Schwarzenegger Slams Bush Administration For Global Warming; Praises Carter For His Environmental Plan
By Nicole Belle Saturday Jul 12, 2008 4:00pm
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We haven't mentioned it on the site, but air quality throughout the state of California is really bad right now. There is a thick brown haze due to the enormous number of fires up and down the state, making it difficult for asthmatics like me to breathe easily, and it's been this way for weeks. Naturally, the wildfires came up during the Governator's interview with George Stephanopoulos on This Week and Ahnold took the opportunity to criticize two Republican administrations and praise Jimmy Carter for his foresight on developing an energy independence program and efficiently negated McCain's offshore drilling advocacy as a lot of hooey.
SCHWARZENEGGER: (I)t just really means basically this administration did not believe in global warming, or they did not believe that they should do anything about it since China is not doing anything about it and since India is not willing to do the same thing, so why should we do the same thing?
But that's not how we put a man on the moon. We did not say let everyone else do the same thing, then we will do it. We said we want to be the pioneers, we want to be out there in front. [snip]
Anyone that tells you that drilling, nuclear power, alternative fuels, fuel cells, solar, all of those things will bring down the price right now, I think is pulling wool over your eyes, because we know that all of those would take at least 10 years.
But that should not mean that we should not do those things, because here is the important thing. What's the biggest problem in America? It's not that we don't have any ideas. It's just that we are not consistent, that we have Jimmy Carter in the late '70s that came in with a great energy policy, talked about shale oil exploration, giving tax credits for people that were investing in windmills and in solar and all of those things.
Then President Reagan came in and scrapped the whole thing, because the oil price came down and says, "Well, this doesn't make any sense financially."
There were many countries all over the world that stayed with the program, that said, "We are going to continue," even thought the oil price comes down. In Germany with solar, for 30 years they've been working on that, and they're now number one in solar, number one.
I think that's what we need to do. We need to stay the course.
Full transcript below the fold
SCHWARZENEGGER: This is an extraordinary kind of a situation. We have never had 1,728 fires in one given time, because of the lightning and because of the -- you know, that struck down on various different areas in California, and because of very dry weather, a lot of wind and tremendous heat. All of this is kind of the perfect storm for those kinds of fires.
So we had fires up and down the state, and, of course, we're prepared to fight maybe 30-40 fires at any given time, which we have done in the past successfully, but not 1,700 fires.
That's why we have asked the federal government right away for help. We have gotten great cooperation from the federal government, but we have told them that this is not a temporary thing, that if you're not anymore for the sprint, we are now there for the marathon,because we see that fire season that used to be from the end of summer through fall now is an all year round fire season.
STEPHANOPOULOS: How much of that is due, do you think, to global warming, to climate change?
SCHWARZENEGGER: Well, it's very hard to say. I mean, one thing we know for sure, and that is we have had a drought for two years in a row now. We have a lack of water here in California, which is very important, why we need to redo our infrastructure and rebuild our water system again in California.
And I think that we just have to be aware of those changes. I'm sure, partially, that it has something to do with global warming, also, because we have just now broken a record.
I think that in modern history in California, we have never had this kind of size of fire and up and down, 725,000 acres of land has burned so far. This is the most ever.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And yet we read front page of the Washington Post this morning, President Bush's EPA is going to take no more actions this year during his presidency to stop global warming emissions.
SCHWARZENEGGER: Well, to be honest with you, if they would have done something this year, I would have thought it was bogus anyway.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why?
SCHWARZENEGGER: Well, because you don't change global warming and you don't really have an effect by doing something six months before you leave office. I mean, that is...
STEPHANOPOULOS: Doesn't every bit help?
SCHWARZENEGGER: No, it doesn't sound to me believable at all. The sincerity is not there. I think that the way they have done it is much better, because it just really means basically this administration did not believe in global warming, or they did not believe that they should do anything about it since China is not doing anything about it and since India is not willing to do the same thing, so why should we do the same thing?
But that's not how we put a man on the moon. We did not say let everyone else do the same thing, then we will do it. We said we want to be the pioneers, we want to be out there in front.
