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Christie: Climate change is real
Politico ^ | 8/19/11 | MAGGIE HABERMAN

Posted on 08/20/2011 6:50:40 AM PDT by Libloather

Christie: Climate change is real
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 8/19/11 9:57 PM EDT

Chris Christie made clear he falls in the Jon Huntsman camp as opposed to the Rick Perry camp on the scientific-political issue of the week in the Republican primary:

In vetoing a bill (S2946) that would have required New Jersey to stay in a regional program intended to curb greenhouse gases — a program Christie plans to leave by the end of the year — the governor said "climate change is real."
He added that "human activity plays a role in these changes" and that climate change is "impacting our state."

**SNIP**

Christie's come full circle on the issue. Last year, he told a town hall audience in Toms River he was skeptical climate change is the result of human activity. He backed off those comments at a conference of environmentalists in May and agreed to meet with climate scientists for a lesson in global warming.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agw; christie; climatechange; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; nj; rino; traitor
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To: Libloather

If the climate is warming that’s a good thing....disaster is when it starts to cool into the next ice age!!!!


21 posted on 08/20/2011 7:11:27 AM PDT by ontap
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To: Libloather

Climate change is real. It has been changing for 4.6 billion years. Can we spend enough to change the natural changes that are occuring? NO! Sit down and shut up Christie—take a freshman Geology course and you will understand it better.


22 posted on 08/20/2011 7:12:40 AM PDT by richardtavor (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem)
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To: Libloather

Buh Bye Fat Boy!


23 posted on 08/20/2011 7:13:04 AM PDT by mylife (OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
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To: rabscuttle385

ACCURATE DEPICTION : )


24 posted on 08/20/2011 7:14:23 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: ken21

LOL!!


25 posted on 08/20/2011 7:15:05 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: Mikey_1962

Bingo!
The Earths climate has always been dynamic regardless of its inhabitants.

If it were static, there would be no inhabitants.
It would be a dead planet.


26 posted on 08/20/2011 7:15:56 AM PDT by mylife (OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
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To: kaboom
Journalists are dumb. Leftists too -- but I repeat myself. Was it Carol Mosley Braun who was questioned about one topic or another and declared "Oh, I've done a 360 on that."

They just have low IQs. They speak and do not understand themselves. Their thinking is of a low order.

27 posted on 08/20/2011 7:16:13 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: ClearCase_guy
As potential presidential candidates go, he makes an excellent governor of New Jersey.

Why doesn't he just bring Ann Coulter to NJ, give her some appointee job, and then she could STFU about this fat slob being the President.

He is fantastic as a union strong arm guy, giving it back to the unions, and maybe he needs that bulk to fight with the dockworkers and sumo wrestlers but he is too damn fat.

He's got to be 75-100 pounds overweight and the pubbies haven't elected a fat guy since Taft.


28 posted on 08/20/2011 7:17:35 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I’m so glad Christie came out with that. Now I don’t ever have to take him seriously, or even think about him again.


29 posted on 08/20/2011 7:18:15 AM PDT by Judith Anne ( Holy Mary, Mother of God, please pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death.)
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To: nhwingut
“I bet Perry backs off his statements too.”

I doubt it. When he was bashed for what he said a Bernecki( sp?) and the QE3, he said he cared more about America than he did about Obama’s ‘feelings’.

30 posted on 08/20/2011 7:18:43 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Libloather
I agree, "climate change" DOES exist. For instance, it explains how Greenland got its name, and why there are the frozen remains of vineyards there. It explains how the glaciers carved great canyons during the time where they expanded and receded. It might explain why there are no baby Wooly Mammoths in the zoo. It explains why the polar ice caps on Mars are melting. "Climate Change" IS real.

But the question is, is it caused by human activity? Well, I doubt it. The scientific evidence does NOT seem to support it, but the fact that some of the scientists have monkeyed with the data proves that THEY don't believe it. The fact that it's supported by people who stand to make BILLIONS of dollars from the legislation they've introduced makes me doubt it. And finally, the fact that it's become something of a "religion" to many of the supporters who defend it almost violently, and declare those who don't agree as "heretics" and need to be silenced, makes me even more skeptical.

The question is, can we do anything about climate change? I doubt it, but it seems to me that the prudent thing to do would be to spend time and effort on living with it, as opposed to tiling at windmills, trying to stop it.

