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Bill Clinton: Global Warming Bigger Threat Than Terrorism
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| 5/21/06
| NewsMax
Posted on 05/21/2006 10:15:14 AM PDT by wagglebee
Ex-president Bill Clinton said Saturday that global warming is a bigger threat to the future of America than terrorism.
Speaking to the graduating class at University of Texas' Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Clinton insisted:
"Climate change is more remote than terror but a more profound threat to the future of the children and the grandchildren and the great-grandchildren I hope all of you have."
Clinton explained: "It's the only thing we face today that has the power to remove the preconditions of civilized society."
The theme is not a new one for the former president. Last September, he predicted that New York City would eventually be devastated if the U.S. didn't start taking global warming seriously.
"We know if something doesn't happen to slow this warming down, whole island nations in the Pacific will be flooded," he told CNN's Larry King. "We'll lose 50 feet of Manhattan Island in New York within the next 50 years if we don't do something to turn this around."
Still, Clinton said Saturday that he was optimistic that the global warming crisis can be solved, "assuming we get off our butts and do something about climate change in a timely fashion."
"I think we should be in the Kyoto climate change system," Clinton said, without noting that while president, he declined to sign the Kyoto Protocols.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: billclinton; globalwarming; impeached42; liar; rapist; terrorism; whatdefinitionofisis; x42
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Bill Clinton is bigger threat than "global warming."
And Terrorism
Clinton declined Bin Laden. 3000 innocent Americans dead.Not to mention the USS Cole and other attacks.
Clinton ignored terrorism but had Janet Reno killing Americans in WACO and Ruby Ridge.
Clinton allowed North Korea to build nukes. Ill told Clinton to give him oil or he would build nukes. Clinton gave Ill oil. Ill tried that with Bush and Bush said 'thanks, but no thanks'. Ill then told Bush that he already built some nukes.
Clinton put himself and our country in jeopardy with his infidelity.
Clinton made the largest Communist Country in the world our most favored nation to trade with.
Clinton sold military secrets to China.
And now I suffer from Post Traumatic Bill Clinton Stress Disorder (PTBCSD). I hope to out live him. One day, I am going to piss on his grave.
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:31:15 AM PDT
by
do the dhue
(I hope y'all will help bail me out of jail after I dot George Soro's eyes.)
To: wagglebee
[ Bill Clinton: Global Warming Bigger Threat Than Terrorism ]
Translation:
MUST give conservative RINOs something to think about while she who should not be named is preparing the task of GUTTING AMERICA LIKE A COD FISH.. in 2008..
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:31:50 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
To: freakboy
"This is no surprise coming from somebody who had OBL delivered on a silver platter, but refused."
Spot on. My thought exactly when I read the headline.
To: wagglebee
I could some global warming here in the 'burgh. It was in the 40's when I left the house and going down into the 30's tonight.
To: wagglebee
If he had said that global warming legislation is a bigger threat than terrorism, I could possibly agree with him. If we had ratified the Kyoto Treaty it could very possibly have shut down entire industries. But Klinton's context here is moronic.
To: highlander_UW
"I think a more interesting debate might be, which is a greater threat to America, terrorists or liberals?"
Good point, although how much difference is there between them; One lies and the other swears to it. Or, as in the Mafia, one gives the order and the other pulls the trigger.
But Michael Savage and - was it Cicero? - is right: the enemy within is far more dangerous than any external enemy; therefore the Liberals (Socialist, xenophilic, Tower of Babelers) are the worse danger of the two. They have their slimy hands on the levers of our government.
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:37:08 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(For the love of money is the root of all evil - I Timothy 6:10)
To: wagglebee
As disappointed I am with the Republicans, if the Democrats win the White House and the Senate we will see nothing but junk science enviromentalism, the rationing of health care, the gay agenda 24/7, gun control, illegal aliens given more rights than U.S. citizens, restrictions on political bloggers and talk radio, Marxists placed in the Supreme Court, etc. They always go back to certain pet issues and they ignore everything else. This will give the terrorists plenty of undisturbed time to build nuclear and biological weapons.
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:37:26 AM PDT
by
Wilhelm Tell
(True or False? This is not a tag line.)
To: do the dhue
Yeah, I think that's one grave they're doing to need a serious fence around.
Oh, wait, I forgot ... fences don't work!
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:37:44 AM PDT
by
Let's Roll
( "Congressmen who ... undermine the military ... should be arrested, exiled or hanged" - A. Lincoln)
To: All
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:38:20 AM PDT
by
MaineVoter2002
(http://jednet207.tripod.com/PoliticalLinks.html)
To: wagglebee
Very well said on all points.
I think Bill Clinton is trying to cut Al Gore off at the pass for the benefit of Hillary.
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:40:36 AM PDT
by
spyone
To: wagglebee
Yes, he is the patron saint of the cigar industry.
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:41:19 AM PDT
by
spyone
To: wagglebee
"Why don't you just shut the hell up about things you know nothing about and go back to trying to get laid at every opportunity."
Why, let us rather give him credit, and further encourage him in his worthy endeavor. To show all of us a shining example, he ought to move to the nearest cave to live in it - and to take hillary with him. Such a lifestyle would not be contributing anything to environmental degradation, and all their refuse will stay in the cave. I suspect there might even be some landowners willing to either donate a cave, or rent it for the purpose on purely nominal conditions.
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:42:00 AM PDT
by
GSlob
To: wagglebee
LOL....Gore, Clinton, and McCain all singing the same refrain.
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:42:07 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
To: wagglebee
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:42:11 AM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
To: wagglebee
"It's the only thing we face today that has the power to remove the preconditions of civilized society." ..yeah nut-case Mullahs fall right behind blue dresses as far as the rapist is concerned
Doogle
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:42:20 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF...8th TFW...Ubon Thailand...408thMMS..."69"...Night Line Delivery...AMMO!!)
To: wagglebee
Well...global warming does exist to the extent that warming is what causes ice ages to end, and Earth is only 11,000 years out of a couple of million years long cycle of global warming and cooling...Bill knows this, knows nothing can be done about it and shouldn't be, but is convenient to blather about 'cause it's a lefty hotbutton issue.
You're right about Bill's understanding of the terrorist threat: Bubba wouldn't know a terrorist threat if one bit him on the behind, and America's behind got bit quite a few times while Bubba was in office. He did nothing. Except to arm then when we faught on the wrong side in Serbia.
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:43:12 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(Drugs? Illegals? Legalize and Tax 'Em All, Right? Right??)
To: wagglebee
Oil wants to kill us all...
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:45:25 AM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: wagglebee
Hey Bill, I believe tertiary syphillis does affect the brain..........................................
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:46:44 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Immigration: Acting like dupes does not earn us their respect, but their CONTEMPT.))
To: Wilhelm Tell
Clinton and ilk are attracted to these big nebulous issues because there's no way to know whether any progress is being made or not. Such issues are a license to expand government and feel self-righteous about it, with no danger that you will ever be held accountable.
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:46:49 AM PDT
by
joylyn
To: wagglebee
The sad thing is that he is probably right.
Although I will gt flamed for saying it.
Got my asbestos underpants on.
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posted on
05/21/2006 10:48:02 AM PDT
by
Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
(No one cares if the muzzies are free. It really is about their oil.)
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