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According to Reuters, "in a low-key Oval Office ceremony" (December 18, 2015), the bill was signed into law by President Obama, who gave "kudos" to both Republican Speaker Paul Ryan and former-Speaker John Boehner "for helping him get through the year without a government shutdown and for funding his legislative priorities," noted Breitbart News.
But let's go back a day earlier when POLITICO was amazed by the omnibus, which was reflected in their December 17, 2105 headline: "Congress' half-trillion-dollar spending binge: Budget austerity takes a back seat as the House passes nearly $700 billion in unpaid-for tax cuts."
POLITICO also noted the following:
...But on Capitol Hill this week, just hours before they jet away for the holidays, the GOP-led Congress is going on a $680 billion spending spree — none of which will be paid for by budget cuts or other tax offsets. And all of which will be added to the national debt, according to budget watchdogs.
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The Betrayal
While this legislation is jammed-packed with liberal gifts, there are two big dirty deals that also thrived inside this massive spending binge: the continued financing of President Obama's clean energy scheme and funding the U.N. climate racket ($500 million for now), both of which are costing American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars that will be tackled later in this Green Corruption File.
Yet, stay tuned for a PART TWO that will expose just one clean energy program that has already dished out $24.5 billion of FREE taxpayer money: "1603 Green Energy Grant Program: Billions of free taxpayer cash flowing to foreign firms and President Obama's wealthy friends."
First we have to address the elephant in the room: Our new Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, who was endorsed by some on the right to replace John Boehner, in his first major legislative achievement has ticked off many of us on the right as we deem it as an act of betrayal to the American people.
Yet, stay tuned for a PART TWO that will expose just one clean energy program that has already dished out $24.5 billion of FREE taxpayer money: "1603 Green Energy Grant Program: Billions of free taxpayer cash flowing to foreign firms and President Obama's wealthy friends."
First we have to address the elephant in the room: Our new Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, who was endorsed by some on the right to replace John Boehner, in his first major legislative achievement has ticked off many of us on the right as we deem it as an act of betrayal to the American people.
And, the devil is in the details.
First is that the 2016 Omnibus "violates every promise that Republicans made to the voters who rewarded them with landslide victories in the 2010 and 2014 midterm elections," wrote columnist at Townhall.com, Phyllis Schlafly.
Ms. Schlafly also recorded that "Democrats lost no time gloating over what [Democrat Senator] Chuck Schumer hailed as a 'great victory for the principles Democrats stand for.'"
What's very disturbing is that this spending binge not only finances, but in some cases advances numerous liberal causes, abuses and disgraces that conservatives have been rallying against for years. These include, but are not limited to, Sanctuary Cities, a slew of other illegal immigration programs and lawless legislation –– all without ensuring the safety of American citizens and securing our border.
Then there's the continued funding for the "Evil Billion-Dollar Empire Planned Parenthood," whose CEO Cecile Richards' annual salary exceeds $500, 000 ("$590,928 if you include retirement contributions, bonuses and pay from affiliated organizations," noted the New York Times), that is not only in the abortion business, but sells aborted baby parts.
The comical part is that "it increases the annual budget for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), despite that agency's documented record of abusive misconduct toward tea party conservatives," noted Ms. Schlafly.
Details of the aforementioned and more can be found at Breitbart News, The Hill, The Daily Signal, Townhall.com, as well as Republican Senator Jeff Sessions' senate floor speech in opposition to the 2016 omnibus bill (here and video left).
As usual: Negotiated behind closed doors, this spending and tax break package includes plenty of giveaways to the left's political pals such as green energy, unions and more.
Moreover, POLITICO notes that "there’s something from everybody’s wish list: breaks for energy-efficient homes and commercial buildings; deductions for business office furniture, computers and machines; tax savings for the film and TV industries and rum producers in the Caribbean; and even tax perks for owning a racehorse or two-wheeled plug-in electric car."
Even as The Hill reported that the omnibus bill unveiled by Congress "was followed by months of lobbying by industry and public interest groups and weeks of intense negotiations on Capitol Hill," it turns out that according to Peter Schweizer, New York Times best-selling author of many blockbuster books, including Throw Them All Out and Clinton Cash, it was "four lawmakers and many lobbyists that wrote the omnibus."
Based on an interview that Senator Sessions had with talk show host Lars Larson on December 18, 2015, Schweizer surmised the following:
The ugly work that went into the massive pork-filled omnibus spending bill snaking its way through congress is now starting to be exposed.