And we are out there in front when it comes to stem cell research. We're out there in front when it comes to high technology and biotechnology, with our university systems. I think we have a good opportunity to do the same thing, also, with fighting global warming.
And that's why I'm very happy that California is in the forefront on that. We are very aggressive. We have made a commitment to roll back our greenhouse gas emissions to the 1990 level. And because of it being the most important state in the union, we were able to reach out and to get a lot of partners to join us, and we have had many other states join us, even provinces of other countries like Canada and so on join us, and now we've made agreements with European countries.
We didn't wait for Washington. I just felt that the administration and the federal government have been terrific partners in a lot of things for us and we have worked together very well. But environmental issues was not one of them.
STEPHANOPOULOS: President Bush is out today. He's at the Department of Energy today, saying we have to be out in front on finding more energy resources here in the United States.
BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: One of the things we just went through is a briefing from Secretary Bodman and Secretary Kempthorne about the vast potential of crude oil reserves on offshore lands, as well as in Alaska, as well as in oil shale in the western part of our country.
END VIDEO CLIP)
SCHWARZENEGGER: I have no interest in offshore drilling off the state of California. People can do it wherever they want, and I think that that's what McCain made clear when he talked about it, that he would give the rights to the state. And he can give the rights to the states, but we in California say, "Thank you for giving us the rights, but, no, we have no interest in doing offshore drilling," because we want to protect our coasts.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And that's more important than bringing down the price of gas, bringing down the price of oil.
SCHWARZENEGGER: First of all, let me just make it clear. Anyone that tells you that drilling, nuclear power, alternative fuels, fuel cells, solar, all of those things will bring down the price right now, I think is pulling wool over your eyes, because we know that all of those would take at least 10 years.
But that should not mean that we should not do those things, because here is the important thing. What's the biggest problem in America? It's not that we don't have any ideas. It's just that we are not consistent, that we have Jimmy Carter in the late '70s that came in with a great energy policy, talked about shale oil exploration, giving tax credits for people that were investing in windmills and in solar and all of those things.
Then President Reagan came in and scrapped the whole thing, because the oil price came down and says, "Well, this doesn't make any sense financially."
There were many countries all over the world that stayed with the program, that said, "We are going to continue," even thought the oil price comes down. In Germany with solar, for 30 years they've been working on that, and they're now number one in solar, number one.
I think that's what we need to do. We need to stay the course. We've got to go and say, "Here's the plan. This is how we get energy independent."
We need to have renewables. We need to have nuclear power, we need to do the drilling, we need to do the alternative fuels. All of those kind of things, let's do research and all this, but let's never go off course, no matter who the administration is and what the oil price is.
Let's stay on course. That is the big problem in America.
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I mean honestly, what is Arnold polling at these days? And he's always been super liberal on the environment. I just don't believe what he says about Bush carries any weight.
Carter deserves a better reputation. He talked sanely in a time of great danger yet got scapegoated for a bad economy.
Arnold is making sense. Too bad he helped get Bush "re"-elected in 2004.
Arnold's an idiot.
But - you need not take my word for it.
Go rent Who Killed The Electric Car? and
see for yourself.
Hydrogen is not the answer...
remember when the republicans were bandying carter's name around not too long ago like they thought it was some kind of club with rusty nails?
not such a great idea, considering the fact that had this country implemented HALF of carter's energy plan we'd be in a very different position and $10/gallon gas would be much less of the unmitigated disaster it's headed for.
i learned on the local news today that it costs, right now, over $250 to fill the tank of a school bus. the school district is flipping out because there simply is no "extra" money.
i periodically look out my window to see if the magic pony is on its way. i sure hope it gets here soon.
It is hard to believe, but here is a Republican who actually talks sensible. Must be becaue he has a Deomcratic wife. Arnold might be a very good fit in the Cabinet of President Obama. Obviously he is too smart for the Republicans.
