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2013-07-02 Home Front: Politix

Obama Says U.S. Can Lead Climate Change Battle

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Posted by Fred 2013-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 It's the only battle he is willing to lead in.

Of course, no one is shooting back. And, as a nice side benefit, he gets to wreck the US economy.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2013-07-02 00:20|| 2013-07-02 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Impeachment proceedings must begin.

Posted by Mikey Hunt 2013-07-02 01:28|| 2013-07-02 01:28|| Front Page Top

#3 1.8% growth is way too much?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-07-02 03:36|| 2013-07-02 03:36|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought we led by refusing to sign (or ratify, I forget) the Kyoto Protocols.

Posted by Bobby 2013-07-02 06:03|| 2013-07-02 06:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Obama: 'Planet Will Boil Over' If Young Africans Are Allowed Cars, Air-Conditioning, Big Houses -
President Barack Obama said at a town hall event in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday that unless we find new way of producing energy "the planet will boil over" if people in Africa are allowed to attain air conditioning, automobiles and big houses.

Ultimately, if you think about all the youth that everybody has mentioned here in Africa, if everybody is raising living standards to the point where everybody has got a car and everybody has got air conditioning, and everybody has got a big house, well, the planet will boil over -- unless we find new ways of producing energy.

Posted by tipper 2013-07-02 07:42|| 2013-07-02 07:42|| Front Page Top

#6 IMA confused again. Which is worse, "boiling over" or...."tipping over" ?

Posted by Besoeker 2013-07-02 08:29|| 2013-07-02 08:29|| Front Page Top

#7 He's on the Climate Change topic again, run for your lives, keep your hands on your wallets, save yourselves while you can.

Posted by Clavish Hatrack2624 2013-07-02 08:40|| 2013-07-02 08:40|| Front Page Top

#8 I suggest Obama go fight off the tide for a while. Maybe see if he can keep the seasons from changing.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2013-07-02 09:37|| 2013-07-02 09:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Why not set 'em up with at-home biogas generation? If it's good enough for the Afghans...

Posted by trailing wife 2013-07-02 09:39|| 2013-07-02 09:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Lost on guns. Begged by Congress to keep a low profile on immigration. Doesn't want to talk about healthcare, foreign relations or the economy. TOTUS is running out of things to talk about.

Posted by Iblis 2013-07-02 10:55|| 2013-07-02 10:55|| Front Page Top

#11 Perfect segue to explain his desire to.... spend more time with family, resign and retire to Martha's Vineyard, etc.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-07-02 11:01|| 2013-07-02 11:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Yeah, but his proposal is not to win the war against nature, but to surrender by dismantaling the very tools which help people live through the rough weather. Over centralized government and regulation prevents rapid local response. Less personal wealth means less ability to deal with problems. Wealth without responsibility uses resources at a meager efficiency.

Its the same kind of crap which would prevent you from quarrying stone for spearheads because the runoff would pollute the spotted dick salamanders' sunning location. Then they bring in spearheads from halfway around the world, and give them to the guys who would just assume sit around the campfire rather than go on the hunt, or even just improve the campsite, in the hope that for an hour every night they talk about how cool their spearheads and bag of beads are.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-07-02 12:16|| 2013-07-02 12:16|| Front Page Top

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