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Obama's green jobs promise: 355 jobs and counting

Marita Noon
Townhall - In Thursday night’s Vice Presidential debate, the Administration’s green agenda was, once again, part of the verbal sparring. The exchange ended with Congressman Ryan’s unanswered question: “Where are the 5 million green jobs…?” Moderator Martha Raddatz cut him off mid-question, steering the conversation elsewhere: “I want to move on here to Medicare and entitlements. I think we've gone over this quite enough.” 
Ryan didn’t finish his question. Vice President Biden wasn’t pressed into an uncomfortable answer that would have wiped the smile off his face.
Had Ryan not been interrupted and been allowed to finished the question, he likely would have continued: “…Candidate Obama promised in 2008 when he pledged to jumpstart the economy with an influx of green jobs. Many times, he specifically stated: ‘I will invest $15 billion a year in renewable sources of energy to create 5 million new energy jobs over the next decade—jobs that pay well; jobs that can’t be outsourced; jobs building solar panels and wind turbines and a new electricity grid; jobs building the fuel-efficient cars of tomorrow, not in Japan, not in South Korea but right here in the U.S. of A. Jobs that will help us eliminate the oil we import from the Middle East in 10 years and help save the planet in the bargain. That's how America can lead again.’ Where are those green jobs?” Read more News New Mexico

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The battle for the moral high ground

Commentary by Jim Spence - One of the most fascinating aspects of observing the great variety of political viewpoints in America is watching the intersection between religion and politics.
According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, twenty percent of Americans have no religious affiliation whatsoever. And of that total, nearly two out of three are registered Democrats. The Pew data also indicates the trend towards godlessness within the Democratic Party has been developing for more than ten years. Why?
Jim Spence (left)
One of the most telling aspects of any conversation with religious and non-religious people is to hear their views on the political ideas and character flaws of those they disagree with.
One of the things that is most ironic is the way the progressives have come to worship the power and ultimate moral authority of big government. Similar to the evangelical Christian who will pray for guidance at the first signs of adversity, progressives will almost reflexively look to government in Washington or Santa Fe for the solutions to virtually all perceived problems. “Lord willing” thinking is giving way in the Democratic Party to a “we need a new law,” approach.
One of the most fascinating characterisitcs of most progressives is not only their total disdain for evangelical Christians, but their insistence that their progressive viewpoints are actually morally superior. Their arguments seem to be that their preference for increasing the size and scope of government is more compassionate when compared to the cold heartlessness that comes with calling for personal responsibility.
Curiously, progressives hold midnight vigils and light candles in desperate opposition to a death penalty sentence being carried out on a serial killer, and then carry placards and march in the streets the next day in support of the right of any woman to order a late term abortion on an othewise viable fetus. Some progressives will look you straight in the eye and insist that evangelicals who follow the Gospels are all hypocrites. In doing so they infer that only they (progressives) truly occupy the sacred moral high ground. One night over dinner a few years ago an ardent progressive told us that evangelical Christians were a greater threat to America than al Qaeda. We don't attend church. However, since we also have many seemingly harmless friends who are evangelical Christians, I must admit her statement made it difficult for me to enjoy my dessert.

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Ssshhhh! 1997 through August 2012, shows no discernable rise in global temperatures

Daily Mail - Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly released... and here is the chart to prove it

The figures reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012 there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures. This means that the "pause" in global warming has now lasted for about the same time as the previous period when temperatures rose, 1980 to 1996. The figures, which have triggered debate among climate scientists, reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012, there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures. The new data, compiled from more than 3,000 measuring points on land and sea, was issued quietly on the internet, without any media fanfare, and, until today, it has not been reported.  This stands in sharp contrast to the release of the previous figures six months ago, which went only to the end of 2010 – a very warm year.  Ending the data then means it is possible to show a slight warming trend since 1997, but 2011 and the first eight months of 2012 were much cooler, and thus this trend is erased.
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Holloman F-22 transfer on hold

The U.S. Air Force is delaying the planned transfer of F-22 fighters from a New Mexico base to one in Florida because of a defense spending freeze. 
The stealth fighters now based at Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo were expected to be transferred to Tyndall Air Force Base outside Panama City in the spring. The Alamogordo Daily News reports that Holloman officials said Friday the transfer of two F-16 training squadrons from Luke Air Force Base in Arizona to Holloman is also on hold. 
A stopgap federal defense spending bill now in effect bars aircraft retirements, realignments or transfers. Holloman officials said the transfers are still planned but the Air Force will not be able to act until a final defense spending bill is passed.


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NM Supreme Court wants written arguments in voting lawsuit

Secretary of State
Diana Duran
The state Supreme Court wants more information about a lawsuit seeking to restore a straight party ticket voting option. 

The court ordered the secretary of state to submit a written response to the lawsuit, which was filed Thursday by the state Democratic Party. The justices directed Democrats to submit additional written legal arguments and to outline what effect it would have in the election if the straight ticket option was allowed now that absentee voting has started in the general election. 
The responses are due by Tuesday. The court hasn't decided yet whether to hold a hearing in the case.


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Sunland peanut product recall continues

A New Mexico food company that produced the peanut butter linked to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning has expanded an ongoing recall of its products to include raw and roasted peanuts. 
The federal Food and Drug Administration said Saturday that Sunland Inc. added raw and roasted shelled and in-shell peanuts sold in quantities from two ounces to 50 pounds to its recall.
 FDA inspectors have found salmonella in raw peanuts from the Sunland processing plant. Sunland manufactured the peanut butter sold by Trader Joe's that's been linked to 35 salmonella illnesses across 19 states. 
Sunland has recalled everything made in its contaminated plant since March 2010. 


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Skydiver Sunday jump successful

Felix Baumgartner
Officials say that Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound. 
At a news conference, Brian Utley of the International Federation of Sports Aviation said Baumgartner reached a maximum speed of 833.9 mph during his jump Sunday over the New Mexico desert. 
That amounts to Mach 1.24, which is faster than the speed of sound. No one has ever reached that speed wearing only a high-tech suit. Baumgartner came down safely in the eastern New Mexico desert about nine minutes after jumping from his capsule 128,100 feet, or roughly 24 miles, above Earth.

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