Watching the debate tonight, I kept listening for some hint of the discussion of the “climate crisis”.
Why? Because the League of Conservation Voters put out a broad petition campaign to influence moderator Jim Lehrer:
But it didn’t work, not a single mention was made of, as they put it, “…the greatest challenge of our generation — climate change.”
The closest it got was when when Romney talked about the need for energy for a strong economy:
“I LIKE COAL.”
He also talked about making the XL pipeline a reality. But the real zinger was when he talked about Obama’s choices on backing green energy companies like Solyndra:
“You put $90 billion – like 50 years worth of breaks to Solyndra … I have a friend who said, ‘you don’t just the pick the winners and losers – you pick the losers,’”Romney said.
As Sheldon Cooper would say. Bazinga !
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I went in with an open mind. I was not sure about Romney, but was really impressed by him tonight. America needs someone who can get their house in order. Enough waffling.
They aren’t going to talk about it because its not a matter of pressing financial importance. We have a tumorous debt weighing us down, a potential world war in the works, and the disconnection of an entire culture from relevant matters. Climate change is the last priority on a list created by the oil industry.
I have a great pic that shows all the losers Obama has “picked” versus those that Romney has invested in. Very interesting. If I knew how to post it I would put it up but I am HTML illiterate.
Not enough time to talk about this issue in this debate. Romney did say “I like clean coal!” but left it there. This is a huge economic issue and deserves a 30 minute discussion about priorities for the US economy and so the essential misinformation about global warming caused by CO2 and be developed. Someone needs to say CO2 is increasing because of the warming, not the other way around.
Good. The whole climate change issue is so incredibly unimportant compared to the problems we face, I’m glad it didn’t come up.
When conservationists and environmentalists start campaigning STRONGLY againt wind turbines, I will accept that they MIGHT be serious about the environment….. until then……. HYPOCRISY !!!!
The Democrats are the tax and spend party, the Republicans are the borrow and spend party. This is clearly borne out by the facts since the Ronald Reagan Administration. If you want responsible financial policies, vote Democrat. Period. Hint: Clinton.
As far as the climate change debate, there is none. It is a talking point to be trotted out when President Obama meets with his more radical constituents, nothing more.
Wayne, a simple way is to Google Imageshack. upload the pic and copy paste the url to a post here.
There are of course many other ways..which others will tell you about.
“Climate goes off the presidential radar”
Again this is good news, the polls are obviously telling both sides unambiguously that the AGW meme has lost traction, people aren’t buying it nowadays,…it stinks to high heaven!
Abe was right….You can fool all of the people some of the time,….etc., etc..
On the one hand, I can understand not discussing it. The topic was to be domestic economics. OTOH, there is nothing that will do more to destroy our domestic economy than the stupid “Cap and Tax” and carbon fees. California is now implementing our own version. In related news, ongoing job losses continue in California… Tax increases on the ballot for November – like raising taxes will convince business to locate here – and dire statements that if we don’t raise some of the highest taxes in the nation even higher, we run out of money…. How you “tax yourself rich” is beyond me, but seems to have something to do with government “decision makers” drinking at tropical resorts… like Rio…
Romney was right to avoid it (and dodge being painted as “Oil Lacky”) while Obama was wise ot avoid it (and dodge having people laugh at him again like they did during the SOTU Address last time he mentioned it…)
The League of WHO???
“…Especially since the debate will be hosted in Colorado, where the community has suffered so much from the terrible wildfires…”
Best tomatoes I’ve raised in 20 years.
Misguided green policies (over many years, but especially) in the last three years have already resulted in billions added to the Obama deficit This is already a legacy of his administration, whether we re-elect him or not. Yes, weather is constantly changing, and it will take money to deal with those changes, but, as John Christy said recently before Congress, we can adapt to weather anomalies, no matter how fearsome they seem. It is fruitless to try to ward them off with policy.
Imo, what “conservation voters” need to fear, is a “tipping point” of wasted dollars that can never be recalled, and which weaken our ability to adapt. Such spending may yet send the economy careening into another recessions, or so undermine it that we meander along for generations in Japanese-style stagflation.
Torgeir Hansson says:
“If you want responsible financial policies, vote Democrat.”
You are a clueless lunatic. Obama, Pelosi and Reid have indebted the country far more than any other administration in history. Get a clue, tool.
What callous provincialism!
At first, I thought it said “League of Conservative Voters”. LOL
To Bill Parson regarding the tomatoes. I have NEVER been able to grow tomatoes — like to know what your secret is.
Just remember that “Cap and Trade” did not make it.
However, the EPA with an “Endangerment Finding on CO2” made it happen.
In his own words………….
I have NEVER been able to grow tomatoes — like to know what your secret is.
David Axelrod knows: Lots of BS.
I bet the markets shot up!
Here ya go folks……………
Vote!
If you don’t, you did!
Torgeir Hansson says (October 3, 2012 at 8:37 pm): “If you want responsible financial policies, vote Democrat. Period. Hint: Clinton.”
Hint: Clinton isn’t running. Obama is.
Oops.
D Böehm says:
October 3, 2012 at 8:51 pm
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Ouch, that’s a little harsh on poor Torgeir. As I see it, the American people have never voted for leadership on deficit restraint, and therefore have never gotten much of it from a president of either party. Slick Willie was the best of the bunch, using political capital provided by the Democrat-devoted MSM, Reagan’s peace dividend and Volker’s defeat of inflation.
League of Conservation Voters board of directors:
http://www.lcv.org/about/board/
Steve R says: “Good. The whole climate change issue is so incredibly unimportant compared to the problems we face, I’m glad it didn’t come up.”
If 0bama is re-elected, it will in January.
Bill Parsons says: “…what “conservation voters” need to fear, is a “tipping point” of wasted dollars that can never be recalled, and which weaken our ability to adapt. Such spending may yet send the economy careening into another recessions, or so undermine it that we meander along for generations in Japanese-style stagflation.”
Not to worry. 0bama has a long list of people named Bush to blame. If that doesn’t fool anybody, he’ll claim that he didn’t install enough Socialism.
The next president of the united states will be president Ryan or some guy called Barack Obama. who didn’t even stay over night in Ireland, such a fake!
Ben D says:
October 3, 2012 at 8:43 pm
“Climate goes off the presidential radar”
Again this is good news, the polls are obviously telling both sides unambiguously that the AGW meme has lost traction, people aren’t buying it nowadays,…it stinks to high heaven!
Abe was right….You can fool all of the people some of the time,….etc., etc..
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True, it’s good that it’s a slippery slope for a politician today to endorse CAGW because people are seeing it for what it is, a load of (fill in the blank). But it’s bad because the hockey stick is still the lever that is driving the economy into ruin. The Obama EPA is regulating CO2 as a pollutant to prevent CAGW and so shut down coal plants. (Perhaps giving Hansen yet another excuse to explain why his predictions are so far off. “But we reduced CO2!”)
The fallacies the fantasy of CAGW need to brought front and center in the public’s view so that the removal of the policy-driven (rather than science based) regulations is clearly justified.
Moderator, please use you judgement.
This song just stuck applicably in my head > 🙂
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