President Bush To Give Major Speech On Global Warming - Not!
By Logan Murphy Tuesday Apr 15, 2008 4:50pm
President Bush is counting the minutes until he leaves office and as he goes, he's leaving a trail of huge messes he's made during his disastrous reign. He's leaving behind two failing military conflicts and a broken military, a tanking economy and housing market, more Americans on food stamps, without health care and his feckless environmental policies have set us back decades in the fight against global warming.
Bush is scheduled to give a Rose Garden speech on global warming Wednesday in which he's expected to lay out his plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. On the surface, this seems like a step in the right direction, right? Not so much:
Could it be? Could the Bush administration, as the Associated Press and many other news outlets have now reported, really be turning over a new leaf and contemplating taking up "new climate change proposals" to avoid a coming "train wreck" of new regulations? Here's how the AP reported on a news conference held by White House press secretary Dana Perino in which the tentative discussions were addressed:
"At the meeting, White House officials outlined a range of options that were being considered, from simply proposing a set of "principles" to proposing to cap greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, according to two individuals familiar with the discussions. Read on...
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I wonder if Bush will feel that Hell is hot?
The Bush Family Solution to Global Warming:
Throw more gasoline on the fire, Babs!
That chimpanzee doesn't give a shit about global warming...the tanking economy...or the Iraq invasion. You're right, he's counting the seconds until he can leave it all behind and move to shit-kickin' Dallas (about the only place that would want his miserable ass).
He's too damn dumb to worry about the mess he's created. That's just a problem for the next president. Meanwhile, he'll be "busy" going to baseball games and watching TV.
Calling fouling the air in so many ways clean air measures repeats his methods in TX, where reporting pollution was made 'voluntary'. This is the usual, labeling something as good news that is in fact bringing about a new disaster. If their lips are moving, they're lying.
What's the point? In the last eight months of an eight year term, no one is going to believe he gives a damn about the environment... unless there is some profit to him somewhere. This will either be a speech about "intentions" with no meat behind it, or else there is some business deal somewhere, like maybe a favor he owes to someone, behind any new policy.
The options being considered range from doing nothing to making things worse.
I am more worried about genetically modified foods, deforestation, and toxic waste dumping, Elephant and tiger poaching, overpopulation, overfishing...than I am about global warming.
what if other nations dont comply with a global carbon tax?...invade?
who will collect this (proposed) global carbon tax?
how will the funds be used?
And what do I see on the CNN website:
"Bush shifts stance on global warming"
It's like they're not even trying anymore.
If Republicans would just shut their damned mouths we could reduce global gaseous emissions by about 45%.
I've seen some stuff from John Stossel and Lars Larson that indicated that the carbon thing is not true, we are not cause global warming. Makes me wonder why all the sudden Bush is buying into it......
1) Every piece of environmental legislation that comes out of congress is cleverly designed to prevent any action taking place. The polluters write the laws.
2) There is ONLY ONE WAY to prevent/alleviate climate change - reduce consumption.
3) There is NO DOUBT among scientists that climate change is REAL and is happening now. More study is NOT necessary, just political action. Just read the IPCC report - the consensus of over 2000 scientists worldwide.
Boring Scott @ 8:
Used to be a wide stance...not so much anymore.
chris @ 10:
John Stossel, yeah, such a qualified and legitimate source. Only a complete moran [sic] would be obtuse enough to even cite Stossel. You are making a fool of yourself.
What else has he ever done? Daddy's friends get him a job - he screws up, and leaves a mess behind. This time tho Daddy's friends aren't going to clean up after him, we are. Seems to me the least we can do is send him to The Hague for trial.
White House propaganda is in full swing ... "running out the clock"...
Trying to make criminals appear normal and look good.
George also thinks he is going to to escape to Paraguay
and Neil Bush and the rest of the Crime Family is going to sell the "U.S. History Books".
Watch out for the new AP ... since the new additions to the AP Board.
Elitists Trying to make criminals appear normal and look good.
...The people are not fooled.
Dr. Bitter Hussein Matt @ 13:
Actually he was won several Emmy's, a Polk and Peabody award so he reporting is legitimate. I think you need to hear all side before you decide on your opinion.
Bush is scheduled to give a Rose Garden speech on global warming Wednesday in which he’s expected to lay out his plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
If there ever was a sentence that is a contradiction in terms....thats it.
Paleeeeeeze...This is the guy who refused to sign the Kyoto Accords because it would.....get this.....you'll love it....cost America too many jobs. I wonder how he will manage to work in how important it is to continue the occupation of Iraq?
That's sort of like Rosie O'Donnell speaking on physical fitness.
Too late George, your Legacy is the worst of any President in the last 75 years and the whole world knows your an idiotic egoist who lies and strips his own people of their rights just to get his way. The world sees him like some spoiled child who throws tantrums.
Folks (those of you in the US) every where outside the U.S. people talk about george bush as if he were something that taste bitter and stinks to high heaven. The rest of the world will cheer when he leaves office.
chris @ 10:
John Stossel? What a bastion for truth.I look to him when I want disillusionment,confusion, and just plain bull shit.He is passionate about his inanity.
And,Bush changing his stance on global warming? Look to his policy on Alaska, and don`t forget the slaughter of bison and wolves in Yellowstone where they hunt from snowmobiles,as well as Alaska where they hunt them from a helicopter or plane.They run the wolf till he`s exhausted.Then they land and kill him. Very environmentally hip.
Bangkok Bob - the rest of the world is much like us, too exhausted and bitter to cheer. But there will be both a big sigh of relief when he's gone, as well as a lot of attention paid to how whoever comes next is going to attempt to clean up the huge, stinking mess he's left behind.
