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May 22, 2008
Follow the Money
It isn't just knee-jerk leftists in the media and power-mad bureaucrats who are riding the global warming hoax. Big business and investors have climbed aboard too. To understand why, just follow the money:
Investors managing more than $2.3 trillion urged the government on Tuesday to enact strict laws to cut greenhouse gas emissions[…] Legislation that promotes new and existing clean technologies on the scale needed to dramatically cut down pollution is needed, they said.
Investors said the lack of strong federal laws may hurt U.S. competitiveness because it is preventing companies from making large-scale capital investments in clean energy such as solar and wind power and other low-carbon technologies and practices.
If the "solar and wind power and other low-carbon technologies" that these investors are presumably investing in made any economic sense, they would not need to ask the government to impose them by force. Likewise GE, makers of those overpriced, curlicue light bulbs full of toxic mercury, uses its subsidiary NBC to spew global warming propaganda and has actively lobbied to get normal light bulbs banned. The grand-daddy of global warming pioneers, Al Gore, has been investing heavily in "green" technology that he hopes will be mandatory.
This isn't about polar bears. It's about a few greedy profiteers getting outlandishly rich at the expense of everyone else's standard of living.
On a tip from Oiao.
Posted by Van Helsing at May 22, 2008 9:04 AM
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OT: McCain supports nationalized health care... for illegal immigrants.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) is backing the renewal of a $250 million-a-year program that will pay illegal immigrants’ hospital bills.
But, don't get angry, taxpayers... this must be a good idea because every politician 'The Hill' talked to was in favor of it, except for troglodytes like Dana Rohrabacher and Tom Tancredo.
The hospital industry and many lawmakers, especially those from border states, say the funding is critical to keep the facilities open. Hospitals and ambulance services in Southwest border states provided more than $200 million in free emergency care to illegal immigrants in 2000, according to a study commissioned by Congress.
Um, so why are the American taxpayers on the hook and not, say, the Government of Mexico? For that matter, why aren't hospitals who receive the dough required to get the immigration status of patients? You know, aside from the fact that our politicians are insane.
Posted by: V the K at May 22, 2008 11:08 AM
I've been preaching this on my blog for some time now: global warming is nothing but a sham to control lifestyles, increase the size of government and, as this article points out, allow conniving entrepreneurs to become insanely rich. If there was truly a concern about people, the hoaxers would have already stopped to rethink the consequences of corn-based ethanol and mercury-filled light bulbs.
Posted by: Skeptic at May 22, 2008 12:09 PM
What is with McCain and the Mexicans anyway? What is the deal with any politician and Mexican citizens? Who's interest are they elected to office to oversee anyway? Mexican citizens? If he cares so much, why didn't the borders get secured immediately after 9/11 and a sensible "path to citizenship" get put in place? My feeling is for all the "free money and services this country hands out to "Poor Mexican Citizens", Mexico owes us the right to drill in Mexico for oil!!! There certainly won't be any poor people in the way of our doing so, as they are all here drawing welfare and getting free medical care at our expense! **end of rant**
Posted by: HoosierArmyMom at May 23, 2008 8:02 AM
Oh... and on this topic... Ditto 100% on what Skeptic had to say.
Posted by: HoosierArmyMom at May 23, 2008 8:05 AM
