The French Connection

What is the nexus between climate change and terrorism? Bernie Sanders, Barry Soetoro, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and most of the rest of the loopy liberals have either said that global warming (aka, climate change) causes terrorism or that it is a larger threat to our civilization than terrorism. Have I lost my way in the world and ended up in some lunatic asylum ... but for the life of me these statements make absolutely no sense to me. And, for some reason, when they are uttered, nobody follows up with a request for further explanation of what is the connection. I suppose that this is so because there cannot be any further explanation.

Now Barry Soetoro and John Kerry are about to travel to Paris for the Global Climate Conference where over 4,000 wild-eyed environmentalists from around the world will spend their taxpayers' good money on five-star hotels, fine wine and lots of expensive food whilst nodding in belly-rubbing agreement with oodles more of such inane mutterings. Each of these dingbats will try to outdo each other with weirder and stupider consequences caused by minute increased traces of carbon dioxide. That is, of course, assuming that the terrorist threats in Paris have subsided.

Ah, I just had a thought ... perhaps the connection between global warming and terrorism is ... PARIS!

See also: Climate Depot.

Let Them Eat Cake

We are living in a plutocracy of insanely-wealthy bankers and let-them-eat-cake governance … while, at the same time, the rest of us are pinching pennies to try to pay the taxes that support these lavish Washington lifestyles.  The governing class in this country is tone deaf to the need to cut back on their spending.  In fact, many of our brain-dead bureaucrats have said that government spending is not a problem.  It clearly is.

In early February, right before the federal government-spending sequestration took place, Vice President, Joe Biden, traveled to Europe with his wife, Jill, and his security staff for a 4-day trip with a modicum of official business.  There are few knowns about this trip (see: Neon Tommy) and many unknowns. We do know that he and his group went to Berlin, Munich, the German resort, Landstuhl, Paris and London.  We also know that this group stayed overnight in Munich (probably), Landstuhl, Paris and London … and it wasn’t cheap.  In Paris, it cost us taxpaying schlubs $585,000 for their one night stay at a five-star hotel (see: Weekly Standard Story) and, in London, they put us back $459, 387 for equivalent opulence (see: Weekly Standard Story).. Who knows what Munich and Landstuhl cost?  And this was just for lodging.  Add to this, transportation, meals, and, I would wager, lots and lots of other expensive extras.

Perhaps we could ask Good Ol’ Joe for a justifying trip report and a detailed expense account … showing what portion of these cost he was covering?  (HA HA)