Obama, Coal and the EPA: Liar-in-Chief (Boycott the Unfair and Unbalanced Network)

You will remember that Congress DEFETATED (did not pass) Obama's "comprehensive" environmental legislation ("cap and trade"). Obama's whole idea was to shut down the fossil fuel industry, which even Obama said earlier would cause power costs to "skyrocket". As with illegal immigratiion and the "Dream Act" (which also did not pass Congress), Obama has decided to go around Congress with ADMINISTRATIVE (dictatorial) action--this time under the excuse of EPA "regulation".


Tus, you had a story on the unfair and unbalanced network (which likes to all itself "fair and balanced") on Saturday about how the EPA is proceeding with its directive to utilities to CLOSE a number of coal burning plants. Now this, of course (reresenting, as it does, an attack on the coal industry AND industry in general because of the rise in the cost of power), will COST JOBS. It will further distort the economy, and further raise costs in the economy. In tthe prrevious words of this blog, it will crucity the economy on the cross of "global warming" (channeling my inner William Hennings Bryan)--even though the "policy" is "justified" not with the discredited "crisis" of "global warming", but with the idea that ordinary, health destroying pollution will be reduced. Liar-in-Chief, remember. But we have not yet gotten to the main lies.


Why should we not worry about this? Listen to the unfair and unbalanced network sput lies from our Liar--in-Chief as if they make prfect sense: "These plants were sckheduled to be closed anyway. Further, we all know how long it takes the government to do anything. These regulations will take a LONG time to be implemented." From the foxy woman (pun intended--these women of the unfair and unbalanced network are reallyl beginning to ANNOY me), giggling (not making this up): "We all know how long it takes the government to do anything." This truly absurd story went on to say that the Obama Administration said that the new regulations would "save" 36,000 lives (what I cal a phantom statistic, since no one has any idea on this, and the figure is basically made up by assumptions and "estimates"--further distorted by the fact that wat they mean by "svaing" lieves is keeping people from dyng one month earlier, or two, or three, as the whole statistic is murky: "a mystery wrapped in an enigma").


Say what? Do oyou want to cry. I do (basically every time I hear the lies from the Obama Administration AND/OR evvery time I make the mistake of surfing the unfair and unbbalanced network). Let me get this clear, the way the OPbama Administratin is spinning it (with the help of the unfair and unbalanced network): "Our regulations will have NO effect on your life. These plants are going to be closed anyway, and these regulations won't even go into effect until after President Obama is safely out of office and does not have to worry about reelectioin. (or whenever tkhe giggling babe understoood it to be). BUT. These unimportant regulations will still save 36,000 lives (a year? A century? How the Hell do I now: The unfair and unbalanced network was not interested in the factual basis for any of this, as usual). Our regulatins (continuing the quote) are doing great things for you, even if you can be confidenet they will have NO EFFECT n your present life. Hey, haven't we said this kind of thing before? Like on ObamaCare and everything else? Mabe we should figure out how to say this differently."


No, the people of the unfair and unbalanced network seemed to have no problem gettng their minds around the idea that these regualtions meant NOTHING, and at the same time would "save" 36,00 lives. No, these bonne deep stupid people were not even omtereseted om exa,omomg where that 36,000 number came from. Oh. And what about the fact that businesses PLAN in advance. If people know that these regulations are coming, then they haev to start implementng them ahead of time. You just can't close down multiple power plants on a dime, or snap of the fingers. You have to start closing NOW, which is exactly what utilities hae said they are doing. That is why this idea that plants are "already scheduled" to close down is a realy special, double barrelled lie from our Liar-in-Chief (who has said that you can have a coal plant, if you want to be put out of business). Utilites were told what was comng when Obama was elected. You may wonder why the people of West Viiginia elected a Democrat (their "popular" governor) of the same party as the Liar-in-Chief who is destroying their state. Do the people of West Virginia really think that a Democratic Senator who opposes Obama's coal policy, and other things they oppose, is going to affect Obama policy? Dream on. A lot of REPUBICANS say more labout "opposing" Obama policy than they hae any intention of actually doing anything about. I digress. The point is that Obama has set out to destroy a whole indsutry, and is succeeding. At the same time, he is incrasing the cost of energy for us all.


Meanwhile, the unfair and unbalanced network is RIDICULING Michele Obama for her imminently reasonable idea that we should have a GOAL of $2 a galon gasoline. I know it was a "promise", but so are ALL of Obama's statements on jobs, unemplyment and every thong else--statements that he has not way of knwing will happen. Michele Bachmann's "promise" that we will have $2 gasoline under a Bachmann administratin is MORE likely to be fulfilled than the ridiculous 'promise' that EPA regulations eliminating coal plants will "save" 36,000 lives. Nope. This is our Liar-in-Chief at work, and you should boycott the unfair and unbalanced network (except, maybe, for my kind of surfing where you do not believe a word they say).


Won't new natural gas plants save mony and create jobs and lower costs? No. If they would do that, then there would be NO need for the regulations. Yes, natural gas plants MAY provide more "efficient" energy once they are built, depedning on what restrictions the Obama Administration puts on teh productin of natural gas. But these regulations DISTORT the market. They force people to make uneconomic decisions that COST JOBS and INCREASE COSTS. This would not happen in an orderly market transition to whatever energy plants make the most sense. Clean coal technology? Fine. Encourage it. But the idea that we should shut down the coal industry is absurd. yet, that is eactly the goal Obama and Biden (let CHINA have coal plants) have announced. You might want to consider WHY China is building so many coal plants if they are really more expensive? Yes, I now that China does not have our regulations, and therefore has "bad air". Still, these are complex issues NOT properly handled by administrative fiat that will COST JOBS and INCREASE COSTS. And no, these lost jobs will not be offset by the temporary emplyment provided by convertng to natural gas lplants. Again, the proper idea here is for a market driven, orderly transistion to better plants--a transistion to plants that make economic sense without government choosing what kind of plants there should be.


These are the type of agenda-driven regulations that oare killing jobs, and killing our economy . It is no good to say that the unfair and unbalanced network is more willing to say that than the rest of the mainstream media. If you do a story like this, which just puts out Obama "talking points" without any analysis or facts--without even talkng abut the UNCERTAINTY and anxiety that this kind of thing creates for business--then you are part of the problem and not part of the solution.


P.S. No proofreading or spell checking (bad eyesight).