Carbon Cap & Scam Ping - (POGW)
Posted on 07/01/2009 6:31:16 AM PDT by steve-b
With the cap-and-trade bill passing the House of Representatives last week by seven votes, the eight Republicans who supported it were bound to feel some rapid political warming. Conservative Internet and radio accused them of single-handedly passing President Obama's "cap-and-tax" legislation, which is a myth; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi probably would have forced the requisite number of Democratic votes in the absence of Republican backing. But these eight Republicans were still termed "traitorous."
It is typical that we praise independent judgment and political nerve in our elected officials -- until they show those qualities....
...A serious concern about global climate disruption remains the broad (not unanimous but predominant) view of the scientific community, including the National Academy of Sciences. Global warming since the 19th century is undeniable -- a trend not disproved by year-to-year variations. These changes are closely correlated with increases in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide since the Industrial Revolution. Climate disruption has become so rapid in some places that it is overwhelming the natural process of adjustment, reducing crop yields and leading to the extinction of species. Meanwhile, global carbon emissions are increasing faster than expected. Some scientists warn of possible "tipping points" -- the rapid disintegration of the ice sheets, the sudden release of methane from warming northern soils -- that could turn a challenge into a catastrophe of lethal heat waves and rising sea levels....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Yada yada yada... more left wing blathering idiocy.... yada yada yada.
Carbon Cap & Scam Ping - (POGW)
“It is typical that we praise independent judgment and political nerve in our elected officials — until they show those qualities.... “
LOL! Typical clueless lib who doesn’t get it. The criticism is about their LACK of judgement.
How can anyone vote for a monster they haven’t even read? How can anyone ignore the CBO? Turn off their phones and ignore their mail to vote for somethingg their constituents overwhelmingly oppose? That may be “nerve”...but how is it “judgement”?
To paraphrase the late Fr. Neuhaus—who said, "To The New York Times, the only good Catholic is a bad Catholic"—in the WashPost, the only good Republican is a Democrat.
Conservative Internet and radio accused them of single-handedly passing President Obama’s “cap-and-tax” legislation, which is a myth; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi probably would have forced the requisite number of Democratic votes in the absence of Republican backing.
So what? If it had been a single party bill, so much the better. That’s what makes those R’s who voted for this so wrong. This was a huge opportunity to force the D’s to pass the bill in the House single handed and then face the American public and explain why the voted for the single largest tax increase in US history.
Post logic: A bill is deemed “bi-partisan” if at least one rebublican votes for it.
This being the case what is the point of choking our economy particularly if all this misery makes no difference? Besides science does not agree that global warming is a man caused problem.
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