And it’s not for the faint at heart. Members of congress had little input in the bill and didn’t even in many cases know what was in it.
Schweizer continues:
According to Sessions, lawmakers found out what was in the bill by talking to lobbyists, who had a better idea than they did as to what was being included in the bill. “No member of even the House and Senate knew what was going on...
Sessions went on to note that basically four members of congress put the deal together without consulting their colleagues.
As usual: With the threat of a government shutdown hanging over their head (more like blackmail), our lawmakers, as in the past and along side then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, had to pass the bill without reading it, so that we can find out what’s in it.
The House
Yep, on Friday, December 18, 2015, the massive omnibus passed the GOP-led House easily in a 316-113 vote, whereas according to the Washington Examiner, "Republicans voted 150-95 on the measure. And it was an easy choice for Democrats, who voted 166-18 in favor of the deal."
Didn't Mr. Ryan get the memo that we have a national debt that is fast approaching $19 trillion?
Didn't he get the message that there has been a grassroots movement to suppress Big Government and get our fiscal house in order?
Didn't he get the message that there has been a grassroots movement to suppress Big Government and get our fiscal house in order?
Obviously, it doesn't matter to Speaker Ryan and the Republican leadership that this movement and voters that are tired of our nations' "out of control" direction are what helped Republicans seize control of both the House (2010) and the Senate (2014).
In fact, in 2010, when the Democrat Party took a shellacking with Republicans picking up between 60 and 70 seats in a resounding rebuke to President Obama and his agenda, House Minority Leader "John Boehner was moved to tears when he addressed a crowd of supporters in Washington," reported ABC News.
Frankly this is not a time for celebration. Not when one out of ten of our fellow citizens is out of work, not when we buried our children under a mountain of debt, and not when our Congress is held in such low esteem. This is a time to roll up our sleeves, a time to look forward with determination, and to take the first steps towards building a better future for our kids and grand kids.Across the country right now, we are witnessing a repudiation of Washington. A repudiation of big government and a repudiation of politicians who refuse to listen to the American people...This is a time to seize that moment and make sure your voice is heard. To reject the spending sprees, the bailouts, the back room deals, the takeovers and all the nonsense and to join your fellow Americans in putting Washington on notice. Because for far too long Washington has been doing what's best for Washington not what's best for the American people. And tonight that begins to change.With their voices the American people are demanding a new way forward in Washington. I'm here to tell you tonight that our new majority will be prepared to do things differently. To take a new approach that hasn't been tried in Washington before, by either party. It starts with cutting spending instead of increasing it. Reducing the size of government instead of increasing it. And reforming the way congress works and giving the government back to the American peopleThe American people have sent an unmistakable message to him tonight, that message is -- change course. We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and to commit to making changes that they are demanding. And to the extent that he is willing to do that, we are ready to work with him. But make no mistake, the president will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they have expressed it tonight. Standing on principle, checking Washington's power, and leading the drive to a smaller, less costly and more accountable government here in Washington, DC. These are the principles our new majority will stand for.And we hope that, Mr. President, you will stand with us in the hard work that lies ahead. Because we are humbled by the trust the American people have placed in us and we recognize that with the stress comes the responsibility to listen –– and listen we will.Let's start right now by recognizing that this is not a time for celebration, it is a time to roll up our sleeves and go to work. We can -- we can celebrate when small businesses begin hiring again. We can celebrate when the spending binge here in Washington has stopped. We can celebrate when we have a government that has earned the trust of the people that it serves. when we have a government that honors the Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America. Things like economic freedom, individual liberty and personal responsibility...
Did you catch that? "We can celebrate when the spending binge here in Washington has stopped."
Well, keep those champagne bottles corked, because we're in for a long haul in dealing with the insanity going on in Washington DC!
Even so, as criticism erupted over this funding fiasco, a defiant Speaker Ryan defended his massive spending deal, which was recorded by the Washington Times:
“In divided government, you don’t get everything you want,” Mr. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “So we fought for as much as we could get. We advanced our priorities and principles. Not every single one of them, but many of them. And then we’re going to pick up next year and pick up where we left off and keep going for more.”
Hmmm. I wonder what he fought for.
Big Oil for Baby Parts?
