Some highlights from Chris Horner’s brief but impactful speech this morning focusing on the Kyoto treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions:

• Horner argues this debate has never been about emissions; it’s about bringing our lifestyle “into check”
• Kyoto will never get 2/3 of Senate votes so proponents are looking for ways around the treaty rules in our Constitution — essentially suspending democracy
• One thought is to simply call the “treaty” an “executive agreement” that does not need the full level of Senate support owed to real international agreements
• The problem, Horner says, is that there is only one way to block this: oppose fast-track authority to negotiate a treaty that will harm America’s economy

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