The overwhelming majority of Americans oppose paying more for energy that will happen under this Bill before the Senate.

In a new poll taken by the Public Opinion and Policy Center of the National Center for Public Policy Research indicates that the vast majority of Americans would oppose paying more for energy that will happen once the Warner-Lieberman bill (S. 2191) is enacted as law. Well over 65% oppose spending even a single penny to fund the proposals under this very bad bill.

A study by the Heritage Foundation even exposes the myths surrounding this bill and the impact it will have on every single citizen. They outline those quite well and have extensively studied the costs should this bill become law:

Myth #1: LW would not be expensive.

Fact: Simply put, LW works like a massive energy tax. By restricting carbon dioxide emissions from coal, oil, and natural gas–with a freeze at 2005 levels beginning in 2012, to a 70 percent reduction in 2050–the bill forces down supply and thus boosts the price of energy. In fact, if energy prices did not go up, then the targets in the bill would not be met. As energy is the economy’s lifeblood, and 85 percent of it comes from these fossil fuels, the impact will be substantial. Cumulative gross domestic product (GDP) losses could reach $4.8 trillion by 2030, according to an analysis conducted by the Heritage Foundation. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Environmental Protection Agency, Charles River Associates, and the National Association of Manufacturers have all conducted studies predicting significant economic burdens on consumers should the bill be enacted.

Myth #2: The costs fall on industry, not consumers.

Fact: Virtually all the burden imposed by LW falls upon consumers. The bill will spur net job losses well into the hundreds of thousands, and possibly nearing one million. Particularly hard hit is the manufacturing sector where over one million jobs will be lost by 2022 and two million by 2027. The losses in household incomes could reach $1,026 per year by 2015. Annual household energy-price increases could hit $1,000 by 2030, including a 29 percent increase in the price of gasoline from 2008 levels.

Myth #3: Global warming is a crisis that must be addressed at all costs.

Fact: Global warming is a concern, not a crisis. Both the seriousness and the imminence of the threat are overstated. For example, the recent United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report estimates 7 to 23 inches of sea level rise by the end of the century–far less than the widely popularized claims of 18 to 20 feet and little more than ongoing trends over the past several centuries. The attempt to link Hurricane Katrina with climate change is directly contradicted by the World Meteorological Organization and many scientists. Overall, current and expected future temperatures are far from unprecedented, and are highly unlikely to lead to catastrophes.

Myth #4: LW effectively addresses the threat of climate change.

Fact: Even assuming the worst of global warming, LW reduces the threat by a minuscule amount. The bill reduces emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the United States only. China has overtaken America as the world’s largest emitter, and its emissions growth is several times greater than that of the U.S. India and other fast-developing nations are on a similar trajectory. Thus, the unilateral impact of the bill on global emissions would be inconsequential. At most, it would reduce the earth’s future temperature by one or two tenths of a degree Celsius–too small to even verify. In other words, LW is all economic pain for no environmental gain.

Myth #5: LW’s cap-and-trade approach is a proven success.

Fact: Critics of the cap-and-trade approach in LW, in which emissions are capped and regulated entities may trade their rights to emit, point to the European Union’s substantial difficulties since initiating its own cap-and-trade program in 2005. Most E.U. nations are not on track to meet their targets, and many are seeing their emissions rise faster than those in the U.S. The program is furthermore plagued by accusations of fraud and unfairness. LW essentially adopts the European approach wholesale.

Unless we as American citizens take action now, I can foresee a complete destruction of this nation economically. Is this the precursor to an even greater effort by environmentalists to dominate this nation and take us into a One World Government, all in the namesake of “saving the planet”? One could easily make the case that this is the desire and goal as we look at legislation before Congress today. It also indicates that the Congress has no desire to ever lower energy cost to all of America, and perhaps indicates a far more sinister goal voiced by Environmentalists/Socialists/Liberals.

One way you can support the effort to kill this legislation and make your voice heard, is to go to American Solutions For Winning the Future and sign the petition. With over 100,000 signatures already, it will be a voice to Congress telling them that we need to drill our own oil and do so NOW. They will also be another voice in defeating the Warner-Lieberman “Destroy America” act. Unless you do so, the consequences will be dramatic to the United States. If you really care about seeing your children grow up in the same nation you know today, then every voice needs to shout their opposition.

When past associations reflect the content of one’s character, America stands to lose.

Dr. Martin Luther King believed that man would be far better served to build quality in their character to achieve racial blindness of this nation. He spoke strongly and deeply for men to be judged according to the content of their character, not by the color of their skin. It is easy to see that very quality in children. They are simply color-blind and have no idea what it means to be white, black, Hispanic, or any number of words used to describe ones heritage. They will play together for hours on end and you will never hear a peep regarding color or belief in any racial ideals or separations.

To me personally, I don’t consider my race to be either an advantage or disadvantage to living in this nation. The trials and tribulations with living each day are present with all people, no matter their race. Few daily living issues are a separation point among people as we each face many if not all of the same needs. We each need to earn income, drive to work, buy groceries, clothe our families and self, and just do the things normal, everyday people do. No matter the color of the skin, humans are humans and the basic needs never change.

Those daily issues, and the way we approach them, builds the character within. Those who approach them with a desire to be the best they can be will build a strong and unwavering set of core values of morality, love of nation, love of man, and develop interpersonal relationships with other people that reflects those good qualities and beliefs. No one has to ever tell you that your beliefs are good and worthy as they are a direct reflection of the actions you take and the people you associate with, not the words you speak. (more…)

Saving the World is easier to sell than Socialism, yet the goal of controlling the masses is achieved faster. 

Tuesday at the National Press Club, Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus made a very interesting speech regarding Climate Change and environmentalism. His statement seems to have been held under the radar but should instill fear in each and every free citizen no matter the country of origin. One part of his statement was simple and yet to the point:

Environmentalism is based not on small issues of saving electricity here or of greening one pond or lake. That’s not environmentalism. Environmentalism is an ideology which wants to control the world.

He also went on to add:

The green movement is trying to dictate, control, regulate, mastermind our lives.

Given that thought, I find it very disturbing as I begin to put the pieces together. What better way to sell the world on an ideology than to sell the proposition that mankind is destroying the world with the almost mythical science of “climate change”. Face it, everyone of us depend on the climate we have for the food we eat. To pass as “science” that man-made CO2 is the root of climate change by using computer models to prove that hypothesis should cause alarm for each of us. Recent observations of the raw and empirical data of our climate are revealing the total unreliability of those models. (more…)