by Warner Todd Huston 27 Aug 2014
The Obama administration is reportedly attempting to bypass congressional ratification for an international move called a “sweeping international climate change agreement.”
According to The New York Times, Obama is preparing to hammer out this climate change agreement to “compel nations to cut their planet-warming fossil fuel emissions” ahead of a 2015 UN summit meeting in Paris.
Calling it a “politically binding” agreement, Obama is reportedly working with foreign operatives to create a “name and shame” program that would pressure nations into conforming to the new global warming limits. But such an agreement would not normally have any force of law on the United States unless two-thirds of the Senate vote to join the treaty.
But it does not appear that Obama has any intentions of submitting the plan to the Senate for official ratification.
Obama intends to claim that some of the new requirements are only an “update” to the 1992 climate treaty, meaning that he feels he doesn’t have to officially submit the new requirements to Congress.
It would also be in keeping with Obama’s practice to use his powers to regulate with agencies such as the EPA and merely mandate changes without any involvement of Congress.
As the Times points out:
In seeking to go around Congress to push his international climate change agenda, Mr. Obama is echoing his domestic climate strategy. In June, he bypassed Congress and used his executive authority to order a far-reaching regulation forcing American coal-fired power plants to curb their carbon emissions. That regulation, which would not be final until next year, already faces legal challenges, including a lawsuit filed on behalf of a dozen states.
But, as in most of the other global warming schemes, they are meaningless if only the U.S. and Europe abide by them. If China, India, and nations in South and Central America ignore them, all the efforts of the Western nations are pointless. For years, even Europe has repeatedly missed goals and shorted treaties on global warming.
A recent study, for instance, found that Germany would miss its 2050 climate change goals, and they are not alone. In fact, most of the European Union is falling far short of goals set in treaty after treaty, and all are having trouble making energy markets work.
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“But it does not appear that Obama has any intentions of submitting the plan to the Senate for official ratification.” That sentence ALONE to me is grounds for Congress to bring the asshole up on charges. Since impeachment at this time is off the table, how about THIS one, Boehner? Or, McConnell ? You idiots paying attention here ? Try getting him on contempt of Congress. How about failure to abide by his Constitutionally mandated duties ? How about a suit charging him with failure to follow the law, as it is written ?
There are any number of tools the fools could use, but OH NO, we can’t appear to be….wait for it…. RACIST for OPPOSING the asshat, now can we ?
All the evidence in the world isn’t enough for these fools to back off on these climate schemes, so that tells you right there the ONLY thing they are interested in is further erosion of our rights, further erosion of choices, and further erosion of our standards of living.
If those of you who voted for this nonsense want to have your own Obama caliphate, fine. We give you the northeast, the left coast, and WE get the rest of the country. No trade with you, no help of ANY kind to you. YOU idiots can make your Utopia with your Mess-iah. We shall see what works BETTER.
I’ll place my bets on the Constitutional United States of America, damn sure NOT on the Unicorn and Fairy Dust Peoples’ Republic of Obamastan.
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