Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on July 11, 2009

Global warming tyranny bill, Section 304... your house will no longer be yours, but the government's

And then, THIS evil legislation hits me squarely between the eyes. Section 304… a whole new tyranny for Americans. I dashed to Michelle Malkin’s site, and it’s there, too. Busy week for me, and I do remember reading the title of her piece on “the retrofit police,” but something must’ve pulled me away from actually getting to read it. *smack to forehead*

I’ve now lifted a hefty amount of jaw-dropping text from Jimmie’s exposé at The Sundries Shack: “Yet Another Reason to Hate Cap and Trade”—click here to read the whole piece:

…Here’s what the Democrats have planned for you. The program requires that states label their buildings so that we can all know how efficient every building (that includes residential and non-residential buildings) is and it requires that the information be made public. To that end, the bill suggests a number of circumstances under which the states could inspect a building, including:

(A) preparation, and public disclosure of the label through filing with tax and title records at the time of–

(i) a building audit conducted with support from Federal or State funds;
(ii) a building energy-efficiency retrofit conducted in response to such an audit;
(iii) a final inspection of major renovations or additions made to a building in accordance with a building permit issued by a local government entity;
(iv) a sale that is recorded for title and tax purposes consistent with paragraph (8);
(v) a new lien recorded on the property for more than a set percentage of the assessed value of the property, if that lien reflects public financial assistance for energy-related improvements to that building; or
(vi) a change in ownership or operation of the building for purposes of utility billing; or

(B) other appropriate means.

Pay close attention to (iii), (iv), and (vi) because those hit you right where you live. What that’s saying is the state will be empowered to inspect your home if you want to 1) renovate your house in any way that requires a building permit, 2) sell your house, or 3) change the name of the person responsible for any utility bill.

By now, if you haven’t swallowed your tongue and are in need of medical attention, you’re probably wondering if there’s a penalty for not being in compliance with the new efficiency ratings. The answer is no, and yes. Here’s where the bill gets really sneaky. So far as I can tell, there is no direct penalty if your house does not meet the bill’s target. However, it does require that the number of buildings inspected by the state meet certain percentage targets and if they do not, the state loses out on a significant portion of the money it could get from Washington. In other words, the bill demands certain things from the states, but ties funding for those demands to compliance with the demands.

Did I say the bill gets sneaky? I was wrong. The bill strong-arms the states like a couple mob heavies leaning on a witness in a Rico trial. In turn, the states are going to put the screws to you, so it gets the billions of dollars Washington is dangling in front of them. So while the Federal government won’t directly punish you, it will provide the states with lots and lots of rectangular, green reasons to do so…

Thanks for discovering this, Jimmie, and for reporting it. I must admit I have not yet attempted to start reading the satanic 1,200-page behemoth with its 300-page, equally evil offspring. I will make time in the next week to begin.

You should, too. Who knows what other freedom-robbing mandates have been buried in there by members of the Democrat House?

This is beyond bad, kids. This is micro-management of your lives… this is government tyranny.

