Sell outs

I was surprised when the Waxman Markey climate change ponzi scheme passed the House, that all three Utahn congressman opposed it.  Jim Matheson, Utah’s shining democrat, voted against it despite his reputation as something of an environmental crusader.  His statements against the bill can be read here.  

Matheson’s comments on the bill make me wonder what these 8 sell-out Republicans were thinking when they voted for the bill.  I need to point out, that Matheson believes we must fight climate change and reduce energy dependence, and his arguments against the bill can’t easily be dismissed as the rantings of an unbeliever who won’t accept the “facts” of scientific bullies.

He claims the bill will destroy the derivatives market.  The bill will create unfair regional transfers of wealth when not-so-windy states with a lot of coal (like Utah) have to pay windy states with no coal (like ???) to burn coal.  In short, his criticisms seem to worth considering, but Pelosi’s Congress seems pretty committed to hurry.  After all, they need to get as much crap sticking to the wall before Americans figure out what is going on.

For example, The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Alan Carlin, produced a report that was critical of current accepted truths of global warming science, and his report was entirely censored by the EPA.  You can read the emails discussing this blatant act of censorship.  You can also read the actual report that was censored.  Everyone at least ought to read the executive summary to get an idea of the kind of scientific evidence that is being censored and suppressed.  The rushed way in which this censorship occurred is characteristic of the way democrats and Obama in particular seem to be running things.  The cool college professor seems less concerned about hearing all sides of an argument and proceeding with the best available information.  

I can accept the fact that most Americans are ignorant or lazy, and so they are an easy group to swindle.  However, what I can’t understand is why some of my smarter friends pass off what is going to be another trillion dollar train wreck on the Obama/Pelosi one-way-track to bankruptcy.  If the science of global warming is so convincing and so sound, then why do dissenters need to be silenced and censored?  If someone is wrong, isn’t the best form of censorship to let them speak out?