I Hated the Cap-and-Tax Bill So Much I Started This Blog

When it comes to politics, I'm normally visibly low-key and subdued. Although my internal self may be enraged by something an entity or representative of our beloved government did or said, I don't ever let it get to the point of screaming at the television or even obnoxiously voicing my opinions to my neighbors and acquaintances. I'm really the kind of guy who would sometimes really like to tell someone what I think, but end up with an elliptical "well..." and a modest grimace to demonstrate that I don't entirely agree.

So yeah, I'm not Mr. Polemic. However, with the imminent passage of the not-much-talked-about-publicly cap and trade bill that just passed in the House this past weekend and will soon go to the Senate, I became incensed. Actually, incensed is an understatement. Everything I have read lately and all of the recent evidence I have seen seems to be eating away at the indisputability of global warming. And right now, in the middle of an economic recession, our elected officials decide they're going to essentially tie a millstone around the neck of the American economy and throw it into the ocean. If global warming doesn't make the waters rise, this empty 1200 page bill sure will. Yep, the cliched sea of humanity will rise up and wash these already washed-up losers out of office. But before this happens, let's see we can get the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 stopped. Well, this is bewildering: I am so incensed that I am actually doing something about it.

Blocking the cap-and-trade (cap-and-tax) bill is both the cause and primary objective of this blog. Help me hold our senators accountable before they can foist another piece of abominable legislation on us while we sleep. As someone who will have to live through the consequences of this bill (unlike the Baby Boomers passing it), I'm still not experienced with stirring the political pot, but I'm hoping that, in this case, word-of-mouth and tough telephone calls to certain political somebodies will suffice. I just hope we're motivated enough to do it.