Once again, like the few months after 9/11, we will have a small window of opportunity where the world will give us the benefit of the doubt, cross their fingers, hold their breath and hope that - this time - we don't blow it.
So, Bush recognizes Global Warming is happening, now? Didn't realize that.
Ha, you have to read the article to fully appreciate it: Bush is proposing carbon caps as soon as current carbon capture technology proves itself viable. In other words, Bush is saying let's do nothing for 20 years.
Bush looking at the Globe looks like he just discovered the Earth isn't flat after all.
Stringing Along
This just in!George W. Bush has since 2001 has exempted 3,5000 toxic spewers from the Right-To-Know laws which kept chemical companies from polluting up the wazoo.So we`re supposed to believe he`s changing his tune on power plant emissions? Perhaps he can get them back to pre-2001 standards.
sully18 @ 26:
employing as few people as possible to “produce” wealth (read: mine, strip, liquidate biotic/mineral assets), i.e. reducing the number of peasants in order to increase the number of landlords and managers.
Amen to that!
bush could certainly contribute by clapping shut his pie-hole, thereby reducing the amount of noxious emissions he emits.
Why does this clown even bother - I mean, EVERYONE (left or right) thinks he's a moron and nobody believes a word he says - why doesn't somebody tell him it's time to piss on the fire and call it a weekend already? Who's opinions does he think he's swaying with this dreck? Maybe he thought the Pope was going to come up to him and say "Awesome speech, W!"... Can't somebody keep him busy picking out wallpaper for the library until we can ship him off to China for the Olympics?
chris @ 16:
Oh please, Stossel is an idiot! His take on global warming is: Yes, it exists, yes we're probably playing a part, but maybe that's a good thing.
What's good about the polar caps and land ice melting, which will raise sea levels, drown coastal areas, and cause loss of water resources. People in the Southeast, West and probably the Midwest and upstate New York are expected to feel the loss of water resources first...oh, that's already happening. Or did you miss all the drought news last summer. It's happening all over the world in fact. Because mountains that usually store water in the form of winter snow aren't storing it anymore--they're all melting.
Oh, but maybe that's a good thing when people don't have water to drink and for crops. Maybe it's a good thing when people in Bangladesh, on Pacific Islands and other low-lying areas become global warming refugees. Maybe it's a good thing when hurricanes and tornados increase in intensity and frequency--more Katrinas anyone. Maybe it'll be a good thing when melting Siberian and Canadian permafrost releases methane into the atmosphere, which could lead to more global warming.
I could go on.
The Truth Hurts @ 3:
He needs to pay for his crimes.
Bitter Leslie Hussein @ 31:
It's wasted on chris. And Drew as well.
Did you see it where I said I like your jewelry? I make similar stuff in silver and beads, mostly glass
miss_kitty @ 33:
Yeah, I know it's wasted. Couldn't help it. It just fries my bacon.
Thanks! You do...if I follow your link will I see your jewelry? Checking...
Miss Kitty, I followed your link and you mooned me! LOL. :-)
chrissy. @ 16:
You're making a bigger fool of yourself. Thanks, this is too easy.
Show me his peer reviewed publication list.
We'll wait for you to make a fool of yourself again, chrissy.
[getting close to flame-war territory, boys. Suggest you go play on opposite sides of the sandbox now. - site monitor]
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 36:
1-2-3 3-2-1 okay I feel better
Now think about it, if you work in a place that 90% liberal (University) what are the chances of you getting something published, like questioning the global warming which has become liberal cause the world over......
chrissy. @ 16:
It does not matter what awards he has.He is a member of ABC who along with the NYT,WaPo,CBS,NBC,FOX snews(pronounced snooze)CNN ,and almost every major news corps reports lies and crap that got us into a war with a country that was no threat to us.
You know where John Stossel can put his awards.He can put them in an Iraqi child`s grave.
Is it cynical to note that this announcement comes on the same day that the BBC writes that China has just taken the top spot in CO2 generation from the US? Is it wrong to expect Bush's message to have a subtext that sounds like this "NOW its time to cut carbon emissions ... China's?"
Engineer george has boarded us all onto the Auschwitz Special to armageddon.
Now he talks of looking for the steering wheel.
Yakitty-yak, clikitty-clack down the track
into the tunnel
and at the end of the tunnel
is the end.
Bush wants to push for caps now because when a Democrat gets into office the regulations will be a lot tighter. He's just heading off the damage early.
chris @ 10:
John Stossel! ROFLMAO!! LOL!! ROFLMAO!! LOL!! ROFLMAO!! This would be the same John Stossel who is adamant about the positive affects of outsourcing on the middle class, and how wonderful Walmart is for small communities. ROFLMAO!!
Chris, I just talked to John on the phone, and if you send me a check for $50,000, I will sell you a $1,000,000 Igloo in Miami beach. Great Deal. And don't forget, "tax cuts for millionaires are good for poor people." - John Stossel.
I guess I'm one of those "nay sayers" - I don't believe in global warming.
IF President Bush had unveiled his goals for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions at the beginning of his administration instead of in its waning months, he might have actually played a role in linking the United States to global efforts to curb climate change. But the proposals he made yesterday, which in 2001 could have been a starting point for negotiations with advocates of stronger action in Congress, are now too belated and too weak to be more than a historical footnote. All three remaining presidential candidates are committed to much more stringent, mandatory reductions in [url=http://lifeofearth.blogspot.com/2008/04/global-warming-chutzpah.html]carbon dioxide[/url].
The quickest way for us to clear the air of emmisions is for Bush and Cheney to close their mouth.
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