Queer as a steer drinking near beer.
Posted on 12/10/2009 11:27:38 AM PST by jazusamo
COPENHAGEN — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined the Obama administration’s charm offensive in Copenhagen on Thursday — and took some shots at the Bush administration in the process.
“As much as the world awoke to the dangers of climate change, the political leadership of the United States simply slept,” Salazar said in a briefing at the U.S. center here. “Confronting the impact of climate change was simply not a priority.”
He said things have changed since the election of Barack Obama.
“I’m here in today in Copenhagen on behalf of President Obama to deliver a simple message: The United States of America understands the danger that climate change poses to our world, and we — as a nation — are committed to confronting that challenge,” Salazar said. “Together with our partners in the international community, we will help build strong, achievable carbon reduction strategies for our planet.”
Salazar is just the latest in a string of Obama administration officials to make the pilgrimage to Copenhagen — and he’ll hardly be the last. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson briefed conference participants Wednesday, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke is due Friday.
The officials have been tasked with trying to persuade a skeptic audience from 191 countries that the administration is serious on the environment — and that it has already done much to roll back Bush-era policies and regulations.
“Collectively, the actions we have taken in the last 11 months are opening up a new frontier for renewable energy production for the United States of America,” Salazar said. “On renewable energy, the truth speaks for itself. America’s vast deserts, plains, forests and oceans have been largely unexplored for their vast renewable energy potential. It was not a priority of the past administration.”
Salazar argued that legislation on clean energy could generate serious economic investments. “The possibilities are immense,” he said.
A strong proponent of offshore wind farms, Salazar spent the previous day inspecting Danish windmills, which supply about 20 percent of the country’s electricity. He said that, in the U.S., the administration had made significant investments in research and production of renewable energy.
“Now, there are some across this world, and indeed in the United States, who do not share our vision for American leadership for a clean energy economy. They defend the status quo. They complain that the path ahead is too costly too difficult or too uncertain,” he said.
“But I believe they are wrong. Their fears are misplaced. ... The international agreements that our nations are working on here in Copenhagen will propel us forward to a clean energy economy. So, too, will the comprehensive clean energy legislation that is moving through the United States Congress. The House has already passed the bill. The Senate has made progress on its version. And President Obama and I and the members of the Cabinet are working very closely every day to see that the job gets done.”
Is something wrong with that?
The other night I slept through some climate change....I went to bed and it was raining, and when I woke up it was sunny. Pretty amazing when you really stop to think about it. Apparently some don't.
Bush was not part of the climate fraud but he sure kept his mouth shut about what his staffies probably knew. I do not believe the Emails were the first indication the books were cooked. Considering what was and is at stake, there must have been something going on. His simple refusal to buy off on the Kyoto scam should have been backed up with some good dirt thrown at the press. I doubt if the liberal press can really hit a fastball or a curve.
Salazar is a stupid faggot.
Queer as a steer drinking near beer.
Yes, and his obsession is pathetic. It’s like Hussein can’t figure out such a man, having no understanding of the concepts of integrity, strength, and certainly not of patriotism. Even when one disagreed, you knew who President Bush and what he stood for, and you never doubted his love of America or our military. He is his own man, devoid of angst about who he is, and Hussein envies it and doesn’t understand it.
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