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'Nature Is Not a Liberal Plot'

September 08, 2008 2:44 PM

Sunsetfarm The New York Times has posted an op-ed piece on its Web site that begins this way:

"As Republicans prepare to begin a second term in control of Congress, a deep skepticism exists in the electorate about the party's commitment to protecting the environment. Polls indicate that the environment is the voters' No. 1 concern about continued Republican leadership of Congress.

It continues, "Have Republicans abandoned their roots as the party of Theodore Roosevelt, who maintained that government's most important task, with the exception of national security, is to leave posterity a land in better condition than they received it?

"The answer must be no. But if we are to restore the people's trust and retain the privilege of serving as the majority party, we better start proving it."

Enough coyness.  The piece was written by John McCain, and it was originally published on Nov. 22, 1996.  Full text HERE.

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Sarah Palin doesn't even believe global warming is man made, and she certainly doesn't give a flip or a flop about polar bears. What is McCain thinking?! Is he so desperate to suck up to the right wing extremists that he would sell his soul -- no, give it away for free -- to win?!

Posted by: hang | Sep 8, 2008 3:22:33 PM

I think Mccain is pretty open to global warming and things but he's 72. Should he pass away in office the ultra right wing women he has selected as VP will destroy all achievments we have made so far.

Posted by: Joe | Sep 8, 2008 3:23:23 PM

3mta3, dl! truth hurts! But as of lately republicans are in a diffrent realm of reality!

Posted by: Joe | Sep 8, 2008 3:34:12 PM

Thursday NASA just release new report on global warming: Basic results conclude with evidence that Asian pollutants drifting over the United States are responsible for summertime heating with an expected further 3% heating effect by 2060.

Posted by: HarleyDavidson | Sep 8, 2008 3:44:25 PM

Joe ... don't worry about McCain dying and Palin becom8ing President ... he only has to make it 4 years ... and then Hillary Clinton will be our greatest President yet!!

Posted by: Cassandra Washington | Sep 8, 2008 3:45:27 PM

Yes, McCain has shown himself open to science and some environmental protection in the past, but he has also gone the other way with voting against auto efficiency standards, etc. He has also gotten much more conservative now that he is pandering to the Republican base, and his choice of the anti-science, anti-environment Palin is a serious problem.

If you want to protect the environment, vote for the guy who STARTS with that position instead of occasionally flirting with it.

Posted by: jock59801 | Sep 8, 2008 3:48:14 PM

The World Meteorological Organization says the first half of 2008 was the coolest in at least five years. It expects 2008 will almost certainly be cooler than recent years, although temperatures remain above the historical average. The United Kingdom Meteorological Office's Hadley Centre for Climate Change says data shows worldwide temperatures have declined since 1998.

A scientist with the WMO says, "We can expect with high probability this year will be cooler than the previous five years."

Posted by: HarleyDavidson | Sep 8, 2008 3:49:35 PM

"What environment?"
Sarah Palin

Posted by: Thinking | Sep 8, 2008 3:51:28 PM

Harley Davidson.... Here is the actual quote:

The long-term upward trend of global warming, mostly driven by greenhouse gas emissions, is continuing. Global temperatures in 2008 are expected to be above the long-term average. The decade from 1998 to 2007 has been the warmest on record, and the global average surface temperature has risen by 0.74C since the beginning of the 20th Century. [...] “For detecting climate change you should not look at any particular year, but instead examine the trends over a sufficiently long period of time. The current trend of temperature globally is very much indicative of warming,” World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General, Mr Michel Jarraud said in response to media inquiries on current temperature “anomalies”.

Posted by: marty B | Sep 8, 2008 3:55:57 PM

"What environment?"
Sarah Palin
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Palin is smart enough to understand that the twenty plus volcanoes in her home state spew out more co2 than all the vehicles and all the factories on earth combined.

Does Obama know how to spell environment?

Posted by: HarleyDavidson | Sep 8, 2008 4:00:08 PM

The long-term upward trend of global warming, mostly driven by greenhouse gas emissions, is continuing. Global temperatures in 2008 are expected to be above the long-term average. The decade from 1998 to 2007 has been the warmest on record, and the global average surface temperature has risen by 0.74C since the beginning of the 20th Century. [...] “For detecting climate change you should not look at any particular year, but instead examine the trends over a sufficiently long period of time. The current trend of temperature globally is very much indicative of warming,” World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General, Mr Michel Jarraud said in response to media inquiries on current temperature “anomalies”.
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Sorry, you're out of date old boy. I read that report. And if you believe the UN on anything I can see why you vote democrat. Info I gave is from this past Thursday.

Posted by: HarleyDavidson | Sep 8, 2008 4:04:34 PM

HarleyDavidson: "...the twenty plus volcanoes in her home state spew out more co2 than all the vehicles and all the factories on earth combined."

The fact that you would swallow and regurgitate this obvious lie does not bode well for your credibility.

Posted by: jock59801 | Sep 8, 2008 4:09:02 PM

Furthermore two new reports cast doubt on the manmade global warming theory and instead point to another cause for the recent warming of Earth changes in the sun.

One report from National Geographic News asserts, "Simultaneous warming on Earth and Mars suggests that our planet's recent climate changes have a natural and not a human-induced cause, according to one scientist's controversial theory.

Data from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey mission in 2005 disclosed that the carbon dioxide "ice caps near Mars south pole had been shrinking for three consecutive summers. Evidence suggestion that the sun is causing warming in and of itself.

Posted by: HarleyDavidson | Sep 8, 2008 4:09:40 PM

HarleyDavidson

Year to year fluctuations have nothing to do with climate change.

Posted by: jock59801 | Sep 8, 2008 4:10:24 PM

I would rather be wrong about the cause and do something about global warming than be right and do nothing.

Posted by: Joe | Sep 8, 2008 4:15:11 PM

jock59801

Volcanic activity now releases about 130 to 230 teragrams (145 million to 255 million short tons) of carbon dioxide each year

Posted by: HarleyDavidson | Sep 8, 2008 4:16:01 PM

HarleyDavidson

Nobody ever said that the sun isn't a factor. Of course it is. The global climate is extremely complex and is affected by many things, including solar output and greenhouse gasses.

Posted by: jock59801 | Sep 8, 2008 4:17:23 PM

Harley but valcanos reduce global warming because they spew stuff into the air that reflects sunlight, also Your right valcanos do put it in the air but on top of that you have all the co2 we are emmiting. THINL ABOUT IT!

Posted by: Joe | Sep 8, 2008 4:18:43 PM

SO we shouldn't even try is that what they are saying? THey don't care if you can't see blue sky anymore? What happened to republicans?

Posted by: Joe | Sep 8, 2008 4:20:48 PM

Drill Baby Drill!

The Republican National Convention Mantra

Posted by: Thinking | Sep 8, 2008 4:22:18 PM

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