Thanks to Sister Toldjah for this story:

 Via Noel Sheppard, I just read this very interesting piece about Weather Channel founder John Coleman (who is now the meteorologist for KUSI in San Diego), and his belief that global warming is the “greatest scam in history.” Here’s a preview:

It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a SCAM. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create in allusion of rapid global warming. Other scientists of the same environmental whacko type jumped into the circle to support and broaden the “research” to further enhance the totally slanted, bogus global warming claims. Their friends in government steered huge research grants their way to keep the movement going. Soon they claimed to be a consensus.

It’s a harsh denouncement that just gets worse. 

Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them, then teamed up with movie, media and other liberal, environmentalist journalists to create this wild “scientific” scenario of the civilization threatening environmental consequences from Global Warming unless we adhere to their radical agenda. Now their ridiculous manipulated science has been accepted as fact and become a cornerstone issue for CNN, CBS, NBC, the Democratic Political Party, the Governor of California, school teachers and, in many cases, well informed but very gullible environmental conscientious citizens. Only one reporter at ABC has been allowed to counter the Global Warming frenzy with one 15 minutes documentary segment

Ironically, the same Weather Channel he created 25 years ago is the same one which now actively promotes the theory that global warming is “man-made” so much so to the point that the channel’s global warming guru, Dr. Heidi Cullen, advocated last year that the AMA threaten to withhold their seal of approval from any meteorologists who were/are skeptical of the popular claims made about global warming. I can only imagine the fireworks that would ensue if they tried to take Coleman’s away.

 Newsbusters has more:

I offer up front that because of the mail in vote delays, many of these races are not actually certified, so there is a possibility that some results may shift.

I am not betting on it, but it is possible.

I posted my thoughts on Elections in general yesterday, and I still remain somewhat disgruntled.  I was reminded that moving to an adjacent county would offer me my ballot again, and I admit it is tempting, but I do like the area I live in, so no.  And that county also practices Instant Run Off Voting, which I also oppose, and of the two, mail in ballots is the lesser evil.

This election there were sever contentious matters on our local ballot which bear further reflection, because frankly the results were a bit of a surprise.

One of the bigger surprises was Dan Satterberg who appears to be winning the King County Prosecutor.  Dan was the ’protégé’ of late King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng, and has been serving as interim prosecutor pending this election.  The reason this is a shock?

He is a Republican, and a Republican getting elected in notoriously liberal King County is quite a surprise…well anywhere except the prosecutors office I suppose, in which a Republican has held for the last 60 years.  It is interesting in a county that openly disdains conservatives, a conservative is acceptable for the Prosecutor.

I don’t know if it is significant, but it is interesting.

Considering the fiasco our 2004 Governors election was, it is no shock that one of the measures in King County concerned elections.  Initiative 25 would place a charter amendment on the November 2008 general election ballot that would make the position of county director of elections an elected nonpartisan office.  

The back story here is that of the 39 counties in Washington State, only King County has an appointed elections director, and as Sound Politics has chronicled, former director Dean Logan has a slew of complaints and accusations about his ineptitude, and alleged suborning of fraud. For an eye opener, go to http://soundpolitics.com and search for Dean Logan.  Regardless, this is a good thing and with any luck, soon King County will have an elected representative who is accountable to the people for his actions, not just to the County Executive.