Obviously, Speaker Ryan, whom Phyllis Schlafly of Townhall.com described as "seeming well prepared to lead a newly energized house Republican majority toward reclaiming the power of the purse, which the framers of our Constitution vested in them," at this juncture, is NO different than the former speaker of the House.
Schlafly adds: "Ryan has proved no better than his hapless predecessor, John Boehner, in cutting wasteful spending, reforming the tax system, defunding liberal interest groups, or instituting good conservative policies."
In fact, Boehner has continually caved into President Obama's liberal agenda, which is found here (2011), here (October 2013), here (February 2014), here (December 2014), here (March 2015), here (October 2015), as well as all the times in between that he capitulated to the whim of the Democrats, even as he exited his post.
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In fact, the House GOP has broken their "vows" many times over, including this current spending bill, which is not much different than what they did last year when they rushed the December 2014 Omnibus Bill.
Yep, the "$1.1 trillion spending bill, spanning 1,600 pages of legislative text and another 1,200 pages of explanation, was passed in just 48 hours," reported the Washington Times.
Maybe the "Republican House Pledge" had an expiration date. I don't know.
But what we do know is that just after his spending splurge, Speaker Ryan released his New Year’s resolutions for 2016, which includes his number one promise of "an aggressive, conservative agenda." However, Breitbart News cleverly noted the following in this January 1, 2016 headline: "Paul Ryan Has Already Broken Most of His New Year’s Resolutions with Omnibus Betrayal."
The Senate
Remember in November 2014 when control of the Senate was ripped away from Senator Harry Reid, who had been in charge since 2007?
Well, Senator Mitch McConnell, who eventually became the Senate majority leader, during the course of thanking the people of Kentucky for his re-election victory, made the following statements:
Well, Senator Mitch McConnell, who eventually became the Senate majority leader, during the course of thanking the people of Kentucky for his re-election victory, made the following statements:
For too long, for too long this administration has tried to tell the American people what’s good for them and then blamed somebody else when their policies didn't work out. Tonight, Kentucky rejected that approach. (Cheers, applause) Tonight Kentuckians said we can do better as a nation. (Cheers, applause) Tonight they said we can have real change in Washington. Real change. (Cheers, applause) And that's just what I intend to deliver. (Cheers, applause)
So, friends, tonight turns a corner. And the future I see is a bright one. Americans have seen that what the current crowd in Washington is offering is making us weaker both at home and abroad. They have had enough. (Cheers, applause)
Friends, this experiment in big government has lasted long enough. (Cheers, applause) It’s time to go in a new direction. (Cheers, applause) It's time to turn this country around. (Cheers, applause) And I will not let you down. Thank you so much.
However, Senate Majority Leader McConnell has given us more of the same: Another "Establishment RINO Leader" that is not only out for his own self interests and those of his donors, but has been towing the line of the Democratic Party, their cherished liberal programs as well as their big, expensive, and intrusive government agenda.
This brings us to current conditions: The same day (Friday, December 18, 2015) that the House voted to pass the massive 2016 omnibus, the GOP-controlled Senate "voted overwhelmingly [65-33] in favor a $1.8 trillion package of spending bills and tax breaks, sending the legislation to President Obama’s desk for his signature," reported The Hill.
The Hill also documented Senator McConnell's delusion: He "hailed the vote as a major accomplishment fulfilling his 2014 campaign pledge to get the Senate back on track if voters gave Republicans control."
“But we’re proving that you can still get a lot done with a President from a different party,” McConnell said on the floor. “We’re proving you can actually enact significant, long-term reforms, achieve conservative policy goals, and get them signed into law.”
Conservative policy goals. Are you kidding me. What kind of Kool-Aid is McConnell drinking?
This spending binge is a disgrace with its price tag alone. Worse are the "dark forces" –– liberal and lawless policies –– that they are funding as well as the fact that they are feeding the beast: Big Government and its cronies, which is the total opposite of conservatism.
Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh chimed in on this latest GOP failure: “The country was just sold down the river again by your very Republican Party,” Limbaugh declared.
"There is no Republican Party. … You know, we don’t even need a Republican Party if they’re going to do this..." “It is as though Nancy Pelosi still running the House and Senator Harry Reid is still running the Senate. ‘Betrayed’ is not even the word here. What has happened here is worse than betrayal. Betrayal is pretty bad – but it’s worse than that.”
Limbaugh is right: With this kind of crap going on, what the heck difference does a Republican Party make?
Since the GOP's two red victories, the Republican leadership, along with their promises, pledges, grand standing, and hot air, they have continued to show their true colors: towing the line of the blue party.
