Whao. . . . Now wait just a damn minute. . . .

A License Required for your house 

In a nutshell:   To be able to sell your house,  it will have to be licensed and it will have to meet standards at the federal level.   Without meeting these standards,  you will not be able to sell.   Energy and efficiency standards.   Oh My.  Ain't it cool?

Thinking about selling your house - A look at H.R. 2454 (Cap and trade bill) This is unbelievable!


Only the beginning from this administration! Home owners take note; tell your friends and relatives who are home owners!

Beginning 1 year after enactment of the Cap and Trade Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water efficiency standards of this Act. H.R. 2454, the "Cap & Trade" bill passed by the House of Representatives, if also passed by the Senate, will be the largest tax increase any of us has ever experienced.

The Congressional Budget Office (supposedly non-partisan) estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four will be $6,800 per year.

• No one is excluded.

However, once the lower classes feel the pinch in their wallets, you can be sure these voters get a tax refund (even if they pay no taxes at all) to offset this new cost. Thus, you Mr. and Mrs. Middle Class America will have to pay even more since additional tax dollars will be needed to bail out everyone else.


But wait. This awful bill (that no one in Congress has actually read) has many more surprises in it. Probably the worst one is this:

• A year from now you won't be able to sell your house. Yes, you read that right.

The caveat is (there always is a caveat) that if you have enough money to make required major upgrades to your home, then you can sell it. But, if not, then forget it. Even pre-fabricated homes ("mobile homes") are included.

• In effect, this bill prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator.
• To get this permission, you will have to have the energy efficiency of your home measured.
• Then the government will tell you what your new energy efficiency requirement is and you will be forced to make modifications to your home under the retrofit provisions of this Act to comply with the new energy and water efficiency requirements.
• Then you will have to get your home measured again and get a license (called a "label" in the Act) that must be posted on your property to show what your efficiency rating is; sort of like the Energy Star efficiency rating label on your refrigerator or air conditioner.
• If you don't get a high enough rating, you can't sell. And, the EPA administrator is authorized to raise the standards every year, even above the automatic energy efficiency increases built into the Act.

The EPA administrator, appointed by the President, will run the Cap & Trade program (AKA the "American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009") and is authorized to make any future changes to the regulations and standards he alone determines to be in the government's best interest. Requirements are set low initial y so the bill will pass Congress; then the Administrator can set much tougher new standards every year.

• The Act itself contains annual required increases in energy efficiency for private and commercial residences and buildings.
• However, the EPA administrator can set higher standards at any time.

Sect. 202:
Building Retrofit Program mandates a national retrofit program to increase the energy efficiency of all existing homes across America .

Beginning 1 year after enactment of the Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water efficiency standards of this Act.

You had better sell soon, because the standards will be raised each year and will be really hard (i.e., ex$pen$ive) to meet in a few years. Oh, goody! The Act allows the government to give you a grant of several thousand dollars to comply with the retrofit program requirements if you meet certain energy efficiency levels. But, wait, the State can set additional requirements on who qualifies to receive the grants.

You should expect requirements such as "can't have an income of more than $50K per year", "home selling price can't be more than $125K", or anything else to target the upper middle class (and that's YOU) and prevent them from qualifying for the grants.
Most of us won't get a dime and will have to pay the entire cost of the retrofit out of our own pockets. More transfer of wealth, more "change you can believe in."

Sect. 204:
Building Energy Performance Labeling Program establishes a labeling program that for each individual residence will identify the achieved energy efficiency performance for "at least 90 percent of the residential market within 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act."

This means that within 5 years 90% of all residential homes in the U.S. must be measured and labeled. The EPA administrator will get $50M each year to enforce the labeling program. The Secretary of the Department of Energy will get an additional $20M each year to help enforce the labeling program. Some of this money will, of course, be spent on coming up with tougher standards each year.

Oh, the label will be like a license for your car. You will be required to post the label in a conspicuous location in your home and will not be allowed to sell your home without having this label.
And, just like your car license, you will probably be required to get a new label every so often - maybe every year.
But, the government estimates the cost of measuring the energy efficiency of your home should only cost about $200 each time.

Remember what they said about the auto smog inspections when they first started: that in California it would only cost $15. That was when the program started. Now the cost is about $50 for the inspection and certificate; a 333% increase. Expect the same from the home labeling program.

Sect. 304:
Greater Energy Efficiency in Building Codes establishes new energy efficiency guidelines for the National Building Code and mandates at 304(d), Application of National Code to State and Local Jurisdictions, that 1 year after enactment of this Act, all state and local jurisdictions must adopt the National Building Code energy efficiency provisions or must obtain a certification from the federal government that their state and/or local codes have been brought into full compliance with the National Building Code energy efficiency standards.


Want to know more?  Click here. 

Charlie Crist in Florida is next. Boot him out the door Florida!

Dis guy needs da boot.    He is a libtard in Conservatives clothing and worse yet,  has a chance to be a senator.   No different than  Scozzafava.  Actually worse.    As for Scozzafava,  She takes close to a million bucks from the RNCC and stabs em in the back. 

Nice. 

I hope there is a real good accounting of where all those bucks went. 

Want to know more?  Start here.

