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Robert Redford Worried About President Obama’s ‘Courage of Conviction’
ABC News ^ | June 11, 2013 | By Alisa Wiersema

Posted on 06/11/2013 3:54:46 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

As downpours and tornadoes hit the country, actor and conservation activist Robert Redford had weather on his mind and urged President Obama to follow suit.

Redford challenged the president to strike at pollution and singled out coal-fired power plants as the root cause of the problem.

“Four months ago, President Obama spoke of our obligation to combat climate change, saying failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,” Redford was quoted as saying in a news release. “I just hope he has the courage of his convictions.”

Although the president continues to voice his commitment to cutting down on pollution, the situation calls for more action as well as words, according to Redford and the NRDC.

In April, the EPA missed its deadline to issue a limit on carbon emissions that would have been the first power industry restriction of its kind in U.S. history. The Obama administration also missed its December 2012 deadline to create emission standards for newly built, coal-burning energy plants.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: catchersmitt; climategate; getsunscreenbob; hoax; hollywood; leatherface; socialism
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Idiot.
1 posted on 06/11/2013 3:54:46 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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go back to sleep you old fool you... feh
2 posted on 06/11/2013 3:56:42 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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obama don’t have any so he can stop worrying about that.


3 posted on 06/11/2013 3:56:51 PM PDT by sport
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^this^


4 posted on 06/11/2013 3:57:14 PM PDT by davetex (Location: The Alamo)
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This crinkled old has-been is definitely certifiable.


5 posted on 06/11/2013 3:57:35 PM PDT by skeeter
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Robert, coal is less polluting than the hot air out of the mouths of numb nuts like you......


6 posted on 06/11/2013 3:58:33 PM PDT by Shady (The Truth will set us free....WE KNOW THE TRUTH!)
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Idiot.

No kidding!


7 posted on 06/11/2013 3:58:51 PM PDT by kcvl
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I can't swim!

Can't think either.

8 posted on 06/11/2013 4:01:14 PM PDT by stboz
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Robert Redford, the actor and environmental superhero, is a vocal supporter of renewable power and sustainable growth — but it seems that doesn’t include a proposal for an ecofriendly housing development in his corner of the Napa Valley.

Mr. Redford managed to raise a few eyebrows recently when he joined forces with Save Rural Angwin, a group opposing the construction of an eco-village on a 63-acre swath of privately-owned land in the wine country hamlet of Angwin, Calif.

“I believe that the citizens of Napa Valley, from American Canyon to Calistoga, care about preserving our beautiful agricultural and rural heritage,” Mr. Redford said, according to a published statement at the group’s Web site. “That is why I am happy to join the Advisory Council of Save Rural Angwin in its efforts to preserve this naturally carved land-basin from development.”

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/is-a-green-housing-development-too-close-to-home-for-robert-redford/


9 posted on 06/11/2013 4:05:43 PM PDT by kcvl
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He better have courage of conviction, if my hopes come to pass.


10 posted on 06/11/2013 4:06:11 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama lied, four men died, and he went to hide...)
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Just nuts.


11 posted on 06/11/2013 4:08:25 PM PDT by stanne
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OH! 0 has it no prob, but it to drive the USA in the ground!


12 posted on 06/11/2013 4:14:03 PM PDT by Conserev1 ("Still Clinging to my Bible and my Weapon")
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Not to woory,Bob,he hasn’t got ANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


13 posted on 06/11/2013 4:22:53 PM PDT by bandleader
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He was fairly good at looking good while reading the words other people wrote for him to say, but he rides the short bus when trying to come up with his own words to say.

It's too bad he will die without having experienced the harm what he advocates has caused. Some are just better at making messes and/or blaming others for them than they are at cleaning them up.

At least he got to make a lot of money and enjoy fame and its perks in that older world gone by before he and his crew completely totaled it and left the mess "for the children" to deal with.

14 posted on 06/11/2013 4:23:00 PM PDT by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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Your being unkind to idiots by calling this idiot an idiot.


15 posted on 06/11/2013 4:23:43 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (1 Cor 15: 50-54 & 1 Thess 4: 13-17. That about covers it.)
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To: Chode

16 posted on 06/11/2013 4:25:23 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Piffle....)
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Bobby, you ignorant old fool, the rest of America is worried about Obama’s serial lying and destruction of the fabric of the nation.


17 posted on 06/11/2013 4:25:26 PM PDT by Amagi (Obama is never so animated as when he is assaulting the Constitution.)
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As with so many show people who flunked out of college, Mister Redford feels somehow magically intellectually prepared to tell us how to live our lives.

No thanks.

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18 posted on 06/11/2013 4:26:25 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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Idiot


19 posted on 06/11/2013 4:27:37 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (The Lefties can drink Kool-Aid; I will drink Tea.)
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To: ErnBatavia

EGADS!!!


20 posted on 06/11/2013 4:45:19 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Causing trouble since 1976)
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