House GOP threatens utilities for not toeing climate-change line
“GOP lawmakers and industry lobbyists are talking about legislation aimed at reining in power companies after some utilities were seen as being less than friendly to their efforts to block Obama administration climate change rules.
Several House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans and industry lobbyists are pushing for a “Ratepayer Protection Act,” a measure that would limit utilities’ ability to pass along costs to consumers, according to lobbyists close to the committee.
The discussions come after POLITICO last week reported that several top utility CEOs weren’t thrilled with a draft bill from Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) to preempt the EPA on climate change.
CEOs from American Electric Power, NextEra Energy, Southern Co. and Dominion Resources said to varying degrees that they support allowing the EPA to proceed on a “reasonable” time frame on greenhouse gas rules for power plants, petroleum refiners and other major stationary sources.”
In other words, Republicans in Congress want to use the power of government to punish utilities for being insufficiently opposed to greenhouse gas regulation. Lovely use of limited government there, folks.
Oh, and I just have to ask: What provision of the Constitution empowers Congress to interfere in the decisions of state Public Service Commissions in their regulation of state-chartered utilities?
– Jay Bookman
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stands for decibels
March 10th, 2011
11:17 am
But……you wrote that I attacked you.
are you really unfamiliar with the phrase “attacking the messanger”? is that possible?
John Galt
March 10th, 2011
11:17 am
Gee Jay, why not write about the promise Obama is keeping with regard to drugs? His admin has picked a winner for the production of a drug that used to cost $10. Now, it will cost $1500..
Does it get any better than that? Want to justify it?
http://www.ajc.com/health/preemie-birth-preventive-spikes-866617.html
The change you voted for has arrived with a vengeance..
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:17 am
“Because I am 60 years old and I remember the advice that pregnant women got to eat MORE fish…when I was younger and the water was cleaner.’
Yeah, and milk supposedly caused cancer back then and cigarettes were good for you.
Got it.
md
March 10th, 2011
11:18 am
“Ok, I’ll buy that. So the union busting provisions ARE budgetary, and the WI legislature violate their own Constitution by stripping them out and voting on them as a non-budgetary provision.”
Ok…..that is evidently what you believe……..while I believe the “process” is not spending or “fiscal”. Changing the process costs the State absolutely nothing…..hence, not fiscal.
So we’ll just have to wait and see how it plays out………………
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:18 am
“are you really unfamiliar with the phrase “attacking the messanger”? is that possible?”
What’s a messanger?
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
March 10th, 2011
11:18 am
DAMN Doggone!!!!!
You don’t have a time machine…. You ARE the time machine.
j/k
Hard to dispute facts when one has first hand knowledge of how things have changed. However, I’m sure there will be some disputing of them anyway.
George W
March 10th, 2011
11:19 am
Doggone “Because I am 60 years old” THAT really explains ALOT!
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:19 am
“Hard to dispute facts when one has first hand knowledge of how things have changed. ”
Is he a scientist?
Doggone/GA
March 10th, 2011
11:20 am
“cigarettes were good for you.”
so is mercury free fish
stands for decibels
March 10th, 2011
11:20 am
What’s a messanger?
If I’d spelled it correctly, would you have answered the question?
Koch Classics
March 10th, 2011
11:21 am
I am now a stoopid homophobic racist nazi troll humper
I wouldn’t know but if the shoe fits, I’m sure you wear it proudly. tick tick tick, I believe is how the saying went last time you were here abouts.
George W
March 10th, 2011
11:21 am
How did we get on the subject of fish?? haha
Doggone/GA
March 10th, 2011
11:21 am
“Is he a scientist?”
SoCo – shhhhh!
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:22 am
“How did we get on the subject of fish?? haha”
Same way they tried to turn the Obama disaster around on Bush.
George W
March 10th, 2011
11:22 am
Oh is it because Obama’s policies stink like rotten fish?
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:22 am
“If I’d spelled it correctly, would you have answered the question?”
I would if you asked nicely.
Doggone/GA
March 10th, 2011
11:23 am
“How did we get on the subject of fish??”
Is your scroll bar broken?
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:23 am
“I wouldn’t know but if the shoe fits, I’m sure you wear it proudly. tick tick tick, I believe is how the saying went last time you were here abouts.”
?
George W
March 10th, 2011
11:24 am
Doggone…..spelling is very important….If you dont believe me look at that country in Africa! hahahah One “g” can make a big difference!
