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Opening Arguments

Washingto two-step

One step forward:

Future historians will pinpoint Democratic Sen. Harry Reid's energy legislation, released Tuesday, as the moment that the political movement of global warming entered an irreversible death spiral. It is kaput! Finito! Done!

This is not just my read of the situation; it is also that of Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate-turned-Democratic-apparatchik. In his latest column for The New York Times, Krugman laments that “all hope for action to limit climate change died” in 2010. Democrats had a brief window of opportunity before the politics of global warming changed forever in November to ram something through Congress. But the Reid bill chose not to do so for the excellent reason that Democrats want to avoid an even bigger beating than the one they already face at the polls.

One step back:

The American people don't have much confidence in government, but that doesn't mean they want less of it.

 They say Uncle Sam should work efficiently, without wasting money or getting too big, but they still embrace "a wide range of actual federal government programs and initiatives." That's from a report scheduled for release Tuesday by the Center for American Progress.

Comments

gadfly
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:22pm

Cap 'n Tax legislation is just the tip of the iceberg (pun intended). The unstated purpose of government spending invested in taxpayer-unfriendly projects designed to lower harmless CO2 levels (ranging from EPA mandates forbidding the generating of CO2 to unneeded renewable energy projects designed to eliminate the use our plentiful carbon-based fuels), falsely promotes government as the protector of the people though fear-mongering and ultimately leads to the fatter pocketbooks of rent-seekers such as algore.

But climate hysteria represents a substantial branch of the Church of Environmentalism, so do not expect many converts. Now if we could convince these religious nuts to worship Helius instead of Gaia, the infamous "It's the Sun stupid!" just might catch on.

littlejohn
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 6:48pm

I admire your courage in bringing up the subject in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave. (Yes, I understand the difference between weather and climate, but so many on the right seem not to - recall all the ignorant jabs at Al Gore last winter, when there was an unusual amount of snow?)

tim zank
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 6:54pm

Littlejohn, I'm sure Leo is thrilled with your admiration.

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