Unions, industry abandon Labor's carbon tax | Australian Climate Madness

The house of cards is beginning to topple. One by one, unions and industry are realising (finally, FINALLY) that a carbon tax is bad news all round - and for no benefit whatsoever. Yesterday it was Paul Howes of the Australian Workers Union. Today it is the turn of the big steel companies and various other unions

Howes steps away from Gillard and her poisonous tax | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

I’ll say it again, Julia Gillard is finished and can no longer rely on the support even of the union leader who did most to install her:

48 times Combet lied about “carbon pollution” | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

In sharp contrast to the clarity and accuracy of Emerson’s speech, Combet’s was littered with verbosity and the deliberate lies incumbent on campaigners like him.

From the 48 times he used the term “carbon pollution” to quite deliberately foster the false impression of bits of dirty grit, to the pretence that China is not embarked on dramatically increasing its absolute levels of emissions of carbon dioxide.

Obama as Snuffleupagus: Expect our imaginary friend to skip out on Power Shift again | Grist

So no one's waiting for Obama any more. We've realized that in the great battle between Big Bird and Big Oil, President Obama is Snuffleupagus -- our imaginary friend. When we're alone together, we can dream of a bright future. But when the dirty energy lobbyists show up looking for a fight, somehow he's never there. Suddenly, you're alone up against their billions -- and when you look in the distance, it occasionally seems as if he's reappeared on their side. Also, you realize that he's not as furry as Snuffy, and doesn't have a Snuffle. WTF, Barackalupagus?