“The bill, which now goes to the Senate, directs the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and implement a national policy for residential and commercial buildings. The purpose of such a strategy – known as the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) – would be to “facilitate” the retrofitting of existing buildings nationwide.”

The CBO costs of compliance might be just a tad underestimated.

It’s ‘Eisenhower’ ; )

John from the 50′s

It creates a quandry called Heat or Eat. Just put that in your search engine. Im not sure how he could have missed it. But don’t worry, Im sure there will be a pork package somewhere in there that will “solve” it. I am still wondering what the great deal New Jersey got? Anyone reading the thing find it yet?

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/releases2/greenpeace-opposes-waxman-mark

“Mr Turnbull indicated key concerns for the opposition are that there must be more support for coal mining in the ETS, and more capacity to reward the storing of carbon in soil and trees.”

Coalition ready to negotiate over ETS

OH MY GOD.. This guy makes me so freakin sick and angry. And he never shuts up.. he keeps going on and on and on and on..he’s so arrogant and full of himself.

scientifictechnological elite

The light of freedom fades and dims,
Our rights grow cold.
Barbarians plot their morbid whims,
The huns take hold.
Their cup with vile transgression brims,
Our suffrage sold.

Science saneness slumps and dims
We suffer now.
Sorcerous science soars and swims,
As warmers bow.
Unsacred science sings their hymns
To their cash cow.

The proud, who govern, have they won?
Is science now their hired gun?
Will they sink our kids in debt
As climate scams their lies abet?

Markey Waxman spun their web
The truths revealed they caused to ebb.
They lied about the heavy cost
Of opportunities now lost.

To fight the dread greenhouse effect
The taxman will the fees collect.
The sucking singularity
Will remove our liberty.

The trillions that will now be spent
Can never make a tiny dent
In climate, whether cold or hot.
But votes it will secure a lot.

The votes are there to spread the wealth
And then to snare the country’s health.
Shall we join the clean third world
With our socialistic flag unfurled?

Will the people benefit?
Who will science then permit
To go into earth’s paradise?
What will be the entry price?
If you’re alive will that suffice?

Or must you die to qualify?

The Senate now our only way
To stop this underhanded play.
And if we fail to stop it there
It then becomes a state affair.

If congress, senate and the state
Let stand this document to hate.
What sanctuary might we find
Where freedom’s values are enshrined?

And if this madness fills the globe
Shall we live the lows of Job?
And with persistence, sans dispair,
Can we, in time, this earth repair?

Life is short, the earth’s time long.
Work to right this monstrous wrong.
With guile and stealth we all must mend
This tattered, filthy wretched end
So that our offspring may ascend.

The solution is to have a broad based move to simply vote out all incumbents. It won’t happen in every case, but if enough incumbents have tight races or get dumped for new blood, the message will get through.

Right now the only time that happens is during a major power shift like the recent downfall of the Republican party or the prior wholesale dumping of Democrats during the Reagan years. The problem with that is they pickup the wrong message, and think it is a “mandate” to their party to do the sort of mindless crap we are seeing now from Reid and Pelosi pushing through junk they have had in the drawers for years just waiting for the sea change.

What we need is an election day massacre where incumbents regardless of party get tossed out in high enough numbers for them to catch on it is not a mandate for either party, it is a wake up call, and mandate for people who will not abuse their power and will be responsive to the public they supposedly represent for a change. That is the only way to break their sucking up to various voting blocks and giving away candy to any voting block that will mindlessly put them in power just because of the hat they wear.

Voting on a bill you have not read is in my mind criminal conduct. If a Lawyer, or corporate board member did that sort of thing he would get tossed in jail for failing his fiduciary and or due diligence duty to his client/stock holder.

There is an implied contract between the public and the elected officials that they will perform simple due diligence as they conduct our business. To vote on ANY bill good or bad without having read it is a direct violation of their oath of office and their duty to their constituents. The harm here is not related in any way to the good or harm a bill might represent it is a simple fundamental case of responsibility and professionalism and ethical conduct.

These people by voting on a bill, are signing contracts in our name as our representatives. They are obligating us to do things that they do not even understand. Their actions are no different than if every house member threw a pair of game dice, or flipped a coin on each bill. What they are doing is totally incompetent and negligent behavior, that alone should be enough to toss them out on their ear.

I think this is the issue to stress to your congressional representatives. You should not berate them for voting on a specific bill you should berate them for being incompetent and failing to perform the legal and professional duty when voting on ANY legislation. Hold them accountable for knowing what is in each bill they vote for. If they have not read and studied a bill they have no frigging business even setting foot in the chambers to cast a vote. An ignorant uninformed vote is worse than no vote at all.

We need to change the “climate” in congress where we hold them accountable for basic principles of behavior like understanding what they are voting on, not turn every vote into an issue about the merits of a specific bill. Like the climate change debate we need to hold them to fundamental standards of professional conduct.

It is real simple if you vote on bills you have note read — regardless about what the bill is about, you are not fit to serve in the Congress and should be tossed out at the earliest opportunity. Unfortunately I doubt there is a mechanism to attempt recall on every person that voted yes on any bill they have not read. If someone knows of a rule or procedure that at the constituent level, action to recall or impeach could be started, it would be nice to know about, so it could be mentioned in correspondence to our elected officials.

I think the mantra for the next election should be simply vote no on all incumbents!

Larry

The problem with THAT idea is that we would have more oil, reducing the need for work on the alternatives. We saw that last year – with high gas prices, there was an actual WORKING push to come up with alternatives from the private sector. (Not necessarily from the government – ever notice how the ‘advances’ they push never seem to come to fruition in the way they’re supposed to, and IF they actually do – the cost is at least double, usually extracted in ways we don’t expect?) Then the inflated price deflated, and now the efforts are kind of on the back burner.

I fully expect this bill – if it passes the Senate – will have unexpected ramifications that’ll do damage in ways that we can’t even begin to imagine at this time…

Smokey (12:45:05) :

EricH,

I’m still wondering why a tavern owner …

Consider: Not a ‘tavern’ owner per se, Jack was a “Night club” personality.

Think: Women, action, free invites (complimentary drinks) to the local constabulary (who also acted as bouncers and answered calls to the club) …

He was well known within the Dallas Poh-leece Department.

*No* conspiracy. Just look at the ‘associations’.
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From the 1981 movie “Firebird 2015″ (Warning: Grade B flick) with Darren McGavin warring against the Department of Vehicular Contrl (DVC)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_2wWtacfO0

A 1981 film set in the year 2015 during a worldwide oil shortage and the US President has made it illegal for private citizens to operate gas-powered vehicles.

This rather unpopular law is enforced by the agents of the DVC (Department of Vehicle Control) who search for “burners” – rebel citizens who refuse to give in to the anti-car laws.