In what is a perennial MSM complaint story this time of year, the AP reports: "Mary Power is 92 and worried about surviving another frigid New England winter because deep cuts in federal home heating assistance benefits mean she probably can't afford enough heating oil to stay warm. But wait a minute?  Shouldn't "global warming" be mitigating such suffering.  Aren't we expecting increasingly mild winters?  How could we be getting a story of "another frigid winter" in 2011 when Al Gore has been telling us literally for 30 years to fear global warming? Shouldn't this report read "one of the last frigid New England winters expected according to the UN IPCC". The AP report goes on to say: "Thousands of poor people across the Northeast are bracing for a difficult winter with substantially less home heating aid coming from the federal government." But wait a minute? Shouldn't rising costs for fuel oil be entirely expected given the Obama administration's energy policies...(Read Full Post)