Cap and Bribe by Henry Sokolski on National Review Online

Although bipartisan support for legislation generally constitutes a political Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, sometimes it’s little more than the residue of cynical logrolling at the public’s expense. A case in point is the emerging Senate “consensus” in favor of cap-and-trade legislation, which will be the subject of Senate hearings October 26. Rather than sell the legislation on its reputed environmental and economic merits, the White House and its allies are now planning to use federal largesse to buy the handful of Republican votes needed to get this legislative monster over the hump in a floor vote, possibly before the Thanksgiving recess.

[Vancouver: Massive amount of money and time to be blown on the climate swindle]

METRO VANCOUVER — School trustees say they're staggered by a government directive to report all carbon emissions next year using software that is expensive and labour-intensive at a time when they're also being told to pinch pennies.
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"SmartTool would definitely increase administrative costs," North Vancouver board chairwoman Susan Skinner said. "Just administering it . . . would probably take a half an FTE (full-time equivalent) of staff time."
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The Vancouver district estimates that the purchase of carbon offsets will cost $600,000 in the first year. Bacchus said she thinks the carbon-tax rebate will be less than that amount.

A staff report to Vancouver trustees this week said the information to be collected includes: "Address, account codes, fuel-types, etc. on a per-building basis for each school, vehicle type and fuel used on a per-vehicle basis, procurement of paper by size and recycled content, fugitive emissions from refrigerants and details on energy generation and redistribution such as boiler type, fuels used, unit efficiency data, etc."

Ottawa is cutting off public input into climate-change [hoax] policy

Rather than present a proposed plan for Canadians to comment on, Prentice seems content to dribble out little bits of it to friendly audiences who won't ask the tough questions. In this vein, he just revealed to the editorial board of the Calgary Herald that he will ask each of the provinces to take on the 20 per cent below 2006 levels by 2020 target for emissions cuts.

The Cavalier Daily Gov. George Allen addresses University |

Former Virginia governor supports off-shore drilling, criticizes current administration’s cap and trade policies

Metcalfe defends harsh talk about vets on climate

"As a veteran, I believe that any veteran lending their name, to promote the leftist propaganda of global warming and climate change, in an effort to control more of the wealth created in our economy, through cap and tax type policies, all in the name of national security, is a traitor to the oath he or she took to defend the Constitution of our great nation!" Mr. Metcalfe said in his e-mail response.

"Remember Benedict Arnold before giving credibility to a veteran who uses their service as a means to promote a leftist agenda. Drill Baby Drill!!!"