As IF Times

link Ted Turners Craziest Scheme Yet: Cap and Trade…With Children | NewsBusters.org.

And here many thought ole Ted was a crazy man.  He may be old, but his mind is still rapier sharp.  Daring to push the boundaries of political correctness, he is the first to publicly express an obvious solution to global warming, excessive debt, excessive demand, spiralling health care and education costs as well as overcrowding with only one simple measure.

Cap and trade kids!  Pure genius.  This may be the smartest thing he’s thought of since offing Jane Fonda.  It’s the most brilliant idea for income and resource redistribution since Obama got elected.  People who are economically disadvantaged trade off their potential kids as credits.  They can use these credits to improve their lives.  Think of the money saved on feeding, caring, health bills, babysitters not to mention higher education.  The rich on the other hand can afford to have dozens of kids.  These fortunate kids will have access to all the resources and amenities that their wealthy parents can give them.

Less financially advantaged people will find it less onerous to own homes, since they won’t have as many people to house.  Heck, that old double wide is going to feel rather palatial!  While less visionary people in Cancun scoff at his ideas, sometimes the best solutions are the ones no one wants to embrace.  Look at China.  Within a generation or two of enforcing the one child society, they are an economic powerhouse! 

The logical next step is to solve the global food crisis.  Hint: they don’t call them wiener dogs for nothing….

link AFP: Battle lines drawn for Cancun climate conference.

I think they mean the line to the bar.  Once again, the global warming braintrust is convening in a nice sunny clime to listen to themselves talk about the weather.  It’s as if they were a pack of baying coyotes, you only wish you could throw a shoe and yell at them to shut up.  I wonder why they didn’t gather in Copenhagen again, or in London.  Oh, that’s right, all the snow makes standing outside with global warming signs uncomfortable.  Far more convenient to don the speedos and sip margaritas decrying the decadence of the west from a more civilized place. “This is much better than Kyoto.  You couldn’t get a decent drink there.”

I’m sure there’s an activities list handed out to the official attendees.  A typical day may look like this:

9:00 am:  breakfast at the pool cabana

10:30 am:   speech by Chick Gore  –  Topic- Urgency of Calamity,  Imminent Extinction; Only 6 to 8 months left for world. 

11:30 am:  speech by Al Little – Topic- Action Plan, How to raise taxes for the next 10 years to pay for initiatives

12:30 pm:  working  lunch at the conference hall- Topic- Disappearance of animal species due to Global Warming.  Accompanying lunch will be seared rare Ahi Tuna from the Gulf Coast with a selection of rare French wines.

1:45 pm:  Pre-protest primer in the main lobby.  Instruction on chanting and fist shaking.  Final spell check on protest signs.  Fake beards handed out.

2:00 pm:  Official protest rally of the day; gather at gates of the golf course, sunscreen will be provided.

2:10 pm:  Camera crew leaves, protest over for the day. 

2:30 pm:  Free Afternoon.  Buses to Aztec ruins tour available in main lobby.

6:00 pm:  Dinner at Senor Frogs