Comments on: Pushback on Waxman-Markey – now is the time for all good citizens to come to the aid of their country http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/ The world's most viewed site on global warming and climate change Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: old construction worker http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148714 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:20:11 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148714 Jam the phones lines
202-224-3121
No New Tax System

]]> By: Mr Lynn http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148469 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:13:42 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148469 [Corrected post to separate quote; please delete previous one.]

James F. Evans (08:50:21) :
Yes, now is the time to let your representative have an ear full (their office staff will get the word to the good rep) and tell him or her you will remember in November.

The science doesn’t support it and it’s an insiders and corporate lawyer’s paradise.

Stop the madness.

My representative in Congress is none other than the very Ed Markey whose name is on this bill, a prime example of the dumbing down of American government, exceeded only by his compeer in the Senate, the execrable Sen. Waxman. We live in a one-party town in a one-party state. Our two Senators are Teddy Kennedy and John Faux Kerry (remember him?). It’s not worth a postage stamp nor an electron to contact these fools.

I keep saying, it’s going to take a prominent spokesman to stand up and tell the American people that ‘climate change’ is a hoax designed by its advocates to lead the sheeple into a corral where they can be quickly fleeced. I wrote to Mitt Romney, suggesting he take the lead, but never received a response. Who else is there? We need a spokesman whom the media cannot ignore.

/Mr Lynn

]]> By: Mr Lynn http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148468 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:12:16 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148468

James F. Evans (08:50:21) :
Yes, now is the time to let your representative have an ear full (their office staff will get the word to the good rep) and tell him or her you will remember in November.

The science doesn’t support it and it’s an insiders and corporate lawyer’s paradise.

Stop the madness.

My representative in Congress is none other than the very Ed Markey whose name is on this bill, a prime example of the dumbing down of American government, exceeded only by his compeer in the Senate, the execrable Sen. Waxman. We live in a one-party town in a one-party state. Our two Senators are Teddy Kennedy and John Faux Kerry (remember him?). It’s not worth a postage stamp nor an electron to contact these fools.

I keep saying, it’s going to take a prominent spokesman to stand up and tell the American people that ‘climate change’ is a hoax designed by its advocates to lead the sheeple into a corral where they can be quickly fleeced. I wrote to Mitt Romney, suggesting he take the lead, but never received a response. Who else is there? We need a spokesman whom the media cannot ignore.

/Mr Lynn

]]> By: paulID http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148449 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:35:54 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148449 I just wrote my senator probably vented more than i should have but….
this bill must die quickly and with extreme prejudice or this country will cease to exist in any meaningful fashion, waxman-markey is a bill that is designed to turn the us into a third world country by an ignoramus who has deluded himself into thinking the us has any control over the global temperature. you and other senators would be doing yourself a favor by doing research on websites such as wattsupwiththat.com and climateaudit.com to get the real story on climate that the “scientist” al gore wants you to ignore please kill this bill it will destroy us as a county and as a world power.

]]> By: Steve Keohane http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148444 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:31:24 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148444 It looks like the USA.gov site is overwhelmed, down, or ?. As soon as the page loads for the House Reps, it goes blank. Refresh or leaving the site and coming back has same results.
http://i42.tinypic.com/30xbvyf.jpg

]]> By: UK Sceptic http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148291 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:42:11 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148291 Yes, you must fight this any way you can. As a Brit I’m seeing first hand the devastating effect carbon credits (our version of cap and trade) is beginning to have on our lives. Energy costs are spiralling out of control and more people fall into energy poverty daily.

Our energy security is at the whim of heavily subsidised and poorly performing “sustainables”, gas-fired powerstations using Russian gas that can be turned off at source without much warning, aging nuclear powerstations, 17 coal-fired power stations facing the axe if they can’t conform to the draconian and completely absurd carbon capture scheme for which there is no suitable technology available.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/17/coal-power-stations-face-shutdown

Quoting from the above article:

…John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK, urged the government to make all existing coal plants fit CCS: “If we fail to act, Drax [largest coal power station in UK - my note] will remain one of the largest sources of carbon dioxide in the world for decades,”…

It is blatant lies like this the idiots in Parliament are accepting as gospel without bothering to check anything resembling a scientific fact. I sincerely hope the US doesn’t go down this road because if it does we are all screwed.

Good luck, guys. You are going to need it.

]]> By: Richard Heg http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148265 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:23:29 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148265 “climate change bill (now 1,090 1,201 pages)”
The constitution of the USA (original copy) has 4 pages.

]]> By: Laurie Williams http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148258 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:01:43 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148258 Please don’t just leave a comment here and complain, write to your Congressional representatives and tell them that Waxman-Markey’s ineffective cap-and-trade-with-massive-offsets approach would lock in climate degradation for more than a decade, vastly increasing the likelihood of climate calamity. This is completely unacceptable. For our sample letter to the White House and Congress on this issue and how to contact your representatives please see our website at: http://www.carbonfees.org/home/?page_id=10. My husband, Allan Zabel and I have been public sector environmental attorneys for more than 20 years. This is the moment to send emails and make phone calls to your representatives. Thank you!

]]> By: Mike McMillan http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148217 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:17:59 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148217 As I recall, the last person to seriously raise taxes in a recession was Herbert Hoover. It didn’t work out well.

]]> By: Ron de Haan http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148174 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:08:27 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148174 House Dems agree on new climate bill for vote on friday
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124579482359843937.html

]]> By: old construction worker http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148162 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:39:34 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148162 CO2 Cap And Tax
Another Bailout for Wall Street

]]> By: rbateman http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148144 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:04:55 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148144 As Charles Krauthammer was heard to opine This Week in Washington, Waxman-Markey is useless as China, Russia & India have zero intentions of going along with the West shooting itself in the foot, and have made it clear in no uncertain terms.
It’s ok with the East if the West wants to cede the economy of the world to them. Thank you very much. Our economic recovery will be in a straightjacket, our productivity quadraplegiced, and our currencies reduced to tissue paper.
I have written my Congressman, and he agrees.
Waxman-Markey is a train wreck looking for a place to happen.

]]> By: RoyFOMR http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148051 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:26:24 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148051 Mickey Langan (10:50:28) :

I submitted a message to my Senator, Evan Bayh, a Democrat.
…
“unequivocal and complete consensus that global warming is real and is caused by humans”.

Forget “Quote of the week” – this is priceless. We really need some enterprising journalist to video-interview this person and then post it on YouTube. Better still, get Borat to conduct the interview.

]]> By: Allan M http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-148006 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:12:43 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-148006 Sounds more like Wackyman-Malarkey to me.

]]> By: Chris D. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/23/pushback-on-waxman-markey-now-is-the-time-for-all-good-citizens-to-come-to-the-aid-of-their-country/#comment-147992 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:48:50 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=8818#comment-147992 Climateproject was twittering about a conference call this eve with Al Gore – perhaps rallying the troops.

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