Your Cash Is Buying Those Clunkers

By: Laura Adelmann
It seems like a great plan, right? Get people to buy new cars by offering a rebate if they buy a car with better gas mileage than their old car. People spend money and the car industry gains. The government probably hopes you’ll buy a GM, of course. But, [...]

A Mad Hatter’s Summer of Events

Like Alice at the Mad Hatter’s tea party, taxpayers have recently been assaulted with many wish-it-weren’t-for-real events that make me watch for the white rabbit. It’s been a Wonderland of events and characters. Among them:

•Queen of Hearts: Nancy Pelosi. Politico recounts how she “whipped” together the votes for Cap and Trade, replacing “off with their heads” with dogged, in-your-face (and perhaps other body parts) persistence. Worried more about her reputation than the content of the bill, witnesses recounted that she and her sidekicks even surrounded one holdout–Rep. Joe Baca–who then (surprise!) voted in favor of Cap and Trade. No wonder Congressman Ciro Rodriguez sprinted like a rabbit out of the House chamber after surprising Pelosi with a “no” vote.. .

Whatever you do SGP, don’t let cap and trade pass the Senate

With so many socialistic agenda items to fight, you may be tempted to back off on cap and trade. Don’t give into that temptation, ladies. Cap and trade scares the pants off of me and it should scare you, too. The House passed the bill (a pox on those traitorous eight Republicans!) 219-212. This has gone too far.

The Community Organizer in Chief and fellow arrogant world leaders promised at the G8 Summit to keep temperatures from rising more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above average levels of more than a century ago. They also agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050. This would be knee-slapping humor except that they’re serious about it. . .

Psychopolitics with Dr. Brian Russell

A little common sense. . .
As you know if you watch or read regularly, I’m big on logic — logical living, loving, and leading — which generally means using more intellect and less emotion in determining how to act in daily life, relationships, business, and politics. In keeping with that theme, I’m about to make observations that I know may upset some people but that I think are timely and necessary.

Boehner’s Stand

By Nichole Hungerford The problems associated with what is charitably called “Cap and Trade” (but more accurately called “Tax and Regulate”) was capture most succinctly in Congressman Boehner’s halting question, “Is there anything that we’re not regulating in this bill?” Indeed, with the inherent energy requisite for every American-made product, unprecedented Orwellian intrusion into our homes, and millions of jobs to be sacrificed at the alter of climate change, the answer is not optimistic.

Weighing in at approximately 1200 unread pages, it seems as though the final straw for Boehner was the 300 plus page amendment incredibly submitted at 3:09 am the morning before the historic vote took place. Fortunately, the univocal outrage over this subterfuge found voice in the gentleman from Ohio following the narrow passage of the bill. Boehner used the opportunity afforded to the Minority Leader of the House to express an extended remonstrance on behalf of not just his party, but the jilted American public, who may soon find themselves yoked under this uniquely Californian quagmire.