Snowmageddon, Global Warming, Reuters

WASHINGTON – Life in the nation's capital ground to a halt Friday as steady snow fell, the beginning of a storm that forecasters said could be the biggest in modern history.

{Laughing} Hey folks,

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Thats right folks, That was the headline Friday Night. According to the AP - Mid-Atlantic shuts down ahead of huge snow warning By NAFEESA SYEED, Associated Press Writer Nafeesa Syeed, Associated Press Writer

A record 2 1/2 feet or more was predicted for Washington, where snow was falling heavily by evening, with big amounts expected elsewhere throughout the Mid-Atlantic. Authorities already were blaming the storm for hundreds of accidents and the deaths of father-son Samaritans in Virginia.

The region's second snowstorm in less than two months could be "extremely dangerous," the National Weather Service said. Heavy, wet snow and strong winds threatened to knock out power, clog roads and paralyze the region's transportation and retail.

Airlines canceled flights, schools closed and the federal government sent workers home, where they could be stuck for several days in a region ill-equipped to deal with so much snow. Some area hospitals asked people with four-wheel-drive vehicles to volunteer to pick up doctors and nurses to take them to work.

The National Zoo closed at noon and the Smithsonian museums were to close Saturday, as they did during a major storm in December. U.S. Park Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser said the Lincoln Memorial and other monuments in Washington would remain open as long as conditions allowed.

At Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, most flights had been canceled by early Friday afternoon. In the virtually empty Southwest terminal, someone announced Flight 677 to Denver — "our last flight till Sunday morning to the West Coast."

Thank God For Global Warming. {Smile} So was it the biggest Snow fall in history? Not quite yet. Right now nearly 2 feet of snow Saturday in one of the worst blizzards in the city's history. The nearly 18 inches recorded at Reagan National Airport was the fourth-highest storm total for the city. At nearby Dulles International Airport, the record was shattered with 32 inches.

I bring this up because we are going to spend a lot of time on GWBS today. I was going to talk a bit about it on Tuesday, during the From the Energy Front Segment, and how it relates to Cap and Tax, but I was not here. So, I put it on my desk for Wednesday. Then Wednesday came and more stuff starting coming in about Global Warming, Made-made Climate Change, whatever. Thursday? Friday? The stack just keeps getting bigger. So today, we are going to spend a lot of time on this. It really has just become silly. It really is just silly to attempt to have an intellectual debate about GWBS. The IPCC has become a real life Saturday Night Live Skit. More on all this in a few minutes. Coming right up today?

GWBS Just Silly
Global Warming: The Other Side
The Lib Agenda Carries On In The Face Of Reality
Depression and The Internet
Tea Party Members, Real Americans
IWA For Sunday 020710


All that coming right up. However, I do have to ask the question. What happened to Reuters? I'm actually being serious here. I use to love Reuters. I never would have thought that they could be bought out, or strong armed by this or any other Administration. Yet, TWICE in three days I find that they first print a really good story, then they change it or retract it. Why? The only reason I can see is that they were critical of Obama and this Administration.

Remember OPNTalk - Three Times, Same Article, Different Perception That was all about the Economy. BG sent it in to me via the Emails and said this.

BG - Paragraph 1: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy grew at a faster-than-expected 5.7 percent pace in the fourth quarter, the quickest in more than six years, as businesses made less-aggressive cuts to inventories and stepped up spending.

Paragraph 11: For the whole of 2009, the economy contracted 2.4 percent, the biggest decline since 1946, the first year after the end of World War II.

Unbelievable, how the sycophants lie for their messiah.

Turns out it was the first of three different versions that Reuters kept reposting to make it sound better than it was. Well folks, they have gone and did it again. This time it was this. Reuters - Advisory: Backdoor taxes to hit middle class. Problem is, if you go there, it's NOT there. That's right. It has been removed with this message left in it's place. "The story Backdoor taxes to hit middle class has been withdrawn. A replacement story will run later in the week"

What was so offensive with this? Was it this?

The Obama administration's plan to cut more than $1 trillion from the deficit over the next decade relies heavily on so-called backdoor tax increases that will result in a bigger tax bill for middle-class families. In the 2010 budget tabled by President Barack Obama on Monday, the White House wants to let billions of dollars in tax breaks expire by the end of the year -- effectively a tax hike by stealth. While the administration is focusing its proposal on eliminating tax breaks for individuals who earn $250,000 a year or more, middle-class families will face a slew of these backdoor increases.

They are just telling the truth here. Maybe it was just the Headline that upset them? Either way, they caved twice in three days. It really is sad. They have lost a lot of my respect. I'll keep checking them out. Hell I check out the NYTs from time to time, but I no longer trust that they will report on something that may shine the light on the Obama Administration. Someone there seems to be owned by the White House now. They seem to have completely sold out. It's a shame.

Going to fill my cup. Go get yours. I'll be right back to dive into GWBS in depth, in just a second.
Peter

Sources:
AP - Mid-Atlantic shuts down ahead of huge snow warning
AP - 'Snowmageddon' blankets Mid-Atlantic in white