Aquaman, Questing for Atlantis: Cap-and-Trade Video

Here's another video from the Tax Foundation to help with your Cap and Trade education.

Aquaman, Questing for Atlantis: Cap-and-Trade Video

Cap your wages and Trade your job

On Friday, the House voted to proceed with the Cap and Trade (otherwise known as Crap and Tax) bill. It was passed by a narrow margin, largely in part to the multitudes of individuals that called, emailed, and faxed all of members of the House.

There are those that didn't because they don't see what the big deal is with the regulation of carbon dioxide. Especially when you have POTUS stepping out and saying how much this is going to help the US and the climate.

That being said, for those that are doubtful of the ramifications of this bill, I am putting this post together to educate and provide everyone with the ammunition to fight this bill as it goes to the senate within the next week.

Obama stating that rates would force electricity prices to skyrocket.

Today, he talks about light bulbs, appliances, and yet more regulation. But it seems to depend on what news outlet you go to as to the edits that you see. Some, like the ABC video, that are edited to make everything look good and then others that are the actual full briefing.

The ABC news edited version and the unedited version of the speech which brings up the fact that it will not bring "untenable" burdens.

A Washington Post article about the potential regulation of your light bulbs.

Obama's own information that shows his drive towards controlling the direction of oil, gas, coal, oh, and car companies too.

Blogs are written and anyone can post anything, but have you ever heard of the Wall Street Journal? Here's a link to their article. The Wall Street Journal outlines how this plan is not economically possible and that the costs to the end user, you and I, will be vastly larger than what Obama keeps telling us.

Here's another article that warns governors to be wary of cap and trade since it will have a huge negative impact on their future budgets.

Do the representatives really know what they are voting on? This article was posted just days before the vote on Cap and Trade in the house. Sp what happened the day of the vote? A 300+ page amendment was added at 3AM and a slim majority in the house voted for it. I enjoy reading, but there really isn't anyway for me to get through 300 pages in a day. Plus, as this article outlines dems are relying on a government offices budget projections, repoublicans...MIT.

Another blogger with their opinion on what will happen.

This outlines the amount each state could lose under Cap and Trade, just on electricity.

And oil companies already have plans outlining what they will do if the bill passes. Shut down plants and refineries and move production oversees. Got that information from a little outlet called Bloomberg.

And last, a small thing that was held back until after the vote by the EPA that essentially states that it's all bogus.

Now it's time for action. Either email/comment on this and tell me that I'm full of crap, or start calling your senators and letting them know that this should not pass.

Quick Post for the Day

There are so many articles and items from the day that I should be posting about. I mean the speech today? Does anybody remember the term "flip-flop"? Clinton would be proud of the level of avoidance that went on during today's press conference.

I apologize, I spent the evening at a business mixer hosted by WBAP 820 here in Arlington for the majority of the evening. It was a great start to building and helping to stimulate the economy and business discussions here in the DFW metroplex. There were a wide variety of individuals that attended, from those that provide jobs to those that were looking and those that were looking to help everyone in between. It was a great evening and an event that I hope provides a basis for additional mixers in the future.

Please let me know if you have questions about how this played out or how you might be able to make something happen like this in your own town.

Outside of all of this, I will try to put together a post this weekend about the speech, or among the many other things that have occured over the past couple of days.

FYI: Cap and Trade is set for vote on FRIDAY!!! CALL AND CALL NOW!!! This can not go through. You think it's bad now? This will crush the entire economy, even the states that haven't been hit as hard by all this crap.

When does it all change?

I was sitting here looking at all of the articles that I've bookmarked for postings (supporting information, new developments from the day, and all of the comments made back and forth between politicians), and while reading through them all I began to wonder, when does it all change?

What do I mean? Most politicians claim to be of the people, from the people, and a representative of the people, but how many of them do we really believe at this point?

Pelosi claims that the CIA lied, but has not been willing to provide any proof to support that fact. Frank blames everyone else for the Fannie and Freddie deals. Dodd says that someone else is to blame for the AIG bonuses. Murtha has an airport that only has flights to DC that averages 25-30 passengers per day. Before you say it, yes, these are all dems. There are Republicans that have the same issues, Alaska and the bridge to nowhere, conservatives that have affairs, and on and on.

So when did they lose it? When did they stop being representatives of the people? When did they forget the votes that got them to where they are?

Boxer cuts off a Brigadier General that is respectfully saying ma'am, to emphasize the position that she has acquired as a senator. She has "worked hard to get that title." Worked hard? Isn't she supposed to be working hard for the people that she represents and not splitting hairs with a man that is serving his country and providing a high level of respect to people that don't provide it in return?

I apologize if this comes across as bitter, but when did it happen that "We the people" turned into "We the senators and representatives"?

A Little Entitled? You be the judge.

A couple of good, quick articles.

A very interesting article regarding the support that the President is starting to loose.

Reality Check

And a couple of questions for those that still support him.

http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/browne/browne2.html

History Repeating Itself

I came across this link to You Tube over at The Constitutional Alamo and had to share.

A former Cuban living in America wrote the following letter, posted on YouTube, to the Richmond-Times Dispatch on July 7, 2008. Who to know better than someone who has lived what we are living?