Questions that Should be Addressed by Environmentalists

Kevin Price
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The world is about to meet in Copenhagen about the future of Global Warming. In spite of chilling news of the revelation of thousands of emails that indicate that the alarmists have distorted information about climate change, world leaders seem to be on pace to move on with an aggressive agenda designed to massively expand government control in virtually every industry. The environmental agenda includes heavily taxation and increased regulation of many industries.

With this agenda, it is time to ask some serious questions.

What kind of impact have these policies had on other countries?

Although most European countries have been passionate in its environmental activism, one of the most aggressive has been the country of Spain and the results have been disturbing for any country considering a similar approach.

A study (by Gabriel Calzada Álvarez PhD) about Spain's efforts provides an insightful view of the negative impact the pursuit of green jobs have had on the economies of Europe. The chasing of "green jobs" is nothing new, according to Calzada. He points out that European countries have lived under regulations and subsides for the development of such industries since 1997, and the economic impact has been both impressive and very negative.

According to Calzada, Obama's "model country" of Spain has lost 2.2 jobs for every job created. That translates to 9 jobs lost for every four new jobs provided. Calzada goes on to extrapolate the numbers and points out that, if the US was "fortunate" enough to create 3 to 5 million green jobs, it would do so at the lost of at least 6.6 to 11 million jobs that already existed. For most Americans, this is simply too big of a price to pay.

What is also disturbing is how much these green jobs cost. According to the study, each job cost an incredible $800,000 each. This for jobs that often only pay approximately $15 an hour. In a situation where the US unemployment rate is growing at a rapid pace, this type of cost for employment and the trade off of pre-existing jobs is a difficult sale.

The technology/prosperity question.

The countries with the worse environments, generally speaking are poor and have primitive technology. The countries who have made the biggest strides in the environment are economically rich. When countries are poor they simply have fewer resources to improve the environment or to make better technology.

I remember an encounter I had while conducting seminars on Free Market economics. When I traveled to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, I was in shock at the pollution levels. Poland was particularly bad. I remember escaping to a local park because of the trees there made it easier to breathe. Much of the time my eyes simply watered and I coughed. It was miserable. I had a meeting with an economist in the Polish government and he noticed my distress and he quickly concluded it was due to pollution levels. He said that Poland did not lack regulations and in fact "we have the toughest environmental laws of any country in the world." Sure enough, I did my homework, and that was true at the time. This gentleman became quite philosophical about the problem, stating "the problem was recognized long ago by Aristotle who said 'What is common to the greatest number gets the least amount of care. Men pay most attention to what is their own; they care less for what is common; or at any rate they care for it only to the extent to which each is individually concerned. Even when there is no other cause for inattention, men are more prone to neglect their duty when they think that another is attending to it.'" The economist went on to say that he hoped that the efforts the country was taking towards free markets would lead to more ownership and better care of the environment.

Later, in another meeting he said, "the answer to these environmental problems are found in technology, not regulation." I liked the sound of that, so I asked him to go on, he said"as we recover economically and have more ownership, we will enjoy greater capital formation, which will lead to better and more efficient technology. That, more than anything else will reduce pollution." I casually responded, "I have never seen a poor country that was not polluted" he shrugged his shoulders, lifted his hands in the air and said "neither have I."

The rhetoric coming from Copenhagen seems to be ignoring the scandalous emails that have rocked the environmental movement, the negative impact this agenda has had on jobs, and the linage between prosperity and technology. Watch carefully what comes out of this event.

Politics 101 Workshop

Patriots,

The Cleveland 9/12 Project and the Cleveland Tea Party Patriots are teaming up and hosting Politics 101 Workshops.

• What: Politics 101 Workshop #2
• When: January 10, 2010 3:00 PM
• Where: Pinnacle Condos
• Address: 701 West Lakeside Ave. 3rd floor lobby Cleveland, OH 44113

This is the second of several must attend workshops to provide some ABC's on how politics in Cleveland and environs, Cuyahoga County, and Ohio are organized. The Cleveland 9.12 and The Cleveland Tea Party Patriots are scheduling these to give all of us as voters insights into the process of identifying and selecting candidates, or working on issues. These workshops will also detail the structure of the political partys and exposing how their operations are conducted.

It will also provide those brave members who are considering running for office -- from local City Council to US representative - valuable information on how to proceed.

We will have three experienced resources as our “seminar leaders” political strategists Joe Scarola and Ken Rubinstein, and Cleveland Tea Party Patriots Ralph King.

The first session was a real education for all of us. If you missed it, the first 15 minutes of Workshop #2 will recap. Workshops like these are being held all over Ohio to give us the tools and information we need to make a difference.

