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Time to Get Mad as Hell
Big Hollywood ^ | Jul 5th 2009 at 11:03 am | Burt Prelutsky

Posted on 07/05/2009 10:43:13 PM PDT by rvoitier

Then there’s the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill, which started out in life at a thousand pages, and then had a 300-page amendment tacked on to it in the dead of night. It was as if Dr. Frankenstein, after carefully inspecting his nightmarish creation, decided that what the monster really needed was a second head and a hunchback. Again, nobody had time to read the bill, but that didn’t prevent 219 congressmen, including eight Republicans who scurried out from under a rock just long enough to make certain that Christmas, or perhaps I mean Ramadan, would come early for the President.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: burtprelutsky; capandtrade; prelutsky; waxmanmarkey
Burt Prelutsky wrote several episodes of M*A*S*H and is a frequent contributor to Big Hollyood
1 posted on 07/05/2009 10:43:13 PM PDT by rvoitier
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To: rvoitier

“What hump?” - Marty Feldman


2 posted on 07/05/2009 11:02:38 PM PDT by gigster
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“...but that didn’t prevent 219 congressmen, including eight Republicans...”

Just couldn’t get yourself to draw attention to 219 Democrat Congressmen, could you? Gutless wonder...


3 posted on 07/05/2009 11:18:50 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: WKUHilltopper

Don’t understand what you’re trying to say.


4 posted on 07/05/2009 11:24:11 PM PDT by rvoitier
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I thought he pretty funny the author referenced specifically how many Republicans voted for this trash, but never mentioned the number of Democrats. Although you can certainly assume the reader would know. But I really doubt it anymore.


5 posted on 07/05/2009 11:30:43 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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I have renamed this idiotic piece of legislation the Waxman Malarkey Bill.

Have Y'all seen this little advertised provision of the the bill the House passed?:

And Waxman-Markey is indeed a “green-job creator” of a bill – it creates an entirely new job category – Federal House Inspector. Yes, that’s right, in order to sell your house in the future you must passed a federal housing inspection which will certify your home has the minimal energy rating necessary. And if not, you’ll be required to bring it up to par by replacing appliances (water heaters, air conditioning, etc) or repairing (leaky windows, etc) whatever the inspector finds before you can put it on the market.

Have a candelabra in your dining room? Don’t you dare put any more than a 60 watt bulb in there. You need to also bone up on what you’ll be allowed to do with outdoor lighting, water dispensers, hot tubs and other appliances, not to mention wood burning stoves and water usage.

http://www.qando.net/?p=3387

I'll burn it to the ground before I'll let them dictate to me, and to any potential buyer what kind of appliances, windows and insulation are in my old hovel.

It won't burn as long as Wyatt's Torch, but it will shine as brightly for a few minutes, and send the same message to that are smart enough to understand it.

6 posted on 07/06/2009 3:24:12 AM PDT by LegendHasIt
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Waxman and Markey should be tarred and feathered for introducing such a piece of trash as that bill.

Need to save a lot of tar for those who voted for it too.


7 posted on 07/06/2009 3:40:47 AM PDT by Venturer
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