The Weekly Enlightenment

Another slow week, and to be honest I have been a little detached since the Thanksgiving break. No worries it will be better next week.

MUST READ
* Henry Waxman saying that government will need to help shape US media. This should worry everyone out there. The talk right now is just about bailing out newspapers, but when have you known government to stop at anything, especially the federal government? I know Waxman knows about the new media emerging on the internet, and people like him just simply don't like it.
* Howard Dean declares the debate between capitalism and socialism is over. Seems to be a common theme among Democrats calling the debate over.
* The science of climate change is not settled.
* Every Minnesotan should be outraged by this. Deciding who should be teachers, not on how well they teach, but how well they adopt leftist principles.
* Peer-reviewed studies. Some are saying that if their is fraud in the climate change research, peer-reviewed research will expose it. Except that, in this case, from the leaked emails, it was clear the peer-review process had been manipulated by them.

What Health Care Problem?
* Notice a couple things with this article. First, the article talks about the Senate approving "free" mammograms for women. Does that mean that it now doesn't cost anything? Of course not. Insurance companies will have to raise rates on other procedures. Do it enough, and you will see fewer and fewer insurance companies in business. Second, last week didn't we hear HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius downplay the mammogram at age 50? Now we see the Senate using that as a hammer to try to enforce policy. Imagine what will happen when we are all in the government plan.

Global Warming Hoax
* A defense of the incandescent light bulb, also possibly exposing some myths about claims made regarding the compact fluorescent.
* Remember all the ethanol that Congress mandated on gasoline refiners? Turns out, it won't be used. As the authors point out, if they could get that wrong, how easy would it be for them to get something big wrong on health care? Or any subject? Note the underlying problem here. When not in a free market, special interests win out, not what is in the best interest of the country or the people. Not to worry though. When more cars fail because of this, government will step in to prop up a "failing business model".
* The IPCC head, on one hand saying the leaked emails will do no harm, and on the other saying we need to tax unsustainable lifestyles. A truer tyrant one cannot find. Except perhaps Al Gore.
* Take into account the previous article about the climate debate not being over, and then witness more and more hysteria about how many people will die due to it. According to climate scientists, is there any disaster that cannot be contributed to climate change?

Can't Win a War This Way
* Navy SEALS, putting their lives on the line, being charged for punching a terrorist in the face. We have decided we will NOT pull out all stops when waging this war while the enemy uses our own system against us.

A Bit of Humor
* Wow. Environmentalists pound nails into trees to prevent a little logging (possibly), resulting in all of the trees being cut down for safety concerns.