Catastrophic global warming, Anthropogenic global warming - the latest victims are our flowers. This article is unbelievable. Now we are to accept genetically modified flowers because global warming is killing their fragrance:
Flowers losing scent due to climate change
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: A rose may stop smelling like a rose.
This is the concern of environmentalists as flowers are losing their scent due to climate change and air pollution. And their fragrance may be lost forever.
Science and Technology Professor Emeritus at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Dr Abdul Latif Mohamad, said genetically modified flowers might be the way out.
Climate change is also the reason Kuala Lumpur City Hall is increasingly turning to shady trees, because flowers which previously formed the centrepiece of its beautification programme have been wilting fast.
Datuk Bandar Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail said City Hall used to spend RM1.5 million ($635,100) a month to plant and maintain flowers in the city, but the contractor's services were terminated in March last year.
City Hall has taken over the planting, opting for bou-gainvillea and the tropical shrubs, Ixora, for their durability and cheaper cost.
Under the previous arrangement, some of the small flowers cost RM3.50 per seedling.
"It was getting too costly to beautify the city. Flowers were dying fast," he said, adding that City Hall would continue to plant shady trees more suited for soaking up the increasing pollution and coping with global warming.
Latif said UKM might have offered plausible reasons as to why some pollinators were not spreading flower seeds, a pattern caused by the missing "scent trail" with scent tissues burning easily due to global warming.
"The aroma producing chemical compounds in flowers dry up faster now compared with before."
The only way out, he said, was to genetically modify the flowers so that the effects would not be permanent and the future generation would not be robbed of nature's beauty.
"The act is almost like producing essential oils. Scientists add on certain chemicals for stronger scent."
He said scents in flowers last longer in colder climate as plants can hold on to their essential oils longer.
"The flowers may still have strong scents in colder climate. But locally, we fear this might be lost forever."
With flowers emitting lesser scent, the insects and butterflies are travelling further and longer to get a share of nectar.
Latif said birds and insects were heading towards hilly areas and deeper into the jungles where the weather is cooler.
He related an incident in Sungai Siput, Perak, where the farmers failed to get fruits from their orchards.
Upon investigation, Latif's team discovered that the flowers were no longer pollinating after dust from a hill blast blocked the growth of stigmas.
He said Malaysians could no longer rely on nature to heal itself without the help of science.
He said Malaysia needed to follow in the footsteps of Japan, Europe, the United States, China and South Korea which have invested millions in the research of genetically modified seeds.
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) director-general Datuk Dr Abdul Latif Mahmod said recently the extreme weather change might affect the life span of trees as a result of lighter or heavier rain.
"We should look at how trees can be mutated so that they will not be destroyed."
He said experts, including from FRIM, should look at ways to prolong the lifespan of certain plants.
Meanwhile, Natural Resources and Environment Deputy Minister Tan Sri Joseph Kurup said given the extreme climate changes, every country should work together and not in isolation.
He said the decline in global biodiversity and ecosystem services urgently called for proactive measures.
"Both policy-makers and researchers need to work hand in hand to strengthen forest genetics, breeding and conservation."
Monday, March 22, 2010
Smell the Roses - NOT!
Please Call NM AG Gary King
Contact New Mexico Attorney General Gary King and urge him to join other states poised to protect their state's sovereignty and citizens' rights.
575-827-6000
http://www.nmag.gov/Default.aspx
Here is what other states' attorneys are doing. We deserve no less.
Janet
Health Care: Cue Up the Legal Fights
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/03/22/health-care-with-legislative-battle-ending-will-legal-challenges-follow/
Florida says several states to file healthcare lawsuit
Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:01am EDT
MIAMI, March 22 (Reuters) - Florida's attorney general will file a lawsuit with nine other state attorneys general opposing the healthcare legislation passed by Congress, a spokeswoman said on Monday.
"The health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last night clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state's sovereignty," Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, a Republican, said in a prepared statement announcing a news conference.
"On behalf of the State of Florida and of the Attorneys General from South Carolina, Nebraska, Texas, Utah, Pennsylvania, Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota and Alabama if the President signs this bill into law, we will file a lawsuit to protect the rights and the interests of American citizens." (Reporting by Michael Connor, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2215987420100322
UPDATE 1-Virginia to sue U.S. over healthcare reform
Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:22am EDT
* Virginia to file lawsuit after Obama signs bill into law
* AG: Congress lacks power to force insurance purchases
NEW YORK, March 22 (Reuters) - Virginia's attorney general said he plans to sue the federal government over the healthcare reform legislation, saying Congress lacks authority to force people to buy health insurance.
Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli, a Republican, said on Monday that Congress lacks authority under its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce to force people to buy insurance. He said the bill also conflicts with a state law that says Virginians cannot be required to buy insurance.