I've always loved Ahhhnold (was heartbroken when he ran as a Repug), and I think what he says makes sense...most of the time. He kinda lost me when he said that it's better that BushCo do nothing rather than get started on Global Warming now. Seemed to me he was trying to say that consistency on BS is better than changing course so late in the game. I'm glad he's leading CA in a responsible direction. Perhaps in January the rest of the country will begin to follow CA as far as the environment goes.
Savanation @ 6:
For most Republicans it is politically correct to slam Bush for anything nowadays.
Or maybe Arnold has finally been pussy whipped.
Are we sure Bush is a Republican? He actually makes sense. I've seen some of his speeches and he always comes across as a sensible person who actuallly wants to solve problems regardless of what his party line is. We need more Republicans like Arnold.
And yet Arnold is supporting McSame, isn't he? Which means Bush's third term on environmental issues. Maria is supporting Obama, so maybe she should go on the Sunday talkie-talkie shows.
Texas Democrat @ 9:
Even a broken clock is right...er... correct twice a day.
Am I the only one laughing that an Austrian immigrant who has always been fodder for stand up comics about the way he speaks English, is FAR more articulate than the monkey in chief?
trace @ 3:
Arnold has a habbit of doing that from time to time.
I suspect when McCain loses this fall Schwarzenegger is going to declare himself an independent.
This should be viewed as suspect. Didn't Arnold call Dems "losers" and "girly men", and didn't Arnold drive a hummer that got one mile to the gallon? Like driving a gas guzzler makes you more of a man (and an American).
Delia @ 10:
Somebody said that they thought Arnold was going to run for Babara Boxer's seat. Maybe he is campaigning already.
JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin @ 14:
I think somebody nailed a sock with a couple softballs in it to his back bumper so they dragged on the street when he was not looking.
Delia @ 10:
Yup, he supports McBush. He talks Bush/McAsshole down about their environmental stands yet he supports them. And he supports the war. He doesn't know shit about the economy. He thinks we are all whining too.
Arnold is full of $hit. He always tries to play the good guy, then turns around and stabs America in the back.
He's like the villians he terminated in most of his movies... kinda ironic he turned into one of them.
Savanation @ 6:
I don't understand why people are so down on the guy: he's probably the best governor California has had in 40 years - since 'Pat' Brown. Maybe that doesn't say much about California politics, but he sure beats having Gray Davis as governor. In probably half the blue states, Arnold would be too liberal to get the Democratic nomination.
I think the real story here is the complete failure of the conservative movement - Dubya just followed Reagan's policies, or lack thereof, on the middle-east, on energy, on taxation, on the environment, etc. to their all too predictable disastrous ends. Twelve years of relatively competent leadership under Bush Sr. and Clinton merely delayed the inevitable.
Arnold is one of a new breed: Carter Republicans.
We can use the CPU and the Terminator battery to generate a windmill of bullshit!
Seriously, what has Arnold done for California besides repeating scripts?
Shwarzernegger was making some sense here. I'm just glad they dropped the discussion to get him elected president. He gives carter props and disses Bush? Good job.
joeedugan @ 19:
Fixed
What good has Arnold done for the state of California?
Arnold Enroned California. Gray Davis stood up to those bastards, and the idiotic public showed him the door.
JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin @ 14:
The 'losers' and 'girly men' comments were directed at the Democratic state party leadership in Sacramento, and they were pretty accurate. Obviously, with his marriage and oft-stated admiration of his in-laws, he would never refer to all Democrats in those terms.
Example: "Impeachment is 'off the table,' and they totally caved to Bush on telecom immunity? Looks like the Democratic leaders in Congress are a bunch of girly men and losers!" If Arnold were to make that statement, then I think most of us would agree.
Arnold: "Bush bad on global warming, Carter Good..."
Adviser: "Governer... McCain needs you to recite this script for offshore drilling,"
Arnold: "Ya... I'm on my way..."
joeedugan @ 27:
Nope, he referred to "girlie men" at the Republican convention in 2004.
I was out in Colorado the week before July 4th, and the weather at the top of Pike's Peak was beautiful, except for the haze that limited visibility. The ranger told me it was from the fires in California, 1400 miles away . . .