Doggone/GA
March 10th, 2011
11:25 am
“spelling is very important”
I don’t remember having a discussion of spelling with anyone. So I don’t know to what you are referring.
George W
March 10th, 2011
11:25 am
Doggone….I apologize I meant “stands”….
Koch Classics
March 10th, 2011
11:27 am
If you dont believe me look at that country in Africa! hahahah One “g” can make a big difference!
What are you trying to say, George W.
Doggone/GA
March 10th, 2011
11:28 am
“I apologize I meant “stands”….”
Apology accepted…but let me point out that on a blog like this, if you understand what the other person meant…spelling is not important. We all get in a hurry and make mistakes. Dwelling on them just makes “you” seem petty.
George W
March 10th, 2011
11:30 am
Koch….just that spelling is very important! I thought I said that already. Can you read?
stands for decibels
March 10th, 2011
11:30 am
I would if you asked nicely.
Are you familiar with the expression “attacking the messenger”?
(Sometimes called “shooting the messenger.”) Anyway, I took it, in this context, to mean that the White House was the messenger in question, not a commenter, here.
I actually figured I was doing you a modest favor by asking.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:31 am
“spelling is not important. ”
And Americans wonder why our schools are failing badly.
mmm, mmm, mmm, Barack the Liar Obama - BEND OVER, Here comes the CHANGE!
March 10th, 2011
11:33 am
“What provision of the Constitution empowers Congress to interfere in the decisions of state Public Service Commissions in their regulation of state-chartered utilities?”
Gee Jay, what provision of the Constitution allows illegals to stay here? I see the Constitution only works when you WANT it to.
stands for decibels
March 10th, 2011
11:35 am
The New York Times is too genteel to actually call NJ Gov. Chris Christie a “big fat liar,” but I’m not.
Christie’s Talk Is Blunt, but Not Always Straight
New Jersey’s public-sector unions routinely pressure the State Legislature to give them what they fail to win in contract talks. Most government workers pay nothing for health insurance. Concessions by school employees would have prevented any cuts in school programs last year.
Statements like those are at the core of Gov. Chris Christie’s campaign to cut state spending by getting tougher on unions. They are not, however, accurate.
[...]
Some overstatements have worked their way into the governor’s routine public comments, like a claim that he balanced the budget last year without raising taxes; in truth, he cut deeply into tax credits for the elderly and the poor. But inaccuracies also crop up when he is challenged, and his instinct seems to be to turn it into an attack on someone else instead of giving an answer.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:37 am
It’s sad when the French make an American president look…….French.
Sarkozy to propose air strikes in Libya
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/sarkozy-to-propose-air-strikes-in-libya-20110311-1bpxc.html
stands for decibels
March 10th, 2011
11:37 am
Since Jay’s not around to baby-sit:
Gee Jay, what provision of the Constitution allows illegals to stay here?
Gee Generic Righty-Troll-Guy, when did Jay ever say he wanted them to?
George W
March 10th, 2011
11:37 am
Stands…..THANK GOD! We have another Govenor willing to stand up to the unions! Great job Mr. Christie
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:38 am
“The New York Times is too genteel to actually call NJ Gov. Chris Christie a “big fat liar,” but I’m not.”
Then again, the NYT is a flailing newspaper.
stands for decibels
March 10th, 2011
11:38 am
Stands…..THANK GOD!
so you’re ok with lying. Got it.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:38 am
“Gee Generic Righty-Troll-Guy, when did Jay ever say he wanted them to?”
stands for decibels
Are you incapable of carrying on an adult conversation?
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
March 10th, 2011
11:39 am
SoCo – shhhhh!
stands for decibels
March 10th, 2011
11:39 am
Boy, that’s some deep in-depth analysis three (3) whole minutes after I’d posted the NYTimes piece. What value!
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:40 am
stands for decibels
Are you not supposed to be “tolerant?” Making fun of someones weight is intolerant.
Smarterthananylib
March 10th, 2011
11:40 am
You commie democrats are getting exactly what you deserve, nothing. You commies will simply have to do for yourselves instead of wanting the REAL AMERICANS ( if you vote for dems you are NOT AMERICAN and you never will be ) do for you.What a bunch of dumbasses you commie dems are. I guess your poster boy Bill Mahr was right about only one thing, ” you people are STUPID ” He just failed to mention that he really meant you commie dems not the REAL AMERICANS. Anyway, WE THE PEOPLE , AMERICAN PEOPLE , ( not you scum dems ) are taking OUR COUNTRY ( not yours you stupid commie dems )back and we really hope you morons start some crap, you are playing right into our hands ( you know our hands ? the ones you all feed off of every meal every day)Yep the future looks brite to me and soon REAL AMERICANS you can rest assure that liberalISM and communISM will be a WASM.
stands for decibels
March 10th, 2011
11:40 am
Are you incapable of carrying on an adult conversation?
