SATURDAY,  DECEMBER 19,  2009

HOW WACKED OUT IS THIS? - AT 10:04 P.M. ET:  The Washington Post has one of those stories that could not have been written without the ghostly influence of the 1960s.  Apparently, there is great frustration because the pursuit of real domestic terrorists is interfering with "outreach" operations by the FBI, designed to cuddle up to the Muslim community.  Oh the anguish.  Oh the decisions.  What will happen to the church of multiculturalism?

At a retirement party last week for the head of the FBI's Washington field office, Muslim and Arab leaders presented the guest of honor with a crystal plaque.

It thanked Joseph Persichini Jr. for reaching out to the local Muslim and Arab communities. Yet even as the tribute on Capitol Hill went on, his agents had a different mission. They were flying to Pakistan to interrogate five Washington area Muslim men arrested in a terrorism probe. The outcome of that investigation threatens to undermine the very relationships their boss tried to foster.

No disrespect meant to the reporter, who does a fine job, but is this serious?  Is there any question about which is more important - protecting the American people or playing nice-nice with people who ask to be "understood"?  Apparently there is.

As U.S. officials consider whether to file criminal charges against the men and how aggressively to prosecute any potential case, some Muslim leaders are calling for leniency, saying the tough approach often used by the Bush administration would alienate a community whose relationship with law enforcement is uneasy.

Huh?  The tough approach is directed only at those who seek to harm us.  Innocent Muslims have nothing to worry about, and a prosecution should not interfere with reasonable outreach to them.   Every community must understand that criminal activity must be prosecuted.

But the law enforcement imperative could clash with President Obama's desire to improve relations with Muslims abroad and in the United States. When asked about the arrests in Pakistan, Obama praised "the extraordinary contributions of the Muslim-American community."

Where's the contradiction?  There are criminal elements within most subgroups.  Why is this one special?

Members of the Muslim community came forward with information about the chaps now in Pakistan, and they should be praised.  But cooperation is only one factor:

Current and former law enforcement officials said the families' actions will not affect the FBI's intensifying investigation. "When you come upon information that the law may have been violated, the way you receive that information does not change your obligation to respond to it accordingly," said Michael A. Mason, who preceded Persichini as head of the FBI's D.C. field office.

Well said.

The case is unfolding against a backdrop of increased tension nationally between the FBI and the Muslim community. A coalition of two dozen Muslim groups in March suspended most contacts with the FBI over what it called inappropriate infiltration of mosques.

But the mosques were infiltrated for a reason.  The Muslim community must understand why, and take action against those whose actions are seen as a danger.

Nawar Shora, legal director for the American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee -- who, with a representative from a Muslim group presented the award to Persichini -- said the Arab and Muslim communities will accept any charges against the men arrested in Pakistan as long as they are treated fairly.

Yet he indicated that tensions could flare, depending how the government approaches a case. "If the FBI and the prosecutors say these were five Muslims and they were trying to commit jihad, and they throw out all of these incendiary religious terms, that's different," Shora said.

Oh please.  This country has been, since the 9-11 attacks, remarkably tolerant toward Muslims, and correctly so.  Our response to the Muslim community, in light of the attacks, is a model for other nations.  But I think the leaders do protest too much.  They seem to be asking for a special position, special consideration, and that we don't do. 

I have no doubt that some in the Muslim community have wounded feelings, and we must always be clear in separating the guilty from the innocent.  But more work within their own communities is in order.  Recently, the FBI broke off contact with CAIR, the Council of American-Islamic Relations, out of concern over some of their activities and advocacy.  The FBI was correct.  It's the practices and the advocacy that need to be changed.  The FBI is not a babysitting agency.

December 19, 2009   Permalink

COPENHAGEN AND TEHRAN - MORE TIED TOGETHER THAN YOU THINK - AT 7:31 P.M. ET: 

The weak accord with which the United Nations climate summit closed is a harbinger of world leaders' likely future failure in efforts to impose tougher sanctions against Iran, diplomats said Saturday.

The historic climate talks ended Saturday after a 31-hour negotiating marathon, with delegates accepting a U.S.-brokered compromise that gives billions in climate aid to poor nations but does not require the world's major polluters to make deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions.

