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The Spectacle Blog
The Washington Post, the paper whose ad slogan is “If you don’t get it, you don’t get it”, doesn’t seem to get it. Apparently seeking to stir voters from their zombie-like lurch to the polls to reject WaPo’s values and agenda tomorrow, it tries a new spin on the fact that the elections should doom capntrade for the near future. Scaaarrry.
Screaming from page A4 is a story headlined (in the print edition…the electronic edition, which tweaks the title, does not trumpet the item as its homepage has little room for non-“Sanity” event-related items): “Election could affect U.S. pledge on international climate aid”.
It’s only been 11 months, surely you recall that $100 billion “climate fund” transferring wealth from rich countries (meaning mostly from…guess who?). That fund was to be paid for by the Waxman-Markey capntrade bill that passed the House and helped seal the result of tomorrow. This wealth transfer was to come from taxing Americans’ energy use in a way that the same bill admits would put many of you golden geese out of work. It admits it by creating a new entitlement of two years of benefits for workers in identified sectors — those that make things, or otherwise produce or use a lot of energy — who lose their jobs as a result of this, ahem, “jobs bill”. But don’t worry. You’ll all be windmill installers soon.
So (cue Bud Light, Real Men of Genius pitchman), here’s to you, Mr. Establishment journalist who so clumsily combines sneering dismissal of Americans’ easily-swayed, over-emotional decisionmaking with an assurance that if only they would listen to you, you’d straighten them out.
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Bob Miller| 11.1.10 @ 9:41AM
The only climate topic that should get our active attention is the hot air source in Washington DC.
Texas Mom 2012| 11.1.10 @ 10:03AM
Inconvenient irony alert! The Dems have been running around claiming that the 'stupid' voters are falling for slogans without listening to 'facts and science'. As far as I can tell the Republicans are not using a single slogan for a message. In the previous election cycle those same Dems used the slogans 'Yes we can!' and 'Hope and Change' without backing these slogans with facts or science or any concrete proposals. 'My Plan' is not a plan until it is enumerated somewhere other than Obama's head but they are demanding that TEA party candidates have concrete proposals laid out for inspection and evisceration by those same hopey changey Dems prior to the election. They want to know where the spending cuts will come from as well; these are the same people that where fine with ' we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it'!
That's the Jackass party for ya!!!
Be sure to vote if you haven't already, be a part of the next historic election ; )
Mark Lokowich| 11.1.10 @ 10:11AM
'Real Men of Genius , ..and here's to you Mr Carpetbagger, rentseeker, feathering your ocean front condo. Mr do as I say not as I do.. here's your check Mr Mckibbin, see you next year..
Long Ben| 11.1.10 @ 2:38PM
Re: Texas Mom
Spending cuts Hmmmm. Let see , how about all the Bureaus related to Obamas zcars , cuts as in zero to them . How about zero to the DOJ until such time as all the filthy actors ( as described by Quinn Hillyer in the Nov. AmSpec. pg. 18 ) are removed , including Holder . Zero for Planned Parenthood , Zero for Fannie Mae , zero for Freddie too , Zero for Ben Bernanke , zero for Timmy too. Zero for the CPB and all the Left's holy cows .