Obama and Coal: Send Americans 'Price Signals' on Energy

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It Doesn't Affect JUST Coal.

Skyrocketing electric prices will kill the American Steel Industry, the American Aluminum Industry, the American Paper Industry, and a host of support industries related to these. In addition, it will further decimate the American auto industry.

The decline in these industries will force many communities completely out of business. It will affect restaurants, real estate, insurance agents, hardware stores, tire stores, pet shops, auto parts stores, fashion shops, hospitals, schools, tax receipts, and more importantly people's lives who live in those communities.

It will affect the coal miners, steel workers, iron workers, electrical workers, construction workers, brick layers, painters, carpenters. In other words, it will affect almost everyone.

It will raise residential heating and cooling costs at the precise time when our economy can tolerate it the least. This could be the straw that breaks the back of the American Economy and forces it down to the depths of a deep depression.

This is not JUST about bankrupting the coal industry. It is about bankrupting the nation as a whole.

GeraldD of AL @ Nov 03, 2008 22:53:45 PM

McCain is so Hypocritical

He supports a carbon cap system too. Welcome to why I will vote straight Democrat. McCain has run the most awful campaign with the least illuminating attacks in American history in addition to rampant race-baiting all over the Republican quest for the highest public office. Umm sorry but McCain has been acting like an enemy and not a friend of Democracy. His whack job sidekick said the VP is in charge of the Senate. Umm, only by being a Fascist can the VP be in charge of the Senate because the Senate is in the Legislative Branch. Government, maybe she needs to retake that class before being a candidate for any federal office?

Jay of MN @ Nov 03, 2008 22:53:30 PM

U DUMMIES!!!!!

you ignorant picks can never be satisfied huh? you constantly whine.. and complain about oh we're going to be paying more for this... and that... and me.. and baby.. and mommy.. and kitty. THIS IS THE UNITED STATE OF AMERICA.. KEYWORD UNITED... if u had some kind of heart.. it shouldnt be a problem to spead the wealth.. u arent doing anything but buying some gucci shoes with it.. come on. Put yourself in the position of growing up being mislead.. mistreated.. because u had to take care of your parents... too young to get a well paying job to take care of your family and need to make some type of living and turn to streets to be your father figure and get sucked into the wrong environment because u were not fortunate enough to move on the same block with the white fences and the families with both mothers, fathers, and spoiled children who are handed everything on a silver plater including a good education and a well paying job. or how about the familes who had well paying jobs but were forced to file bankruptcy because they got laid off? what about the families that lost everything in fires or natural causes... WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL OF THE AMERICANS THAT PLEDGE ALLIGANCE ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL? AND ON TOP OF THAT U COMPLAIN ABOUT VIOLENCE.. I SEE WHY THERES SO MUCH VIOLENCE!!!!! you should be ashamed of yourselves living in a country addressing issues that do not concern you. the mission of going into iraq was to get bin laden and hussein ... u got one now wheres the other? 7 yrs to come back with one person... because everyone's lost focus of the main mission... innocent soliders fighting for the alligence of BUSH get killed while trying to get oil for u selfish people without a care in the world just living your lives like theres no tomorrow continuing to carry out the 7 deadly sins because its common?? I BET THOSE PEOPLE IN THOSE FOREIGN COUNTRIES ARE REALLY MAD! I WOULDNT BLAME THEM IF THEY DID DROP A BOMB ON US!!!!!!! PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THIS AND YOU'RE WORRYING ABOUT WHATS GONNA HAPPEN? IMAGINE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF U DONT!!!!!!!!!!! U ALREADY SEE WHERE 8YRS GOT U!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW DARE U EVEN COMPLAIN!! YOU'VE GOT A BETTER IDEA... WHY DONT U RUN FOR PRESIDENT?????!! STFU!

CHARISMA of NY @ Nov 03, 2008 21:39:31 PM

Barack?

Anyway you spell it, Herr BHO does not pass the smell test.

Edster of WV @ Nov 03, 2008 19:27:09 PM

Please be so kind

as to take your "price signals" and "unsustainable...development patterns" focus group babble

to an appropriately non-solarized part of the universe sir.

As for Herr Obama's "those who can afford it" remark, oh well, there he goes again.

If the address verification challenged charge card donations from overseas and big buck contributions from his below prime buddies and Wall St. scoundrels aren't enough to convince this nation of its future course under the megalomaniac named Barach Hussein Obama, perhaps we deserve what's coming?

I don't remember the US citizenry being this willfully stupid but give it time, practice makes perfect.

Edster of WV @ Nov 03, 2008 19:22:01 PM

Tantrums are for Brats

That is why PO d' Republicans or Independents need to vote For John McCain ,not throw a temper tantrum by an Obama vote.

Robert of MI @ Nov 03, 2008 18:04:23 PM

NOW NOW NOW!!!!!!!

The government is supplying the unemployed with a computer and internet access????

SPREAD THE WEALTH!!!!

hard working middle class citizen of @ Nov 03, 2008 17:59:12 PM

scared to death

Why are you so fearful? Europe is no economic basket case. There is a profit incentive in socialism. It's how the profits are distributed that makes you crazy. Europe is not Soviet Russia. Do some independent research. Stop watching FOX for at least one hour a day.

elp of FL @ Nov 03, 2008 17:47:57 PM

Energy

Obama's comments and plans are typical of the liberal/radical evironmental way of thinking.

To the hard left the glass is always half empty.

It's the only way they can sustain their radical industry.

Scare tactics!!

Gus Burk of @ Nov 03, 2008 17:31:00 PM

Reply to Jack Smith - Working Class/Marxist

ACORN has been caught red-hand commiting voter fraud for the Dems. what proof do you cite in your accusations? You think we have a mess now? You just wait until your furher Barack Hussein Obama gets into office. We will all pay in the end. All of us.

cosmo of CA @ Nov 03, 2008 17:01:10 PM

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