In April 2005, Al Gore gave an “engaging and accessible presentation” about the trends and implications of global warming to a rapt audience at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills. In addition to touting his now-infamous global warming predictions, Gore also stated, “We can’t sell our cars in China… We don’t meet their environmental standards.” In... 

Cap & Trade will soon be brought up in the Senate  - although it has been rebranded as simply “American Power”  in the Kerry-Lieberman bill (The American Power Act), so I thought it would be a good time to revisit my past thoughts on Cap & Trade. I wrote the following about Cap & Trade last summer – before the house passed the Waxman-Markey ACES (American Clean Energy... 

I ran across this video of Maurice Strong from BBC in 1972, in which he pontificates on…. (Wait for it….) How humans are destroying the world and the atmosphere, and how we are dooming ourselves and the planet by merely existing. How Pleasant. BUT WAIT – That’s not all… Here is Maurice Strong discussing his thoughts on the UN’s Earth Charter back in 1992.  Read More →

Remember last week when Senator Barbara Boxer, co-author of the Senate energy tax, claimed that her and Senator Kerry’s bill was the best way to address America’s energy crisis?In her opening statement last week during the energy tax hearings, she said: “Our bill is the best way to proceed. It provides flexibility to businesses and powerful incentives to drive innovation. It... 

by: Michelle Malkin “No more bailouts, no more greed, how many profits do you need?” That’s been a signature chant of community organizers and Big Labor thugs who have stormed bank offices and financial executives’ private homes decrying corporate welfare over the past several months. But now that the federal government and a coalition of big banking interests are poised... 

ShoreBank Corp., a small Chicago-based bank whose motto is “Let’s change the world,” today reportedly raised $150 million from a group of large financial services firms including Goldman Sachs Group (GS),GECapital and Citigroup (C),according to theFinancial Times.Some Republicans in Congress are questioning whether politics played a role in the decision of such large firms to assist... 

How deep does this rabbit hole go?  Fannie Mae, CCX, Al Gore, Van Jones, Bill & Hillary, President Obama, Goldman Sachs, Tony Rezko, Microfinance, and Global Warming – All tied together in multiple incestuous relationships…  Read More →

We here at StopLiberalLies have been following the proposed Climate Legislation and the connections with the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) and Fannie Mae. Today I was pleased to find the following press release from Rep. Jason Chaffetz: Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Chaffetz (R-UT), along with Rep. Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to David Kappos, the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,... 

by: Glenn Beck It’s a safe bet that most Americans’ first exposure to the concept of carbon trading or cap-and-trade legislation came during the most recent presidential campaign when both candidates advocated the need to make protecting the environment a government mandate instead of the moral obligation it’s always been. In the past few months President Barack Obama has repeatedly... 

Carbon trading is set to become the world’s largest commodity market, Richard Sandor, chairman and founder of the Chicago Climate Exchange, told CNBC.com. “Carbon, when it becomes worldwide, will be unambiguously the largest commodity in the world,” Sandor said in an interview. “The world emits 35 billion tons; it’s priced at $20; that’s $700 billion. Put a 10-20 multiple like you...