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Schwarzenegger: Federal Government 'Asleep at the Wheel' (Global Warming)
Green Tech Media ^ | March 14, 2008 | Jennifer Kho

Posted on 03/16/2008 2:42:41 PM PDT by calcowgirl

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To: calcowgirl

ughh.. this made my head hurt.

Hey Ahnald.... Here’s a deal: I won’t try to tell you about weight-lifting or plastic surgery... You quit trying to tell me about effects of CO2 on global climate.

What a buffoon...


41 posted on 03/16/2008 4:14:11 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim
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To: M203M4
Who needs Democrats?

That's the most disgusting part about this election.

We have been painted into a corner on this issue.... No matter who wins, they are ALL AGW Koolaid Drinkers and will plunge us all into the socialist "world kommunity" over this non-issue.

I see no way out. There is no viable third party.

42 posted on 03/16/2008 4:24:14 PM PDT by SteamShovel (Global Warming, the New Patriotism)
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To: calcowgirl

why dont you get your ass back to mars McBain...you are too easily conned....


43 posted on 03/16/2008 4:26:43 PM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: calcowgirl; All

The reason, in my opinion, that global warming alarmists like Gov. Schwarzenegger are winning their propaganda war is because the scientific method is either no longer being taught, or no longer being properly taught. In other words, people do not understand the importance of substantiating scientific facts with the consistent results of repeatable, scientific-method based experimentation. As a consequence, global warming alarmists have been able to use courtroom theatrics to sell their politically correct ideas based on inconclusive evidence to the “jury,” that’s people like you and me.


44 posted on 03/16/2008 4:28:06 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: calcowgirl
Here's my solution to every stupid idea that comes from CA:

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Turn it into 2 seperate states. Let Ahnold and the commielibtards keep the pink part, let the people with common sense have the blue part. It even solves that problem of 55 electoral votes that misrepresent more voters than most states have people.

45 posted on 03/16/2008 5:21:28 PM PDT by EricT. (The tree of liberty needs to be watered...)
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To: calcowgirl

“They” don’t get “it”.

In the end, we will all get it, but for now the “anointed Juans” of the world will milk it for all they can,, it’s for the future generations , yaknow.

To call these political morons is an insult to morons everywhere..

Ahhh What the heck! MORONS!!!


46 posted on 03/16/2008 6:03:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: calcowgirl

Dear Arnuld..... please remove your head from your ASS.


47 posted on 03/16/2008 6:14:21 PM PDT by pointsal
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To: EricT.

They get to split their electoral vote this year.


48 posted on 03/16/2008 6:49:29 PM PDT by I got the rope
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To: EricT.
The answer, IMO, isn't in splitting the state, or in redistricting. The answer is education. How many years has it been since anyone tried to educate voters as to why their way is right and the other one is wrong? Instead, campaign debate has been reduced to soundbites and demagoguery--and flat out lies. Politicians just sold voters on initiatives to double the level of gambling in the state, based on lies. Arnold won office based on him casting himself as a fiscal conservative (more lies). etc. etc. etc. Even when voters are educated, they can't make an intelligent decision because the information available is mostly lies. Without time to do an inordinate amount of research, they're voting "yes" when they may really think "no"... or vice versa. (btw... I'm in the pink zone)
49 posted on 03/16/2008 6:50:21 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: I got the rope; EricT.
They get to split their electoral vote this year.

No... we don't. The initiative died before hitting the ballot.

The stunt the GOP pulled on delegate allocation gave McCain a big boost, however (as it would have any other Schwarzenegger-type Republican, ala Giuliani).

50 posted on 03/16/2008 6:53:32 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: calcowgirl

Ugh...this isn’t good.


51 posted on 03/16/2008 8:15:35 PM PDT by I got the rope
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To: jsh3180

lol, he can move in with uncle teddy?


52 posted on 03/16/2008 8:18:17 PM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: Melinda

You could just quit driving your car. Then Arnold can fly more places, more often. It would be so ‘green’ of you to help him out.


53 posted on 03/16/2008 8:20:49 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer (I'm a billionaire! Thanks WTO and the "free trade" system!--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: xcamel

This seems to be at odds with the other article which puts the Governor in the (more clear-eyed) camp of using eco-hysteria for ECO-nomic profit for the state of CA.

I suppose if you’re the governor (or any high-ranking elected official), you have to appear to embrace whatever kooky policy looks like will make your state the most money, regardless of whether or not you think it is just snake oil. . .

But, IF he really, really buys into this horse-hooey, then he has less brain wattage than I gave him credit for.


54 posted on 03/17/2008 3:44:35 AM PDT by alwaysconservative (If Spitzer resigns or is impeached, does he lose his Hillary superdelegate status? LOL!)
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To: calcowgirl

I grew up and lived most of my life in the “pink zone”. California is just too big. I know there are more conservatives in CA than in most states, but they are hopelessly outnumbered by idiots and left wing whackos. All of the good people in the “blue zone” can vote as one huge bloc and never make a dent in against all of the “pink zoners” votes.

Education is not going to work because nobody is doing it, and nobody will listen anyway. It appears that nothing is going to fix CA. It will fester and rot under the thumb of left wing ideology. I got out for the good of my family. I truly feel sorry for you people.


55 posted on 03/17/2008 5:36:45 AM PDT by EricT. (The tree of liberty needs to be watered...)
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To: calcowgirl
It's not often you hear executives from the biggest U.S. industries and a Republican governor clamoring for stronger regulations on climate change. But that's exactly what they want.

I read the article. What a load of hooey! Every "executive" is making self-serving statements begging for subsidies. These are guys with business units that cannot survive based on free-market economics. They require government subsidies or regulations (e.g., cap and trade) to survive. They deserve as much credence as a steel company executive crying for higher tariffs or for an ADM executive making the case for ethanol.

I once worked for a company that had a solar product in the 1980s. It worked, but it was way too expensive for the energy it saved, even with government subsidies. The day after the subsidy was rescinded, the company pulled the product. If my job depended on subsidies and ill-conceived regulations I might be "clamoring" for them too.

Remember, it's a mistake to think that business executives favor the free-market. Most want competitive advantage, attained by any legal means possible. It's often easier and cheaper to win a competitive advantage in the corridors of congress than the marketplace (i.e., you can buy a congressman for less than you can buy a point of marketshare).

56 posted on 03/17/2008 8:22:25 AM PDT by Entrepreneur (The environmental movement is filled with watermelons - green on the outside, red on the inside)
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To: calcowgirl

Hey Ahnold, you of all people should know that the technology won’t be available until 2121!


57 posted on 03/17/2008 8:52:48 AM PDT by CSM (Kakistocracy: Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

“Take an asset, such as a state highway system worth, say $200B, sell it for, say, $20B to an investor group which will retain toll profits in perpetuity (say $1B per year in 2008 dollars). Somebody’s getting a good deal, and it isn’t the taxpayers.”

Actually, that is a terrible deal. An investor group would do better in an index fund. The tolls would have to be raised to be doubled for it to even be worth looking at.....


58 posted on 03/17/2008 9:05:50 AM PDT by CSM (Kakistocracy: Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.)
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To: Entrepreneur

Good post. Right on target.


59 posted on 03/17/2008 10:13:14 AM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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60 posted on 03/17/2008 10:18:06 AM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Is this tagline governed by McCain-Feingold?)
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