Posted on 12/18/2008 11:33:43 AM PST by presidio9
When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore. Now it is a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can't avoid. Since Clinton's inauguration, summer Arctic sea ice has lost the equivalent of Alaska, California and Texas. The 10 hottest years on record have occurred since Clinton's second inauguration. Global warming is accelerating. Time is close to running out, and Obama knows it.
"The time for delay is over; the time for denial is over," he said Tuesday after meeting with former Vice President Al Gore, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on global warming. "We all believe what the scientists have been telling us for years now that this is a matter of urgency and national security and it has to be dealt with in a serious way."
But there are powerful political and economic realities that must be quickly overcome for Obama to succeed. Despite the urgency he expresses, it's not at all clear that he and Congress will agree on an approach during a worldwide financial crisis in time to meet some of the more crucial deadlines.
Obama is pushing changes in the way Americans
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lol
Ran across that pic yesterday. Supposedly taken before a speech when one of his aides did a few pull-ups and Obama had to show his muscle and pump out 3.
He’s probably counting 100, 101, 102...
Yes, and we know that the climate has not ever changed until now! ;)
Gets what? The fact that climate change is not "man made"?
I did find it curious to be hearing about this "no polar ice cap in 2013") prediction right as Milhous is set to begin his first term, which will take us through 2012. Expect this to be a major campaign issue if the economy is not booming, and Russia, Columbia, Iran, South Korea, Pakistan, and assorted terrorists are not playing nice by then.
Freeways closed in LA due to ice, snow.....
I got this in the email from the GOPUSA. This bumper sticker is hilarious! Check it out.
And we also know now that Man can attach a giant thermostat to the planet and control the temperature and the climate.
I know. We are incredibly powerful.
The desperation of the author’s tone is refreshing.
It reads like a hysterical rant.
It’s getting warmer damit!!! Hurry up and do this thing before...
...they catch on
Don’t mind me, I’m only here for the ride.......
It’s very unusual weather up here in Northern Minnesota. We have below freezing temperatures and snow on the ground.....In December! Climate change fer sher......
And, finally, a President who gets it......(Not sure what that is, but what ever they say.....)
Dan Rather joins the media circus just in time on HDNET.
Thu., Dec. 18th 1:00 PM ET ...Going, Going... - In Glacier National Park there is dramatic evidence of climate change as scientists watch the glaciers melting away at an alarming rate, also the politics of global warming. Available on iTunes
Why do the Lefties double down on their stupidity?
Looks like he be smokin a joint
you get my vote
liberals are using schools and colleges to indoctrinate our children and it will only get worse unless something is done.
Ever noticed that they preach tolerance and diversity on these campuses and yet if a speaker comes they are silenced by the left wing fascists.
Thanks Manc. Yes I have noticed. These universities are owned by the socialist/marxist dregs of society.
Latest Weather Channel Headline:
AP AND OBAMA “SUCK UP” GORE’S GLOBAL FLATULENCE...AND LIKE IT!
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