Dakota Voice Week in Review, Ending Dec. 19, 2009

These are the best of the best, the most popular pieces from Dakota Voice last week.  In case you missed one the first time around, this is your chance.

Base Closure Threat Blackmailing Senator Nelson into Health Care Vote? – According to a Senate aid, the Obama Administration is blackmailing Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) into voting for government health care by threatening to put Offutt Air Force Base–in Nelson’s state of Nebraska–on the next base closure list.

Probe Called for in Sen. Nelson Offutt AFB Blackmail Allegations – In the wake of the firestorm created by the allegation that the White House is blackmailing Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) with the threat of putting Offutt Air Force Base on the base closure list if he doesn’t vote for the health care bill, 20 senators including Senator John Thune (R-SD) are calling for a probe into the matter.

ClimateGate Expanding, Including Russian Data and Another Research Center – A new development in the ClimateGate scandal explodes as Russian meteorologists accuse the Hadley Center in England of cherry-picking temperature readings from Russia, leaving out most of the data and choosing only the hottest reading to make global temperatures appear hotter than they really are.

ClimateGate Sequel: From Russia, With Love – More questions are emerging in the Climategate falsified research scandal, as the Moscow-based Institute of Economic Analysis (IEA) now says that climate warming “scientists” at the Hadley Center for Climate Change may have deliberately falsified Russian climate data. Indeed, some 40 percent of Russia’s territory has been excluded from the UN International Panel on Climate Change global temperature record.

Boy Ordered into Psych Evaluation for Drawing Christ on Cross at Christmas – An 8-year-old boy drew a picture of Jesus Christ on the cross when his teacher asked the class to sketch something that reminded them of Christmas. So the school sent him home and required him to undergo a psychological evaluation. What’s wrong with this picture?

Update on School Boy With Jesus Drawing – There is an update to the story yesterday about the boy who drew a picture of Christ on a cross as a Christmas theme, only to be sent home and told undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Now the school is claiming the boy wasn’t actually suspended and that the drawing in question wasn’t the one the boy drew in school.

Survey of Adult Homeschooled Students: Better in Almost Every Way – A new study from Canada of adults who were homeschooled shows they are excelling more and are happier in their lives than the general population. This is good news for those thinking or performing homeschooling, but bad news for those who are dedicated to preserving the crumbling edifice of public education.

Lord Monckton Exposes Climate Deception – Monckton was in Berlin a week ago for the CFACT-EU Second International Climate Conference. You can watch his informative expose on the anthropogenic global warming hoax in this video.

Battleground Poll: Democrats in Deep, Deep Trouble in 2010 – The latest Battleground Poll reveals the president’s approval rating is below 50%, most people disapprove of his performance, and disapproval of congress is at an all-time high. Meanwhile, the Tea Party movement and other average Americans are energized like never before to get our country back on the right track.

Climate Goons Again Protect Al Gore From Scrutiny – Film maker Phelim McAleer again tries to get a straight answer out of Al Gore at the Copenhagen Climate Hysteria Confab, only to be thwarted by climate goons who keep the dirty unwashed like McAleer away from His Holiness Al Gore. They also ripped the wire out of McAleer’s microphone. Don’t mess with consensus, eh?

Thank you, Faithful Reader, for making these the best of the best.

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