No. I cannot carry on an adult conversation with a toddler.
Anyway, have fun guys. Gots to go produce.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
March 10th, 2011
11:40 am
LOL @ dB!!!!!
retired early
March 10th, 2011
11:40 am
Doggone/GA
We are wasting our time with these nitwits. The only thing that will change their minds is when it hits their pocket books. The GOP agenda, once completely implemented, will be devastating to the middle class and it will take decades to undue the damage…unfortunately, with ‘Climate Change”, we don’t have decades. You can tell your grandchildren you are sorry their planet will become uninhabitable in their lifetimes…but you tried. Unable to reason with a majority who trusted non scientist over the entire scientific community, thereby refusing to make changes necessary to save the planet, you were helpless. It is a sad day, indeed, when ignorance trumps intelligence…but that is exactly what we are witnessing daily on this blog and throughout America. You who cheered when the Wi union was busted…will feel the ‘pinch’ in your own wallets soon enough….will you then finally figure out you’ve been had…Probably not.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:40 am
“Boy, that’s some deep in-depth analysis three (3) whole minutes after I’d posted the NYTimes piece. What value!’
As opposed to calling the governor fat?
Paul
March 10th, 2011
11:41 am
WOW
Regarding your conversation with AmVet, I’d ask you to listen to the entire link. If you find it a bit dry you can skip the first 10 minutes or so where the speaker is describing the scientific measurements and how they’re used – but they really provide the basis for his conclusions.
Dr. David Long is the Director, BYU Center for Remote Sensing and Professor, Electrical and Computer Eng. Dept. Brigham Young University. He said he didn’t start down this path as an objective, this is just where his research took him.
Said he’s taken a lot of heat for what he’s said, which is a shame, as the counters are not scientifically based – at all.
I’ve listened to this several times and it was a turning point. If, after you listen to it, if you find weaknesses or inaccuracies in his methods, interpretations or conclusions, I’d appreciate hearing about it.
“Microwaves, Icebergs and Global Warming.”
http://www.byub.org/talks/Talk.aspx?id=2994
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:41 am
“No. I cannot carry on an adult conversation with a toddler.”
Not that you could carry on an adult conversation to begin with.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
March 10th, 2011
11:42 am
Then again, the NYT is a flailing newspaper.
Is it flailing like a fish flopping around on the beach? or is it flailing like somebody fighting using the windmill technique? Haven’t quite seen a flailing newspaper, other than when my grandparents used them to swat flies.
AmVet
March 10th, 2011
11:43 am
Just sent Sen, Isakson a reply in regards to his inane, slonganesque email about the budget deficit.
With all of the decorum I could muster, I explained to him (as if *he* will ever see it!) that spendaholic Republicans talking about deficit reductions is like prostitutes talking about abstinence.
As Ronald Reagan admitted (inadvertently as it was!), he is the problem.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:44 am
“I’d ask you to listen to the entire link.”
No thanks.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:44 am
“Just sent Sen, Isakson a reply in regards to his inane, slonganesque email about the budget deficit.”
I bet you sure showed him!
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:46 am
“Haven’t quite seen a flailing newspaper”
Maybe I should have written, failing. Is that better?
George W
March 10th, 2011
11:47 am
I bet Isakson is running in fear! hahah
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:50 am
AmVet
I’m just having a little fun with you. The best way to reach Issakson is by writing him a letter. Most congressmen don’t read e-mails because they are so old school.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
March 10th, 2011
11:50 am
WOW
Write whatever you mean. I was just asking a question, as I’ve never heard of a newspaper being referred to as flailing.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
11:50 am
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
Will do.
Paul
March 10th, 2011
11:52 am
WOW
““I’d ask you to listen to the entire link.”
No thanks.”
You realize you’ve just stated to everyone here you’re an ideologue who is not open to information, but who holds fast to his opinions in spite of new evidence?
And one who is afraid of having his comfortable view of things challenged by evidence that’s hard to refute?
What am I saying?!!? You should feel right at home on this blog!
Doggone/GA
March 10th, 2011
11:55 am
“You realize you’ve just stated to everyone here you’re an ideologue who is not open to information, but who holds fast to his opinions in spite of new evidence?”
