Podcast: Chuck DeVore On Environmentalism Gone Wild [Hello Cap-n-Trade], I.O.U.’s, Prison Release & Other California Craziness–Like Barbara Boxer

by Melissa Clouthier | August 20, 2009 10:39 am

Don’t look now, but while the citizenry wrestles over the notion of Health Care legislation and what that all means, a big (literally bigger) pile of odious legislation sits in committee waiting to enslave Americans with taxes and limited lifestyle: Cap-n-Trade. To understand just how awful Cap-n-Trade is, one only has to look at California to catch a clue.

Energy workers in Texas have a clue and they aren’t happy. Here’s what happened in Houston two days ago[1]:

Local energy workers jammed a downtown Houston theater today to protest climate change legislation that the U.S. Senate will take up in the coming weeks.

The Energy Citizens rally, promoted by some major energy companies and business organizations as well as the Greater Houston Partnership, is the first of several such events planned in 19 states in the coming weeks.

About 3,500 people, or 1,500 more than expected, filed into the facility, many donning yellow T-shirts that were being handed out that read “I’m an energy citizen.” Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr. was the keynote speaker.

Organizers of the event, billed as a dialogue on energy and the environment, told the Chronicle on Monday that legislation the U.S. House passed last spring will destroy millions of U.S. jobs and raise costs without reducing greenhouse gas emissions blamed for climate change.

And Texans aren’t the only ones concerned. Energy workers in Indiana[2] also see what Cap-n-Trade means for them:

Indiana is one of the top ten coal producing states in the country. That’s makes it a target in the battle over climate control versus affordable energy and both sides are trying to sway the public.

A hot air balloon is the symbol used by opponents of President Barack Obama’s cap and trade proposal. They offered free rides in one at White River State Park Tuesday.

Cap and trade is designed to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels, but the people at the rally think it’s misguided.

“Because it will increase our taxes, it will increase the price of our gasoline. It will increase everything,” said Dan Beck, an opponent of cap and trade.

By contrast supporters of the president take a mass media approach with radio and TV ads.

And then there is California. How IS California these days? Well, the air is cleaner, which is nice, but unemployment is approaching 15-20% generally and nearly 40% in the agricultural industry. In addition, taxes are going up, prison populations are being released, I.O.U.s are being given, and the state has a prohibitive cost of living associated with less jobs.

Can you say misery?

And yet, the very elements that made this mess, sit in the Cap-n-Trade bill. That bill, by the writers admission, will cause unemployment to increase. There is a provision for more welfare to be paid for those who would be put out of work. It’s a mess of a bill, that would make failed California the model for the nation.

Chuck DeVore talks about all of these problems and the solutions. One solution is to start voting conservatives into office. Barbara Boxer wants to visit upon the nation the Great Depression circumstances now in California. She needs to go.

Chuck DeVore will be challenged in the primary by Carly Fiorina. Voters need to look closely at this woman. Fired from HP, fired from the McCain campaign, not interested enough (or too worried about the political implications) to make a stand and vote, Ms. Fiorina has a couple things the Republican leadership love: money and name recognition. Since America is not yet a Fiefdom, it would seem that ideals and character should matter too. I hope California voters pay attention to this race.

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Endnotes:
  1. ere’s what happened in Houston two days ago: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6576402.html
  2. Energy workers in Indiana: http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/politics/Cap_and_trade_opponents_rally_in_Indy_20090818
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