Subject: News of the Weak and the weekly Chilling Effect cartoon |
From: "editor@thechillingeffect.org" |
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:55:23 -0500 |
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July 14, 2009
Check out this argument from Mindy
Lubber over at Politco’s
Arena on the Waxman-Markey bill:
“The historically singular thing about climate change is that
it’s a planet-wide threat to the very fabric of life. That sentence is not hyperbole: The vast
majority of worldwide, peer-reviewed, independent science attests to the threat – including
our own National Academy of Sciences and the Nobel-prizewinning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change. Some legitimate scientists disagree but they’re a very small minority. Given the
stakes, dare we bet our future on them?”
Wow. “Historically singular.” “Planet-wide threat to the
very fabric of life.” Wow. Wow.
There really aren’t words. It is at least nice that the
pro-regulation side is finally being forced to admit that some serious people are skeptics.
That’s a crack in the dam. It’s also why lefties are trying to force through legislation
before the crack gets bigger and the dam breaks.
On occasion, The
Chilling Effect interviews experts on environment and energy. This week, we discuss current events
with Tom
Pyle, president of the Institute
for Energy Research.
It hasn’t been an all-together good week for global warming
alarmists. We wanted to highlight a couple of small items we were alerted to by Marc Morano of
ClimateDepot.com.
First, of course, is the news that James Hansen — alarmist
extraordinaire — has decried the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill as “a monstrous
absurdity…less than worthless!” We’ve noted Mr. Hansen’s preference for
a carbon tax (the lesser of evils, we would say), but this is a strong rebuke to the absurdity and
obscenity of the House’s recently passed legislation.
Then, of course, there was Al Gore’s
Just like we wouldn’t want to call the bottom in the stock market, we
won’t officially declare this week the high point of the global warming hysteria fever. But if
there’s a global warming shark, consider it jumped.
First it was Rep. Harry Teague getting corrected in public about his
mistake in voting for the Waxman-Markey cap and tax bill. Now small business is fighting back in
Missouri:
Fed up with his congressman’s vote on a sweeping climate-change bill
that passed the House of Representatives in late June, 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.
This certainly won’t be the last we hear about this kind of citizen
displeasure with their elected representatives.
Great catch by Tom
Nelson (via ClimateDepot.com)
is this statement for Democratic Rep. Eric Massa, who voted against the Waxman-Markey cap and tax
scheme:
My final reason for opposing this bill was you, the constituents of New
York’s 29th Congressional District. In the week leading up to the vote, our offices received
hundreds of phone calls urging a ‘no’ vote. In fact, after we tallied the responses, the
“vote no” calls outnumbered the “vote yes” calls by a ratio of 19 to 1. My
job is to represent you, and that’s exactly what I did in casting my vote. While voting based
only on polling data is not in concert with my vision - representing this District is my job and I
take your concerns very seriously.
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