I just got an email from AlGore and the WeTards reminding me that Earth Day is today. They would very much like me to harrass at least 10 of my friends and family members, “And ask them to join with you and the millions of other Americans who want Congress to support clean energy jobs by closing the carbon pollution loophole.”

They are trying to get people to believe that forcing existing energy companies to pay millions of dollars in “carbon credits” will somehow create new jobs. I got a Wetard email yesterday that proclaimed, “President Obama has demonstrated that he understands that a cap on carbon pollution will lead to rapid growth in clean energy investment and create millions of jobs.”

They need to do a much better job explaining this concept to me. I guess the clean energy fairy waives her magic wand after new restrictions and cap and trade taxes cripple the energy industry, and suddenly millions of new jobs appear?  Or, maybe the same fairy wiggles her nose and suddenly we have all of the infrastructure and practical technology available to create “clean” energy.
In the email from today, the WeTards also provide a second link that says, “I support clean energy but I’d like to help in other ways.” Curious as to what “help in other ways” means to them, I click on the link and it takes me straight to a donation page.

No thanks, I’m not donating my hard earned money to the Make AlGore a Billionaire fund. What happened to the days when they just wanted you to plant a tree or toss a couple of cans in the recycling bin?