Will America Punish Itself?

Will the Waxman-Markey global warming bill pass in the US Congress today? Many fine minds hope not. But the Democrats are determined to force the bill through. Yesterday The Wall Street Journal said "the Democrats would have to destroy the discipline of economics" to pass the bill and called it "the biggest tax in American history."

But are there enough votes to defeat the bill? That depends on whether representatives vote for politics over science. From today's Wall Street Journal:

"Among the many reasons President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority are so intent on quickly jamming a cap-and-trade system through Congress is because the global warming tide is again shifting.

It turns out Al Gore and the United Nations (with an assist from the media), did a little too vociferous a job smearing anyone who disagreed with them as "deniers." The backlash has brought the scientific debate roaring back to life."

But will the reality of climate science over climate politics sink in before it's too late? Is the US preparing to severely punish itself for its lifestyle just when the alarmism over the failed hypothesis of anthropogenic global warming is collapsing under the weight of scientific truth?

Whatever the outcome of Waxman-Markey, two things are certain: The bill will have virtually zero effect on global temperatures and time is on the side of the "deniers". I believe history will not treat Al Gore and other Democrats of this era kindly.