The Cap-and-Trade Crystal Ball
Hello, all you happy Democratic Congresspeople (and the occasional RINO)! This little bit of conjecture on my part is aimed at all of you lovely types wondering if you’re about to do the right thing. So, to help you on your way, I’m going to give you a hypothetical. Think of it as your very own cap-and-trade crystal ball.
It’s October of 2010. Cap and trade is alive and well, having passed through Congress over the objections of the other side and the normal people. Your constituents have just been through another summer of $6.00 a gallon gas prices. Plus, the cost of electricity it took to remain even halfway comfortable through the summer season was nearly twice what it was before your glorious bill. Of course, that’s presuming a lot of your constituents could even afford to run their air conditioning, seeing as how the price of everything has gone up.
You see, you raised the cost of energy. Your mutated environmental radical base loved it. However, the cost of everything made with energy (which is everything) goes up too. The companies pass the cost along to their customers because that’s what they do. And the normal people, who exist in far greater numbers than the environmental radicals, now hate your guts.
The neat games you played, the rhetorical tricks you used, and the short memories you thought would save you aren’t getting it done. This is because the suffering cap-and-trade has caused is real and never-ending, and you had the poor sense of timing it took to pass it in a recession. On top of that, your political opponent is beating you over the head with it. You’re using global warming demagoguery to counter them, but the people don’t care about your bunk when they’re taking body blows to their budgets all day.
Still, be a good Democrat. By all means, cower to Pelosi. Give the leadership what they want. It’s only your job and not theirs that’s on the line.
Update, 6/26/2009: Eight Republicans voted for this bill. Hot Air has their names.
On the flip side of this, kudos where they’re due. Boehner deserves credit for trying to filibuster this thing. He did good.
Filed under: Maverick Commentary on June 26th, 2009
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By John on July 2nd, 2009 at 4:01 am
My Republican Congressman says Cap and Trade will be good for America.
And, he caught the Green River Killer.
Did you catch the Green River Killer?
No, no you didn’t.
You can hear his interview here.
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=194&sid=184941
Dave Reichert SPEAKS: says Cap and Trade will be good for America
He argued that the expense would not be what the Heartland Institute, Heritage Foundation, and Wall Street Journal were predicting. He argued that it would cost around $.48 per day and that we would have better national security, more nuclear, coal and refining capabilities, and a cleaner environment with the bill. He argued that the conservative arguments against were mistaken, and that Washington specifically would be better off even though the bill was imperfect.
And, he caught the Green River Killer.
Yeah, it took him a couple of decades, but better late than never.
I hear Fox was thinking about making the Series 24 about Reichert. But instead of showing 24 hours in a day they would have to make each episode a year.
By Ryan on July 2nd, 2009 at 7:40 am
No, I didn’t catch it. I don’t believe it, either.
Not the Green River Killer part, because I’m not going to offer an opinion on his actions there when I’m unfamiliar with it. I don’t believe the part where cap-and-trade will be good for America. We have Spain for an example of the green jobs debacle, and a flawless liberal track record of bungling everything they do.
This bill will be good for a few green scammers, and the expansion of government. It won’t be good for the country. Furthermore, if it follows the pattern of every other thing the left does, it will be nigh impossible to repeal.
By Ryan on July 2nd, 2009 at 9:37 am
Oh, and one other small thing. If the “moral untouchability” card meant the least little bit to me, I wouldn’t be running this site. So don’t babble to me that because I didn’t catch this “Green River Killer” fellow and he did, I have to shut up and tolerate it when pokes me in the eye.
Stupid is stupid. Self-serving is self-serving. What’s bad for the country is what’s bad for the country. I don’t care who’s backing it or what they did. If they fall into one of those categories, I’m going to call them on it no matter what.