Joseph Goebbels Smiles

The New York Times. The propaganda wing of the Obama administration.

You know that massive redistribution of wealth bill that the House passed last night? The Times wants you to believe it had to do with the weather in some way.

I wonder if this was written with a straight face:

House Passes Bill to Address Threat of Climate Change
By John M. Broder

Washington — The House passed legislation on Friday intended to address global warming and transform the way the nation produces and uses energy.

The vote was the first time either house of Congress had approved a bill meant to curb the heat-trapping gases scientists have linked to climate change. The legislation, which passed despite deep divisions among Democrats, could lead to profound changes in many sectors of the economy, including electric power generation, agriculture, manufacturing and construction.

At the heart of the legislation is a cap-and-trade system that sets a limit on overall emissions of heat-trapping gases while allowing utilities, manufacturers and other emitters to trade pollution permits, or allowances, among themselves. The cap would grow tighter over the years, pushing up the price of emissions and presumably driving industry to find cleaner ways of making energy. [link] [my emphasis]

I wonder if there is a living soul out there - besides the cloistered creatures at the New York Times - who still believes this bill was about controlling global temperatures.

Even one.