Betraying the Planet

New York Times ^ | 6/28/09 | Paul Krugman

[steve-b]

So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement. But 212 representatives voted no. A handful of these no votes came from representatives who considered the bill too weak, but most rejected the bill because they rejected the whole notion that we have to do something about greenhouse gases.

And as I watched the deniers make their arguments, I couldn't help thinking that I was watching a form of treason — treason against the planet....

The fact is that the planet is changing faster than even pessimists expected: ice caps are shrinking, arid zones spreading, at a terrifying rate. And according to a number of recent studies, catastrophe — a rise in temperature so large as to be almost unthinkable — can no longer be considered a mere possibility. It is, instead, the most likely outcome if we continue along our present course....

In other words, we're facing a clear and present danger to our way of life, perhaps even to civilization itself. How can anyone justify failing to act?...

[SomeCallMeTim]

We’re DOOMED!!

[marvlus]

Krugman - another far leftist who follows the mantra of the present P.T. Barnum (Al Gore).

[DownInFlames]

I consider the Government is a clear and present danger to my life and livelihood.

[Waco]

2009-2010 will see record in the northeast and record heat in the southwest prompting both sides to declare this is proof positive of climate change. Precdictably many will buy into this BS.

[neverdem]

But in addition to rejecting climate science, the opponents of the climate bill made a point of misrepresenting the results of studies of the bill’s economic impact, which all suggest that the cost will be relatively low.

They gave this fool a Nobel prize for economics! He also thought the stimulus was too small! We're looking at a recession with no end in sight, and he wants to increase the cost of energy.

[reaganaut1]

global warming ping

[Cannoneer]

Krugman is an excellent example why few read the NYTimes. I believe more conservatives read him just to understand how derranged the left is about econimic issues like global warming (climate change).

Global warming is just another in a string of strawmen used for the progressive's move on democracy.

[PGalt]

The small-minded, bearded bean-counter is a political hack.

[dervish]

I did not realize Krugman was an evioronmental scientist.

Oh right, he’s NOT.

Krugman is no stranger to disgusting comments:

““Anti-Semitism with a purpose.”

Sounds like a sick play on a Madison Avenue advertising slogan. But it’s no joke. It was a subhead attached to Paul Krugman’s Tuesday column for the New York Times. In it he rationalized the violently anti-Semitic remarks by Malaysia’s prime minister Mahathir Mohamad as being symptoms of the failure of the Bush administration’s foreign policy.”

http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_luskin/truthsquad200310221113.asp