{"id":11352,"date":"2015-09-09T17:41:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T00:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11352"},"modified":"2015-09-09T17:40:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T00:40:49","slug":"california-to-start-rationing-gas-they-lied-bradcast-992015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11352","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;California To Start Rationing Gas!,&#8217; They Lied: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 9\/9\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_SB350_GasRationing_WSPA_090915.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, the facts behind the insanely deceptive political ads blanketing the airwaves in California claiming the state will soon start &#8220;rationing gas&#8221; and &#8220;penalize and fine us if we drive too much or use too much gas&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney <b>Timothy O&#8217;Connor<\/b>, Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/california\">Environmental Defense Fund&#8217;s California Climate Initiative<\/a> joins us to explain the <a href=\"http:\/\/focus.senate.ca.gov\/climate\/sb350-facts\">absurd<\/a> Big Oil-funded <a href=\"http:\/\/DontTakeMyGas.org\">DontTakeMyGas.org<\/a> campaign. You&#8217;ll be shocked to learn that it&#8217;s sponsored, to the tune of millions of dollars, by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/bw\/articles\/2014-11-25\/revealed-the-oil-lobbys-playbook-against-californias-climate-law%23p1\">scam artists<\/a> of the Western States Petroleum Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wspa.org\/\">WSPA<\/a>) in hopes of blocking the state&#8217;s proposed landmark effort (<a href=\"http:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB350\">SB-350<\/a>) to cut petroleum use by 50% by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If other states see California &#8212; the nation&#8217;s leader in gasoline use &#8212; cutting its consumption and its spending,&#8221; O&#8217;Connor tells me, &#8220;I think they&#8217;re going to want some of that for themselves. And that&#8217;s where I think WSPA really wants to stop this snowball from growing and taking hold, and really rolling into something pretty big nationally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Also today: Dick Cheney lies again, this time on the Iran Deal; More follow-up on the anti-gay KY County Clerk; And listener calls on all of the above!&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_TimOConnorSB350_IranDeal_090915.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> or listen to the complete show online below&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_TimOConnorSB350_IranDeal_090915.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/s\/player.php?fid=25838&#038;src=psl\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s BradCast, the facts behind the insanely deceptive political ads blanketing the airwaves in California claiming the state will soon start &#8220;rationing gas&#8221; and &#8220;penalize and fine us if we drive too much or use too much gas&#8221;. 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