Bond, rural Mo utils blast cap-and-trade bill | Political Fix | STLtoday

WASHINGTON – Those piles of yellow notices dumped on Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond’s desk today weren’t parking tickets, althought yellow is the color of violations dispensed on Capitol Hill.

They were 30,000 petitions gathered by the Missouri Association of Electric Cooperatives urging Bond, R-Mo., to oppose present versions of cap-and-trade legislation to combat global warming as Congress gets ready to see a new bill this week.
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“I think certain people pushing this bill see me as one of the biggest thorns in their sides. If they don’t now, they will,” said Bond, who was on hand to receive the postcards.

Sen. Hutchison voices opposition to cap and trade

ODESSA --- Although she may no longer be in office when it comes time to cast a dissenting vote on the proposed cap and trade legislation, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Monday she’ll continue working to oppose the bill.

“It’s the most flawed piece of policy that I can imagine,” said Hutchison, speaking to local government and Odessa Chamber of Commerce officials Monday.

Cap-and-Trade-Backing CEOs Should Learn from the Housing Bubble that the Pursuit of Liberal Policy Goals is Not a Sound Business Strategy

By promoting cap-and-trade, Wall Street is once again betting it can profit from embracing left-wing politics. CEOs see an opportunity to garner praise for themselves as “socially responsible” businessmen while they profit from the sale of renewable energy products, such as wind turbines, and from the trading of carbon dioxide emission credits.

The taxpayer, the consumer and the stockholder will pay.