The Green Enron
One thing that has been pretty clear for a while is that so-called “carbon offset credits” are mostly a scam run on the gullible. Even the NY Times has admitted it.
Also keep in mind that these so-called “carbon offset credits” are at the heart of the “Cap and Tax” scheme our Dear Leader and the congressional democrats are trying to shove down the throats of the American People.
Here is another block of evidence to support the “it’s a scam” school of rational thought.
The UK Telegraph reports the following:
Officers from HM Revenue & Customs searched both residential properties and offices in both Gravesend and London targeting an alleged network of organised crime.
Members are believed to have been trading large volumes of high-value carbon credits from overseas sources free of VAT.
Tax investigators believe these may then have been sold on to businesses in the UK charging VAT that is never paid to the authorities.
So far, the cash total in this “green” criminal enterprise $62.8 Million.
The nice man at Watts Up With That has noted that someone has already done a Masters Thesis on just how ripe the so-called “carbon offset credits” for fraud.
Let us look at the most famous peddler of these Modern Plenary Indulgences here in the United States of America, Al Gore. Selling Carbon Offset Credits has been very, very good to Al Gore. He owns a mansion and yacht. Not just any mansion, mind you, but one that uses more electricity in a month than the average American home uses in a year! Like other eco-hypocrits pushing the Carbon Offset Credit Scam, Al Gore also isn’t giving up his use of private jets, which produce about four and half tons of carbon per hour of flight time.
Obama’s Snitch line is down
Filed under: Culture of Corruption, Free Speech, Our Dear Leader, Politics
Hot Air is reporting that email to the Obama Snitch email address (flag@whitehouse.gov) is down and returning an error message.
A win for the First Amendment and the Rule of Law, two things the Obama Administration isn’t too keen on.
Another leftist double standard: Requiring ID
First off, a story NewsBusters files under “Can’t Make It Up” with good reason.
Eugene Green, a democrat congresscritter from Texas has voted against defending the basic civil rights of American citizens by voting NO on requiring ID for federal elections. This hasn’t stopped him from demanding that American Citizens in his own district present a photo ID in order to be admitted into his “Town Hall” Meetings.
Liberal democrat hypocrisy so thick you need an ax to make a dent in it.
Extra Bonus Example: Racist Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor had her fitness club membership canceled because she repeated refused to show her ID when entering the club. She apparently felt that the staff should have been honored to have a “wise Latina woman” gracing their establishment and didn’t need to identify herself.
A look behind the scenes at an ObamaCare Astroturf event
A video report on Obama health care Town Hall – 11 August 2009 – Portsmouth NH
Originally posted at No Moss Here.
The left’s so-called “protesters” are being paid $10-$15 an hour. Where is the money coming from to pay for all of this Astroturf?
More lies from the left about Obamacare
Why do democrats feel the need to lie in order “sell” their so-called “Health Care Reform” program to the American People? Probably because it has little or none to do with improving the Health Care of most tax paying American citizens.
Rightwing Sparkle has yet another example of a what is probably a planted democrat operative lying at a Town Hall meeting.
On Aug. 11th our own Houston Chronicle displayed a picture of Shelia Jackson Lee hugging a woman who had asked a question at the townhall as well, but her question was in full support of the health care bill. The woman was identified as “Dr. Roxana Mayer, a pediatric primary care physician.” Turns out, she isn’t a doctor at all though. She had identified herself to the Chonicle that way though.
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So, here we have someone asking a question, giving favor in support of the health care bill, posing as a doctor to give more credibility to her support. When in reality she was an Obama delegate and NOT a doctor.
If “Obamacare” really was beneficial to American Citizens, the simple truth would support the democrat’s policies. Since they feel the need to lie repeatedly about it, that should tell you all you need to know.
Update: HotAir points out that not only is Roxana Mayer not a doctor, she was an Obama delegate!
