito may well join him in this opinion and, at that point, Roberts may sign on to avoid being grouped with wingnuts like Scalia and Thomas.
The more interesting issue is incidental to the ACA, whether additional requirements can be place upon the States in their administration of the Medicaid program. Even the Fifth Circuit found that a proper exercise of Congress’ spending power. The Supreme Court went out of its way to make this an issue for the appeal. Thus, at least four Justices wish to weigh in on this. Kennedy would be the tie-breaker here and I think he will side with the four moderates/liberals. However, I cannot rule out his going with the hard right Justices on what is ultimately a side issue.
The hard right remembers very little, but the plan that Congress actually passed closely resembles the Republican alternative to what Clinton proposed in 93-94.
Arrogant response. How do you know how the Justices will vote?
I have read each of the decisions that are being appealed; I have read many of Justice Kennedy’s opinions; and I understand how foolish the prime argument against the Affordable Care Act is. When the decision comes down this June or July, be sure to scroll back to re-read this post.
If you feel I am casting pearls before swine (to quote the New Testament), feel free to oink as loudly as you can. It will draw the attention of those more willing to think than simply react.
When did making educated guesses become arrogance?
Just a small google search will uncover some uncomfortable facts about DCP. They recently “settled” with New Mexico regarding their awful record of causing major air pollution in that state and their A.G.’s office has spent time and money to prosecute them. A 61 million in settlement, 59 of which is scheduled to be used to clean up their physical plant so it shouldn’t pollute more. But it seems to me that if they leave their physical plant in New Mexico and re-settle here, there will be no “need” to clean their equipment in N.M. because they can just shut down, pay the small 1 million dollar fine and come here and cause excessive pollution here. Corporations only care about their bottom line, they will leave god forsaken tanks in N.M.to slowly rust away in the desert and build a monster one on our coastline for a smaller price. Really tired of the “jobs” blackmail. Those who are for the tank have swallowed the propaganda whole and have done so very little individual research. DCP’s slick propaganda machine has spent the past year or two smoozing up water and fire departments with grandiose promises, so even if actual cash hasn’t passed palms, you can be sure some vigorish is here involved.
I love how some of the commentors get wound up on the smallest issues……
You know who you are….LOL
If you are talking about the refusal of the Catholics bishops to provide full insurance coverage it is not a small issue to women.
The American Bishops are indulging themselves in what Fred Clark of the “Slacktivist” call burkha-logic which goes like this: Muslim men are required to fulfill the duties of a religious life. The sight of any woman will distract a man from from his religious duties. This compromises his religious freedom: therefore all women even non Muslim women have to wear a burkha so they will not prevent men from living a fully religious life by performing their religious duties.
To quote Clark, “At is core, burkha-logic say that my freedom and your freedom are incompatible and that therefore your freedom must be constrained so that my freedom can be enjoyed” If a Muslim group tried to force a burkha law on all women in the US we would dismiss it as illegal and unConstitutional. Why are we putting up with Catholic bishops doing exactly the same thing?
The last published nuclear target list published by the US Government, has Searsport listed as a major target. It ranks up there with Portland, Bangor and Bath as a primary nuclear target…just thought folks would like to know.
Why would any one want to nuke these places…..Really//…..
They are ports of entry into the US for industrial production, that is why.
Industrial wind turbines cannot not provide clean energy
Posted by Maine Hiker on February 7, 2012 at 4:30am
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The
“Clean Energy” bill will not be on the November ballot in Maine in 2012
because the required number of signatures could not be mustered. I
believe this happened because most Mainer’s have come to realize that
this would not have been a “clean energy” bill at all. Maybe it should
have been called the “Wind Industry Initiative” referendum. However that
may be, it is clear that the “clean energy bill” is a misleading
misnomer.
Industrial wind turbines cannot not provide clean energy by virtue of their pollution. CO2 is being sequestered all the time. It happens wherever water, CO2 and sunshine work together
in vegetation through a process called photosynthesis. This process
produces the Oxygen we and all other animals need to breathe and live.