Following the end of the summit, diplomats said that China's flexing of its political muscles in its disputes with the United States at the conference should serve as a warning of what will happen when the Obama administration seeks to bring tougher sanctions against Iran for UN Security Council approval.

COMMENT:  I'm afraid it's true.  China bested the U.S. by quite a bit at Copenhagen.  It stood up to a president who's easy to stand up to you, especially if you're a foreign dictatorship.

President Kennedy failed in foreign policy during his first year in office, largely because he projected an image of inexperience and weakness.  Obama is failing the same way.  Kennedy was bright enough, and political enough, to understand what had happened.  He improved in his second year.  While that can be the case with Obama as well, Obama's instincts are far to the left of Kennedy's, and he is backed up by a university/college complex whose proprietors believe that the Vietnam War was the greatest catastrophe in human history, and maybe beyond that, into the Solar System. 

Even Hugo Chavez dumped on Obama during the Copenhagen conference.  As usual, Obama didn't snap back.  That lack of snap will be noticed in Tehran, where they notice everything.

December 19, 2009   Permalink

IT'S IN THE AIR - AT 7:04 P.M. ET:  Reparations for past "grievances," that is.  Now even the Iranians are playing the game.  From the Jerusalem Post:

Teheran will seek reparations from the UN for damage done to Iran's economy during the Allied invasion of the country in 1941, Press TV reported on Saturday.

According to the report, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during a Friday press conference in Copenhagen that he would write a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "asking for Iran to be compensated" for suffering caused to its people during the war and for the usage of its resources by Allied powers.

COMMENT:  Apparently, the president of Iran has no problem with the Nazi side in World War II.  But that follows, doesn't it?

December 19, 2009   Permalink

YOU KNOW, I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED - AT 11:54 A.M. ET:  One by one, news stories document the shady side of the global-warming industry.  Fox News reports:

The top cops in Europe say carbon-trading has fallen prey to an organized crime scheme that has robbed the continent of $7.4 billion -- a massive fraud that lawmakers and energy experts say should send a "red flag" to the U.S., where the House approved cap-and-trade legislation over the summer amid stiff opposition.

That $7.4-billion could have built a lot of schools or bought some needed defense equipment.

In a statement released last week, the Europol police agency said Europe's cap-and-trade system has been the victim of organized crime during the past 18 months, resulting in losses of roughly $7.4 billion. The agency, headquartered in the Netherlands, estimated that in some countries up to 90 percent of the entire market volume was caused by fraudulent activities.

"These criminal activities endanger the credibility of the European Union Emission Trading System and lead to the loss of significant tax revenue for governments," Rob Wainwright, Europol's director, said in a statement.

Launched in 2005, the Emission Trading System seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions -- which many scientists believe contribute to global warming -- by allocating carbon pollution allowances to member states to fulfill its obligations under the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. Companies that emit less than their allowance can sell the difference on the trading market to firms that exceed their established limits.

COMMENT:  Why do I get the feeling that money is behind much of the global-warming business?  A lot of people seem to be getting rich, while we're expected to write the checks.

December 19, 2009    Permalink  

COPENHAGEN FIASCO - AT 11:13 A.M. ET:  Things continue downhill in Copenhagen, which has been hit by a major snowstorm in the midst of the huge climate-change conference.  An "agreement," announced just hours ago, is unraveling.  From The New York Times:

COPENHAGEN — With the swift bang of a gavel on Saturday morning, a prolonged fight between nations small and large over an international pact to limit climate risks that was forged the night before by the United States and four partners came to a somewhat murky end.

To put it mildly.

The chairman of the climate treaty talks declared that the parties would “take note” of the document, named the Copenhagen Accord, leaving open the question of whether this effort to curb greenhouse gases from the world’s major emitters would gain the full support of the 193 countries bound by the original, and largely failed, 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change.

COMMENT:  We just get the feeling that we're back in a 1930s style of diplomacy.  Nothing actually gets done, but everyone works to be sure there's an appearance of progress. 

The failure of the conference is, as we've noted, probably good news.  It gives time for the thoughtful skeptics to build their forces. 

