Life's Inanities and Ironies

With or without our consent the powers that be in our supposed House of Representatives once again said they don't care what the majority of their constituents want and passed H.R. 2454: The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 Here’s a PDF link to the bill passed by congress today and heading for the Senate. HR 2454 BTW, the vote was 219-212 with enough Republicans crossing the aisle to pass it. I would openly like to thank my own Congressman Joe Donnelly for having the sense and the intestinal fortitude to go against his party. Only 2 Indiana Representatives, Democrats Andre’ Carson from the 7 th district and Baron Hill from the 9 th , voted for HR 2454. Want to see how your Congressman voted on this bill? And here are some highlights of the 300 page amendment tacked on in the wee hours of the morning. It was amazing to listen to Boehner run down the 300+ page amendment to the bill that got dumped on Congress at 3 AM Friday morning. Among th...

Below is a copy of the message I have sent to my Congressman Joe Donnelly "Representative Donnelly, HR 2454, the "Cap-and-Trade" bill scheduled to come before you for a vote very soon, is nothing more than a thinly disguised energy tax that will hit every single American. I have called and left a message to let you know That I personally am against this and as my representative I ask that you take this into consideration when you vote. If those I have been talking to locally are any indication a large majority of your constituents have no clue as to the impact this is going to have on their lives if passed. I am hoping that you sir ARE aware. Even tho the goal of this bill is a lofty one and it may force a change in the way energy is produced in this country, it's counterparts around the world have failed miserably. President Obama himself claimed in several campaign speeches before the election that if this plan was put into effect it would rais...