Yellow Cake is for Twinkies @ 26:
Actually, it was Clinton and Bush Jr that Enron'd California. With help from Dr Phil and his lobbyist wife.
Dr Phil's wife lobbied for the Enron loophole allowing for a reduction in energy futures trade regulation.
Dr Phil pushed the legislation thru.
Bill Clinton signed it.
Bush jr further reduced the oversight.
the result was rolling blackouts because Enron was allowed to artificially control the distribution of energy by manipulating the sale of energy. (ironically, to itself, prior to selling to CA distribution agents)
This was a team effort, and as with most government efforts that harm America, Democrats played a significant part in it.
Arnold may being shaped by events and has a bit of perspicacity. I am never concerned by postures people assumed back when everything seemed easy. As we tack toward disaster, it is critical to keep an eye on the adaptable who are willing to have epiphanies while reviling clods who try to pretend we aren't headed off a cliff.
Geepers, Ahhnold sounds like he hates our energy policy. Doesn't he know Cheney thought it up? Cheney is a republican. Cheney works with Bush. Why does Ahhnold hate Cheney, Bush and all Republicans? Why does Ahhnold hate Amerca? Why Does Ahhnold hate the troops? Why does he want Al-kinda to win?
The darling of the GOP Ahnold knows which way the wind is blowing, Quoting Carter's energy policy, and saying Ronald Reagan made a mistake?
The republican party is finished.
Ahnold is a con artist.
Captain Bitter Whiner Husein Kangaroo @ 29:
'Economic girlie-men' it was, but what's the big deal? It's an ancient SNL catch phrase from a skit that ridiculed the dim-witted Austrian body builders - Schwarzenegger's supposed cousins - who called others 'girlie men.' It's a phrase associated with his acting career that he uses for comic effect.
This country could do with a lot more moderate Republicans: the real problem is the conservatives - they are the ones that have fucked up this country and the planet as well. We'd be a lot better off if they had a strong moderate wing to their party to hold the wackos in check.
Oh and, compared to Reagan and Dubya, George H.W. Bush was 'relatively competent'. And Jerry Brown was, and is, a total flake.
The GOP is not finished, they have the help of complicit Democrats. Like a soldier destroying their wreck of a vehicle so no one uses the equipment aboard it against them, the GOP and pals will destroy America so she can't retaliate. That's what's going on around us, but if they can't turn our country into a dictatorship, they'll send us to the stone ages.
Welcome to the New World Order... bend over!
Crom has granted Carter his revenge.
Most Fitting.
the fires have very little to do with global warming, and much more to do with the fact that much of our manpower and equipment is in iraq
at all other times, the national guard would have been out with the fire fighters from day one
this time, it took 3 weeks to deploy, cuz the manpower isnt there
and ahnold is right about carter's energy policy...had we stuck to it, we would not be in the mess we find ourselves in today
proof positive that ronnie was a traitor to his country
good thing that he got alzheimers, cuz he shouldve been shot by firing squad
The air here does suck. You should see outside... it's a sunny day but it seems overcast because the sky is white- but not a cloud in it. Things down the street get this yellow haze like you're looking at them through a thin fuzzy cloud of vomit.
ahnold is 2nd to mcKeating5 in corporate connections. he's one to speak. look at what he's really done to California, especially the voting system.
I have a new respect for Arnold. It is clear that he has really done his homework on these issues.
Arnold sounds to me like he has invested a lot of his OWN money in this man made global warming hornswoggle.
And is ruining California in the process.
Arnold started off ok but turned into just another Crook and Liar.
The inexorable momentum of the macrocosm is going to be a huge shake out. There will be these epiphanies. Remember Jim Webb? Why is it such a stretch to assume that others won't be visited by these epiphanies? Arnold started as a front man for his fellow looters and is mainly there to help them keep their ill gotten money. But he may well be bigger than this and may well adapt to the crisis ahead.
You simply can't base any assessments on anyone on the happy past. These macro changes will shape real leadership one epiphany at a time. And when these former adversaries rise to the terrifying occasions, we will do well to be magnanimous and work with them and get over the reflexive and useless outrage so loved by the ineffectual would be progressives.
