It was bound to happen — mysterious maladies blamed on exposure to last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Continue reading New 'disease': Gulf Spill Syndrome
Day: April 21, 2011
Obama postures about $4-gallon gas at a $35,800 per plate fundraiser
At a $35,800-per-plate Democratic fundraiser last night in California, President Obama slammed “climate change deniers” and postured about the high price of gas:
“Right now we’ve got $4-a-gallon gas, and most of the people under this tent don’t have to worry about that. But for the average person who has to drive 50 miles to work and can’t afford to buy the [$100,000] Tesla, it’s hammering them. It’s hurting them,” Obama said, according to a White House transcript that notes the Tesla comment drew laughter.
Obama also said,
“But I don’t think there’s any doubt that unless we are able to move forward in a serious way on clean energy that we’re putting our children and our grandchildren at risk.”
If he was really worried about “children and grandchildren,” then he be more concerned about the “average people” who are raising those kids.
Anti-pesticide activists exploit poor kids
By Steve Milloy
While it’s not surprising that children from the inner city and Latino farmworker communities might perform slightly less well than average American children on development tests, anti-pesticide activists can make it news if they can link that performance to pesticides. And so they have tried. Continue reading Anti-pesticide activists exploit poor kids