Even Jesus lost his infinite patience with the temple moneychangers. Roughly two thousand years later Ferdinand Porsche was designing the Tiger tank and Hugo Boss was designing uniforms for the SS.
So conservatives should not expect big business support exposing the global warming hoax or pushing back cap and trade.
A few days ago Johnny met with a former colleague. He’s a stand-up guy and all business. And for the past couple of years his business has been trading carbon credits among big corporate players.
For him, his financial associates, and the global corporate culture, this cap and trade stuff is just one more business opportunity. Glossy brochures. Slick logos. Embossed cards. To paraphrase Don Barzini, “After all, these men aren’t communists.”
Does the cooked global warming data makes an difference? Only if it changes government policy. They knew it was bullshit before the data leak.
They’re going to go where the money is. And the money right now is getting a piece of the cap and trade windfall.
If conservative defeat cap and trade politically, business will simply cut its losses and move on to the next money-making proposition. Hopefully it’s something more productive than the nullity of


