Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 11/04/2009 1:07:04 PM PST by Mozilla
Even before a Senate committee could begin marking up the "Kerry-Boxer" climate bill, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) himself announced a new "track" of negotiations over climate policy that makes his original bill look somewhat irrelevant.
Kerry, appearing at the U.S. Capitol with Sens. Lindsay O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), said the three legislators would work with business groups and the White House to forge a compromise climate measure that could get 60 votes in the Senate.
These negotiations would be separate from the work that six different Senate committees are doing on climate legislation, including the markup that the Environment and Public Works committee was supposed to begin Tuesday, the senators said. Republican committee members, demanding more Environmental Protection Agency analysis of the bill's impacts, are boycotting that markup, so progress on the legislation has stalled.
Kerry said that the senators were not circumventing that committee's process or ignoring the bill being marked up -- which bears his name, along with that of Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). "We're going to take the best [of the bill the committee produces], and we're going to build on it," he said.
Kerry gave few details about when he and the other senators would be done with their work. "When and how it becomes a piece of legislation will be determined by Harry Reid," he said.
Kerry, Graham and Lieberman offered few details about the elements of a climate bill they considered non-negotiable. Graham said that the bill should protect the climate, but also allow for more offshore drilling, an expansion of nuclear energy and an emphasis on "clean coal" technology.
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“When and how it becomes a piece of legislation will be determined by Harry Reid,” he (Kerry) said.”
John F. Kerry’s supreme confidence that the passage of this bill is all but assured with Harry Reid’s wheeling and dealing means that he discounts the will of the American public. These senators along with the rest of the K Street whoremongers have sold us out to the K Street whores, global corporate interests and world goverment through the United Nations. Kerry demonstrated his loyalty to this country and those who serve with their full measure decades ago when he cavorted with SDS leaders and anti-war/anti-American protestors and denounced the actions of our troops in battle. Now, Kerry is swift-boating us to the tyranny of cap and trade taxes under the United Nations and Graham and Lieberman are along for the ride to put a benevolent face on legislation which will penalize our economy while rewarding China, India and third-world nations. I used to believe that our government was looking out for average working families, but after watching the Congress and several presidents allow unchecked illegal immigration, the repeal of Glass Steagle, the flow of jobs overseas and the influx of tainted, toxic, tariff-free goods into our stores, the double-speak about the dangers of Islamic fundamentalism (not just radical Islam), it is apparent that our leaders are leading us to the slaughterhouse for a few pieces of silver.
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You are writing some excellent stuff about global warming theory. Keep it up; key people do read it even if you don’t get many responses. I’ll get back to you with a more detailed response when I have some time to read all the material linked to your posts.
The Bush administration made a mistake when they argued the case about CO2 regulation in front of the Supreme Court. Instead of attacking the non-existent scientific case for global warming, the Bushies took an economic approach and argued that China and other developing countries would just cancel out any reduced CO2 output from the US for economic reasons. That argument lost in the SCOTUS, unfortunately. The Bushies should have gone after the total lack of a solid scientific foundation for global warming theory. I'm afraid the Bush White House was duped by mediocre scientists at NASA and the EPA who are pushing this theory for their own personal benefit, jobs, fame, and fortune. The Bush White House didn't know that global warming theory is based on some of the same equations originally developed in 1921 which a group of Hungarian scientists have shown to be completely wrong, in addition to dozens of other errors in the climate models. (See Sourcery's post.)
This whole story is a bizarre tale of scientific corruption and incompetence gone wild. In the end, despite the manipulations of global-warming nuts, CO2 output will not start to decline for at least another 10-15 years. Then it will start to decline because of shortages of fossil fuels. So ultimately when the earth's temperature doesn't rise in the next 10-15 years, the global warming climate models will be proven wrong, as any smart honest climate scientist can figure out right now if sufficiently motivated.
Fire them all.
Gramnesty must be routed!!!
If Graham were up for re-election 2010, I believe the good people of S. C. would give him the boot!
Are they insane?
YES
I agree, same goes for a honest pol by the name of Issa.
Personally? I'm concerned about both of their health to be perfectly honest.
Think they heard word #1, Phil?
I have my doubts.
Remember, you're only the taxpayer & these clowns --obviously-- work for some other "higher power". Like Gore, for instance? LOL
So they want to screw America two ways? Coming and going.
“Graham truly is the new McCain. “
No worse. I wish I knew who bought him on this one.
“Are they insane?
YES”
NO......follow the money. They all know that GW is a hoax. Don’t kid yourself, they know.
Dear Lindsay, while your at it , changing the world temp and stuff with Algore, could you warm up PA bit. We are in a global cooling cycle here. Its FREAKING COLD!!!!
I need my tax dollars to pay for HEAT and its only NOVEMBER you STUPID ASS!!!
McCain needs CYA for awhile. HE is up for re-election. Graham isn’t. So Mac can pretend to be almost conservative for a minute or two.
Speaking of Graham, RINOs, and climate change...there’s been such an outcry for us to add Lindsey Graham to RemoveRINOs, that we’ve gladly listened to your suggestions, and your words have been heeded. Brand new to removerinos.com .... a RINO card (nine of clubs) and RINO BIO for Lindsey Graham. I hope you enjoy!! In particular, I think you’ll like the Top 10 Lindsey Graham Quotes.
The politicians have been snookered by the scientists on GW theory, and ultimately a lot of politicians are going to be really angry at that cabal of mediocre scientists who mislead them.
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