No rational person is opposed to making the air cleaner and developing more modern, cleaner energy sources.  And no rational American is opposed to making us less dependent on foreign oil.  But the behavior of many delegates in Copenhagen, especially from "developing" (read corrupt) countries, makes it obvious that the real agenda wasn't climate change, but extortion - getting advanced countries to fork over hundreds of billions of dollars, without much accountability, on an extended guilt trip.

President Obama's appearance at the conference was a disaster.  Maybe it will be an important event in his political education.  Once again he's learned that his rhetoric, effective in an election campaign, is far less effective when actually governing.  Foreign nations fawned over Obama when he ran, and now they want payback for making him temporary king of the world.  He hasn't got the goods to give, and his own nation, increasingly, is not behind him.

December 19, 2009   Permalink

RIGHT ON SCHEDULE - AT 10:35 A.M. ET:  We don't do predictions here, but we have discussed the probability that Iran, just before President Obama's deadline for progress in nuclear negotiations, would throw us a bone.  That deadline is less than two weeks away.  And sure enough...

Iran is prepared to review the P5+1's fuel exchange proposal, Iranian Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in an interview with the Iranian news agency published Saturday.

During the interview, Mottaki stated that Teheran recently offered to move nuclear fuel to the island of Kish, in the Persian Gulf. The proposal, he said, was a gesture of goodwill which "aimed to open a door for the other side."

In recent weeks, US officials warned that the window of opportunity for talks with Iran was rapidly closing.

And...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday night said that Teheran was prepared to reach a nuclear fuel agreement with the West if the US and Western powers stopped threatening the Islamic republic, the French News Agency reported.

"Everything is possible ... but not in a climate where they threaten us. They have to change their vocabulary, in respect and legality," Ahmadinejad told AFP in an interview on the sidelines of the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen.

"In this case we will say, very good you want to keep your word, in this case we are ready to sit down at the table to reach an agreement," the Iranian premier was quoted as saying.

COMMENT:  This is what is commonly known as a charm offensive.  It actually means nothing.  The Iranians haven't agreed to a thing, and any "agreement" they make with the West would have to be measured against their remarkable technological progress, which would continue.

However, the charm offensive may work.  It worked for the Soviet Union many times.  There are plenty of people who want to avoid any confrontation with Iran, and are perfectly prepared to put the blinders on to do so.  This latest Iranian "gesture" will give ammunition to Russia and China, who oppose severe sanctions on Tehran.  It will help those Europeans who are only interested in contracts with Iran.  And it may well help President Obama appease his left wing by giving him cover to extend negotiations and avoid serious decisions, something at which he is expert.

This reminds us of Churchill's notion that there are people who will feed the alligator in the hope of being eaten last.  I would imagine that these latest Iranian "gestures" will allow the appeasement crowd to open their cupboards and start sending the Twinkies to Tehran. 

December 19, 2009   Permalink

REID NAILS IT - AND NAILS US - AT 10:19 A.M. ET:  Late news on health care:  Harry Reid has apparently rounded up the votes needed to prevent a GOP filibuster and pass health-care "reform" by Christmas.  From The New York Times:

WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats said they neared agreement Saturday on a major overhaul of the nation’s health care system, putting them within reach of approving legislation by Christmas.

As the Senate convened in a driving snowstorm, Democratic lawmakers and senior officials said a breakthrough came when Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, agreed after hours of negotiation Friday to back the legislation, making him the pivotal 60th vote.

Same old story - a Dem moderate caving in.  Nelson will vote for a measure that is demonstrably unpopular in his home state.  But he'll be bringing in some extortion money for his efforts.  Harry Reid will introduce an amendment just for old Ben:

Mr. Reid’s amendment includes major restrictions on abortion that were intended to win support for the bill from Mr. Nelson....

...Mr. Reid’s amendment also includes a substantial increase in federal contributions to Nebraska’s costs of providing Medicaid coverage to the poor.

And that is the way the game is played.

At the same time, we're happy to report that Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, who might have emerged as the sole Republican to vote for the Senate health bill, has announced her opposition:

Republicans remained deeply opposed to the proposal and Senator Olympia J. Snowe, a Maine Republican who had been considered a possible Democratic ally, said she would oppose the measure, saying it was being rushed through.

“It is a take-it-or leave it package,” she said.

