Sunday, June 28, 2009

And the March to Tyranny Goes On.....

The week of June 22nd was a busy one, especially in the halls of Congress. "Busier than a one-armed paper-hanger in a wind storm."

I was saddened by the deaths of Ed Macman and Farah Faucet.

Ed lived a full life, was a decorated soldier, and was down-right funny when on the set with Johnny Carson.

I had the hots for Farah Faucet when I was younger. I rarely missed an episode of Charlies Angel's. She however, had been battling a nasty case of cancer, and is in a much better place.

Truth be told, I could care less about the "loss" of Micheal Jackson. The media (including Fox) seems to think differently. The gross over coverage of his death has been disgusting, to say the least. Micheal Jackson had become a freak, not the talented role model as the media is painting him. More than one bout with molestation lawsuits, dangling his baby over a balcony, and more plastic surgery than you could shake a stick at, his eccentricities disqualified him from role-model status long ago in my book.

As I said, it was a busy week for Congress. Not one, not two, but three major bills were submitted:

1) Health Care Reform
2) Immigration Reform
3) The American Clean Energy and Security Act

I would like to focus on #3 - A.K.A "The Cap and Trade Bill". When this bill was submitted (by Rep's Waxman and Markey), it was 900+ pages long. Not a really good chance that any member of the House could actually read and understand it, given the limited amount of time they had. Aparently, this just wasn't enough for 'ole Waxman, so he submitted a 309 page amendment at 3:00 a.m. Friday morning. You guessed it, the vote was to take place on Friday. How convenient. Here is an awesome video of Representative John Boehner's smack down on Waxman. That is what leadership looks like. Unfortunately for the American people, it was too little, too late.

This monstrosity passed: 219 - 212. In all, there were 44 Democrats who felt that they would not get re-elected if they voted "aye". There were 8 Republicans who said "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn". The final roll call for this Cap-and-Tax bill can be found here. If you find your representative in the "aye" column, I recommend calling him and giving notice that he is fired.

What is in this "harmless little bill" passed by the House of Representatives? If you read the name, you would think "clean energy" and "security". It contains nothing of the sort. This bill, if passed by the Senate, will be the largest single tax increase on consumers in American history. Here is an excerpt from the Heritage Foundation:

"Most problematic is the CBO's complete omission of the economic damage resulting from restricted energy use. As footnote 3 on page 4 of the CBO analysis reads, "The resource cost does not indicate the potential decrease in gross domestic product (GDP) that could result from the cap. The reduction in GDP would also include indirect general equilibrium effects, such as changes in the labor supply resulting from reductions in real wages and potential reductions in the productivity of capital and labor." In The Heritage Foundation's analysis of the Waxman-Markey climate change legislation, the GDP hit in 2020 was $161 billion (2009 dollars). For a family of four, that translates into $1,870--a pretty big chunk of change that the CBO is ignoring.

It is also worth noting that, of the 24 years analyzed by The Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis (CDA), 2020 had the second lowest GDP loss. Furthermore, the CDA found that for all years the average GDP loss was $393 billion, or over double the 2020 hit. In 2035 (the last year analyzed by Heritage) the inflation adjusted GDP loss works out to $6,790 per family of four--and that is before they pay their $4,600 share of the carbon taxes. The negative economic impacts accumulate, and the national debt is no exception. The increase in family-of-four debt, solely because of Waxman-Markey, hits an astounding $114,915 by 2035."

You can read The Heritage Foundation's report here.

The most troubling thing of all is the fact that Congress has grown punch-drunk on power. Did you try to call Capitol Hill on Friday? I did. The lines were busy. Entire email accounts were shut down, and I dare say it wasn't in support of the cap and tax bill. It has become painfully obvious that our representatives are just not listening to us.

Psst: Hey Congress. I hate to break it to you, but you work for US!

Not to mention the fact that the entire premise of this legislation is based on a hoax perpetrated by Algore and his global warming entrepreneurs (I mean experts). "The sky is falling, but before it does, we can make a whole bunch of money!"

Here is what our Apologizer-in-Chief had to say regarding cap and trade: "Electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket".

You know, I am getting pretty sick and tired of being ignored by the very people who work for me. If I had an employee that continually disregarded my orders, I would fire them. How is it different when Congress does it?

Some say that Cap-and-Tax has no chance of passing the Senate. I hope that is the case. My question is this: why is it even a thought? How did it get this far, when so many Americans opposed it? Why leave the heavy lifting to the Senate? These are questions not very likely to get answered.

Congress is now on their 4th of July recess (they sure take a lot of those, don't they?). The coming weeks would be a great time to call and put them on notice. YOU are paying their payroll. Is this what you wanted in an employee? If you were cutting a weekly payroll check, would you continue to do so with this kind of insubordination? Not me, no way, no how.

I leave you with a link to an awesome video. Watch it. Think about it. The longer we put up with this crap, the worse it is going to get. The American people have been asleep for far too long.

Time to wake up.

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