Sunday, July 26, 2009

JOHN BRUMMETT: Dysfunction in the big Democratic tent - Opinion - ReviewJournal.com
Pelosi, however, decided the smarter course was to strike early in Obama's presidency with rather traditionally liberal initiatives, taking advantage of goodwill and popularity and momentum. She took the Blue Dogs for granted, and even leaned on several of them to give her the last couple of dozen votes she had to have to pass the cap-and-trade bill.

Ross stood his ground against cap-and-trade. Shuler got leaned on hard. He relented. He voted for it. He is getting beaten up at home.

The Blue Dogs resented that because some of them got strung out on something the Senate probably wasn't going to pass anyway.
YouTube - Steve Forbes - Hillary Slaps American Capitalism in the Face
Also, they talk about how India dismissed man made global warming as BS
India Refutes Global Warming as a Claim of Western Media
Has Mr. Ramesh and India really joined the conspiracy theory movement in calling global warming a "scam"?
Green Jobs, Brown Economy?: Alternative Energy Not a Growth Engine, Some Experts Say
...some experts in economics and the energy industry say having more people work in alternative energy will actually lower our standard of living, by making energy more expensive. They say the public will need to balance how much wealth they're willing to sacrifice to protect the environment.

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