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McCain heads overseas to observe global warming effects

from the Business Journal of Phoenix

Arizona Sen. John McCain will visit Greenland, Turkey, Georgia, Montenegro and Italy as part of a Senate delegation headed overseas during Congress' summer break.

McCain and the other Republican senators want to observe the effects of global warming while in Greenland. They also will attend an A-list economic and political conference at a swanky northern Italian resort.

Why Greenland? Because there was a study by Krabill et al. (2000) which suggested that the Greenland ice sheet was thinning along the edges. It was immediately jumped on by the media as evidence of "global warming". Too bad it has been shown to be seriously flawed.

McCain and U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., favor legislation to cap industrial emissions in an effort to curtail global warming.

So I assume they will be swimming, walking, and maybe biking on this tour, not flying in private jets. And the "swanky northern Italian resort" was built entirely by hand without using any heavy machinery or removing any trees, isn't air conditioned or even electrified, will serve only locally grown organic food that doesn't have to be flown or trucked in, and is easily accessible via public transportation. And the senators are paying for all of this out of their own pockets. And monkeys will.................. never mind.

Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Mel Martinez, R-Fla., Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., Richard Burr, R-N.C., and John Sununu, R-N.H., are slated to go on the congressional trip with McCain. The Greenland to Italy trip will start later this month and run through early September, McCain's office said Wednesday.

McCain has been crisscrossing the U.S. in recent months campaigning for fellow Republicans in key races and will continue those efforts through the November elections.

It's OK to burn lots of fossil fuels when you're trying to get elected to high office. That doesn't really affect the environment because after you're elected you're going to cap industrial emissions and fix everything. It's all those evil power plants and middle class commuters who are destroying the planet.

The Arizonan is expected to run for president again in 2008 and is courting voters and key GOP supporters in battleground states such as Iowa, Florida, Ohio, South Carolina, New Hampshire and California.

I can tell him right now that he's not getting my vote.