Learn more here: http://www.meetup.com/Cleveland-912-Project/calendar/12061962/

If you are interested in attending please RSVP at the Cleveland 9.12 Project or email: clevelandteaparty@gmail.com with Politics 101 RSVP in the reference line. Due to size constraints seating is limited to the first 50 people.

Candlelight Health Care Vigil

From Medina Tea Party Patriots --

The light of freedom shall not be extinguished!

Join the Medina Tea Party Patriots candlelight vigil of “prayer and patriotism.”

• Date: Monday, December 14th
• Time: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m
• Location: Medina City Square
• What to bring: Please bring your flags, signs, candles and flashlights

We will gather by the Gazebo for a short time of prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. We will then walk around the Square.

Purpose: Our goal is to voice our concerns as a community about government-run healthcare and to help others see the dangers of the current Senate healthcare bill. We also will commemorate the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, which took place December 16th.

We hope to see you all there!

Last Call for D.C. Code Red

This is the last call for those wanting a seat on the bus departing Cleveland for the D.C. Code Red Rally on Dec. 15th.

Bus will depart Cleveland for D.C. at 2:00am December 15 and depart D.C. for Cleveland at 5:00pm. If you want to go email: clevelandteaparty@gmail.com with RE: DC Bus Trip Reservation, before 8:00am Monday December 14th. The cost is $50.00

The events are being hosted by several groups, including: Tea Party Patriots, Freedom Works, Patients First - a project of Americans for Prosperity, Let Freedom Ring, National Taxpayers Union and others.

We will be having Government Waiting Rooms in targeted Senate offices and be making Emergency Calls to the all the Senate offices through the day. We will be making Emergency Calls to Ohio Senators Brown and Voinovich. Bring handwritten letters from your family, friends and co-workers and you can deliver them personally.

The objective of the Government Waiting Rooms event is to show the impact of rationing and long waiting lists that will occur if our government takes over our health care. The event will start as a sit-in; however, throughout the day, we will have people dying from causes like not getting preventive treatment (i.e. mammograms until 50) or waiting for cancer treatment.

There will be a rally at 1:00pm and the list of speakers so far includes;

• Senator Tom Colburn, M.D.
• Senator Jim DeMint
• Laura Ingraham
• Rick Scott, Chairman, Conservatives for Patients Right.

We know this is a busy time of year for everyone and an event like this is asking a lot. But at a time like this it is important not to think about how we are inconvenienced but to remember the sacrifices the Founders Fathers of this great country made for our Freedom.

Freedom: The Video

Check out the patriotic pipes on CTPP's very own Glynn Urban in the below video of Freedom.



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Cost is $10 plus $2 for shipping & handling. Make checks or money orders out to Zerin Music. Delivery time is less than 2 weeks.

To help with our fundraising activities a portion of the sale from each CD purchased by our members will be donated to the Cleveland Tea Party Patriots. So be sure to write Cleveland Tea Party in the memo section of your check or money order.

While Freedom is a great gift for yourself, don't forget the upcoming holidays -- a Freedom CD makes a perfect stocking stuffer!

ACORN And OBAMA Cookie Jar - Slap You In The Face WH Cookies

Senator Feinstein -- It's 'Morally Correct' to force Americans to pay for Abortions

Well ain't she just a peach!

Senator Dianne Feinstein, hailing from the state that just exudes high morals -- CA -- feels that it is morally OK for the government to force Americans into paying for abortions, regardless of what your religious or personal beliefs may be....

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D.-Calif.) told CNSNews.com that using tax dollars from pro-life Americans to pay for insurance plans that cover abortion is morally correct.

The health care bill put before the Senate by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) would in fact provide tax dollars to health insurance plans that cover abortion. An amendment to the health care bill sponsored by Sen. Ben Nelson (D.-Neb.) that would have prohibited tax dollars from going to insurance plans that cover abortion was defeated yesterday. (CNSNews)

It sounds like she laying the ground work for one of the new Czars that believe in using the government to install population control measures?

How's this for a comparison.... so muslim prisoners are not offended -- our government feeds them special meals, airlines have been sued because a few muslims were offended, and Hate Crime laws have been passed to keep people from being offended or their views attacked, but our government has no problem enacting laws that force Americans to pay for something they find offensive and against their religious beliefs.

With the pick & choose progressives, your beliefs mean nothing... unless of course they are in line with their doctrine. Using and growing the government to force you into becoming a progressive zombie is just the means to an end for trying to impose their agenda on the American public.

Maybe one of the progressive lefties that read this blog would like to take a stab at explaining the logic behind this hypocrisy!