Dissent Is Patriotic But Only....

Once upon a time, dissent (from the President's policies) was the HEIGHT of patriotism. Leftists across the country assured those on the right that they didn't hate the country - they just disagreed with President Bush. Well now that the shoe is on the other foot, we start to see that maybe they didn't believe that as much as they claimed to have.

So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement.

But 212 representatives voted no. A handful of these no votes came from representatives who considered the bill too weak, but most rejected the bill because they rejected the whole notion that we have to do something about greenhouse gases.

And as I watched the deniers make their arguments, I couldn’t help thinking that I was watching a form of treason — treason against the planet.

It is good to know that the people who were so demanding that we conservatives be "tolerant" of others opinions are so tolerant of other opinions themselves. I have no doubt that this will be remembered the next time that there is a majority change in the Government.