In fact, it's become abundantly clear that the Republican leadership and the long list of RHINO's (Republican-In-Name-Only) are NOT fighting for conservative causes –– even as simple as the battle for a smaller, less intrusive and expensive government. This is either because they are spineless or are part of the problem in the sense that they are "in on" the plot to bamboozle and fleece American taxpayers.
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The Clean Energy Dirty Deals
But that's not all...
First it is important to reiterate that President Obama’s "save the planet slush fund" has already costs American taxpayers over $200 billion and counting.
Worse is that the majority of these funds were used as political payback, while pumping up the president's and other high-ranking Democrats wealthy green cronies (bundlers, big donors and allies).
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| Windmill slaughter of birds photo from James Delingpole piece: Wind industry big lies no 3: wind turbines are Eco-friendly |
First it is important to reiterate that President Obama’s "save the planet slush fund" has already costs American taxpayers over $200 billion and counting.
Worse is that the majority of these funds were used as political payback, while pumping up the president's and other high-ranking Democrats wealthy green cronies (bundlers, big donors and allies).
In fact, in its wake, green energy is responsible for the horrific bird genocide committed by Big Wind (at least "39 million birds and bats of all species annually in the United States alone"), while Big Solar is grossly executing birds mid-air at an alarming rate. Not to mention that those so-called "green cars" pushed by the left, especially those flying around on their private jets, are not all that safe.
And what about the billions of biofuel bucks that was used to fund "not so shovel-ready" risky projects? What's interesting here is that despite the fact that some will argue that ethanol "can ruin car engines, it’s bad for the environment, and it raises taxes, gas and food prices," the Obama administration continues to dump millions of tax dollars into this fuel source.
Even as the president's green energy revolution and climate crusade –– a scam of epic proportions –– which carries debilitating rules, regulations, and mandates, as well as string of executive orders that benefit special interest groups while adversely affecting American families and hurting the poor, it is jammed-packed full of green corruption, corporate welfare and crony capitalism as well as waste, fraud and abuse.
There are also piles of expensive bailouts and failures flushing tens of billions of U.S. taxpayer money down the ECO-Toilet. Along the way, environmental toxic messes have been left behind: Solyndra and Abound Solar come to mind. Not to mention that we currently have a known looming and dangerous ECO-Disaster on our hands such as the Mojave Solar Plant here in California, which is a bombshell story that I exposed in 2014 and revisited again many times since that was made possible by the assistance of numerous brave whistleblowers.
In case they forgot, some can be found here (September 2011), here (March 2012), here (May 2012), here (June 2012) and here (April 2013).
Moreover, back in 2012, the powerful progressive organization, Center for American Progress (CAP), which happens to be the dark, driving force behind President Obama's clean energy scheme, hammered away at the GOP's "war on green energy." "Republicans have bullied the clean energy industry for months, pointing to flimsy evidence for why the government should slash funding for the industry," noted CAP.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said the 1603 tax credit reimbursement program is a “Solyndra-style stimulus program.” “Listen, the American people continue to ask the question, ‘Where are the jobs?’ They deserve answers, and they deserve the truth.”
House Oversight Chair Darrell Issa called green jobs “propaganda” in a recent staff report. Issa also recently released a video making fun of the BLS’s broad definition for green jobs, calling them “groovy.”
We also have the Export-Import Crony Bank of the U.S. that dispenses hundreds of millions in "green loans" to foreign firms and friends that was recently revived, which is another big Republican failure. Yep, according to the Wall Street Journal, "[a] significant majorities in the House and Senate — including a majority of House Republicans — ultimately voted to restore the bank."
Still, despite all the GOP grand standing since 2010 via hearings, elections, newsletters and more, which has continually exposed the Obama administration's "Green Crony Failures," they even pledged to curtail the spending behind it. Yet, once again the GOP has failed to stop it or even slow it down.
But then again, some Republicans are in on the scam –– and we have to keep an eye out on where Republican presidential candidates stand on our government's intervention into green energy.
At any rate, in this new deal, we find that Big Oil, which plays both sides of the political isle, got a big boost, but also, as I had alluded to at the beginning of this post, there are two big dirty deals that also thrived inside this massive spending binge: the continued financing of President Obama's clean energy scheme and funding the U.N. Climate Racket.
