Posts about Stop Cap and Trade as of October 27, 2009

From my mailbox Sioux Falls, SD – On Tuesday, four gubernatorial candidates urged Senators Tim Johnson and John Thune to oppose Cap and Trade legislation in the US Senate.  Dennis Daugaard, Dave Knudson, Ken Knuppe, and Scott Munsterman joined with state legislative leaders, Rep. Tim Rave, Rep. Bob Faehn, and Rep. Kristi Noem, U.S.

“ Six in 10 Americans support a cap and trade” proposal to cut pollution, according to a new national poll ,” CNN reports (details at the end).  The recent Pew Research poll also found strong support for climate action: Of course, the Pew poll got a lot of attention for what it said about media miscoverage of the global cooling myth and the effectiveness of the disinformation campaign on climate science (see here ).  But the more important news is that like a half-dozen recent polls, it

Monday, Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee said the cap and trade legislation in the nation’s senior legislative chamber will “deliberately kill jobs and make Americans poorer.” What’s interesting is the Senator’s analysis. He believes in global warming but also believes the supposed solution being pushed in Washington, D.C. will harm the rest of the nation.

By Bob L : NEWS AS I SEE IT!Where does this Government think that the American worker is going to come up with all this money if jobs come back as minimum wage, just because they have millions to live on, the American worker does not, this shows that our so called Government does not care any thing about this country unless it cuts into their profits, and the Government does not produce a product so they have to cater to big business to keep their million dollar wages.

Bullying of CEO Ken Lewis and pay “guidelines” for non-TARP banks prove ObamaDems don’t care if TARP funds are repaid DeVine Law had planned to weigh in on the ongoing debate over the constitutionality of executive branch “czars” since dueling Pro & Con (Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson vs. David B. Rivkin, Jr. and Lee A. Casey) columns on the subject appeared in my October 1 edition of the AJC.

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From the Hearthland Institute A large coalition of agricultural groups has come forward to oppose the Waxman-Markey bill restricting carbon dioxide emissions. In a July 14 opening statement at Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearings, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) noted he had received “letters sent by 120 agricultural groups opposing the Waxman-Markey bill.” Among the groups are the American Farm Bureau, Pork Producers Council, USA Rice Federation, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Chicken Council, Council of Farmer Cooperatives, American Meat Institute, National Association of Wheat Growers, and North American Millers Association.

As related in Swords and Meetings , Cade of Galaras, a poet and dramatist opposed to the Church of Herotus, has joined three accomplices to oppose the Church of Herotus: Eam, a sorcerer and ex-mercenary; Drustan, a Half-Orc Barbarian; and Sabrine, an attractive and stealthy archer. The four now find themselves in the Temples district of Bowden, a relatively wretched hive of scum and possible villainy. In “ Dramatic Entrances ,” the first episode of Swords and a Squandering Snail , the group is in the city of Bowden to meet a contact of Cade’s.