Self Interest Won Out Over America's Interest: Waxman – Markey Bill

Waxman – Markey, also known by its ill-suited title the "American Clean Energy and Security Act," passed by the not so reassuring vote of 219 to 212. The battle begins anew in the Senate, where its passage is far less likely (but in this political climate, who knows).

The damage to America's economy, based on a false crisis, will be devastating. The Heritage Foundation validated that by 2035 the bill would cut the GDP of the United States by $6,790 per family of four and impose $4,600 in carbon taxes per family:

House Passes Climate Bill

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House Narrowly Passes Bill Designed to Influence Earth's Climate by Restricting U.S. Industry and Imposing Costs on American Families

The Economic Impact of the Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Bill

But the media, and other supporters of the American Clean Energy and Security Act, would prefer to ignore Heritage's findings, instead choosing to quote from the flawed Congressional Budget Office, which grossly underestimated the overall cost to the economy, as well as the individual impact:

CBO Grossly Underestimates Cost of Cap and Trade

This bill needs to be stopped before we find ourselves on a course that will damage the worldwide economy to the point of no return., just as it did in Spain and other parts of Europe.

Tilting at Green Windmills

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Cap and Trade: Who Is Getting Rich From This Fallacy

Yesterday it was called Global Warming, today it is called Climate Change; but whatever you call it, it is a false emergency based on flawed science, questionable tactics, and devoid of integrity. And what would be the proper response to the pressure groups that are promoting this chimera? Why cap and trade, of course!

Cap and trade is a government run ponzi scheme that will cost Americans jobs, take money out of the pockets of all Americans (in effect, a tax in the form of higher energy cost), and line the pockets of the very “advocates” promoting this facade:

Cap-And-Trade: Al Gore's Cash Cow
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The patron saint of the green movement, Al Gore, had an estimated wealth of 2 million dollars in 2000. Today he is worth 100’s of millions of dollars, and not one Democratic the House panel is concerned about a conflict of interest? Gore is green alright……….with money he has made from this “crisis.” But Gore is not alone. GE (the parent company of MSNBC and NBC), which has been heavily promoting both Obama and Cap and Trade, stands to make billions. yet the media is just skipping along to this madness.

The only thing that stands between this folly and common sense are the American people and a few conservative representatives.

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Happy Earth Day: Eat A Cow, Save The Environment

Every year a remnant of the hippie movement, Earth Day, is celebrated across the world. Earth Day is as antiquated as the word hippie, and just as stupid. The only thing I am thankful about this year is the fact that Earth Day 2009 occurs during school vacation; which means my son’s school will not have the opportunity to parade the kids out of the classroom and turn them into Little Green Warriors, wunder-kids for a dogma that got its start promoting zero-population growth, and serves now to indoctrinate a new generation in a fallacy.

I remember the first Earth Day, and fortunately, I had older teachers who didn’t drop acid, listen to Vanilla Fudge, or felt the need to “fight the power.” No, as the first Earth Day approached, we did radical things like studying math, history (real history, not the revisionist history my son has to poke holes in everyday), and science (I mean real science, not the propaganda surrounding Earth Day celebrations). Those were the days!

For those of you that are shouting – “You don’t you care about the environment!” I do care about the environment, but I will not succumb to a false canon that is pushing bogus solutions to phony issues. The real “flat Earthers” are those that have moved from one fad cause to the next fad cause. The common theme in all of these causes is “its mankind’s fault!” I am not saying that we have always been good stewards of our planet, but we do not solve problems by laying false blame, based on false science, with the belief that “the ends justify the means.” When a cause lacks integrity, it only sidetracks attention from the real issues, which deflects where the real focus should be, and diverts needed resources (people, money, ideas) in the wrong direction.

The current green movement’s roots are planted in the soil of the zero-growth movement (the true focus of the first Earth Day) of the 60’s, then moved to the “next Ice Age” faction of the 70’s, to the Ozone Hole gang of the 80’s, to the Global Warming interest group of the 90’s, to its current incarnation as Climate Change soldiers. Their momentum loses steam once people start to take a hard look at the “evidence.” But that doesn’t bother them, they just “rebrand” the cause and move their army with them.

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Progressive Fascist Alert: Jonathon Porritt

History is filled with Progressive dolts and their followers. The latest addition to the Progressive Dolt Hall of Fame, Jonathon Porritt.

Jonathon Porritt, who chairs the British government’s Sustainable Development Commission, says curbing population growth through contraception and abortion must be at the heart of policies to fight global warming:

Times On Line: Jonathon Porrit's "Brave New World"

“I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total environmental footprint and how they decide to procreate and how many children they think are appropriate,” Porritt said.”