An industrial wind turbine cannot do this. When wind industry front
agents say this they say they mean that wind turbines do not produce CO2
and the energy they produce offsets the CO2 that would be produced by
fossil fueled electricity generation. They CAN NOT sequester 1 molecule
of CO2 and produce Oxygen as could as the acres of trees clear cut to
make space for an industrial wind turbine. (Much more to that story.)
Industrial wind turbines DO NOT provide Clean energy.
They provide a trickle of unsteady vascillating current on expensive
power lines which charge their toll in electrons every foot their way
out of the state of Maine. The workings of a turbine is a matter of
using the wind to move propeller like blades which turns the shaft of a
generator to produce electricity. The only problem is that this process
is grossly inefficient. So, engineers worked to develop more efficient
generators. This meant reducing the friction in the system and using
very powerful magnets to set up a magnetic field in the stator (stabile,
nonrotating) field through which the rotor (rotating coil of wire)
could move cutting the lines of magnetic force of the stator to create
current.
Researchers discovered that they could make alloys of metals that had incredible magnetic properties. A Permanent magnet stator made using alloys containing the rare Earth called Neodymium
provided about highly effective generators. These magnets are so strong
that discs of the alloys brought together to repel each other required
much force and when mounted on a rotor in a generator provided a nearly
frictionless system for turning a rotor in a stator. But, how do we come
by the much prized rare earth element?
This material is not actually rare. It was only called that because
of the historical circumstances that occurred as it was discovered and
located in the periodic table. In fact, China is currently the largest
supplier of the material and almost all countries are exploring its
mining. The problem is that strip mining for this ore is difficult and
the pits it is mined from become contaminated with highly toxic
materials. Strip mining this needed special ore that leaves a lake of
poisonous chemicals, requires the use of large amounts of diesel fuel which, as it is burned, releases large quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Now the needed ores must be processed and refined to be used in the
manufacture of an industrial wind turbine. These processes all require
burning fossil fuels and burning large amounts of fossil fuels are
burned all through the manufacture of these machines. This releases more
CO2 into the atmosphere. Once manufactured, the turbines must be loaded
onto ocean vessels and be transported by ocean to wherever they are
intended to be installed. These vessels are powered by many tons of
fossil fuels and release megatons of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Once they arrive at their destination, the turbines must be offloaded to heavy duty vehicles
which must transport them to their installation site. More diesel fuels
pump more CO2 into the atmosphere. These vehicles require very special
roads for the delivery operation. The roads must be wide enough to make
the turns. The roads must be deeply packed and packed hard. They won’t
just ride along on a logging road. Diesel powered equipment must be used
to prepare the installment roads and final site and that means creating
wide hard-packed barriers to small wildlife, compartmentalizing off
species which need to meet. This is just one of the Hellacious assaults on wildlife habitats performed by industrial wind turbines.
Next they must be installed. This is no little feat. The columns to
hold the turbine can be 400 to 500 feet tall or more. The casing and the
turbine is many tons and each fiberglass blade on the windmill may
weigh over 7 tons. And the machines huff out even more CO2. So much
fossil fuel must be burned in this process that, before they ever start
turning, each industrial wind turbine is responsible for releasing
megatons of CO2 into the atmosphere. Once tested and fully installed the
turbine needs close maintenance including lubrication with lots and
lots of, you know what, oil! And if they don’t have the required
lubrication they can, will, and have burst into flame and throw burning
materials out into the forests around. Fire fighters are powerless to
put them out and must tend to fires that reach the ground. Of course
this if difficult if they are sited on remote forested mountaintops and
ridges in the wilderness of Maine. Just what is a remote fire warden in
Eustis to do?
Industrial wind turbines provide anything but clean energy and the
only renewable part of Industrial wind turbine electricity is the
expensive tax and electricity rates needed to artificially prop-up
(subsidize) the wind-power industry.
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I guess, but there are a whole lot bigger places to worry about than the stix of Maine..
Why are there only two letters to the editor in the ‘big’ week-end edition, BDN? Doesnt’ make sense. More letters, please!
