With debt limit raised, Obama launches $1 billion 'climate resilience' fund
As part of his administration's broad effort to fight global warming, President Obama will propose in his 2015 budget a new $1 billion "climate resilience" fund, and the White House expects the proposal to gain traction despite the controversy surrounding the issue. If it doesn't gain traction as anticipated, what difference does it make?
"The idea of a climate resilience fund is something that should be and we expect will be supported across all parts of the country ... the need to be prepared, the need to take steps that help our farmers and businesses and communities deal with the consequences from severe weather events is evident to everyone across the country," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Friday. We used to have The Reds Cross to help with things like that. Then we had FEMA, but I think they went into the trailer bidness.
"We've always had heat waves, but now the worst ones are longer and hotter. The cold snaps are snappier, too! We've always had droughts, but the worst one are getting longer and drier. ... We're having 100-year storms that happen every year or every five years," Mr. Carney said, though he dodged questions on whether the president could establish the fund through executive action if Congress rejects it. Somebody is catching on!
More details about the $1 billion fund will be released when the president unveils his 2015 budget next month, but administration officials are casting it as yet another piece of a bigger plan to mitigate the devastating impacts of climate change. A bigger plan. There are no limits to what can be done with Other People's Money
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His "campaign" will need a slogan and/or mascot if it is to catch on with the public
Remember the Maine Thermometer !
54 - 40 or Fight Ignite !
Remember Pearl Harbor New Orleans !
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1) Desperation with such a cold winter they have to counter asap.
2) Government debt needs more money. Got to have a manufactured crisis to take over the energy sector. A Hollywood level scripted skit is in order.
Third coldest winter in history. Which will somehow be morphed into "global warming." If that doesn't work it will be transformed into "climate change" by the leftists scam artists.
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If anyone is interested, I have some property in Arizona for sale. It is five times market value, but with the settled science it will be ocean front in 30 years.
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Fill a glass with ice and water. When the ice melts, does it take over the nightstand?
Extortion rackets like this have me quite pissed. Here is to another week of winter after his proposal.
[Weekly Standard] An interview former NBA star Charles Barkley conducted with President Champ aired last night on TNT. In the interview, President Champ defended the indefensible Obamacare and called signing up for the health care program "just part of growing up". A Gov't Healthcare bar mitzvah without the melitzana as it were.
Barkely asked, "What do you think of the term Obamacare?"
"I like it. I don't mind. I'm evolving.
And I tell you, five years from now, when everybody's saying, 'Man, I'm sure glad we got healthcare,' there are going to be a whole bunch of people who don't call it Obamacare anymore because they don't want me to get the credit. But you don't know what life will throw at you. And sometimes people don't recognize, particularly young people, how important it is to have coverage until you get sick and you realize you may lose everything you have, or your parents may lose everything they have, trying to make you well. So we're encouraging people to sign up. They've got until March 31 to sign up for this year." Unless I change something tomorrow morning when I wake up.
Barkley followed up, "So, if you can speak to a specific group, I guess you really talking about young adults --
"Our Folks our age, I mean I wouldn't call us old yet --" Champ started.
"We're knocking on the door." "We are knocking on the door. So once you are 50, you wake up sometimes -- does this happen to you, Chuck? Like you run out of MJ or
-- you wake up and something hurts and you don't know exactly what happened. Right?"
"Everything hurts when I wake up," said Barkley. "Here, let me give you the name of a good physician and physical therapist in Zurich", said Champ.
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Part of growing up is reaching the age to vote, purchase tobacco, alcohol, enter certain venues like nightclubs.
Mr. President, or any ACA pusher within keyboard shot, should part of growing up having people legally identified as adults for said activities in the manner of obamacare. That is, no voting, selective service, enter nightclubs, and so forth until the age of 26 (or whatever it is at the moment)?
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Part of growning up is 'Putting away childish things'. Such of belief in the tooth fairy, Santa Clause.
As well as taking on (you liberals out there please excuse my foul language) Adult Responsibility - such as being responsible for your own welfare, providing yourself food and shelter and healthcare.
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I guess I'll change my name to Peter Pan. I'll NEVER grow up.
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Heck seeing things bigger and greater than yourself is part of growning up. That being your country, your family, your church, your work, etc...
People like John Kerry and Obama just can't conceive, for example, that people would choose to join and serve something like the military or serve their country, or their church, etc... Obama doesn't serve as president - he rules as president (or he believes he does...).
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What does Barkley have to do with healthcare anyway? His job, in his own words, is to cause as much devastation on the basketball court as possible.
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Its not an interview, its an infomercial. Its on TNT with Barkley so it is aimed at middle to elder people who still watch pro basketball, a la pajama boy was for hipsters. In the context of the script its dad and grandpa having The Talk with the kiddos, how kids don't take care of themselves, how its true that those old injuries creep up in the cold, how prunes really do help...ok made that up, but that is the point.
The kids today talk LaBron James, Kevin Griffon. To them, this might as well be a couple old farts in the park talking about pudding. Barkley gets another feather in his cap, Barry gets to play celebrity and as such Barkley is actually a prop; a high impact prop among a certain demographic but a prop nonetheless - notice he uses the intimate nickname Chuck, conveys insider clic, its a gimmick. Or in a number of years, a gag.
Its putting a big ole smile on Sign by 3/31 or else.
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With debt limit raised, Obama launches $1 billion 'climate resilience' fund
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