Captain Bitter Whiner Husein Kangaroo @ 24:
there was a book " the late great state of california " and Pat Brown said the worst thing that ever happened to california was when he was elected Governor .
Billy @ 4:
Hmm...Arnold actually own a $95,000 electric car from England.
This I will say that I never thought I see the day when a Republican praises Jimmy Carter. Did he not get the memo? or is he the maverick?
joeedugan @ 36:
When Jerry Brown left as governor there was a more than $1,000,000,000 surplus. Just like when Clinton left office. When H.W. left office the economy was in the can. It was why Clinton was elected. It looks like Junior learned well.
The most stunning thing after all that is for him to use the "stay the course" imbecilic catch-phrase as if to suggest that what he is proposing is something that only Republicans can do.
Is it possible for stephanopolos to be that stupid and live? They should be doing stem cell research on him, something is happening with his metabolism that is unique to him because, even a bush wingnut sycophant can't be that stupid?
Impeach reagan posthumously. gw learned more from him than from his daddy.
another reason bush is a dumbass was his "Ala jfk" grand attempt to galvanize the nation behind a national mission like the apollo program. bush wants us to go to mars.
screw mars, robotic probes are the way to go and massively cheaper to boot.
it would have been so much more sense if he had tried to create a nationally funded mission for energy independence in 10 years.
of worse it didn't happen.
he's a dumbass...
Gee, Arnold, thanks. You're only seven years late.
Uh-oh, praising Carter. I can see it now on redstate, Commando is a librul.
Good for Arnold BUT
I have to say when I was there last year I was astonished
A state with a HUGE coastline, has no water desalination plants, and is suffering from lack of water.
What is wrong with this picture?
clytemnestra @ 53:
asked and answered, ya think?
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 54:
I guess I should have tagged it a "rhetorical question"
You go, Arnold.
The GOP set up Enron and planned for Arnie to take Gov. Davis's job. The plan worked great and Arnie even got to speak at the Republican Convention. He was the great hope for the GOP and would follow their orders. He has done nothing for California but try to make money for himself. Maria is now pushing for Obama to give Arnie a job as he needs the money. As one of the worse Governors in the history of California, Arnie will now look for the Kennedy Family to bail him out. Look for other Republicans to change sides as we get deeper in a recession. I wish Arnie has taken a English class before running for a political position.
Why did anyone buy the Repub? slant Carter bad, Regan good. I guess because one operated a Nuclear submarine, and the other a "B" rated actor. America loves the movies.
StirFry @ 52:
No, Commando is positioning himself for a post-Bush political environment.
SwingingJohnson @ 8:
If it was Maria , I'd buy her the whip!!! ....... but... At this stage of the game, with the state the planet is in, SHE's gonna pussy whip all of us into extinction if we don't grow up and start taking responsibility for our environmental actions and stop acting like fukin selfish little brats unable to play nicely with each other!!!
A cough, a shrug, or extreme roller coaster climate, and the that's it! The shift will hit the fan!
"" Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves...""
-Chief Black Elk
Arnold is a closet corporatist and reveals his Austrian/fascist supporting family heritage only on occasion. Don't be fooled by opportunistic sweet talk.
Isn't it funny that a conservative sounds like he's bucking his ideals for worrying about the environment.
Mcaint-Bush is right in that Teddy Roosevelt mode, isn't he? Heh heh. Well, maybe in that sense of fighting unnecessary, imperialistic/highly profitable for right-wing supporters war.
Let's face it, if there were a legitimate conservative opposition, we would have a much better government.
Of course, my assumption implies taking Ahnold at face-value, ignoring political motivations. Still, conservatives should conserve the environment, that was one of their founding principles. Oh, well, take the money and run!
Ah, Arnie. If you didn't screw up our economy, I'd love you more for your environmental stance.
paranoia @ 46:
Arnold also owns a jet. He files back and forth to Sacramento in it every day,
including right over my home in Los Angeles. And a Hummer, et cetera.
