Fred Thompson, the Global Warming President?

American Writer ^ | 11/12/07 | Alexander J. Madison

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Perhaps the biggest fraud ever to be perpetrated onto the American people is Global Warming. Al Gore is just the symptom. If not given cover by a group of supposed climate scientists and other left-wing academics, Mr. Gore would be easily seen as the nutcase, phony alarmist that he is. Alas, nearly the entire left of the political spectrum has bought into this hoax, and more than a few ‘conservatives’ have also succumbed to the hysteria, including Newt Gingrich and Mike Huckabee.

Fred Thompson, at least since he started campaigning for the GOP nomination, has provided some biting remarks regarding this issue, including pointing out that Mars is experiencing Martian Warming, with nary a human influence (Richard Hoagland’s theories not withstanding).

But what did Fred do and say during his time in the Senate, representing the good folks of Tennessee?

Well for starters, Fred had this to say on April 23, 2002 during the Senate debates on the 2002 Energy bill:

"I would like to thank my colleagues for their statements and indicate my support for the agreement that we have reached with regard to Title X. A lot of hard work has gone into this agreement. It is my belief that there are still many uncertainties with regard to climate change. However, I also believe that the potential risks of climate change warrant study, research and technological development. This substitute to Title X goes a long way towards achieving those goals. This amendment also recognizes that there are many contributors to climate change beyond CO2, and I appreciate that black soot is included. (snip)

This would seem a fairly harmless statement, if one just skimmed over the Congressional Record. Unfortunately for Mr. Thompson, not everyone skims over it. Title X was part of Tom Daschle’s

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Its good to see who the globalists are pushing these agnedas. Hopefully conservatives will wake up.

[calcowgirl]

Gee—I almost missed that in my inbox. ;-)

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How does this grab you?

(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, to carry out the duties of the Department Office under this subtitle, $4,750,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2003 through 2011, to remain available through September 30, 2011.

(3) ADDITONAL AMOUNTS.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this section shall be in addition to—

(A) amounts made available to carry out the United States Global Change Research Program under the Global Change Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2921 et seq.); and

(B) amounts made available under other provisions of law for energy research and development.

[WildcatClan]

That is one long “take”. Heh.

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And not suprisingly, very expensive...see post 143

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Ping to posts 138 and 143

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S.AMDT.3232
Amends: S.517 , S.AMDT.2917
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (submitted 4/22/2002) (proposed 4/23/2002)

AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
To establish a national climate change policy.

TEXT OF AMENDMENT AS SUBMITTED: CR S3054-3059

STATUS:

4/23/2002:

Amendment SA 3232 proposed by Senator Bingaman to Amendment SA 2917. (consideration: CR S3145-3148)

4/23/2002:

Amendment SA 3232 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

COSPONSORS(8):

Sen Murkowski, Frank H. [AK] - 4/22/2002
Sen Byrd, Robert C. [WV] - 4/22/2002
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 4/22/2002
Sen Thompson, Fred [TN] - 4/22/2002
Sen Hollings, Ernest F. [SC] - 4/22/2002
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 4/22/2002
Sen Hagel, Chuck [NE] - 4/22/2002
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 4/22/2002

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That is the turd, alright. I don’t link because the links generally expire on the LOC and House.gov sites.

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Fred also worked with Kerry to kill the B-2 Bomber program, FWIW

[calcowgirl]

I don’t link because the links generally expire on the LOC and House.gov sites.

Not if you know the secret code! Shazzam!

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Ping to 143 and 138.

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Doh!!!

[calcowgirl]

Fred also worked with Kerry to kill the B-2 Bomber program, FWIW

I saw that yesterday. IIRC, the B-2 production plans had pretty well been killed long before that and what he opposed was the effort to revive it. I believe it was a last ditch effort to retain the program. Too bad it failed--that plane is awesome.

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Hunter got the funds into that bill for more planes. The first operational unit did not roll out until the end of 1993, so the production line was in full swing during that period. I know, I worked for a large unnamed aerospace company at the time that was making sub assemblies. :o)

[Calpernia]

That’s for grants, right?

[RasterMaster]

The more we dig into the REAL record rather than the manufactured one he trumps in the campaign stump speech, we are able to see that voting for the man is almost the same as voting for a DUmocrat....totally UNACCEPTABLE!

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SA 3233. Mr. DAYTON (for himself, Mr. WELLSTONE, Mr. FEINGOLD, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. JEFFORDS, and Mr. DURBIN) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2917 proposed by Mr. DASCHLE (for himself and Mr. BINGAMAN) to the bill (S. 517 to authorize funding the Department of Energy to enhance its mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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That amendment 3233 was included only because I pasted a congressional record page, without editing it. I don’t think or do not know if Fred supported that one, only that he sponsored the Global Warming ‘masterpiece’ that preceded it on #138.

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Not positive, but I’m guessing alot of it is for the bureaucracy itself, which seems massive. Of course, there is many millions more to this than just the 4.7 billion.

[Calpernia]

Then, maybe earmarks for pay to play.

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This needs to be headline news, frankly. It’s on par with Mccain Feingold Thompson