Rep. Henry Waxman, D-CA, chairman of the committe that prepared the 900-page bill, admitted a week ago that he had no clue what was in the bill. And he is the committee chairman. And then at 3:09 am on Friday, the Democrats dump a 300-page Amendment to the bill in the hopper. No Congressman has had an opportunity to read this 1200-page bill prior to voting on it. That is pretty much the way the Democrats seem to be running the Peoples' House these days.
GOP Minority Leader Congressman John Boehner, after speaking for an hour on the House floor against it, weighed in and called this legislation exactly what it is.
Boehner: Climate bill a 'pile of s--t'
First, the Democrat leadership morons (Pelosi, Reid, Obama, their Democrat minions and the eight Republicans named above) think that there is a problem with carbon dioxide levels, even though there is no scientific evidence. Are they so ignorant that they don't realize that our entire world and everything in it is carbon-based?
Second, the Democrat leadership morons think that the earth is getting warmer, even though there is no scientific evidence.
Investor's Business Daily quotes a previously suppressed EPA report that says the UN was wrong on global warming.
"Given the downward trend in temperatures since 1998 (which some think will continue until at least 2030), there is no particular reason to rush into decisions based on a scientific hypothesis that does not appear to explain most of the available data."
Third, the Democrat leadership morons think that man (and let's not leave out woman, to be politically correct) can actually do something to affect these non-existent problems, unless we want to regulate the sun. Quoting the EPA report further:
"A new 2009 paper by Scafetta and West," the report says, "suggests that the United Nations' IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) used faulty solar data in dismissing the direct effect of solar variability on global temperatures. Their report suggests that solar variability could account for up to 68% of the increase in Earth's global temperatures."
The UN got it wrong by leaving out relevent data? They wouldn't do that, would they?
Fourth, the Democrat leadership morons' solution involves making every American pay more for electricity, more for gasoline, more for natural gas, and more for every product that relies on these resources for its manufacuring and distribution. The cost of all four of these categories of items that we use every day will be further increased by the do-nothing accounting the gubmint will require to track "carbon offsets."
Fifth, the Democrat leadership morons' solution must create an agency to monitor "trades" of so-called "carbon credits" between various entities. More taxpayer dollars to pay for this new agency and all of its bureaucrats.
Sixth, the Democrat leadership morons actually think that overnight they can replace proven technology which made the United States the most advanced civilization on the planet with wind, solar, and battery technology which is not yet fully developed and needs time to be perfected.
All of this is supposed to be designed to reduce a problem which science says doesn't exist and in President Obama's words to "reduce our dependence on foreign oil." What a 'pile of s--t', to quote Leader Boehner.
Let's make a tangential shift of gears here. If you want to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, the answer is as simple as "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less."
If The Chosen One would just read a few choice words from his TelePrompTer stating that we were opening ANWR to oil drilling tomorrow, the price of oil on the world market would drop like a rock starting on Monday, and the price of gasoline at the pump would be below $1.75 per gallon by Labor Day, and still dropping. The United States is sitting on more oil than we can use in at least the next sixty years. Same goes for natural gas. (Thank you, Gov. Sarah Palin for getting construction started on that natural gas pipeline and getting Exxon-Mobil involved along with your Canadian partners. For thirty years, politicians could not get this thing going, but you did it in just over two years as Governor.)
If PrezBHO were not so hell-bent on destroying the coal industry, he would find that the use of coal - one of our most abundant natural resources - is already much cleaner than it was just a few years ago. But The Anointed One knows a better way, having been schooled by the Saul Alinsky's and Bill Ayers' of the world. In order to have a "transformed" America, he must first destroy everything American that has been built over 200 years.
Congressman Boehner is absolutely correct about this bill. Let's hope and pray that the Senate kills it, as it should.
Do you want an energy policy that makes sense?
TrekTek's Energy Policy
• Give ANWR back to Alaska, and free the State of Alaska to drill.
• Open the Continental Shelf and give authority over it to the adjacent states.
• With these two steps accomplished, the states can open bidding for drilling rights to United States oil and natural gas producers.
• Eliminate the red tape that is keeping new refineries from being built in the United States.
• Eliminate the red tape keeping electric utilities from building the cleanest and cheapest form of electricity production - nuclear power plants. (The biggest expense in money and time currently is compliance with the paperwork requirements just to build the damn things - not to run them!)
• Provide appropriate tax credits to individuals and/or companies doing research into alternate energy sources, including battery systems.
• Repeal all CAFE standards on the auto manufacturing industry.
The result would be a drastic reduction of foreign oil prices, employment of Americans to provide for their own requirements (not to mention a reduction of unemployment), and the eventual bankruptcy of those foreign nations that seek to control our economy. And that is the kind of platform the Republicans should run against the current crop of Democrats in the majority who are destroying our country with every new massive legislative bill they craft and then pass without reading.
This can not continue indefinitely.
UPDATE - 06/30/09
Henry Waxman, D-CA, weighs in on the Crap and Tax bill he crafted:
Waxman: GOP "Rooting Against Country" Because Of Energy Bill Vote
What a set of cajones this guy must have, accusing the Republicans of doing exactly what the Democrats did in trying to stifle every move of the Bush Administration to wage the War on Terrorists. Does he not remember that it was Democrats that tried to withhold funding from the troops in an effort to bring them home early? Give me a break! I remember!
Nothing like being an informed public official... And that is the problem with all of these "czars" that have been created and appointed by The Annointed One without any Congressional oversight. They are so well-qualified and well-informed. Oh, and well paid, with our tax dollars...
What do you think?