Has the white House decided global warming is a losing issue? | Washington Examiner

Read the President's remarks Friday night after the House passed the measure most Capitol Hill staff and press referred to as the Waxman-Markey climate bill. You'll notice some words that the President never speaks: "climate," "warming," "greenhouse," "carbon," "cap-and-trade," or "emissions."

If you went by President Obama's words alone, you would think this bill had nothing to do with capping greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to battle climate change. He has vague talk of praising "action" and "change" over "inaction" and the "status quo." He talks about "clean energy," and once about "pollution." But he completely ignores the aspect of this bill that garnered almost all of the media, lobbyist, and congressional attention: that the bill, for the first time in history, regulates the emission of carbon dioxide from many U.S. sources.

Does this reflect a White House perception that climate change is a losing issue?

Well, the chart at right..., from a poll taken by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (a group that did not oppose the bill) shows that only 13% of those polled would put up with even a 10% increase in electricity bill for the sake of reducing emissions.

Did Your Representative Vote For The Biggest Tax Increase In U.S. History?

As we’ve noted, yesterday brought the troubling news that Members of the House of Representatives narrowly passed the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill.

Some have called it the largest tax increase in U.S. history, and some have called it an economic suicide note. The policy of cap-and-trade is indeed disastrous, and for whatever their reason, here is the quick list of House Members who voted to raise your taxes and take a sledgehammer to our economy.

It may be worth asking them why...

Oh, That’s All?: Obama on his cap-and-trade nonsense:

Even assuming that his numbers are true and that they shouldn’t actually be higher, that’s $160.60 a year, per American.$321 for a married couple. Per year.

That’s your contribution against climate change/global warming, good citizens.

Without India and China on board, of course, this bill is utterly useless and amounts to nothing more than the Left’s gift to Gaia/Mother Earth. Praise Gaia! Down with the industrial revolution!