Posted on 03/10/2016 11:57:47 AM PST by Kaslin
This election will include yet another public referendum on the topics of climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases and all the rest. With that in mind, we should probably prepare for a healthy, spirited debate of the subject. But if you happen to be somewhat skeptical of the science being offered by the anthropogenic global warming crowd, you may want to watch what you say. The Justice Department is listening and they may be considering legal action against all of you heretics. Jon Street reports from the scene of yesterday’s meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
During Lynch’s testimony at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said that he believes there are similarities between the tobacco industry denying scientific studies showing the dangers of using tobacco and companies within the fossil fuel industry denying studies allegedly showing the threat of carbon emissions…
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)… concluded his comments by posing a question to the country’s top law enforcement officer.
“My question to you is, other than civil forfeitures and matters attendant to a criminal case, are there other circumstances in which a civil matter under the authority of the Department of Justice has been referred to the FBI?” he asked.
“This matter has been discussed. We have received information about it and have referred it to the FBI to consider whether or not it meets the criteria for which we could take action on,” Lynch answered. “I’m not aware of a civil referral at this time.”
As analogies go, this is weak tea to say the least. During the heyday of the tobacco industry there was absolutely a conscious effort among major manufacturers to ignore or even refute medical data which they themselves had researched in the interest of maintaining sales. The data in question would take many more decades to be fully fleshed out, but even in the beginning the findings were fairly obvious even to the casual observer. The situation with energy companies in the current era is entirely different. There are so many conflicts in and questions regarding the data which has been presented that it bears a great deal of additional scrutiny at a minimum.
Further, the federal government is probably the last place you’d want to start such an inquiry, to say nothing of bringing charges against people. Lynch’s colleague over that EPA, Gina McCarthy, has recently admitted that they don’t even understand how the oil and gas industry works, particularly when it comes to emissions. And even if you accept the assumptions offered as to what particular emissions do to global temperatures the government’s proposed remedies seem highly unscientific. For one example, when actual scientists get a chance to look at the data, they conclude that the current methane rules under discussion would only (possibly) reduce temperatures by .0004 degrees C by 2100.
But don’t let a little thing like science stop you. If you can start taking people to court for questioning your policies, that’s just about as American of an ideal as could be imagined.
Yep , another one from the Obama Admin that’s Psychotic
That’s fine. We can discuss Bastille Day
why discuss!!!!
Fascism is a terrible road to go down, and Lynch is traveling and driving the USA down that rode. There comes a time when this must end once and for all. Look at what happened in Germany and Italy in the 1930’s. That is where we are headed at a high speed under people like Lynch
CWII lurches closer again.
Oh but they aren’t dividers.
let’s send her some Brazil nuts or Cream of Wheat
I fear him not giving up power and the military backing him.
jarrett is a muslim traitor and lynch is just a traitor.
its open season on shooting whites.
this is bad
The Republican leadership put this maniac in power.
BTW, I have a feeling there was a lot more symbolism behind that 78 year old landing a punch on Obama’s son than people realize now...
We need a GOP candidate to speak out on this at the debate tonite!!where in the hell are they on the loss of freedom of speech? Anyone in touch with Cruz or Trump should get this info to the NOW
I firmly believe that with no checks on their power, the Obama (and Clintons for that matter), would be worse than the Gestapo or the KGB.
I really do mean worse. They are close even the way it stands.
Well, we allow it to happen. Sure, we pi$$ and moan, from the comfort of our PC’s in the house we pay a mortgage on, using the money we make from the job we drive to and from everyday in our new or semi-new cars, with the latest sports game on the big screen TV in the background. Why would we risk all of that to make a stand?
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No amount of logical reasoning will begin to sway the entrenched prejudices of the devotees of anthropogenic climate change. The legal authorities of his day had forced Galileo to swear that the Universe did, in fact, have earth as its center, and enforced their judgment. He was tried by the Inquisition, found “vehemently suspect of heresy”, forced to recant, and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.
Perhaps Galileo was fortunate not to have been put on the rack. An all-powerful ruling authority can be ruthless and relentless in pursuit of conformity.
If they prosecute they have to say they knowing gave people false information.
And I dare them to try to prove its false.
Never gonna happen. Modern Americans think they have far more to lose than the Founders did. The ugly truth of the matter is, Americans don't want freedom, simply because it requires far too much responsibility.
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