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• More bad news for the economy in 2010. Fire Up the Presses!

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  The New York Times reports that the administration is negotiating to double the commitments to Fannie and Freddie for a total of $800 billion by December 31, in order to avoid the congressional approval that would be needed after that date. But there currently is no Inspector General exercising independent oversight ...
  5 days ago

• Can Climate Polls Tell Us Anything Useful?

  
  The New Republic - The Vine Feed — Authority: 128
  There are any number of ways to read (and, yes, spin) this latest Washington Post /ABC poll on Obama and global warming. Take the headline figure: Americans now only barely approve of the presidents handling of climate change, 45 percent to 39 percent, which is down dramatically from his 61-29 approvals back in ...
  1 week ago

• Barton can’t see Arctic or Himalayas from his porch

  
  Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! — Authority: 623
  While Sarah Palin might be able to see Russia from her front porch, evidently Representative Joe Barton can’t see the polar ice cap from his.  Throwing aside the adage that politics ends at the water’s edge, Barton and some Republican global warming denying colleagues traveled to Copenhagen to try to undermine ...
  1 week ago

• They didnt call him Chairman Joe for nothing!

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 794
  Clickliticos Glenn Thrush: Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), a global warming skeptic who has been banging the drum on Climate-Gate, seems to be siding with China in its battle with U.S. negotiators in Copenhagen. I asked Barton, one of 20 reps to arrive at the Bella Center Thursday, what he thought of Chinas ...
  1 week ago

• Barton Or Bust! How to Stop Mass. v. EPA from Wrecking the Economy

  
  OpenMarket.org — Authority: 567
  Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced today that he plans to introduce a “resolution of disapproval” to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) recently finalized endangerment finding on greenhouse gases. This is  huge. It means that ...
  1 week ago

• VIDEO- Ed Schultz nails Rep. Joe Bartons flawed talking points re: Supermax prison

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 658
  By GottaLaff Ed stymied Not Joe Lieberman, and he went all deer in the headlights. Talking points much, Other Joe? Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, explains why many GOP members of Congress oppose the Obama administration’s decision ...
  1 week ago

• Rep. Joe Barton On Climategate: Are Scientists “Brainwashing” America?

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 777
  Yesterday, Representative Joe Barton , known to his critics as “ Smokey Joe ” for his staunchly free-market, anti-regulation stance on corporate pollution, went on C-SPAN to discuss … wait for it … Climategate. The Climategate affair, and the public skepticism about man-made global warming that it has ...
  2 weeks ago

• GOP Climate Denier Profile: Rep. Joe Barton

  
  Little Green Footballs — Authority: 591
  For a perfect example of the willfully, pig-headedly ignorant Republican position on climate change, check out this video from C-SPAN of Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tx). The first question from C-SPAN’s moderator: “What causes, in your perspective, global warming?” Barton’s reply: Well, the short answer would be ...
  2 weeks ago

• Once Again I Say Impeach Rep. Joe Barton!

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 165
  RINO Joe Barton is still up to his old RINO tricks. And once again I say it is time to impeach him for gross violations of his oath of office. See, Joe thinks that somewhere in the Constitution there is the authority granted to him and Congress to regulate the manner in which the NCAA chooses its nation champion in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Republican Dismisses Sarah Palin on Climate Change

  
  Today With President Barack Obama — Authority: 452
  Republican Joe Barton dismisses her in a very kind way:
  2 weeks ago

• GOP Sending Counter Delegation to Copenhagen: ‘The Truth Squad’

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 579
  Apparently, Lindsay Graham isn’t joining them. Via Weasel Zippers , Fox News reported: A GOP counter-delegation is forming to undermine the Obama administration’s work on an international climate change agreement in Copenhagen, warning that the president is poised to make commitments he can’t keep and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Keep the Government Out of College Football

  
  Axis of Right — Authority: 136
  I’m always amazed at the arrogance of politicians who believe that no aspect of American life can carry on without their guidance.  The latest is example is Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX).  Barton has introduced legislation that would require Division I college football to implement a playoff system or be fined if they ...
  2 weeks ago

• Congressional panel advances bill to force football playoff

  
  Cranach: The Blog of Veith — Authority: 527
  Congress has taken a step towards interfering in how colleges declare a national championship in football. From the Associated Press : A House subcommittee has approved legislation aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine a national champion. The bill would ban the promotion of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Could Gov’t Be Liable for Harm Caused by Higher Ethanol Blend, Congressmen Ask

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 160
  Two prominent House Republicans asked the Government Accountability Office today to investigate whether the federal government could be held responsible if higher ethanol blends harm engines or vehicle equipment. The request from Energy and Commerce Committee ranking member Joe Barton of Texas and Representative Greg ...
  2 weeks ago

• S.I. Writer Charges BCS an Illegal Monopoly; Likens Current Format to Plessy v. Ferguson Separate but Equal Decision

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 816
  Theres certainly an argument to be made that college footballs Bowl Championship Series (BCS) isnt an ideal system, but just to what degree should the federal government come in an regulate this multi-billion dollar industry ? According to Andy Staples, a writer for Sports Illustrateds Web site, SI.com who ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Video Exposes Al Gore Admitting Rising Temperatures Sometimes Precede Higher C02 Levels - Video

  
  Freedom's Lighthouse — Authority: 599
  Here is a new Naked Emperor News video that catches former Vice-President Al Gore in making a concession that in the past, rising temperatures have PRECEDED a rise in C02 levels, not the other way around. The video makes the case that since Gore concedes that has sometimes been the case, then there is "no one to ...
  2 weeks ago

• A GOP Fumble in Progress

  
  America's Right — Authority: 507
  Legislation which would require NCAA Division I football to change from the current Bowl Championship Series system to a playoff system was passed through a key House subcommittee a few hours ago . How wonderful. I was actually in the room in Birmingham, AL when former SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer first unveiled ...
  2 weeks ago

• Congress Should Get Out of College Football

  
  EveryJoe — Authority: 155
  When you elected your local congressman and representative, did you take into account what their position was on college sports and perhaps what conference school they attended? I didn’t. I voted for and hopefully helped to elect representatives to think about running this country in a way that keeps the running ...
  2 weeks ago

• U.S. House Panel Considers College Football Playoff

  
  Very Important Stuff — Authority: 127
  File this under unbelievable but true . A House panel was to consider a proposal to ban the promotion of a postseason NCAA Division I football game as a national championship unless it’s the outcome of a playoff. . . . The legislation is sponsored by Texas Rep. Joe Barton, the top Republican on the House ...
  2 weeks ago

• Blunt, GOP colleagues defend Forsee in climate debate

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 598
  Blunt WASHINGTON — After University of Missouri system president Gary Forsee declared opposition to cap-and-trade legislation, Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee responded with a withering critique of Forsee’s assertion that new controls would cost his school millions of dollars in…
  2 weeks ago

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