The Sonar War...

Well, the NRDC was at it again in court. This time, it's no training until 2010 (link goes to my article posted today at Strategypage). The SQS-53s that they have taregted are not going away any time soon. In fact, the last Arleigh Burke-class destroyer will not retire until the 2040s!

This is not the only problem. NRDC has also gone to war against the new SURTASS LFA system, as I discussed at Strategypage about two weeks ago.

The decision isn't really a hard one, folks. Which is more important, making sure our sailors have the best equipment possible and sufficient training to use it in combat, or whales?

For the celebrity people of spoke at NRDC, insufficient practice usually has low risk. They can do re-takes until the director is happy. There are no re-takes in war - the ships that are sunk and the dead sailors are permanent.

He's working himself up...

RFK Jr. was clearly working himself - and the crowd at Live Earth - up.

Screaming treason, as has been common from certain quarters in the immigration debate, is not a small matter. Treason is a capital crime in just about any country in the world.

So, with RFK Jr.'s declaration that people like Michael Crichton should be treated as traitors - probably after some Nuremberg-style trial - for expressing skepticism of the "man-made global warming" claims, he is, in essence, saying that they are worthy of death. And we have had a lot of environmentally-motivated terrorism in this country from groups like the Earth Liberation Front.

I'm starting to get a little nervous.

What does Gore want?

It seems he's being a bit of a control freak again, this time over Canada's new approach to dealing with air pollution.

Let's be honest, the real issue isn't so much global warming. It's instead about making us miserable to fulfill someone's aesthetic views about how life should be.

I think the title of Penn and Teller's series on Showtime is most appropriate for Gore's nonsense.