Scozzafava Endorses Democrat After Dropping Out of N.Y. Congressional Race

Dede Scozzafava

(One could use the following words to describe what happened here.)

TRAITOR

(To her constituents. )

TURNCOAT

(To her party.)

BETRAYER

(To those who trusted her.)

DECEIVER

(To anyone listening.)

SABOTEUR

(To the Republican Party)

TWO TIMER

(Can't have it both ways, Walks like a duck, talks like a duck, must be a duck.)

JUDAS

(Self explanatory)

Somebody counseled this gal that turning on her party and more importantly turning on her constituents was the way to further her political career. I for one, think they were wrong, way wrong.  


Stabbing the majority of your constituents in the back is not the way to engender party stability nor any chance of re-election in the future.    Thinking only of herself,  she has sucker-punched her Conservative competitor.    This is someone who has betrayed her countrymen and her party.   A collaborationist, a quisling, a traitor!

This is a none to subtle punch at the Republicans who sided with the rightful occupant of that seat in the house.   She is saying;  Take that Sarah,  Fred,  The Conservative party, The people I represent.  Take That.



I don't think this is right.    It is like believing   all your life that the sky is blue and then admitting that you now think it is green.

CRAWFISHED 

(She backed out of her earlier promises)

Want to know more?  Click here and here and here and here

Stop the Con Con! (Constitutional Convention)

"Having witnessed the difficulties and dangers experienced by the FIRST Convention, I would tremble for the result of the SECOND." James Madison

The dangers of a Constitutional Convention

Know the FACTS... Educate yourself!!! Many people are making a sudden push for a new Con-Con but they do not know the EXTREME damage that this could do. It is understandable that people want to see...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvnLBo_WE3g&feature=PlayList&...


Beware of Attacks on the Constitution

Con Con Is a Terrible Idea

Americans are fortunate to have a written Constitution that has withstood the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune for more than two centuries, and we certainly don't need a new constitution.

There is nothing wrong with the one we have except that politicians do not obey it and liberal judges pretend it is a "living" document that they can re-interpret according to their own social and economic preferences.

Many liberals and globalists don't like our Constitution because it contains built-in stumbling blocks against their goals of big government and even global government.

Even some conservative types express irritation with our Constitution when they cannot get Congress to pass the legislation they desire. So, different factions, seeking different goals, have turned to an attempt to use the never-used provision in the Constitution's Article V, which requires Congress to call a new Constitutional Convention if two-thirds (34) of the states pass resolutions calling for it. This is colloquially called a Con Con.
http://www.eagleforum.org/psr/2009/may09/psrmay09.html


U.S. now only 2 states away from rewriting Constitution Dec 2008
A public policy organization has issued an urgent alert stating affirmative votes are needed from only two more states before a Constitutional Convention
 could be assembled in which "today's corrupt politicians and

judges" could formally change the U.S. Constitution's "'problematic' provisions to reflect the philosophical and social mores of our contemporary society."

"Don't for one second doubt that delegates to a Con Con wouldn't revise the First Amendment into a government-controlled privilege, replace the 2nd Amendment with a 'collective' right to self-defense, and abolish the 4th, 5th, and 10th Amendments, and the rest of the Bill of Rights," said the warning from the American Policy Center.
Critic: 'This is a horrible time to try such a crazy scheme'
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=83364

States With a Standing Call for a Constitutional Convention

Here are the States that are calling for a Constitutional Convention. These must be fought on a State level. Is YOUR State one of them? http://www.sweetliberty.org/standing_calls.htm

Alaska Arizona Arkansas Delaware Colorado Georgia Idaho Indiana Iowa Kansas Maryland Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Wyoming

Listen up folks, This is real and it is a threat to all we hold sacred.  Don't just stand there. . . .   Write, speak, do.

Islamic Bombs Away. . . .Whao!!!!

Getting ready for the Islamic bomb

The White House should prepare for a new Mideast war

The White House believes there is an Islamic bomb in your future. Associated Press reported Tuesday that the Obama administration is "quietly laying the groundwork for long-range strategy that could be used to contain a nuclear-equipped Iran and deter its leaders from using atomic weapons." Granted this could be routine contingency planning, but it's believable that President Obama is pursuing an acquiescent policy given his foundering efforts to dissuade Iran from developing a nuclear capability.

American planners are pondering whether Iran can be deterred from using nuclear weapons. This is the wrong question. They should instead examine how the United States will be deterred should Iran go nuclear.

Want to know more?  Click here.

 *****************************************************

I just do not get it.   What in the H-E-double hockey sticks are these turds are thinking.    How to deter Iran  from using it's nuke capabilities?    Give me a break.  Islamic nut jobs think it is a grand thing to die for Allah.   70 virgins.  Oh Boy.

They would light one off in their own cities if they thought it would serve them.    These animals take fanatical to a whole other level.    But much worse is the attitude of the leadership in this country.   I can't figure out if it is naivete or purposeful but they are just plain ignoring the hard cold facts.  

They want to kill us.   They are taught to kill us.  They are ordered to kill us by their religious leaders.  Every one of us.  We are the infidels to them!  Every one of us.  


They say they want peace,  they lie.  They say they want to talk,  they lie.  
They say live and let live,  they lie.

They lie, they lie, they lie.    Figure it out!