Rearing Its Ugly Head Again

Once again the liberals are yelling about "carbon offsets", "carbon credits" to help reduce global warming. See below for the reason I am including this post on HotKarz.

First, I will not even get into the warming debate - I think most of it is based on junk science. Even NASA data shows the Earth has been cooling for the last 10 years.

That said, I still must ask the same question - you know, the one liberals can't answer:

"If everyone were to buy carbon offsets so they do not have to change their amount of carbon emissions, then how does that reduce carbon emissions?" You do not reduce carbon dioxide. Instead, you pay for the right to splurge all you want. The rich can afford more offsets, so they can do what Gore does (see below). Meanwhile, the rest of us must reduce our carbon emissions, because we are not rich enough to buy the credits. The little guy gets screwed again! You and I have to ride bicycles to work so Al Gore can fly his private jet.

Reports state that Gore uses 100 times more electricity in his home than the average person, and flies in personal jets, and drives huge, gas-guzzling SUV's. But that's OK because he bought carbon offsets.

Seems to me the only thing that changes with carbon offsets is whose pocket gets the money. "It's OK that I waste resources - I bought credits to offset it". Imagine a man robbing a bank, then saying, "But it's OK, Judge - I bought credits to offset it." Or a man cheating on his wife, then claiming it's OK because he bought credits to offset it.

Does the term "BS" come to mind?

Al Gore is reported to have made over $100 million dollars from his global warming crusade. Perhaps we should levy a windfall profits tax on him instead of the oil companies.

Oh! By the way - the National Weather Service is predicting an earlier, and longer winter this year. I don't think they got the word about Global Warming.

I am including this post on HotKarz for a reason. The liberals are currently trying to push forth bills in Congress that would require companies to either reduce emissions, or buy offsets. This is nothing less than extortion - a "protection racket" - if you pay us, you won't have to worry. This would impact you and I in two ways:

1) It would effectively be a tax on corporations. And as any thinking person knows, all taxes are passed on to the little guy in the form of higher prices for goods and services. WE will pay for those offsets.

2) It is only one step away from imposing the same restrictions on us. Once they have established this "tax on living" on the corporations, they can easily expand it to things like cars, size of the home you are heating, and any other aspect of your life that requires carbon emissions. We would be told to cut back, or pay up. In essence, it would truly be a tax on living, like the old "luxury tax" of the '50's or the "sin tax" imposed on cigarettes and alcohol.

Don't think that can happen? In your entire life, have you ever seen any tax that could have been imposed but was not? Have you ever seen any tax that was not expanded at the first opportunity?

Fear of terrorism convinced us to give up some rights with the Patriot Act. And the liberals will use the fear of extinction by global warming as a way to get away with a tax on living.

Mark my words - unless the people get wise and elect intelligent, thinking people who are not overly liberal, it will happen. When you go to the polls, think of the way of life you want for your children and grandchildren. And if you decide you do not want a socialist "nanny state", think conservative - or, if you can't do that, at least think moderate.

If we are not happy with Maine's liberal government, for example, it is our own fault, because we elected those clowns. And as Thomas Jefferson once said, "Every person gets the government they deserve." Because the power to change it lies with us!