Former presidential wannabe and now Massachusetts senior senator John Kerry (Democrat, naturally; Republican legislators have little wooden boats and their spouses wear cloth coats) who voted for taxing luxury boats after voting against it for himself  may now have another tax free haven to moor his luxury vessel. The Arctic. Yes, he "predicted there will be "an ice-free Arctic" in "five or 10 years." "The arctic ice is disappearing faster than was predicted," Kerry said. "And instead of waiting until 2030 or whenever it was to have an ice-free Arctic, we're going to have one in five or 10 years."But maybe not. However, the Web site of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says: "Using the observed 2007/2008 summer sea ice extents as a starting point, computer models predict that the Arctic could be nearly sea ice free in summertime within 30 years." In thirty years, when these predictions are forgotten as...(Read Full Post)