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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, stunned his colleagues on Thursday by suddenly withdrawing from consideration as Speaker of the House. The ensuing frenzy to find his replacement has brought House Ways and Means Committee Chairman, Paul Ryan, into consideration for the post.

 

While Representative Ryan has said he’s going to take the weekend to decide upon acceptance of the role, should he decide to do so, it would likely be harmful to the party in the long run. Over the past few years, Ryan’s name has arisen for several key positions above his present post, including Vice President of the nation.

 

However, while there are many young Republicans in the House who have the capabilities to replace the outgoing John Boehner, Ryan has proven to have considerable skill in budget management and reformation, which the nation sorely needs at present. And therefore, while there will be many future opportunity’s to advance for one’s with capabilities such as Ryan’s, he’s right where he’s needed most by the U.S. right now and ought to stay there. 

 

On another subject, Tom Bawden @independent.co.uk, writes that Johan Rockström, a well-known and often quoted environmental science professor at Stockholm University: “shocked environmentalists in 2009 when he identified nine categories of Nature that were essential for life as we know it, and warned that we had already crossed into dangerous territory on three of them – including climate change.”

 

And now, only six years later: “according to the scientist behind some of the most alarming predictions ever made for the planet’s future. The world has a better chance of saving itself from catastrophic global warming now than at any time over the past two decades.

 

“We have a paradox unique to our era. On a scientific basis there is more reason to be nervous than ever before. But at the same time there has never before been so much reason for hope,” Professor Rockström told The Independent on Sunday. “The last time I was as optimistic was in 1992, with the Rio conference .... Then we lost 20 years. Now we’re back on a much more hopeful path,” he said.

 

While the “science” is obviously of great interest to some, which is why global-warming’s become a multi-billion dollar business, it’s far more likely that the reason for the professor's “hope,” is that Mother Nature hasn’t warmed the climate above average for the past eighteen years and won't for the next 10, at least.

 

At the same time, Kellan Howell @washingtontimes.com writes about the EPA, explaining that: “The agency spends nearly $75 million each year for criminal enforcement, including money for a small militia of 200 “special agents” charged with fighting environmental crime.” The totals come to $600 million in recent years.

 

The statistics on where and how the money is spent is incredible,. Here’s a link to the article: EPA spends millions on military-style weapons

 

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife and her presidential campaign’s current status.

 

Yesterday, on the Journal Editorial Report @FoxNews.com, James Freeman, assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page, appeared. Offering his opinion on the recent changes in direction shown by Bill’s wife in her speeches.

 

According to Mr. Freeman, it’s quite obvious that she’s moving left in her approach in an attempt to counter avowed socialist Bernie Sanders, while taking steam away from Joe Biden as well, should he decide to run.

 

However, the problem Mr. Freeman senses for Bill’s wife in this maneuver, is that the other two major candidates, Sanders and Biden, are seen as sincere in their beliefs by voters, while Bill’s wife may not be.

 

What’s more, according to Mr. Freeman, that’s what happened last time in 2008. Because Obama came across as so honest to supporters that the specifics of his platform were often overlooked. And thus, the person became more important than the words, a status Bill’s wife can likely never attain.

 

Which leads to the ongoing question:Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you reading this?

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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