Posted on 09/06/2012 8:35:18 AM PDT by bronxville
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Though the 2012 Democratic Party platform declares that the “national security threat from climate change is real, urgent, and severe,” it is apparently not urgent and severe enough to merit mention by speakers at the Democratic National Convention during the past two days.
The Daily Caller reviewed the speech transcripts of the over 80 speakers who took the stage at the Time Warner Cable Arena here in Charlotte on Tuesday and Wednesday, and only one mentioned climate change — and even he only mentioned it in passing.
“Thanks to President Obama, America is laying the foundation for the way we power tomorrow,” said Tom Steyer, co-founder of the Advanced Energy Economy trade association, in one of the early and therefore likely least watched speeches to the convention Wednesday.
“So here’s my question for you: Should we go back to the boom-and-bust, ‘drill-baby-drill,’ polluting energy policies of yesterday, or should we embrace an advanced energy economy that meets opportunity with innovation? Should we settle for an economy built on shifting and uncertain sands, or should we keep building an economy made to last?”
“Gov. Romney’s road to the future will lead to dirty air and increasing climate volatility, uncertainty over energy prices, and less security, not more,” Steyer continued. “President Obama’s road to the future will lead us to energy independence, energy security, a safer and cleaner environment, and countless new jobs that can never be outsourced.”
That reference to “increasing climate volatility” was the only explicit reference to climate change in two days of speakers. TheDC searched every speech for the words “global warming” and “climate,” and only Steyer’s speech produced a result. Next to Steyer, the only other mention that came close was President Bill Clinton’s passing reference to reducing greenhouse gasses, though the former president didn’t explicitly tie the reduction in greenhouse gasses in his nearly hour-long speech to an effort to combat climate change.
While even a three-day long convention can’t mention every issue, climate change is an issue that the Democratic Party platform speaks of in apocalyptic terms.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/06/climate-change-so-serious-democrats-mention-it-once-in-over-80-speeches-over-two-days/#ixzz25hiIxLSO
I wonder what undisclosed location they have Al Gore chained up in? I don’t think he has even been at the convention let alone have a speaking role.
Al Gore is absent, Hillary Clinton is absent. So are many Democrat elected officials.
Yet none of them are even mentioning this "apocalyptic threat"?
Liars and thieves.
Yeah, I think it went something like this...
Forward, backward, forward backward, forward, backward, forward, backward, backward, forward, backward, forward, glowbull, forward, backward, bacward, forward, backward, backward, war, wardfor, backward, forwarding, backfor, forward!
Yes, what Chesterton said was true:
Once you stop believing in God, you will believe in anything.
And make no mistake, “climate change” is the phony apocalyptic religion of the godless secularists that make up the Democratic Party.
Just shows how delusional they are.
Barackward, Barackward, Barackward...
German youth song...Vorwart (forward), Vorwart, Vorwart...
Don’t worry Obama lowered the sea levels when he took office. Unfortunately, though, Guam did tip over.
Great quote.
Rats. They desert sinking ships.
Ah sehr gut!! :D
According to the "Changers" (previously "Warmers") sea level will rise 60 feet (or whatever) in the next 100 years. So why keep spending billions to rebuild New Orleans? It's already below sea level.
I wouldn’t worry about climate change. It’s the Zombies that scare me.
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