By Judi McLeod
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Democrat heavy Barbara Boxer has a 'thing' for Canadian climatologist Dr. Timothy Ball. Make that Senator "Tim" Ball. That's the diminutive Boxer uses when she writes to the former professor care of Canada Free Press (CFP)
Just days ago, the California senator who shills best for Al Gore, sent an email to Ball through CFP entreating him to sign an online thank you card for the multi-millionaire environmental guru whose Tennessee mansion is best described as, "lights always on, but nobody home."
When given the heads up about Barbie's latest note, Ball did what many of her constituents must do: emit a belly laugh at the audacity of the California senator, who now runs the Environment and Public Works Committee from a one-sided perspective.
Some people want to kill the 70-something Canadian professor, for daring to suggest that there is no such thing as man-made global warming, and that algor is full of it.
But the Boxer-led "We senators" just want Ball to "do something we Senators do--co-sponsor a bill."
"To be exact, I am asking you to be a citizen co-sponsor of the strongest global warming bill in the Senate--the Sanders/Boxer bill, S. 309, which has twelve Senate sponsors so far," Boxer wrote Ball.
"By signing on as a citizen co-sponsor, you will help me show my colleagues in Congress--and all Americans--the kind of support that exists for ground-breaking legislation that will really fight global warming. Can I count on your support, right now?"
"Not too likely, Ms. Boxer. I'm too busy trying to have global warming debated by science not politics," says Barb's guy "Tim."
With the Al Gore committee love-in earmarked for March 21st, Boxer doesn't have too much time to add other signatories to the 12 out of 100 senators.
But never mind, the Committee Boxer chairs will continue to hold hearings on legislative approaches to combat global warming.
Boxer and Company definitely has the skinny on global warming.
"An increase in temperature of just 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit from today's levels could eventually mean widespread flooding of coastal areas in our country, Europe, Asia and all over the globe. It also will mean more frequent extreme weather conditions like hurricanes, heat waves and droughts, evidence of which we're already starting to see.What's more, global warming left unchecked could become a major cause of unrest and war, with hungry refugees adding to the nightmarish scenarios that come with water shortages, floods, food insecurity, and increased disease."
Friends of Barbara Boxer, who say the time to act is now, speak in bumpersticker language when it comes to Al Gore..."As Al Gore has pointed out, global warming may be an inconvenient truth, but nonetheless it is the truth.
Take that British filmmakers of "The Great Global Warming Swindle".(Boxer never got to see the documentary before it was Google-swiped).
The Sanders/Boxer, 44,000-citizen co-sponsored S.309 calls for a reduction in U.S. emissions to meet a worldwide greenhouse gas stabilization goal of 450 parts per million.
It allows for a "cap and trade" program; reduces greenhouse gas emissions from cars by 30% by 2016; creates a research and development program on global warming and requires utilities to generate or purchase an increasing amount of renewable energy.
One week before Earth Day, which falls on April 22 this year, Boxer will announce the total number of citizen co-sponsors she has collected.
With the unbridled passion of a Hollywood drama queen, Ms. Boxer posits, "by becoming a citizen co-sponsor you will be the wind at my back and give me the momentum I need to get more Senate sponsors for S.309. And that will keep this whole issue moving forward."
Canada Free Press founding editor Most recent by Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years experience in the print media. Her work has appeared on Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com, Glenn Beck. Judi can be reached at: judi@canadafreepress.com
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