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November 20, 2008

Time to get ready for green socialism

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With far-left, socialist, and liberal environmental nutcase Rep Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) beating out Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) as chairman of the powerhouse commerce committee, our nation is one step closer to green socialism and economy-destroying, pro-environmentist, policies.

And did I mention that Waxman is surely, by far, the most obnoxious person ever to sit in Congress?

Oh, and by the way, in a related note Obama Is Still Pushing Green Snake Oil:

In a taped speech shown to attendees at a climate change conference in California this week, Barack Obama continued trying to distract Americans from the enormous cost of making substantial reductions in carbon dioxide emissions by promising "five million new green jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced." Not only is this number pulled out of thin air; it's nothing to be happy about. As I've noted, the manpower required to transform the economy so that greenhouse gas emission targets can be reached is a measure of the cost involved. Obama makes it seem as if we should try to maximize this cost, promising that green jobs will "steer our country out of this economic crisis."

That is pretty much the opposite of the truth. As The New York Times notes, "some industry leaders and members of Congress have suggested that Mr. Obama's climate proposal would impose too great a cost on an already-stressed economy--having the same effects as a tax on coal, oil and natural gas--and should await the end of the current downturn." Obama's response is to portray the economic burden as a boon.

Posted by Hyscience at November 20, 2008 12:46 PM

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