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| Franken: The Senate needs to talk more about climate change |
| 2013-04-24 |
| "Squirrel!" [THEHILL] Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) suggested on Earth Day that the Senate should spend more time talking about climate change issues. "I'm here to suggest we talk more about climate change so that we can agree on taking action to address it," Franken said Monday. "The Senate cannot afford to ignore climate change, we need to talk about it." Franken pointed out that 98 out of 100 scientist say climate change is real and needs to be dealt with. He said people outside Washington, D.C., understand this. "Many of my other colleagues I suspect don't talk about climate change because it would require making some difficult choices," Franken said. "If we don't act now it will be far more costly later." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 President and CEO of Global Green USA, Matt Petersen expressed enthusiasm at the idea: âI was honored when James [Houston] came to Global Green asking if we would be his charitable partner and beneficiary on Natural Beauty.â He concluded, âWhen an individual like James goes to great lengths to take responsibility and action, it helps inspire others to join the fight against environmental degradation and climate change.â He failed to mention the degradation of young women in the process. But hey, sex sells, right? |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2013-04-24 21:48 |
| #11 In other Earth Day News: Emma Watson Gets Naked For Earth Day The 22-year-old, no longer the little girl known as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, posed nude for James Houstonâs Natural Beauty book to benefit Green Global USA, a non-profit dedicated to fighting global worming. The steamy photos showed a soaked Watson accessorizing with orchids. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2013-04-24 21:46 |
| #10 Preventing gay married couples from owning firearms is the #1 issue in this country. Franken is trying to mislead the public again. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-04-24 16:41 |
| #9 Anything to distract from his coke habit. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-04-24 13:41 |
| #8 More hot air will help cool the planet? |
| Posted by: Spot 2013-04-24 13:26 |
| #7 This man, and his entire lifes' work is just an on-going joke. |
| Posted by: newc 2013-04-24 10:38 |
| #6 By all means, let's talk about climate change. Let's talk about how the models in no way match the observed data. Let's talk about how running random data thru the same 'smoothing' process the climateers are using results in the same 'hockey stick' graphs they use to claim we are doomed. Yeah, let's talk. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-04-24 08:59 |
| #5 Squirrel hell. They want and need a whole flock of Wombats, two Yeti, Sasquatch and nude swim suit models to accomplish the distraction they want. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-04-24 07:37 |
| #4 LOOK! SQUIRREL!!!! |
| Posted by: Ptah 2013-04-24 06:55 |
| #3 Instead of insider trading? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-04-24 04:59 |
| #2 "If we don't act now it will be far more costly later." But WAIT! If you buy one ShamWow now, we'll send you a second ShamWow absolutely FREE ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-24 02:40 |
| #1 ...illegal senator say what? Climate Change will always occur, due to many factors, which we don't yet understand fully. But first to lower CO2 emissions Franken needs to STFU |
| Posted by: Mikey Hunt 2013-04-24 02:30 |