THE PRESIDENT'S HOME STATE - AT 7:41 A.M. ET: 

CHAMPAIGN - Last month was Illinois’ coldest July since 1924.

Preliminary data gathered by researchers at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign shows the average temperature last month was 70.4 degrees. That’s 5.3 degrees below normal.

Climatologist Jim Angel says the previous record, set 85 years ago, was 71.5 degrees.

COMMENT:  Liberals in Congress are basing their cap 'n' trade legislation entirely on theories of global warming, theories that are rapidly coming apart.  Is anyone watching, examining, or is the ideology so powerful that no further consideration of the facts is necessary?

August 5, 2009