More reading on the global warming energy tax bill:
Michelle Malkin: Desperation: Dems sell global warming as national security threat and
Al Gore blows more hot air and Meet the retrofit police
Neoavatara: Does Obama Just Not Get It?
Roy Spencer, Ph.D.: IPCC Admits they Could be Wrong about Humans Causing Global Warming
Blue Crab Boulevard: So, What’s To Hate In The Marxman-Wacky Bill?
Watts Up With That?: AccuWeather’s Joe Bastardi: “the ’science is in’ crowd does not want them to see facts” and parts of US to have “year without a summer”
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Cap-N-Trade: Your House Is Not Your Own–UPDATED
Investor’s Business Daily, IBD Editorials: Waxman-Markey: Man-Made Disaster
Green Hell Blog: Obama climate czar accused of law-breaking and Skeptics beating Al Gore: Dem advisors say drop global warming as lead message
National Black Chamber of Commerce: NBCC Study Finds Waxman-Markey Reduces GDP by $350 Billion: New study finds Waxman-Markey could cost 2.5 million U.S. jobs each year through 2030 and reduce earnings
Dwight Schultz, Big Hollywood: Obama’s EPA Ignores Inconvenient Truths
JustOneMinute: Paul Krugman Misstates Bruce Bartlett
Fire Andrea Mitchell!: Dave Reichert – one of the Crap and Traitor 8s in deep sh** in Washington State
An Honest Climate Debate: The G-8 Economic Suicide Pact and The story of the Witchdoctor and his Climate Predictions
P.J. Gladnick, NewsBusters: Polar Bear Testimony Suppressed Due to ‘Inconvenient’ Truths
Prison Planet: IPCC Scientists Caught Producing False Data To Push Global Warming
Roger’s Rules, PajamasMedia: It’s not easy being green
Clinging to G & G: Hoping for Change
Mofo Politics: European Union President believes climate change is a myth
MaxRedline: The Brainwash Continues
Heritage Foundation: Beware of Cap and Trade Climate Bills
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Polar Bear Numbers Surge to 50-Year High, Obama’s Approval Rating Plunges to New Dismal Low
Stop The ACLU: How Dare Those Incas Thrive When It Was Warm!
No Compromise When You’re Right!: Why It’s Critical to Actually READ Bills Before Passing Them
Michelle Malkin: Here is the cap-and-tax “placeholder:” Where’s the fine print? and Culture of corruption watch: “Put nothing in writing…ever” and Cap and Tax 8 Watch: A letter to Dave Reichert and Get ready for health care tax-apalooza and Al Gore: If you question global warming cult, you’re a Nazi and Back to business: Stop the cap-and-tax bill and Cap-and-tax: Inhofe says it’s “dead in the water” and Obama to Democrats: Lincoln wants you to pass cap and trade and Video: EPA dissenter Alan Carlin speaks and Cap-and-Tax 8 Watch: Follow the money and Cap-and-tax job loss chart of the day; Plus: A Senate reading assignment
Hot Air Green Room: A Howard Dean Classic: Your Child Being Freed From Asthma Will Pay for Cap & Trade
The Daley Gator: One of the Turncoat Eight RINOs explains his vote for cap and trade
VotingFemale Speaks! Cap and Trade GOP Eight; The Sellouts of America
Leigh Scott, Big Hollywood: Kill Polar Bears, Drink Coke to Save the Planet!
Sister Toldjah: Waxman: Not supporting Obama’s agenda means you are “against America”
Jim Blazsik: Peace through strength: a Reagan lesson for Barack Obama
Hot Air: Palin on cap-and-trade: Job-killer and Obama, the reverse Reagan and Video: Pelosi’s national energy tax and Video: Energy Czar hasn’t read cap & tax, either
The West Coast Outpost: Obama voters about to get punk’d
Burt Prelutsky, Big Hollywood: Principles? Leftists Don’t Need No Stinking Principles
The Patriot’s Mind: EPA Suppressed Own Report that Questions Global Warming!
GOP Counter Culture: Global Warming: the new non-smoking section
The Sundries Shack: At Least You’ll Get A Nice Quill Pen and Inkpot
Scared Monkeys: Unbelievable: Carol Browner, Energy Czar Questioned as to Whether She Read Cap & Trade Bill … Answer, No!
Vets On The Watch: Earth Cooling Not Warming and ManBearPig Alert! Nazi Party Reunifying Under New, Global Banner
Lookin’ Fer Learnin’: A glimpse into Democrat sausage making.
The Radio Patriot: Tell Me Again Tapscott – Not Traitors?
Founding Bloggers: Nothing Says Global Warming Like 59 Degrees On July 1st!
Bob Gale, Big Hollywood: The Brevity Act: Time for a 28th Amendment
John Romano, Big Hollywood: Climate Change Republicans
MasterResource: Climate Impacts of Waxman-Markey (the IPCC-based arithmetic of no gain)
Hot Air: Cap and trade vote today, complete with AP spin; Update: 300-page, last-minute amendment and WSJ: Cap-and-tax a great deal … if you don’t measure the costs and Hope and change: New WSJ poll shows America souring on Obamanomics?

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