Campaign for Working Families: End of Day -- 3/5/09

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Thursday, March 5, 2009



To: Friends & Supporters



From: Gary L. Bauer





Obama’s War On Energy



On Monday, hundreds of global warming protestors came to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate against Capitol Hill’s coal-fired power plant. The same day, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was scheduled to address the environmental activists at a Capitol Hill rally. Evidently, Mother Nature didn’t get the memo. A major snow storm forced the cancellation of Pelosi’s flight back to Washington, and temperatures hovered around freezing throughout the day, well below the average for early March.



On the same day, Discovery News reported that yet another study found that “global temperatures have flatlined since 2001.” The scientists are stumped. Kyle Swanson of the University of Wisconsin said, “This is nothing like anything we’ve seen since the 1950s. Cooling events since then had firm causes… This current cooling doesn’t have one.” The study’s author suggests that the cooling trend “could continue for up to 30 years.”



This is particularly noteworthy because Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was on Capitol Hill yesterday testifying in defense of the Obama Administration’s planned tax hikes, including its $650 billion carbon cap-and-trade tax scheme intended partly to combat global warming. During his testimony, Geithner attacked the energy industry for causing global warming and said that the Obama Administration wanted to “change incentives” (manipulate tax policy) for the good of the country.



Because it is a tax on energy production, Obama’s carbon cap-and-trade scheme will produce additional costs that will ripple throughout the economy. Even Barack Obama admitted the tremendous costs, telling the San Francisco Chronicle last January, “Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.”



The Detroit News published an editorial yesterday warning, “President Barack Obama’s proposed cap-and-trade system on greenhouse gas emissions is a giant economic dagger aimed at the nation’s heartland – particularly Michigan. … [This tax] will drive up the cost of nearly everything and will amount to a major tax increase for American consumers.”



How will it affect you? Dr. Margo Thorning, chief economist of the American Council for Capital Formation, told Fox News this week that the Obama carbon tax will cost between “$700 to $1,400 per family, per year…”



Where’s the logic in imposing a massive new tax on hard-working families and struggling businesses based on temperature variations that scientists can’t explain? This is just one more example of Obama’s commitment to the radical leftwing ideology, and a good reason why we are working hard to defeat liberal Democrats in next year’s congressional elections.





Clueless and Classless



The election of Barack Obama was hailed as a great opportunity to restore America’s respect in the world, to “reboot” America’s image abroad and strengthen our relationships with other nations. Yet, his diplomatic efforts so far have been clueless and classless.



One of the first things Obama did when he took office was return a bust of Winston Churchill that had been given to President Bush by British Prime Minister Tony Blair after 9/11. As Britain stood by our side during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Churchill bust stood in the Oval Office throughout George W. Bush’s presidency. Needless to say, many Britons were shocked when Barack booted Winston from the White House.



This week, Obama had an opportunity for a “redo” when Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited Washington. Unfortunately, President Obama again snubbed our ally with behavior that one British columnist described as “very odd and, frankly, exceptionally rude.”



First, the White House denied the prime minister a formal press conference. Only once in more than a dozen meetings with Tony Blair did George W. Bush not grant the British prime minister such honors, and that exception occurred during a hastily arranged visit after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Instead, Obama and Brown sat briefly together in the Oval Office in what the Washington Post described as “a chilly reception.” But the worst was yet to come.



It is customary for heads of state to exchange gifts when they meet, and Prime Minister Brown presented President Obama with a pen holder carved from the wood of the HMS Gannet. The Gannet was engaged in anti-slavery and piracy missions for a time off the coast of Sudan. She was the sister ship of the HMS Resolute. The wood of that ship was used to make the Resolute Desk, which was a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880. It is instantly recognizable as the magnificent desk that currently sits in the Oval Office.



Clearly, considerable care and thought were given to the gift Prime Minister Brown would present to President Obama. What did our president give the prime minister in return? Here’s how the U.K.’s Daily Mail put it: “For despite being leader of the world’s most bountiful nation, President Obama handed over nothing more thought-provoking than 25 classic American films on DVD. It was the equivalent of receiving a pair of socks from an unfamiliar aunt at Christmas -- and a less-than-glowing affirmation of the UK-US bond.”



It’s almost impossible to explain this diplomatic slap to one of our best allies. Brown is a fellow socialist who presumably sees eye-to-eye with Obama on many issues. The only possible explanation for the classless display is that Obama is utterly clueless when it comes to diplomacy.





Obama’s Pro-Abortion Agenda



For years, Democrats have engaged in verbal gymnastics trying to confuse voters about their stand on abortion. Bill Clinton said he wanted abortion to “safe, legal and rare.” Barack Obama said he wanted to “reduce the need for abortion.” Sadly, their records betrayed their moderate rhetoric and the voters who fell for it.



In today’s Washington Times, I outline the actions Obama has taken in his first days in office and note just how radically pro-abortion his policies really are. You can read the column online at www.washingtontimes.com.



TAKE ACTION: Once you’ve read the column, please speak up in defense of the most voiceless and defenseless in our society today – the child in the womb. Click here to tell your elected representatives in Congress that you oppose Obama’s bailout of the abortion industry with taxpayer funds.







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[blessed5x]

Mar. 6, 2009 at 12:12 AM

Hmmm....comment went poof......maybe into that black hole.....!  LOL  I think that God has a great sense of humor, global warming fear mongering.....hows about a nice snow storm...!  lol  lol  Thanks, I voted this popular!