Paul – you forgot to add “again” – see his response to my posting of the information on the healtcare waivers.
George W
March 10th, 2011
11:56 am
Ok lads and gents….heading to lunch.
Paul
March 10th, 2011
11:56 am
Doggone/GA
I was hoping for a breakthrough……
Paul
March 10th, 2011
11:57 am
George W
Have a good one.
And I’m so glad you didn’t add ‘for my $12 steak at Longhorn!!!”
Pablito
March 10th, 2011
12:00 pm
Death threats emailed to Wisconsin Senators from the Union Thugs.
From 620 WTMJ
Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your familes
will also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks. Please explain
to them that this is because if we get rid of you and your families then it
will save the rights of 300,000 people and also be able to close the deficit
that you have created. I hope you have a good time in hell. Read below for
more information on possible scenarios in which you will die.
WE want to make this perfectly clear. Because of your actions today and in
the past couple of weeks I and the group of people that are working with me
have decided that we’ve had enough. We feel that you and the people that
support the dictator have to die. We have tried many other ways of dealing
with your corruption but you have taken things too far and we will not stand
for it any longer. So, this is how it’s going to happen: I as well as many
others know where you and your family live, it’s a matter of public records.
We have all planned to assult you by arriving at your house and putting a
nice little bullet in your head. However, we decided that we wouldn’t leave
it there. We also have decided that this may not be enough to send the
message to you since you are so “high” on Koch and have decided that you are
now going to single handedly make this a dictatorship instead of a
demorcratic process. So we have also built several bombs that we have placed
in various locations around the areas in which we know that you frequent.
This includes, your house, your car, the state capitol, and well I won’t
tell you all of them because that’s just no fun. Since we know that you are
not smart enough to figure out why this is happening to you we have decided
to make it perfectly clear to you. If you and your goonies feel that it’s
necessary to strip the rights of 300,000 people and ruin their lives, making
them unable to feed, clothe, and provide the necessities to their families
and themselves then We Will “get rid of” (in which I mean kill) you. Please
understand that this does not include the heroic Rep. Senator that risked
everything to go aganist what you and your goonies wanted him to do. We feel
that it’s worth our lives to do this, because we would be saving the lives
of 300,000 people. Please make your peace with God as soon as possible and
say goodbye to your loved ones we will not wait any longer. YOU WILL DIE!!!!
Reply Reply to all Forward
Uh huh – Peace loving protest…
Doggone/GA
March 10th, 2011
12:01 pm
“Uh huh – Peace loving protest”
Somebody’s about to learn that IP addresses can be traced back
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:02 pm
“You realize you’ve just stated to everyone here you’re an ideologue who is not open to information, but who holds fast to his opinions in spite of new evidence?”
Paul, when Al Gore gives up his millions of dollars, sells his private fleet of planes and buys a Prius, I’ll pay attention. The “warmers” have changed the name several times which says to me that they don’t know what they’re talking about. When “climategate” broke last year, that was it for me. There isn’t any “new evidence” of global warming climate distress disorder.
“And one who is afraid of having his comfortable view of things challenged by evidence that’s hard to refute?”
Paul, the only thing I’m “afraid” of right now is America going broke. Global Climate Disorder can take a backseat.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:02 pm
“Paul – you forgot to add “again” – see his response to my posting of the information on the healtcare waivers.’
You mean, excuse.
Doggone/GA
March 10th, 2011
12:04 pm
“You mean, excuse.”
Paul – I rest my case (and yours)
Keep up the good fight!
March 10th, 2011
12:04 pm
Pablito…and yet you have no evidence who sent it or whether it is another Gov Walker plant….but great rush for judgment.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:04 pm
Wisconsin GOP Senators Face Death Threats; MSM Ignores
http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/03/10/wisconsin-gop-senators-face-death-threats-msm-ignores/
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:05 pm
Death threat letter.
From: XXXX
Sent: Wed 3/9/2011 9:18 PM
To: Sen.Kapanke; Sen.Darling; Sen.Cowles; Sen.Ellis; Sen.Fitzgerald; Sen.Galloway; Sen.Grothman; Sen.Harsdorf; Sen.Hopper; Sen.Kedzie; Sen.Lasee; Sen.Lazich; Sen.Leibham; Sen.Moulton; Sen.Olsen
Subject: Atten: Death threat!!!! Bomb!!!!
Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your familes [sic] will also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks. Please explain to them that this is because if we get rid of you and your families then it will save the rights of 300,000 people and also be able to close the deficit that you have created. I hope you have a good time in hell. Read below for more information on possible scenarios in which you will die.
