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1 posted on 04/25/2010 2:23:17 PM PDT by K-oneTexas
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To: K-oneTexas

It is a scam that will make Oil for Food look like penny ante.


2 posted on 04/25/2010 2:27:31 PM PDT by marron
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“Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Franklin Raines, two of his top underlings and select
individuals in the "green" movement were inventing a patented system to trade residential carbon credits.
Patent No. 6904336 was approved by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office on Nov. 7, 2006 --
the day after Democrats took control of Congress. Former Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H.,
criticized the award at the time, pointing out that it had "nothing to do with Fannie Mae's charter, nothing to do with making mortgages more affordable."

"It wasn't about mortgages. It was about greenbacks. The patent, which Fannie Mae confirmed it still owns with Cantor Fitzgerald subsidiary CO2e.com, gives the mortgage giant a lock on the fledgling carbon trading market, thus also giving it a major financial stake in the success of cap-and-trade legislation."


“Here comes the next bubble -- carbon trading
Forget CDOs and other inventions of the great credit bubble. That’s all old hat.
Investment bankers are moving on to an area of securities trading that is potentially even
more lucrative, and what’s more, even has a social value – saving the planet.
….According to Mr Schapiro, carbon trading is now the fastest growing commodities
market on earth. Since Kyoto signatories bought in to the cap and trade concept in 2005,
there have been more than $300bn carbon transactions, prompting several investment
banks, including Goldman Sachs and Barclays, to set up their own carbon trading desks.
But that’s just the start. If President Obama and his supporters can institute a cap-and-
trade system in the United States – and that’s a big if for this increasingly marooned
presidency – demand could explode into a $2 to $3 trillion market.

And here’s the great thing about it. Unlike traditional commodities markets, which will
eventually involve delivery to someone in physical form, the carbon market is based on
lack of delivery of an invisible substance to no-one. Since the market revolves around
creating carbon credits, or finding carbon reduction projects whose benefits can then be
sold to those with a surplus of emissions, it is entirely intangible.

“Carbon developers”, many of them employed by large multinationals, travel the world
in search of carbon reduction projects to sell, while firms of carbon accountants have been
established to verify on the United Nations’ behalf that those reductions are real.
The whole thing, though well intentioned, looks wide open to abuse and scams. “

3 posted on 04/25/2010 2:30:31 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Article IV - Section 4 - The United States Â… shall protect each of them against Invasion)
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Beam me to Planet Gore !

6 posted on 04/25/2010 2:49:24 PM PDT by steelyourfaith (Warmists as "traffic light" apocalyptics: "Greens too yellow to admit they're really Reds."-Monckton)
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To: K-oneTexas

It is treason that is based on a hoax, and ALL of our politicians know this.


7 posted on 04/25/2010 2:52:32 PM PDT by abclily
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ALL Congressmen who voted for Cap & Trade MUST be REMOVED.

They are either Traitors or simply too stupid to hold public office. NO EXCEPTION!

Here is the list:

Updated Congressional Vote Score Card>

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406579/posts

Then, after exhausting the list of those who consistently voted Yes (yellow highlight), we need to go after those who gave aid to the enemy within.

“Treason” is the only word that describes what they have done.


10 posted on 04/25/2010 3:01:09 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
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To: K-oneTexas

A hoax wrapped in a scam folded into a commie takeover.


11 posted on 04/25/2010 3:32:12 PM PDT by JPG (Mr. Gore, we have a warrant for your arrest...put your hands behind your back.)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL5bPJFHRnA


13 posted on 04/25/2010 4:18:04 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
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