Obama is getting desperate
Filed under: Culture of Corruption, Obamaspeak, Our Dear Leader, Politics
This is clear from his “speech” at his carefully packed with ringers speech in New Hampshire yesterday.
He told at least two two major whoppers in that attempt to hide the fact that a majority of Americans do understand “ObamaCare” and are very much against it.
The first was the flat out lie about AARP supporting his march to Socialism.
The second was his statement that there would be “no lines” under ObamaCare, which is a crock of shit. Let’s look at the reality of socialized medicine in Canada and England.
Although Canada has a population smaller than California, 830,000 Canadians are currently waiting to be admitted to a hospital or to get treatment, according to a report last month in Investor’s Business Daily. In England, the waiting list is 1.8 million.
Our Dear Leader thinks he can spout any nonsense he wants and no one will check him on it. Well, he’s right in assuming that no one at CNN/MSNBC/CBS/ABC/NY Times will ever bother to fact check the load of crap he is shoveling to the American People.
The left’s Astroturf
Filed under: Culture of Corruption, Free Speech, Politics, Tea Party
Far hard left extremist democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Barbra Boxer are accusing the American Citizens who are questioning our Dear Leader‘s plan for socializing our medical system of being organized “Astroturf” instead of being the legitimate grassroots movement it is. This is hardly surprising, since it’s the only way they can get people to “protests” who support their platform.
Let’s review the facts of the matter. Take a look at the folks who show up to oppose socializing our medical system. They are dressed like ordinary people, they are carrying homemade signs, and they probably took time off from work, i.e. not getting paid, in order to ask simple questions of their elected representatives.
Now compare these to the so-called “protesters” who show up to support the left’s march to Socialism. Denver photojournalist El Marco points out that those “protesters” “had to be coached by professional organizers — including several day laborers who didn’t speak English and couldn’t tell what the signs they were holding read.”
How did the left get those “protesters?” It’s simple, they paid them. Really. Check out these ads on Craigs List. In addition to the paid “protesters”, the left brought out their ACORN aggitators and Union thugs. The staffers running democrat “town hall” meetings are denying access to taxpaying citizens while flooding the room with their ringers. If voting tax payers do manage to get in, they are then physically attacked by leftist Union thugs and professional aggitators.
Of course, the usual suspects are ignoring the truth and simple facts and spreading lies.
Update: George Soros pours another $5 Million into leftist Astroturn.
Quote of the Day
Questioning Barack Obama Is The Highest Form of Patriotism.
GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!
Excuse me, channeling Gary Trudeu there for a minute.
I’m better now.
You remember former democrat Congressman William “Cold Cash” Jefferson, who was voted out of office while fighting the charges that he took $100,000 in cash bribes.
The Justice Department’s case against him included the person who gave him the $100,000 in cash testifing that it was for a bribe and then finding $90,000 hidden in frozen food boxes in Jefferson’s home freezer.
Of course William “Cold Cash” Jefferson was defended as “innocent” by the democrat s0-called “leadership” including Nancy Pelosi.
Well, Congression Jefferson has had his day in court and “federal jury convicted a former U.S. congressman Wednesday of taking bribes on 11 of 16 counts in a case in which agents found $90,000 in his freezer.”
Former Rep. William Jefferson, a Democrat who had represented parts of New Orleans, was accused of accepting more than $400,000 in bribes and seeking millions more in exchange for brokering business deals in Africa.
It took jurors five days to reach a decision after an eight-week trial.
Obama continues to break Transparency Promise
Filed under: Culture of Corruption, Our Dear Leader, Politics
Our Dear Leader promised to increase goverment transparency under his administration. That was clearly another lie told to dupe the sheepeople into voting for him.
The latest example is the BHO regime denying access to the actual numbers for it’s faux-Green “Cash for Clunkers” program.
What is our Dear Leader and his socalist cronies hiding from the American People? Shouldn’t he be proud of what he is trying to do to America and shout his intentions from the proverable rooftops instead of trying to ram his policies through Congress quickly and often under the cover of darkness?