Posted on 06/04/2011 1:30:50 AM PDT by UniqueViews
In the first town hall of his freshly announced presidential campaign, Mitt Romney yesterday reaffirmed his view that global warming is occurring and that humans are contributing to it, a position that has been rejected in recent years by many Republicans as the issue has taken on a greater partisan tinge.
"I don't speak for the scientific community, of course," Romney said. "But I believe the world's getting warmer. I can't prove that, but I believe based on what I read that the world is getting warmer. And number two, I believe that humans contribute to that . . . so I think it's important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may well be significant contributors to the climate change and the global warming that you’re seeing."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
What a moron and idiot! -- and I usually refrain from "name-calling", even against those I don't like.
Maybe not reading newspapers actually better.
To Romney
go fishing, go golf, go do whatever you normally do, but, dude, the time for politicians like yourself was oh, 30 years ago? go start some auto franchises or something and do us all a big favor, whatdaya say there, Mitt my friend? Nothing personal, but let’s be real. You can’t beat Zero.
As if I needed another reason to NOT support him.
So, Mitt, you don't speak for the scientific community, but you assume you can speak for me? This is why you are simply wrong. No thank you!
With due respect, who can?
I understand your position and I don't support him for the nomination either. But if he is the nominee I will not sit out the election and I will not vote for the Obomination under any circumstance.
That’s the end of Mitt—he needs to get chucked out onto the couch with Newt. Stick a fork in him—he’s done.
“You can’t beat Zero.”
“With due respect, who can? “
Zero himself.
to Obama
Zero himself.
I fervently hope you're right. But I guess I'm close to losing my confidence in the intelligence of the American electorate, the results of the 2010 elections notwithstanding.
This is how mitt shores up his conservative credibility issue, by appealing to liberals.
How do you spell RINO?
M I T T E N S!!!
To quote Nancy Reagan: "Just say Noooooooo!"
Let me reaffirm the stance that I’m not voting for you, Mitt.
And number two, I believe that humans contribute to that . . .
So many non-sequiturs, so little time.
Is the world getting warmer? Not thoroughly proven. At least outside the bounds of "normal" fluctuations. Or, if it is, that this is part of a trend that will continue indefinitely rather than the normal fluctuation. IOW, are we seeing part of a pendulum swing that will shortly reverse itself, or the beginning of a long-term trend in one direction? Nobody knows.
Of course humans contribute to it! 6B humans and their activities obviously affect everything that happens on this planet. The question is how much the human contribution to possible global warming is relative to the other factors. 1%? 10%? 50%? 90%? If a small percentage then attempts to reduce warming by changing our behavior, no matter how drastic, will have no beneficial effect.
Even if it were to be proven that our emissions are the major cause of global warming and that reducing emissions would stop the warming, we would still need to compare the costs to the benefits of doing so.
Poll: Obama beats GOP field in Iowa
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/03/poll-obama-beats-gop-field-in-iowa/
Obama 55, Sarah Palin 35
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