While many are applauding the move of "lifting the crude oil export ban" (the so-called trade off here), others had this to say: "The Democrats won, the Republicans caved and the rest of us were screwed..."
President Obama's clean energy scheme
"The biggest federal policy development of the year for renewables play [ed] out on Congress’ last day of work in 2015," heralded GreenTech Media.
Inside the 2016 Omnibus, "Congress passed legislation making the solar investment tax credit (ITC) available for several years and creating a new production tax credit for wind power projects," wrote Forbes.
William Pentland at Forbes goes on:
Inside the 2016 Omnibus, "Congress passed legislation making the solar investment tax credit (ITC) available for several years and creating a new production tax credit for wind power projects," wrote Forbes.
William Pentland at Forbes goes on:
Indeed, with that caveat about rooftop solar, the renewable energy tax credits passed by Congress today bear the hallmarks of the worst kind of crony capitalism.
The ITC extension will be a boon for utility-scale solar companies like First Solar and SunPower, but it will be a boondoggle for investors in centralized solar projects. In particular, the shareholders of a small number of large utility holding companies like NextEra Energy and Southern Company stand to benefit the most from the solar and wind tax credits. Indeed, shareholders of foreign utility companies like Spain’s Iberdrola have already made mountains of money on the taxpayer’s dime building huge wind farms in the United States.
The Daily Signal took issue with many areas inside the 2016 Omnibus, but let's just look at the renewable energy subsidies that were extended as part of the deal, of which they state, "waste taxpayer money and provide targeted tax credits to politically connected companies."
Here are three:
- A five-year extension of the wind production tax credit (PTC). The wind PTC, which has been around since 1982, artificially propped up an industry, advanced special interests, and allocated labor and capital away from more competitive uses in the marketplace.
- A five-year extension of the solar investment tax credit (ITC), which companies can now take when they begin construction rather than when they start producing power. Solar companies would be better off in the long run without the ITC. They would understand their true price point to be competitive in the short and long run.
- A ramp up in Department of Energy spending for renewables, energy efficiency provisions, fossil fuels, and nuclear. The Department of Energy has ballooned by subsidizing and forcing energy technologies into the marketplace. The private sector has demonstrated countless times that it is far better equipped than government to allocate resources and develop commercially viable technologies.
But there's more to this story...
If you've followed my work here at The Green Corruption Files, you may remember my January 2013 post entitled, "Big Wind Energy Subsidies: A Hurricane of Carnage, Cronyism and Corruption," where I exposed the following:
Unknown to the American public is another green government freebie that has been blowing out of the stimulus package. The 1603 Grant Program –– a relative of the PTC –– is part of President Obama’s 2009-trillion-dollar spending spree, which is administered by the Treasury Department, where billions in favored-businesses are given tax-free cash gifts. This program was also touted as a jobs creator –– of course saved, supported, direct, indirect, "touching lives" and more.It's also important to remember that Energy.gov documents the following: “The Section 1603 program was created under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support the deployment of renewable energy resources. The 1603 program offered project developers the option to select a one-time cash payment in lieu of taking the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) or the Production Tax Credit (PTC), for which they would have otherwise been eligible.”
The Heritage Foundation, which goes into detail regarding the "solar investment tax credit (ITC)" states, "In extending the ITC, Congress also allowed companies to take cash reimbursement under the Section 1603 grant program in lieu of the tax credit."
As of July 30, 2015, the 1603 Grant Program has dispersed $24.5 billion of free taxpayer cash, funding about 101,364 projects, which are mainly solar and wind, but include biomass, geothermal and other forms of renewable energy.
After weeks of analyzing this green energy stimulus grant program, I found that the Obama administration is not only subsidizing foreign firms, but worse is that these special tax breaks –– the PTC, ITC and the 1603 Grant Program –– are subsidizing President Obama and high-ranking Democrats' wealthy green friends here in the U.S., of which the majority are also Big Green Cronies of the Clinton's and their family foundation.
After weeks of analyzing this green energy stimulus grant program, I found that the Obama administration is not only subsidizing foreign firms, but worse is that these special tax breaks –– the PTC, ITC and the 1603 Grant Program –– are subsidizing President Obama and high-ranking Democrats' wealthy green friends here in the U.S., of which the majority are also Big Green Cronies of the Clinton's and their family foundation.
