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Small Businesses Irate Over Climate Change Bill
Fox News ^ | July 7, 2009 | Joseph Abrams

Posted on 07/07/2009 11:43:42 AM PDT by libstripper

The revolution will not be televised: it's been blinking along on a giant bakery sign in St. Louis, Mo., instead.

Fed up with his congressman's vote on a sweeping climate-change bill that passed the House of Representatives on Saturday, the proprietor of McArthur's Bakery took to his street sign and posted a clear message to all passersby:

"Russ Carnahan voted to ... close us and other ... small business."

David McArthur, vice president of the 52-year-old family operation, a Gateway City institution, is one of a growing number of business owners and taxpayers nationwide who are mobilizing against the so-called cap-and-trade bill, which would levy harsh fines on energy consumption that harms the environment.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: business; captax; democrat; democrats; economy; gore; impeachobama; junkscience; obama; ourtaxdollars; smallbusiness; taxes
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Any baker really ought to oppose this horror. After all, it's CO2 that puts all those neat little bubbles in baked goods like breads and cakes.
1 posted on 07/07/2009 11:43:42 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper

Let them be irate.

Peons.

/sarc


2 posted on 07/07/2009 11:45:33 AM PDT by angkor
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To: libstripper

....then the people shall want for bread. Shazam!


3 posted on 07/07/2009 11:46:11 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: libstripper

Well now is a good time to speak up /s/

Where were these people two weeks ago?


4 posted on 07/07/2009 11:46:21 AM PDT by henkster (Bumper Sticker: Please don't tell 0bama what comes after a Trillion!)
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To: libstripper

Let them eat ice cream!;-)


5 posted on 07/07/2009 11:47:26 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies (Obama: "Enough about me, let's talk about you...what do you think of me?")
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To: libstripper
But shouldn't bakers generate carbon credits because they are trapping CO2? and shouldn't diners require the credits because they are releasing same?
6 posted on 07/07/2009 11:49:57 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Think of the D Party as what it really is: a criminal organization masquerading as a political party)
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To: libstripper
Any baker really ought to oppose this horror. After all, it's CO2 that puts all those neat little bubbles in baked goods like breads and cakes.

Brewers, Vintners, Distillers and carbonated soft-drink manufacturers, should be concerned, as well.

7 posted on 07/07/2009 11:51:30 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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To: henkster

I imagine guys like this were too busy busting their asses trying to make a living and didn’t think their Congressman had the audacity to vote on a bill they hadn’t even read.


8 posted on 07/07/2009 11:52:16 AM PDT by Trust but Verify
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Then “Let them eat cake!” Didn’t someone famous once say that? We could benefit from the same results.


9 posted on 07/07/2009 11:52:40 AM PDT by CaptainAmiigaf (NY TIMES: We print the news as it fits our Views)
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To: henkster
I wrote to Ike Skelton, laying out solid arguments for voting against C&T but the old fool voted for it anyway, saying he was protecting farmers from the EPA or some such rot.
Today, I posted a follow up letter, reiterating the job losses, higher gasoline and utilities this will cause. Like many in DC, Ike has never held a job outside of government and thus he believes he's part of the permanent ruling class. The only way a lot of these government bow wows will leave Washington is feet first.
10 posted on 07/07/2009 11:55:42 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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In the days since McArthur flashed his feelings on the bakery's electronic billboard, he was contacted by Carnahan's office and agreed to take the message down.

WHY?

11 posted on 07/07/2009 11:55:53 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: CaptainAmiigaf
Or not. The Marie Antoinette quote is probably apocryphal. But “You can't let a crisis like this go to waste.” is not.
12 posted on 07/07/2009 11:56:19 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (AGWT is very robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it at the 100% confidence level.)
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The only way a lot of these government bow wows will leave Washington is feet first.

I'm betting that that's going to start happening pretty soon in larger numbers than anyone expects.

13 posted on 07/07/2009 11:57:48 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: libstripper

This little bill is the dim-bulb-crat Ft Sumpter.

Just wait.


14 posted on 07/07/2009 12:02:55 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: libstripper
"energy consumption that harms the environment"

How, exactly, is that defined?

15 posted on 07/07/2009 12:03:49 PM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: libstripper; OKSooner; honolulugal; Killing Time; Beowulf; Mr. Peabody; RW_Whacko; SideoutFred; ...

Waxbag~Malarkey Carbon Cap Tax & Scam Ping ~ (POGW)



16 posted on 07/07/2009 12:07:32 PM PDT by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Maybe you can ask him for us: sales@mcarthurs.com


17 posted on 07/07/2009 12:12:41 PM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

I wonder how much a billboard will cost for each congressional district with the saying, “Congressman _____ wants to close our businesses.”


18 posted on 07/07/2009 12:19:18 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Climate change alarmists are Warm-Mongers. Now that's funny right there. I don't care who you are.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

The Maytag repairman just got a little lonelier. In fact in five years he might just find himself in solitary confinement.


19 posted on 07/07/2009 12:21:23 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: massgopguy

Maytag’s repairman got layed off when Maytag of Newton, IA tanked.


20 posted on 07/07/2009 12:32:19 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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