I see you have not watched the movie I suggested. He's just another corporate shill.
Just because he's better at that than McCain does not mean he is not one himself.
"Who is your daddy, and what does he DO?!!"
I don't like how Arnold gained power and I don't agree with all of his policies (and I live in the state), but any day that a Republican Governor nails Bush and his neocons twice in one week is OK by me.
I don't live in CA anymore, but I did when Ahhnold was first elected. At that time the then- Attorney-General had lawsuit in place to get back some of the millions that Enron had scammed from the rate-payers of California. One of the first things Arnie did when he took office was to cancel that lawsuit. He knows who owns him.
I was hoping the Guvernator was going to reference the Awesome Toddler in action at the G8 conference saying goodbye from the world's biggest polluter...and watch all the goopers melt with the shock and awe.
I'm a bit dumbfounded. Does no one get what he's doing? Does no one see his cabinet aspirations? Do you think he might be gunning for Secretary of Energy - no matter who is elected????? I'm forever fascinated by the lack of insight from both the left and right. We are a nation of idiots.
When the Governor said it's better that Bushco DO NOTHING on the environment, I nodded.
EVERYTHING BUSH/CHENEY TOUCHES TURNS TO $HIT, They do Harm, not Good. They could not help if they wanted to, really.
Conservatives like to compare Bush to Churchill, and the two are similar in this way: Both presided over the destruction of their Country's "First Place" in the World. What country will take the U.S.s place? China, who are polluting and destroying their country as fast as posible? India, ditto? The E.U.? It will be interesting.
Ah-nold has a lot of nerve. He behaves and speaks as if millions of Americans will champion an amendment overturn so that this Austrian can run for president. They may find him appealing in CA, I find him revolting. I don't care that he's married to a "Kennedy".
Billy @ 4:
Battery is good but do you think anyone will buy a car with a 40 mile range that requires 6-12 hours to recharge? the cleanest Fuel that provides instant refill is Hydrogen, there is algae that produces Hydrogen as waste produce, Bio Tech companies are working on making a commercially viable strain.
Good to see Ahnold making so much sense, maybe its the european upbringing that grounds his view global warming, in Austria people recycle 85% of their garbage and they want to reduce the amount landfilled to under 5%.
Arnold swings which ever way the wind blows.
He will talk energy conservation to the liberals and be against it when around the conservatives.
Whatever gets him the votes.
FannyMac @ 66:
He's a cop, you idiot.
Whoops, should have been in quotes and said "I'm a cop, you idiot."
joeedugan @ 19:
ARNOLD IS A DICK.... always has been..... the problems Arnold blamed on Grey Davis NOT FIXED AS HE PROMISED....
check it out.... NOTHING DIFFERENT.... big f'in promises and NO DELIVERY
I agree with a couple things Arnold says.... but THAT IS THE END OF IT.... getting a couple issues CORRECT is not the same as being a good person.
ARNOLD....A CANCER IN THE KENNEDY FAMILY
frank @ 74:
YOU GOT IT RIGHT FRANK..... check out his voting record... check out every time he f's it up and the press gets on him, he swings the other way...
took money from "children with needs" until their parents protested on the cap lawn
same with nurses... teachers.... etc..... ready to screw you at a moments notice and backtrack out when he gets caught
Agent_M @ 34:
Unfortunately not, they aren't done by a long shot.
JohnnyThief @ 12:
I find the way most americans chew up and spit out English funny, especially when they think they are speaking English, but they aren't they are speaking american. He speaks several languages, how about you ......
"And whats dis! Stallone's doing a new Rambo, and I'm stuck in charge of dis state dats falling apart! I want to do Pre-da-tor 3! Arrghhanaa"
As much as I don't want to fall into a Republican mindset, I can't help but feel like California is getting a little comeuppance. Let's call it Karma. California, as beautiful as it often is, is the asshole of America. A lot of the people out there are just utterly ridiculous, ignorant, mean, selfish, and arrogant. One of the main reasons I cant stand TV is because I have to watch human garbage strut around in every piece of shit reality TV show. Oh, two more gay, self-important, authoritarian, duech-bag gay guys fixing up houses! It's soooo entertaining!