The most egregious are the mega companies (the usual suspects) that, between 2009 and 2011, were already awarded billions in green energy stimulus loans from Obama's Energy Department. Dirty, clean energy deals that I have been tracking and reporting on since 2010, starting with this post: "Department of Energy 'Junk Loans' and Cronyism."
Needless to say, there's additional familiar wealthy friends of the president and his climate allies that are taking advantage of these subsides such as SolarCity, SunEdison, Sungevity, SunPower, SunRun and many more.
Along the way these subsidies have also fostered expensive failures, starting with the Spanish Conglomerate Abengoa, which is not only a criminal enterprise, that bagged billions in DOE stimulus loans as well as huge 1603 grants, but is NOW imploding: the Solana Solar Project in Arizona on 3/4/14 for $513,753,359.00 and the Mojave Solar Plant in California on 9/10/15 for $376,800,248.00. (NOTE: "The Great Green Heist" story in the works)
Sure enough, with friends in high places, they got it from the 1603 Grant Program:
- Solar Partners I, LLC: 12/17/14 for $180,713,098.00
- Solar Partners II, LLC: 12/17/14 for $174,080,773.00
- Solar Partners VIII, LLC: 12/17/14 for $180,911,450.00
There are also three solar companies (SolarCity, Sungevity, and SunRun) that raked in big bucks from this program, of which since 2012 have been under a federal investigation for "misrepresenting figures in claiming stimulus money" –– a probe that is apparently is still ongoing.
However, in order to get an accurate account of this particular green energy crony cash it would require a more thorough investigation. So, in the coming months be prepared for a PART TWO of this Green Corruption File entitled, "1603 Green Energy Grant Program: Billions of free taxpayer cash flowing to foreign firms and President Obama's wealthy friends."
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| Photo from The Daily Signal: World Leaders UN Climate Racket meeting (COP21) in Paris December 2015 |
In case you've been living under a rock or on Mars with billionaire Elon Musk, you should be aware that the U.N. Climate Racket, which is described as "the international political response to climate change that began at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992," was at it again in December 2015 for their annual Conference of Parties (COP), screaming that we're all gonna die because the planet is on fire.
Nicolas Loris, of the Daily Signal counters with this:
The climate data simply does not suggest that man-made global warming should be at the top of the list of concerns. The climate models international bodies are using to justify regulations and commitments to restrict the use of affordable energy to reduce carbon dioxide are over-predicting warming.
In case you believe the hype behind the climate change scam, including how the Obama administration and those pushing global warming are throwing around as gospel the "97% of climate scientists agree with climate change” bogus claim, here are some of the these latest headlines that combat more of the deceit:
This climate action gathering is where world leaders arrived via their private jets to partake in serious meetings, while indulging in fine dining and other festivities to "Save the Globe."
- December 14, 2015 –– Video: John Kerry Admits Cutting U.S. Carbon Emissions Wouldn’t do Anything
- December 21, 2015 by Breitbart News –– Study: NOAA Overestimated US Warming by 50%
- December 21, 2015 by the Daily Caller –– Scientist: Global Warming Won’t Be Dangerous
- December 22, 2015 -- by Judicial Watch -- Judicial Watch Sues for Documents Withheld From Congress in New Climate Data Scandal
- December 28, 2015 by The Daily Caller –– Climate Models Have Been Wrong About Global Warming For Six Decades
This climate action gathering is where world leaders arrived via their private jets to partake in serious meetings, while indulging in fine dining and other festivities to "Save the Globe."
According to The Federalist, "It [was] estimated that around 50,000 carbon-spewing humans [elite world leaders, businesses and activists] participated in the Paris [two-week] climate conference" –– with a slew of millionaires and billionaires (the regular Obama/Clinton cronies) positioning themselves to snag their "fair share" of the climate cash that is expected to flow from this gathering.
The Daily Mail added: "The climate change summit in Paris that aims to tackle global warming will itself pump an estimated 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere..."
All of the above and more as the U.N. Climate Racket had the audacity to claim the following: "In 2015 COP21, also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, will, for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C."
So, as the story goes: Mid December, "representatives of 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of climate change," heralded the New York Times.
But all the hoopla and "smoke and mirrors" didn't stop President Obama from, once again, circumventing Congress. It turns out that "White House officials at COP 21 helped craft a deal congressional Republicans would not be able to stop," disclosed The Guardian.
In fact, Secretary of State and our "Climate Change Fear Monger in Chief" confirmed that the Paris agreement was crafted to avoid Congress.
