Polar Bears Refute Al Gore's Warnings

Polar Bears Refute Al Gore's Warnings
The polar bears that climate change alarmists claim are endangered by global warming are doing just fine, thank you.
Al Gore and other alarmists have warned that higher global temperatures due to greenhouse gases could lead to the melting of the polar ice caps. That would threaten the polar bears' efforts to find food and survive.
But due to colder than usual subarctic weather this year, healthier polar bears are being spotted along the Hudson Bay coast in Canada, according to a release from PR Newswire.
"The late break-up of ice this year on Hudson Bay means the polar bears, which rely on sea ice to live, have been given more time during spring and summer to hunt and eat seals, and this has allowed them to gain important weight to live off of until freeze-up," said Robert Buchanan, president of Polar Bears International.
Daryll Hedman, a regional wildlife manager for Manitoba Conservation in Canada, said polar bears remain on the Hudson Bay ice for as long as possible so they can feed, and this year the ice was so thick that they stayed there for an extra two weeks, resulting in fatter, healthier bears this summer.
On a related front: With many Democrats still clamoring for cap-and-trade legislation to curb carbon emissions in response to global warming fears, the outgoing leader of the environmental group Greenpeace has retracted an assertion about Arctic ice.
In a July 15 release entitled "Urgent Action Needed as Arctic Ice Melts," Greenpeace said there will be an ice-free Arctic by the year 2030 due to global warming.
Under questioning by BBC reporter Stephen Sackur, Gerd Leipold, the retiring Greenpeace leader, stated, "I don't think it will be melting by 2030 . . . That may have been a mistake."


Courtesy of NewsMax.com

Health Care Reform, my point of view

I think the most vital thing that needs to be done with our health care system before we turn over the payment system to the federal gov. is to ask and get answers as to why it is so much more expensive than other countries per person.
I think the top two reasons in my opinion are (and not in any order of importance)a
1. Tort reform, we live in a country that if you don't like the way your dry cleaner pressed your pants you can sue them for $2,000,000.00 if you spill hot coffee on your lap because you are a clutz you can sue the company you bought it from.
Doctors are forced to do tests on patients as defensive medicine and do extra CYA paperwork.
Some changes need to be made here.
2. The consumer is so far removed from the payment process and feels little or no responsibility for containing costs or getting the best value for his dollar. Most health insurance plans today if you did a comparison to the benefits to your auto insurance would be like having auto insurance that covered your tire ware, oil changes and any other mechanical problems that occurred.
I don't think this is realistic but if companies were not involved in providing group policies for their employees and people, individuals/families purchased it on their own and it would have some positive effects on the overall cost of health care.
The free market system works until the government over regulates it and that may be a third issue that should be looked at.
For those who want a universal (federally controlled) health care system, could you point out one well run federal government plan? (other than our military) The federal gov. already has programs which are in the process of leading our great nation into financial ruin now. Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid how in any logical thought process does giving an institution that's proven over and over they can't manage money our entire health care system?

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