COMMENT:  One of the most extensive pieces of legislation in American history, dealing with the life-and-death question of health care, and designed to rearrange a sixth of the nation's economy, will apparently be passed in the Senate without a single Republican vote. 

That does not mean full Congressional passage.  The Senate bill will have to be reconciled with the already-passed House bill.  But the momentum is now with the Democrats. 

Barack Obama will probably have something to sign very soon, despite public opposition, registered in virtually every poll.

December 19,  2009   Permalink

FRIDAY,  DECEMBER 18,  2009

BUT WHO ARE WE TO PASS JUDGMENT? - AT 7:51 P.M. ET:  Came across this unusually outspoken piece from Gulf News, in the heart of Islam:

Cairo: The sexual harassment of women in the streets, schools and work places of the Arab World has been driving them to cover up and confine themselves to their homes.

Examine American media and you'd think only Clarence Thomas is guilty.

The harassment, including groping and verbal abuse, appears to be designed to drive women out of public spaces and seems to happen regardless of what they are wearing.

Amal Madbouli, who wears the conservative face veil or niqab, told The Associated Press that despite her dress, she is harassed and described how a man came after her in the streets of her neighbourhood.

"He hissed at me and kept asking me if I wanted to go with him to a quieter area, and to give him my phone number," said Madbouli, a mother of two. "This is a national security issue. I am a mother, and I want to be reassured when my daughters go out on the streets."

Statistics on harassment in the region have until recently been nonexistent, but a series of studies presented at the conference hinted at the widespread nature of the problem.

As many as 90 per cent of Yemeni women say they have been harassed, while in Egypt, out of a sample of 1,000, 83 per cent reported being verbally or physically abused.

COMMENT:  You will notice the deep interest in this by so-called "feminist" groups of the West.  They abandoned Muslim women years ago, fearful, apparently, that they'd be helping BUSH (!!) or even CHENEY (!!!!!) if they said anything.  Once again we find that many of these "women's" organizations will only fight for women if it doesn't interfere with their leftist, often anti-American agenda.  Muslim women fend for themselves if they're too inconvenient for Western "feminists."

December 18, 2009   Permalink

END OF A BRAND - AT 7:17 P.M. ET:  This is sad, from the Washington Post:

Adjö, Saab.

The iconic Swedish car brand will be closed, General Motors announced Friday, after attempts to sell the troubled unit foundered.

"Like everybody, we would have preferred a different outcome, and we all worked very hard for that different outcome and we've come up short," GM Vice President John Smith said.

With the decision, Saab joins the tally of brands, including Saturn and Pontiac, that General Motors has left at the curb as it seeks to reorganize itself during the recession.

The recession has hurt Saab more than other automakers in its two main markets, Europe and the United States.

COMMENT:  It's easy to blame GM, and I'm sure they deserve their share, but remember that Saab, like Volvo, had to be sold to American car companies because they were in trouble in Sweden.  We were given a bill of goods for years that Sweden was some kind of paradise, where wonderful products were made, everyone was happy, and Tiger Woods could find a wife.  Only the third was true.

Saab never seemed to find an identity in the U.S. Part of the problem may have been styling.  It was hard to look at a Saab and fall in love.  Or even fall in like.

History now.  Along with Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Saturn.

But in an earlier era I saw Studebakers and Packards on the street.  And DeSotos.  And Kaisers.  And Frazers.  And Nashes.  And Edsels.  And even a few DeLoreans. 

In fact, the loss of car brands was much greater many decades ago.  There were even Deusenbergs, which gave us the phrase, "It's a Deusey."

Autos will survive, unless the enviro-nuts slash all the tires.

December 18, 2009   Permalink

AN AGREEMENT IN COPENHAGEN - AT 7:02 P.M. ET:  There has been an agreement in Copenhagen.  But, from what we see, it's an agreement only Hans Christian Andersen could love, and would probably use as the plot of one of his fairy tales.  From The New York Times:

COPENHAGEN — Leaders here concluded a climate change deal on Friday that the Obama administration called “meaningful” but that falls short of even the modest expectations for the summit meeting here.

As Charles Krauthammer said a few minutes ago on Fox, the failure is itself very good news.

