Unfortunately, many of the ‘smart’ people who believe in evolution and global warming also believe that the “happy motoring utopia” (to quote JH Kunstler) we live in can keep going, with an alternative fuel or some new technology. Never mind the fact that there is nothing on the horizon that can replace oil.

The nation’s new top prosecutor, Attorney General Eric Holder, has a history of preferring that deviant corporations be held to no more than a “voluntary cooperation” system in which they privately investigate themselves. Under the “Holder Memo,” written in 1999 when he was deputy AG in the Clinton administration, bad-boy executives and their corporations who turn over evidence to the government qualify for lenient sentences and fines; sometimes they simply walk. The consequences of their crimes often amount to only the cost of doing business.

But the administration’s dull claws shouldn’t surprise us: Obama was Wall Street’s preferred candidate in terms of campaign contributions. And his SEC team includes Wall Street insiders who appear to have no interest in making sure their former co-workers are regulated or, worse, prosecuted for their role in the financial mess.

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2009-10-29/news/president-obama-fails-to-go-after-those-responsible-for-the-financial-meltdown/1

“Your tax dollars at work!” Bailout that is… This completes a picture of where the money is going.

“LONDON (Reuters) – Leading banks have funded arms manufacturers, whose products include cluster bombs, to the tune of $5 billion in the past two years, despite an international accord to ban such weapons, a study said Thursday.

The report by Profundo consultancy and several NGOs said the banks loaned money to companies whose products include cluster bombs or their components.

It did not say the funds went directly to make cluster bombs. The manufacturers could use the money for any of their production lines.

The top five loan providers were Bank of America, Citigroup , JP Morgan, Barclays and Goldman Sachs, the study said.”

Rat-a-gain knows for whom Geithner works. The reason Geithner is still in the position is that the US Treasury is a proxy for the IMF operating arm of the BIS: Giethner is doing a wonderful job for the big boys.

How many trips to Basel does Geithner take each year?

I’m not a climate change skeptic; I’m a man-made climate change skeptic, that is to say, I’m skeptical that industrial CO2 emissions play a significant part in the processes of climate change.

My natural skepticism is emboldened by people who refuse all skepticism in climate science particularly because all ‘scientific method’ *is* the process of continual skepticism.

Since we’re all prone to wrap ourselves in our causes – skeptics and accepters alike – let’s save ourselves from ourselves and stay focused on refining the actual science.

The Skeptics Handbook
http://joannenova.com.au/globalwarming/the_skeptics_handbook_2-3_mq.pdf

Video 1: In Geithner We Trust?: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31510813/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_meeting#33586135

Video 2: Are Banks Risking Too Little?: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31510813/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_meeting#33586135

Ratigan asks: “Why does Geithner still have a job?”