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House on Verge of Global Warming Vote
So says
Reuters, and the
rest of the Internet. Which is mostly a pretext to run this
photo, which virtually screams out "Caption Contest!" The only
caveat: The winning entry must refrain from working explicitly
blue.
Reason's vast archive on global warming begins here. For our latest blowout piece on the topic, please bookmark Science Correspondent Ron Bailey's great June cover package on alternative energy schemes of past, present, and future.
|6.26.09 @ 3:59PM|#
The winning entry must refrain from working explicitly
blue.
OK, I'm married so I used to not winning...
"Yes, that is Tipper you smell on my breath."
|6.26.09 @ 4:00PM|#
The winning entry must refrain from working explicitly
blue.
Can't we have a R and an X rated winner.
Because some of the posters have a real gift for working dirty.
B|6.26.09 @ 4:00PM|#
Gore: Pass this thing and you can become irrelevant as me in a
few years.
Seriously, this thing is going to pass the house by a handful of
votes at most. This bill has absolutely no chance, at all, of
passing the Senate.
MNG|6.26.09 @ 4:02PM|#
I realize it was probably chosen for this reason, but holy mercy that picture is gay!
|6.26.09 @ 4:02PM|#
"Strange... you can almost not feel it. NO, DON'T MOVE! The knife is still in you. The blade right between the kidney and spleen. Just a twitch..."
B|6.26.09 @ 4:03PM|#
Christ the amount of people who put this over the top in the House will be small enough to fit in the back of a taxicab. This thing is going to be a double whammy for the Democratic Party. Not only will it not pass the Senate, but any Democrats in conservative districts who vote yes on this will be unemployed, like the other 10% of the country, come 2010. Why is it every time the Democrats in this country get a majority, they fucking shoot themselves in the foot by passing economy-killing bullshit like this?
24AheadDotCom|6.26.09 @ 4:03PM|#
And, here's
how to stop Cap and Trade the smart and effective way.
If you really want to stop it, you taking part in that plan is the
only way. Don't expect Reason to come to your rescue.
P.S. In case anyone replies to this, their responses will almost
assuredly be ad homs delivered through sockpuppets, thereby
conceding my points and showing the cowardly, childish,
anti-intellectual nature of libertarians.
kinnath|6.26.09 @ 4:05PM|#
Why is it every time the Democrats in this country get a
majority, they fucking shoot themselves in the foot by passing
economy-killing bullshit like this?
We can only thank G*d that both major parties have serious suicidal
tendencies.
|6.26.09 @ 4:05PM|#
Lonewacko, that is the worst fucking caption ever. It's like you weren't even looking at the picture at all.
Lamb Chop|6.26.09 @ 4:10PM|#
P.S. In case anyone replies to this, . . .
911 Operator: How may I help you?
Lamb Chop: I want to report a rape . . .
|6.26.09 @ 4:26PM|#
Wouldn't want any of those alternative energy "schemes." Dependence on polluting energy sources imported from hostile states, for freedom!
Oakie|6.26.09 @ 4:26PM|#
"Why is it every time the Democrats in this country get a
majority, they fucking shoot themselves in the foot by passing
economy-killing bullshit like this?"
It's just what adolescents do. They can't help it.
Fascitis Necrotizante|6.26.09 @ 4:30PM|#
"Why is it every time the Democrats in this country get a
majority, they fucking shoot themselves in the foot by passing
economy-killing bullshit like this?"
I think I saw this in Aesop 6: Scorpion vs. Frog
...|6.26.09 @ 4:41PM|#
Call me coon one more time and we'll see where the cap and trade bill ends up.....
Chad|6.26.09 @ 4:47PM|#
"Why is it every time the Democrats in this country get a
majority, they fucking shoot themselves in the foot by passing
economy-killing bullshit like this?
Yes, because the whopping five to six dollars I spend every month
to purchase 100% renewable electricity, if pushed upon everyone,
would clearly crush the economy into tiny bits and pieces.
Duh.
Timmy|6.26.09 @ 4:57PM|#
Yes, because the whopping five to six dollars I spend every
month to purchase 100% renewable electricity, if pushed upon
everyone, would clearly crush the economy into tiny bits and
pieces.