Yet, The Guardian also noted, "the fight over the deal began even before French workers could finish dismantling the conference site. Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, led the attack for Republicans."
Yep, the U.N. Climate Racket not only carries various issues, but includes hijacking American taxpayer money, which is known as the Green Climate Fund (GCL) and explained in this piece by Nicolas Loris of the Daily Signal: "How a Green Climate Change Fund Would Transfer the Wealth of Nations."
Katie Tubb of The Daily Signal reported that only "$10.2 billion has been pledged so far" –– with only 37 nations in on the action, placing the U.S. on top of the list with $3 billion promised by President Obama. After that we have Japan ($1.5b), the United Kingdom ($1.2B), France ($1.B), Germany ($1B), Sweden ($581 million), Italy ($334 million), Canada ($277 million) and so on.
Meanwhile, apparently, Republicans are split on attacking climate science, but they have expressed opposition to providing cash to the GCF; however, this too survived the 2016 Omnibus –– $500 million for now.
The scariest part of this U.N. Climate Racket is that it is all about "global control, NOT global climate." And, if you don't believe me, just ask Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Nevertheless, it was Senator Jeff Sessions that put American citizens frustrations mildly when he made the following statement on the senate floor in retaliation against the 2016 Omnibus.
At this point in history, conservative voters are not only at war with the tyrannical leadership of President Obama as well as the Corrupt Clinton Cash Machine and the Raging Socialist Bernie Sanders, all sadly carrying voter allegiance, we are battling the Republican Establishment and its powerful allies.
Republicans best "grow a pair" or get the heck out of the way, because many of us are mad as
hell and are "not going to take it anymore!"
Folks, we need more than a tea party to crush these forces and the big, corrupt government that they have, with malice aforethought and at the expense of our liberty, safety and eventually our sovereignty, imposed upon our nation and its citizens.
We need a "Conservative Revolution!"
Better yet –– a REVOLT!
Signed your favorite conservative citizen journalist,
-c
“The president is making promises he can’t keep, writing checks he can’t cash, and stepping over the middle class to take credit for an ‘agreement’ that is subject to being shredded in 13 months,” McConnell said.
Additionally, back in November 2015, The Hill announced that "Republicans — hostile to the climate talks and bent on doing whatever they can to derail a deal in Paris next month — say they’re going to deny Obama the first tranche of money he hopes to inject into the fund."
“We pledge that Congress will not allow U.S. taxpayer dollars to go to the Green Climate Fund until the forthcoming international climate agreement is submitted to the Senate for its constitutional advice and consent,” 37 Republican senators wrote in a letter to Obama [at that time].
Yep, the U.N. Climate Racket not only carries various issues, but includes hijacking American taxpayer money, which is known as the Green Climate Fund (GCL) and explained in this piece by Nicolas Loris of the Daily Signal: "How a Green Climate Change Fund Would Transfer the Wealth of Nations."
Climate negotiations leading up to the Paris conference called for a Green Climate Fund that would collect $100 billion per year by 2020. The goal of this fund: to subsidize green energy and pay for other climate adaptation and mitigation programs in poorer nations...
Katie Tubb of The Daily Signal reported that only "$10.2 billion has been pledged so far" –– with only 37 nations in on the action, placing the U.S. on top of the list with $3 billion promised by President Obama. After that we have Japan ($1.5b), the United Kingdom ($1.2B), France ($1.B), Germany ($1B), Sweden ($581 million), Italy ($334 million), Canada ($277 million) and so on.
This despite the fact that the U.S. already spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer money annually on so-called "climate change mitigation efforts for those countries."
However, in January 2014, CNSNews.com reported a much higher figure: "American taxpayers spent $7.45 billion to help developing countries cope with climate change in fiscal years 2010 through 2012."
Keep in mind that under Team Obama, "Federal Climate Change Expenditures," which funds numerous (if not all) federal government agencies, over the past few years has spent $19.8 billion in 2012, $22.6 billion in 2013, and $21.4 billion in 2014. Now, it's unclear how much of these funds overlap with Obama's "$200 Billion Save the Planet Slush Fund," but it does include "International Climate Change Assistance," of which its "2014 proposed budget authority" is listed at $893 million.However, in January 2014, CNSNews.com reported a much higher figure: "American taxpayers spent $7.45 billion to help developing countries cope with climate change in fiscal years 2010 through 2012."
