http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/71702

Obama says the defecting Dems voted against the bill because of the “uncertainty around the issue” and the fact that they represent districts that rely heavily on coal for power generation. Thus, he says “they’ve got to run every two years” and he “completely understands that.”

BUT, when it comes to Republicans who voted against the bill, Obama says they are “16 years behind the times,” and that they are “fear mongering” and “scaring the bejesus out of people” by warning of huge energy cost increases.

Typical. Obama is useless garbage.

And this guy calls himself a Republican?! Obviously, the lesson to be learned here is that in Congress, it’s no longer a numbers game just counting Rs and Ds. If an R has an “A” rating from the NEA and an F MINUS from a gun rights organization, that’s a red flag that they might be one of Pelosi’s obedient flying monkeys that we can expect to vote for even the most repugnant legislation that the Wicked Witch of the West could conjure up. So, until someone drops a house (or preferably, the Pentagon) on Pelosi’s head, we need to be aware that she is not above accosting these weak RINOs and handing out more of our money in the form of earmarks to get what she wants. I wish I could get the more principled Republican members of the House to show up for votes armed with buckets of water.

http://www.examiner.com/x-3132-Philadelphia-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m6d28-Profiles-in-Cowardice-Rep-Mike-Castle-DE

http://www.examiner.com/x-3132-Philadelphia-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m6d27-Profiles-in-Cowardice-Mary-Bono-Mack

I had a short conversation with a guy at work on Friday (engineer – smart) but he didn’t see any problem with cap ‘n’ trade… he thinks it’s fair that those who “pollute” should compensate those who don’t.

It never occurred to him (and he won’t consider) that CO2 isn’t a pollutants given the amounts we’re talking about nor does it occur to him that the cost of this legislation will far exceed any potential benefit.

It seem to occur to the libs I talk to that actual living people will actually have to pay for this one way or another. It’s hard to do talk to these people without getting offensive and I need the job. For some reason they think that evil polluters will have to pay and that they don’t have anything to do with the demand side. As if coal-fired electric plants operate to satisfy a Mr. Burns’ nefarious desires to ruin the planet.

HOWEVER, the one thing that would make the fight for federal term limits worth it is the fact that after Pelosi climbs on her broomstick and flies home from DC for the last time, the next day I will be able to turn on the news and FOR ONCE not find myself being assaulted by Madame Speaker’s back-alley-Tijuana face work. Who’s with me?!

Term limits would be an excellent way to clean house.

The whole climate change, nee global warming, circus has all the hallmarks of a religion (without the good parts).

Baby polar bears are DYING!!!!!

http://tinyurl.com/mv8rbj

Your comments in #7 about Palm Springs are very interesting. I suspect that Mary Bono’s vote was bought. Perhaps she was given some big residuals for her district in the Crap and Tax legislation. If so, the Democrats knew what would make her bite and that means they knew she was for sale and how to buy her.

Leah – I will certainly let you know what reply, if any, I get from both Bono Mack and her opponent.

Bob

This is also conclusive evidence that all of the idiots who are going on the Sunday shows talking about how the Republican Party needs to be more “moderate” (liberal) to win elections are full of it and are destroying the GOP from the inside. Clearly, “moderate” means “will vote for industry-killing legislation that does nothing but feed the politician’s narcissism.” I have no doubt that this would be preferable to the talking heads in the MSM, but I refuse to go along with it.

Palm Springs went through an interesting political transformation in 2003. For decades, the City Council had been controlled by heterosexual senior citizens and they were not pleased with all of the growth the City was seeing with the gay invasion. In fact, they were trying to stop the White Party from coming back every year based on moral grounds (despite the fact that the event brings MILLIONS to the City and its businesses). And it wasn’t just the gays that the old-timers were against. They also wanted to stop big retailers like Wal-Mart from building giant superstores in the area to preserve the City’s quaint, small-town character.

Well, in 2003, several openly gay candidates ran for City Council on, believe it or not, a pro-business platform, and 2 or 3 of them got elected. The balance of power completely shifted and the old-timers that were trying to restrict economic growth were shown the door, which I think was a good thing, provided that the pro-business, pro-tourism message of the gay candidates continues to be implemented. Mary Bono has had a front-row seat to observe how well this worked, at least in her district. Again, this makes her vote for cap-and-trade all the more inexplicable.

Bono’s district includes Palm Springs (limousine libs & wealthy retirees) in Riverside County.

The non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Riverside County, based on preliminary estimates, was 13.1 percent last month. That’s just shy of the 13.3 percent level recorded in March, which was the highest rate since August 1993 when unemployment reached 13.5 percent, according to the California Economic Development Department

http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/38733/

You might also want to ask Bono how she can justify voting for cap-and-trade when unemployment in her home state is over 11% and employers are bailing out of California as if it were a firey, nose-diving 747.