Bikini Politics

Truthiness and Climate Change

The lead post on RealClearPolitics right now asks whether the climate change scandal involving leaked emails, and scientists admitting they can't prove climate "change" is man-made is the "tipping point" in the climate change debate.

It seems like there will be no tipping point in this debate. Decades of science haven't changed the hagiography of the first church of Man Is Killing Polar Bears. It's all about "truthiness" rather than truth.

Climate change isn't the only reason to conserve energy--conserving energy saves money, and we can all afford to be more responsible spenders. Green technology pushes science forward, another thing we can't afford not to do. But let's not pretend we're doing it for the polar bears or that the climate of Nova Scotia will soon resemble the climate of Miami. We're doing it for ourselves, and there's nothing wrong with that.

See the whole article at: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/27/cap_and_trade_is_dead__99322.html

Can He Represent You? Take Our Quiz! Find Out Now!

I thought ten-question quizzes purporting to predict the outcome of your life were exclusively the province of flourescent-font-using fashion magazines.  No really though.  Since when did national politics happen in the mode of Cosmo magazine? The RNC's "conservative purity test" seems like nothing more than the Cosmo "Is it really really love, for real?" tests that middle school girls fill out to see whether Brad Pitt really loves them after all.

The Republican party should be about ideas, about a debate and an exchange, not a ten point yes/no litany. We are Republicans, we have great ideas, and as disciples of the free market doctrine we all should understand that an open market of ideas will give us the best results.

Picking candidates takes more than ten questions, and articulating a Republican vision takes more than ten "yes" answers. So let's leave the ten point quizzes to Cosmo magazine, and remember who we are--a national party, with national ideas.