Hint: He tweeted of the recent East Coast snowstorm, “i wondered if God was sending a message about copenhagen”

Hint:  This person was forced out of political office in the shadow of disgrace and failure.  [Note to self:  Maybe that doesn't winnow down the field much here in Washington, DC.]

Hint:  This person has such staggering political independence and acumen that he said in July that Sarah “Four Pinocchios” Palin is a conservative leader on energy issues.

Hint:  In June, this person summed up the conservative ethos, saying “I am not a citizen of the world! I think the entire concept is intellectual nonsense and stunningly dangerous.”

Hint:  This person is an eco-fraud, who flip-flopped on the central policy issue of our time — reducing CO2 emissions.

And yes, this person tweeted of the recent East Coast snow storm:

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It’s official.  The state that stands to suffer the most from human-caused global warming has elected leaders who want to stop efforts to avoid its inundation (see “Sea levels may rise 3 times faster than IPCC estimated, could hit 6 feet by 2100“).  That’s true of both Senators — see Senator Vitter of Katrina-ravaged Louisiana tries to block climate change response centers and Sen. Vitter opposes Lieberman-Warner and Landrieu wants to jettison cap-and-trade.  And it’s true of the Governor (and presidential hopeful), as Think Progress explains:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finally moving to regulate global warming pollution. One of the leading opponents to the EPA’s proposed regulations, slated to go into effect in March, 2010, is Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA). On Monday, Jindal “and the secretaries of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and Louisiana Economic Development filed objections with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson,” claiming the Supreme-Court-mandated standards “will certainly have profound negative economic impacts“:

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Yes, the news on climate science, solutions, and politics is already coming faster than I can keep up with.  And yes, 2010 is probably going to the the busiest year to date in terms of climate action — domestic and international.

But still, in the coming weeks and months I do want to be as responsive as possible to reader interest and not let key topics fall off the radar screen as the Senate debate ramps up.  So give me one or more ideas “” and feel free to endorse other people’s ideas.

2010: Twenty-Ten, Not Two-Thousand-And-Ten

The web site Twentynot2000.com notes:

Say the year “1810″ out loud. Now say the year “1999″ out loud. See a pattern? It’s been easier, faster, and shorter to say years this way for every decade (except for the one that just ended) instead of saying the number the long way. However, many people are carrying the way they said years from last decade over to this decade as a bad habit. If we don’t fix this now, we’ll be stuck saying years the long way for the next 89 years. Don’t let that happen!

Please use the time you’ll save by not saying “two-thousand-and-ten” to fight AGW.  That is all.