"If a person decides not to buy health insurance, that person by definition is not engaging in commerce," Cuccinelli said in recorded comments. "If you are not engaging in commerce, how can the federal government regulate you?"
Cuccinelli said he plans to file his lawsuit in federal court in Richmond, Virginia, after President Barack Obama signs the bill into law, which he is expected to do.
The bill requires most Americans to have health coverage, and provides subsidies to help lower-income workers afford it. [ID:nLDE62L01U]
No Republican voted for the bill, which passed the House on Sunday night by a 219-212 vote. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel; editing by John Wallace)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2219276420100322
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Aunt B, Our "Poet Lariat" Has Passed
Betty Ayleene Stoots, 77 --- Otero County Pioneer Family
Betty Ayleene Stoots, a lifelong Otero County resident, passed away Thursday, March 18, 2010 at her home.
She was born April 27, 1932 in High Rolls, NM. She married Junior Lee Stoots on July 4, 1964 in Carrizozo, NM. She has served her community in many ways.
Betty was the past President of the Otero County Cow Belles, People for the West and People for Otero County. She was also the Legislative Secretary for the Republican Women of Otero County and passionately involved in Constitutional rights issues.
Betty Stoots is survived by her husband, Junior Lee Stoots of the family home; son Jim Trice and his wife Sherri of Islamorada, FL; sister, Martha Jean Coody and husband, Jim of Barry, TX; two sister-in-laws, Joyce Talent and Wanda Newman; three grandchildren, Lee Trice, Dustin Trice and Danielle Trice; one cousin, Carol Wood; nephews Jesse Coody and David Coody; niece Kathy Lindsey; three great nieces, Sue Gregory, Paige Coody, and Stephanie Lindsey and two great nephews, Jace and Doss Coody. She had numerous friends, to include; G.B. Oliver III, Mike Haymes, Jimmy Goss, Ellis Neel and Leroy Lewis and Sisters in Christ, Estelle Moser, Yvonne Oliver, Sassy Tingling, Jean Vallance and Frances Goss.
Honorary Pallbearers will be John Oliver, Carl Vallance, Melvin Lester, Mike Shinabery, Bobby Jones and Jim Coody.
Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at the Alamogordo Funeral Home Chapel with Ronny Rardin officiating. There will be a reception held at the Saving Grace Church, 49 K.C. Road immediately after the memorial.
Her youngest son, Dan Alan Trice and her parents Wilson and Susie Mae Bennett preceded her in death.
Should friend’s desire donate a contribution in lieu of flowers, Betty wished for contributions be to made to the Paragon Foundation or the Alamogordo Home Care/Hospice in her name. Donations may be sent to the Alamogordo Funeral Home, 2301 First Street, Alamogordo, NM 88310.
The Stoots family has entrusted their loved one to the care of Alamogordo Funeral Home to direct the funeral services. To sign the online register book, please visit www.alamogordofuneralhome.org.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Green Global Dictatorship: Regional Governance, UN Agenda 21, Sustainable Development, and the Wildlands Project Dr. Eric T. Karlstrom, Professor of
Here's how it works. Dr. Karlstrom has done an excellent job explaining how the UNITED NATIONS & NGOs work together to incrementally diminish U.S. sovereignty and have us all living under U.N. global dominance. Title click to read entire article on WATER WATCH ALLIANCE.
From Dr. Karlstrom's excellent article:
In “The Greening of America Part 1- How Did It Happen?” (http://discerningtoday.org/greening_of_america1.htm), Dr. Michael Coffman (Ph.D. forester), notes that the “Greening of America” with its attendant conversion to Regional Governance, U.N. Agenda 21 (Agenda for the 21st Century), and Sustainable Development, began with the creation of the United Nations in 1945. In 1946, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) was formed as the primary scientific adviser to the UN on environmental issues. It was founded by Julien Huxley, who was also a founder of UNESCO- United Nations Education, Scientfic and Cultural Organization. Members of the IUCN today include over 880 governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) in 133 countries. In the U.S., IUCN members include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service. Other IUCN members are the U.N. Environmental Program (UNEP), the UN Development Program (UNDP), UNESCO, as well as a host of NGOs, including the Sierra Club, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Two other major international environmental organizations were later created to also serve as advisers to the UN: the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) and the World Resources Institute (WRI). Figure 1 (below) illustrates how federal agencies today cooperate with environmental groups to implement strategies devised by the United Nations in concert with the IUCN, WWF, and WRI. Coffman notes that almost every strategy implemented during the past 30 years (1978 to 2008) has originated with this “unholy alliance.”
NEXT ENERGY NEWS: 200 BILLION BARREL OIL FIELD IN NORTH DAKOTA
Title click to read article on NEXT ENERGY NEWS website:
From the article:
"America is sitting on top of a super massive 200 billion barrel Oil Field that could potentially make America Energy Independent and until now has largely gone unnoticed. Thanks to new technology the Bakken Formation in North Dakota could boost America’s Oil reserves by an incredible 10 times, giving western economies the trump card against OPEC’s short squeeze on oil supply and making Iranian and Venezuelan threats of disrupted supply irrelevant."
