Friday, June 26, 2009

No Leading the Witness Here, Boss

From Ed Markey (Blogs from CNN.com, House Democrats unsure of global warming bill’s passage, June 24, 2009):
A vote on the Clean Energy and Security Act, which would restrict emissions of green house gases and require use of alternative energy in an effort to slow the effects of global warming, is scheduled for Friday.

(Emphasis mine.)

  1. There is no evidence that global warming is occuring.

  2. There is no evidence that if global warming is occuring that it is caused by green house gases.

  3. There is no evidence that if global warming is occuring that it is caused by green house gases from man-made sources, instead of, say, trees.


The mainstream press has been presenting global warming as an unquestionable fact for a long time, in a Goebels style "repeat a lie often enough and it becomes truth."

This isn't a "clean energy and security" measure.  This is "bait and switch."  This will stifle business and create a legion of government officers to police compliance. It is about growing government (in size and power).

H/t Drudge.