Cuccinelli's Miracle

[The Night Owl]

An excellent article:

Cuccinelli's Miracle
Commentary by F.T. Rea

Published: July 12, 2010

Last week in a Richmond Times-Dispatch story Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli was quoted as saying, "The two most important forces for keeping the Earth clean in the history of the world are free markets and free people, combined."

Seeing as Cuccinelli is knee-deep in a couple of legal battles he initiated, challenging the science that finds the Earth's measurable rapid climate change to be somewhat man-made, that statement revealed a lot. More about that later.

Meanwhile, Cuccinell’s unusual probe into a former University of Virginia professor’s research notes and emails lost some steam recently, as a pair of investigations have exonerated scientists accused of fudging the facts about climate change.

A Penn State University review of the methods of scientist Michael Mann, who is best known for his "hockey-stick" graph -- depicting the recent rise in the Earth's temperature -- found that his critics had no basis to dismiss his findings as bogus science, driven by ideology.

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Full article: http://www2.richmond.com/content/2010/jul/12/cuccinellis-miracle

[dgibby]

1. If there was ever anybody certifiable,

it's the Cuch,imo. Just when I though I was going to get away from the madhouse that is SC politics, I am now faced with more lunacy when I move back to my home state of Va.

I can't catch a break when it comes to politicians!

[hatrack]

2. Seriously, he makes Gov. Macaca seem a model of probity and taste . . .

Good God almighty, how in the world could anyone possibly vote for someone like him or McDonnell?

Sheesh.

[Leontius]

3. Two reasons lousy dem candidate and dumb voters.