Inside Politics - Washington Times

”The American people have had enough of convoluted, indecipherable financial schemes and the opportunists who exploit them,”William O'Keefe writes at www.usnews.com.

”The public is understandably angry about Wall Street's exploitation of Main Street, and yet our political leaders are setting the stage for another complex trading market, ripe for corruption. The future Enrons and Bernie Madoff's of the world would like nothing better than to see the U.S. impose a new market for carbon emission trading,” said Mr. O'Keefe, chief executive officer of the Marshall Institute and president of Solutions Consulting Inc. [Via The Chilling Effect]

LSU Earth Day Festival promotes environmental [swindle]

Every day, 50 to 100 species of plants and animals become extinct as global warming, the clearing of forests, and other human activities destroy them and their habitats. (By the way, that's about three an hour).

"Cap and Trade" Not Included in Emissions Bill

( OLYMPIA ) – The House has passed a greenhouse gas emission reduction bill that doesn’t include the controversial cap and trade system. It’s designed to begin efforts to reduce emissions blamed for causing climate change. Opponents like Cardinal Glass argued it would hurt business by making them less competitive. The cap and trade system was watered down after lawmakers appeared uneasy about new industrial regulations when the economy is in troubled waters.