The “extremists” among you openly call for the death of 1 to 6.4 billion human beings. The “moderates” among you openly call for the forced reduction in carbon dioxide emissions of 90 percent within a few decades, which would serve to reduce energy use almost to the same extent. Such a severe reduction in energy use follows from the fact that there are no presently existing large-scale viable alternatives to fossil fuels other than atomic power, which is regarded by most members of your movement as a death ray and is opposed more vehemently than fossil fuels.

From 1983

McCain says that Bernanke hasn’t lower rates fast enough, as quoted by Bloomberg. The story adds that McCain “supports mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system,...”

A friend of mine--very smart friend--bought all four Garrett novels and he has been reading them one at a time. i was very interested in his reaction to Harangue, a book that astounded me also:

Americans have given up celebrating George Washington’s birthday in exchange for a 3-day weekend. The price includes overlooking the wisdom he has to offer us. That is particularly unfortunate at a time of intense political partisanship, illustrated by the Presidential campaigns, because he had plenty to say about such factionalism. The danger of factions to American liberty was a major part of his 1796 Farewell Address.