And so it begins….
We knew as soon as there was a draft climate bill that it would be falsely attacked and derided disingenuously as “an energy tax.” But we had no idea to what extent the truth-stretchers would go to make their rhetorical points.
Did I say stretch the truth? I meant break, beat, spit upon and then toss it into a cesspool to be feasted upon by worms and vermin, for as little as truth means to these lying liars.
Wednesday, Keith Olbermann named John Boehner his “Worst Person in the World” for his exaggeration lie about the costs of tackling carbon. Watch this video for yourself:
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This is just the tip of the iceberg. At least some people are willing to check their facts and talk about climate in a rational manner. Look, a Press Release! (emphasis added is mine, not in original)
‘Energy Tax’ Rhetoric Ill Serves Debate on Climate Legislation
Republican members of Congress have taken to calling cap-and-trade legislation an “energy tax” or a “light switch tax” on American families and businesses.
Most recently, congressional Republicans misrepresented a Massachusetts Institute of Technology study analyzing cap-and-trade proposals. They distorted the study’s conclusions to exaggerate the costs of cap-and-trade legislation on individual households, by making faulty calculations based on erroneous assumptions and by ignoring a basic principle of economics – the time value of money.
Conservatives, of all people, should not ignore basic principles of economics. (more…)