How can the most affluent state in the country not have the money it needs to operate? Maybe it has something to do with all the jagoffs who drive around in Escalades, actually contributed nothing to society but there big, fat f*cking heads and disgusting vanity. Maybe Arnold should confiscate all the fake f*cking silicone tits walking around and recycle them into solar panels haha.
clytemnestra @ 53:
Desalination requires an enormous amount of electricity, which is expensive. It also creates waste that presents disposal problems.
The City of Santa Barbara actually has a desal plant. It costs $1100/acre-foot of water. (An acre-foot is approx. 326,000 gallons.) That's expensive, which is why it is only used as a back-up source of water.
This reminds me of the old joke: The Baptists are going to be upset when they reach heaven and found out the Catholics made it as well.
After all this time, it turns out Jimmy Carter may have been correct in regards to our energy policy and perhaps about coddling Israel at the risk of alienating the rest of the Middle East. No wonder Conservatives, Jews and Republicans detest the guy.
joeedugan @ 19:
I am glad Arnold is speaking out on global warming, but I suspect part of the reason for this is because the legislature in Sacramento has not produced a budget yet, and he is anxious to look for something else to talk about. (The Republicans would rather see this state burn in hell than raise taxes.)
Gray Davis wasn't a bad governor: he was just unlucky, as brought out in the film "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room."
http://www.amazon.com/Enron-Smartest-Guys-Room/dp/B000C3L2IO
The sad thing is there used to be a lot of Republicans around with good ideas and a backbone but starting with Gingrich, it became more important to retain power at any cost than serve the electorate. Maybe now that it looks like that kind of Republicanism is on the way out we'll begin to see more like the Govenator.
Sorry, kids. I know Mr. Schwarzeneggar might not be all things to all people, but THIS democrat voted for him whole heartedly and I do not regret it. As a parent with a child with Type 1 Diabetes, he is our (California diabetics) best hope. As far as the environment goes, he makes total sense and I trust him to do his best to keep us on track and to stride forward. All republicans are not "evil" in fact, I prefer many of their policies. Neo-cons and their media maddogs are not the same as Barry Goldwater, okay?
It doesn't help any that he knows the difference between smart energy policy and greed based energy policy. He has helped every republican administration since 1980 and they are the ones who have gutted the smart policies that he advocates.
Here's how he could help; switch parties before the presidential election.
Oh man, the irony and hypocricy of this insane right wing extremist. Amazing.
Notice how George frames the question in terms of "climate change," a Republican term focus-grouped and put forth by Frank Luntz and which is designed to sound neutral and harmless, while Arnold uses the term "global warming," which is more loaded and of course more accurate. If you say "climate change," that could mean that the planet is getting colder, not warmer. Arnold makes a lot of sense in about 90% of what he said here, which is pretty good for a Republican.
WE ALL LOVE A LITTLE BUSH @ 77:
It's NOT a too-mah!
NOW IS CALLED CLIMATE CHANGE
Submitted by ANGELOS BACKUS
IT SEEMS THAT MY ARTICLE ( http://hmsweeny.com/links/GLOBALWARMING.htm ) HAD AN IMPACT, AL GORE AND HIS FRIENDS NO LONGER CALL IT "GLOBAL WARMING". NOW IS CLIMATE CHANGE!
I GUESS THEY DO NOT WANT BE LABELED AS MORONS
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ESTIMATES THAT THERE IS OVERS 10 BILLION CUBIC TONS OF SOIL PER YEAR, THAT GETS DEPOSITED IN THEN OCEANS FROM EROSION!
THAT IS ONE OF THE ANSWERS TO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IN THE ARTICLE! HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO AL GORE'S CLAIMS OF THE OCEAN LEVEL RISE BY THE MELDING OF THE ICE CAPS?
OPINIONS SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN UNLESS ALL THE FACTS HAVE BEEN EXAMINED AND CALCULATED!
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