Mr. Porritt is just another of example of a “dangerous Progressive.” Progressives are harmless when they are sitting in their favorite coffee house, sipping on a soy latte, while talking about solving the worlds problems (imagined or real) within the confines of their fantasy world. The danger is when they are set free on an unsuspecting world to promote “their solutions.” Solutions usually based on a false or exaggerated problem.

Porritt, like so many other Progressives, has no difficulty placing a price tag on human life, usually in the name of “saving mankind.” He speaks of “volunteerism” in achieving a “low population” goal, somehow suggesting free will. It starts with a “simple resolution” from the government-suggesting adherence. But when casual commitment falls short of the intended goal, what was once promoted as a “suggestion” soon becomes “mandatory.” As we are being forced to do something, we are reminded “it is for our own good!”

The myths of overpopulation, like those of global warming, are used to scare people into drastic measures to “combat” the problem. Like the fascist of the past, the scare tactics only work so long as the population is willing to act like lemmings, and follow these ill-informed “do-gooders” over the cliff.

As for Mr. Porritt suggestion, it is a good thing his mother didn’t feel the same way.

Obama's "First" Socialist Appointment

Former Clintonista, and current Obamateer, Carol Browner has socialist ties…..I am socked!

Washington Times: Obama's "Climate "Czar has Socialist Ties

Immediately after the story “broke (some smart intern ran a goggle search, nice investigative work!)” Socialist International “removed” Ms. Browner’s biography and picture, yet one article that escape the purge of the Socialist International web page identified Browner’s commission position:

Socialist International web page: Browner Commission Links

Carol Browner is nothing more than a female version of Al Gore (and just as annoying). Browner is not a trained scientist, having earned a BA in English. But her policy position are based on faulty “science” and if implemented extremely dangerous to the security and financial viability of the United States of America:

http://www.ondayone.org/user/837

Reassert the Position of Independent Science: Translation – The science is settled on the issue of climate change.

Embrace a Cap-and-Trade Requirement: Translation – The environmentalist pyramid scheme. Government sanctioned extortion based on a fairy tale pandemic.

Direct the EPA to Regulate Carbon: Translation – Lets make sure we put the final nail in America’s prosperity based on faulty science/data (or outright myths).

More of Browner:

Michelle Malkin: Crooked Carol Browner - Obama's Ethically Challenged Energy Czar
Junk Science: Browner's plan would kill the Hudson

NOTE: This is America, can we please stop using the term Czar. Although in this case, if the socialist title fits, wear it.

More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims

On the same day that President-elect Obama announced key appoints to his energy team, including a newly created position to focus on addressing “man-made, climate change,” a new report was released disputing the cause.

Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore, as documented in a new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report:

EPW Senate Report

Whether you agree or disagree with the cause of “global warming,” or for that matter if there is even a crisis to be concerned about, you would think that every media outlet would carry some kind of story about the report. You would be wrong.

Run a search for “Senate Minority Report dissent,” and you will find that not one major news outlet carried the story. The United States of America is about to enact laws that will cripple its economy (worst than it is now), and the only response we can get from the Fourth Estate is the sounds of crickets chirping.

Is it any wonder that the NY Times, NBC, and other media outlets are losing viewership and laying off employees?

Huge Volcano's Erupting Under the Arctic: No Big Deal!

Lets play of game of “Internet Scavenger Hunt.” It is a simple game. I will give a subject to search on, and you try and find it.

First run a “News” search on “Arctic Could Be Ice Free.” How many articles did you get back? Probably in excess of 450 stories from numerous different news outlets.(Including Fox, CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, etc). Many will focus on a news story (LiveScience: Melting Arctic Ice) dated on June 26, 2008.

Now run another “News” search on “Volcano's Erupting Under The Arctic.” How many hits came back? Less than 20 (which included Fox, but not ABC, CBS, or NBC)! This story was featured in LiveScience as well, and appeared on June 28, 2008.

LiveScience: Volcano Erupting Under Arctic

Here is the catcher. Both the melting arctic ice story and the volcano eruptions came to light during the same week. To any reasonable person, the connection would warrant a closer look. However, without any research, and no validation, Robert Reeves-Sohn of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution stated - "We don't believe the volcanoes had much effect on the overlying ice."

Really!? Volcano's expel heat, which rises and warms the water. The currents carry the heated water around the polar cap, which in turn would warm the ice. And what happens to ice when it warms....thats right, it MELTS!

But hey, why would we ever suspect a connection between volcano's and melting ice?