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PARIS ACCORD IS BAD FOR AMERICA
boblonsberry.com ^ | 06/01/17 | Bob Lonsberry

Posted on 06/01/2017 5:13:41 AM PDT by shortstop

China says the United States must stay in the Paris climate accord. The pope says the United States must stay in the Paris climate accord. Elon Musk says the United States must stay in the Paris climate accord.

Hillary Clinton says we must stay in, as does Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and every schmuck on the evening news.

The strident progressives who have destroyed American higher education insist that we stay in, as do the various globalists and citizens of the world. From every corner of the planet, where they sit and plot the decay of the United States, they cry that we must stay in.

Those who prostitute a politically correct science declare that the sky will fall if we pull out. Those who insist that your doubts and questions are a consequence of your ignorance and stupidity say we must stay in.

Which leads me to this: If the people who are always wrong are for it, shouldn't you be against it?

If the people and philosophies that seek to destroy and weaken America are pulling the rope one way, shouldn't you pull it the other?

And if a president was elected on a platform of withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, shouldn't that accord be withdrawn from?

Shouldn't this globalist effort to break America's economic independence be resisted? Shouldn't massive new financial burdens for America's families and industries by kicked to the curb?

Is there honestly a working family in America that thinks it's wise for its energy use to be restricted and its energy expenses to be increased? When energy consumption is rationed, will you give up refrigeration or transportation? When the globalists call for the elimination of air conditioning -- ask the pope about that -- and the limiting of family size, to say nothing of the dramatic reduction in personally owned vehicles, is that going to be ok with you?

When new taxes are levied on your electricity, natural gas and gasoline -- to be sent overseas to remediate "global economic injustice" -- will you be happy?

Have you read enough to know that the root issue of global warming -- according to progressives -- is economic disparity between the United States and the developing world? You should check out the encyclical the pope gave the president at their recent meeting. It declares that climate injustice can only be addressed when lifestyle and income disparities between the west -- that's you -- and the impoverished world -- that's everybody else -- are eliminated.

It's not just about your exhaust, it's about your money.

The Paris climate accord will get rid of both.

As well as your freedom and your nation's independence.

The United States is essentially energy independent. We have natural gas, oil, coal and uranium. Energy is prosperity. The global progressives want to destroy our prosperity, and they hope to do that by getting us to abandon our energy.

They hope to con us into acting completely contrary to our self-interest. They hope to use deception and the Marxist dream of an enraged proletariat to do it. They hope to use global peer pressure to do it.

They want to talk a lion into its cage.

I think we should refuse.

I think we should put America first.

I think we should reject any agreement that strips America of its prosperity, liberty or independence.

And we should be smarter than to be hectored into the global warming con. Free people can think for themselves, and reject the premise of their oppression.

And the Paris climate accord is oppression.

The United States does more to protect the environment than any other nation on earth. The United States spends more to protect the environment than all other nations on earth combined.

We are not the problem, and we should not be sheep.


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; paris; trump
Which leads me to this: If the people who are always wrong are for it, shouldn't you be against it?
1 posted on 06/01/2017 5:13:41 AM PDT by shortstop
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To: shortstop

If they’re fer it, I’m agin it!


2 posted on 06/01/2017 5:18:59 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: shortstop

Sometimes it’s difficult when reading the news to determine if something is good or bad for the United States. I used to have a foolproof method of determining whether something done by the UN was good or bad for the United States. Does France support it? If yes, it’s bad. If no, it’s good. So, I would dash through the article scanning for “France.”

In a similar vein, I rapidly scan articles to find out what the vast array of Democrats have to say. If they like it, it’s bad. If they don’t, it’s good. I am hard pressed to think of exceptions.


3 posted on 06/01/2017 5:21:56 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: shortstop

This damned “accord” is all about the USA. The purpose is to weaken us, and give Europe and the rest of the world an advantage.
Yes.
It’s not about Lichenstein or Luxemburg. USA. Force us to our knees.
Yes.


4 posted on 06/01/2017 5:41:33 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: shortstop
It's just a rewrite of Kyoto....and the Senate unanimously voted against it.

Trump shouldn't hesitate.

5 posted on 06/01/2017 5:58:43 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Above all the issues, a backtrack from DjT on this one would signal the end of my hope for MAGA, the economy.... and for the President.

I hope he realizes this will damage him with his base and would ruin all of his economic goals.

However, to assuage Ivanka, Rex, K street and the media I won’t be surprised if he throws this in the lap of Congress to verify as a treaty. Double dare.


6 posted on 06/01/2017 6:11:28 AM PDT by chiller (One from the Right - One for the Fight)
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To: chiller
The world expects the USA to fund and keep to the accord....while everyone else scr***s off.

Just like NATO.

It's all about MONEY.

It's just Kyoto 2....and the Congress unanimously said NO to Kyoto.

7 posted on 06/01/2017 7:42:22 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: shortstop; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker; KC_Lion; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Paris accord is ILLEGAL. Foreign treaties require Senate ratification


8 posted on 06/01/2017 12:30:55 PM PDT by Impy (End the kritarchy!)
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To: Impy

It’s dead, Jim : )


9 posted on 06/01/2017 2:49:37 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Impy

Amen.


10 posted on 06/01/2017 6:14:10 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: shortstop

But......TAXES CONTROL THE WEATHER!!!


11 posted on 06/01/2017 6:15:48 PM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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To: Impy
Agreed. They keep saying the United States has "withdrawn" from the Paris accord. I would argue we never "joined" it to begin with. Obama implemented it by executive order. If you check the record, OTHER nations ratified the treaty by submitting it to their legislature. The UK, China, Jamaica, Brazil, Japan, the Philippines, Australia, etc., etc., all passed the Paris accord by majority vote in their legislature. Our government never submitted it to the House or Senate for approval, and hence the United States of America never formally "joined".

If the media wants to blame someone for that, look no further than Barack Obama.

12 posted on 06/02/2017 9:38:27 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: BillyBoy

Good point. So forgot this “November 2020 exit date” BS.


13 posted on 06/02/2017 10:22:04 PM PDT by Impy (End the kritarchy!)
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To: Impy; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker; KC_Lion

These “Environmental/Climate/Gaia/One World” turds are nothing more than Communists with a different name, but still trying to pull the same scam:

The “select” few telling the masses how to live.

F them and their agenda.

All anyone with a modicum of common sense has to do is to see who’s for something to know if it’s good or not. I see who’s for this “Paris Accord” bulls**t and I know it’s something to be avoided like the plague, period.

Thank you again, President Trump.


14 posted on 06/03/2017 3:56:20 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: GOPsterinMA; Impy; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker; KC_Lion

“These “Environmental/Climate/Gaia/One World” turds are nothing more than Communists with a different name, but still trying to pull the same scam:”

The CPUSA has had “climate change” at the top of their agenda for years. Why?

1) It kills commerce & manufacturing

It pisses billions down a rat hole, thus making free countries POORER.


15 posted on 06/05/2017 8:14:20 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: stephenjohnbanker; Impy; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; KC_Lion

It’s also an affront on private property and land ownership rights.


16 posted on 06/05/2017 5:08:53 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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