Posted on 08/29/2007 9:51:57 AM PDT by vadum
The National Commission on Energy Policy: “Bipartisanship”: The Cover for a Government Energy Takeover
By Max Borders
Despite the moderation implied by its official-sounding name, the National Commission on Energy Policy’s (NCEP) radical policy platform calls for the federal government to control energy planning in America. A “project” of the innocuous-sounding Bipartisan Policy Center, NCEP claims the dual threats of terrorism and global warming require government regulation over the energy economy.
On its website, NCEP says it is one of three projects of the “new” Bipartisan Policy Center (BCP). In March 2007, the Center held an inaugural luncheon hosted by its supposed leaders, four former U.S. Senate majority leaders, two from each party—- Howard Baker, Bob Dole, George Mitchell, and Tom Daschle. Initially,the Center proposes to tackle three issues: energy, agriculture and national security.
The senators say their purpose is to promote civility and improve the tone of political discourse, and to show that “evidence-based collaborative approaches can gain the public and political momentum needed to forge political consensus.”
Establishment Washington is pleased. Washington Post columnist David Broder, an apostle of liberal consensus, approved the efforts of the four former senators to encourage lawmakers to work together: “That’s a good thing for the country.” USA Today founder Al Neuharth imagined how wonderful it would be if only President George W. Bush were to meet with the four ex-senators once a month: “They’d give him the best advice he can get on how to salvage his presidency and re-nationalize this great nation.” Now conservatives may scoff at these warm and fuzzy stories of former senators urging lawmakers to play nice, but they aren’t learning the real story......
***BORDERS APPEARS ON THE AUGUST 28 EDITION OF CAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER'S ONLINE RADIO SHOW, 'ORGANIZATION WATCH,' AVAILABLE AS AN MP3 FILE AT http://rightalk.listenz.com/070828-SP.mp3
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More taxes I’ll bet...
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Carlin got it right, “The word ‘bipartisan’ means that some larger than usual deception is being carried out.”
The gov't has been meddling in energy mkts for decades now, and has produced almost universally negative results. So, now it's time for another ''fix''.
From this, we can logically conclude that their attitude (and the attitude of these Beltway has-beens, is: ''If it ain't broke, keep fixin' it until it is broke.''
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