Joe Manchin aims gun at Obama cap and trade law in 2010

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10/11/10, "Democratic candidate (Joe Manchin) fires rifle at climate (cap and trade) bill in new ad," The Raw Story

(No calls by the media to tone down the 'rhetoric.')
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1/8/11, "More Tea Party Violence?" American Thinker, by Jack Cashill

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• Below, George Bush burned in effigy, November 2004, San Francisco. No calls to "TONE DOWN THE RHETORIC" of left wing speech: via Zombietime.com

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In 2009 an Islamic member of the US Army slaughtered 13 innocent Americans. His violent ideas and emotional problems were known but the Army kept moving him through the system. We were told not to jump to conclusions about anything. The media was hushed.

• (No mention of the US Army being accessories to murder via political correctness, or the killer being confrontational about Islam during work and making references to violence and death).
• 11/5/09, "13 confirmed dead, 30 injured in Ft. Hood shooting," KWTX-TV

"The officials, who had access to Hasan's military record, said he received a poor performance evaluation while at Walter Reed.

• The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because military records are confidential.

Federal law enforcement officials said Hasan came to their attention at least six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats.

• The officials said Hasan appeared to have made the postings, but said they are still trying to determine if he was the author.

One of the Web postings that authorities reviewed is a blog that equates suicide bombers with a soldier throwing himself on a grenade to save the lives of his comrades....

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said she was shocked and saddened by the violence.

“It sickens me that the men and women of Fort Hood have been subjected to this

• senseless, random violence."...

It was none of the 3 things the Senator said it was. Rather it was

• purposeful, deliberate, mass murder.

We even had a recording of Hasan shooting, but our officer was ordered to erase it. If that isn't a crime, I'd like to know what is. Media not bothered by it.

• No need to "tone down the rhetoric" if it's: "KILL GEORGE BUSH, BOMB HIS F--- HOUSE"

• Anti war protest March 18, 2007, San Francisco
  via zombietime.com

• Only right of center people need to be silenced.

Reference: 1/19/10, "Troubles seen at every turn in Hasan's medical training," AP, Houston Chronicle, Lardner and Woodward

Reference: 10/15/10, "Soldier ordered to delete video of shooting," Killeen Daily Herald

Reference: 1/9/11, "'Toning down the rhetoric' means obeying Big Government," MinistryValues.com

UK Guardian front page via Drudge Report
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EPA leaves door open to start targeted cap and trade program with nationwide consequences:

1/6/11, "EPA may try cap and trade on its own," Green Hell blog, Steve Milloy

"… and everyone thought cap-and-trade was dead. Sen. John Kerry said so. West Virginia Senate candidate Joe Manchin shot it in a campaign video.

• Now comes news that the EPA may resurrect cap-and-trade via regulation under the Clean Air Act.

Carbon Control News (CCN) reported today that,

… EPA air chief Regina McCarthy has said that any [greenhouse gas] trading program using existing air law authority would have to be established under the [Clean Air Act Section 111(d) New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)] rather than other sections.

While McCarthy denied taking steps to advance this idea, CCN reports,

“The agency sought $5 million in its fiscal year 2011 budget ‘to assess and potentially develop NSPS regulations for major industrial sectors and seek, where possible, market-oriented mechanisms and flexibilities to provide lowest cost compliance options’ for reducing GHG emissions, according to EPA’s FY11 Annual Performance Plan. Sources have said EPA’s mention of market-oriented mechanisms is likely a reference to cap-and-trade programs.”

A limitation of cap-and-trade under the NSPS would be that,

… it can only operate within specific industry sectors, rather than operate economy-wide like the trading program that would have been established under legislative proposals for a climate cap-and-trade program introduced in the 111th Congress.

But you can bet that the first industry sector to be regulated would be electric power generators, which would have economy-wide impacts.

Let’s hope that the Republican-controlled House zeroes out any funding the EPA requests for bringing a cap-and-trade Frankenstein to life."

• Related: Obama just added a cap and trade fan to his inner circle:

1/4/11, "Environmental Economist Joins White House Staff," NY Times Green blog by John M. Broder

"Nathaniel Keohane, most recently the chief economist at the Environmental Defense Fund, has moved to the National Economic Council at the White House to help direct environmental and energy policy. He replaces Joseph E. Aldy, who is returning to the faculty at Harvard University.

