Reid His Lips: No Global Depression

You gotta LOVE them Democrats!  Al Gore, for example, not only invented the internet but also concocted the fraud popularly known as "Global Warming".  Of course, he has slightly forgotten the facts and chosen to conveniently appeal to voter's emotions http://markostake.blogspot.com/2010/08/very-inconvenient-truth.html.  Sorry, Al, but your nose is growing!

Now Harry Reid, soon-to-be outgoing Senator of Nevada is taking credit for single-handedly preventing a Global Depression.  Ridiculous?  Here is Mr. Reid telling us that:  http://www.breitbart.tv/reid-but-for-me-wed-be-in-world-wide-depression/.

Mr. Gore and Mr. Reid brilliantly never allow the facts to get in the way.  Mr. Reid's constituents, however, may politely disagree.  New data on Las Vegas' economy would tend to cast a wee bit of doubt on his preposterous assertion.

Joblessness in Las Vegas reached a record 15%  in September, even as unemployment in Nevada stayed unchanged in the month, according to new numbers from the state Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation.

Despite worsening local conditions, the state's jobless rate failed to rise for the first time since January. Unemployment in the Silver State stayed unchanged in September at 14.4% . On top of being the first stabilized state number in 2010, it's only the second time the jobless rate remained steady since the recession's beginning in December 2007.

Las Vegas also happens to be the home of the one of the absolutely worst real estate markets in the nation.  Enquiring minds, especially the sagacious readers of "Marko's Take", wonder how Mr. Reid could possibly have had any positive effect on the entire planet, when the rather small town of Las Vegas could be suffering so.  Would someone out there in reality-land please send him this blog?

Last I checked, unemployment in Las Vegas and in the entire country for that matter, was well in excess of 20%, especially when the phony stats are adjusted for incidental factors such as folks that have given up looking for a job, because it's practically impossible.  All you have to do is subscribe to the wonderful publication known as "ShadowShats" (http://shadowstats.com/) to understand the ongoing fraud known as government economic statistics.  Talk about an oxymoron!

Or, if Mr. Reid would consult one of the Democratic Party's best known benefactors, Mr. Warren Buffett, he might come up with a different conclusion  http://markostake.blogspot.com/2010/09/open-letter-to-warren-buffett.html.  Ironically, I have yet to hear back from Warren on this open letter.  Could he be in Margaritaville with his nephew, Jimmy?

Mr. Reid, as the Soup Nazi would say "NO SOUP FOR YOU!"

Marko's Take

A Very Inconvenient Truth

Al Gore sure did lay out a compelling case.  Glaciers are receeding, ocean levels are rising and rainforests are disappearing.  All those SUV's we selfish Americans drive, putting tons of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide into our, oh so fragile, atmosphere.  We've put holes in the ozone layer and now we're all at risk for skin cancer.  So, the solution is to shut down the economy and go back to an agrarian life.  Oh wait, we can't do that, either.  Livestock flatulence is also a huge danger.  My, oh my.

Mr. Gore obviously lost a step since his invention of the internet.  We can only expect so much from this humble Tennessee man, whose bid for the Presidency was stolen by George Bush.  Never mind that all those disenfranchised Florida voters couldn't tell the difference between GORE and NADER.  And only Republicans cheat at elections and voter registration.  Just ask Acorn.  But I digress.

The fact is that the global average temperature (GAT) has risen for the last 140 years.  From 1920 to 1940, average global temperature increased by about 0.4 degrees.  From 1940 to 1980, it declined.  From 1980 to 2000, it advanced by approximately 0.6 degrees.  Are you seeing the problem here?  GAT rose before there was a huge industrial base and autos.  Then it declined as the country went to war and became heavily industrialized and during the period in which the automobile became a consumer staple.  Then it rose again, but only AFTER 1980. 

Still not convinced?  How about the Martian Polar Ice Caps.  Both Earth's and Mars' ice caps are shrinking!  I don't know about you, but I have yet to drive an SUV on Mars.  Didn't see any sheep up there, either.

This suggests that the warming is not only natural but astronomical in nature.  All it takes is for our solar system to enter a place in the Galaxy when there exists less space dust to reflect the heat and sunlight back.  We had an ice age once, remember?  Our planet does NOT have constant temperatures.  Temperature change is not only natural, but part of the cycle of life.

So, why the hysteria?  Hmmm, could it have something to do with money?  Nah.  Not our angelic environmenal friends, who certainly do NOT have an agenda.  And, of course, the press has no agenda.  Shoving idiotic legislation like cap and trade down our throats is a boon to all of our trading partners.  So, as you can see, the "global warming" lemmings might just have some conflicts of interest here.

Even if global warming were completely scientifically supportable and could be shown to result from fossil fuels and pollution, has anyone asked why a warmer planet is bad?  For every loser, there is a winner.  If your climate is cold, a few degrees warmer would be welcome.  Some plants and crops will do better.  Some won't.  Some animals will fare better, some won't.  Some industries will benefit, some won't.  Some real estate will benefit.  Some won't.

The only beneficiaries of global warming are the hysterical doom-sayers who have aligned themselves with this preposterous cause.  The rest of us are expected to give up our SUVs and lose our jobs.  Sounds like a terrific deal to me.  All this makes me hot under the collar.

Marko's Take