Al Franken on Letterman: Kyoto Protocols Great for Economy!

NewsBusters.org ^ | 03/29/07 | Warner Todd Huston

[Mobile Vulgus]

More globaloney from Al Franken!

[sono]

Sure ... Climate concerns have made a fortune for Al Gore.

[randog]

'...cities that have voluntarily adopted the Protocols are seeing that "the air and water is cleaner and high-tech jobs were being created."'

Huh? The audience probably gobbled that up with nary a question in their feeble minds, and will regurgitate it verbatim at their next Global Warming Workshop/Roundtable/Offsite/....

[Robert DeLong]

cities that have voluntarily adopted the Protocols are seeing that "the air and water is cleaner and high-tech jobs were being created

And what cities might these be Al? I want names so I can verify your claims.

[RebelBanker]

If brains were dynamite, Al Franken wouldn't have enough to blow his nose.

[Doogle]

..would you follow this man in a fire emergency?

[3AngelaD]

Geez, parallel universe.

[Vaquero]

[MNlurker]

Let him keep talking...he's going to have to answer for it now if he runs. That alone will be fun to watch.

[Sherman Logan]

'...cities that have voluntarily adopted the Protocols are seeing that "the air and water is cleaner and high-tech jobs were being created."'

It's very simple. You banish the dirty industries (and poor, unattractive and non-hip people) to other towns. Then you pat yourself on the back for being so non-polluting.

Of course, most of the people who do actual work in your town have to commute in, burning fuel all the way.

Example: Aspen.

[Tanniker Smith]

Al Franken on Letterman

EEEEEEEEEEwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!

There's an image I'll have to submit to a Brain Scrub to remove!

[Vaquero]

[Tanniker Smith]

"We need to have biofuels, we need wind."

Must . . . . Resist . . . . The . . . Obvious . . . .

"So blow it out your ass, Al!!!"

(I knew I couldn't.)
TS

[SquirrelKing]

If brains were dynamite, Al Franken wouldn't have enough to blow his nose.

If stupid were gasoline, you wouldn't want to smoke around him.

[DBrow]

The treaty was not voted down in 1997. Clinton never sent the treaty for ratification!

There was a "sense of the Senate" vote against ratification that went 100% negative, so Clinton did not send the treaty or protocol or whichever for a vote.

He left things so that some future president could gather the required votes and send it in for a positive vote.

If Bush had sent it for ratification in his first term, it would likely have been voted down after much hilarious debate, and we'd never be troubled with it again.

The way things stand now, the next president and Senate could vote to ratify.

[P-40]

the treaty is good for the economy

That is funny. It would raise costs here and inspire more manufacturing to move to exempt countries like China and India. That does not sound good for the economy....our economy anyway.

[Always Right]

The global warming industry is not producing a tangable product that people consume. They are producing credits that will be bought by other companies that result in increased prices on their goods. The only thing the green-industry does for the economy is cause inflation.

[ASOC]

I turned off the set when I heard freaky al was a guest. Dave ain't so funny anymore either. (ya, I know)

[Dave Olson]

Last month, Al Gore said, "Emerging economies such as China are justified in holding back on fighting greenhouse gas emissions...". Even he knows it would be costly.

[windsorknot]

....and now some advice about running successful talk radio programs.