Go fuck yourself Chad.
|6.26.09 @ 4:59PM|#
Al: I don't care how good your hand feels down there I am not giving you the microphone.
stuartl|6.26.09 @ 5:02PM|#
Yes, because the whopping five to six dollars I spend every
month to purchase 100% renewable electricity, if pushed upon
everyone, would clearly crush the economy into tiny bits and
pieces.
Trust in Chad. He knows the best uses for your money and labor.
|6.26.09 @ 5:03PM|#
I love how the collective liberal consciousness has managed to
completely suppress the fact that the current economic downturn,
while driven by the housing bubble and the shit derivatives market,
was precipitated by a simple $2 rise in the price of
gasoline.
Doesn't fit the script, I guess.
Chad|6.26.09 @ 5:10PM|#
Timmy | June 26, 2009, 4:57pm | #
Yes, because the whopping five to six dollars I spend every month
to purchase 100% renewable electricity, if pushed upon everyone,
would clearly crush the economy into tiny bits and pieces.
Go fuck yourself Chad.
Nice argument. It clearly refutes my argument that green
electricity is simply not that much more expensive, and its
purchase won't make a noticable impact on our economy. But the
proof is in the pudding...almost everyone can buy it today, from
almost all of the major electric companies, for a 15-20% premium.
That's not even a wart on your SUV payment and is dwarfed by your
Starbuck's bill.
Peter|6.26.09 @ 5:13PM|#
Nice argument. It clearly refutes my argument that green
electricity is simply not that much more expensive, and its
purchase won't make a noticable impact on our economy. But the
proof is in the pudding...almost everyone can buy it today, from
almost all of the major electric companies, for a 15-20% premium.
That's not even a wart on your SUV payment and is dwarfed by your
Starbuck's bill.
And you have every right to pay that premium to feel better about
yourself, but if you're going to tell me that I have to, then you
can, in Timmy's words, go fuck yourself, Chad.
|6.26.09 @ 5:16PM|#
The world is only worth saving if it doesn't cost anything! I mean not a goddamn cent!
Tricky Prickears|6.26.09 @ 5:16PM|#
I was watching some of the debate on C-SPAN. What I didn't see was thoughtful, well-meaning, civil servants discussing the best course of action for the country. What I did see, was a bunch of lawyers, arguing their cases, for their clients in the action Exxon/Mobile v. GE in front of the US House of Reps.
BeesInTheBrain|6.26.09 @ 5:16PM|#
I nailed Tipper and there ain't nothing your broke ass can do about it.
|6.26.09 @ 5:21PM|#
Obama: "I totally pulled the wool over the eyes of dopes like Tony and Chad...I totally conned them, dude!"
|6.26.09 @ 5:45PM|#
Obama: "If you help me get this power grab passed, next time,
I'll use more than my thumb"
Gore: "Mmmm...that's nice...wiggle it a little bit"
|6.26.09 @ 6:00PM|#
[VOICE: If you pass it, he will come]
Gore: It was you...
Obama: No Al, it was you.
|6.26.09 @ 6:04PM|#
"OK, Al, you invented the internet, invent global warming. You could be the expert on the matter!"
|6.26.09 @ 6:07PM|#
"When this vote is over pick me up on your private jet and we'll fly out to Prague for a celebratory glass of water."
Tim Cavanaugh|6.26.09 @ 6:42PM|#
Al Gore found frozen in White House freezer: President finds sets body next to energy-efficient radiator.
MXWest|6.26.09 @ 6:43PM|#
Wow, you actually appear to be aging and adding paunch! Those guys at Cyberdyne Systems are really something.
Phillip Laibe|6.27.09 @ 10:05AM|#
Barack Obama-"Al, I know how using the environment as an excuse to raise taxes excites you but that better be a noble prize in your pocket." Al Gore-"It isn't, Sigh."
John|6.29.09 @ 12:26PM|#
"Barry, can you feel the economic stimulus?"
"Al, that's not the invisible hand of the market that I feel."
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