For those we lost, We will not forget 09/11/2001 “If the bank loans you a million dollars, the bank has a problem. If the bank loans you a billion dollars, the US government has a problem.”
— Mark Steyn, September 17, 2008

“Actually, if the bank loans you a billion dollars, the U.S. Taxpayer has a problem.”
— Perri Nelson, September 17, 2008

 

Seattle City Council: "Thanks Al"

Published Wed, Oct 17 2007 8:19 AM
Technorati Tags: Global Warming, Transportation, Annoyances, Politics

Leave it to politicians to turn politicized theory into public policy. In Tuesday's Seattle Times we find this lovely gem…

Builders in Seattle would be required to identify the impact of large projects on climate change if legislation by City Councilmember Peter Steinbrueck wins approval.

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Steinbrueck said if his legislation passes, any proposal to rebuild the Alaskan Way Viaduct would have to identify how many single-occupant vehicle trips would be added. Steinbrueck opposes an elevated replacement.

Now we see the TRUE motive. The Seattle City Council has threatened in the past to do everything they can to obstruct and slow roll the rebuilding of the Alaskan Way Viaduct if they didn't get their tunnel option. Now they're going to use the rather dubious excuse of "global warming" to aid them in that noble cause.

The Alaskan Way Viaduct has been a "public safety emergency" for more than six years now.

"If we're going to make investments in transportation, they should reduce, not increase, the carbon footprint," he said.

This despite the fact that if the entire WORLD were to reduce its "carbon footprint" back to 1990 levels the only global warming benefit we would see would be a slight 0.07 degree centigrade decrease in the amount of global warming that is expected by 2050. That's less than the margin of error in measuring global temperatures.

Only a politician could propose to further set back public safety for something that isn't even measurable with certainty.

Cross posted at NW Bloggers.

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Wednesday Hero - Sgt. Robert M. McDowell

Published Wed, Oct 17 2007 12:23 AM
Sgt. Robert M. McDowell
Sgt. Robert M. McDowell
30 years old from Deer Park, Texas
2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
April 01, 2007

Sgt. Robert M. McDowell was a military police noncommissioned officer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion.

Originally from Deer Park, Texas, he joined the Army in February 1998 and completed training at Fort Benning, Georgia.

In June 1998 he was assigned to Fort Hood where he served until being reassigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment at Katterbach Kaserne in Germany in January 2003. While a member of 1st Infantry Division, he served as an AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter repairman.

McDowell was assigned to Fort Drum in March 2006 after completing military police reclassification training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

He was deployed to Bosnia from February to September 1999.

His awards and decorations include the Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Valorous Unit Award, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO Medal, Combat Action Badge and the Army Aviator Badge.

Sgt. McDowell was killed when and IED struck his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq. He is survived by his wife and son, of Evans Mills, N.Y., and a daughter, Madison McDowell, of New Mexico.

Also killed in the attack were Staff Sgt. David A. Mejias, Staff Sgt. Eric R. Vick and Sgt. William G. Bowling. You can find more information about them at this site.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero. We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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