It’s Not Easy Being Green
May 6, 2009 Political
Here’s where the rubber hits the road, policy- wise, for Barama. He has had a lot of fun screwing up our way of life, and pretty much having a blast living in the White House, but now we get down to the real hard stuff- this is the stuff that even Democrats are saying, ” Are you Freaking Nuts?” about- carbon taxes, and this ridiculous Cap and Trade bill that would, in essence, create another layer of thievery. Government- selected businesses could get rich off of the backs of the working people who would pay as much as double the amount for their energy. This would be ALL energy, from switching on a light to running a fax machine, from gassing up to setting your thermostat for your comfort.
Because of the “Smartgrid” technology that Barama’s new friend (and Energy Czar) Jeffery Immelt, the CEO of GE- General Electric (Who just happens to make the smartgrid ) has been pushing on the government, the government will be able to track your energy usage and will determine if you are an energy hog. If the government determines that you are using too much energy (in their opinion), they will tax you far and above the regular rate, causing you financial pain, and hopefully changing your mind about using energy, even if you are freezing to death. Just wonderful. Pavlovian behavior modification as regards your energy usage. Our government at work.
The trouble with this cap and trade gimmick, is that several western lawmakers who are Democrat, are objecting to the burden this bill would put on the citizens of their states, disproportionately.
You see, most of the western states have no mass transit, and a lot of space in between destinations- so just on gasoline used, the tax would be overly burdensome. In addition, many of the western states have temperature fluctuations that cause the use of energy in the wintertime to counter the cold temperatures. If these people want to be warm, they will have to pay extra- oh, and that wood burning fireplace? If you use that, you’ll get a carbon surcharge- a fine for burning wood that causes Co2 and soot to rise in the air. No chestnuts roasting over an open fire for you.
I see that the Democrats have passed a “cash for clunkers” program that will allegedly give cash for older cars, if you buy a new car that is more fuel efficient- this might be a good thing, except that a lot of these hybrids cost so much more than regular cars, and most of any alternative fuel tech cars have no place to fuel.
I mean, let’s face facts here- there is NO infrastructure for electric cars to refuel on the road, so their use is extremely limited to near home. As for ethanol, do you know where your E85 filling station is? I certainly do not, although I did hear of one 30 miles away, on the county line. Gee, I think (and I could be wrong, but i don’t think so) that if I have to travel 30 miles to fill up, that’s kind of inconvenient. No, we need the infrastructure before the demand for cars that are alternative will begin to pay off.
And as for the “alternatives” to coal fired power plants, and those that use natural gas, the only one that makes sense is nuclear energy. Wind turbines seem to be rather weak, they kill many, many birds, and you still have to lay transmission lines that disturb wildlife and deprive people of their property through the use of eminent domain, where the government pays you what they say your property is worth, but they DO take it.
BUT WAIT! THERE’S LESS!
Solar power- ahhh, sounds so easy, I mean, the sun will shine, and all we have to do is put up the panels, and we have instant energy, right? Not so fast.
First, the solar panels are unbelievably inefficient, you need acres and acres of them, they need a LOT of water to operate, and once again, you have that nasty problem of the transmission line route. All of this takes an unbelievable amount of money. Private enterprise would do this eagerly, because private enterprise loves to make money, but the inconvenient facts say that this alternative technology is so grossly inefficient that private enterprise wants to tinker with it some more before they try to make money with it. That seems reasonable to me, but Barama’s administration wants to cram inefficient technology down our throats, hoping it will improve on its way down- it will not.
So now the Sainted one and his posse are getting blowback from the Democrats in the western states, and this is shaping up to be a fight- there can be no super- majority if Democrats defect and join Republicans in resisting this bill, and they should, because this is the one bill that could be the one that actually breaks the back of the economy.
This opposition should take advantage of it’s power, and insist on drilling off of the east and west coasts, because until we do get this alternative energy right, we need a common sense approach to our energy needs, and drilling off of the coasts, plus nuclear home and business needs. Common sense should prevail here- we have coal, we have oil, and we have natural gas. Now, I know, because I am old enough to have lived through the 60s and 70s, that our air now is demonstrably cleaner than back then. This is due, in part, to aggressive enforcement of emissions, and our ability to buy newer cars that emit less.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not against alternative energies, just alternative energies that do not work well. I believe that we can make existing technologies work better, and more efficiently, all while researching and perfecting the alternative energies that, when perfected, will give us the true independence we need.
