CLEAN ENERGY? - AT 7:52 A.M. ET:  A huge Democratic energy bill is making its way through the House, despite solid Republican opposition.  Even a number of Democrats have their doubts, but the bill is likely to pass narrowly.  Then it goes on to an uncertain fate in the Senate, where sanity occasionally prevails.  Wesley Pruden, of The Washington Times, who minces no words, describes the ugly scene:

You can't blame the Democrats for hurrying to enact their hot-air legislation. The public is finally paying attention, recognizing the global warming crisis for what it is, a giant scam that will cost every American plenty. The globe isn't warming - it's actually cooling, in fact - and there's no crisis.

The only "crisis" Thursday in Washington was what to do with Al Gore. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had invited the ex-veep to Washington to appear Friday with senior Democrats to make a last-minute appeal for votes for the American Clean Energy and Security Act. Note there's not a word about "global" or "warming" in the title of the legislation. Once you stink up perfectly good words, you have to find new ones. (That's why liberals now call themselves "progressives.")

COMMENT:  I hope Pruden is right, that the public is finally paying attention.  I also hope we'll have a little investigative reporting by the media.  I'd love to know who actually benefits from this legislation, how much they'll receive, and what their relationship is to the Democratic Party.  I'd also love to know how much the average American family will pay for legislation that is driven largely by untested theories.

June 26, 2009