Posted on 04/21/2008 4:30:11 PM PDT by Libloather
Pelosi Statement Celebrating Earth Day
1 hour, 20 minutes ago
To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Brendan Daly or Drew Hammill, both of Office of the Speaker of the House, +1-202-226-7616
WASHINGTON, April 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in observance of the 38th annual Earth Day, which will be observed tomorrow, Tuesday, April 22:
Almost four decades ago, a group of visionary Americans energized the environmental movement, and indeed our nation, by dedicating a day to this ideal: we must preserve Gods creation, our planet, for the generations to come.
On this Earth Day, the greatest challenge facing the United States, and indeed our world, is climate change. Its effects already can be seen in severe weather, coastal flooding, deadly heat waves, and spreading infectious diseases.
That is why I made achieving energy independence and reducing global warming flagship issues of the New Direction Congress. We enacted bipartisan legislation that increases the efficiency of appliances and lighting and boosts fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks for the first time in 32 years. This increase in fuel efficiency alone will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equivalent to taking 28 million cars off the road in the year 2020 alone. We also established a Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming to raise the visibility of this crucial issue and are committed to considering carbon cap-and-trade legislation, which is critical to combating the climate crisis.
The Bible tells us in the Old Testament, To minister to the needs of Gods creation is an act of worship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us. On this Earth Day, and every day, let us honor the earth and our future generations with a commitment to fight climate change.
SOURCE Office of the Speaker of the House
And I was disgusted at having to pay $3.35 /gallon this week. And I probably could’ve found it for even less if I’d felt like bothering.
“........for the generations to come.”
Generations of what....bugs?? The way this hag and her nut-ball friends are going...humans wont be here anyway.
Global warming? Below zero temperatures and 12” of snow in Montana yesterday surely means global warming. /s
Question:
Can anybody please tell me what passage in the OT that Speaker Pelosi is talking about?
Answer:
Search: for the phrase “To minister to the needs of Gods creation is an act of worship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us.” within Entire Bible
Your search yielded no results. - etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/kjv2www?specfile=/lv6/workspace/kjv/kjv-pub.o2w
I love the way empty headed liberals think circumventing the laws of physics and forcing technological breakthroughs is simply a matter of legislation. Why not just legislate cars that get 1000 miles to the gallon off any liquid?
It seems to me that the Speaker of the House is guilty of a gross violation of the separation of church and state. By stating that ministering to the needs of God’s creation is an act of worship she has identified all activity that may fall under that category as worship, worship which she has undertaken as a congresswoman, and which she is calling upon US citizens to join. I believe the ACLU should demand a retraction of that evangelistic statement by the speaker of the house.
More evidence that global warming is religious dogma to these nutjobs.
All hail the lord highfather Algore.
The spagetti bulbs contain mercury vapor. It seems every liberal alternative is worse than the original.
Except in Pelosi's case this applies only to dirt worship not abortion.
“I had no idea tomorrow was earth day. I guess I’m going to have to buy a cigar and add to global warming. Maybe fire up the grill. Do my part to celebrate all the fine things that the earth provides for us”.
I believe it was rush that famously said”the beauty of a tree is what you build with it after you cut it down”
Their religion is “OK.” Christianity is not.
I’m so fed up with this craziness that I’m on the verge of littering tomorrow for the first time in decades!
If you’re caught in the act, I pray for your safety.
I thank God for the kindness that he showed by giving man such a wonderful, renewable resource.
except for a statue of Lenin. it’s his b-day today.
LOL...I love the earth a much as anyone, but this arrogance that human beings are somehow even remotely capable of ending the world with pollution and subsequent “climate change” is extremely irritating.
NOW I see we have Newt Gingrich on TV pairing with Nancy Pelosi selling this idiocy about the planet in peril. Another one was Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson agreeing that we should be good stewards blah blah blah...which we are...of course; but not to the point of such absurd idiocy!
I know a liberal family that recycles glass, plastics, etc. I pointed out that the trash truck comes, the bottle truck, the plastics truck...IN FACT, so many trucks are running up and down the streets in their neighborhood that more pollution is being spewed into the air around them than my neoghborhood which isn’t doing the recycling programs!
Kinda fun to watch the color drain out of a liberal’s ace I must admit! };-)
Glenn Beck pointed out the liberal elitist in line when asked paper or plastic huffingly says “well paper of course” oblivious to the fact that it was these very elitist liberals calling for plastic to “save the trees” IN THE FIRST PLACE!
Rush ran the spot last week.
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