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The Obama Nazis and Other Things
Sep 27, 2008 Political
FIRST DEBATE IN THE BOOKS, PRETTY MUCH A DRAW
Well, it looks like the first debate is out of the way. I think that it was a draw for the most part. McCain showed a great deal of life experience that Obama could only hope for and Obama showed why he was anxious to get the debate under way. He spent 3 days memorizing his lines and he wanted to be able to use them before he forgot them. He looked rehearsed and he looked like he was citing memorized items but he did a good job in delivering them and not making a serious mistake. McCain appeared to be speaking from experience rather than what was written for him in a book. I believe McCain showed he was a leader and Obama seemed to be exasperated at times. No shock, each camp says their guy won. I think it was pretty even. There are not gotchas from it and neither made a critical mistake. It was rather boring. Perhaps the major mistake, if you want to call it that, is Obama saying he agreed with McCain a number of times. Reporters there said it would end up in a commercial and it did, before the debate even ended.
Barack Obama is a liberal and he says he is interested in the rights of people. He is not interested in their right to keep their money and he will increase taxes on everyone. Make no mistake, he is making the same promises Clinton did and then went back on as soon as he was in office. Keep in mind the lower 40% of wage earners pay absolutely no taxes at all.
OBAMA NAZIS ON THE MOVE
Looks like Obama has his Nazis out in full patrol. There will be storm troopers in the guise of badged law enforcement officers and state’s attorneys looking for people who make untrue statements about Obama.
The Barack Obama campaign is asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who lies or runs a misleading TV ad during the presidential campaign. KMOV
If law enforcement decides to target anyone who lies in politics then they should be able to clean up in DC. It is a target rich environment. How about Obama? He has told lies so if he passes through will he be targeted. This is the same tactic that Obama and his Nazis have been using all along. Flood radio stations to keep people who oppose the Messiah from speaking (marching orders that come DIRECTLY from the campaign), put out propaganda disguised as an anti smear website to clear up lies, enlist law enforcement to crack down on the right of the people to say what they want, when they want…
UPDATE: Governor Blunt responds to the Obama Nazis.
“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.
“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.
“This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio, the Internet, blogs, e-mail and daily conversation about the election.
“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts – not a free society.”
ONE LESS VOTE FOR OBAMA
Actor Paul Newman died after a long battle with cancer. The liberal icon and salad dressing maker was 83. Breitbart
JACK MURTHA SUED BY MARINE
One of America’s finest has filed a lawsuit against one of America’s worst. Corrupt politician and unindicted ABSCAM co-conspirator Jack Murtha of Pennsylvania is being sued by one of the Marines he wrongly accused of crimes in Iraq. Justin Sharratt was acquitted of all charges and left the Marines with an Honorable Discharge but the attention over Murtha’s statements prejudiced his chances for fair legal proceedings and caused him irreparable harm. I hope he wins and bankrupts Murtha. Jack Murtha is up for reelection. Will you people in his district please vote to get rid of this slimy, corrupt, worm? Here is who should replace him; William Russell, a retired Army officer and Conservative Republican. Get rid of Murtha…
MORE GOVERNMENT SHORTSIGHTEDNESS
The government has not allowed any refineries to be built for decades. There are only 149 refineries in the US (and many are located in the Gulf coast region) and they work at full capacity just to keep up with current demand so every time there is a major storm in the Gulf that shuts down the refineries, gas prices go up, and we face shortages. This is the case with Hurricane Ike which swept through Texas. Refineries were affected and there are gas shortages all throughout the south. If we had more refineries dispersed throughout the nation we could ensure our flow of gas is uninterrupted. The environmentalists and the Liberals refuse to allow more refineries.
ANOTHER STANDOFF WITH RUSSIAN PROXIES?
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was to meet Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on Friday after Russia risked Washington’s wrath by offering the fierce US foe help developing nuclear energy.
Just what we need, the Russians helping a maniac develop nuclear energy. We do not want the Russians sneaking stuff into Venezuela because there is no doubt that they will be bringing in a lot more than building materials. If we are not careful we will wake up one day and Chavez will be pointing missiles in our direction. If we are not very careful those missiles will have nuclear warheads on them. Chavez is playing a dangerous game. He has plenty of oil so he does not need nuclear power and this is nothing more than the Russians trying to get in our grill. Maybe we should send a hit squad down to take care of this jackass.
Tags: lies, nazis, nuclear, Obama, radical wright, russia, stormtroopers, venezuela