Comments on: Shocka: House spent $89,000 on carbon offsets that don’t offset jack

By: MsDollie

MsDollie — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:30:06 +0000

I recently realized (I can be slow) that the right to bear arms was our founders’ way of ensuring We, the People are protected from our GOVERNMENT! I now believe that the reason liberals are all about taking guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens is to ensure that we can’t protect ourselves from them stealing our money. Carbon offsets is just another method of robbing from one group to give to another. Another modern day “Robin Hood”. Add this to the hundreds (if not thousands) of other Robin Hood programs and we are one step closer to the government keeping more of my earnings than I am allowed to keep. I do not yet own a gun. I am seriously considering purchasing one.

By: logis

logis — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:16:16 +0000

Follow the money.

These sham companies will gladly SELL an infinite number of carbon offsets, but have any of them ever BOUGHT any offsets?

Somebody needs to track the cash flow; 99% this money is being “absorbed” into somebody’s pocket.

By: thuja

thuja — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:46:48 +0000

You all may see what you are doing as attacking the environmental movement. I see it as keeping the environmental movement honest. Keep up the good work!

As an environmentalist, I have more disgust for Al Gore and his electricity consumption than anyone.

By: The Rock

The Rock — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:40:53 +0000

So Al Gore uses as much power in his home as I use in a year, but it is OK because he buys carbon offsets.

Can a Christian preacher buy porn so long as he donates to the publication of Bibles?

Al Gore is the High Priest of global warming.
The press would have a field day with a preacher that bought “Porn Offsets”.

By: Bicyea

Bicyea — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:23:37 +0000

Carbon credits are just another way of taking MY money and giving it to someone the government thinks is more deserving!!

By: LifeTrek

LifeTrek — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:12:24 +0000

Everybody remembers Eisenhower’s warning about the, “military-industrial complex,” shoot, it has become the siren call of some.

Few if any recall — and it is never repeated — the second of the two specific warning he made in that very same speech:

“The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present — and is gravely to be regarded.

Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.” (emphasis added)

The scientific-technological elite, Eisenhower truly was prescient. Read the speech, it could have been written today.
DKK

By: whitetop

whitetop — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:01:21 +0000

Blaise 3:28 “additionality”

I’m with you. Never heard that one before. Must be an example of languaging.

By: custer

custer — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:28:21 +0000

idiots

By: oakpack

oakpack — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:24:05 +0000

Who da thunk?

By: BL@KBIRD

BL@KBIRD — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:12:21 +0000

Wait until they are mandatory, unquestionable and coming from the government. They will be twice as funny.

By: Labamigo

Labamigo — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:06:37 +0000

We live in a kleptocracy.

Government by thieves.

By: uncivilized

uncivilized — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:18:49 +0000

Carbon offsets: the twentieth-century version of selling the Brooklyn Bridge. Kind of an environmental three card monty game.
I sure wish I could have gotten in on the ground floor, though…evidently, there’s a (liberal) sucker born every minute.

By: petefrt

petefrt — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:54:52 +0000

How much of that pork went to Algore's carbon offset company.

By: snaggletoothie

snaggletoothie — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:53:30 +0000

People affirm belief in global warming because it’s stylish. I might believe they truly believe that crap if they will make uncomfortable lifestyle changes. . . Still waiting on congress.

By: cannonball

cannonball — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:40:56 +0000

I'm not overweight. I've purchased calorie offsets by sponsoring a Kenyan marathon runner. :-)

By: greekinfidel

greekinfidel — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:35:43 +0000

Offsets are like the snake-oil of the global warming era.

By: Nosferightu

Nosferightu — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:30:55 +0000

Not to mention the damage this is all doing to the English language…”ADDITIONALITY??????” ~~Good Grief!~~ Double Plus Ungood Grief!

Blaise on January 28, 2008 at 3:28 PM

Fixed it.

By: Blaise

Blaise — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:28:41 +0000

Not to mention the damage this is all doing to the English language…”ADDITIONALITY??????” Good Grief!

By: Shirotayama

Shirotayama — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:26:43 +0000

Allah: Green Pork, eh?

What immediately sprang to mind was:

“I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I do not like them in a boat.
I do not like them with a goat.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere.
I do not like GREEN eggs and HAM.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am!!!

By: kcd

kcd — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:26:23 +0000

FOR SALE: CARBON CREDITS
Also have some oceanfront property in Arizona..555-BR549

By: Oldnuke

Oldnuke — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:20:47 +0000

You deserve the government you elect.

Oh my Lord! I haven’t heard that little gem in a long while. Kudos to you Doc, you’re absolutely right…unfortunately.

By: Nosferightu

Nosferightu — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:13:40 +0000

And what about the 3rd world entrepreneurs who start up some pollution-making activity for the express purpose of being paid to stop it by do-gooders lately? I can’t recall the article but I read about that happening already.

BuzzCrutcher on January 28, 2008 at 2:55 PM

I currently building an internal combustion engine farm. I’ll just run the motors all day because I like the sound – I like to think of it as industrial performance art. I could be persuaded to stop, however…

By: benrand

benrand — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:08:48 +0000

I’m selling carbon offsets.

I will throw some grass seed out of my window, USD48/handful.

I’ll make you an offah you can’t refuse, knowhuimtalkiabaht?

By: pilamaye

pilamaye — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:08:42 +0000

Good to see we are once again returning to the glory days of $1000 toilet seats and $500 hammers.

By: James

James — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:06:42 +0000

As I’ve said before, if I was a real-life Tony Soprano looking for a new racket, selling carbon offsets would be a very strong candidate.

thirteen28 on January 28, 2008 at 3:02 PM

“Hey, you’s gots a nice environment, here…sure would be a shame if somethin’ happened to it.”