WE want to make this perfectly clear. Because of your actions today and in the past couple of weeks I and the group of people that are working with me have decided that we’ve had enough. We feel that you and the people that support the dictator have to die. We have tried many other ways of dealing with your corruption but you have taken things too far and we will not stand for it any longer. So, this is how it’s going to happen: I as well as many others know where you and your family live, it’s a matter of public records.
We have all planned to assult [sic]you by arriving at your house and putting a nice little bullet in your head. However, we decided that we wouldn’t leave it there. We also have decided that this may not be enough to send the message to you since you are so “high” on Koch and have decided that you are now going to single handedly make this a dictatorship instead of a demorcratic [sic]process. So we have also built several bombs that we have placed in various locations around the areas in which we know that you frequent.
This includes, your house, your car, the state capitol, and well I won’t tell you all of them because that’s just no fun. Since we know that you are not smart enough to figure out why thisis happening to you we have decided to make it perfectly clear to you. If you and your goonies feel that it’s necessary to strip the rights of 300,000 people and ruin their lives, making them unable to feed, clothe, and provide the necessities to their families and themselves then We Will “get rid of” (in which I mean kill) you. Please understand that this does not include the heroic Rep. Senator that risked everything to go aganist what you and your goonies wanted him to do. We feel that it’s worth our lives to do this, because we would be saving the lives of 300,000 people. Please make your peace with God as soon as possible and say goodbye to your loved ones we will not wait any longer. YOU WILL DIE!!!!
It was a photocopy of the original document.
My Name Changes
March 10th, 2011
12:06 pm
Pablito,
The typical liberal response.
Those Tea Party people sure are hateful and violent…
Wheres the MSM on that story – NOWHERE
HuffPost and MSNBC will justify that email.
Keep up the good fight!
March 10th, 2011
12:06 pm
March 10, 2011 10:51 a.m.
On Thursday morning, the Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke to a large crowd outside the Capitol.
Jackson exhorted the crowd to fight for their rights, but in a nonviolent way.
____________________________
And here is what responsible people do.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:07 pm
Pablito
The left will ignore the death threats just like they ignore everything else. If one of those senators is harmed, the blood will be on the Democrat’s hands.
Normal
March 10th, 2011
12:07 pm
Budding Democrats,
Get yours now and wear it proudly…
http://www.elementsofpride.com/mommywhenigrowupiwanttohelpsmashthewhiteracisthomophobicpa.aspx
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:07 pm
“Jackson exhorted the crowd to fight for their rights, but in a nonviolent way.’
Guess they ignored him.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
March 10th, 2011
12:08 pm
Doggone/GA
I was hoping for a breakthrough……
Paul
Frogs keep hoping for wings so they can quit bumping their asses every time they hop.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:08 pm
Normal
Advocating violence are you?
Paul
March 10th, 2011
12:09 pm
WOW
I have the same opinion of Mr. Gore and have stated here many times. I think he’s a guy who began with good intentions, saw the money that could be made and then put TV evangelists to shame.
But that didn’t mean I stopped listening to scientists who weren’t looking to make a buck.
“The “warmers” have changed the name several times which says to me that they don’t know what they’re talking about.”
Initially I had the same response. I thought it a cynical attempt to resuscitate a dying movement. Then I read the science behind the terminology change.
I pretty much held the view that regardless of whether there was fact behind climate change, and apportioning human responsibility would be difficult, and cost-benefits would be difficult to quantify, that regardless, we should treat the earth with some respect. I really didn’t see how pumping out all those gazillion tons of pollutants would be a good thing.
Then I came across this address while looking for the latest in science. It was, as I said, a game-changer.
You should really reconsider and give him a listen.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:09 pm
Capitol Chaos: Lawmakers Get Death Threats
http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/117732923.html
Normal
March 10th, 2011
12:10 pm
The Wisconsin Republicans have all ready committed political suicide,
but I’ll bet a dollar to a doughnut, that “threat” was written by one of the Koch Brother organizations
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:10 pm
“You should really reconsider and give him a listen.’
Alright Paul, I’ll watch the video.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:11 pm
“The Wisconsin Republicans have all ready committed political suicide”
No they haven’t.
Paul
March 10th, 2011
12:16 pm
WOW
Thanks.
BTW – I have also written I pretty much think the whole cap n trade thing applied to climate change is a boon for the gov’t and puts the trading of warrants into the hands of the same types who brought us the financial meltdown.
