Videos: The Truth about TABOR in Colorado

Video:  “TABOR in Colorado: Debunking the Myths“

Video:  “TABOR in Colorado: Setting the Record Straight on Colorado’s TABOR“

Video:  “TABOR in Colorado – Former Colorado Education Commissioner Sets the Record Straight on TABOR“

Video:  “TABOR in Colorado – Editor of the Colorado Gazette Corrects Lies about TABOR“

Video:  “TABOR in Colorado: Correcting the false claims of the opponents of Question 4“

from the Maine Heritage Policy Center

II4Cons: Introduction to Economics

Books:

• Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy, 3rd ed. (at Amazon.com)
• Thomas Sowell, Economic Facts and Fallacies (at Amazon.com)
• Thomas Sowell, Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One (at Amazon.com)
• Thomas Sowell, On Classical Economics (at Amazon.com)
• Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics (at Amazon.com)
• Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, The Commanding Heights:  The Battle for the World Economy (at Amazon.com)
• Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
• Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (at Amazon.com)
• Todd Buchholz, New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought (at Amazon.com)
• Steven Landsburg, Armchair Economist: Economics & Everyday Life (at Amazon.com)
• David Friedman, Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life (at Amazon.com)
• Tim Harford, The Undercover Economist (at Amazon.com)

Online Reference Works:

• Library of Economics and Liberty > Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
• Economist.com > Economics A-Z
• Economicae: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Economics
• About.com > Glossary of Economics Terms / Economics Dictionary
• enotes.com > Oxford Dictionary of Economics

Educational Materials:

• The Economics Network > Online Learning and Teaching Materials
• The Economics Network > Interactive Tutorials
• Economics Interactive Tutorials
• EconLinks.com > Economics Course Tutorials
• Economics Quizzes
• ThinkEconomics
• Economics Basics: Learn Economics with Free Tutorials

Websites:

• Library of Economics and Liberty
• Economist.com
• Economy Professor
• PBS > Commanding Heights
• History of Economic Thought Website
• EconLinks.com

Videos:

• misesmedia’s (Ludwig von Mises Institute) YouTube Channel
• HooverInstitution’s YouTube Channel
• LibertyPen’s YouTube Channel
• Commanding Heights: Episode One
• Commanding Heights: Episode Two
• Commanding Heights: Episode Three

Organizations:

• Foundation for Economic Education
• Ludwig von Mises Institute
• Hoover Institution

Bookmarks:

• “economics” tag on Delicious
• “economics” on Technorati
• “economics” on Digg
• “economics” on Twitter
• Economics Twine
• Finance & Economics Twine
• American Economics & the American Economy Twine

I’m also posting this information on the Information on Issues for Conservatives (II4Cons) wiki.  Please let me know if there are resources I should add by commenting on this post or sending me a message on Twitter.

Truth about “Climate Change” Suppressed in EPA Report

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) has released the report, titled “Proposed NCEE Comments on Draft Technical Support Document for Endangerment Analysis for Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Clean Air Act,” that was suppressed by the Obama Administration’s EPA.  In the report, the author, Alan Carlin, stated that “[d]espite the complexity of the climate system the following conclusions appear to be well supported by the available data”:

• “By far the best single explanation for global temperature fluctuations is variations in the PDO [Pacific Decadal Oscillation]/ENSO [El Niño-Southern Oscillation].”
• “There appears to be a strong association between solar sunspots/irradiance and global temperature fluctuations.”
• “Changes in GHG [greenhouse gas] concentration appear to have so little effect that it is difficult to find any effect in the satellite temperature record, which started in 1978.” (iv)
• “The surface measurements (HADCRUT [Hadley Climate Research Unit Temperature]) are more ambiguous than the satellite measurements in that the increasing temperatures shown since the mid-1970s could either be due to the rapid growth of urbanization and the heat island effect of by the increase in GHG levels.  However, since no such increase is shown in the satellite record it appears more likely that urbanization and the UHI [urban heat island] effect are the most likely cause.”
• “Hence it is not reasonable to conclude that there is any endangerment from changes in GHG levels based on the satellite record, since almost all the fluctuations appear to be due to natural causes and not human-caused pollution as defined by the Clear Air Act.”
• “There is a strong possibility that there are some other natural causes of global temperature fluctuations that we do not yet fully understand and which may account for the 1998 temperature peak which appears on both the satellite and surface temperature records.”

Carlin concludes that “[g]iven the downward trend in temperatures since 1998 (which some think will continue until at least 2030) there is no particular reason to rush into decisions based on a scientific hypothesis that does not appear to explain most of the available data” (v; emphasis added).  This is what we need to tell our U.S. Senators.

