Opening Statement of Senator James M. Inhofe

So the question is: how can you trust those who now talk about creating green jobs, when under their watch, and, I would argue, because of their policies, more and more people are losing their jobs? In the case of Waxman-Markey, the same advocates of the failed stimulus bill are pushing another big government scheme to “create” jobs. It hasn’t worked with the stimulus, and it won’t work with cap-and-trade.

Let’s take this analysis a step further. This so-called jobs bill is a 1,400-page contradiction, which its supporters implicitly acknowledge but don’t want to talk about. So I ask: why does a jobs bill include an unemployment insurance program? Why does a jobs bill include federal assistance for relocation and job searching?

This bill hands out pink slips to workers and then promises the unemployed that they will get assistance from the government. Message to the Waxman-Markey unemployed: don’t hold your breath.

Oil, Waxman-Markey & Obama’s Advantage on Climate Change

But, Barack Obama has climate change [fraud]. Things have changed. National security and domestic control and cost may all have been a part of the conversation during the Waxman-Markey debate, but the ballast in that bill is the critical energy-environment linkage.

The bill itself may not have been ideal, and nothing better is likely to pass the Senate, but just this shift in perspective is significant. It is something to build upon. It remains to be seen if Obama can do what Carter promised.

How Republicans should win the climate fight | The Next Right

What should Republicans do instead? Propose a carbon tax.

But, instead of a straight tax increase (as Democrats want), Republican should propose a carbon tax that replaces the payroll tax. That is revenue neutral, meaning there is no total tax increase.

Marathon Pundit: Mark Kirk will be in Arlington Heights on Sunday

Here's your latest chance to let Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) know how you feel about his vote in favor of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill.

Rant mode = 1 | flashpoint

If you liked Enron, you’ll love cap and trade. Cap and trade creates a fake market for a make believe product to solve a hoax of a problem. It will eventually fail just like Enron - except that this time we all get suckered and stuck - and it will have been legal. And in the meantime, groups like Goldman Sachs and its Democratic Party cronies will have made off with billions.