Even an Obama administration official conceded, “It is not sufficient to combat the threat of climate change, but it’s an important first step.”

“No country is entirely satisfied with each element,” the administration’s statement said, “but this is a meaningful and historic step forward and a foundation from which to make further progress.”

COMMENT:  When they start using words like "foundation," you know it's a zero.  Would you buy a house that only contained the foundation?

We should be relieved.  Not only is the "science" of climate change in serious doubt from serious people, but the behavior of the delegates at this absurd international gathering should serve as a warning about real motives.  When the delegates cheered Hugo Chavez, and some others, when they said that capitalism had to be destroyed, we saw the real agenda.  This is the old left at work.  This year the front will be climate change, next year it will be something else.  But it's never good for the United States.

Once again President Obama comes home with very little to show for the effort.  Once again he's reminded that governing is quite a bit harder than campaigning.  Do you remember his nutty speech following his election when he said that, as a result of his coming to office, the oceans would "start to recede"?  No they won't.

But the president does deserve praise for refusing to give away the store.  Given his liberal credentials, and the heat put on him by the wine and Brie crowd, he held the line pretty well.

We understand that the president is returning to Washington early to beat the huge snow storm heading for the city.  Maybe it's the Lord's way of telling him where he should be spending more time.

December 18, 2009   Permalink

WHAT IS WITH THESE BOYS? - AT 10:34 A.M. ET:  Is this the gang that still can't shoot straight? 

You'd think, after the number of embarrassing federal appointments, the Obama employment agency would toughen its vetting.  Well, either it can't, it won't, or it really has no problem with some of the borderline flakes who wind up getting tapped.  From Fox News:

President Obama's recent nominee for ambassador to El Salvador was forced to withdraw her nomination to another diplomatic post a decade ago following concerns about ties to Cuba, raising red flags as her name heads to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee once again for approval.

The White House announced the nomination of Mari Carmen Aponte last Wednesday along with a handful of other appointments. The selection has started to draw some attention given that former President Clinton nominated her for ambassador to the Dominican Republic in 1998, only to see the nomination fizzle after the foreign relations panel questioned her over her past relationship with someone who had apparently caught the attention of the FBI.

One former official with knowledge of that nomination said the committee started scrutinizing Aponte after learning that she had attended a party at the Cuban mission to the United Nations in New York City, and that she had a relationship with someone, Roberto Tamayo, who had raised concern at the FBI over "possible ties to the Cuban government" and "repeated trips there."

The former official said the matter "sure as hell" should come up this time around.

"I think it's a mistake to have someone who did not pass muster before to be nominated again," the former official told FoxNews.com. "It shows a disrespect to the process I think. ... Hopefully there'll be somebody on the committee who takes a sober look at the record."

COMMENT:  Are the Obamans looking for trouble?  With all the qualified, Spanish-speaking Americans who could have been appointed, why choose someone with this kind of baggage?  In a way, this is an insult to the Hispanic community. 

But, sadly, it appears that nominees who may have a loyalty issue in their past are no problem at all with the hip "progressives" in Obamaland.  When the president gets back from Copenhagen, having cooled the planet and made the oceans recede with the wave of a Charlton Heston poster, maybe he should look into his own administration's personnel policies.

December 18, 2009   Permalink

THE NUMBERS CONTINUE SOUTH - AT 9:47 A.M. ET:  President Obama's numbers, that is.  From the Washington Post:

As President Obama arrives in Copenhagen hoping to seal an elusive deal on climate change, his approval rating on dealing with global warming has crumbled at home and there is broad opposition to spending taxpayer money to encourage developing nations to curtail their energy use, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Has the White House noticed?  Has someone sent them an e-mail about this?  A note printed on non-acidic paper with "Save the Liberals" printed on the bottom?

Around the 100-day mark of Obama's presidency, 61 percent approved of the way he was dealing with the issue. Approval slumped to 54 percent in June and to 45 percent in the new poll.

The drop in Obama's ratings has been driven by a steep slump among political independents, who went from 62 percent positive in April to 36 percent now.

There is still public support for effective action to protect the environment and reduce emissions, but thatr support drops when some of the details of proposed programs, especially aid to foreign nations, is revealed.