Video: “‘Suppressed’ Climate Change Report Author Speaks Out on Fox News“

Video:  “EPA’s Secret Document“

Video: “Rep. Sensenbrenner on suppressed EPA report“

Videos: “Minority Leader John Boehner On The Clean Energy & Climate Change Bill”

Videos:  “Minority Leader John Boehner On The Clean Energy & Climate Change Bill” Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3, Pt. 4, Pt. 5, Pt. 6

Videos: Glenn Beck Reading a Letter from a Woman in Arizona 6-17-09

Video: “Glenn Beck Clips 06-17-09 ‘THE LETTER’ A Grandma Writes Beck About Being Fed Up PART 1“

Video: “Glenn Beck Clips 06-17-09 PART 2 ‘THE LETTER’ A Grandma Writes Beck About Being Fed Up“

text of the letter

Videos: “Rush Limbaugh: Obama is Destroying the Economy”

Videos of Rush’s monologue from June 8, 2009, on how Obama is destroying the economy:

• “Part 1 Rush Limbaugh: Obama is Destroying the Economy“
• “Part 2 Rush Limbaugh: Obama is Destroying the Economy“
• “Part 3 Rush Limbaugh: Obama is Destroying the Economy“
• “Part 4 Rush Limbaugh: Obama is Destroying the Economy“
• “Part 5 Rush Limbaugh: Obama is Destroying the Economy“
• “Part 6 Rush Limbaugh: Obama is Destroying the Economy“
• “Part 7 Rush Limbaugh: Obama is Destroying the Economy“
• “Part 8 Rush Limbaugh: Obama is Destroying the Economy“
• “Part 9 Rush Limbaugh: Obama is Destroying the Economy“
• “Part 10 Rush Limbaugh: Obama is Destroying the Economy“

EIBNetRocks’ YouTube Channel

Rightwing Reactions to Obama’s Cairo Speech

Here are some reactions to Obama’s Cairo speech by “right-of-center” commentators:

• Video:  “Krauthammer on Obama’s Cairo speech“
• Video: “David Frum: Obama’s Egypt Speech ‘Worse Than My Worst Fears’“
• Video: “FOX News: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Reaction to Barack Obama Cairo, Egypt Speech“
• Video:  “Hugh Hewitt Interviews Mark Steyn on Obama’s Cairo Speech“
• Video: “Dennis Prager analyzes Obama’s Cairo Speech (1/6)“
• Video: “Dennis Prager analyzes Obama’s Cairo Speech (2/6)“
• Video: “Dennis Prager analyzes Obama’s Cairo Speech (3/6)“
• Video: “Dennis Prager analyzes Obama’s Cairo Speech (4/6)“
• Video: “Dennis Prager analyzes Obama’s Cairo Speech (5/6)“
• Video: “Dennis Prager analyzes Obama’s Cairo Speech (6/6)“
• Blog Post: “Rainbows and unicorns and a world without the j-word“
• Blog Post: “Notes on Obama’s Message to the Muslims“
• Blog Post: “Barack Obama’s Massive Middle East Mea Culpa“
• Blog Post: “Obama’s World Apology Tour: Today’s Stop — Cairo, Egypt!“
• Article: “‘The Muslim World’: One-way multiculturalism“
• Article: “The Annotated Obama Cairo Speech“
• Article: “The Speech President Obama Won’t Give in Egypt“

Videos: Thomas Sowell – Housing Boom and Bust

These segments appeared on Glenn Beck’s TV show Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week:

• Thomas Sowell – Housing Boom and Bust Part 1
• Thomas Sowell – Housing Boom and Bust Part 2
• Thomas Sowell – Housing Boom and Bust Part 3

Videos: Rush Limbaugh on Hannity

This week Sean Hannity interviewed Rush Limbaugh on his (Sean’s) TV show:

• “‘Hannity’ Exclusive” (“Part 1: Rush Limbaugh on being the liberals’ ‘demon’ and Obama’s worldview “)
• “Rush Limbaugh” (“Part 2: Conservative king blasts Colin Powell and Sonia Sotomayor “)
• “Rush to Judgment” (“Talk show king on what President Obama will nationalize next “)
• “GOP Kingmaker” (“Rush Limbaugh reveals his replacement as ‘head’ of the Republican Party “)

Videos: “Napolitano on Beck: Montana 2nd Amendment and States Rights”

Video:  “Napolitano on Beck: Montana 2nd Amendment and States Rights”  Part 1

Video:  “Napolitano on Beck: Montana 2nd Amendment and States Rights”  Part 2