Is it fair to call some global warming proponents "alarmists"?

Yes, I believe it is. Proponents of global warming claim that earth might not be habitable in 20-50 years, and they are perpetrating a hoax (evidenced by the recent data-fixing scandal and the melting Himalayan glacier fabrication.)

Here's the video tape which opened the Copenhagen Climate Change conference. If you can't sit through the whole thing, it ends with the words: "WE CAN SAVE THE WORLD.NOW."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzSuP_TMFtk

Is it true climate scientists were afraid of gobal COOLING in the 1970s?

Yes.

1. Newsweek article from April 28, 1975: "The Cooling World"
http://denisdutton.com/newsweek_coolingworld.pdf

2. Also Time Magazine, June 24, 1974.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944914-1,00.html

3. Letter from 42 American and European scientists warning President Nixon about global cooling.
http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/letter/

4. Other examples:

Science Digest (February 1973) reported that "the world's climatologists are agreed" that we must "prepare for the next ice age." The Christian Science Monitor ("Warning: Earth's Climate is Changing Faster Than Even Experts Expect," Aug. 27, 1974) reported that glaciers "have begun to advance," "growing seasons in England and Scandinavia are getting shorter" and "the North Atlantic is cooling down about as fast as an ocean can cool."

Why don't democrats get the job done?

Many supporters of the democratic health care proposal are accusing their political leaders of cowardice in not properly using their congressional majorities to push through their plans. (here is an example)

Democrats in the House are scared because there are enough of them who know that these plans are bad for the country, and they're embarrassed. They were willing to go along while their proposals were popular or at least poorly understood. But then many citizens learned the details.

Democratic politicians now have a chance to escape shame and perhaps keep their seats. So despite what they say, they won't vote for it again until it is "safe".