Mr. Keohane, an early and vigorous proponent of the market-based system of cap and trade to control greenhouse gas emissions,

• will be joining a White House bracing for an onslaught from Republicans in Congress determined to undo much of the administration’s environmental agenda.

In his new role, he will likely undertake economic analyses in defense of domestic and international environmental policies and

• will work with the major agencies involved in carrying out the administration’s agenda."...
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George Bush the First is responsible for the 'Clean Air Act' of 1990 and emissions trading, said

• he wanted to be 'the environmental president.'

via Tom Nelson

Manchin=Obama. Sarah Palin campaigns for John Raese in West Virginia Saturday.

• "Manchin=Obama"

10/30/10, "Sarah Palin to Joe Manchin: Stay in West Virginia," Politico, by S. Toeplitz

"On a last-minute visit for Republican John Raese's Senate campaign, Sarah Palin said Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin is a "nice guy" who's better off sticking with his current gig.

• "He's such a nice governor, I think that 'Manchin in the mansion' just kind of fits," Palin told the crowd at a rally for Raese, gesturing to the governor's official home just down the riverfront street.
  

It was the only time Palin uttered Manchin's name during her appearance. Instead, she told the crowd that she preferred to call him the

• "would-be rubber stamp" for President Barack Obama.

Palin's visit was finalized at the last minute, less than 24 hours before she took the stage with Raese and rock guitarist Ted Nugent — and

• three days before the bulk of voters will head to the polls.

But her eleventh-hour stopover in the sleepy capital underscores just how much Republicans want to win the West Virginia Senate seat — and how nationalized the race has become over the past four months. Within minutes of Palin's arrival, Manchin's campaign announced that former President Bill Clinton would make a second appearance in the state Monday to campaign for the governor.

• The well-liked Manchin started off the Senate race with a solid lead, but Republicans' strategy to make the contest a referendum on the unpopular president has proved effective — as

evidenced by dozens of black-and-white yard signs lining the amphitheater that read

• "Manchin = Obama."

Manchin boasts some of the best approval ratings in the country in his role as governor, but Obama has some of the lowest as president, hovering around 32 percent favorability in some polls.

That's why, despite being just blocks from Manchin's residence, Palin mostly steered clear of the governor in her only visit to the Mountain State this cycle. She said she has worked well with Manchin, adding that her preference for Raese over Manchin is "not personal; he's a nice guy."

The polished duo of Palin and Raese and the pony-tailed Nugent made for an odd trio at the Haddad Riverfront Park next to the quickly flowing Kanawha River.

• While Nugent may be a rock musician — at one point, he picked up his animal-striped electric guitar to play "The Star-Spangled Banner" —
  

it was Palin who got the rock star's reception. Several young women, barely old enough to vote, showed up with handmade "Team Palin" T-shirts, and one pregnant woman cried when she saw Palin for the first time through the tinted windows of the van as the conservative firebrand pulled up into the driveway.

For Raese, who barely trails Manchin in the polls, a last-minute visit from the kingmaking Palin was quite a coup. Despite the short notice,

• the former vice presidential candidate drew a crowd of 1,000, according to police estimates.
  

Raese's wife, Liz Raese, told POLITICO after the rally that she met Palin years ago through an organization she started, Conservative Women of West Virginia. The two have been in touch ever since — though sources say the visit was organized at the last minute Friday afternoon.

• "I told [Liz Raese] that I had to get to West Virginia," Palin told the crowd, including female supporters she described as "mountain mamas."

Palin also told the Raese supporters that their home state and her native Alaska were not that different. Alaska battles for ownership of its oil resources, while West Virginia counts coal as one of its largest industries and similarly must fight to save it from government control, she said.

• The mention of coal was met with cheers and hollering from the throng of supporters on the crisp autumn afternoon. Conversely,
  

the crowd jeered at mentions of the president and references to the cap-and-trade bill, which would stand to hurt the state's coal industry.

Raese told the crowd that just "next door" in Virginia, Obama was campaigning with a Democratic congressman to promote that very bill. Obama appeared with Rep. Tom Perriello Friday evening.

"They're campaigning about cap and trade,

and they're in favor of cap and trade," Raese said."...

via mention on John Batchelor show, re remarkably large crowd and cheers in reaction to Sarah Palin's comments on behalf of Raese

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