Posted on 10/10/2009 6:58:36 PM PDT by reaganaut1
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[W]e have come together to put forward proposals that address legitimate concerns among Democrats and Republicans and the other constituencies with stakes in this legislation. We’re looking for a new beginning, informed by the work of our colleagues and legislation that is already before Congress.
First, we agree that climate change is real and threatens our economy and national security. That is why we are advocating aggressive reductions in our emissions of the carbon gases that cause climate change. We will minimize the impact on major emitters through a market-based system that will provide both flexibility and time for big polluters to come into compliance without hindering global competitiveness or driving more jobs overseas.
Second, while we invest in renewable energy sources like wind and solar, we must also take advantage of nuclear power, our single largest contributor of emissions-free power. Nuclear power needs to be a core component of electricity generation if we are to meet our emission reduction targets. We need to jettison cumbersome regulations that have stalled the construction of nuclear plants in favor of a streamlined permit system that maintains vigorous safeguards while allowing utilities to secure financing for more plants. We must also do more to encourage serious investment in research and development to find solutions to our nuclear waste problem.
Third, climate change legislation is an opportunity to get serious about breaking our dependence on foreign oil. For too long, we have ignored potential energy sources off our coasts and underground. Even as we increase renewable electricity generation, we must recognize that for the foreseeable future we will continue to burn fossil fuels.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Graham playing the fool for the left again.
Climate change? What happened to Global Warming? This is the biggest con going sense Chicken Little declared that the sky was falling!! The world is full of complete idiots.
I have a friend who is an atmospheric scientist. he tells me that temps have actually been decreasing the last 12 years (hence the new term “Climate Change’” I suppose).
A baseball game got snowed out in Denver today!!
If you believe in man-made climate change then:
Men: I have a cheap bridge for you to buy.
Ladies: The world will end tomorrow if you don’t have sex with me.
Football fans: The Raiders will beat the Giants tomorrow.
Jeeze, liberals are nut balls. Someone stop them. They’re ruining my country.
lindsey must stand to gain alot from this....
global warming ping
Time for Lindsey Graham to follow Jim Jeffords and Arlen Specter to the Democrat side of the aisle . . . and for the so-called GOP leadership to force him to choose.
I was a 28 year old grad student and worked as a TA teaching 18-19 year old freshmen. These young folks were all adults but, they seemed like little kids to me...even then. I’ll never understand the attraction some men (and women) have for 13-17 year old. It’s a a kink I can’t even fathom on any level.
Look, a married guy out in bar with too many drinks in him who takes the plunge when a grown adult hottie hits on him. I could see that mistake happening. That’s an awful embarrassing icky mistake. Nothing more and nothing less.
But, that child thing, that’s a crime.
I think we should contact his office ask him what Al Gore is paying him to say this. By the way where has fat Al been lately?
I blame the public schools.
There is not GOP leadership....just small time politics and Dems are draining us dry without any thought to the future.
We all know they need to stop spending rais interest rates even if its just a little and stop printing dollars...no recovery in sight
What a disappointment.
Lindsey Ping
"Republican by day, Democrat by night."
Add me to the list. / Remove me from the list.
Unfortunately we are stuck with this queer son of a bitch until 2014.
They will call it whatever they have to in order to get their grubby hands on more of our money with the largest tax bill ever envision by congress.
“Cap and Trade” is the greatest financial fraud yet perpetrated in a long line of financial fraud. This going back to the S & L Crisis, to Enron, to TARP and beyond. Even if one could conclusively prove that man made carbon dioxide is a threat, this absurd and destructive taxation scheme could never do anything to even slighty effect it in any real sense. But, there are so many layers to this cynical and pernicious fraud, that we will never get around to that stage of debate.
There is currently no evidence of any “Global Warming”, none of the computer models of the pro-warming crowd foresaw this, instead, “Global Warming” pundits tried to falsify the evidence to the contrary. They may not feel it does, but mendacious actions like this have shredded their credibility over the last few years. These pundits are handy with polemic vitriol when it comes to describing their scientific skeptics as “deniers”, but they are very much less handy with answers when faced with facts that shut down their thesis.
You will never hear a “Climate Change” alarmist mention the exact formulaic figures of atmospheric carbon dioxide “concentrations” as they would call them, and continue to this day to deny any natural causes, like the sun, for observed temperature variation. And finally, they have no explanation why they ignore the fact that the green house effect is vastly more dependent upon Water Vapor than CO2 by several thousands of percent. What plan does Waxman have to abate Water Vapor? One can only guess, and laugh.
Lindsey Graham is a replacement for ipecac.
Otherwise, he’s a waste of oxygen.
Controlling the public and taxing the hell out of every one, that’s what it is all about.
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