And today's Rasmussen tracker brings no relief to the president who came to office on a wave of quasi-religious fervor.  Only 44% approve of the job Mr. Obama is doing, whereas 54% disapprove. 

The president, as we noted earlier, is in Copenhagen, where he's probably more popular than he is at home.  We wonder whether the thought "one term, then travel" is crossing his mind.

December 18, 2009   Permalink   

AND IN THE GROWN-UP WORLD - AT 9:03 A.M. ET:  From AP:

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's nuclear chief said Friday the country has started making more efficient centrifuge models that it plans to put in use by early 2011 -- a statement that underscores Tehran's defiance and adds to international concerns over its nuclear ambitions.

The official, Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi, said Iranian scientists are still testing the more advanced models before they will become operational at the country's enrichment facilities.

Tehran has been saying since April that it is building more advanced centrifuges capable of enriching uranium with higher efficiency and precision, but Salehi's remarks were the first indication of a timeline when the new models could become operational...

...The new centrifuge models will be able to enrich uranium much faster than the old ones -- which would add to growing concerns in the West because they would allow Tehran to accelerate the pace of its program. That would mean Iran could amass more material in a shorter space of time that could be turned into the fissile core of missiles, should Tehran choose to do so.

COMMENT:  And of course, we really doubt that they choose to do so, don't we?  You may laugh now.

President Obama's deadline for Iran to show some give in its nuke talks expires in two weeks.  There is no sign of any progress, nor is there any sign that Russia or China would go along with the kind of crippling sanctions that might - repeat might - have some effect.

December 18, 2009   Permalink

YEAH, LET'S SEE THE FINE PRINT - AT 8:53 A.M. ET:  President Obama is emerging as the kind of leader who wants a deal, any deal, anything that he can sign - on health care, on disarmament, on warming, on anything.  Now, I suspect, we're seeing that again. 

He's gone to Copenhagen to be with the sky-is-falling crowd.  Last time he went to Copenhagen, it was to secure the Olympics for Chicago, and he came back empty-handed.  Doesn't want that to happen again:

COPENHAGEN (AP) -- A U.S. official says talks between President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao have moved a ''step forward'' toward a possible climate deal.

Both leaders directed their negotiators to work on a possible deal after meeting for nearly an hour Friday at the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen.

The senior Obama administration official spoke on condition of anonymity to more freely characterize the talks.

COMMENT:  I'd look at any deal through a very powerful magnifying glass.  Obama wants to come back to Andrews Air Force Base and do a Neville, waving a signed paper at us.  I really can't believe that the Chinese, after all these years of stiffing us, will agree to anything beyond the cosmetic.

December 18, 2009   Permalink 

BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE, BUT GOOD LIBERALS DON'T HAVE TO ADMIT IT - AT 8:15 A.M.  ET:  It's 11 degrees in White Plains, New York, where this is being written.  But still, you can see the ice caps melting on the Hudson, the river threatening New York City to the south, people checking their air conditioning while hoarding ice cubes, and wearing masks to protect against the CO2 attacks.  It's terrible.

And in Copenhagen, where leftists meet for camaraderie and to remember the good old days in the anti-Vietnam War movement, global warming is even more devastating:

World leaders flying into Copenhagen today to discuss a solution to global warming will first face freezing weather as a blizzard dumped 4 inches of snow on the Danish capital overnight.

“Temperatures will stay low at least the next three days,” Henning Gisseloe, an official at Denmark’s Meteorological Institute, said today by telephone, forecasting more snow in coming days. “There’s a good chance of a white Christmas.”

There will be a march through the city today to protest the term white Christmas.  We must be on guard against racism wherever it strikes.  Also, Irving Berlin, who wrote "White Christmas," also wrote "God Bless America."  Is that fascism or what?

Al Gore was seen playing in the snow.  He and his fellow environmentalists burned off extra calories by using their limos as cover and throwing snowballs at each other.  Mohamed ElBaradei, the newly retired head of the UN's nuclear inspection program, certified that none of the snowballs was nuclear.

So, Merry Christmas, Copenhagen delegates.  Since you applauded Hugo Chavez so vigorously a few day ago, maybe you'll all take your private jets to Caracas to thaw out.

December 18,  2009   Permalink