2008: Clothesline rule creates flap

"People think it's silly, but what's silly is to worry so much about having to look at your neighbors' undies that you would prevent them from conserving energy," said Vermont state Senator Dick McCormack, a sponsor of "right to dry" legislation. "We're not making a big deal over clotheslines; we're making a big deal over global warming."

Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog: Rolling Stone: Cap and Trade is a Carbon Tax Structured So Private Interests Collect the Revenues

We've said all along that if you actually believe human beings are causing dangerous global warming, and you honestly believe that this global warming must be fought by suppressing energy use, the only approach that has any hope of not being corrupt is increasing energy taxes. We do oppose increasing energy taxes, but would prefer that by far to cap-and-trade.

I did not expect to see this sentiment in Rolling Stone, but we welcome it to the club.

The ultimate in Greenie pretentiousness

Greenpeace activities seem mainly to be a means of having fun with boats but the story below makes that pale into insignificance: Ostentatious extravagance in the name of conservation! Though Al Gore is probably still well ahead in the conspicuous consumption stakes. Green is the colour of hypocrisy

Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Cap and Trade is Another Big Payoff to Obama’s Supporters

Obama’s cap and tax scam isn’t just a payoff to the environmental lobby, or the big government liberals salivating over the gold mine of new tax revenue they can use to buy more votes. Nope! The cap and trade scam will be a huge financial payoff to the rich Wall Street traders who overwhelmingly backed Obama in the presidential election.

It’s no secret that the security and investment community gave the majority of their campaign contributions to Democrats in 2008 and Obama in particular. But less noticed is that the investment firm Goldman Sachs, which gave 75% of their contributions to Democrats and was a major donor to Obama’s campaign stands to rake in billions if the cap and trade plan Democrats are pushing in Congress becomes law.