But cap n trade is the treatment. Whether it’s good or bad does not have any relation at all to whether or not humans are contributing to climate shifts.
md
March 10th, 2011
12:19 pm
“You who cheered when the Wi union was busted…will feel the ‘pinch’ in your own wallets soon enough”
Uhhhh……what do you think this is about? The taxpayers have already felt the pinch in their wallets…….that is why they prefer not to let the public unions hold them hostage for more than they themselves have…………
Doggone/GA
March 10th, 2011
12:21 pm
“I have also written I pretty much think the whole cap n trade thing applied to climate change is a boon for the gov’t and puts the trading of warrants into the hands of the same types who brought us the financial meltdown”
It depends on how it’s framed and setup. It’s been a successful answer to sulpher emissions.
RB from Gwinnett
March 10th, 2011
12:21 pm
“pushing for a “Ratepayer Protection Act,” a measure that would limit utilities’ ability to pass along costs to consumers”
Gee, I wonder if the people will be as happy about paying higher energy rates as a result of this garbage as the WI teachers are about paying a little of their own benefits?
poison pen
March 10th, 2011
12:22 pm
Doggone, I totally agree with you, correcting someone for their spelling mistakes does make a person petty.
I wish USuckinUS reads that, he/she is the most petty person to ever be on a blog.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:23 pm
“The taxpayers have already felt the pinch in their wallets’
Libs, do you all not realize that the WI unions are funded by taxpayer dollars?
poison pen
March 10th, 2011
12:23 pm
Should be USuckinUK, Wow I just did it.
retired early
March 10th, 2011
12:24 pm
Normal
Americans are 2 to 1 in opposition to this “union busting”. I think the GOP leadership, in agreeing with this overstepping of authority, has just done the Democrats a big favor and ’shot itself in the foot’…we will see in 2012…and yeah, the letter is too obvious an attempt at damage control.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:25 pm
“has just done the Democrats a big favor and ’shot itself in the foot’”
How is that? Taxpayers are sick of union goons taking their money. The reason Democrats are so upset is because without the union vote, they wouldn’t exist.
“we will see in 2012″
Oh you bet we will. Bye bye Obama.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:26 pm
“Americans are 2 to 1 in opposition to this “union busting”.”
Where did you get that statistic?
Get Real (the original)
March 10th, 2011
12:26 pm
Union thugs from all over the country force a capitol lockdown in Madison. Very unfortunate but it is important for the country to see unions for what they really are; they are losing their power and are not going to go quietly into the night. If the “near riots” continue and most likely escalate it will not be good for the Democrats…the nation is watching
George W
March 10th, 2011
12:26 pm
Retired….please show me the poll you used when saying that American are 2 to 1 in opposition to busting unions.
Paul
March 10th, 2011
12:27 pm
Doggone/GA
I do remember reading your links on sulphur. What I recall about the gov’t proposal for carbon, though, struck me as waaay too political and put waaay too much potential for manipulation in the hands of those with a financial interest.
Sandra
March 10th, 2011
12:27 pm
@Independent,
You are a nut case! Anything to refute something that is very real. Go to China and see what the air is like. There but for the grace of God and certain sensible people, go we!
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:27 pm
“please show me the poll you used when saying that American are 2 to 1 in opposition to busting unions.”
Ed Shultz had a “poll” up on the screen the other night and the source for his poll came from Media Matters.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:29 pm
Keep it up UNIONS!!!!!!! Show America who you really are.
Capitol Chaos: Legislative Leaders Call Capitol “Unsafe”
http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/117730808.html
False Evidence Appearing Real (FEAR)
March 10th, 2011
12:30 pm
This latest GOP threat to the utilities is but a page from the book of American Corporatocracy. We the people had better wake up quick and beat this beast back into it’s dark hole.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:30 pm
“We the people had better wake up quick and beat this beast back into it’s dark hole.”
Where should we meet you as you lead the charge?
George W
March 10th, 2011
12:31 pm
Repubs and the citizens of Wisconsin JUST WON!!!! Great job!
WOW
March 10th, 2011
12:32 pm
Words can sometimes come back to haunt you.
Michael Moore To Rachel Maddow On Wisconsin: ‘This Is War’
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/10/michael-moore-maddow-wisconsin_n_833922.html
retired early
March 10th, 2011
12:32 pm
WOW
“where did…that statistic”
On CNN
George W
March 10th, 2011
12:32 pm
The bill was passed 18-1.