I believe we have a prophet here:
“Responsible men can become more deeply convinced of the truth of the
doctrine laid down by the Church on this issue [of artificial
contraception] if they reflect on the consequences of methods and plans
for artificial birth control. Let them first consider how easily this course of action could open wide the way for marital infidelity and a general lowering of moral standards.
Not much experience is needed to be fully aware of human weakness and
to understand that human beings—and especially the young, who are so
exposed to temptation—need incentives to keep the moral law, and it is
an evil thing to make it easy for them to break that law. Another effect
that gives cause for alarm is that a man who grows accustomed
to the use of contraceptive methods may forget the reverence due to a
woman, and, disregarding her physical and emotional equilibrium, reduce
her to being a mere instrument for the satisfaction of his own desires, no longer considering her as his partner whom he should surround with care and affection.”
“Finally, careful consideration should be given to the danger
of this power passing into the hands of those public authorities who
care little for the precepts of the moral law. Who will blame a
government which in its attempt to resolve the problems affecting an
entire country resorts to the same measures as are regarded as lawful by
married people in the solution of a particular family difficulty? Who
will prevent public authorities from favoring those contraceptive
methods which they consider more effective? Should they regard this as
necessary, they may even impose their use on everyone. It could well
happen, therefore, that when people, either individually or in family or
social life, experience the inherent difficulties of the divine law and
are determined to avoid them, they may give into the hands of public
authorities the power to intervene in the most personal and intimate
responsibility of husband and wife.”
– Pope Paul VI, Humanae vitae, 1968
Some prophet. His first thought is that women using contraceptives will cause men to commit adultery. What a powerful mind. What a deep thinker. What a farce. That mind set is no better than that of the conservative Muslim that makes women cover up with burkha so men won’t be entices into sin. Woman as evil. Now there’s a really original thought. Pfft.
I don’t know what the word is for the opposite of a misogynist, but whatever it is, it fits you like a glove. I hope you realize that every adulterous man is complemented by an adulterous woman, and it’s obvious in the above quote by Pope Paul that “marital infidelity” did not refer to men only.
You disdain his prophecy, even though it is spot-on, including his reference to immoral governments. You would disdain what any pope says, anyway, because you do not understand the Catholic Church. The teachings of the Catholic Church are the only moral compass left in this world which has gone gaga over anything-goes sex.
You are obviously very wrapped up in that mindset, and the Catholic Church is a great threat to you. That’s why you oppose it so much. I would urge you to let go and let God. There is no greater freedom than to be at peace with the teachings of the Catholic Church. Those teachings have been passed down from the God-man Jesus Christ and his apostles, and have been upheld by all of the Popes who succeeded them. We ignore Catholic teaching at the peril of unfathomable eternal punishment of our souls.
Jesus Christ is very merciful, but only to those who seek him and sincerely repent of their sins. He is also a just God, and justice requires punishment for sin for which someone has no repentance. Remember that God created hell because of only one sin. Humanity has had to suffer for all its existence because of only one sin of disobedience. It behooves us greatly to listen to what God has to say to us. He promises a fantastic eternity to those who repent of their sins and obey his commandments, and I can tell you that as someone who accepts his commandments, I do not find them to be burdensome in the least.
Everything you need to know about how to be saved is in the teachings of the Catholic Church. Other Christian churches may have part of the information, because they are in essence offshoots of Catholicism, but they are all johnny-come-lately’s who were founded by mere men or women, and not by God himself, as Catholicism was. Jesus Christ established a direct line from us to him when he left us the Catholic Church as the earthly guide to salvation. It’s up to us to use our free will in order to take it or leave it.
The opposite of misogyny is philogyny.
Your last paragraph is exceedingly pompous and selfish – not 2 adjectives I’d associate with Jesus Christ. Life is not about how to get saved – it’s about living like Jesus. He said – “heal the sick” “do as I do,” he never said, ” praise me.” Jesus was an honorable Jew boy. He was not here to start a new religion, the Catholic Church, in adoration of himself.
I thought the question of contraception was settled in the 60’s. But like the current rage for zombies and vampires it seems it hasn’t died yet.
It did except for a few old men with a penchant for wearing dresses and fondling little boys.