Posted on 04/20/2009 1:10:20 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) visited Drexel April 13 for a town hall meeting discussing a "Just and Clean Energy Future".
The main goals as highlighted by the presentation were for 100 percent renewable energy, tax on carbon and the presence of green jobs, according to Nathan Taylor, a junior mechanical engineering and the event's organizer.
Students were the main target of the town hall, according to Taylor.
"We're trying to make a point that students matter, seeing that Specter is up for re-election, he should listen to the students," Taylor said.
Specter said his main platform in running for re-election is global warming, a generational issue that would affect those in the future if people do not act now. Through his visit to Drexel, Specter said he hopes to induce action from the students to solve the problem of global warming.
Specter discussed his interest in energy renewal and said the issue of global warming is overdue in congressional legislature and a matter that requires all our attention. He highlighted the Bingaman-Specter bill that he helped write and is currently in congress, which works toward a low carbon economy and is similar to the one of similar name, Bingaman-Specter "Low Carbon Economy Act," passed in 2007.
"We have to have a bill as aggressive as possible with the following two things: a realistic chance of passing and to establish goals that are within the current technology," Specter said.
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Yes, Spectre fought to get Einswine’s bail reduced so that he could get out of jail, in spite of warnings that he just might flee the country. Guess what? He fled the country.
I’m not from Pennsylvania and I think Spector is senile.
Oh heck, I spelled his name wrong, sorry
I remember back in 1968 (or so), Sen. Joe Clark, a Democrat, was running for re-election. and his speech at Drexel was quite a big deal. He lost that year to Richard Schweiker.
Hate to point it out Specter, but you’re late on the gravy train, the planet is cooling, and your ass isn’t going back to the Senate anyways.
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