When Nancy Pelosi ruled the House of Representatives with an iron fist, one could chuckle at Republicans who came to committee hearings quoting scripture as the rationale for their positions on energy policy. But now, when one of those very same Republicans is in the running for the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce committee, it just doesn’t seem so funny.
[...John Shimkus, R-Ill] starts by quoting Genesis 8, Verses 21 and 22, in which God makes Noah a promise.
Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though all inclinations of his heart are evil from childhood and never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
As long as the earth endures, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will never cease.
Shimkus continues: “The earth will end only when God declares its time to be over. Man will not destroy this earth. This earth will not be destroyed by a flood.”
I’m glad that John Shimkus can sleep at night, faithful that that God’s word is “infallible, unchanging, perfect.” But for those of us who are less confident in humanity’s ability to keep from massively screwing up, the thought that the Bible will be determining government energy policy is massively ulcer-inducing.
MikeN said,
Let me guess… you DON’T believe in the science of climate change but you DO believe in the myth that Bush’s tax cuts for the rich created jobs?
see how soon we forget how the wing nuts ruled their committees and agencies.now it has come to bible policy…
I prefer the morals of scripture as rational for energy law than the thieving philosophy of progressives who destroy wealth creation and jobs.
California excellent example, billions if not trillions in tax dollars and thousands of well paying oil related jobs could be had, if only we exploited our oil on land and shore.
The oil literally oozes up staining shoes at some golf courses…
And the State is bankrupt borrowing money to pay thousands of unemployed not to work.
Give me the old time religion of common sense backed by scripture any day.
alfie boy:
There are lots of conservatives who are concerned about carbon emission levels. Toss cap and trade (too fucking complicated).
Here’s a good conservative proposal:
The US is most countries biggest trading partner and this is a strength you can exploit. Reduce payroll taxes and the amount of that reduction would be applied as a tax on carbon dioxide emissions. This would mainly hit coal plants and natural gas facilities.
This tax would be removed from exported goods and imposed on imported products. This would neutralize the competitive advantage on nations like China and India. It would also improve US workers price point on goods.
Of course, this is a bad idea. It involves policy and thought. It involves stopping and thinking for 5 minutes. Better go to your bible/koran/torah (it’s all the same porridge) and see what some pre-medieval goat herder said about trade policy.
>you DON’T believe in the science of climate change
So you just adopt the newest monikers on command? You don’t say global warming, because people decided climate change is a better sell politically? I think it is Obama’s science advisor who wants to change it to climate disruption, so perhaps you should get on board with that.
As for the tax cuts, Obama Admin has said they will extend all of them. So this should help a bit in creating a recovery, which of course clueless liberals will credit to socialism. Just like after Bill Clinton’s capital gains tax cut.
Import duties are illegal under the wto. Course, for a few more years, we are the biggest bear in the woods. Who’s more hurt by a lack of consumer goods? The consumers or the providers?
Just too sad we are losing a fight/war that we refuse to recognize. Thats very Dumbocrap of the entire Congress: Dem’s being spineless and the Pukes being corrupt makes us a comatose giant being fed on by the velociraptors.
#44 Its a con carbon causes warming, the science is bogus. Its as massive rip off, trillions in tax money flowing to the crony capitalists and crooked politicians and regulators.
A safe and sane energy policy would unleash oil and natural gas, both are “organic biodegradable” products made from recycled sun and earthly materials.
And they have a proven track record.
AND being God made, explains why these are vastly superior to the crap scientists have tried to replace it with.
We tea party folk hope to restrict you progressive loons to harming just yourself.
You switch to windmills, you send the Government money to waste, you stop using the old technologies…
Let us stand on the side lines and laugh…its good to laugh.