The politics of global warming got very concrete, and oddly difficult, in a meeting with local environmentalists in the coastal town of McClellanville today, where Elizabeth Edwards raised in passing the importance of relying on locally-grown fruit.

“We’ve been moving back to ‘buy local,’” Mrs. Edwards said, outlining a trade policy that “acknowledges the carbon footprint” of transporting fruit.–Politico

Meanwhile, Mrs. Edwards must think they grow a lot of coffee in New Hampshire:

Coffee and Conversation with Elizabeth Edwards
July 28, 2007 9:00 AM
The River Bend Inn
273 Chocorua Mountain Road
Tamworth

SiCKO patients got VIP treatment in Cuba

WashingtonPost.com:

Hillary Rodham Clinton, June 28: “Nonviolent offenders should not be serving hard time in our prisons. They need to be diverted from our prison system.”

Hillary Rodham Clinton, July 2, on the commutation of nonviolent offender Scooter Libby’s prison term: “This commutation sends the clear signal that in this Administration, cronyism and ideology trump competence and justice.”

Hat tip to Maryland Conservatarian via the brilliant James Taranto.

As Storm Subsides, Officials Allow Celebrants to Return to Mall

U.S. Park Police began allowing Independence Day celebrants to reenter the Mall at about 7 p.m. today after the heavy rain and thunder that had sent crowds fleeing for cover began to subside….

Jarrett Fussell, 30, of Annandale, and three friends sought shelter inside the Lincoln Memorial shortly after 5 p.m. The group had been perched at the end of the Reflecting Pool, where they planned to watch the fireworks.

“We were feeling pretty good about our spot,” Fussell said.

They also said they [were] frustrated with the mixed signals they got from police about whether or not to seek shelter. And they were not happy about being trapped in the memorial.

“It’s hot in here,” Fussell said. “This is not where we planned on being for the next four hours.”

Aww. It was rainy and thundering and nobody from the government came by to tell these poor souls exactly what they should do! And they were “trapped” in the Lincoln Memorial, never to escape!

And it was hot in there!

They should definitely sue.