CFP: Albert Gore and the Global Warming Ponzi Scheme
Title click to read article on Canadian Free Press website.
From the article:
"Al Gore is by far the most visible beneficiary of the global warming ponzi scheme. As a climate-change fear-monger, Gore has banked millions in book sales, speaking fees and DVD royalties. His pseudoscience flick, “An Inconvenient Truth,” won an Academy Award for best documentary, not to mention 21 other film awards. He was also the co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his “efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.” Note that word, “efforts”. It seems that liberals can get awards for simply trying, not achieving."
THE GLOBAL WARMING HOAX: Media Ignore Al Gore’s Financial Ties to Global Warming
Title click to read article on GLOBAL WARMING HOAX blog.
From the article:
"Former Vice President Al Gore has built a Green money-making machine capable of eventually generating billions of dollars for investors, including himself, but he set it up so that the average Joe can’t afford to play on Gore’s terms. And the US portion is headed up by a former Gore staffer and fund raiser who previously ran afoul of both the FEC and the DOJ, before Janet Reno jumped in and shut down an investigation during the Clinton years."
AND....AL GORE TOLD US THE WORLD'S GLACIERS WERE MELTING. NOT SO!
Our glaciers are growing, not melting – More falsehoods from Al Gore
http://www.smallgovtimes.com/2010/03/our-glaciers-are-growing-not-melting-more-falsehoods-from-al-gore/
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
SUPPORT THE PROPOSED ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING ORDINANCE
Title click to read original rough draft of ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING PROPOSED OTERO COUNTY ORDINANCE.
Link to google document containing information on the global warming scam.
http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddwqvm8g_461cg875rgz
Anthropogenic global warming has been exposed as a fraud. Don't mince words on this international scam. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has admitted it skewed the data. Scientists who once advocated for global warming have flipped and admitted the whole scam was for political power and huge payouts. The fraud and lie of global warming is being taught in our schools. Heavy-handed environmental regulations, conceived by the IPCC and adopted by its demented cousin, the EPA, have impacted Otero County...negatively! Get behind this proposed ordinance and show the Otero County Commissioners the Citizens of Otero County want the Anthropogenic Global Warming ordinance passed!
THE GREAT GLOBAL WARMING SWINDLE: produced in the United Kingdom, proponents of global warming attempted to prevent the release of this documentary.
Link: http://www.greatglobalwarmingswindle.com/index.html
The Great Global Warming Swindle website has graphs, scientific data and information revealing why global warming is a fraud. A must read for those seeking more information on this global hoax.
More links:
Dr. Robert C. Balling appears in the DVD 'GLOBAL WARMING or GLOBAL GOVERNANCE'
http://www.public.asu.edu/~balling/index.html
Prof. Tim Ball University of Winnipeg
http://www.archive.org/details/ProfessorTimBall-ClimateChangingYourMindAndGlobalWarmingYourSoul
Letter to Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, from top Canadian Scientists
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/harper_conservatives/pdf/lettertoharper2.pdf
Prof. John Christy IPCC
http://www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk/stranger-than-fiction/global-warming.html
Statement on Global Change
(Presented to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology)
Richard S. Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
October 8, 1991
http://eaps.mit.edu/faculty/lindzen/Testimony/House1991.pdf
Monday, March 8, 2010
Not a Sheepdog
Never owned a gun, only shot one once, Never felt a need for one, left over hippie. Thank you OBAMA This weekend I am proud to say, I am going to concealed weapons class on Sat and Sun. Husband (name deleted) will go next month, ((so we don't have to leave our daughter (name deleted) with anyone)) we were going together. Then we will be getting a gun. Are my friends proud of me!!!!! Love (name deleted)
Yes, indeed, we are proud.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
WOLF LOVERS SPOUTING WOLF-SCAT IN COLORADO
Shelter for school children built at school bus stop on rural road in Cantron County.
Shelter was built after wolves were observed stalking children walking on rural roads.
Title click to read article in the DENVER POST.
Some quotes from the article:
"Wolf advocates say wolves will improve the state's ecological balance and even its economy: Visitors flock to Yellowstone National Park to try to spot the animals."
"That fear of wolves is most apparent in one southern New Mexico county where local officials have built cages at bus stops for children to wait in if wolves are spotted in the area.
But Wendy Keefover-Ring with WildEarth Guardian said those type of reactions are an example of over-the-top, anti-wolf factions trying to make wolves look bad."
"WildEarth is urging Coloradans to "celebrate their (the wolves') return to their ancestral homeland."
"Let's bring out the welcome mat," reads a form letter the group is urging wolf advocates to send to Gov. Bill Ritter."
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