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It isn't Always About Guns With Mayor Bloomberg

Posted by BLOGASSAULT on Monday, December 14, 2009 7:03:21 PM
   Sometimes it is about the environment. Here is a picture of him admiring some wind turbines in Denmark.
 
 
   And he should feel right at home there because handguns are illegal. Maybe he should move there and run for town council under the 'Green Movement/Anti-Gun Socialist Party'.
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More Good News For Gun Sales

Posted by BLOGASSAULT on Monday, December 14, 2009 3:51:34 PM
   Large portions of tax money collected from the sale of firearms goes to wildlife and hunting programs in many states. With the high volume of gun sales over the last two years, these governmnet programs are probably bursting at the seams with cash! Michigan did well:
 
The newspaper said Michigan is expecting $17 million from the taxes, $6 million more than last year's record, which will be coming at a time when the state's departments of natural resources and environmental quality are merging.
 
      That's almost three times the amount of last years numbers, and last year was a record as well. Pretty impressive!
 
   According to the latest numbers, tax obligations for firearms are up 52% over last year at this time.
 
According to the most recent Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Collection Report, released by the Department of the Treasury, firearm and ammunition manufacturers report excise tax obligations to be more than $122 million in the second calendar quarter of 2009, up 52 percent over the same time period reported in 2008.

This dramatic increase follows a 43 percent increase in excise tax obligations from the previous quarter (1Q, 2009) and 12 straight months of significant increases in FBI background checks – another strong indicator of firearm sales. Excise tax obligations over the last reported 12 months (July 2008 through June 2009) were more than $419.8 million, an increase of $105.9 million (33.7 percent) over the preceding 12–month period (July 2007 through June 2008). The year’s substantial increases in background checks and federal excise tax obligations began just prior to the 2008 elections and flourished despite a worsening economy.

Manufacturers of firearms and ammunition pay a federal excise tax -- a major source of wildlife conservation funding -- on all firearms and ammunition manufactured (11 percent on long guns and ammunition and 10 percent on handguns).
 
   Pretty impressive if you ask me! Here is one area were he could actually count as "jobs created or saved"!
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Developing Countries Walk Out Of Copenhagen Talks

Posted by BLOGASSAULT on Monday, December 14, 2009 3:15:38 PM
   There is now no denying that these countries want our money after staging a walk out to protest no extrension of the Kyoto provisions.

The walk out occurred as African nations sought guarantees that the summit would not sideline talks about the future of the Kyoto Protocol. They want a second seven-year commitment period to the Kyoto Protocol, which runs out in 2012, be given priority over broader discussions on a "long-term vision" for cooperation on tackling climate change.

The Kyoto Protocol, which was never ratified by the United States, ties rich countries to legally binding limits on emissions. Poorer countries do not have the same legally binding curbs. The Protocol is also a mechanism to transfer clean-energy technology to poorer nations.
 
   They want the money, the technology, and the free pass that all the developing countries got under the old protocal. What a surprise...
 
 
Poor countries ended a boycott of U.N. climate talks Monday after getting assurances that rich nations were not conspiring to soften their commitments to cutting greenhouse gases, European officials said.

European Union environment spokesman Andreas Carlgren said informal talks resolved the impasse, which was started by African countries and backed by major developing countries, including China and India.

Rich and poor countries "found a reasonable solution," he said.
 
    Well, they got what they wanted I guess. There is no details on what they agreed upon.
 
The developing countries want to extend the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which imposed penalties on rich nations if they did not comply with its strict emissions limits but made no such binding demands on developing nations.

It was the second time the Africans have disrupted the climate talks. At the last round of negotiations in November, the African bloc forced a one-day suspension until wealthy countries agreed to spell out what steps they will take to reduce emissions.

"They are trying to put the pressure on" before Obama and other world leaders arrive, said Gustavo Silva-Chavez, a climate change specialist with the Environmental Defense Fund. "They want to make sure that developed countries are not left off the hook."
 
   Well, good for them. God forbid they have to go to these talks and get nothing out of them. Besides, they are poor. We should not forget that. Problem is, they are obviously not poor enough to not show up. Did they hitch a ride with another country, or did they take their own private jet? I wounder if they are taking part in any of the other, shall we say, pleaseantries that Copenhagen is offering this week.
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
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