By Rich Karlgaard

How [Obama] defines recovery may be far different from any definition we've come to expect. Most of us would define recovery as GDP growth, rising employment, higher incomes and a stock market going up 10% a year. Not so Mr. Obama, apparently. Each day it becomes clearer that he has a different idea of recovery.

President Obama believes America must "recover" from its sin and addiction. According to Obama the national sin is greed, and the national addiction is to cheap energy. Google "Obama on greed" and you get 7,570,000 hits. Read Obama's campaign book, The Audacity of Hope, and you get the secular equivalent of the Bible's Book of Revelation: "If the prospect of melting ice caps, rising sea levels, changing weather patterns, more frequent hurricanes, more violent tornadoes, endless dust storms, decaying forests, dying coral reefs and increases in respiratory illness and insect-borne diseases–if that doesn't constitute a serious threat, I don't know what does."

Like all good preachers, Obama paints a vivid picture of hell. Like any true believer, he harbors no doubt. From The Audacity of Hope: "Just about every scientist outside of the [Bush] White House says global warming is real, is serious, and is accelerated by the continued release of carbon dioxide." Not true, Mr. President. The alarmist view of global warming is far from a consensus. The list of scientists who doubt your alarmist scenario grows by the month.

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