Posted on 06/26/2009 8:31:59 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Everyone Hates the Cap-and-Trade Bill
Greenpeace just came out in opposition to the massive, 1,200-page bill the House is considering today. I say 1,200 pages, but it may have expanded to 1,500 overnight, as there's a rumor than 300 pages of amendments were added around 2 a.m.
Conservatives quickly took to Twitter to laud Greenpeace, which is opposing the bill for entirely different reasons than the Right, but nonetheless.
Thus, the cap-and-trade bill solved global warming for free, before even being passed, because Hell hath officially frozen over.
The House has been slugging it out all morning on the floor over this monstrosity. After their moment of silence for Michael Jackson, they'll be back to it. Americans for Prosperity has a target list for voters to call, and activists on Twitter have been referring followers to the Congressional switchboard.
President Obama himself called fence-sitters yesterday, but the winds do not feel favorable for Pelosi's giant, sweeping overhaul of the energy economy. If the bill narrowly passes, as was predicted yesterday, it's likely to make life difficult for a bunch of Blue Dog Democrats in 2010.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo! The transparency is blinding me!!!!!!!!!!!
I heard that not a single Republican was going to vote Yes on this idiocy.
Yea I heard around various blogs, this dog isnt going to hunt. That 20 vote margin of defeat is growing as all but the hardcore leftists 150 members are wavering. I think its 70/30 it fails in a solid defeat.
Liberal rags with articles against cap-and-trade:
Cap-and-Trade Does More Harm than Good
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/06/25-3
Legislation Gnomes
http://www.ryanavent.com/blog/?p=2054
Cap and Trade in the Dark?
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/06/cap-and-trade-dark
Creating a ‘Pollution Casino’:
Why the Energy Bill May End Up a Boon for Our Dirtiest Industries
http://www.alternet.org/environment/140884/creating_a_’pollution_casino’:_why_the_energy_bill_may_end_up_a_boon_for_our_dirtiest_industries/
‘Why we cannot support this bill”
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-25-energy-climate-debate-aces/
Environmentalists raise concerns about cap and trade
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/02/24/news/top_stories/23_29_042_23_08.txt
.... feel free to add to my list if you find others
Greenpeace hates it because it only spends $2 Trillion to save the whales?
Only because Greenpeace wants a carbon tax. The saying should be expanded to say “The enemy of my enemy is a friend until that guy is dead and then I will shank him in the kidney before he can refocus on me.”
I wonder why Greenpeace opposes it.
Oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo! The transparency is blinding me!!!!!!!!!!!
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Joseph Goebels (sp) would be proud of Hussein 0bama’s propaganda machine, which includes the State Run Media.
"Since the Waxman-Markey bill left the Energy and Commerce committee, yet another fleet of industry lobbysists has weakened the bill even more, and further widened the gap between what Waxman-Markey does and what science demands. As a result, Greenpeace opposes this bill in its current form. ..." More
But I want to (maybe, possibly, if I wish real hard) lower global temperatures by two tenths of a degree by 2100.
This sucker’s gonna pass, according to the Hill correspondents C-SPAN has been interviewing.
You’ve got to be kidding !
“After their moment of silence for Michael Jackson, they’ll be back to it.”
Seems the far left ‘groups’ are sending a message to the empty suit.
He’s not listening.
It’s congress, stupid.
Also remember: "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
Greed wins...Congress is into only handing out bread and water to the masses now, after WE pay for it, of course.
Dogs.
Does it matter if it passes? The left holds all the chairs and will simply have each department implement it via policy.
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