Mark

31 posted on 08/20/2011 7:19:28 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Common Sense 101

Global warming is caused by CO2 which makes up 0.038% or zero point zero of the earths atmosphere. And as you know, something that has a value of zero can change and overtake everything else. For example if I present myself at Google headquarters with zero point zero money, I can buy the company, dismantle it and put it out of business. That is the proof.


32 posted on 08/20/2011 7:21:49 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Mark Halperin - Learned the hard way what happens when you speak the truth on PMSNBC.)
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To: Libloather
I always like some confirmation of things when I hear or read them.

While I appreciate Chris Christie's efforts to make New Jersey more business friendly to attract more jobs to that state, I'm sad to see what I'm discovering about Chris Christie and his progressive leaning stand on "sustainable cities".

From: Governor Christie: Petra Solar video

Description of youtube video:

Governor Chris Christie visits with management and employees from Petra Solar, a clean energy technology company in South Plainfield, N.J. on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. The Governor talks about Energy As Industry and plans outlined to promote New Jerseys renewable energy industry as a key element of the administrations economic development efforts. More info can be found at http://bit.ly/9EYWIw

33 posted on 08/20/2011 7:22:37 AM PDT by casinva (If Rick Santorum kisses Romney while charging after Perry, I want my nice words about him back.)
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To: Libloather
the governor said "climate change is real." He added that "human activity plays a role in these changes" and that climate change is "impacting our state."

Christie is an insufferable moron. Yes the climate is changing. It has been changing since the earth was formed. It will continue to change until the sun goes super-nova.

I guess Christie thinks that if Guam gets overpopulated it will capsize?

34 posted on 08/20/2011 7:23:43 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Libloather
He added that "human activity plays a role in these changes"

I can't prove it, but I strongly suspect that Christie knows nothing about the nature of climate change, the debate about human influence on it, nor the history of this controversy. Liberals have succeeded in making this a litmus test of scientific literacy -- if you buy AGW, then you're an enlightened, scientifically knowledgeable person. If you don't, you're a knuckle-dragging troglodyte.

35 posted on 08/20/2011 7:24:46 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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To: Libloather
This is one of my critical-to-watch, key issues that I think exposes the true nature of a politician. The "belief" in man-made "climate change" (which has been going on for billions of years) and the notion that tax payer dollars should be stolen and "invested" in a futile effort to fight against the forces of nature is one of the best ways to expose a corrupt, big-government, collectivist politician. Despite their rhetoric and dooms-day scenarios, it's all about one thing - using this discredited nonsense as a way of taking away our freedoms and strengthening the centralized-government master. A new world order power grab is all this is now - nothing more.

Christie has finally exposed himself as yet another big-government, nanny state RINO. And I thought he might not be as bad as some of the others. Wrong. Just another corrupt elite that wants to rule over us as subjects.

36 posted on 08/20/2011 7:33:41 AM PDT by MCH
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To: Libloather
He added that "human activity plays a role in these changes" and that climate change is "impacting our state."

WTF is he talking about? I live next door in New York city, name ONE thing "climate change" has impacted?? Don't tell me "flooding" everytime it rains. New Jersey has always had flooding problems for as long as I can remember, and I'm 50. I can't believe this guy saddling up to the wackos.

37 posted on 08/20/2011 7:39:05 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Mark Halperin - Learned the hard way what happens when you speak the truth on PMSNBC.)
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To: Libloather
In other RINO-related news...

Pawlenty staffers, fundraisers in talks with Chris Christie to enter presidential race

38 posted on 08/20/2011 7:43:26 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: casinva

The “going green” of New Jersey towns and cities - one example:

(Title) Bergen County towns object to PSE&G’s ugly solar panel utility poles

http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/science-updates/bergen-county-towns-object-to-pseags-ugly-solar-panel-utility-poles


39 posted on 08/20/2011 7:46:04 AM PDT by casinva (If Rick Santorum kisses Romney while charging after Perry, I want my nice words about him back.)
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To: Libloather

I would not have a problem with the statement if it went something like this. “Yes Climate Change is real, its been happening since the creation of the World, and their aint nothing we can do to stop it.”


40 posted on 08/20/2011 7:46:39 AM PDT by NavyCanDo (Go Mama Grizzly! Palin 2012)
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