So, once again, the Republicans capitulated to President Obama's whim, which was documented by Lachlan Markay of the Washington Free Beacon and others:
Payments to the GCF will come from three programs financed by the omnibus bill. It authorizes $170 million in payments to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s Clean Technology Fund, $50 million to the bank’s Strategic Climate Fund, and $168 million to its Global Environment Facility.
All three of those programs feed into the GCF. No language in the omnibus would prohibit the distribution of that money.
Under the congressional budget deal, the United States will be able to make its first payment of $500 million into the GCF next year.
Still, this Green Climate Fund may be the least of our problems, because these cozy gatherings in Paris and the entire "cataclysmic climate con" that includes a serious "fear mongering campaign," claiming that climate change not only birthed the horrific ISIS terrorists and caused every earthquake and flood the Earth has endured, but "it will lead to an orgy of killing, looting, rape, burglary" and even prostitution, have nothing to do with global warming, cooling, polar bears, or climate science.
Even as Pope Francis continues to bring climate change to the altar, for some it IS a religion or a cult, while for others it's an agitation led by Socialists, Marxist, Communists, and anti-American fools, with some using climate change as “a mass social movement to disrupt the status
quo.”
Even as Pope Francis continues to bring climate change to the altar, for some it IS a religion or a cult, while for others it's an agitation led by Socialists, Marxist, Communists, and anti-American fools, with some using climate change as “a mass social movement to disrupt the statusquo.”
In addition, not only do we have ECO-Hypocrites in the mix, we have ECO-Nuts as well. Those that want to enforce "population control" as a solution for global warming and there's even a "movement" that is "advanced by people who care about life on planet Earth" where you can opt out of existence in order to save the planet. However, for those running this "Global Warming Armageddon Scam," it's all about money and power.
The scariest part of this U.N. Climate Racket is that it is all about "global control, NOT global climate." And, if you don't believe me, just ask Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
"Ms. Figueres stated publicly what many climate realists had long suspected: The global warming scaremongering going on for more than 25 years was not really about protecting the planet, it was about controlling peoples’ lives by controlling the economy," documented H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., at the Heartland Institute.
As Figueres said, “This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time, to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution.” Figueres went on to say, “This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history.”
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The Revolt
Nevertheless, it was Senator Jeff Sessions that put American citizens frustrations mildly when he made the following statement on the senate floor in retaliation against the 2016 Omnibus.
“There is a reason that GOP voters are in open rebellion,” Sessions said. “They have come to believe that their party’s elites are not only uninterested in defending their interests but – as with this legislation, and fast-tracking the President’s international trade pact – openly hostile to them. This legislation represents a further disenfranchisement of the American voter.”
Americans need to be aware who the traitors are: "Ninety-five Republicans split with House GOP leadership to vote against the spending bill. Another 150 Republicans supported it, while just 18 Democrats opposed it," of which the complete list can be found at The Daily Signal. Meanwhile, "Twenty-six Republican senators, along with one independent and six Democrats, voted against the government spending bill –– with Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. that did not cast votes," again documented by the Daily Signal here.
While some are calling for Ryan's Republican seat, others like Reverend Franklin Graham are leaving the Republican Party altogether: “I have no hope in the Republican Party, the Democratic Party or Tea Party to do what is best for America..." the son of Rev. Billy Graham wrote on Facebook.
And, via Twitter, Graham has made it clear that he's on a mission to pray for our nation and recruit Christians that will uphold biblical values to run for office. "In 2016 I will go state by state to every capital in our nation to hold prayer rallies for our country during the #DecisionAmerica Tour," Graham tweeted on December 21, 2015.
While some are calling for Ryan's Republican seat, others like Reverend Franklin Graham are leaving the Republican Party altogether: “I have no hope in the Republican Party, the Democratic Party or Tea Party to do what is best for America..." the son of Rev. Billy Graham wrote on Facebook.
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| Me with California Congressman Kevin McCarthy, now the House Majority Leader, in 2010, helping the GOP to "GET OUT THE VOTE." |
Republicans best "grow a pair" or get the heck out of the way, because many of us are mad as
hell and are "not going to take it anymore!"
Folks, we need more than a tea party to crush these forces and the big, corrupt government that they have, with malice aforethought and at the expense of our liberty, safety and eventually our sovereignty, imposed upon our nation and its citizens.
We need a "Conservative Revolution!"
Better yet –– a REVOLT!
Signed your favorite conservative citizen journalist,
-c
